The Fulani herdsmen fight as a national force but they only get community level resistance.In military terms,they are assurred of victory 100%.You dont need to be a War College graduate to know that.
Communities in Uzo Uwani,Enugu state,Southern Kaduna or Taraba can only offer "reactive resistence" to a national force composed of fighters who may be drawn from all over the country and as far away as Mali,Niger republic etc.
A community force is no match for a national force.This is the same reason the Igala were able to conquer the entire Northern and most part of Western Igbo territories in the early 18th century.
Nsugbe community cannot withstand the Igala national force.Asaba,Okpanam,Nsukka,Opi,Enugu Ezike etc fell one after the other to the Igala fighters.
The communities could only have fought the Igala back successfully if they had united,raised an army, and fought as a nation against a common enemy.
The only time in history the Igbo fought like a nation was in Biafra.Ojukwu had succeeded in convincing almost every Igbo, wherever they may be, that they had a common enemy.
No need making this post long.The point is that a community force cannot fight a national force anywhere.
We can now go back to thinking about what to eat for breakfast,where to hustle today and how the sex or wanking would be tonight.
Nrashi continues!
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