Patrick Anum

Those people who burnt your house were not Boko Haram, they were Fulani militias Not every militia group is Boko Haram Most of the groups attacking the Middle Belt are of Fulani origin, Boko Haram consists of mostly Kanuris I lived in Plateau during this period and witnessed this first hand and can attest to the truth in this Militias mostly of Fulani origin came into the city on September 7, 2001 and went house to house burning and pillaging. What initially begun as disagreements over political appointment, saw an influx of Fulani fighters into streets of Jos North I saw these militias with my eyes as they wore partial military regalia Some would wear the military trouser and just an ordinary shirt, while others would wear the military top but just a normal trouser That was my first time seeing non state actors on the rampage They targeted native houses in Jos North which had a considerable settler population in a bid to drive the natives out of the local government Lots of University of Jos staff who used to live in a predominant settlement of Angwan Rogo (along Bauchi Road) were murdered while a few others were lucky to have fled Those people went on a rampage for almost 2weeks without adequate security intervention. Dead bodies littered the streets. A state of emergency was declared in Plateau for 6 months while the Governor was sacked replaced with a military administrator (Chris Ali) by the Obasanjo administration. The Obasanjo government also desolved the Plateau state legislature at the time due to those events It was an unforgettable experience because September 11 happened a few days after which is a historic event Why we knew it was tactical to displace the natives was that, there were no attacks on governmental residential areas that housed Southerners and other natives The target was displacement of natives who owned private houses and lands It was so bad that what initially begun in Jos North soon spread to other local governments where there were settlers The worst happened in Wase, Shendam and Lantang I have posted numerous times about the proliferation of arms in the lower plateau during the period by these Fulani militias What was initially ethnic between the natives of Plateau and the Hausa and Fulani settlers turned religious as these settlers demanded that the native Muslims choose a side and used religion to blackmail native Muslims (by asking them to prove that their new faith is more important than their old tribal loyalties)

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@patrickanum I don’t think so. I mean it’s not anywhere except here.

ADC has still not learnt from the Dr Mo situation Aisha Yesufu is from Auchi in Edo State! Why is she opting to contest for a Senatorial seat in the FCT?? Leaving the senatorial seat in Edo North for who?? She neither has a political base in the FCT, nor a strong connection with the indigenes I wish her the best in the election, however I do not need to be a soothsayer to know that she will not get support from the Gbagyi’s

@tekh_mo So it’s true?

@patrickanum This is the only place I’ve seen this poster, but even in her page

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@patience_2G Do I look like I do things for click bait? Make una Dey look the face of who u Dey accuse of looking for click bait Tell your aunty Aisha not to sha try this in the FCT It’s not a game

@patrickanum Lol where did you get this from Patrick? Click bait yeah? Keep deceiving your gullible followers.

@BlackAndNative1 @BASSA14 @plandeep these guys get bad mouth

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@Wizarab10 Gbam

There is no such thing as a raping festival. That is not culture. Any sexual practice that removes the right of women to be willing participant, is not culture. That is simply gang rape and sexual assault. The police needs to pack everybody involved if they are not also involved in this madness. Culture is not absolute. Man made culture. Therefore, man can undo it. Any culture that is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience, is not binding. Any culture that is incompatible with extant Nigerian law, is not binding. Any culture that contravenes public policy, is not binding. This nonsense behaviour is not culture. It is man made excuse to violate women. Arrest everybody.

@AnyinaChidi And it was by design by the Gbagyis. Now they do not feel comfortable with that idea Will you impose foreigners on them now?

@patrickanum The present senator is not from Gbagyi too

@wuwaika List a senatorial district from your place who accepted someone from mine, now that will make a good example

@patrickanum Kwam 1 pikin nkor, that Lagos senator wey wan do governor for ogun state nkor

@TheBloombeau So the Gbagyis and other ethnicities did bad by allowing someone else just once right in the person of Ireti Kingibe We will correct that mistake in 2027

@patrickanum Is the current senator Abuja indigene?

@20e4d1935a23421 I would have thought that what u are saying was that obvious Anyways I hope it isn’t real

@patrickanum ADC should pick an indigene of FCT.

@Thanors I hope it isn’t real either because it would be a big miscalculation on her part

@patrickanum I don't think this is real...

Tbh, you have a great point because if you have your state which you even have a greater understanding of, and haven’t lived in the FCT for that long, why the need to drag this one with the Gbagyis and other minorities who do not have Governors or Assembly members My understanding is that most people try to exploit it since they see it as a low hanging fruit

@patrickanum Why is Nigeria treating the Gbagyi people this way? Other tribes have no business contesting in anything FCT. It should be left for them and other indigenous tribes if there is.

I don’t understand why it’s so hard for them to align with the indigenes first and foremost Secondly, she has not even lived in Abuja that long to develop a presence If she loses, she will eventually blame rigging but it is obviously clear she has better grass root connections back home than in the FCT I’m beginning to believe that people view the FCT not as an opportunity to serve but as this low hanging fruit that anyone can take at will

@patrickanum So dumb

I don’t care about the APC, ADC, PDP, LP, SDP, PRP, AAC, etc I only care about the Middle Belt. You truly thought Dr Mo was rigged out?🤣🤣 If you believe that, I have estate to sell to you in Maitama, Let me educate you, that election was “indigenes first” First of all, Dr Mo did not have the popular support of the indigenes. Remember that the indigenes remain the majority and to win by popular support, you need to create a connection with them. He did not do that Secondly, Dr Mo did not present even an indigene as his vice. Both he and his vice were foreigners. And it was not even unique to Dr Mo, the APC did the same in Gwagwalada. In Gwagwalada, the APC presented a Fulani person, and the result for both the APC and the ADC was that they lost their respective zones Rather than learn politics, some of you have the habit of playing victim What do you mean “it’s only ADC that some of you show your hypocrisy” Who cares about the ADC? A mushroom party that is an association of failed politicians who destroyed the country like David Mark, Bobachir Lawal all from my place. And then the likes of Elrufai, Pantami, Aregbesola, Malami, etc If anything, we excuse the hypocrisy of most of you way too much Abuja is Federal so anyone can contest is like saying “I can drive a car with my feet, well obviously you can do it, but does that mean it’s a good idea?? when majority of the indigenous people do not support you??

@patrickanum Dr Mo win and was rigged out by ADC, other tribes in APC and PDP are contesting for same seat but it's ADC most of you show your hypocrisy Abuja is federal sear any state indigene can contest, blackmailing ADC because they rigged them shows most of refused to learn

@Noal865671 And if I don’t face my front what will happen? I love how some of you beat empty chest. You create unnecessary enemies all over the place Abuja is national Abi? Oya come and win here let’s see

@patrickanum Just face your front.. Contest if you think you have the clout..Abuja is a national.

@Abdul4men @adamugarba Read it again and pour water on your head, maybe this time you can process it

@patrickanum @adamugarba What nonsense are you talking of?

In fact, the country, Saudi Arabia was a British invention. There was nothing called Saudi Arabia prior to 1932. Similar to the gulf states; the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. They were all a colonial British creation. They were called the Trucial States before the invention. Unlike Iran, which has been in existence for more than 6000 years with natural borders, Non of these GCC countries are natural countries. They are all the creation of Sir Mark Sykes (British) and Francois Georges-Picot (France).

Arewa was a sociocultural organization formed in 1948 called Jammiyar Mutanen Arewa That was the first time the word “Arewa”was used in the region At the time of its creation, its organization only featured Hausa and Fulani people. My people for instance were never part of Jammiyar Mutanen Arewa in 1948. The Nupe, Kanuri, Berom, Tiv, Igala, Bwatiye, Gbagyi, etc were never part of it They had their own sociocultural organizations like Berom Progressives Union, Tiv Progressives Union, Idoma Hope Rising Union, etc and as such, could not be part of a Hausa and Fulani sociocultural organization The Sardauna of Sokoto later changed Jamiyar Mutanen Arewa into a political party called the Northern People’s Congress. When it was turned into a party, he expanded the scope of the party to cover all areas of the old Northern region. He only did it because of the inroads that Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo made into our areas. As such, it was a political move, not one done from a view of solidarity. So you can call Arewa a Hausa and Fulani nation if you want (since that was the scope of Jammiyar Mutanen Arewa) and if the Hausa’s would agree with you As for my own people, we are not part of Arewa as we never were in its inception. We had our UMBC party known as the United Middle Belt Congress which was created by the merging of our tribal associations Prior to 1914, the various groups in the North and Middle Belt maintained their independence from eachother. The Lelna, of Southern Kebbi were independent from Sokoto and fought the British independently. Infact the fight between them was after the British had defeated Sokoto The Gbagyi, Kambari, Berom, Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Bwatiye, Kamuku, Bura, Kilba, Jukun, Eggon etc all fought the British independently too (and as independent ethnic nations) The Arewa concept did not exist at the time. Even after the British came, they divided the Northern protectorate into two. The Mohammedian areas and the Pagan district The Mohammedian areas were the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri areas, while the pagan areas are today’s Middle Belt. These were areas that practiced Traditional African Religion. They include, Southern Bauchi, Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, Southern Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Southern Kaduna (then called Southern Zaria) Gombe etc

@patrickanum @adamugarba What is Arewa then? Is Arewa a Nation? Don't tell me you don't know that before the Coming of the Colonials we have a nation govern by certain systems that align with our religion and culture? The colonials came, massacre our forefathers and divide us.

Arewa is also a British creation. Yet you still propagate it till date. So don’t act like you have issues with British creations In 1948, a socio cultural organization called Jammiyar Mutanen Arewa was created by the Sardauna of Sokoto based on the British created Northern Protectorate of 1914. In 1939, the Southern Protectorate was split, yet the Northern Protectorate was kept intact. It was upon that British decision that Ahmadu Bello created the Arewa identity in 1948. Even till present, despite states being created, breaking up the old Northern region, many of your world still propagate the myth of one North. Remember that the British creation of 1914, put the Yorubas of Kogi and Kwara away from their kith and kin, and in the Northern Protectorate. If also put the Middle Belt groups like Atyap, Bajju, Adara, Berom, Ngas, Eggon, Mada, Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Igala, Ebira, Bwatiye, Kaka, Jukun, Kuteb, Tangale, Waja, Kambari, Gbagyi, Lelna in a North, when they had been seperate from the Sokoto Caliphate beforehand Lastly, it merged the Kanuris who had been seperate in a Northern creation too. It is hypocritical to raise this point regarding Saudi Arabia when it is your kinsmen, the Fulani who have benefited from pan Arewa identity the most. They have enjoyed British support through out colonial Nigeria on matters of chieftancy, independence, secession, political alliances, minority rights etc What is causing this tantrum of Adamu Garba, is that Saudi Arabia have not followed that anti American stance that most of them have developed over the years Also, the idea of Islamic Nationalism that Arewa have used for centuries to hold political power, Saudi Arabia seems to not have embraced that theology regionally with its neigbours, a movement that the entirety of Arewa identity thrives and survives upon As such, Saudi Arabia’s direction at the moment, threatens the foundation of Arewa ideology locally. With Saudi Arabia taking the side of the US, it exposes the flaws of Pan Islamic identity in the Middle East and threatens Fulani Pan Islamic supremacy locally within Nigeria too This is a survivalist move. Delegitimize Saudi Arabia yet in another post, promote Arewa identity, when both are equally British creations