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Femi Fani-Kayode’s Fatwa By Modiu Olaguro

October 3, 2015

The recent masturbation by Femi Fani-kayode on the abduction of Chief Olu Falae by Fulani herdsmen would pass as an intervention to none other than narrow-minded individuals whose organ of sight is confined to the two openings above the cheek; for the least sophisticated observer would read what he called “the herdsmen from hell” with a deeper reflection into the man and the message he fought so hard to preach as an advertisement of a systemic and institutional failure that has reduced this nation to one whose penchant for impunity cuts across economic lines and social status - an impunity so gross, great and competitive that as members of the political elite loot our common patrimony in broad daylight without consequences, the hoi polloi in their small enclave replicate their own version in their peculiar ways.

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Fani’s unfortunate call to “seriously consider the expulsion of all Fulani herdsmen from the southern part of our country” portray him as a rainbow nationalist whose patriotism lie not in the nation whose president he spoke effortlessly to secure another term for but for selfish interests so big and humongous, yet puny and disgusting; for he set out to portray President Muhammadu Buhari in ethnic garb while he failed to see that he was inadvertently sinking in the cesspit he dug for himself.

When he relayed how Muhammadu Buhari referred to the Fulani herdsmen as “my people,” he sought to distort facts and twist reality by feigning ignorance of the fact that irrespective of how far or close we are to making Nigeria a nation, ours is a nation of nationalities and no one—except the naïve—becomes a better Nigerian by being less Igbo or less Yoruba or, in Buhari’s case, less Fulani.

He tried very hard to hoodwink the Yoruba nation into a mood of self-appraisal when he labeled every person of the Oduduwa descent who desire to have the Fulani’s removed from the south-west as “self-respecting.” He fools himself and shoot his toes by the use of that coveted word for neither in word nor action—even in posture-Femi Fani-kayode lacks the most basic self-respecting feature, the least of the fundamentals of a gentleman, and the comportment that qualifies an individual as a moulder of public opinion.

A macroscopic characteristic of what Malcolm X at the Militant Labour Forum called “that kind,” the stripping of anyone and everyone who rears a cow, cattle or sheep of their Nigerian citizenship by Fani is enough to make one begin an enquiry on the law he claimed to have studied for he struggles to understand the basic fact that any Nigerian, irrespective of tongue, accent or status has an inalienable right to feed, sleep, grow and roam without fear or favour in any part of the country.

As a local chief and PDP elder statesman, the tilling of the polity to plant ethnic bile and sectional isolation all in the pretext of a liberation struggle betrays the wisdom which Nigerian youths look up to from men who proclaim sophistication like Fani. The call to deracinate ALL Fulani herdsmen who rape and maim innocent citizens ought to be extended to the leaders of the Odua People Congress whose terror-in-trade was at full force in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

Had Fani-kayode not been a poor student of history, he would have picked a word or two from the encompassing sacrifice of Nelson Mandela and the patriotic strive of the founding fathers of America whose divergent roots became a source of strength to the envisioning of a free society by propelling them to build a nation of inclusiveness irrespective of colour or creed.
Had Fani not have been a run-of-the-mill political ranger whose acts of patriotism steer based on who sits on the rocky chair at Abuja, he would have gone back to the classroom to learn about how sectional interests are being championed without undermining of the right of others.

Referring Nigerians to the plight of the people of Plateau, Benue, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Taraba and Adamawa states in order to place his twisted essay on the door step of legitimacy without a similar call to sanction the various security agencies especially previous Inspector General of Police and state commissioners for negligence of duty shows superficiality and double standard on the part of a supposed elder.

The Fulani herdsmen are also citizens. If they kill or let their animals loose to cause damage on farmlands and properties, it is a sworn duty of the law enforcement agents to intervene. Yes they kill, but how many? Could all of them be murderers to warrant their removal from the south? In fact, the tragic notoriety of some Fulani herdsmen ought to be a major yardstick for measuring the effectiveness of the police. Let the law take its due course when they err. If the call by Femi Fani-kayode is made to move, the people of the south that reside up in the Sahara would pay with their lives. History is replete with such.

The Fulani herdsmen, just like Femi Fani-kayode have a right to remain in their fatherland as no citizen become less fit to walk, graze or enjoy freedom anywhere in Nigeria save a criminal. It is lawlessness and impunity that need to expunged from Nigeria, not a rod-wielding taxpayer.

A Word on The Satanic Foundation

Nigeria has remained the way it is not because it was built on a “satanic foundation” as Femi Fani-Kayode said but because she has allowed herself to be raped by satanic persons. So it’s not the Satan that fed Eve with an apple that is causing our woes, it’s the ones who have built a consensus on our commonwealth – one which the man from Ile-Ife was an integral part of.

Clearly, Femi Fani-Kayode’s lack of access to slush funds from his party has made him invoke Mr. Greene. He’s always done that but Nigerians—witnessing the demystification of governance by the Buhari’s Presidency—expects a modicum of remorse from the man who until a few months ago spoke for continuity.

“Draw attention to yourself by creating an unforgettable, even controversial image.” Wrote Robert Greene in the 48 Laws of Power. “Court scandal. Do anything to make yourself seem larger than life and shine more brightly than those around you. Make no distinction between kinds of attention-notoriety of any sort will bring you power. Better to be slandered and attacked than ignored.”

Clearly, the man understood the laws of power better than Greene himself for even the disciple of Machiavelli understands how impracticable a number of his writings are. Had Fani consulted Greene before fronting law six, he would have been admonished on the ordinariness of such adventure.

If notoriety had brought power to the likes of FFK, it was because the country had been hitherto run by notorious men. At this hour of moral zenith when Nigerians now wax stronger on the clamor to have their country sanitized, only a buffoon would continue doing things in the manner of old.

When government chicken boys like him venerate his words, correct minds need not look twice to see how feeble a man Fani is.

The Yoruba leader of antiquity, Oduduwa switched ethnicity the minute Fani was sold a chieftaincy title.

With him, sensible Yoruba's began chanting: "Ilesanmi, Ilesanmi, Ilesanmi.......Odun j'oye lo"

Modiu Olaguro writes from Jebba.
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