The Debate Nigerians Don't Want to Have
Can you possibly force a Northern Fulani Muslim to voluntarily resign from power in Nigeria and hand over the reign of government to a Yoruba Christian from the South? Also, can you deprive Northerners of their turn to rule Nigeria for eight years when the Yoruba tribe under President Obasanjo was the President for eight years and a Niger Delta President Jonathan for five years?
It is irrelevant that President Jonathan did more for Kano State in terms of infrastructural facilities than he did for Niger Delta. It is irrelevant that President Jonathan introduced the Almajiri Integrative Educational Initiative that benefited Northern Youths. It is irrelevant that President Jonathan appointed more Kano indigenes into Ministerial posts than he offered his state. And it is irrelevant that thousands of Northerners are dying every year from the hands of Bandits and the Boko Haram sect. And it is irrelevant that the Service Chief appointed and kept in office by President Buhari are indisputably clueless in its war against Bandits and the Boko Haram sect.
Can an Igbo or Esan Minister of Interior recruit mercenaries from South Africa to decimate Bandits and Boko Haram sect without garnering the wrought of Northern Political leaders?
In Nigeria, it is politically incorrect to frame the questions and scenarios above, in other not to be labeled a bigot and blacklisted from Federal Government jobs or appointments. But they are what is holding President Buhari in office, while bloodshed eats our land unabated. And they why Northerners are wailing with no one to wipe their tears. Until Nigerians start asking and answering those questions, President Buhari will remain in office, while untouchable foreign Fulani killers and kidnappers will continue to roam our landscape on a killing spree with enthusiastic abandon.
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