Islamist
jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani, and Kanuri ethnic nationalities, who are
Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an implosion.
It is therefore imperative that the remaining 386 ethnic nationalities
of Nigeria should, as a matter of priority, convene a conference to
demonstrate to the few Islamist jihadists of these three ethnic
nationalities the grave danger of Islamism as a system of governance.
Nigerians are reminded that the present
distress in the nation is not an act of God but man-made. The brazen and
audacious imposition of Islamist Jihadists into key positions in the
country is not an expression of religious piety but a deliberate
manipulation of religion for cultural and political domination by three
ethnic groups. This agenda commenced in 1975 after the overthrow of
General Yakubu Gowon by General Murtala Mohammed. The Islamist jihadists
are a violent and domineering strain of Islam rejected by mainstream
Muslims
We are reminded that after the Arab
Spring, Tunisia, and Egypt elected Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood
into power. One year later, the two Arab Islamic nations staged another
revolution and sacked them. If Arab nations could not tolerate Islamist
jihadists’ domination, we wonder how Nigeria, a multi-cultural,
multi-religious, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic nation would cope with
the dire consequences of flooding government with Islamist jihadists.
The signs are ominous that the Islamist
jihadists, a minority in the three ethnic nationalities of Arab
ancestry, have contrived a malevolent agenda against the other 386 Negro
ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria. These Negro Ethnic
Nationalities and non-Islamist jihadists must rise to contain the
present challenges especially the activities of the murderous Boko Haram
and Fulani herdsmen that is now being strengthened with the
discriminatory appointments that weighs very much against non-Muslims in
Nigeria.
The distinction between Negroes and
Negroids is necessary to reject the assumption of superiority of the
Negroid of Arab descendants in Nigeria.
It is pertinent to explain that
there is a difference between Islam and Islamism. While Islam is a
religion, Islamism is but a political ideology that holds that Islam is
not only a religion but a political system that must dominate wherever
Islam is practiced in the world. Islamism is the ideology driving the
Taliban, Al Shabab, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and
others. Islamism operates through religious terrorists and stealthily
through “Civilization Jihad” (deceit) both seek to undermine democratic
societies and convert them forcefully to Sharia States.
All attempts to draw the attention of
the Buhari administration through previous press releases and press
conferences have, mischievously, been interpreted as politics. We are
also dismayed that the Christian Coalition Group as well as other arms
of Christians in Nigeria that have expressed concern about evolving
issues in the nation have been described as members of a political
party, specifically, the main opposition party in Nigeria, the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP. This is a very disappointing response to very
serious national issues.
As Nigerians, we have the right to
comment on issues that are of great importance to the nation especially
when our elected representatives chose to be silent. While we were
worried about the lopsided appointments in Nigeria’s security services,
we also noticed, a few days ago, that the education sector has been
privatized in the hands of only the Fulanis and Islamist jihadists.
Virtually all strategic federal educational offices and appointments,
have gone to persons with Islamist jihadists tendencies as heads of the
universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, University Admissions
Board (JAMB), Educational Funding and Policy Departments, etc. Our
concern is not about the job and appointments but the fundamental
Islamist jihadists agenda that is playing out in Nigeria.
What the list of students’ admission
will look like in the nearest future in our nation with an Islamist
jihadist in charge of JAMB, we are constrained to ponder.
During the 2015 elections a major
apprehension was the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari dividing
Nigeria along religious lines. This apprehension has now been justified
as the president has officially completed the last phase of the
Islamization exercise by instituting a strong Islamic foundation
throughout the Nigerian education sector.
Most functional Boards in the Civil
Service are headed mostly by Muslims and Fulanis which is becoming a
threat and danger to the very foundation of Nigeria.
We, as Christians, pray that God will save us from the hands of the Islamist jihadists.
We appeal to Mr. President not to set a record as the most insensitive president ever in the history of Nigeria.
Mr. President assured the Nation during
his inauguration, that he belongs to everybody: “I BELONG TO EVERYBODY, I
BELONG TO NOBODY” he said.
Unfortunately, since coming into office,
President Buhari has consistently proved that he belongs only to
Muslims and the Fulanis. Mr. President has finally confirmed what he
affirmed in his BBC Hausa interview in 2003 when, according to Hope For Nigeria, he stated that he would continue in the “quest to ensure that Islamic Sharia is spread across Nigeria.”
Violation of Principle of Federal Character in Federal Appointments
Section 171 sub-Section 5 of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)
stipulates that the president in exercising his powers of appointment
under this section shall have regard to the federal character of Nigeria
and the need to promote national unity.
A critical look at the list of
appointments by this administration shows utter disregard for issues
that promote national unity and a gross violation of the Constitution.
We wonder how Mr. President can relate
the impunity of his administration to his mantra; fight against
corruption. By flagrantly violating Sections 171(5) and 10 of the
Constitution, the president has presented himself as corrupt.
Below are some of the very important
appointments made by “Federal Islamist Jihadist Imperial Government” to
confirm our apprehension:
Chief Executives of Educational institutions:
1] Head of Universities: NUC Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Hausa/Fulani Muslim
2] Head of Polytechnics: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
3] Head of Colleges of Education: Prof. Bappah Aliyu Hausa/Fulani Muslim
4] Head of TETFUND: Dr. Abdulahi Baffa Hausa/Fulani Muslim
5] Head of JAMB: Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-Professor of Arabic studies–Muslim
6] Head of UBEC Dr. Hameed Bobboyi: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
7] Head of NABTEB: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
8] Head of NTI: Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare Hausa/Fulani Muslim.
88% of the appointments are Northern Muslim/Fulani Muslim. (Only one person is from South West, nevertheless, a Muslim.)
1] Head of Universities: NUC Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Hausa/Fulani Muslim
2] Head of Polytechnics: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
3] Head of Colleges of Education: Prof. Bappah Aliyu Hausa/Fulani Muslim
4] Head of TETFUND: Dr. Abdulahi Baffa Hausa/Fulani Muslim
5] Head of JAMB: Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-Professor of Arabic studies–Muslim
6] Head of UBEC Dr. Hameed Bobboyi: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
7] Head of NABTEB: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
8] Head of NTI: Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare Hausa/Fulani Muslim.
88% of the appointments are Northern Muslim/Fulani Muslim. (Only one person is from South West, nevertheless, a Muslim.)
This is in addition of handing over the
security units in the nation to Muslims. President Buhari has
masterfully completed the configuration of the entire National Security
structure/architecture firmly in the hands of the Northern Hausa-Fulani
Muslims alone to the exclusion of all other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
This is definitely unfair, not just to Christians but to all non-Muslims
in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s security units are configured as follows:
1. Police IG ……….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
2.Chief of Army Staff ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Minister for Defense ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. Minister for Internal Affairs …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. National Security Adviser (NSA) ……… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
6. DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
7. Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
8. Chief of Staff …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
9. ADC to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
10. CSO to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
11. Principal Secretary ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
12. Private Secretary to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
13. Protocol to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
14. DG Customs ………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
15. DG, EFCC ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
16. DG, Nigeria Prisons ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
17. DG, Immigration …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
18. Chairman, INEC …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
19. Minister for Petroleum …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
20. Minister for FCT …….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
21. President/Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces …………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
2.Chief of Army Staff ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Minister for Defense ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. Minister for Internal Affairs …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. National Security Adviser (NSA) ……… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
6. DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
7. Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
8. Chief of Staff …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
9. ADC to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
10. CSO to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
11. Principal Secretary ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
12. Private Secretary to President ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
13. Protocol to President ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
14. DG Customs ………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
15. DG, EFCC ……. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
16. DG, Nigeria Prisons ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
17. DG, Immigration …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
18. Chairman, INEC …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
19. Minister for Petroleum …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
20. Minister for FCT …….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
21. President/Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces …………. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
Fellow Nigerians, added to the above disturbing appointments are:
1. Head of National Assembly/Senate President …… Northern Muslim
2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. All Registrars and Principal Officers all Levels of the Federal Judiciary ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. Clerk of the National Assembly …… Northern Muslim.
2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal …… Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
4. All Registrars and Principal Officers all Levels of the Federal Judiciary ….. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
5. Clerk of the National Assembly …… Northern Muslim.
Police Officers Announced as New AIGs:
1] Ibrahim Adamu, AIG, Zone 1
2] Abdulmajid Ali, AIG, Zone 2
3] Usman Tilli, AIG zone 3
4] Dorothy Gimba AIG, Investment Formation
5] Mohammed Mohammed, AIG Special Protection Unit
6] Mohammed Katsina, AIG National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos It is notable that state CPs were also promoted to AIG making it a total of 18 New AIGs.
2] Abdulmajid Ali, AIG, Zone 2
3] Usman Tilli, AIG zone 3
4] Dorothy Gimba AIG, Investment Formation
5] Mohammed Mohammed, AIG Special Protection Unit
6] Mohammed Katsina, AIG National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos It is notable that state CPs were also promoted to AIG making it a total of 18 New AIGs.
Other appointments of President Buhari are as follows:
1. DG DPR, Mordecai Ladan. North/West
2. Accountant-General Ahmed Idris;. Nort/ West
3. Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure Kano North/West
4. Chairman INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu North/East
5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Borno North/East
6. DG NIMASA, Buba Haruna Jauro Yobe North/East
7. Head of Service, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita South/South
8. SSA Media, Shehu Garba Kano North/West
9. SA Media, Femi Adeshina Osun South/West
10. CG NSCDC, Abdulahi Mohammed North Central
11. DG SSS, Lawal Daura Katsina North/West
12. NSA, Babagana Monguno Borno North/East
13. CDS, Abayomi Gabriel Ekiti South/West
14. Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Buratai Borno North/East
15. Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Sadique Bauchi North/East
16. Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Cross River South/South
17. DG Amnesty, Brig. P. T. Boroh South/South
18. ADC, Mohammed Lawal Kano North/West
19. CSO, Abdulrahman Mani North/West
20. EVC NCC, Umaru Danbatta Kano North/West
21. Chairman Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda North/East
22. MD AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru North/West
23. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
24. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau DG Budget North/West
25. EC FIRS, Dr Williams Babatunde Fowler Lagos South/West
26. Babachir David Lawal SGF North/East
27. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
28. CG Immigration, Kure Martin Abeshi North Central
29. SSA NASS, Suleiman A. Kawu North Central
30. SSA NASS, Ita S.J. Enang South/South
31. MD NPA, Habibu Abdulahi Kano North/West
32. DG Budget, Aliyu Gusau Zamfara North/West
33. EFCC, Madu Ibrahim North/West
34. DG NOTAP, Dan Azumi Mohammed North/West
35. NIMC, Engr. Aliyu M Aziz North Central
36. NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim Kano North/West
37. Federal Character, Shettima Bukar Abba North/East Borno
38. SA Social Protection, Maryam Uwais Kaduna, North/West
39. Chairman NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah Adamawa, North/East
40. MD NDDC, Sam Ekere A/Ibom, South/South
41. PA New Media, Bashir Ahmed Kano, North/West
42. NEITI Waziri Adio, Osun South/West
42. DG SMEDAN Dr Dikko Umaru Raqqa. Katsina North/West
43. DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside Rivers South/South
44. OPEC, Sec Gen Mohammed Barkindo North/West
45. DG NYSC, Kazaure North/West
46. SA Prosecution, Okoi Obono-obla Cross River South/South
47. CG Prisons, Ahmed Jafaru Jigawa North/West
48. CG Immigration, Mohammed Babandede Jigawa North/West
2. Accountant-General Ahmed Idris;. Nort/ West
3. Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure Kano North/West
4. Chairman INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu North/East
5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Borno North/East
6. DG NIMASA, Buba Haruna Jauro Yobe North/East
7. Head of Service, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita South/South
8. SSA Media, Shehu Garba Kano North/West
9. SA Media, Femi Adeshina Osun South/West
10. CG NSCDC, Abdulahi Mohammed North Central
11. DG SSS, Lawal Daura Katsina North/West
12. NSA, Babagana Monguno Borno North/East
13. CDS, Abayomi Gabriel Ekiti South/West
14. Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Buratai Borno North/East
15. Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Sadique Bauchi North/East
16. Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Cross River South/South
17. DG Amnesty, Brig. P. T. Boroh South/South
18. ADC, Mohammed Lawal Kano North/West
19. CSO, Abdulrahman Mani North/West
20. EVC NCC, Umaru Danbatta Kano North/West
21. Chairman Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda North/East
22. MD AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru North/West
23. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
24. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau DG Budget North/West
25. EC FIRS, Dr Williams Babatunde Fowler Lagos South/West
26. Babachir David Lawal SGF North/East
27. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
28. CG Immigration, Kure Martin Abeshi North Central
29. SSA NASS, Suleiman A. Kawu North Central
30. SSA NASS, Ita S.J. Enang South/South
31. MD NPA, Habibu Abdulahi Kano North/West
32. DG Budget, Aliyu Gusau Zamfara North/West
33. EFCC, Madu Ibrahim North/West
34. DG NOTAP, Dan Azumi Mohammed North/West
35. NIMC, Engr. Aliyu M Aziz North Central
36. NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim Kano North/West
37. Federal Character, Shettima Bukar Abba North/East Borno
38. SA Social Protection, Maryam Uwais Kaduna, North/West
39. Chairman NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah Adamawa, North/East
40. MD NDDC, Sam Ekere A/Ibom, South/South
41. PA New Media, Bashir Ahmed Kano, North/West
42. NEITI Waziri Adio, Osun South/West
42. DG SMEDAN Dr Dikko Umaru Raqqa. Katsina North/West
43. DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside Rivers South/South
44. OPEC, Sec Gen Mohammed Barkindo North/West
45. DG NYSC, Kazaure North/West
46. SA Prosecution, Okoi Obono-obla Cross River South/South
47. CG Prisons, Ahmed Jafaru Jigawa North/West
48. CG Immigration, Mohammed Babandede Jigawa North/West
Let us attempt a tally of the last set numbered 1-48 only:
North/West 25
North/East 9
North Central 4
South/West 4
South/ South 6
South/ East 0
North/East 9
North Central 4
South/West 4
South/ South 6
South/ East 0
This is the full list of the army
officers compulsorily retired by Muhammadu Buhari. They are 90%
non-Muslims. It projects that Ethnic and Regional cleansing continues:
Maj. Gen TC Ude (SE-)
Maj. Gen LC Ilo (SE)
Maj. Gen IN Ijeoma (SE)
Maj. Gen O Ejimai (SE)
Maj. Gen PAT Akem (SS)
Maj. Gen ED Atewe (SS)
Maj. Gen Letam Wiwa (younger brother of murdered Environmental Rights activist and Author, Ken Saro-Wiwa) (SS)
Maj. Gen FO Alli (SS)
Maj. Gen Mobolaji Koleoso (SW)
Maj. Gen SD Aliyu (MB)
Maj. Gen MY Ibrahim
Brig. Gen GO Agachi (SE)
Brig. Gen Okonkwo (SE)
Brig. Gen Ogidi (SS)
Brig. Gen Koko Essien (SS)
Brig. Gen PE Ekpeyong (SS)
Brig. Gen Bright Fiboinumama (SS)
Brig. Gen. M. Onoyiveta (SS)
Brig. Gen IMD Lawson (SS)
Brig. Gen Oyefesobi (SW)
Brig. Gen AI Onibasa (SW)
Brig. Gen Bashir Mormo (SS)
Brig. Gen AH Sa’ad (SS)-Former ADC to late President Musa Yar’adua
Brig. Gen MG Ali
Brig. Gen LN Bello
Brig. Gen D Abdusalam
Col. CK Ukoha (SE)
Col. OU Nwankwo (SE)
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC (SE)
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah (SS)
Col. FD Kayode (SW)
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President Goodluck Jonathan (MB)
Col. Audu (MB)
Col. DR Hassan
Col. MA Suleiman
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu (SS)
Lt. Col C Enechukwu (SE)
Lt. Col CO Amadi (SE)
Lt. Col Adimoha (SS)
Lt. Col OC Egemode (SS)
Lt. Col TE Arigbe (SW)
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye (SW)
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa (MB)
Lt. Col DB Dazang (MB)
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
Maj. Gen LC Ilo (SE)
Maj. Gen IN Ijeoma (SE)
Maj. Gen O Ejimai (SE)
Maj. Gen PAT Akem (SS)
Maj. Gen ED Atewe (SS)
Maj. Gen Letam Wiwa (younger brother of murdered Environmental Rights activist and Author, Ken Saro-Wiwa) (SS)
Maj. Gen FO Alli (SS)
Maj. Gen Mobolaji Koleoso (SW)
Maj. Gen SD Aliyu (MB)
Maj. Gen MY Ibrahim
Brig. Gen GO Agachi (SE)
Brig. Gen Okonkwo (SE)
Brig. Gen Ogidi (SS)
Brig. Gen Koko Essien (SS)
Brig. Gen PE Ekpeyong (SS)
Brig. Gen Bright Fiboinumama (SS)
Brig. Gen. M. Onoyiveta (SS)
Brig. Gen IMD Lawson (SS)
Brig. Gen Oyefesobi (SW)
Brig. Gen AI Onibasa (SW)
Brig. Gen Bashir Mormo (SS)
Brig. Gen AH Sa’ad (SS)-Former ADC to late President Musa Yar’adua
Brig. Gen MG Ali
Brig. Gen LN Bello
Brig. Gen D Abdusalam
Col. CK Ukoha (SE)
Col. OU Nwankwo (SE)
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC (SE)
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah (SS)
Col. FD Kayode (SW)
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President Goodluck Jonathan (MB)
Col. Audu (MB)
Col. DR Hassan
Col. MA Suleiman
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu (SS)
Lt. Col C Enechukwu (SE)
Lt. Col CO Amadi (SE)
Lt. Col Adimoha (SS)
Lt. Col OC Egemode (SS)
Lt. Col TE Arigbe (SW)
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye (SW)
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa (MB)
Lt. Col DB Dazang (MB)
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
With the above statistics, it is fair to
suggest that President Buhari is promoting division between Muslims and
other Nigerians.
We wonder, whether, Islamism has
something to do with the abolition, by President Buhari, of the single
four-year tenure for permanent secretaries and two-term of four years
(eight years) tenure for directors in the Federal Civil Service in order
to entrench Islamism and neo-colonialism in Nigeria.
Collaboration and Acquiescence of Elites in Nigeria
There is need to define imperialism and
what it stands for, especially because the Fulani Jihadists after having
been conquered by the British imperialists were appointed junior
partners in imperialism and colonialism by way of indirect rule
throughout Northern Nigeria. This form of colonial policy was adopted
with some modifications to suit Southern Nigeria.
Imperialism is a type of advocacy of
Empire. Its name originated from the Latin word “imperium”, which means
to rule over territories. Imperialism is “a policy of extending a
country’s power and influence tough colonization, use of military force,
or other means”.
Imperialism also includes a policy of
extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military
force. Imperialism is particularly focused on the control that one
group, often a state power, has on another group of people. This is
often through various forms of racial, religious, or cultural
stereotypes. There are “formal” or “informal” imperialisms.
“Formal imperialism” is defined as
“physical control or full-fledged colonial rule”. “Informal imperialism”
is less direct; however, it is still a powerful form of dominance.
Northern and Southern Nigeria ceased to exist as political terminologies
with the creation of states in 1967 by General Gowon. There cannot be a
political North when there is no such South.
Unfortunately, the ghost of colonialism
continues to haunt Nigeria with the Fulani as the “ghost” and
neo-colonialists of Arewa (North) with a perceived South. The south as
is employed is used merely to promote Arewa (North) as a political
terminology.
After independence, the Fulani decided
that they were successors to the British imperialism in Nigeria, and,
thereby have become the neo-colonialists with military arsenal and
man-power to continue where the British left. This backward policy is
not in accord with democracy, the 21st Century Africa and the World.
Collaborators
In the book titled Empire – The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present, the author, Denis Judd wrote: “Faced with the onward march of British imperialism and European civilization, local peoples had to make a choice between acceptance and defiance, collaboration and resistance. It is small wonder that for the most part, collaboration with the imperial authorities became the inevitable consequence of imperial expansion and control. Without the collaboration – the acquiescence – of local elites, tribal and religious groupings, the different castes and sub-divisions of colonial society, the British would never have been able to carry out their stupendous task of conquering, ruling, dominating, and controlling so large a proportion of the planet, without also the collaboration and acquiescence of the educated elites.”
In the book titled Empire – The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present, the author, Denis Judd wrote: “Faced with the onward march of British imperialism and European civilization, local peoples had to make a choice between acceptance and defiance, collaboration and resistance. It is small wonder that for the most part, collaboration with the imperial authorities became the inevitable consequence of imperial expansion and control. Without the collaboration – the acquiescence – of local elites, tribal and religious groupings, the different castes and sub-divisions of colonial society, the British would never have been able to carry out their stupendous task of conquering, ruling, dominating, and controlling so large a proportion of the planet, without also the collaboration and acquiescence of the educated elites.”
The same neo-imperialist can be said of
Fulani Empire in present day Nigeria. Nigerian Christians in 2015
substituted a substantive president with a vice president and with the
discriminatory appointments and action listed above, the question
Nigerians are asking is:
“Where are the non-Islamists in
partisan politics who, by their conduct are members of the ruling party
and opposition, – when the Islamist Jihadists decided to take over the
country. Have they been paid off so that Nigeria can become a true
Islamist Jihadist country?”
If that is the case, Christian elites in
partisan politics have promoted the worst form of neo-colonialism
bordering on slavery where the “Christian” South provide the funds for
the Fulanis to extend the Sokoto Caliphate Empire and influence through
Islamic Jihad, Boko Haram, and the stealth Jihad Taqiyya to the rest of
Nigeria.
History will be very harsh on non-Muslim
Nigerians especially the “Christian elites” if we do not let President
Buhari appreciate that democracy not Islamism is the best form of
government invented by humans.
Only democracy can save Nigeria from the
paths treaded by Pakistan, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Eretria, Burundi,
Southern Sudan, Central African Republic, Syria, Iran, and Yemen etc.
We, therefore, draw the attention of all
non-Muslims in government (past and present) from presidents, heads of
state, vice presidents, presidents and deputy presidents of the Senate,
speakers of the House of Representatives, governors, members of the
Senate and House of Representative and state assemblies, church leaders,
Cardinals, Overseers, Archbishops, Bishops, Pastors and Priests to
realize that Christians constitute 50% of the population of Nigeria and
that it is only with their collaboration and acquiescence that the
Islamization of Nigeria can be accomplished.
This appeal also goes to professional
groups like the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nigeria Medical
Association (NMA), Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Nigerian Society
of Engineers (NSE), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN),
Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers of Nigeria (NIESV),
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Medical and Dental
Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Pharmacy Council of Nigeria
(PCN), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Institute
of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations
(NIPR), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Chartered Institute
of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), Nigeria Institute of
Architects (NIA), National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives
(NANNM), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Institute of
Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), National Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG), National Union of Textile & Garment Workers of
Nigeria (NUTGWN) and other professional associations trained in Western
democracies.
Surely they do not want to leave the
country once again as some did during the 1975 purge of educated
Nigerian. They must all speak out to save their country Nigeria and its
young democracy. Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen are not alternatives.
We, Christians, will be called to
question in the world beyond if we do nothing. We, the elites, will
appear before God to explain why we failed to utilize God’s gift to us
especially our knowledge to solve our country’s problems by working to
stop the backward policies of Islamist jihadists. Christian elites who
are vocal in condemning Christians in authority cannot remain silent
unless of course they have sold out to the Islamist jihadists in
Nigeria.
We must conclude by pointing out that
imperialism rested on and indeed was sustained by “assumptions of
superiority”, where one white person or Negroid in the case of Nigeria
was thought to be worth literally any member of blacks”.
In Nigeria, the Arab descendants who
partnered the British in indirect rule believe that they are superior to
Negro tribes that make up over 80% of the population. Nigerian
non-Muslims who acquired Western education over 70 years before the Arab
Negroids are being regarded “technically” as inferior to those with
Arabic education Boko Haram – Western education is “worthless”.
Thus, Western educated collaborators are
promoting unwittingly, the superiority of the Arab descendants over the
other 386 Nationalities that make up Nigeria with Islam as superior to
Christianity and other religions. Not only are these Jihadists’
assumptions false, wicked and devious, they are also backward,
retrogressive, undemocratic and against the rule of law.
Our answer is to show that while arms
and Taqiyya (deceit) win Jihads, it takes ideas to win the peace. The
options open to us non-Islamist Jihadists in Nigeria today are dialogue,
reconciliation, and restructure – in that order.
God Bless Nigeria.
Solomon Asemota, SAN
For and on behalf of
Coalition of Christian Groups:
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF); Nigerian Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF); Think Tank For The Body Of Christ; Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON); Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSIN); Students Christian Movement (SCM); Christian Professionals Forum (CPF); Council of Elders Ng (CEN); Ministers Prayer Network (MPN); International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ); Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA); International Prophetic Ministerial Association (IPMA) (Inc. Worldwide College of Bishops & Ministers, Africa, UK & USA); Intercessors Without Walls (IWW); Wailing Women International (WWI); Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship; Nigerian Fellowship of Christian Students (NIFES); University Joint Campus Christian Fellowship (UJCM); Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF); Nigeria Supreme Council For Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA); African Association for Ecclesiastical Affairs (AAEA), and others.
For and on behalf of
Coalition of Christian Groups:
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF); Nigerian Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF); Think Tank For The Body Of Christ; Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON); Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSIN); Students Christian Movement (SCM); Christian Professionals Forum (CPF); Council of Elders Ng (CEN); Ministers Prayer Network (MPN); International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ); Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA); International Prophetic Ministerial Association (IPMA) (Inc. Worldwide College of Bishops & Ministers, Africa, UK & USA); Intercessors Without Walls (IWW); Wailing Women International (WWI); Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship; Nigerian Fellowship of Christian Students (NIFES); University Joint Campus Christian Fellowship (UJCM); Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF); Nigeria Supreme Council For Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA); African Association for Ecclesiastical Affairs (AAEA), and others.
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