After the handshake across the Niger, there are some Igbo who still have reservations. Many are still suspicious of one another. But all the genuine leaders of the Yoruba and the Igbo are one. They agreed to be one and to fight for the emancipation of the black man. God created Nigeria using the instrumentality of British imperialism. But God has a purpose in creating the largest concentration of blacks on the face of the earth, which Nigeria is. God created Nigeria to be a rallying point for and a big brother to all blacks.
Number one. God gave us climate — anything you can grow in any part of the world, you can grow in Nigeria. There are animals everywhere and we have mineral resources in every state. We have a surplus of gemstones in the North, the East and the West. When it comes to human beings, we have many talents from many tribes. Yes, God designed Nigeria for greatness but our mess-up as human beings is the problem and one of the biggest mess-ups is the rivalry between the Yoruba and the Igbo. The earlier they end it, the better for the Almajiri, the Talakawa and all tribes and groups in Nigeria.
The happiness of Nigerians is in the hands of the Yoruba and Igbo. What they do with themselves makes the difference. It is my view that because of what God gave to us from climate to natural resources, we are supposed to develop into a superpower among nations. In the process, let’s respect the dignity and prestige of the black man and, ultimately, wipe away the shame of slavery from the faces of all blacks on earth. This is our manifest destiny, which means God’s assignment to a country. Nigeria’s manifest destiny is to raise the blacks. That is why the late Nelson Mandela was crying, saying, “There is no way Africa can go up when Nigeria is going down.”
It is only Nigeria that can bring respect to Africa and not the other way round. This is how we are now. Check your WhatsApp and look at the pictures from Plateau and ask yourself whether we are human, whether the people who did that kind of thing are human beings, and whether they know that that kind of intimidation will never last. In Imo, there is something we say: ‘What is life when there is no honour in it?’ May God help Miyetti Allah to realise how far they have already gone and ask for forgiveness from the Nigerian people. You declared jihad and proceeded to kill people in every village and nobody is killing you. The Koran does not recommend the killings. Anybody killing anybody is not obeying Allah in the Koran.
