PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT WHY ANY GRAZING BILL MUST BE RESISTED BY ALL NIGERIANS

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PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT
WHY ANY GRAZING BILL MUST BE
RESISTED BY ALL NIGERIANS
The story is told of how King Yunfa, the
Hausa Sarkin in Gobir (now called
Sokoto) hosted a Fulani immigrant
called Usman Dan Fodiyo and his group
in February 1804, as a result of this and
since 1808 the whole of the northern
region lost its kingdoms and were
replaced by Fulani emirates. King Yunfa
is said to have been killed in 1808 and
the Fulani warrior (Usman Dan Fodiyo)
established Sokoto caliphate, making
himself Sultan. Gradually, other Hausa
kingdoms were pillaged and taken over
by the Fulani emirs. The ethnic groups
in the core north were the first victims of
Fulani imperialism, a venture that
occurred because the people were given
access to grazing land as a result of the
hospitality of the hosts. They however
failed to overrun the Bornu kingdom, so
the Shehu of Bornu remains paramount
till today! The Afonja dynasty
compromised by allowing a Fulani
warrior known as Janta Alimi to settle
in Ilorin, the Fulani guerrillas killed
Afonja in 1824 And Ilorin, a Yoruba town
under the Oyo empire, fell into Fulani
hands, becoming an emirate under
Sokoto caliphate till today! Even the
attempts of the O'odua People's
Congress (OPC) to revert to status quo
ante and crown an Onilorin of Ilorin
became an exercise in futility. The
Yoruba warriors got wise and defeated
the Fulani jihadists in Osogbo in 1840, if
this didn't happen there would most
likely have been Fulani "emirs" as rulers
in Oyo Alaafin, Ibadan, Owo, Osogbo,
Ede, Ado, and Igede Ekiti today! If the
Bini Kingdom did not fight and repel the
jihadists, they would have penetrated
the Edo/Delta region beyond the present
day Edo North Senatorial District which
gave in and allowed the jihadists to
overrun & islamize them. Along with
some ignorant folk most of them are
now angling for grazing areas and a
corridor through the entire federation.
These grazing areas will in future
become Fulani settlements, later
commmunities and finally local
government areas with elected officials.
If you think I am being alarmist look
towards the once beautiful and serene
Middle Belt state of Plateau. The exact
same thing happened in Jos. Therefore,
it will not be farfetched to conclude that
the Fulani herdsmen are pawns in an
agenda to overrun all towns in Nigeria!
So that we will have emirs in Owerri,
Enugu, Benin, Agatu, Abeokuta and
other towns where FG creates "grazing
reserves" for Fulani herdsmen! If Yunfa
didn't accommodate Fodio and his
warlike immigrants from Futatoro,
Hausa sarkins would be ruling today in
the north! And if Afonja didn't conspire
with Alimi, a Yoruba kingdom would not
have been ruled by Alimi's offspring till
today! It is a subtle continuation of the
1804 Fulani jihad by the fully-armed and
protected Fulani herdsmen with an age-
old agenda to overrun and Islamize the
whole of Nigeria very quickly. I will end
this with what someone rightly said-
"The grazing bill is not an attempt to
solve the problem, it's a subterfuge to
progress the agenda" It's an age-old
political strategy really- ..create a
problem, come up with a "solution" that
advances the cause, and then give it a
legal backing. Make it look like a win-
win situation. Be as wise as serpents....
Spread this message for people to be
aware. Am I an alarmist? History will
judge
Fulanis are migrating from Sudan,
Lybia, Chad, Mali, and Niger republic to
Nigeria because of these grazing
reserve bill in motion. W e must say no
to grazing land bill.
If you read a copy of the National
Grazing Reserve Council Bill and you'll
be surprised at what it's all about. The
Bill creates a council to be chaired by a
Chairman to be appointed by the
president. The council shall have the
power to take your land anywhere the
land is located in the country and then
pay you compensation. Your land, when
taken, shall be assigned to herdsmen
who shall use your land for grazing
purposes. They shall bring cows to the
land and you shall lose the land
permanently to those Fulani cattlemen.
SAY NO TO GRAZING BILL

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