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I stated two things here on X and I was vehemently attacked by the Pro Government Supporters of Seyi Makinde and secondly by the Pro-Sunday Igboho supporters.
Well, at the end of the day the truth is coming to light which can not be hidden forever.
1. Bani (illegal mining site) is the criminal hub where kidnapping activities is carried out
2. Allowing non state actors to dedicate the security coordination of a state or an area is a big and a big mistake.
If you want to solve the kidnapping activities in Oyo State, the man below is your point of reference, nothing happens within Bani without his blessing or his knowledge, his name is Alhaji Sidi for those who are yet to know him.
Look closely at this image.
This is not a barracks.
This is not a comfortable room.
This is not the life most Nigerians would accept for even a week.
These are men sleeping inside trenches dug into the earth, covered with mosquito nets, surrounded by dust, danger, snakes, disease, and the constant fear of an attack in the dead of night.
And yet, when one of them is killed, some people laugh.
When terrorists are neutralized, some rush online to question the Army. When soldiers fall in battle, some celebrate. When troops spend months away from their families, some keyboard "analysts" who have never seen a battlefield suddenly become experts on warfare.
The painful truth is that many Nigerians will never know the name of the soldier who died protecting their community, but they will spend hours defending those who threaten it.
That young soldier in the trench could be someone's son. Someone's husband. Someone's father. Somewhere, a mother prays for him every night, hoping he comes home alive. Somewhere, a child is waiting for the father who missed birthdays, school events, and family celebrations because he was busy protecting people he has never met.
You do not have to love the military. You do not have to agree with every operation.
But if you can sleep comfortably in your bed while another Nigerian sleeps in a hole in the ground so that terrorists do not take over your town, then the least you owe him is respect.
Before criticizing the soldier, ask yourself a simple question:
Would you trade your bed for that trench tonight? 🇳🇬🫡💔
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I am no fan of @davido because of his obvious slanted ethnic/religious sentiments
But I hope if @davido start dealing with this bush man and glorified beggar calling himself Rarara nobody from the North should come and cry
Just imagine this lunatic, so creating awareness is terrorism?
If all these bush men and women “entertainers” in the North are so insensitive on the slaughtering of their brethren by terrorists, what exactly is his own?
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This Igbo IPOB terrorist again right?
Please how did you come to the conclusion these terrorists here are Fulanis?
If Bukele could do this for the most dangerous criminals in El-Salvador, Tinubu can do it for bandits in Nigeria. Bandits are animals. They should be treated as such.
The sheer irresponsibility of desk-bound social media influencers, as we see them here, will one day burn down this country.
People like Dr. Funmilayo, an irresponsible propagandist who was a victim of false allegations, did not learn anything from his ordeal at all.
He was the champion of those fake lists that included Sharia. He should be behind bars if the @OfficialDSSNG knows what they are doing. He should be reported to the UK authorities, and I know, by God’s grace, hands will touch him.
VDM and many other ignoramuses who have jumped on it should also be cautioned. Like I said yesterday, many of these people only have Wikipedia-level understanding of these issues. They are just loud, yet ignorant.
Their own is to use our misfortune to farm engagement. @iamnasboi, your days are numbered on the fake news you have been spreading.
They spun the whole thing against us and our faith. Sharia this, Sharia that…we have explained tire, but it seems they are fixed on what they are doing and their agenda. Unfortunately, the laws you all adopted were what turned and led us to where we are today. After all, democracy have also failed us beyond redemption.
Let me say it once again, nobody is trying to Islamize Nigeria. It's a political agenda. It's a way to unify the Christian voting blocs. They know it's not possible considering our identities, our diversity both on the ethnic and religious lines, yet, they won't stop pushing this dangerous narrative.
I think the government should also invite VDM at this point. It seems he knows what we don’t know.
Lastly, if anything happens to these people due to the complications arising from the irresponsible behavior of Funmilayo, VDM, Nasboi, and their cohorts, the government should not waste time bringing them to their knees.
Very irresponsible lads.
Thank you Dr. Let us amplify this and pull these sons and daughters of dogs and pigs out of their holes again.
Personally, there was no where I have supported all these northern governors and their misplaced priorities.
What has the southern governors done differently that shows they have priorities? Remove Lagos State, and share with us. Also show us where you descended on them with an evidence.
Let's go.....
This list tells you everything you need to know about bad governance. No state in Northern Nigeria organizes mass weddings on the scale that Kano does, yet it remains the richest state in the region.
Bayelsa is an oil-producing state with an approximate population of 3.7 million people. Its monthly federal allocation is between 35-40 billion.
Compare that to Kano, with an approximate population of 17.5 million people and a monthly federal allocation of between 22-27 billion.
Yet, ironically, Kano State’s GDP is about 3.6 times larger than Bayelsa State’s.
Mass weddings are not the problem. Bad leadership is.
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Dear @Adebo_ogund
I am tempted to ask where @Adebo_ogund the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly got the information that the terrorists demanded for N1 Billion and implementation of Sharia Law in Oyo State from?
The most distressing part is that most mainstream media anchors on @ARISEtv @AIT_Online @tvcnewsng @NewsCentralTV @channelstv all went to town with the report which ignited another round of Islamophobic propaganda and rants in the South West
Who did this to Nigeria?
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The politicians from southern Nigeria need to be deeply studied.
In fact, a whole department in our universities should be set up just to study those people.
Because the way they have managed to convince many southern youths, some of the most intelligent youths in all of Africa, that their real problem is not the politicians who govern them, but “the North,” is almost a political miracle.
That the reason a pothole in Abakpa Nike is not fixed is because of Hisbah breaking alcohol bottles in Kano.
That the reason they have youth unemployment and underemployment is because of a Sharia court in Sokoto.
That the reason their electricity is unstable, state hospitals are weak, courts are slow, police are corrupt, refineries are not working, and local industries are dying is because the North is too religious.
Not the governors.
Not the senators.
Not the local government chairmen.
Not the contractors who collected money and disappeared.
Not the political families who have controlled the same states for decades.
Not the state assemblies that behave like extensions of the governor’s office.
No. The problem is somehow Kano Hisbah.
This is the genius of southern political deflection.
They have built a system where they can fail locally and outsource the blame nationally.
Meanwhile, the same southern politicians control budgets, collect allocations, appoint commissioners, award contracts, borrow money, tax citizens, control state institutions, and still somehow escape the anger of the same people they govern.
That is the part that fascinates me.
The North has many problems and deserves serious criticism. Nobody honest can deny that. But the way northern dysfunction has been turned into a universal excuse for southern elite failure is a political miracle, second only to democracy itself.
The governor no longer needs to explain why the roads are bad.
The senator no longer needs to explain what he has done.
The local government chairman no longer needs to show where the money went.
The people simply look northward and rage.
And the politicians smile.
As a southern youth, know this: every minute you spend shouting about Hisbah, Sharia, almajiri, or the north is backward, is one less minute spent asking why your own state budget keeps producing nothing.
Nigerian politicians have not only failed many of their people. They have also mastered the art of giving them a convenient enemy.
This is the oldest trick in politics.
Divide the people, make them suspicious of each other, then govern both sides badly while they fight over identity.
There is nothing I would want more than a coherent Nigeria.
Notice I said coherent, not uniform.
I am not talking about this fake “One Nigeria” slogan where everyone pretends we are one people, one culture, one worldview, one moral community, and one historical experience.
That is childish.
Nigeria does not need to become one tribe.
Nigeria does not need to become one culture.
Nigeria does not need everyone to eat the same food, marry the same way, worship the same way, dress the same way, or organize society the same way.
What Nigeria needs is coherence.
A country where different regions can govern themselves according to their values, compete with each other, cooperate where necessary, and still stand together as a serious bargaining bloc in the world.
Because in the international system, small fragmented African states will be eaten alive.
So we must ask ourselves whether we can build a political arrangement where our differences do not become a weapon in the hands of failed politicians.
And this is where both sides need to hear the truth.
If you are a southern youth and you believe the North must become exactly to your taste before you can accept it as part of the political arrangement, then you are not serious.
You may not like Hisbah.
You may not like Sharia courts.
You may not like how conservative northern societies are.
You may not like the way we vote, dress, worship, marry, or organize our communities.
Fine.
But if your idea of a working Nigeria is that Kano must first become Lagos, or Sokoto must first become Enugu, or Katsina must first become Port Harcourt, then you are not yet tired of the state of Nigeria.
A coherent Nigeria must allow Kano to be Kano, Lagos to be Lagos, Enugu to be Enugu, Sokoto to be Sokoto, and Rivers to be Rivers.
What Nigeria needs is restructuring that makes every region carry more responsibility for the choices it makes.
And this is where the North itself must also face its own contradiction.
It is not enough to say, “Leave the North alone. Let the North live by its values.”
That argument only becomes serious when the North also accepts the financial responsibility that comes with political and cultural autonomy.
If the governor of Kano wants to subsidize mass weddings for 2,000 couples, that is his right. But it will make more sense if Kano is generating the money for it.
If the governor of Sokoto wants to subsidize Hajj or support pilgrims, that is his political choice. But it will carry more moral weight if Sokoto is funding it from its own productive economy.
If the governor of Zamfara wants to negotiate with bandits, grant amnesty, or offer concessions in the name of peace, that decision should be borne mainly by the people and resources of Zamfara, not hidden within the comfort of national allocation.
If Kano decides it does not want alcohol sold openly in its society, that should be its cultural and religious right. But it becomes a contradiction when the same political system benefits from VAT and federal revenue that partly comes from products and lifestyles those same states publicly reject.
This is why restructuring matters.
It protects the South from blaming the North for everything.
It protects the North from being constantly insulted for choosing its own values.
And it forces every region to face the cost of its own political choices.
Because right now, Nigeria is structured in a way that encourages hypocrisy.
Southern politicians can fail their people and blame the North.
Northern politicians can defend cultural autonomy while depending on a central pool funded by economic activities they sometimes condemn.
A serious Nigeria should say: live according to your values, but fund the consequences.
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Dear @bolagy
Delete this post immediately because this is a lie from the pit of hell
I say dem take lying curse una for that side?
This young boy had his hands amputated by his uncle for stealing a phone and has nothing to with any Sharia court trial
Most of you down there claiming to be Muslims (just guessing you might be a Muslim) will rot in hell with this level of lies and misinformation against Islam, it is not even compulsory you folks practice Islam
Stick with your Orunmila or Isese, dem force you?
Meanwhile go and furnish @realYusufTukur with the details of the Sharia court trial and come back
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This entire commentary from VDM relies on a shallow, Wikipedia-level understanding of both Islamic theology and historical realities. He intentionally packed it into a flawed narrative that misrepresents millions of peaceful citizens. If we want to discuss the roots of insurgency, we must look past internet graphics and consult actual scholarship. I might do a video on this because refuting him by writing may be too taxing for me.
There is so much nonsense spewed these days, to cover up for glaring incompetence in managing security by deflecting through dog-whistling religion.
In Oyo for example, it has become the practice for these Yoruba Nation, TYF groups to routinely label Muslims as either Fulani or Fifth Colmnists who are not fit for traditional or Political offices.
"Rilwan Gbadegesin is a trained by Arab scholars in Fulani tradition of Sokoto, and so should not be the Alaafin. His grandfather Bello Gbadegesin Ladigbolu was a Fulani lackey" all these for him making "the mistake" of attending FGGC Sokoto, and his Grandfather being appointed by Awo's government after removing Adeniran Adeyemi, Alhaji Alaafin, giving Aare Ona Kakanfo title to Samuel Ladoke Akintola.
" Fatai Buhari is a Fulani , he doesn't have Yoruba names" , even though he is a 3-term Senator and Prince from Ibapon quarters, Ogbomosho .
This "bandits asked for Sharia" dog-whistle fits perfectly into it. It's to raise hysteria about Sharia, and bizarrely accuse Muslims of supporting banditry, even when Muslim victims are presently among those in bandit camps from Ogbomosho into the Old Oyo National Park.
This also becomes crazier, if one considers States like Niger, Katsina, Zamfara who have Sharia have been heavily hit by bandits, murdering Muslims even within mosques and not once in those places have they raised Sharia as an issue.
The agenda is to label Muslims so badly against the upcoming Gubernatorial elections coming up in 2027, because of their agenda.
They don't care if it's a lie, they just want to throw it out, and allow it spread for sometime before allowing it to be discarded.
It's all politics to them.
None of them ever deigns to question, the Governor Seyi Makinde, who severally over the years disregarded financial and administrative autonomy for Local governments.
It used to be case, that way back, vigilantes operating in local communities, were on the payroll of Local governments, patrolling bushes and getting intelligence scoops that were fed upwards.
Jacob Bamigboye, the HOA Member for Oriire, in 2022 specifically warned Oyo State government about insecurity in those areas.
One of the ridiculous attempts by these Yoruba groups is to dog-whistle Muslims and insinuate they are fifth columnists selling other Yorubas for Fulanis.
The attached picture is that of the courtyard of Balogun Ajayi Ogboriefon.
During the 1870's, the Ekiti -Parapo and Ijesha invited "these same Fulanis" to invade Ikirun.
The Yoruba Muslims, of Iwo (Momodu Lamuye), Ede, under Timi Abibu Lagunju and Ikirun stood firmly fighting hard to defeat Ilorin, under Ibadan standard.
They eventually did and defeated Ekiti-Parapo, Ijesha and Ilorin, ending in the drowning of Ilorin fighters in the Orin River, in Jalumi War of 1878.
Had the Fulanis of Ilorin, whom Ekiti/Ijesha invited succeeded in their war, the entire Ekiti-Ijesha will have Emirs now, for which they now try to deride Muslim descendants of those warriors who fought to keep Yorubaland safe.
When the British descended on Lagos in 1851, many Muslims in Lagos fought hard and when they lost,moved to Epe.
If the heroes against British Imperialism is to be called. One can list the Igbos (Ekumeku/Aro wars), the TIV, the Ibibio, the Benins, the Ijebus, the Muslims Yorubas, the Muslim and Non-Muslims people of Niger-Benue rivers.
One should perhaps ask the role the missionaries played in playing up the traditional rulers, acting as collaborators and Trojan horses, in signing forged treaties that the British then attempted to enforce in its wars of pacification all across the country. Treaties that were never explained to these rulers, or interpreted to them as succumbing their traditional authorities to the British.
It is of greatest ironies that some of these Yoruba Nation" "TYF" members from places like Ekiti, Ijesha who's great-grandfathers invited Fulanis of Ilorin, to take over Yorubaland , will be maligning Muslims
One benefit of reading Prof MOA ABDUL's JSS introduction to IRK textbooks was learning of the abuses suffered by Prophet Muhammed SAW.
He was called a Sorcerer, Poet, Mad Man, Liar , Soothsayer, Fabricator.
These by same people who before his Prophethood acknowledged him as "The Truthful" (As-Sadiq) and "The Trustworthy" (Al-Amin).
They are partly why I find attacks against Muslims who have stood firm on their Islamic beliefs by these Nazis funny.
Why should a Muslim be happy that those who abuse the Prophet SAW, and call him vile names are happy with his religious stance in the first place?
Like, what sort of Muslim are you?
Anyways, one advantage we have today is the sheer volume of numbers.
Apart from abuses and curses, what can their Jero do🤣😂🤣.
Eni ti eyan o ba le Damu, Epe le yan ma n she.
So, to the Muslims who are standing firm against these midgets who think of themselves as bullies.
Take it as a badge of honour. The Prophet SAW and his companions faced multiple times worse from the Quraishis of Mekkah.
They triumphed.
This silly retort has gone on for so long.
When Ekiti, Ijesha, Ila Aborishas invited Fulani of Ilorin against Ikirun, it was Muslim calvaries of Iwo, Ede, Ikirun that fought them back.
It ended in decisive victory in Jalumi war of 1878.
Even during the Ogele, Pamo, Mugbamugba wars, you should ask what Aborishas did in making sure Ilorin prevailed against Oyo armies.
When you want to give these silly takes, stop mentioning Muslims there.
Muslims have more than proved their worth.
Perhaps we should ask which ones Missionaries took when it became Yoruba First or Christianity FIRST.
Maybe then we would explore their roles in the destruction of Lagos in 1851.
Or the role of CMS missionaries in the bombardment of Ijebu Imagbon war of 1892.
Shebi you don't have sense not to probe ni.
You will hear the lessons of what made the vulture's head go bald.
When Buhari was in power, every insecurity issues went to him. These guys called him daft, unintelligent etc. Today, these same people who hitherto despised Buhari for the same issue now tacitly exonerate Tinubu. Those days, when someone calls FG to act, they’ll say “who’s FG?”
This is an ignorant take.
Muslims have been going to Mecca since Ummayad, Abbasid, Ottoman times talkless of Saudi Arabia.
Let Mecca fall into the hands of Muniru Arogundade of Ilobu.
Muslims will still visit Mecca to observe Umrah and Hajj rites.
Perhaps one should ask, when Isese adherents from Cuba, Trinidad&Tobago or Brazil only visit Nigeria on a visa. Do you take that as failure of Isese First /Yoruba First? Or a hampering of Nation states.
PMB said this even in his first term and reiterated it in his second term. Oh! How he was mocked by dem dem know it all. I am sure @ishakaa will be able to find some of the tweets mocking him. A 'whole' combat general o!
As much as we want security, let’s be careful not to profile innocent people. Except when evidence says otherwise, NEVER assume every Fulani you see is a bandit o. This will escalate secondary retaliation, keeping us in the vicious circle of reprisal attacks for a long time. Let’s be guided 🙏
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