07/11/2025
In my lifetime, I have seen prayer answered. The response of the American government to the killings of Christians in the Northern part of Nigeria is God's intervention and an answer to several years of prayer. The world has been silent to the cries of Christians for too long, and this seems like a tacit approval of the religious and racial war orchestrated by Arabs on the African continent. Today, Northern and deep into Central Africa are controlled by the Arabian invaders who have forcefully converted Christians to Islam and displaced the natives from their homeland.
The pattern is the same, and that is what has been happening in Northern Nigeria. The Nigerian government is either complicit in this or not courageous enough to protect the Christian population in the north. The Nigerian constitution does not recognise a state religion or tribe as superior, but in practice, Islam is accorded and the Fulanis have certain advantages that other religions and tribes are not permitted to protest for. The Fulanis are unofficially permitted to own and carry lethal arms publicly, whilst others, particularly Christians, are not permitted to own fi****ms, even for self-defence.
Besides religious supremacy, the resources in the south are treated as national assets, whilst those in the North are treated as communal assets. The Northerners consider themselves born leaders, whilst the Southerners are born to serve. This wasn't the Northern Nigeria idea, but a British creation during the colonial days.
The problem of Nigeria is an artificial one that can be corrected with ease. If the people are not ready to stay together as a nation, no one should be forced to stay. If the North feels the resources in the region are its sole preserves, then the South should be allowed to control its resources too. If the Fulani herders can carry fi****ms without inhibition, the farmers and indeed every Nigerian should be allowed to carry fi****ms for self-defence. What is good for one should be good for the other.
Otherwise, every Nigerian should be treated equally.
