The ‘murder’ of the Fulani: Time for Southern Nigerian nations to procure arms as Yugoslavia starts to unfold in Nigeria – Fani Kayode

The ‘murder’ of the Fulani: Time for Southern Nigerian nations to procure arms as Yugoslavia starts to unfold in Nigeria – Fani Kayode

The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani.

The implications of this announcement is obvious. It will create more tension and fear in the land and it will lead to reprisal killings in the north. Violence is never the way out and I have always believed that it has no place in any civilized society. Yet what I find curious about this announcement is the fact that it is unique and historic.

Biafra is nearer than you think! Nigeria is on the path of Yugoslavia and former Soviet Union

Biafra is nearer than you think! Nigeria is on the path of Yugoslavia and former Soviet Union

BIAFRA is not one of the problems besetting Nigeria. Those unable to appreciate this fact may require a dose of creative thinking. Nigeria’s stubborn thorn in the flesh is its adamant repudiation of the self-evident concept of the changelessness of change, upon which sits a crippling unwillingness to engage that same constancy of change. There are two random but famous declarations – one little remembered today, the other something of a mantra – that neatly wrap up the national antiparty to inexorable change and its management.

Buhari's Nigeria: A tinderbox on the path of Yugoslavia

Buhari's Nigeria: A tinderbox on the path of Yugoslavia

As Nigeria under General Muhammadu Buhari tethers on the brink of economic and physical collapse, the story of Yugoslavia, a country that was in the south western part of Europe generally known as the Balkans, and its breakup pops to discerning minds.