Moving Forward.

The earlier the Sultan and people of good conscience in the North start demanding and questioning President Buhari's loyalty the better for the security of the North and Nigeria in general. Is he a Nigerian and a Nigerian President whose loyalty to the flag and the people of Nigeria is indisputable and unquestioned? Or is his loyalty to the Fulani people scattered all over the West Coast of Africa? 

During the last Presidential election, President Buhari and his APC Campaign Advisers violated our territorial integrity by allowing two Governors from the Niger Republic and more than a hundred Nigerien to enter the country to participate actively in President Buhari's Presidential campaign. That is not done anywhere. First, it is a violation of our electoral law and a violation of our sovereign status. 

Also, Northern Cattle Merchants, allow Thousands of West African Fulani's Cattle Rearers and Fighting Warriors or Jihadist to enter this country to (1) rear their herds, and (2) to fight, kill, displace villagers and become occupants of the conquered territories. This is what the people of Benue and Plateau States have been going through for years. But no one from the influential traditional council of the North cares. Because the victims are not Fulani. 

And two, because the sponsors and those who are arming and importing the warriors to Nigeria are Fulanis who dominate our federal institutions and government. This is the stark reality. So, the starting point is to start asking President Buhari and all the influential Fulanis in the Federal Government and outside, whether their loyalty is to the flag and people of Nigeria or to their Fulani diaspora. 

Another poser is, how come the Fulani of Niger Republic, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, or the Gambia are not engaged in slaughtering, conquest mission, and land grabbing campaigns in those countries the way they are doing in Nigeria? Why is President Buhari funding billions of Naira rail lin project and highways to the Niger Republic when you cannot fix Nigeria roads? 

Where is President Buhari's loyalty? You have all the crude oil wealth. You have total control of all the security apparatuses of Nigeria. Your people control the Armed Forces, Customs, and Immigration Services. What else do you need to secure the safety lives of your people and Nigerians? Why are we allowing non-Nigerian Fulani Bandits to invade Nigerian territories and start collecting taxes and ransom from indigenes? 

We remember the tragedy of Azubuike Ihejirika, President Jonathan's Chief of Army Staff. We remember the "they are killing my people" protest of then General Buhari (Rtd) during President Goodluck Jonathan. And we remember this tweet by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai "We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes. - July 15, 2012. And we remember his threat to bundle Azubuike before the World Court at the Hague for a war crime. His offense? For fighting to defeat the Boko Haram sect. 

And that brings us to the final question: How would the Sultan, El'Rufai, and President Buhari feel if a Southern Soldier under a Southern led Military Command, shot and killed any of those AK47 displaying bandits?  And that's the tragedy of the divided loyalty of Nigerian Fulanis. Until Northerners start asking that question, it is naive to start thinking and constructing solutions from other means.