Warning to the North

The North should be warned. We are heating the polity. We should be careful not to incur the wrath of God. We should be careful so that we don’t incur  the wrath of God that will lead to sudden death of our prominent leaders. Our political leaders should be warned and turned from their atrocities, most of the ethnic and religious violence that lead to the shed of blood are triggered by you through which many women have become widows and their children fatherless yet you still have your family intact. And you think vengeance will not arise against you and your children. I see calamity befalling the North as an act of vengeance for our atrocities. A mysterious plaque that will wipe alot of our people because of the pain and the cry of the innocent blood our people have shed. God can punish an ethnic group for their sins and refused them from producing successful leaders? He has the powers to do that and nothing any man can do about it. I am under a divine oath to speak the truth as warned by god. God warned that if we the north are not careful we will lose five political leaders consistently at the presidency. When Umaru Musa Ya’Aradua won the election under PDP leadership and was about to be sworn in as the E. P of Nigeria the lord said “This man is going to become a sacrificial lamb and the number two shall become the number one”, I shared it with our team and forgot about it until it came to pass. It was a sad thing because he did not die because he was a bad leader, I personally have a great respect for him, but because of the blood cryiat that moment there was a judgement that was carried out and he became a victim. It could have as well happened to any Christian. So when I see the same thing trying to play I just have to speak out for prayers to be raised for our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari for God’s mercy. He is a man that upholds principles best to my knowledge but one can be affected because of others, one can suffer the punishment of others just as Jesus was punished for our sins.  However, I am not saying that this is the cause of the unfortunate happening of our current President, no responsible Nigerian will wish his leader sick or dead. But life is full of mysteries that we are yet to comprehend.

To my northern brothers and sisters, its time to become fair to ourselves and the nation. Nigerians have tolerated our ignorance, our mess, our limitations. We have been in power from inception either through the military or democratic rule, yet we are still behind in development because we lacked sufficient intellectuals, rather we deprived our children with western education. We intensionally breed thugs (almajiri) for our selfish purpose. We plant in hatred in them. If their negative energy is converted for national capacity building, it would have added to the growth and development of our beloved nation. We can see it in the Boko Haram. A thing we cannot believe that a Nigerian will carry a bomb on him and choose to die with his innocent brothers, it is a very sad thing. Mind you, these children grew up under our watch. What has happened to the sleeping leaders? We cannot manage our region, yet we want to manage a whole nation.

The north cannot move forward through this approach. Anyone that tries to speak out the truth happens to come under attack, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi lamented weeks ago and certain faceless people frowned at it and tried to frame him up with corruption charges. The former president Mr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan tried it and he was kicked out. Arabic schools alone cannot lead to national development.  I must confess that the North is still backward and has a long way to go. We produce leaders who have nothing to offer, we breed thugs for violence with which we use to achieve our selfish ambitions. Nigeria is not our personal asset, we should stop disrupting the system, we should have faith in the constitution and allow it to lead for the purpose of peace and unity.  Right now unity and patriotism is the virtue that should be emulated and not unguided utterances, hate speeches from both ethnic and religious quarters.  We pray for god’s mercy upon baba and may he recover soon.

Bishop Dr Abba Abdulkarim Shalom, writes from Lagos.