From: irohin oodua oduairohin@yahoo.com [NIgerianWorldForum] <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 at 16:27
Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Yoruba Nation: The cabal, Tinubu and the sword of debacle.
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Yoruba Nation: The cabal, Tinubu and the sword of debacle.
The Irohinoodua Editorial August 31, 2019
There are grave unseen but visible undercurrents in the storming sea of Nigerian politics. This time, the host is the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The signs are obvious only to critical minds. Since the regime assumed a second term of four years, after winning the Presidential election in March, the tempo of political intrigues has more than tripled.
At the epicenter is power and the bitter but covert struggle and maneuvering within. There are three critical elements. First is the conspiracy towards 2023; second is the desperation and high-pitched plot by the Fulani North to retain political power at the centre and also to determine who governs the country's most strategic outposts; third, is the desperation to retain power and the chess game to destroy any formidable political bloc, especially the Yoruba leadership profile in whatever manner it might raise its head through a conscious subversion of the solidarity, political heritage and unity of the people.
Let us take the first track. The Fulani North is not ready to compromise on retaining power beyond 2023. That Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu or any other person from the South West will not be allowed to smell Aso Rock is a hidden secret. Such revelations have come in the form of statements threatening fire and brimstone from devotees known to be speaking the mind of the cabal.
Apart from leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, (MACBAN) that have made this know, the Coalition of Northern Nigerian Youths has spoken in the same manner.
Again, the new cabinet indicated nothing but largely a Presidential campaign team ahead of the 2023 election, rather than a policy team considering that a change of cabinet is unlikely in the next three years when the Presidential campaign commences albeit unofficially. This clearly shows the preference of the Fulani North for power rather than policy.
Why this might be presented as the itinerary of the APC, it is better understood as the agenda of a powerful and very intelligent Fulani team within, which purpose is primitive accumulation of power to be dispensed at will to rookies and to those ready to implement the self-serving programmes of the ruling clique one of which is the preservation of the interests of the Fulani North.
For instance, it is instructive to observe that the choice of the Ministers was designed not by regional blocs but right from the Presidency. The implication is that the majority of the Ministers will be loyal to the dictates of the powers at the centre. In reality, efforts were made to cut the wings of powerful regional interests leaving such to gnash their teeth in regret.
President Buhari made the situation worse when he figuratively created the office of the Prime Minister. He asked all his Ministers to report to the Chief of Staff. Also, the security architecture of the country has been retained in the hands of core North elements.
While former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu made tremendous contributions to the emergence of President Mohammadu Buhari, everything has been done consistently to thwart his heritage and humiliate him. The stratagem, once closed, now open has always been to hang on the assumption of Tinubu's misdeeds which have been overemphasized while in reality, the attacks against Tinubu merely symbolizes a hidden game to ensure every potential rallying figure in the South West is destroyed. We are not aware of Tinubu's ills that are so large as to dwarf the iniquities of Fulani leaders who since 1960 have produced the worst leaders in its midst that rule and consistently ruin Nigeria. If anything, Lagos which modern foundation Tinubu laid remains the most striking reference point in Nigeria since 1999.. Yet, none of the current political class made the tremendous sacrifices Tinubu made during the bloody campaign against military rule. His offence in reality is that he is the most influential Yoruba politician and it will be in the interest of the Fulani North to see the South West as one black sky without a single star that also limps towards the North for candles.
By rubbishing the most prominent Yoruba politician, it will lead to a divided regional bloc in perpetual conflict with itself, without a clear political leader, while putting the cabal in a strategic position of influence and the decider of fate. Those SW people who rise to openly and viciously attack Tinubu fail to realise this all important point that while they may have some clear logic, as no man is infallible, they at the same time fit into the design of the cabal whose eternal wish is to wreck the Yoruba nation and subvert any possible force that can make the people come forth as a united political unit. They realise that Tinubu is fearless, courageous and daring. These are threatening qualities that provoke a combination of hate and fear in the North.
The cabal may appear to be fighting Tinubu today, but in reality, their disdain for him is for the entire Yoruba nation including individuals in the South West who currently eye the Presidential ticket thinking this would be best achieved by licking the booth of the cabal.
For instance, none of the Ministers was allowed to be picked at Tinubu's beckon, not even Mr Sunday Dare, who was his aide. A source told Irohinoodua that Dare, an indigene of Ogbomoso, who speaks Hausa fluently had lobbied his pathway, through the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam El Rufai. Last week, Dare paid a courtesy visit to El rufai in his office in Kaduna in what observers see as a demonstration of unalloyed political loyalty while Momora was said to have been picked by the former Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi whose covert political war against Tinubu is legendary. Allies of both Dare and Mamora describe the two as 'sly, cunny and self-serving."
With many of the Ministers handpicked by the cabal within, where the pendulum of loyalty will swing remains predictable, leaving the caliphate at a higher position of negotiation while the Ministers are expected to see loyalty to their own people or regional leaders as secondary.
There are emerging fears that certain policies may undermine the future of the Yoruba nation if fully implemented one of which is the Rural Grazing Area, (RUGA). The cabal wants the policy because of its intrinsic link with the retention of power. With RUGA in place, the fundamental change in Nigeria's demography and voting tradition will be permanently altered. In the past few years, the migration of people from the Margreb region and the sahel will serve no purpose than to fuel the numerical strength of a section of the country which is critical in the coming elections. Yet in Nigeria, voting is gradually becoming rentier venture that attracts poor people eager for the immediate stipend offered to voters than for any seek for life transformation. For the South West noted for her vast industrial base, this new voting culture will only mean dwindling interests by the workforce who are gradually abandoning voting to largely poor people. This continue to reflect in the low voters' turn out in the entire Yoruba territories to the advantage of the Fulani North. The lack of creativity and the passion for vain projects in place of livelihood projects by a large section of the political leaders will further keep many Yoruba away from the polling units.
With this slur, ahead 2023, all the Fulani North needs to do is to pick a running mate among its cronies in the South to secure full control of the machinery of political power in all future elections. The Fulani also appear better endowed in terms of their recognition of what they want, the ability to organize itself and its prowess for deep, futuristic thinking backed with a super network of local and international intelligent think tank. However, the Fulani strategy of rabid self-preservation, preference for power instead of development has not helped the Nigerian cosmopolitan nature. At least, it is responsible for the growing extremism in the North which has bred, for the first time, Hausa-Fulani clashes and the rise of fundamentalism all of which threaten to consume the Fulani ruling elite itself.
We recommend for the Yoruba to seek greater understanding of that is going on. The Yoruba political class must first create a viable think tank beyond the current self-seeking and ruinous adventures founded on individual economic and political security rather than on the security of the people. The Yoruba political class should realise that its unity is crucial. Even if it is the desire of your foes to see you scatter, common sense on the need for regional unity should not be far-fetched.
However, the 2023 Presidential election is the least of the woes facing Yoruba people. There are far more serious challenges. Without restructuring of the country, every step of development comes to nothing. For millions of Yoruba people, restructuring is far more important than electoral politics. Restructuring of the country largely solves the fundamental afflictions of the people. Restructuring should be the slogan. It should be the clarion call. It should be the basis for a Yoruba united front irrespective of differences in political affiliations.
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