When the Fulani jihadists, led by Usman Dan Fodio, initially invaded the Northern part of Nigeria, applying the Islamic subtilty weapon call...
When the Fulani jihadists, led by Usman Dan Fodio, initially invaded the Northern part of Nigeria, applying the Islamic subtilty weapon called TAQQIYA, starting from Sokoto, he made the indigenes, the Hausas, believe that they had brought a superior and purer Islam, that would make their society more puritanical, thereby ridding their communities of all vices, as represented by their leaders/rulers.
On the strength of the above promise, or should I say, mission statement, the native Hausas joined the Fulani to overthrow and kill their kings/leaders, the result of which was the institutionalization of the Emirship, which the terroristic Fulani has ever occupied. The fallout of this perpetual occupation of the seat of the Emir by the Fulani is the systematic absorption and assimilation of the majority Hausa by the minority Fulani, with another TAQQIYA of MERGING OF IDENTITY of the Fulani and Hausa under the dubious nomenclature, HAUSA-FULANI.
This dubious subterfuge aimed to dissolve the distinction between the Hausa and the Fulani, creating the impression to the unwary Hausa that they were the same people as their conquerors, for which they did not need to seek distinction. This strategy's benefit to the Fulani was all-encompassing, as it spanned political, cultural, religious, and economic domination.
The tremendous success of this DECEPTION strategy has brought the whole of Northern Nigeria under Fulani rule, with the throne of the Emir established in almost every hamlet in the North. As we speak, there is no Hausa governor in Nigeria, but there are nine Fulani governors. This success implies that over the period, the identity of the Indigenous MAJORITY Hausa has been absorbed by MINORITY Fulani, to the point that the recognition of the existence of Hausa is only limited to their language, as Fulani has become the dominant figure, feature, and face of the North.
Even as the Fulani have displaced the Hausa in all socio-political and economic calculations in the North, the Hausa would have been content to pick the crumbs from the MASTERS, the Fulani. Still, the recent project of exterminating the native Hausas in their ancestral homes for the occupation of imported Fulani and possession of the same as their perpetual home suddenly struck a cord in the mind of the Hausa. The fury, viciousness, and desperation with which these Fulani occupiers have been pursuing the project of elimination, ejection, and annihilation against the Hausa became so alarming to the point that even the blind Hausa could see.
For the avoidance of doubt and the sake of clarification, it is the desperate pursuit of this project of total elimination of the native Hausas by the invading SAHEL Fulani that gave birth/rise to the proliferation of various TERROR GROUPS by the Fulani, whose sole aim is to clean off every trace of Hausa in Northern Nigeria. This is the reason for the unmitigated invasions, killings, burning of houses, and consequent dumping of communities in IDP camps, from which they never returned, as their communities are occupied and renamed by various Fulani Terror Groups. Yakubu Gowon, TY Danjuma, and Nasir El Rufai can testify and confirm this assertion.
Now, in recent times, the activities of these invading Fulani terrorists, with their various PET NAMES, like BANDITS, HERDSMEN, BUSINESS MEN, FREEDOM FIGHTERS, etc, sometimes result in the mass murder of entire communities and eventual EVERYDAY MASS BURIAL. These Fulani atrocities from Sokoto to Zamfara, Kebbi, Bauchi, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, and worst of all, Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue, and Plateau states, have forcibly triggered the consciousness, awareness, and hence, the reaction of the native Hausas. Don't forget that triggering of the consciousness of the Hausas was ignited by many factors, chief of which was the persistent education campaign of the Hausa, mounted by Biafrans on Radio Biafra Hausa Service, the effect of which is beyond comprehension or imagination.
Because of this awareness, the HAUSA's efforts, which CANNOT in any way be described as mean, insignificant, minor, light, or non-impactive, to assert, establish, distinguish, highlight, and sustain their DISTINCT IDENTITY, as clearly separate from that of the FULANI, are reverberating across the whole of Northern Nigeria. The effects of these efforts are seen and known, as even the ONE NORTH extremists are forced to sing a different tune now.
In conclusion, we can only encourage the Hausas of Northern Nigeria to remain steadfast, relentless, consistent in their noble pursuit of asserting their distinct identity from the conquistadorial Fulani, as this constitutes the primary gateway to attaining their ultimate goal of SELF-DETERMINATION, which will not only liberate them from the collaborative British bondage, but is equally the springboard for the realization of their full political, economic, social, cultural, and technological potentials and emancipation.
Meanwhile, let nobody forget that the only DEMAND Biafrans are making from the world is a #UN_supervised #REFERENDUM, which is enshrined in ARTICLE 3 of the UN CHARTER, with regards to #SELF_DETERMINATION of Indigenous Peoples all over the world.
Written by
Mazi Mmadụ Awụchukwu
For Lagos State Media Team
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