By Tochukwu Ezukanma
In an earlier article, I described Donald Trump as a racist, sexist, psychotic narcissist that, in the words of Mrs. Hillary Clinton, is “dangerously incoherent and temperamentally unfit to be the president” of the United States of America. However, in the same article, I acknowledged a number of possible benefits of his presidency. For one, he is forthright, and tells African countries and rulers exactly what he thinks of them. Diplomatic niceties and euphemisms in depicting the problems of Africans have not, in any way, helped Africans. They have actually been dangerous to us, as they pander to our penchant for self-deceit and refusal to take responsibilities for our endless political and economic blunders. His bluntness smacks our follies and blunders squarely on our faces; and may jolt us off our self-deceit and blame games.
It has been written that, “Revolution is the locomotion of history and that it is the youths that are the drivers of this locomotion”. Throughout history and across countries, it is the youths, in their hot enthusiasm and reckless idealism, that rise up in defiance of the cruelty, avarice and arrogance of power. Disconcertingly, Nigerian youths are docile and cowardly. They are notorious for their lassitude, craving for quick money and mass desertion of their country (“Jappa”) in search of economic opportunities overseas, especially, America. Trump’s hard-line immigration policy is making it harder for them to “jappa” to America. Consequently, more of them will be trapped in Nigeria, and invariably suffer the deepening and en-circling social degradation, economic decline and desperate poverty. Hopefully, at some unbearable point of these horrors of Tinubuism, they will rise in rebellion and dislodge this most kleptomaniac, anti-people, and rudderless administration in the annals of Nigeria.
Lately, we are witnessing another benefit of Trump’s presidency: his strikes at terrorist hideouts in Nigeria. In its feudal obscurantism and religious fanaticism, the Fulani aristocracy, for long, plotted to Islamize and politically dominate Nigeria. They have not hidden their expansionist design and crass contempt for the rest of Nigerians, especially, Christians. The then leader of the Hausa/Fulani dominated Northern People’s Congress (NPC) and the premier of the defunct Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello, brazenly summed up the Fulani agenda, “The new nation called Nigeria should be the estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent the change of power. We use the minorities in the north as willing tools, and the south as conquered territory, and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to rule over their future”. He was also quoted as saying that, “It was the British that interrupted our jihad. Once the British leave, we will continue our jihad, and ultimately, dip the Koran into the Atlantic Ocean.”
Ahmadu Bello’s stated objectives were enlivened by President Mohammadu Buhari. Buhari was an unabashed Islamic bigot and zealot, and Fulani irredentist. Armed with the powers and resources of the federal government, he reinvigorated the 19th Fulani Century jihad in Nigeria. So, unlike, at no other time, since the British “interrupted” their jihadist thrust towards the Atlantic Ocean, the Fulani became empowered and emboldened to continue their jihad. Working in concert with the Myetti Allah, he armed Fulani herdsmen. So, instead of the herders’ staff, the Fulani herdsmen now brandish AK 47 automatic rifles. In addition, he imported Fulani bandits from the Sahel into the country. With their new found lethal power and the moral support of the federal government, the herdsmen, in concert with bandits, have been on a genocidal binge, massacring Christians.
At the end of the Buhari administration, Nigerians were hopeful that the new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will roll back Fulani expansionism and rein-in Fulani terrorism. Tinubu could not do these because that would have bruised the sensitivity of his northern masters. After all, it was his northern masters that foisted him on Nigerians against the will of the Nigerian electoral majority. He was not the winner of the election that brought him to power. He allowed the Fulani terrorists a free reign. Thus, they continue to range, unimpeded, across the country, targeting Christian communities. In their murderous barbarism, they rape, maim and kill Christians; and torch, sack, seize and occupy their villages.
President Trump confronted the Nigerian government with the issue of anti-Christian genocide in the country. He warned the terrorist groups and the Nigerian government of the impending American strikes against the terrorists. Exhilaratingly, he made good on his word. On Christmas day, 2025, he struck at them. From a United States warship, sixteen precision-guided missiles were fired. The missiles accurately struck their intended targets, terrorist positions in Gugu Tangaza in Sokoto State, and achieved the desired result: the decimation of the terrorists. Kudos to President Trump; Nigerians are thankful to you. You are helping an irredeemably corrupt and hopelessly irresponsible government to uphold her most fundamental responsibility to its citizens: the protection of lives and property.
Tochukwu Ezukanma writes from Lagos, Nigeria.
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