How Yorubas are courting death and decimation

“Sharia should be introduced in full force across Nigeria. I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SHARIA IN THE COUNTRY. It is the legal responsibility which God has given us within the context of one Nigeria to continue to uphold on the practice of sharia wholeheartedly.” – Muhammadu Buhari

About this time two years ago, Boko Haram was unleashing its onslaught on Biafran Christians in the northern part of Nigeria. Churches were being attacked; bus stations and markets predominated by Biafrans were always objects of incessant attacks. However, the Muslim North were resoundingly silent. Hardly was there any voice from any prominent or lower level Islamic Hausa-Fulani leader or politician condemning such genocidal attacks. Having killed many of them, some Biafrans relocated further south, others restrategised and adopted certain survival tricks.