a reply to:
Chickensalad
The Nigerian problem is very difficult to understand. I have firsthand experience and can tell you that nothing is what it seems. There is a vast
network of what I term the Northern Oligarchy, who were put into power by the British, who have dominated the running of the country through
dictatorships and even through "democracy". They like to call themselves "Arewa", Born To Rule, and that thinking is backed by regional tribalism
and further by their Islamic belief of superiority. You cannot talk about the problem in Nigeria without looking at the creation of the country from
the beginning. Short version-there is a powerful Muslim elite who do not want to lose control of the oil blocks, the military, as most positions of
power have exclusively been in the hands of Muslim Northerners for decades. The installation of shari'a law (illegally) around 2001 in Zamfara and
quick adoption other northern states paved the way for the shari'a North to try to consolidate their hold on power. Nigeria is grossly divided along
tribal and religious lines. The elite in power in the North have ties to Hamas and other terrorist organizations, the Sauds fund Madrassas schools,
especially in the North, where children are forced to take Muslim names if they want to continue to get an "education", which is primarily based on
the Quran with a little rudimentary abc's. Boko Haram was started bt these same Northern politicians, senators, governors, to create pressure when it
was seen that GEJ stepping up from Vice to President with the death of Yar'adua, as going against the unwritten "rule" that there should be a power
rotation from the North to the South to keep things "fair", which really is nothing more than who gets to rob the pot, everyone taking turns.
Simplistic, but the truth. Boko Haram is the monster they created to try and destabilize the country, putting pressure on GEJ. If the West cannot
understand how all of this can be going on, trust me, no one cares who dies. It is all about grabbing power back and being able to rob the nation. I
could go and on here but there is ample proof of oligarchy sheltering Abubakar Shekau, and he is not dead, in spite of what the media says. He has
various body doubles. Many of the Northern Oligarchy have studied their terrorism in Sudan, have ties to terrorists in the Maghreb, and ties with the
Sauds. They don't care if their own Muslim people die. They care more about wresting power back from the Christian South. Nigeria is very cut off
from the world in terms of internet, phone service, running electricity etc. Even Lagos suffers constant power outages with some areas not seeing
light in 3 months, so imagine being in the North which is mostly undeveloped. Each state is responsible for their own governance, Nigeria is run as a
Federal system, so the money gets allocated from the central government, but on a state level, each is responsible for schooling system etc with the
exception of higher education and federal university. The shari'a North embarked on a hand wringing mission last year to the white house, to see if
they could pull the wool over the eyes of John Kerry and Susan Rice, Rice being involved in the assassination death of the first democratically
elected president in Nigeria's history, MKO Abiola, and a Yoruba man. It is a tangled knot of intrigue, corruption and it is no wonder the US threw
their hands up after the kidnapping of the Chibok girls, upon arriving and discovering the sorry state of affairs. The girls were handed over by the
Oligarchy as a present to BH, and everyone in Nigeria knows it. It was orchestrated and planned out, many many discrepancies as to why the children
were forced to sit the exams when the the very people responsible begged the governor to not hold the exams, being that violence was very fresh in the
area from BH, and how odd that the headmistress who is Muslim, and her daughter, were somehow not carted off along with the Christian girls, strange
indeed. The military itself is full of Boko Haram and the current president's hands are tied. He is facing enemies within his own government and
without. The military has been gutted, everything not chained down is stolen, the soldier's salaries are stolen, in arrears, no food, no proper
equipment, they suffer from malaria, they go into battle sometimes with no shoes at all, or rubber slippers or bedroom slippers, they are led into
ambush by informants and high ranking military who are Northerners and pro Boko. Hard to believe for an outsider, but that is the ugly mess. The
corruption and infiltration is so strong, there is almost no hope of putting together a united front because the military has always traditionally
been led by Northern Muslims of the Hausa Fulani Kanuri stock. The slogan of one united NIgeria is just a myth. It is a snarling ball of tribes that
were forced to live together when the British exited. Igbo hates Yoruba, Ijaw hates Igbo, Yoruba hates Igbo, Igbo hates Ijaw and most all hate the
Hausa Northerners because they lorded over and looted the country for almost a century. The fight for democracy was just as much a fight to break free
from Northern rule, and Boko Haram is simply a means to create havoc in the country and force GEJ to step down. By stepping down the power would have
to rotate back to the North, which is what they want, in simplistic terms. The shari'a 12 tried their best to bend the ears of Kerry/Rice, blaming
everyone but themselves for their ills, which is why there is a "not my problem, not in my back yard" feel to the whole BH mess. Yes, it is
horrible, but to Christians and indigenous worshipers in the SS, SE, SW, it is seen as a Muslim problem. Northerners would love nothing more than to
push shari'a all the way to Lagos and the sea, and have gone on record saying as such. There are good Muslims and bad Muslims, and there are Yoruba
Muslims and other tribes who embrace Islam, but there is no reciprocity when other tribes try to settle in the North, they are slaughtered. But
Muslims and those of Northern stock are tolerated if not welcomed in the southern areas. There is no easy answer. My wish would be for hackers to
track the uploading of BH's videos, as they are fairlt constant, and the posting to youtube of their atrocities. They are aided and abetted by the
powerful elite in the North , who care nothing for their own constituents, though surely there are some who do care and are appalled. The subject is
so long and deep it would take a book to try and flesh it out, but these are the basic underpinnings of why it is so difficult to understand how this
can be going on. Many of NH are from Chad, Niger, Sudan, many are simply poor youth who get enticed by easy money to go blow people up or deliver
weapons, they want the latest western clothes after all. It is a heartless world, and Nigeria is not for the faint of heart.