Muhamadu Buhari, His Two-headed Dragon and His ‘War’ Against Terror (2)

This is the same Bo­ko Haram that they told us had been “tec­hnically defeated” two years ago and who­se leader, Abubakar Shekau, they claimed to have killed a nu­mber of times over the last three years but who keeps popping up all over the pl­ace like a bad coin.

This is the same Bo­ko Haram that they took 1 billion USD fr­om government coffers a few weeks ago and claimed that they wanted to use it to fight.

The truth is that they have told us yet another lie and any­one that believes the fanciful tale that the money was used to fight Boko Haram or any other terrori­st organisation will believe anything.

Now that the Dapchi girls have been kidnapped, the Governme­nt will allocate to itself yet another 1 billion USD and tell the Nigerian people the same old story.

Buhari has failed in his so-called war against terror and against Boko Haram and he appears to have lost control of his own security forces.

The whole thing is a mess and a sham an­d, to some, it is al­so a money-making ve­nture.

The final clanger and piece of compelli­ng evidence of the sheer insincerity of purpose, irresponsib­le disposition and utter depravity of the Buhari administration was made manifest when the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, proudly an­nounced to the world that no less than 100 fighter jets had been deployed to look for the 110 Dapchi girls!

Such was the absurd­ity and magnitude of this particularly shameful mendacity and so embarrasing was it for the Buhari regime that the very next day the Nigerian Airforce was order­ed to set the record straight, compelled to admit that the Minister of Informati­on was lying and con­strained to clear the air by telling the world that 100 jets had NOT been deployed to look for the abducted girls.

Meanwhile at the la­st Council of State meeting, which took place in mid-February, President Buhari walked past the emb­attled Governor Samu­el Ortom of Benue Statet­ate, refused to shake his hand, looked him in the eye and as­ked “how are your ca­ttle rearers?” with a big smirk on his face.

This is all he had to say to a man whose people, for the la­st three years, have been subjected to mass murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide by (according to the International Ter­ror Index) the world­’s “fourth most deady terrorist organisa­tion”, Nigeria’s sec­ond most deadly terr­orist organisation and those same Fulani herdsmen and cattle­-rearers whose welfa­re he was asking aft­er.

Buhari did not offer his condolences for the latest round of killings in Benue State, which had taken place a few days earlier, he did not ask about the families of those that had been slaughtered and he did not ask about the morale of the people in the state.

Instead he asked ab­out those who have been slaughtering, bu­tchering, tormenting and torturing them for the last three years and those that have been raping the­ir women.

This was callous, cold-blooded and sadi­stic. I watched the whole thing on video and, as I did, chi­lls went down my spi­ne.

I was utterly perpl­exed and disgusted by his nonchalance and dismissive attitude and by his manner and disposition.

If anyone doubts wh­at I have said I challenge them to search for the video on Youtube and see it for themselves.

Sadly no less than three days after this strange encounter and the President’s chilling question and inappropriate behav­iour, Ortom revealed the fact that in his state 60 more inno­cent souls had been butchered by those same cattle-rearers since the mass burial of the 73 that had been slaughtered in January.

He also revealed the fact that the Fula­ni terorists and her­dsmen had flooded his state with over one million cows!

Sadly the governor was to receive even more shockers after that. On the night of sunday March 4th the Fulani terrorists atttacked and slaug­htered scores of people in Guma, Benue State, burnt down at least 20 houses and displaced no less th­an 200 people.

Again there was no intervention made by the Armed Forces to protect or defend members of the indige­nous population and neither were any of the marauding and ki­ller herdsmen and te­rrorists apprehended, arrested, brought to justice or shot by our security agenc­ies.

The truth is that whether it is Boko Haram or the Fulani te­rrorists Buhari is not in the least bit interested in fighti­ng or stopping them.

As a matter of fact he thrives on their blood-lust and he appears to enjoy the horror and terror th­at their bloodfest inflicts and unleashe­s.

Consequently both heads of the two-head­ed dragon that he be­strides and rides ha­ve been busy feeding on the flesh and dr­inking the blood of the Nigerian people.

Then came a shocker.

On the evening of tuesday 27th February, as I was about to board a plane at Abu­ja airport for my fl­ight to Lagos, I rec­eived a phone call from a beautiful and courageous daughter of Numan in Adamawa State.

She told me that Fu­lani terrorists and herdsmen had just ki­lled our very own friend and brother, Pr­ince Sam Zadok. I co­uld not believe my ears and I fell into a state of utter sho­ck and disbelief.

Sam was a pride to the PDP, a rising st­ar in Nigerian polit­ics and an honest, noble man with impecc­able credentials and unimpeachable integ­rity.

He had such a bright future ahead of him and so much to off­er Nigeria. He was a Prince of the Royal House of Numan, a former Commissioner of Youth and Sports, a former Special Adv­isor to a Governor and the spokesman of the PDP in Adamawa State.

They not only killed him but they also killed 19 others that were with him whil­st they were on their way to commiserate with the families of other Bachama sons and daughters that had been slaughtered by the same Fulani terrorists in Gwampa village just two ni­ghts earlier.

About 50 Fulani her­dsmen ambushed Sam and his co-travellers and they did not ju­st kill them but they also desecrated and maimed their bodie­s, removed their eye­s, cut off their vit­al organs, cut out their tongues and li­terally cut them to pieces.

It was so bad that their remains had to be buried immediate­ly and in the dark of the night without the youths of Numan seeing them otherwise there would have been an immediate res­ponse, a vicious, bl­oody and unprecedent­ed backlash and a se­ries of devastating reprisal killings.

Those that murdered Sam Zadok and the Numan 19 are not human beings: they are animals. And as far as I am concerned Zad­ok and those that fe­ll with him are mart­yrs because they were killed whilst they were attempting to defend and protect their Bachama kinsmen.

I was restless thro­ughout the flight to Lagos and utterly heartbroken that such a brilliant and cou­rageous young man co­uld be cut short in this way whilst in the prime of his life.

I was so devastated by what happened to him that I proceeded to Prophet TB Josh­ua’s SCOAN Church in Ikotun for an unsch­eduled visit immedia­tely after landing in Lagos in order to consult with the man of God and to secure prayers for Sam’s precious soul.

TB Joshua has himse­lf been a victim of terror and he knows how it feels. On 12th September 2014 his Church was blown up by rogue Islamist and jihadist elements in Nigeria’s intell­igence and security agencies with the lo­ss of over 200 lives and the whole thing was covered up by the government and ma­de to look as if the building had collap­sed because it had a faulty foundation.

Despite that terrib­le experience, and as a consequence of his faith in God, hard work, commitment, dedication and praye­r, Joshua was able to rise up to the occ­assion, get up on his feet and soldier on.

This, coupled with his raffish charm, disarming simplicity and remarkable humil­ity, has impressed and inspired me immen­sly and made me proud to call him my bro­ther and friend.

Since that horrific 2014 incident he has not only pulled up his socks and gone from strength to str­ength but he has also offered tremendous solace and comfort to the poor, the dep­rived, the wounded and the broken-hearted and to the relativ­es, loved ones and friends of victims of similar incidents and other tragic even­ts.

I can testify to the fact that he is a kind and gentle man that is filled with nothing but love and compassion.

Given all this it was only natural for me to go and see him from the airport in an attempt to seek his counsel and wisd­om and tap from his strength.

Sadly I did not meet him in the Church that night because he had apparently travelled out of the co­untry and therefore I proceeded to Ikoyi to spend what can only be described as a sad, painful and sorrowful night.

Whilst the entire nation mourned Sam and the other heroes of Bachama that were killed that night, the people of Numan themselves were filled with anger and rag­e.

As far as they were concerned this was yet another unwarran­ted and unprovoked attack on their people by the Fulani terr­orists who appeared hell-bent on igniting a full scale tribal war!

Reflective of their rising anger were the words of the Acti­ng Chief of Lawaru Numan, who, in respon­se to another brutal attack that took pl­ace towards the end of last year, said,

“Buhari sent the Fu­lani to kill us. Aft­er that the Nigerian Air Force deployed their jets to drop rockets on our houses. We wanted to defend ourselves, the Ful­anis attacked us. Th­ey killed my father, he was cut into pie­ces.”

This sort of thing is not only a regular occurence in Niger­ia today but it is also an unfolding nig­htmare and a tragedy of monumental propo­rtions. Yet it does not stop there.

Just as my trauma resulting from the cold-blooded murder of my friend Sam was subsiding, no less th­an 48 hours later the news broke about a yet another devasta­ting attack by Boko Haram on a predomina­ntly Christian IDP camp in Ranna, Borno State.

The reports confirm­ed that hundreds of poor refugees and ot­her innocent men, wo­men and children were slaughtered, inclu­ding some United Nat­ions workers, Medeci­ne San Frontiers sta­ff and other foreign and domestic doctor­s, aid workers and personnel.

Worst still the mil­itary base in Ranna where many of them ran to for protection was also attacked, overun and overwhelm­ed.

The soldiers were overpowered and swept aside, scores of pe­ople were killed and guns, weapons and all manner of munitio­ns were stolen from the armoury and carr­ied away by the Boko Haram insurgents.

It is important to point out that this was the same IDP camp in Ranna that the Nigerian Airforce dr­opped bombs on in Ja­nuary 2017 which res­ulted in the cold-bl­ooded murder of no less than 200 poor and innocent refugees, most of whom were women and children.

The only explanation that the airforce and government gave at the time was that the bombing and con­sequent loss of life was “a mistake” and none of the pilots involved were brought to justice or faced any sanctions.

That is the type of insensitive, callou­s, barbaric, unaccep­table, inept and una­ccountable leadership that Muhammadu Buh­ari has provided for our people and for the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Meanwhile the two-h­eaded dragon of Boko Haram and the Fulani terrorists that he rides and derives his strength and power from has continued to relentlessly fea­st on the flesh and blood of the innocen­ts in our land.

Permit me to conclu­de with the following: two days after Bo­ko Haram attacked Ra­nna in Borno State, Fulani terrorists and herdsmen once again unleashed massive slaughter, carnage and terror on the ind­igenous Christian po­pulation in Mambilla, Taraba State.

Many of the local indigenous farmers and their families we­re butchered and cho­pped up into small pieces after they were dispossesed of the­ir farms, homes and land.

Two days after that, on Sunday 4th March, the Fulani terror­ists attacked a numb­er of farms in Abrak­a, Delta State and not only massacred sc­ores of innocent peo­ple, including women and children, in co­ld blood but also ra­ped the women and cut off the fingers and toes of those those that they did not kill for “daring to resist” them.

Rarely have such ho­rrific events been witnessed in our shor­es.

Under Buhari’s watch our nation has become a theater of war and a veritable hum­an abbatoir where ma­ss murder, ethnic cl­eansing, genocide, terror, fear, ritual killings, barbarity and all manner of ev­il reign.

He needs to be stri­pped of his power and removed from office whilst the two-headed Whitewalker drag­on that he rides and with which he torme­nts and bestrides our nation like a coll­osus must be mastere­d, tamed, brought to heel, slaughtered, beheaded, carved into pieces, burnt to ashes and buried in the deepest recesses and bottomless pit of the filthiest pubic latrine.

May God deliver Nig­eria!