Malam Adamu Ciroma one of the Northern Nigerian elite who in 2012 strongly challenged the jettisoning of zoning in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which enabled Goodluck Jonathan to run, has offered a spiritual answer to the Nigerian conundrum.

According to him, just as it happened in Hausa kingdom over 200 years ago, when God sent Usmanu Danfodiyo to save the subjects from oppression by their rulers, He will again send another Danfodiyo to clean the mess of Nigeria today under brigandage of President Goodluck Jonathan and his god-father, former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Ciroma was speaking in Hausa in an interview given to a foreign radio station. The interview was translated exclusively for SaharaReporters in a university which offers Hausa language as an academic course.
Explaining the situation in Nigeria today, he said, “Where we are standing in Nigerian politics is let the politics be played according to rules and decorum guiding it. With justice and fairness, PDP came up with a strategy of zoning and rotation between the North and the South. And now the setting has been left to be scuttled. And since it was destabilized the polity lost direction and we are heading into the wilderness.”

Alhaji Ciroma told his interviewer that Jonathan has imbibed the political culture of buying and routes (selling?) under the tutelage of Obasanjo, much like the ‘Third Term’ experience. He asserted, however, that he was confident that Nigeria’s ‘Danfodiyo,’ who was not desperate for power, will come and indeed cleanse the dirty terrain.

He accused Obasanjo of being responsible for the destruction of Nigerian politics. “In my relationship with Obasanjo he knows me, that wherever I am I will say the truth and my disposition,” Ciroma said. “Like he could not change me, so I couldn’t repair him from his negative deeds. And he knows and all of us should know we have a responsibility of standing by the truth for prosperity.”

He also accused some Northerners whom he said are working with the former president to ensure that Jonathan emerged in 2015.

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Beaf: The leadership of the core-North has gone mad.

Obiagu1: His prayer would be answered. A new Usman Danfodiyo would came to liberate the North from this union with infidels and create the great Islamic Republic of Arewa.

ismhab: By the grace of God the new usman dan fodio will clean and islimized Nigeria.

ndu_chucks:
The proverbial Usman Danfodio can come in the form of a ... genius Millitary Officer.

free2ryhme:

Aboki na wait for an Usman Damn Food o to come and liberate you from your Boko haram madness ... Ara gba gbukwe gi a ba

ismhab: By the grace of God the new usman dan fodio will clean and islimized Nigeria.

ndu_chucks:

You can't help but display your bigotry, ko? A single man now makes up the leadership of core-North. SMH.

The proverbial Usman Danfodio can come in the form of a new and capable President in 2015 or a nationalist and genius Millitary Officer. May Ciroma's prayers be answered, preferably by God's gift of a real leader and President in 2015. Amu.

Beaf: The leadership of the core-North has gone mad.

ismhab: By the grace of God the new usman dan fodio will clean and islamized Nigeria.

ismhab: By the grace of God the new usman dan fodio will clean and islamized Nigeria.

opokonwa: Ciroma and all his Northern sympathizers are obviously suffering from POST TRAUMATIC LOSS OF POWER SYNDROME

I think Obasanjo is already a modern 'Danfodiyo' cleverly wrenching power from the core North and giving the South their best shot at power.

alj harem:

Haba don't talk like that. Nigeria is a mixed country of Muslims and Christians and we are living in peace.