Yakubu Busari
The Gold mines of the People of Middlebelt region and reserve and gemstones in Zamfara State have been described as dead zones for the natives of the affected states of Nigeria where government hide behind the Boko Haram and herders killing to perpetrate genocide against these mineral deposit communities.
The economic and political diversion of common wealth by the rich class has continue to create unbalanced favourable conditions which is enough to clear our foreign dept. and build Nigeria into a modern Dubai, the natural resources under the belly of Plateau State is worth 23.5 trillion American dollars, similar cases with Southern Kaduna lands and most Middlebelt States.
Taraba, Adamawa, Plateau, Nasarawa and Venue states enjoy the natural endowment yet the natives are being chased, maimed, hacked killed in their sleep by unknown assailant sponsored by politicians, religious and enemy of peace.
However, in spite of all killings in Zamfara, foreign Nationals are busy mining our resources, presently in Wase LGA on the Plateau, we have a place called CHINA TOWN with Chinese nationals almost in their thousands who have overran the natives destroyed their farmlands, coordinated conflicts between the Tarok people and Muslims minority of the area with the help of foreigners and use of dangerous weapons of war, merchant services in numbers, while we focus on hating and killing each other because of mythical theory being propagated.
Since the return of democracy, the greatest beneficiary of the political onslaught refuse to allow peace a chance but keep organizing fake peaceful and dialogue stakeholders meeting to mislead Nigerians to believe that something positive is transforming our society in the so-called democracy dividends.
The Neo-Con theory by Karl Schmidt states, if you want to have the total control of the political or economic activities of a locality, you create a common popular enemy to gain public cohesion for your plans to thrive, in our case our popular common enemy is JIHAD, HERDSMEN, etc.
We need to start looking at the main situation and demand for a restructuring of this country, where every States have full control of her resources to develop herself and full control of her security, it’s evident the Government cannot protect our lives anymore, for how long are we going to keep complaining or raising placards while are people are being killed and our lands are being desecrated and our resources are being exploited, while we sit here and keep hating each other across religious lines.
Our world has been broken into pieces where our lives can’t value any longer by those going to the four corners of the world to bring us peace and development preach in the Holy Books, but they’ve resorted in looking at their illiterate brothers and sisters as local and naive whose their educated weapons can destroy them without a second once they arrived in confidence with the world-class ideas.
The situation in Nigeria at the moment is not far from the Liberian, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Congo genocides, the exploitation of our lands is costing us lives and properties, our people are being killed innocently just because conspiracy theories of collecting bribe, misappropriate public funds who are weak leaders who only think of their stomach and that of their children.
The poverty and sustainability index of Zamfara State, Plateau and most States faced with insecurity, considering her natural resource baseline are sorry to tears situation. As we start looking for solutions, my cry and appeal to every Nigeria, most especially those faced with serious security challenges, please your main priority should be safe to guide your lives and properties, SELF DEFENCE is permitted by law, the Government has proven to Nigerians beyond doubt they can’t protect their citizens, time to stop complaining or hating each other, but time to start facing our real enemies, the new neocolonialism facing Africa is growing speedingly at an alarming rate, while they are selling RELIGIOUS hate amongst us.
A Germany friend who was in college back in the UK, was in Nigeria working with the Germany embassy at that time. We got into a deep conversation one evening regarding the issues of Nigeria and insecurity and I got amazed when I heard the information that came out from his mouth regarding our own Nigerian issues.
The security situation in Nigeria has different sides to it, the major course which is being propagated and generally believed by most people is RELIGIOUS, but that is just a mere say or that could be lest of the problems, to just assume people will start going around killing people because of cows sound bit dodging. But we have always ignored or the benefactors never want to look at the ECONOMIC & POLITICAL side of the issues we are facing believe it or not someone is making money and someone is getting political advantage anyhow you look at it. Someone is making money from the sell the guns & bullets, someone is also being paid to go round to displace owners of a particular targeted location.
If you study our security challenges in Africa, you will discover a familiar pattern, was it the blood diamonds of Liberia, blood minerals of the Congo, etc
I am from Plateau we took a recent study of Plateau, Southern Kaduna and other parts of the middle belt and believe me from our investigations and findings, lands being taken over are undergoing serious Mining Activities, other locations currently being attacked are blessed with one mineral resources or the other in industrial quantity, it that not amazing?
Now back to Zamfara, I was talking to a friend who works with Red cross like an hour ago, I asked him what exactly is happening in Zamfara,
I am not hearing Fulani herdsmen or jihad against taking over Zamfara because it’s predominantly an Islamic state if you look at it from that angle, so what exactly is the problem? After a series of discussion and understanding the patterns of African genocide, it became clear what our main situation is in Nigeria, Our war is not really religious but it is predominantly ECONOMICAL & POLITICAL.
