From “The Times” of London (Wednesday July 15, 1998) we have the following front-page letter with the headline: “NIGERIAN LESSON” duly signed by Sir Peter Smithers:
“Sir, During the negotiations for the independence of Nigeria the view of the Secretary of State at that time, with which I agreed, was that in Nigeria we should attempt to put together a large and powerful state with ample material resources, which would play a leading part in the affairs of the continent and of the world. This was attractive but it involved forcing several different ethnic and cultural groups into a single political structure.
The negotiations were complex and very difficult, the chief problem as I remember relating, significantly, to the control of the police and the military.
In the retrospect of 40 years, it is clear that this was a grave mistake that has cost many lives and will probably continue to do so. It would have been better to establish several smaller states in a free-trade area.
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In exculpation, it must be said that we did not then have the examples of the collapse of Yugoslavia and of the Soviet Union before our eyes. I should now be clear for but the wilfully blind to see that it is extremely dangerous to force diverse racial and social entities into a single rigid political structure such as that which is being built upon the foundation of the Maastricht treaty. Recent history suggests that it would be best to complete the development of the Common Market and to call a halt to political integration in Europe.”
It is extremely dangerous to force diverse racial and social entities into a single rigid political structure
Amongst the heaps of documents downloaded by Julien Assange / Wikileaks was a statement credited to Alhaji Othman Ngelzarma, Miyetti Allah leader on Saturday 6th February, 2021:
Headline: “INSECURITY: SETTLEMENTS FOR HERDSMEN IN STATES ONLY
RECIPE FOR PEACE.
· You can’t ban open grazing without showing herders where to graze their cattle
· South benefits more from cow than North.
“We have lost over three million cows as a result of cattle rustling. This has made so many families become poor and because their children are poor (and ignorant) with no education, the prevalence of drought and proliferation of arms, so they become easy prey for initiation into crimes. That is the reason whenever you catch them, if you interview them, they will tell you that N5 million was collected as ransom, but they were given N20,000 or N50,000 out of the money. That goes to show you that there are some big guys behind the whole thing (kidnapping).”
Corroboration was provided by the front page of “Vanguard” newspaper of February 6, 2021, with the following bold headlines on its front page:
R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D
· “KIDNAP MERCHANTS SPONSOR OPERATIONS, COLLECT RANSOM, PAY KIDNAPPERS TOKEN FEE.”
· “BANDITS ARE AGENTS OF SOME MASTERS IN CITIES “
-Sheikh Gunmi
· “THEY COLLECT MILLIONS BUT REMAIN RAGTAD; THEY ARE FRONTS”
-Senator Shehu Sani
· “OUR HUNTERS ONCE CHASED THEM, THEY RAN INTO A WAITING
JEEP AND ZOOMED OFF”
-Edo Traditional Ruler
· “HOW THEY CONNIVE WITH RESIDENTS OF SOME COMMUNITIES”
· “I EXPOSED YORUBA, FULANI KIDNAPPERS”
-IganganSeriki Fulani, sacked from Oyo by Sunday Igboho
Even more startling was a document that was allegedly filched from the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). The caption was “WHITE SUPREMACISTS URGE MEMBERS TO SPREAD CORONAVIRUS TO AFRICANS, JEWS, COPS.”
The jumbled report read as follows:
“White supremacists are encouraging their members to spread coronavirus to African Americans, Jews and law enforcement, according to the FBI. African Americans have been hit hardest by the coronavirus, contracting and dying of the virus at disproportionate rates. Now the FBI reports that white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist groups are encouraging followers infected with the coronavirus to spread the deadly disease to Black people, Jews and members of law enforcement. ABC News recently obtained an alert sent by the FBI’s New York office that warned that “members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions.”
The alert, which was sent to local police departments, said extremist groups were directing members to use spray bottles to spread infectious fluids, people reported. The groups also advised members to leave “saliva on door handles” at FBI offices throughout the country, spit on elevator bottons and spread the virus in “non-white neighbourhoods,” the brief states according to MSNBC. “White Racially Motivated Violent Extremists have recently commented on the coronavirus stating that it is an ‘OBLIGATION’ to spread it should any of them contract the virus,” the FBI brief said.
