Agenda against the
North, Hausa/Fulani and Islam Evidences
By
Aminu Sarki
So,
without doubt there is Boko Haram which aims to establish, according to
them, a just social system of governance as they understand it, which path
to its establishment is strewn with violence and there is a “Boko Haram”
which uses the violence of the authentic sect as a cover for its own
violence aimed at psychological warfare, the need to maintain the status
quo of northern division and to, through massive propaganda, cast a select
set of northern leaders or politicians as sponsors of terrorism “because
they have lost political power.” Any objective observer couldn’t have
missed how through massive propaganda certain northern politicians are
being made to look like the sponsors of the terror group because of their
insistence on President Jonathan to honour the zoning agreement of his
party, the P.D.P., cleverly avoiding the fact that the terror group’s
existence preceded the zoning debate. In fact, this deliberate
misinformation and miseducation will benefit more those who want to
perpetuate the ethno-religious division in the north as these select
northern leaders are cast in the mould of the Hausa/Fulani enemies of
Christianity bent on enslaving or exterminating the northern minority
tribes to engender a Hausa/Fulani hegemony or oligarchy. This latter “Boko
Haram” could possibly be a mix of some Christian and Muslim psychopaths
who can do any work for money in the same fashion as there are gangs of
armed robbers with memberships cutting across religious and ethnic lines.
Evidences of my claim are:
(1.) The reported arrest
of the suspects that sprayed bullets on the Gombe Deeper Life Church
worshippers of which the suspects arrested were alleged to be Igbos. Keen
observers would remember that “Boko Haram” claimed responsibility for that
attack. Noteworthy also is the fact that the arrested suspects were moved
from Gombe to Abuja and since then nothing has been heard about them.
(2.) Shortly after the
Gombe Deeper Life Church massacre, following quickly also after the Gombe
township bombing fiesta two men, named Hassan Ojudu and Samaila Yakubu,
all of them Christians, were arrested in the same Gombe town with a
vehicle loaded with explosive devices and ammunitions. If they were part
of those who did the bombing fiesta Christians should note that “Boko
Haram” also claimed responsibility, and if they were not a part of the
bombing fiesta be assured that if they had not been arrested and they
succeeded in using their own merchandise “Boko Haram” would have claimed
responsibility. Curiously, since they were moved to Abuja nothing has been
heard about them.
(3.) If the eight COCIN
church members arrested with explosive devices at the Miya-Barkatai branch
of the church in Bauchi State had succeeded in detonating what they were
arrested with, be assured “Boko Haram” would have claimed responsibility
and since the village is near Jos, Plateau State some brainwashed youths
with hearts filled with hate would begin to pounce on any available
Hausa/Fulani on sight for revenge.
(4.) If Miss Lydia Joseph had succeeded
in burning down the St. John Catholic church in Bauchi city be assured it
would have been attributed to Boko Haram or to Muslims.
(5.) If Emmanuel King,
the guy who disguised as a Muslim wearing a turban and kaftan, had
succeeded in bombing down the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Yenagoa
the Bayelsa capital “Boko Haram” would have claimed responsibility, and
the intended desire for reprisal would have further brought the real
desire, which is polarization. It doesn’t matter whether the guy is sane
or insane as he was later touted to be. Also, possibly in further pursuit
of this polarization agenda some persons were reported to have burnt down
a worship centre of the Church of God Mission International in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers State capital as reported by the LEADERSHIP
newspaper of Sunday, January 15, 2012 on page 9. Who did it may not be
known now, but there is the possibility it could have been meant to
trigger some kind of attacks against some undesirable elements with the
added benefit of maintaining a national division.
(6.) If Madam Ruth had
succeeded in bombing down the ECWA church in the Kalarin area of Kaltungo
in Gombe State verily, verily I say unto thee “Boko Haram” would have
claimed responsibility notwithstanding whether she was hypnotized or not
as some may want to claim.
(7.) After the COCIN church
headquarters bombing in Jos defence authorities issued a statement
disclaiming the man lynched while trying to escape from the vicinity as
not a soldier, whereas the man was wearing military uniform and was later
identified as a member of the church. To lend credence to this possibility
the Special Task Force (STF) on security in Jos on Sunday, March 25, 2012
paraded one Mr. Alex Danladi who was caught wearing army camouflage
t-shirt, cap and boot while parading himself as a soldier. He was paraded
alongside one Mr. Dung Bulus, a suspected fabricator of guns and some
others whom the authorities said are students of the University of Jos.
Also on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 the 2 Brigade, Nigeria Army, Bori Camp,
Port Harcourt paraded one Abba Ibrahim allegedly caught with military
uniforms and other gear including weeds suspected to be cannabis. He was
said to be a dismissed military personnel and hails from Billiri, a
predominantly Christian town in Gombe State and that at the time of his
arrest he was standing trial for another case of impersonation (see THE
NATION newspaper of Wednesday, March 28, 2012 page 57). Now, for a fee
wouldn’t this Alex Danladi, donning his military gear, ask some persons
manning some church entrance to open the gates and some paid murderers
would drive in and detonate their bomb laden car? Or wouldn’t this Abba
Ibrahim do the same for money?
(8.) On January 11, 2012
two Nigerians named, Sunday Eze from Anambra State and Samuel Taiwo from
Ogun State and some three Ghanaians were arrested in Ghana with some heavy
weaponry carefully concealed in a truck, which was to be brought to
Nigeria. Opposing bail for the suspects in court on Tuesday, March 27,
2012 the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic of Ghana said “the
arms and ammunitions seized on transit to Nigeria were to be used to fuel
terrorists’ activities in the country.” See the DAILY TRUST newspaper
of Wednesday, March 28, 2012 page 3. These Nigerian suspects are from
southern Nigeria and bear Christian names. So, on whose behalf were they
bringing in those arms of which the Ghanaian authorities said were to be
used for terrorism in Nigeria? And which terror group do they belong to?
(9.) On Tuesday, April
10, 2012 a 38 yea- old man named Monday Davou was arrested while planting
a timed Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or time bomb, if you like, at
the Makera weekly market in Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State.
This was with intent to commit mass murder, for that is what planting a
bomb in a market will do. Now if Monday Davou’s bomb had exploded be sure
that a “Boko Haram” spokesperson will have claimed responsibility and even
before the statement of claim comes Monday Davou’s kinsmen would have
launched “reprisal attacks” on any person that looked like Hausa/Fulani
and their properties, and would have probably roasted some of the
Hausa/Fulanis and eaten them like they did sometime in 2011.
(10.) The DAILY SUN
newspaper of Monday, February 20, 2012 on page 12 reported the arrest
in Akure, Ondo State of a gang of five armed robbers led by one Evangelist
Wale Adelu, “an evangelist of one of the old generation churches, which
has branches in the state capital…..and they were said to be meeting in
his church before they proceeded on any robbery operation.” Wouldn’t this
“evangelist” and his gang agree to bomb churches for a good fee?
(11.) Similarly, the
SATURDAY SUN newspaper of Saturday, March 10, 2012 on page 10 reported
that 11 cartons of explosives imported from South Africa and “carefully
packaged to beat security checks” were intercepted by the Nigerian Customs
Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The
consignments were said to be for “Miero Marble Granite and Stones Limited
in Kaduna State, with one Mr. Michael Awara Ernest as the representative
to collect the explosives at the cargo terminal.” The Customs Area
Controller in charge of the airport, Mr. Charles EporweiEdike while
parading the suspect said “If these items were released to him, they could
have been used to cause mayhem; we are now going to hand him and the items
over to the police for further investigations.” Well, since the handover
to the police nothing has been heard about it again. And let the Muslims
bearing Michael Awara Ernest step forward to the nearest police post for
proper identification and documentation, please.
(12.) The THISDAY
newspaper of Friday, January 13, 2012 on page 6 culled a news report
from the BBC in which a British-based arms dealer, Gary Hyde was being
prosecuted in a London court for unlawfully arranging the shipment of
about 80, 000 guns and 32 million rounds of ammunition from China to
Nigeria in 2007. But, the big question is, to whom did he make his
shipment? To Muslim radicals or to some church going criminals?
(13.) On Sunday, February 19, 2012
four persons were arrested while trying to detonate explosives at the St.
Theresa’s Catholic Parish, High-level in Makurdi the Benue State capital.
The LEADERSHIP newspaper of Wednesday, February 22, 2012 on page 10
reported the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state’s
command, Mr. Alaribe Ejike as saying those four persons arrested were
Christians and not Boko Haram members as speculated by members of the
public. He said “We are still trying to find out certain things about
them, but we have not confirmed whether they are Boko Haram members. It
remains one thing, and as soon as we find out, we shall inform you
accordingly.” Up till now nothing has been heard from the police. But,
poor Alaribe Ejike may not have known that there is a “Boko Haram” with
members possibly cutting across religious lines impersonating Boko Haram
for some people’s strategic interests.
These few examples are possible
involvements of Christians in betraying the church and Christians and the
nation.
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