Important Things to Know in a Future Battle for the Soul of Nigeria.

The Fulani have no powerful armies of their own. They have neither great numbers nor great physical strength. But they are masters of stealth, deception & manipulation.
They rely on peoples of other ethnic groups to achieve their goals both in the battlefields and in politics.
They used the Hausa talakawa to topple the kings of the old Hausa states and subsequently relegated and subjugated them under the Emirates.
They used Kakanfo Afonja to gain a foothold in Ilorin and subsequently killed him, took over the area and subjugated the Yoruba and other ethnic groups there.
They used the strife among the diverse peoples of what is now Adamawa to defeat local chiefs and install Modibbo Adama as Emir. Thereafter, they sidelined and ruled over the people.
They used the infantrymen of the Middle Belt, the generals of the South West & Mid West, and the purchased loyalty of the South South to defeat Biafra and subsequently relegated them to second class citizens of "One Nigeria."
More recently, they have used the political & media machinery of Bola Tinubu and the ACN to claw their way back to Aso Rock. You can see the way they have so far manipulated and rubbished VP Prof. Yemi Osibanjo who is the proxy of Bola Tinubu and ACN in Abuja. Ditto for Babatunde  Fashola, Chris Ngige, Rochas Okorocha, Umahi, Fayemi, Godswill Akpabio and Audu
Ogbe.
But there is good news. The Fulanis are not invincible. Wherever they meet a united and resolute force, they retreat and make peace. That's what happened when they met the armies of the old Oyo Empire in Osogbo and the Benin Empire in Afemai. They were similarly neutralized by the Kanuri and other peoples of the Bornu area who fought them to a standstill. Ditto with the Tivs, Idoma & Igala.
Today, they cannot succeed if the other interest groups in the country (North, West, East and South) join forces and resolutely put them in their place on all fronts - political, economic & military.
The Fulani must accept their place as just one of Nigeria's over 250 ethnic groups (not a super ethnic group) or be prepared to leave this union and space for good. We will no longer accept or tolerate their scheming and destabilising ways.
In doing this we must watch out for Judases & collaborators among us and deal with them decisively. That is, those who will go through the back door to receive favors and sabotage the collective effort.
They are already here with us. Some of them are "highly placed" serfs in the federal government who for a plate of porridge accept to be used as fronts for un-progressive and unpopular programs like RUGA or look the other way. Others are governors, traditional rulers and opinion leaders who likewise receive money or positions & sell out or keep silent.
We the people of Nigeria are duty bound to identify, shame, isolate and neutralize all such people, their families and business interests by any means necessary. This is a struggle for the soul of Nigeria and the fate of our children and generations unborn.
Finally, a warning to current & would-be Fulani collaborators: The fate of Afonja awaits you. A terrible and shameful end. An ignoble place in history forever. Mark these words.

Midterm Elections: Voter enthusiasm Soars Among Young People, Democrats and Minorities.

Voter enthusiasm is soaring ahead of the midterm elections – especially among young people, minorities and Democrats, a new poll suggests.

Turnout during midterms is typically considerably less than during a presidential election year. In 2014, just 37 per cent of people voted – the lowest percentage since World War II – while 61 per cent cast ballots in 2016.
But amid an increasingly tense political environment, and with issues such as the confirmation of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh stoking passions, 2018 is shaping up to see a large number of people come out to vote, even though Donald Trump’s name is not on the ballot.
A poll for Washington Post-ABC News found voter enthusiasm was up among all groups, but that the increase from 2014 was greatest among the young, people of colour and Democrats.
“Four years ago, midterm voter turnout fell to its lowest level in more than half a century. Republicans were able to capitalise by expanding their house majority and taking control of the senate,” the Post reported.
“Today, with that Republican house majority at risk and some close Senate races that will determine who has control of that chamber in January, a 77 per cent majority of registered voters say they are certain to vote next month or have already voted, up from a 65 per cent majority in polls in October 2014.”
Voter enthusiasm does not always translate to voter participation. As pointed out, 2014 saw barely a third of people vote, even though polls found two-thirds saying they intended to. But a number of issues, among them the low approval rating of Mr Trump, are persuading people they need to ensure they cast their ballot in 2018.

The poll found that certainty to vote had increased by 32 points among women younger than 40, compared with 2014. Among men and women ages 18 to 29, it had risen 17 points.

Among non-white registered voters, 72 per cent were now certain to vote, up from 48 per cent in 2014 the newspaper said. White men without college degrees represented the one heavily Republican group whose certainty to vote was lower than average and had increased less than other groups.
Among voters who intended to opt for Democratic candidates for the house, 81 per cent said they were certain to vote, up from 60 per cent in 2014. Among Republican supporters, the figure was 76 per cent, compared to 73 per cent in 2014.
Most analysts believe the Democrats will flip the 23 seats they need to take control of the house, the lower chamber of congress where most legislation starts life and where any effort to impeach Mr Trump would begin. The party’s chances of taking control of the senate as well, are considerably slimmer.
Yet while Democrats will be pleased by this most recent poll, nothing is certain. Indeed, another poll, published earlier this month, found that Republicans had almost closed the enthusiasm gap with Democrats. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll suggested Democrats now led Republicans by just 82-80 among those intending to vote, the gap having closed ten points since the summer.
Analysts said while many Democrats were fired up to vote and see the election as a referendum on Mr Trump, whose approval rating stands at 43 according to the Post poll, the president and Republican leaders have been able to use other issues to stir up their base.
The deliberate decision to paint Mr Kavanaugh as a victim of Democratic senators, and Mr Trump’s mocking of Christine Blasey Ford – one of the women to have levelled accusations of sexual assault at Mr Kavanaugh, allegations he denied – appeared to have struck a chord.
Mr Trump knows that among sections of his supporters, especially Christian evangelicals and social conservatives, there was no greater policy priority that appointing a conservative justice, especially one who appeared open to rolling back landmark rulings such as Roe v Wade, which have guaranteed women access to legal abortion.

On the day the senate voted to move forward with a ballot to confirm Mr Kavanaugh, Mary Katharine Ham, a writer a The Federalist, a conservative news magazine, appeared on CNN. “I think we are under-under-estimating the extent to which Republicans are energised by this,” she said. “You are starting to see it in things like the increase in donations to the [National Republican Congressional Committee.]

Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said: “The result of hearings, at least in the short run, is the Republican base was awakened.”