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Maybe @DavidHundeyin speaks too much English. Let me break it down the way it should to a 5 years old .
This caliphate idea did not just wake up one morning and become active. It has always been there, yes. But why does it suddenly look coordinated, persistent and better supplied now? Why now, at the same time these regions are getting attention for what is buried under them?
You people like to reduce everything to religion because it is easier to digest. Muslim vs Christian, North vs South. Simple story, emotional reaction. But reality is not that shallow.
Two things are happening at the same time.
There are extremists who believe in this caliphate idea. That part is real. But they do not have the structure, intelligence or long term coordination to sustain this level of disruption across multiple regions on their own. That is where you are getting it wrong.
Then there are foreign interests. Cold, calculated, patient. They do not care about your religion. They care about access, control and extraction.
Now let’s do the connection.
An extremist is not thinking about lithium, gold, uranium or rare earth. He is thinking about jihad. But someone else understands the value of that land. Someone else understands that the fastest way to gain access is not to negotiate with people, but to remove them.
So what do they do?
Knowing they cannot show their face. They cannot send soldiers. They find an existing ideology, amplify it, fund it indirectly, guide it quietly, and let it do the work. So villages gets attacked, people run, land becomes empty, narrative becomes religion, extraction begins, while the foot soldiers are also allowed to live in those villages.
And while you are busy arguing online about who is killing who, the real objective is being achieved without resistance.
You are looking at the weapon and ignoring the hand controlling the direction.
The same way some Nigerians are convinced there is a one sided Christian genocide, the extremist are convinced they are fighting a divine mission. Both sides are being programmed to stay locked in conflict. Because as long as you are divided, nobody asks deeper questions.
History has shown this pattern too many times. They use existing ideology, fund it, cause instability and then carry out their agenda, leaving chaos behind.
Yet many Nigerians refuse to see it. Some out of ignorance, some out of their own interest, some because accepting it will force them to rethink everything they believe.
Let me say something you may not like.
Even if every single extremist disappears today, the killings will not stop, the format will change, the actors will change, the excuse will change, but the objective will remain.
Because the problem is not just the man holding the gun. The problem is the system that needs that gun to be fired.
Until you stop reducing everything to religion and start asking who benefits, you will keep fighting symptoms and protecting the cause.
And a people that cannot identify the real cause of their suffering will never find a real solution.
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