Former Nigerian Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has replied his Eminence Muhammadu Abubakar S’aad, Sultan of Sokoto, over what he described as the attempt by his Eminence to do damage control and douse the tension that was generated in the aftermath of the explosive statement by the Fulani Nationalist Movement (FUNAM).

The following is the speech by the sultan that drew Fani-Kayode’s attention:

“I am the leader of Uthman Danfodio dynasty. I have never seen where in the hundred books that Uthman Danfodio said Nigeria belongs to the Fulani. What he wrote was the role of Islam in leadership, governance etc. He never mentioned of conquering any particular land or claimed ownership of any territory. People make comments that Jihad is to Islamise every country, but I said no. Danfodio never came to Islamise any country, he preached against bad government. That fake write-up was by those who don’t want peace in this country and we had denounced that. I am the National Patron of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN). It has been in existence for 44 years. There are two other organisations that I know, but others I don’t know. Please verify from us before you put blame on us.”

In response, the former Aviation Minister whose father was a First Republic politician from the then Western Region of Nigeria writes the following:

“I commend His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto for attempting to do damage control and douse the tension that was generated in the aftermath of the explosive statement by the Fulani Nationalist Movement (FUNAM).

“However I respectfully disagree with him on his assertion that his highly esteemed ancestor and forefather, Uthman Dan Fodio “never conquered or claimed ownership of any land” or that “he did not come to Islamise any country”.

“I also beg to differ with him on his tacit implication that Miyetti Allah, an organisation that can best be described as the biblical and modern-day “troubler of our collective peace” are respectable and peace-loving.

“I believe that given what we have suffered in the hands of the local supporter of APC known as the Fulani herdsmen and murderous terrorist militias who have come under their protective umbrella over the last five years, the opposite is actually the case.

“Permit me to focus on Uthman Dan Fodio in this contribution and leave the insidious activities and sinister agenda of Miyetti Allah for another day. The facts are as follows.

“In 1804 one of the most savage and bestial wars and bloody jihads in African history was waged against the Hausa Habe Kingdom and people of the area that later became known as “northern Nigeria” by Sheik Uthman Dan Fodio.
“He was primarily an Islamic scholar and the spiritual and military leader of the Fulani people who came in their hundreds of thousands from Futa Jalon and Futa Toro in modern-day Guniea to northern Nigeria and established Africa’s most powerful and ruthless Islamic Caliphate.

“For anyone, no matter how respected or highly placed, to suggest that Dan Fodio was just a scholar and teacher that only wrote books, that never waged war and violent jihad and that never laid claim to and conquered parts of Nigeria is most unfortunate.

“Such an assertion can best be described as being, at best, intellectually dishonest and patently false and, at worse, historical revisionism in its most brazen and repugnant form.

“The truth is that Dan Fodio and his Fulani army not only indulged in merciless acts of pure barbarity in battle and committed what can only be described as genocide against defenceless and innocent civilian populations but he also imposed his own extreme, hardline, purist, wahhabist and salafist version of Islam on the people of core northern Nigeria with a scimitar and a sword and forcefully imposed Fulani Emirs on them.

“The only ethnic nationality that successfully warded him and his Fulani armies off in the north were the strong and proud Kanuris of the El Kanemi dynasty and empire in modern-day Borno state who warned him to steer clear of their territory and he did.

“Finally the only race that ever defeated the Fulani in open battle and thereby put a halt and full stop to their attempt to march down South and “dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean” were the gallant sons of Oduduwa, led primarily by the Ibadan generals and military commanders, who defeated them in battle at Osogbo in 1840 and drove them back north.

“They not only defeated them but they also aslaughtered and ate their horses and publicly executed their allies and military commanders from Ilorin.

“The Fulani have never succeeded in conquering the people of the South West militarily and I make boast to say that they never will.

“The recent statement credited to the Fulani Nationalist Movement known as FUNAM who said that every inch of Nigeria belonged to them “from Sokoto to the banks of the Atlantic ocean”, that “Nigeria is the only inheritance we have in Africa and anywhere in the world” and that “this was the destiny bestowed on Uthman Dan Fodio which would have been fulfilled since 1816 if not for the obstruction of this great assignment by the British” was simply an accurate and honest reflection of the mindset and ultimate vision of Usman Dan Fodio and other great Fulani leaders and Mahdi’s through the ages like Sir Ahmadu Bello and lately President Muhammadu Buhari.

“FUNAM went further to say,

“”It is no longer time to play the ostrich. Our men are waiting. We are eager to fight. We are boiling with the zeal to actualize our dream; enough of double dealing and ambivalence by FULANI political leaders who unfortunately think the FULANI can only take back what belongs to us through appeasement and elections destined to reflect cultural values antithetical to the preaching of Uthman Dan Fodio”.

“We ignore and play down these incendiary words at our own peril.

“I speak for millions when I say that the indigenous and oppressed people and ethnic nationalities of Nigeria have had enough of these open threats of tyranny and violence and neither are we interested in being vassals and slaves.

Had we listened to Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and the Biafrans in 1967, considered their terrible plight and aligned with them during the civil war things would have been very different today and we would not have been subjected to these infantile and provocative insults from the likes of FUNAM.

“The bottom line is as follows: we either have a Nigeria where all men, regardless of ethnic nationality or faith, are regarded as being equal before God and the law or we shall have no Nigeria at all. No-one can impose their will on us and neither can anyone intimidate us.

“We do not seek war and neither do we relish or endorse any form of violence. We want peaceful co-existence and mutual respect. We want love, prosperity and progress for all and we offer it to those who wish us well and seek to do us no harm.

“However if in a moment of madness we are ever attacked we shall stand firm and stand strong. We shall never retreat and neither shall we surrender.

“We shall defend our people, we shall defend our land, we shall defend our honor and we shall defend our heritage.

“We are not cowards and we shall never bend the knee or bow our heads to the tyranny of foreign invaders who erroneously believe that they were born to rule and that we were born to serve.”


https://atlanticpostng.com/dan-fodio-imposed-fulani-emirs-on-peoples-of-core-north-fani-kayode-replies-sultan/

I Just Checked the Cap worn By Uthman Danfodio and that of the King In Rivers Governor Wike Insulted. It’s Different

ffk please stay away from northern politics and caliphate matters

I dont know what problem these people have?

Middle-east no dey rest because of dem.

Of all the tribes in Nigeria, na dem dey forment trouble.

slivertongue:
ffk please stay away from northern politics and caliphate matters

stay away how? u are seeing pure raw threat coming form Fulani terrorists and u r saying what?

Whenever this cocaine addict talks about war, I will just be imagining if he is actually ready for any war. Now, he is seriously trying to ignite war, if it starts, will he even be able to throw stones? As in, who are the "we" he always refer to?

Well, for now, I will assume he always refer to his subjects sucking his balls whenever he talks. And if that is the case, is it not appropriate he always define the "we" so he wouldn't be mistaken as referring to the South west? Because, the last time I checked, the South west was not at war with anyone or group and wasn't agitating for any.

Nice reply

bigiyaro:
stay away how? u are seeing pure raw threat coming form Fulani terrorists and u r saying what?

.
.its the business of the north to fight their battles

FFK for president!

Simplyleo:
Whenever this cocaine addict talks about war, I will just be imagining if he is actually ready for any war. Now, he is seriously trying to ignite war, if it starts, will he even be able to throw stones? As in, who are the "we" he always refer to?

Well, for now, I will assume he always refer to his subjects sucking his balls whenever he talks. And if that is the case, is it not appropriate he always define the "we" so he wouldn't be mistaken as referring to the South west? Because, the last time I checked, the South west was not at war with anyone or group and wasn't agitating for any.

“We do not seek war and neither do we relish or endorse any form of violence. We want peaceful co-existence and mutual respect. We want love, prosperity and progress for all and we offer it to those who wish us well and seek to do us no harm.

The restless north again?

Only few voice from west

D day we all come out to accept d truth dat we are not one as a nation dat day our deliverance starts

FFK is actually correct..

Only the Yorubas have faced the Fulani one on one and defeated them

Cc: jimyjames

Simplyleo:
Whenever this cocaine addict talks about war, I will just be imagining if he is actually ready for any war. Now, he is seriously trying to ignite war, if it starts, will he even be able to throw stones? As in, who are the "we" he always refer to?

Well, for now, I will assume he always refer to his subjects sucking his balls whenever he talks. And if that is the case, is it not appropriate he always define the "we" so he wouldn't be mistaken as referring to the South west? Because, the last time I checked, the South west was not at war with anyone or group and wasn't agitating for any.

The Fulani idiot who said Nigeria is their inheritance is ok while FFK is the one trying to ignite war.shame on you decendants of Afonja.

Simplyleo:
Whenever this cocaine addict talks about war, I will just be imagining if he is actually ready for any war. Now, he is seriously trying to ignite war, if it starts, will he even be able to throw stones? As in, who are the "we" he always refer to?

Well, for now, I will assume he always refer to his subjects sucking his balls whenever he talks. And if that is the case, is it not appropriate he always define the "we" so he wouldn't be mistaken as referring to the South west? Because, the last time I checked, the South west was not at war with anyone or group and wasn't agitating for any.

In the name of everything you hold dear, I pray that when this war starts, it shall not escape u.

Sammy07:
FFK is actually correct..

Only the Yorubas have faced the Fulani one on one and defeated them

Cc: jimyjames

Actually they did dipped the Koran in south west and made Yoruba's majority Muslims

jimyjames:

Actually they did dipped the Koran in south west and made Yoruba's majority Muslims

You Don shift your goal.
Anyways, it's not Fulani that introduced Islam to Yoruba land

Antoeni:
I Just Checked the Cap worn By Uthman Danfodio and that of the King In Rivers Governor Wike Insulted. It’s Different

Guy camera was not invented in 1804.So were did you get Danfodio photo?

Sammy07:


You Don shift your goal.
Anyways, it's not Fulani that introduced Islam to Yoruba land

Then why is FFK talking about oduduwa sons stopping the Fulani's from dipping the Koran in the sea ?

jimyjames:

Then why is FFK talking about oduduwa sons stopping the Fulani's from dipping the Koran in the sea ?

You should know he's using figurative language.
He meant the uthman Dan fodio agenda to conquer west

Sammy07:


You should know he's using figurative language.
He meant the uthman Dan fodio agenda to conquer west

If Islam was the Dan fodio's agenda of conquering the west then I will say he actually achieved that, look at the huge population of Muslims in south west

jimyjames:



If Islam was the Dan fodio's agenda of conquering the west then I will say he actually achieved that, look at the huge population of Muslims in south west

he's not the one that brought Islam to west.

It's the traders from Mali

Sammy07:


he's not the one that brought Islam to west.

It's the traders from Mali

That's to say not everything FFK wrote there is true , including the Fulani war

jimyjames:


That's to say not everything FFK wrote there is true , including the Fulani war

Read the article well sir

If you were denied West African history by those who don't want you to know the truth, just know that the murderous Othman dan fodio came to palace of the sarkin of the area.

Mohammed was his name, and Fodio killed him on the pretext of practicing "impure" islam.
Using tricks, he endeared himself to the king, found his weakness, and then overthrew him in his own palace. When the late sarkin's people protested, he mowed them down with army of his followers from Futa Jalon.

As a reward, he sent his cousin to Kano, where they executed the same strategy. And the rest of Hausa kingdoms from Katsina to Daura was history.

Othman dan fodio was blood thirsty savage who should not be worshipped in anyway.

BTW, this is why they stopped teaching this history in Nigeria schools

what's history learnt Here today. ....

Sammy07:


Read the article well sir

Which part did I skip sir ?

Kare , FFK omo Oko