“I freed a thousand slaves. I
could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”- Harriet
Tubman
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as a free nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero of the core Muslim
north, the father of the Fulani Caliphate and the first Mahdi of Nigeria once
said,
“Allah has bestowed on me and my
people the historic duty to spread the holy faith of the Prophet throughout the
Caliphate and convert these pagans. If they refuse to accept Allah and his
Prophet we will wash the earth, the forests, the mountains, the rivers and the
streams with their pagan blood. Ours is a holy and righteous calling. We are
doing the work of Allah”.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as a free nation when Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto, the Premier of
the Northern Region and the second Mahdi of Nigeria once said,
“The new nation called Nigeria
should be an estate of our great grandfather Othman Dan Fodio. We must
ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the north as
willing tools and the south as conquered territory and never allow them to rule
over us and never allow them to have control over their future”.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when General Muhammadu Buhari, the indisputable King of the
north, the avenging sword of the Caliphate, the almighty President of the
Federal Republic, the unquestionable leader of the African Mujahadeen and the
third and last Mahdi of Nigeria once said,
“It is my intention to spread
sharia to every part of Nigeria” and that “why should Christians bother when
Muslims chop off the hands of Muslims in the name of sharia” and that “Muslims
should only vote for Muslims” and finally that “an attack on Boko Haram is an
attack on the north”.
What portion do those of us that
are southerners and Middle Belters have in this so-called “free country” and
why have we been consistently denied the right to decide whether we wish to
remain in it by having a referendum?
Were we born to be slaves whilst
others were born to rule? God forbid it. My Christian faith teaches me that I
am the head and not the tail.
It teaches me that it is a sore
sight and a great evil under the sun to see the sons of slaves riding on
horseback whilst the sons of the King walk around on bare feet.
It teaches me that we are the
head and not the tail and that light is meant to overcome darkness and not that
darkness overcomes the light.
The truth is that whichever way
you look at it Nigeria is not free and Nigeria is not one nation.
We are in bondage and servitude
to the sons and daughters of Futa Jalon and we are badly divided. That is the
subject of this essay.
Permit me to share some bitter
truths here.
I repeat, Nigeria is not a
nation. As a matter of fact she was NEVER a nation. She is and has always been
a monumental fraud and a manifestation of colonial Britain’s doublespeak and
deceit.
In 1947 she was rightly described
as a “mere geographical expression” by Chief Obafemi Awolowo but since then she
has degenerated even further.
Today she is is no longer a “mere
geographical expression” but instead a fully-fledged and dysfunctional vassal
state and a colony of timid slaves that is owned lock, stock and barrel by the
all-powerful, all-seeing and all-knowing Fulani hegemonists.
Yet in their pitiful delusion and
blissful ignorance some still claim that we are a free modern nation-state
where all are equal.
My questions for those that
actually believe this nonsensical assertion and that espouse this erroneous
notion are as follows:
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is removed from the
curriculum and Islamic Arabic Studies (IAS) is made compulsory?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when Christians are banned BY LAW from buying land to build
churches in most parts of the core north?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when every single security and intelligence agency in the nation
except for the Navy is headed by a northern Muslim?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when there are NO Christian commanders (i.e. those that have
operational control over troop deployments) in charge of STRATEGIC commands in
the Nigerian Army today?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when ALL the STRATEGIC commands in the Nigerian Army are in the
hands of Muslims?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when ALL the units under the Education Ministry are headed by
northern Muslims and the Minister of Education himself is a Muslim.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the words Christ, Church, Christianity or Christian are not
mentioned ONCE in the constitution and when the word sharia is mentioned 73
times, Grand Khadi 54 times, Islam 29 times and Muslims 10 times.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when, since Buhari came to power, any mention of Jesus or God is
censored out of Nigerian films by the Nigerian Censors Board whilst the word
Allah is mentioned freely.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when there is an obvious and relentless attempt to islamise the
country.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when there was an attempt by President Buhari to quietly pass a
law that will give large tracts of land to Fulani herdsmen in every state of
the Federation so that they can infiltrate, settle down in, breed with and
eventually overwhelm and take over all the communities in which they were given
that land.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the Federal Government refuses to arrest the elderly
Professor Ango Abdullahi and the rebellious, recalcitrant, blood-baying and
bloodthirsty Arewa youths and lock them ALL up for their implicit threat to
commit genocide against the Igbo if they don’t leave the north by 1st October?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the Arewa Youths can send an open letter to the Acting
President describing the entire Igbo race as ingrates who have “not learnt
their lessons from the past” and who “ought to be thrown out of the north” and
“out of Nigeria?”
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) can tell the
Federal Government that “Nigeria will boil”, that there will be “a crisis that
will spiral beyond control if the Arewa youths are arrested” and that “the
Presidency will not be allowed to go to the south under any circumstances in
2019?”
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when well-armed Fulani militants and herdsmen commit genocide
against whole communities and yet not one of them has been arrested?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when cows (yes cows!) drive children out of their classrooms in
Edo state and drive worshippers out of their churches in Benue state.
How can Nigeria be described as
being free when Miyetti Allah appear to be above the law?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when we are about to enter a season of carnage, chaos and anomie
and when the Federal Government have shown no desire or inclination to deliver
our people from those who believe that they own Nigeria and who wish to drink
our blood and eat our flesh?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when those in power today together with the entire Hausa-Fuani
ruling class have consistently said no to restructuring?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the cabal that know that Buhari’s health will not allow him
to come back to rule wish to use the slaughter of the Igbo as a reason and a
scapegoat to cause CRISIS in the country and truncate our democracy rather than
allow a Southern Christian President to continue in power?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the leaders of the ruling APC are considered as being above
the law and continuously commit all manner of crimes and acts of corruption
with impunity whilst dissenters, opposition figures and the perceived enemies
of the government are subjected to horrendous persecution, media trials and the
brazen violation of their human rights and civil liberties?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the welfare of cows and the interest of cattle-rearers are
more important than that of hard-working and productive patriots and innocent
young school children?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when, since Buhari came to power, it is very difficult for a
northern Christian to get admission into Ahmadu Bello University, the leading
institution of higher learning in northern Nigeria?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when there is a strange Arabic insignia and unintelligible Arabic
words apparently depicting Othman Dan Fodio’s battle cry inscribed on the coat
of arms of the Nigerian Army.
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when english is replaced with hausa in Nigerian army parades?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when President Muhammadu Buhari openly expresses his disdain for
the Igbo and encourages the hate-speech and threats that they are being
subjected to today?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will allege that there is
corruption in the Church but dare not allege that there is corruption in the
mosques?
How can anyone describe Nigeria
as being free when the Acting President condemns what he describes as “hate
speech” yet he refuses to arrest and detain those who not only kill Christians,
southerners and Middle Belters but who also incite their murderous foot
soldiers against them every day?
I could go on and on.
What those that continuously
threaten others with violence and carnage fail to appreciate is as follows: for
every mujahideen there is a crusader. For every tyrant there is a deliverer.
For every oppressor there is a freedom fighter. For every globalist there is a
nationalist.
For every integrationist there is
a separatist. For every lily-livered and chicken-hearted coward there is a courageous
and valiant hero and for every Goliath there is a David.
Yet despite our collective and
pitiful servitude there is a silver lining on this very dark cloud.
The demand for restructuring or,
failing that, self-determination and full-blown independence is now very strong
amongst the progressive forces and the long-oppressed ethnic nationalities in
the land.
This, coupled with the demand by
the leaders of the three southern zones that the Arewa youths must withdraw
their threat to the Igbo, is commendable and historic.
They have also issued a timely
warning that an attack on the Igbo would be deemed as an attack on the entire
south. This gives us hope.
This indicates to us that the
tree of liberty will soon be watered by the blood of the patriots and tyrants
as it once was in the history of each and every one of the great western
democracies.
This proves that we are finally
ready to pay the terrible price for our collective freedom and to make the
necessary sacrifices.
Simply put, the yoke and
affliction of slavery and bondage shall soon be broken and Nigeria shall soon
be free.
The first Nigerian civil war was
about keeping Nigeria one. The second will be about winning our freedom.
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ReplyDelete@FFK, stole taxpayers' money as minister & as GEJ's campaign chairman, an hypocrite dat doesnt ave d character shown while writin dis article, he's one of those dirty politicians
ReplyDeleteI find it astonishing that a majority of commentators find it difficult to focus on issues rather than personalities. Our ineptitude to arguing based on facts means that most people deviate from the core argument by casting aspersions at individuals. I have no question in my mind that FFK is a questionable character and has displayed numerously, a self-centered quest for prominence and power. However, I don't quite get the correlation between the points or facts presented here and his alleged theft of public fund. It shows clearly, that you suspect he is right, but will rather ignore the elephant in the room. I don't know if any or most of what FFK has said is right, but it's worth verifying the facts and then making intelligent and persuasive comments either to support or debunk his assertions, rather than resorting to continual imputing a bad name to a dog. Folks, we are smart people. Focus on facts and not sentiments.
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