@AhmadGanga Why should we accept that in the name of faux unity. God is not creating more lands, if you like give the whole of your state for ranching. We don't bloody care here.
@OmoKadupe05 The file and ranks of Ibadan army that crushed them in that battle consisted of Muslims ń non muslims, yet they understood the assignment, seeing that ilorin folks were becoming a ALABODE for the race survival. They dealt with every enemy force accordingly.
@Maxajee@shextian Whats suitable environment for herding? Are ú saying Govt should give other people's lands for herding so peace can reign?
Southern kaduna people got decimated cos Govt provided a reserve for herding and yet what do we have?
Sunday Ighoho.... Iru Ekun Security Network: History Session
In the early parts of the 1800’s, the caliphate had expanded to the boarders of Yorubaland at Ilorin.... From here, it infiltrated into the heartlands of Yorubaland…. Desperate to take out the Oyo Ile which it saw as the main obstacle in its way of its conquest to the shores.
Alaafin Oluewu could not get his generals to unite for a single purpose of defending the land.
He invited Eleduwe, the Bariba king to Oyo to help reinforce his army against the alien conquerors…. Eleduwe and his senior generals moved to Oyo.
Eleduwe warriors spent many months at the capital helping his friend drive out the foot soldiers of the emir and all the nobles that gave them support against Oyo… Among those purged from the kingdom was Bashorun Akiso, the prime minister that worked with the nobles to undermine the powers of Oluewu.
With the help of the Bariba soldiers, the King at Oyo was able to put his house in order until he was strong enough to stand up to the caliphate….. He rooted them out of his land and defeated the heavily reinforced Ilorin/Sokoto army at the battle of Otefan of 1830.
After this powerful battle that totally demystified Sokoto Caliphate, Eleduwe and the Baribas became folk heroes in the Northern part of Yorubaland. Eleduwe pledged further support in a final battle to retake Ilorin and drive the invading migrants from Futa Jalon out of their axis for good.
Oyo generals started to grow restless and jealous of Eleduwe and the rising fame of the Baribas…. They did not want such glory to go the Baribas…. It somewhat affected their ego… So what do they do… They went to the enemy at Ilorin and secretly plotted with them to sabotage the war….
This was the infamous Eleduwe war of 1835…. Eleduwe fell in the battle as well as Alaafin Oluewu. This was the cause of the final fall of old Oyo and the eventual wave of mass migration to the south, refugee crises, displacement of many natives and eventual civil war
What is the lesson to learn from this….. When you have people more disturbed about who will do the job above what needs to be done…. You have dangerous saboteurs with reckless thinking.
Sunday Ighoho is a bold man genuinely passionate about the welfare of Yoruba people… He left a life of comfort he had and chose to stand up in the defense of his people…. He is ready to put together a security outfit and lead the way into the bush to stand up to heartless barbarians…. and while he commits his life to such a dangerous mission…. The same very people he is ready to risk his life to protect are his biggest critics… they are the ones labelling him with unpleasant words
These kinds of people suffer the same ego sickness of the warlords of the 1830’s…. the thought of Sunday Ighoho emerging as a hero is a problem to them…. The bigger picture of Yoruba people beng more autonomous as a block within Nigeria also disrupts their political views. As such, it is much better for the siege by ragtag ruffians in the countryside to continue than Sunday Ighoho empowered to protect the precious lives of their people….These are the same people with the hope to represent Yorubaland in politics in future.
The voice for strong regional and local security forces needs to grow stronger. This is where all nationalists that embrace self-preservation should be. Our strong voice in support of it will go a long way in making it a priority to the government. I wish we do not get too carried away with the much-needed hype of banters and lose the real focus.
@queenee02 I'm not supporting any religion over the other but the guy is so daft he doesn't know hausas(Muslims, xtians& traditionalist if any) don't hold or control any political power in thier own land.
@TyfPacc Many Muslim lands are being attacked. This is only a pretext to something more sinister.
"we want the whole f***king country, give us or die"
States Govts are sleeping.
Boko haram fighters and Fulani militias were not forged in factories and on social media, they manufactured in unregulated madrasahs and perfected by fundamentalist preachers in unregulated mosques in Northern Nigeria.
For 50 years, we allowed 3 to 4 generations to be radicalised, now they are destroying Nigeria almost beyond redemption.
To deradicalize this folks, it’s almost impossible. What is the difference between the likes of Pantami, Gumi and Shekau in terms of the ideology they preach in Nigeria ????
Who ever thought, that a day is coming that Al Qaeda and Boko Haram will be setting up base in the Southwest??????
Our political class brought this evil upon us. If we don’t regulate Religion, we will have our version of Shekau very soon!
A lot of doctored, fake, and AI-generated content will be circulated during this election season. For the sake of your freedom and your parents’ blood pressure, do not share content you have not verified to be true.
When the authorities come asking questions, ignorance will not be accepted as an excuse.
Oyo is roughly 8 times bigger than Lagos by landmass, yet Lagos has almost three times the population of Oyo State. That tells you a large portion of Oyo consists of sparsely populated forests and rural communities.
A proactive government would understand the security implications of that and deploy forest guards, surveillance systems, and coordinated patrols across vulnerable and isolated areas long before bandits exploit them as hideouts.
Governance is not just about building ring roads and bus terminals. Real governance is about building systems that anticipate threats, prevent crises, and respond effectively before situations spiral out of control.
This is why I get annoyed with people who think dividing Nigeria into ethno states is the solution to our problems.
As if the Fulani, with centuries old beef with the Berom, will suddenly start holding hands and dancing in a circle when they get Beromville and Fulanistan.
As if the dozens of small tribes in the oil rich Niger delta will suddenly develop a burning love for one another and not reach for their rifles to finally settle the matter of "who controls the oil" the old fashioned way.
No.
No division.
In fact, on the 1% chance that I get anywhere near state power, any influential figure pushing for secession will be taken to a remote village in the hills of Taraba and gently shoved off a cliff.
My position is stubborn:
The same way humanity MUST come before religion...
The Nigerian identity must come before Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Edo etc.
To be clear this isn't something you can or should create by force.
All you need is a Nigeria with high speed rail, abundant food, world class healthcare, plenty of social and public infrastructure, and a thriving middle class.
Give it a generation. Max two.
This tribalism nonsense will take a backseat.
Because at its core, tribalism is what you get when there's an incomprehensible divide between the rich and the poor.
Bridge that gulf and tribalism will die.