Is Nigeria a free nation or a conquered vassal state?

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a
thousand more if only they knew they were
slaves”- Harriet Tubman.
How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free
nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero
of the core Muslim north, the father of the Fulani
Caliphate and the first Mahdi of Nigeria, once
said,
“Allah has bestowed on me and my people the
historic duty to spread the holy faith of the
Prophet throughout the Caliphate and convert
these pagans. If they refuse to accept Allah and
his Prophet we will wash the earth, the forests,
the mountains, the rivers and the streams with
their pagan blood. Ours is a holy and righteous
calling. We are doing the work of Allah”.
How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free
nation when Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of
Sokoto, the Premier of the Northern Region and
the second Mahdi of Nigeria, once said,
“The new nation called Nigeria should be an
estate of our great grandfather Othman Dan
Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of
power. We use the minorities in the north as
willing tools and the south as conquered
territory and never allow them to rule over us
and never allow them to have control over their
future”.
What portion do those of us that are southerners
and Middle Belters have in this so-called “free
country” and why have we been consistently
denied the right to decide whether we wish to
remain in it by having a referendum?
Were we born to be slaves whilst others were
born to rule? God forbid it. My Christian faith
teaches me that I am the head and not the tail.
Permit me to share some bitter truths here.
I repeat, Nigeria is not a nation. As a matter of
fact she was NEVER a nation. She is and has
always been a monumental fraud and a
manifestation of colonial Britain’s doublespeak
and deceit.
In 1947 she was rightly described as a “mere
geographical expression” by Chief Obafemi
Awolowo but since then she has degenerated
even further.
Today she is is no longer a “mere geographical
expression” but instead a fully-fledged and
dysfunctional vassal state and a colony of timid
slaves that is owned lock, stock and barrel by
the all-powerful, all-seeing and all-knowing
Fulani hegemonists. Yet in their pitiful delusion
and blissful ignorance some still claim that we
are a free modern nation-state where all are
equal. My questions for those that actually
believe this nonsensical assertion and that
espouse this erroneous notion are as follows:
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
Christian Religious Knowldge (CRK) is removed
from the curriculum and Islamic Arabic Studies
(IAS) is made compulsory?
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
the words Christ, Church, Christianity or
Christian are not mentioned ONCE in the
Constitution and when the word Sharia is
mentioned 73 times, Grand Khadi 54 times,
Islam 29 times and Muslims 10 times?
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
the Federal Government refuses to arrest the
recalcitrant Arewa youths and lock them ALL up
for their implicit threat to commit genocide
against the Igbo if they don’t leave the north by
1st October?
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
the Arewa youths can send an open letter to the
Acting President describing the entire Igbo race
as ingrates who have “not learnt their lessons
from the past” and who “ought to be thrown out
of the north” and “out of Nigeria?”
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
the the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF)
can tell the Federal Government that “Nigeria
will boil”, that there will be “a crisis that will
spiral beyond control if the Arewa youths are
arrested” and that “the Presidency will not be
allowed to go to the South under any
circumstances in 2019?”
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
well-armed militants and herdsmen commit
genocide against whole communities and yet
not one of them has been arrested?
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
cows (yes cows!) drive children out of their
classrooms in Edo and drive worshippers out of
their churches in Benue?
How can anyone describe Nigeria as free when
those in power today together with the entire
Hausa-Fuani ruling class have consistently said
no to restructuring?
I could go on and on. What those that
continuously threaten others with violence and
carnage fail to appreciate is as follows: For
every mujahadeen there is a crusader. For every
tyrant there is a deliverer. For every oppressor
there is a freedom fighter. For every globalist
there is a nationalist.
For every integrationist, there is a separatist.
For every lily-livered and chicken-hearted
coward there is a courageous and valiant hero
and for every Goliath there is a David. Yet
despite our collective and pitiful servitude there
is a silver lining on this very dark cloud. The
demand for restructuring or, failing that, self-
determination and full-blown independence is
now very strong amongst the progressive forces
and the long-oppressed ethnic nationalities in
the land.
This, coupled with the demand by the leaders of
the three southern zones that the Arewa youths
must withdraw their threat to the Igbo, is
commendable and historic.
They have also issued a timely warning that an
attack on the Igbo would be deemed as an
attack on the entire south. This gives us hope.
Simply put, the yoke and affliction of slavery and
bondage shall soon be broken and Nigeria shall
soon be free. The first Nigerian civil war was
about keeping Nigeria one. The second will be
about winning our freedom.