@asemota What do we expect from a team that payed opposing teams to play H/A qualifiers in South Africa?
The hype around bafana football has been a stretch the whole time.
By this your kakawa logic, should we also draw a straight line from almajiri to fraudsters, armed robbers, kidnappers, baby factories or cultists in Southern Nigeria?
I'm always amazed at how some people can be highly educated yet profoundly ignorant on certain subjects. So permit me to offer a brief lesson to you, Mr Generalizer!
Almajirai, terrorists, and bandits are not the same thing. Conflating them only demonstrates a lack of understanding of Nigeria's security challenges!
Firstly, not every almajiri becomes a menace to society. My father was an almajiri in Hardawa, Bauchi State over 90yrs ago, where he memorized the entire Qur'an. The almajiri system of his time was very different from what we see today.
I also had a young almajiri who helped with household chores many years ago. He later moved to Kaduna, found legitimate work, and eventually became a successful businessman. Years later, he visited me, I didn't even recognize him when he bowed down to greet me till he reminded me who he was.
My point is that, almajiranci does not automatically produce criminals! Does this mean I support the current almajiri system? Certainly not. It is in desperate need of major reform. But acknowledging its flaws is different from falsely claiming that every almajiri is a terrorist or bandit in waiting.
Secondly, terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Lakurawa are primarily driven by ideology. Their recruitment cuts across different social and economic classes. Their ranks have included university graduates, professionals, clerics, and people with no formal education. Yes, some almajirai may have been recruited, but so have many others from entirely different backgrounds.
Thirdly, banditry is a different phenomenon altogether. Most bandit groups are driven by criminal enterprise who are mostly from the fulani ethnic group, who engage in kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling, extortion, and territorial control. Their motivations, structures, and recruitment patterns are fundamentally different from those of ideological terrorist groups. I can almost guarantee you that none of these Fulani bandits are almajiris.
Nigeria's insecurity is a complex problem with roots in poverty, weak governance, corruption, unemployment, communal conflicts, porous borders, criminal economies, and extremist ideologies. Reducing all of that to "almajiranci" is not analysis, it is oversimplification!
Before making sweeping generalization, it helps to understand the subject matter. Complex problems deserve informed discussions, not convenient stereotypes!
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This is a video of Halilu Sububu, the godfather of Bello Turji, calling on his fellow terrorists addressing each Kachalla kingpin by name urging them to spare Fulani people and their properties.
He appeals to the “Fulani way” and “Fulani milk,” stating: “Even a Hausa man that has drunk Fulani milk should be spared.” This is a heavy statement because they view the Hausawa as their number one enemy. He says, “Whoever kills mine, I will kill his own as long as he is a Hausa man.” He reiterates, “I will kill their people as long as they’re Hausa.”
To those shouting: “Fulani are also victims of the bandits” and “They don’t spare Fulani,” we challenge them to produce a video of a Fulani victim being tortured by bandits and calling for help in Fulfulde. You will never find it, because the moment you speak Fulfulde they let you go. We have survivors narrating how they were spared by speaking Fulfulde. Yes, Hausawa are the biggest victims of these Fulani terrorists and we will speak out. No amount of gaslighting and propaganda will make us back down.
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Expect more rape videos from Fulani jihadists in the coming days.
It's a taqiyya for moderate Muslims to justify the ongoing ethnic cleansing , while claiming "tHeY dOnT RePrEsEnT iSlAm"
Fulani leaders refused taking deliberate steps 2 enlighten dr people, gv dm education, n atleast show them that there is more 2 life than remaining isolated in d bush, instead they chose d easier path. For years, they kept on insisting dat it ws simply “their way of life”
You people were being defensive, saying that “The Herd” movie was putting a particular region and religion in a bad light. Now that we’ve heard those bandits’ demands, which region and religion is sharia law associated with again??.