A NATIONAL MISTRUST OF TWO NATIONS IN ONE

(1) On March 17, 2016, according to verified newspapers and television report, 'Armed men in Military uniform invaded the Ugwuneshi community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State and arrested 76 of their men on the allegation that they were planning a counterattack against Fulani Herdsmen who kidnapped two of their women. In spite of the fact that they came in Military trucks and fully dressed in military fatigue and took their captives to Umuhia Prison, the Military did not claim responsibility. They were released about two weeks later. No accountability on record and no explanation or compensation for their ordeals. No one could give an account of who authorized the military invasion, and whether or not they were a contingent of the Nigerian Armed Forces.  

(2) On April 25, 2016, about 500 armed Fulani Herders invaded Nimbo Village in Enugu State at about 6 a.m in the early morning. They came without notice and at about 7 a.m., they began the onslaught. They slaughtered, killed, maimed, and disappeared into the tin air just the way they came. It was a very successful mission. And I remember seeing the State Governor crying like a baby on TV at the sight of a butchered cadaver of a lady - with matchet cuts all over her head.

How did they get to Nimbo Village? How come when the Governor called Abuja, the IGP, and the State Commissioner of Police for help, help did not come?

(3) On February 14, 2018, one Efe, the head of a vigilante group in a village near Benin City was shot to death execution-style by a member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. That's not the end of the story. The tragic event was exacerbated when the apprehended headsmen who wreaked havoc on their farmlands were released by the Military Personnel who shot Efe to death. Efe was a target because he had the audacity to organize and repel the incursions of herders into their farmlands. His death is an indictment of the Nigerian Armed Forces and sure proof of their overt support of the Fulani Cattle Herders in their conquering mission.

Two Governors are now on records, stating that they alerted the IGP, the Presidency, and the State Commissioner of Police of pending attacks and asked for protection. And on each occasion, no support came from the Police or the Army. The attackers came, killed every human being in sight, and disappeared into the thin air, unapprehended. 

(4) The Stultification of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).

You are originally from the Niger Delta, so the story of the PIB will interest you - it is how the Northern Governors, contrary to the terms of the meeting they had in Rivers State, went against their Southern colleagues when they got. Mr. Rotimi Amaechi was the Governor and the Governors Forum Group met and resolved that all the Governors should conference with the Senators and House of Rep members in their respective states to expedite the process of the passage of the PIB into law.  A few days after they got home, the Northern Governors, led by their Chairman at the time, backtracked. He reneged on the agreement, arguing that until they (Northern Governors) meet with experts in the energy industry, they are suspending action on the passage. 

This Day Newspaper of August 06, 2013: “Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, and his Kaduna State counterpart, Alhaji Ramalan Yero, had opposed the provision of 10 percent host community fund in the PIB positing that it may negatively impact their fiscal position by skewing yet more resources to the oil-producing states."

Vanguard April 24, 2013. Govs Yero and Kwankwaso reject PIB

Kwankwaso told members of the Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, North-West zonal public hearing held in Kaduna, that the people of Kano State opposed the bill in its totality.

Here you are theorizing and faulting the inability of Southern Governors to meet with their colleagues to find solutions to their problems. Where is the PIB today? Still undergoing debate, at the National Assembly, because of the 10% of the Net Profit of the yearly income of the oil companies doing biz in the Niger Delta set aside for the host communities for unforeseen environmental hazards and catastrophes. Northern Governors opposed it, even when funding is NOT from the Federation Account, but from IOCs doing biz in the communities.

By the way, your Boss, Chief Asiwaju Tinuubu, in collaboration with APC Governors of the Southwest, worked behind the scene to frustrate the outcome of President Jonathan's held National Conference. That's also a fact and not a theoretical analysis as you did here.

I love you brother, but I beg to disagree with you on this.