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On 19th September 2016 after the latest bombing in New York, Mr. Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said
"In
the 20th century the United States of America defeated fascism, nazism
and communism. Today the United States of America must destroy (radical)
Islamism".
Mr. Trump is absolutely right! Yet
it is not just in America that the scourge of jihadi violence and
Islamist terror must be destroyed. It must be uprooted, defeated and
destroyed throughout the entire world, including Nigeria.
Sadly
in this respect things appear to be getting worse. Reports coming in
suggest that no less than eight Christian worshippers were murdered in
cold blood whilst their Church was burnt to the ground in Borno state
just yesterday.
One wonders when this sad and
sorry tale will end. One wonders when this recurrent and utterly beastly
bloodfest and this outrageous orgy of violence will stop?
If
it is not Fulani herdsmen and miitants slaughtering southerners in
their homes and farms it is Boko Haram butchering Christians in their
Churches in the north. Sadly our President does not give a damn and he
is behaving true to type.
Like the Roman
Emperor Nero, as his nation burns, as his people suffer, starve and feel
the pain of economic recession and as members of the Christian
community in his country are being slaughtered he has, yet again, opted
to play the fiddle and jet out of the country.
This
time he has travelled to New York and, worse still, he has gone with a
record 108-member delegation despite the fact that we are facing the
most terrible recession in the history of our nation.
Yet
this contribution is not about the idiosyncrises of Buhari or the
barbarity of Boko Haram but rather about their historical predecessors
and forefathers and the unholy agenda that they collectively seek to
purse and enforce. The history is clear. Let us go back to the
beginning.
Sheik Usman Dan Fodio, a violent and
relentless jihadist, the man who led his people from Futa Jalon in
modern-day Guinea to Sokoto in northern Nigeria in 1804 and the father
of the Fulani Caliphate, once said:
"Conscience is an open wound, only truth can heal it".
I
find it hard to imagine how a genocidal maniac and islamist terrorist
who killed, maimed, pillaged and burned his way to infamy in the most
barbaric way and who enslaved millions in the north and took their
self-respect, identity and dignity away from them can speak of
"conscience" and "truth"?
The bitter truth is that he had neither of the two.
I have always found it curious that the Guardian Newspaper used his words as their motto.
Perhaps
they didn't know who he really was and what he really stood for. They
say that there is no compulsion in religion yet this is a man who
literally soaked northern Nigeria in blood and who took the lives of
millions of innocent and defenceless men, women and children amongst the
Hausa tribe in Gobir and other northern tribes in his quest to impose
and establish Islam.
In a well-researched essay
titled, 'The National Grazing Reserve Council Bill: A Fulfillment Of
Usman Dan Fodio's Dream', Mr. Lazarus Obinna wrote the following.
"Usman
dan Fodio, an Islamic scholar and an urbanized Fulani had been actively
educating and preaching in the city of Gobir with the approval and
support of the Hausa leadership of the city.
However,
when Yunfa, a former student of Dan Fodio's, became the Sultan of Gobir
he restricted Dan Fodio's activities, forcing him into exile in Gudu.
A large number of peoples left Gobir to join Dan Fodio and as a response on February 21, 1804, Yunfa declared war on Dan Fodio.
Despite
some early losses at the Battle of Tsuntua and elsewhere, the forces of
Dan Fodio began taking over some of the key cities starting in 1805.
The
war lasted from 1804 until 1808 and the forces of Dan Fodio were able
to capture the states of Katsina and Daura, and the important Kingdom of
Kano (in 1807) and Gobir in 1808.
The
Caliphate was founded in February 1804 at Gudu when Dan-Fodio was
proclaimed 'Amir Al-Mu'minin' ('Defender of the Faithful'). Usman Dan
Fodio then declared a number of flag bearers amongst those following
him, creating an early political structure of the empire.
In 1809, Muhammed Bello, the son of Dan Fodio, founded the city of Sokoto, which became the capital of the Sokoto Caliphate.
The
jihads had created "a new slaving frontier on the basis of rejuvenated
Islam." By 1900 the Sokoto caliphate had "at least 1 million and perhaps
as many as 2.5 million slaves", second only to the American South
(which had four million in 1860) in size among all modern slave
societies.
From 1808 until the mid-1830s, the
Sokoto Caliphate expanded, gradually annexing the plains to the west and
key parts of Yorubaland.
It became one of the
largest states in Africa, stretching from modern-day Burkina Faso to
Cameroon and including most of Northern Nigeria and Niger Republic.
At its height, the Sokoto Caliphate included over 30 different emirates under its political structure.
The
political structure of the Caliphate was organized with the Sultan of
Sokoto ruling from the city of Sokoto (and for a brief period under
Muhammad Bello from Wurno). The leader of each emirate was appointed by
the Sultan as the flag bearer for that city but was given wide
independence and autonomy.
Much of the growth
of the Caliphate occurred through the establishment of an extensive
system of ribats as part of the consolidation policy of Muhammed Bello,
the second Sultan. Ribats were established founding a number of new
cities with walled fortresses, schools, markets, and other buildings.
These
proved crucial in expanding the Caliphate by developing new cities,
settling the pastoral Fulani people, and supporting the growth of
plantations which were crucial to the economy.
By 1837, the Sokoto Caliphate had a population around 10 million people.
Now,
going through the National Grazing Reserve Council Bill something
caught my attention." The bill in question shall create a council to be
chaired by a chairman to be appointed by the President, the council
shall have powers to take land anywhere in the country and pay
compensation"
Now the land shall be given to herdsmen who shall use the land for grazing purposes.
Another
thing that stroked me is if the owner of the land is not comfortable
with the decisions of the Council, the person can go to court but after
he or she must have notified the Attorney General of the federation and
gotten his consent or approval, that is to say if the Attorney general
refuse to give his consent, you have lost your land forever to herdsmen.
Again,
The National grazing reserve Council would have the powers to take your
land and pay you compensation and don't forget you can only get
compensation if you have documents proving ownership.
Now
in the beginning of this article,you could see how Usman Dan Fodio and
his descendant captured the areas known as the north and some parts of
Yorubaland.
This is a plan to over-run the
south in fulfillment of the promise made by Usman Dan Fodio and don't
forget, The Fulani, were,and are, a nomadic people who have been
influential throughout the history of North West Africa for over a
thousand years. They were also responsible for introducing and spreading
Islam over much of Western Africa. Don't also forget that Usman Dan
Fodio was a fundamentalist Muslim who used religious fervor to ignite
his devotees to undertake a series of holy war. Following the success of
his Islamic jihadists, non-Muslim Fulani joined the ranks with their
fellow tribesmen to form an extensive and powerful empire, an African
Islamic caliphate.
In this 21st century,
Ranches are established and used to rear cattle, farmers buy land to
create ranches. There is nowhere in the world where the land of ordinary
citizens are compulsorily taken and given to others.
I highlighted the history of Usman Dan Fodio,the Fulani herdsmen
and their activities for you to know the risk in allowing the Grazing
Bill scale through and what the initiators intend to achieve. The
earlier we stand against this bill and the initiators,the better for us.
Say NO to the Grazing Reserve Bill!"
Mr.
Obinna's analysis cannot be faulted. He has hit the nail on the head.
The passage of the Grazing Reserve Bill would be a fatal error on the
part of southern and Middle Belt legislators and the final step in
establishing Usman Dan Fodio's dream and legacy in southern Nigeria.
The
Bible says "knowledge is power". It follows that ignorance is a
terrible affliction: it is a terminal ailment which leads to certain
death.
In an essay that I wrote on 25th July 2016 titled 'Nigeria's Third Mahdi
and the Last Of The Amalekite Kings', I described Dan Fodio as the
"first Mahdi of Nigeria".
He
was the greatest evil that ever afflicted our shores closely followed
by an Englishman by the name of Lord Frederick Lugard who recommended
and decreed the amalglamation of the northern and southern protectorates
of Nigeria in 1914.
Between
those two monsters many lives, destinies, families, nations and futures
were destroyed and many stars were eclipsed. May the Lord repay them
according to their works. (TO BE CONTINUED).
