The north is finished! Previously cowed Northern minority groups begin to rear their heads up against continued Islamic Hausa-Fulani domination

The north is finished! Previously cowed Northern minority groups begin to rear their heads up against continued Islamic Hausa-Fulani domination

The Northern Nigeria has never been as balkanised as it is today. The region is slowly falling back to the pre Sokoto Caliphate status quo, after the decline of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, which had held captive most northern ethnic nationalities. This brief period of freedom of the northern ethnic group at the demise of the Kanem-Bornu empire was short-lived as the Fulanis overran the territories and once again held the lily-livered northern minorities and the Hausas, captive, under the Fulani-founded Sokoto Caliphate. Attempts by these minorities collectively referred to as the Middlebeltans
to reclaim their freedom from their Fulani masters prior Nigeria’s independence by the United Middle Belt Congress was suppressed by Ahmadu Bello and co. The party was formed to create a political platform for the various minority ethnic groups of the north littered in Benue State, Kogi State, Plateau State, Nasarawa State, Adamawa State, Kwara State and in parts of Kaduna and Kebbi States.

Ever since then the minorities have lived on the lies and deception of One-North until recently when it became clear that the Islamic Fulanis and Hausa collaborators are bent on permanently enslaving them why singing One-North. This realisation became very clear with attempts in Kaduna and Plateau States when the Fulanis and Hausas attempted to take control of strategic positions in the states. The crisis between the Southern Kaduna groups and the Hausa-Fulani led to the creation of Katsina State in 1987, so that Katsina would be Muslim Fulani-Hausa State, and Kaduna would be Christian State. However, the greed of the Fulani-Hausas would not let them forego Kaduna as they left some of their people (now in minority) back in Kaduna to continue to lord things over the rest, while the rest continued to Katsina where they also superlords. Effectively taking control of Katsina and Kaduna States. This is demonstrated by the fact that despite the fact that the Hausas-Fulani’s are in minority in Kaduna State, virtually all the facilities are sited in Zaria and most of their past leaders except Late Governor Patrick Yakowa, has come from the Fulani-Hausa extraction. The quest for the control of the government apparatus of the states has led to various deadly conflicts resulting to the deaths of thousands of people. Consequent upon this, enmity was born among these groups.

The ugly head of the Fulani-Hausa domination reared its head against the minority groups in Plateau State, but this time they resisted this domination leading to the ongoing conflicts in Plateau that has turned Jos and environs in a hellhole. Presently, according to the governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, they Fulanis are trying to takeover Benue State. The Idomas and the Tivs have become sworn enemies of the Islamic Fulanis.

However, the prospects of the minority groups escaping their clutches is given the Fulanis and Hausas sleepless nights. One consequent of this is the loss of political power in Nigeria. They are actively plotting to overrun these groups once again and cow them into submission. But it is already late they have totally lost it.

This was demonstrated when Goodluck Jonathan with the help of the northern minority group trounced General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) in the 2011 presidential election in many northern states. Buhari reacted to this defeat by inciting his Muslim brothers to unleash mayhem on the mostly Christian minority groups. This however widen the gap between the northern minorities and the Fulani-Hausa oligarchy by harden their hearts more against Hausa-Fulani Islamic domination.

Presently, with the approaching national conference, the Hausa and Fulanis are peeing in their pants as they do not expect the minorities to align with them in any important decision. As a result they are actively trying to discredit the conference. In addition more northern minority group are raising their voices against what they perceived as marginalisation by the Fulanis and Hausa.

Previously unheard of minority groups such as the Gbagyi ethnic nationality, whose people spread across Kaduna, Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, wondered why that in spite of the contributions to national development, their numerical strength and spread, they have been inexplicably excluded from the National Conference.

Also the Kwarrarafa ethnic nationalities, found and traceable in 27 states of the country, including the FCT, also in their protest letter said that the august event will provide the constituent nationalities opportunities to be “resurrected” as they have long been “buried.”