Written by Obinna Akukwe
Hausa-Fulani elites of northern extraction have been plotting
how to secede from Nigeria since 2017 and the beneficiary nations will include
Niger Republic and Chad. The only snag in the plan is the herdsmen who are not
ready for any breakup of Nigeria, preferring a secured colony within the
national space.
When Nnamdi Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra and Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB was arrested in 2015, the level of hatred his IPOBian faithful poured towards Buhari and his Fulani stock, with extension to the Hausa, Kanuri etc. shook the north to their roots. The north was called all manners of unprintable names in the social media and through every forum. Shoe Shiner’, ‘Meruwa’, ‘Gworo Chewer’, ‘Paedopile;, ‘Murderer’, ‘illiterate’, ‘zoo’ are amongst the moderate names given to the northern folks. Buhari got worse terminologies and they even alleged that he raped Aisha before marrying her.
I watched the insulting embarrassment metamorphose from shock to
resolve and I kept warning IPOBians that these hate messages will soon be
counterproductive. In November 2015, while pressurizing for the release of
Nnamdi Kanu, we issued a press release ‘Condemning the Radio Biafra Hate
Speeches ‘The secessionists never listened to us on uncouth language. Even
Pastor Kumuyi, Pastor Adeboye and Bishop Oyedepo were not spare of hate speech.
The embarrassed northern elites decided not to be taken unawares by a South
East-South South Gang-Up, and elected to develop their region in readiness for
any form of secessionist agenda.
The hate messages against the Hausa, Fulani and other Northern tribes continued to the highest level after Nnamdi Kanu escaped the Python Dance of Nigerian Army, with the connivance of Tukur Buratai, to Ghana-Israel-UK. How Buratai aided Nnamdi Kanu’s escape is a subject for another day.