2by40ft:
Still the most peaceful region.

Mayng01:
They planted it, they are reaping it

helinues:
Abegii..

Northern Nigeria is safe..

Twutin:

Elbinawi:
Banditry:Failure of leadership at all levels in Northern Nigeria

Northern Nigeria is today gripping with not only the murderous BokoHaram insurgency that has crippled the North East but an equally murderous armed banditry that is destroying most of the North West. Armed criminal attacks, abduction, rape and ganged-raping of women and girls, and kidnappings for ransom payment is the order of the day in Northern Nigeria.

I will attribute this to the failure of leadership at all levels of Governance and structured societal levels. The political leadership have woefully failed over the years and this failure is worst with the clueless Buhari regime. The religious leadership has also failed as religious leaders in the region have become willing at a-price-tools of the extremely wicked and corrupt ruling elites of Northern Nigeria. And the Emirs and traditional leaders since the defunct British Empire destroyed the Othman caliphate that was established by the Revolutionary scholar, Sheikh Othman bin Fodio, have always been in the pockets of the ruling elites. The Nigerian ruling elites inherited them for the British Colonisers.

I will give an example of the leadership failure of the political class. A dubious character like the former Governor of Zamfara state, Abdul-Aziz Yari, has no business with leadership and Governance. Yari was a Quranic teacher of the children of Ahmad Sani Yarima when Yarima was working in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). When Yarima became Governor of Zamfara state, the political carrier of Yari began to rise. Yari that has no formal education became the secretary of the ruling party in the state. Then he became the state chairman of the party for the sole reason that Yarima trusted him. When the 8 years tenure of Yarima ended in 2007, Yarima sent Yari to the House of Representatives. Please, do not ask me how Yari obtained his primary and secondary certificates. This is the most easiest thing to obtain in Nigeria especially for corrupt politicians who have an unlimited supply of money. Yari crowned his fabricated credentials with some post graduate certificates. Yarima's Deputy inherited him as Governor of Zamfara state, Mamuda Shinkafi. Shinkafi did not open the state treasury wide enough for Yarima, so Yarima decided to replace him with Abdul-Aziz Yari after his first tenure. Yarima been the most powerful politician in Zamfara state successfully defeated Shinkafi in the 2011 election with Yari as front. Yari went on to become the most corrupt and useless Governor in the history of Northern Nigeria. And nobody gave the corrupt Islamic scholars donation like Yari. Yari recked Zamfara state with unprecedented looting of the state coffers and bad Governance. Due to our poor and ineffective corruption laws, Yari is walking free today.

Let's return to our topic. What started as the usual Herders Vs Farmers clash in Zamfara & Kastina states has now transformed into a collosal terrorist conglomerate that wanted to eclipse BokoHaram insurgency in the level of brutalities and killings. Initially, the Herders are from the Fulani tribe and the Farmers are Hausas but today the murderous armed bandits are a conglomerate of Hausa, Fulani and other tribes due to it lucrativity and source of fast Money.

We must not forget the input of the evil imperialists that are always greedy to loot the rich resources of other nations. Zamfara state is rich in gold and other mineral resources. The historical evil agenda to depopulate a region that will facilitate the looting of it rich resources is at play in Zamfara state. Foreign elements and their local agents are arming these murderous armed bandits.

On a final note, the entire security architecture of Nigeria is outdated and has collapsed with the present Massive and unprecedented insecurity in the Land. And sadly, today we have a president that is suffering from acute dementia, a leader that is incapacitated to govern.

Harun Elbinawi
elbinawi@yahoo.com
Elbinawi.