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Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by RestructureNig7: 2:28pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
By Emeka Obasi Give it to the Fulani, they understand themselves and know how to find a way round other groups. While some ethnic nationalities beat their chest as the best in Medicine, Astronomy, Nuclear Physics and the rest. History means a lot to the Fulani. They are at home with the game of power, it is unfortunate that only the Kanuri know this side of the Fulani. What we see playing out today is another dimension of the evergreen Fulani rivalry with the Kanuri, from Boko Haram to killer Herdsmen. Whoever killed the study of History in our schools has succeeded in distancing the younger generation from events surrounding their existence. Many in the Southern part of our country play politics of the stomach, a greedy bunch ready to sell their ancestral home to the highest bidder. You will never find a Fulani without a sense of the past. The Fulani know where they are coming from, they know what today holds for them and try as much as possible to plot their future while others grope in the dark until it is too late. The Kanuri have been able to dance around the Fulani and continue to try new things. Although their civilization precedes the Fulani, the Kanuri still play second fiddle. This sounds strange if we realize that in the First Republic, the Kanuri had so much going for them. Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region was the most prominent Northerner before the January 1966 coup. However, most of the powerful men around him were of Kanuri background. The first indigenous governor of the Northen Region, Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jalo Ibrahim, the first Nigerian governor of the Central Bank, Alhaji Mai Bornu and the first Nigerian Sandhurst trained Army officer, Brigadier Zakari Maimalari were Kanuri sons. During the early years of military rule, the Kanuri were also favoured. The Alhaji Kam Selem,became Inspector General of Police. Lt.Col Mohammed Shuwa, was Commander of the Fifth Battalion, Kano even as a Fulani prince, Lt.Col Hassan Katsina, was appointed military governor. Unfortunately, while the Kanuri produced a civilian governor before the Fulani and a One–Star general before their rivals, the Fulani have to their credit four Heads of State: Murtala Mohammed, Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari and Umaru Ya’radua. Kanuri traditional marks were boldly printed on Gen. Sani Abacha’s face. And I guess, his wife Maryam, is Shuwa Arab. It was strange that Abacha claimed Kano and some say he could hardly speak Kanuri. Talking about insecurity in our land today, we all know of Boko Haram. It is no doubt a Kanuri thing. Their late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and present hero, Abubakar Shekau, chose Maiduguri as their initial religious operational base. There could have been skirmishes around Fulani areas but Boko Haram faced the other non-Kanuri groups around the North-East. Yes, there were bombings in Kano and Kaduna. There were occurrences around Kebbi and Sokoto. The Fulani were not asleep. The message sank and that part of Nigeria has been left out of attacks. At the moment, we have killer Herdsmen. Most of them are Fulani even if they are non-Nigerians. This is where History becomes important. These deadly herders may be the Fulani response to Boko Haram. Both groups have a common goal: conquest of other nationalities. The Herdsmen issue is interesting. Many have forgotten that in the past, Fulani herdsmen fought Fulani in the North. I will give an example. In November 1998, there were clashes between them and farmers in Katsina. Four Local Government Areas were affected. They included Jibia, Rimi, Charanchi and Batsari Local Government Areas. In Bala village, Karaye district of Charanchi, a farmer, Alhaji Umaru Jarini,45, was beaten to death by herdsmen. Six farmers were injured. And we should note that the killers were not armed with the now popular ‘Guitar Boy,’ AK-47. They had locally made guns. Perhaps in the attempt to have living space, herdsmen are all over the country, maiming and killing but overlooking Boko Haram controlled areas and ignoring Fulani villages and towns. It is sounds like an unwritten accord. In the past, we saw Fulani and Kanuri doing power business. Under Mai Dunama Dabbalemi[1221-59], Kanem–Bornu conquered Kano. The Kanuri had embraced Islam in 1090 with the conversion of Mai Ume. Under Idris Alooma, there was tremendous reformation. So when Shehu Usman Dan Fodio tried to preach a better Islam in Bornu, he was resisted. It was Sheik Muhammad al Amin al Kanemi that stemmed Fulani aggression. It is on record that Ngazargamu, the capital of Kanem Bornu was overrun by a Fulani man, Goni Mukhtar. Eventually, the Kanuri settled for Yerwa as capital when Shehu Abubakar Gubai moved from Kukawa. That was the birth of Maiduguri in 1907. The Kanuri do not trust the Fulani. They always remember how Yakubu Bauchi, an Hausa man who supported the Fulani during the Jihad, was used and dumped. They do not forget what Janta Alimi did to the Yoruba,Afonja, in Ilorin in 1824. The Fulani try to think ahead of others. In the old Songhai Empire, Tenguela Diara, Fulani leader, fought Askia Mohammed, the great. In 1512, Askia’s brother,Amar, killed the attacker. Diara’s son, Koli, later moved to conquer Futa Toro just like his ancestors did Futa Jallon. The Fulani are spread all over Africa. You find them in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Egypt, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Cameroon and Guinea- Bissau. In Guinea they are majority with 40 per cent of the population but have been schemed out of power almost eternally. You find the Kanuri in Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Libya. President Muhammadu Buhari is Fulani but has Kanuri blood through his mother. He was the last governor of North Eastern State and first governor of Borno. We are watching this power play. His Amy Chief is Kanuri just like the National Security Adviser. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/fulani-kanuri-power-game/amp/ 4 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Moh247: 2:38pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Very interesting. Kanuri Empire actually stopped Fulani Northern expansion, the Tiv and the Junkun also resisted and were never conquered Down South the Ibadan warriors stopped them at the Osun river . 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by BloomingDale(f): 2:50pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Minime10(m): 2:51pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
And for Kwara too |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Minime10(m): 2:52pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247: And for Ilorin too 2 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Moh247: 2:54pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Minime10: Ilorin was never conquered, Ilorin people revolted against Oyo empire over taxation and also embraced Islam becoming an Emirates led by a Shehu Abdulsalam son of Alimi You guys should read history Ilorin people never for once fought with Fulani, instead they teamed up with Fulani to fight Oyo empire warriors Lisabi of Egbaland also revolted against Oyo empire, but without Fulanis or Islam . 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by tommy589(m): 3:18pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247: Thanks Hope they google to know the facts 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by ItsTutsi(m): 3:27pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Lol everyday something new about the history of Fulani is produced, edited, changed and fabricate just because of hate and envy! The south keep desperately to pitch the fulani, hausa and now kanuri against themselves to no avail! After propaganda against the hausa has not worked out, it's Kanuri now.. tomorrow it will be Igala or Ebira 2 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by tishbite42: 3:34pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247:Yeah, they stopped them but Ilorin is under a Fulani Emir 2 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Moh247: 3:34pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
tishbite42: Ilorin is not under Fulani Emir, Ilorin has several ruling houses 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by tishbite42: 3:35pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247:You can deceive fellow urchins 2 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by tishbite42: 3:36pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247:Shut up if you don't have any sensible thing to say. The Ilorin Emirate is a dynasty. Balogun of Ilorin is a third class hamlet chief. 3 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Moh247: 3:41pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
tishbite42: How did Zombidiots manage to bring stupidity on this intresting thread now it's getting polluted Anyways like they say silence is the best answer for a fool 4 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by tishbite42: 3:44pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247:Wetin concern me and Obi??. I'm talking history here. The Fulanis conquered and annexed Ilorin, Jebba etc. Deal with that, bloody history revisionist. 5 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Raheeqilmaktoom: 4:20pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
ItsTutsi: Kanku akeji. |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by ItsTutsi(m): 4:30pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Dole suyi hankuri. Ba Wanda ya Isa ya shiga sakanin hausa, fulani da kanuri, Allah be yar hada! Raheeqilmaktoom: 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Raheeqilmaktoom: 4:50pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
[quote author=ItsTutsi post=119640798]Dole suyi hankuri. Ba Wanda ya Isa ya shiga sakanin hausa, fulani da kanuri, Allah be yar hada![/quote Mukam namu ido ne. |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Penguin2: 5:30pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
You forgot to add that another ethnic group that understands the power game of the Fulani are the Igbos and that’s why they are in perpetual fear of the Igbos. 3 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by frank14011991(m): 5:38pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Penguin2:console yourself 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Nobody: 6:37pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247: When you read all these stories of conquests, resistance to invasion and empire building in Nigeria you always read about the north and west. Was it that the eastern part of nigeria was uncivilized and still in the stone age before the whites came? Just curious. 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Moh247: 6:41pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
HedwigesMaduro: They never had empires or large Kingdoms , East existed in unit of small autonomous villages 3 Likes |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Nobody: 6:43pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247: They don't have history (except if you consider palm wine tapping and kolanuts selling as history). That's why they can't appreciate it when people from more developed regions are discussing their history. |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Nobody: 6:44pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Penguin2: Lolz. Thanks for the laugh. 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Nobody: 6:46pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Moh247: Oook. They were still primitive before the whites came. It still shows in their orientation though. 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by ComrdDRS1: 7:03pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
okay |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by 00FFT00(m): 9:28pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
HedwigesMaduro: Do you want to talk of primitiveness?. What is your definition of the word?. I do not engage in the devaluation of other people's cultures, but we can engage that conversation if you believe that you are scholarly enough in the subject. Finally, and as the gentleman said above, the only effective checkmark to Fulani menace in Nigeria today is Igbo, and they know it. The day they lose federal power and as much as dream about the nonsense they have allowed themselves while their brother held sway, Igbo will teach them several lessons they will never forget. 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Raheeqilmaktoom: 9:49pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
00FFT00: 1 Like |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Raheeqilmaktoom: 9:49pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
HedwigesMaduro: Comrade wey like violence. |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by christistruth01: 9:59pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
There is a lot of intrigue between the Kanuri and the Fulani That was what led to Gen Abacha a Kanuri 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by yasaa(m): 10:46pm On Jan 02, 2023 |
Penguin2: Sorry to say bros but the Igbos are the most disorganized group of people in this entity called Nigeria. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by Raheeqilmaktoom: 6:47am On Jan 03, 2023 |
yasaa: Why you dey bust him bubble? |
Re: Fulani-Kanuri Power Game by gidgiddy: 7:12am On Jan 03, 2023 |
HedwigesMaduro: Empire simply means that at some point, some people left their land to go to other peoples land to take over, often by war. What is civilised about taking over other people's lands by force? Thats why empires are evil and those in the East never indulged in making any empire |
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