In 1978/1979, it was Southern intellectuals who argued for a move to the US style.
Ironically, the North in the time period argued to revert to regionalism
That is one of the few times that the North was on the right side of history
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IN THE MIDDLEBELT
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE ON THE PLATEAU
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE IN THE MIDDLEBELT
THERE IS A CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE ON THE PLATEAU
@Chetuyachinago You're an idiot trying to sound smart. You have no idea of what's happening in the middle belt but you want to act knowledgeable. It's obvious you've been listening to your fellow idiots like David Hundeyin and now you think you know shit.
@patrickanum@aonanuga1956 We know the people behind the attacks are trying to change the narrative so they can justify their atrocities but my surprise is that our government still believes their lies. The Tor tiv of Benue made it clear to mr president after the yelwata massacre that this is not a clash
@patrickanum@aonanuga1956 Thank you for this detailed comment. It's funny how our government still calls this a communal clash. Imagine a group of terrorists attacking our people with assault rifles and killing our women and children but President Tinubu calls it a clash.
This press statement comes from a place of ignorance of the issues facing Plateau State and the larger Middle Belt
1. It is not a clash, a clash is two communities fighting
What is happening here is basically militias invading indigenous lands and communities, displacing them and resettling their people in these areas
I cannot clash with you in your bedroom and it will be called a clash
2. Tagging it retaliatory attacks is also false.
Fulani militias have attacked over 70 ethnicities in the Middle Belt
How possible is it that all 70 groups attacked Fulani and the Fulani militias are simply retaliating
What is happening is criminality and crimes against humanity should not be sugarcoated under any other terms
3. What is happening is NOT a conflict BETWEEN communities
Those militias are not from those communities even as settlers. These are militias who have received foreign training and are unleashed
They come from OUTSIDE those communities to unleash mayhem in these places.
Sure the nomadic fulanis around these places aid these militias by showing them the indigenous communities lands etc, however they are accomplices.
It must be however noted that the main actors are not from those communities
4. There is also no issue of misunderstanding between different ethnic and religious groups
In the 2004, Plateau Peace Conference, the Hausa and Fulani settlers admitted they are settlers.
This is documented. The Justice Niki Tobi and Justice Ajibola commissions of inquiry also affirmed this same position
So there isn’t any disagreement to who is an indigene or who is a settler in Plateau State. So there are no ethnic disagreements about the different statuses that different groups hold in Plateau
Along religious lines, we have indigenous Muslims who are Pyem, Bogghom, Berom and they do not coordinate themselves into militia groups to attack other indigenous communities
Fulani militias however, using Islamic motivations (which they communicate to villages) invade these places slaughtering people, burning, looting these areas and trying to resettle their people on our lands
5. What everyone has to remember is that the Fulani have been having cattle all around Nigeria since the colonial era
Why did the case of Fulani militia killings however, begin in the 4th republic in 2001 even before the advent of Boko Haram, Ansaru, ISWAP etc with weapons proliferation after 1999 which I have shared below
Why did in so many communications, are JNI and the Sultan of Sokoto are being mentioned like in this communication
Are we civilians the ones to do investigations for security agencies?
Is this deliberately put out to distort facts?
We have known that these are deliberate acts to displace our people for quite a while now
Being law abiding in Nigeria has its cons because our people have made sure to not take the laws into their hands but it has yielded no fruit
We are left with no choice than to employ variants of survival tactics however unorthodox at this point
That is the only way we will survive in the next century
Dear Middlebelterns
Especially those in Plateau, southern Kaduna, Nassarawa, and Benue States
The night is upon us
Please remain vigilant
Take turns watching your city and village
Protect your community with anything you can lay your hands on.
#MiddleBeltIsBleeding
Over 50 people have been killed in Plateau State in the last 7 days
And you’re campaigning for a party that sponsors terrorists to induce this carnage?
You must be a madman 😪
Within the last 7 days, I visited three communities that have been victims of the ongoing Fulani attacks in Plateau State.
One common complaint or testimony across all four communities is: “The Nigerian Army has arrested, and will arrest and detain any native seen with anything that looks like a weapon they can use to defend themselves against the Fulani killers.”
How then does a community with nothing to defend themselves survive the invasion of 10-30 Fulani terrorists, armed to the teeth with AK-47s?
“They are stupid”
“They are not ready”
“How long before they rise up”
“They should stand & defend themselves”
We sit at the comfort of our homes criticizing, insulting and advising Victims on what to do!
Yet, we have no idea what they're going through daily, and the efforts they've made to keep themselves alive
There's more to the dead bodies and crying out in pain we see on TV and social media⚠️‼️
There's a lot more evil going on, only the Victims and those around them can understand!