#SecureNorth: Who Can Secure Arewa? -By Ali Tijjani Hassan

Arewa is a Hausa word that literally means North .

Arewa was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures.
With all aforementioned structures, Arewa suffered a lot trauma of terrorism from one hand to another, Such as the notorious Aware, Mai tatsine, Boko Haram, Kidnappers, Banditry and political thuggery among others.
But the unanswered Question that is beaded in our mind is; Where the problem lies?

The current mess bedevilling the region is the action of Boko Haram at North Eastern Nigeria, Kidnappers at North West, and Bandits at North central.

Since 2008, the group of Islamic extremists under the leadership of Muhammad Yusuf, who are claiming to be part of the Salafi Ideology, retreated their self from the actual teaching of school, and established another sect with the name “Ahlus-sunnah lidda’awati wal Jihad” which can be translated as ” A Sunnis calling for (Jihad) Holy war”.
Later then, BBC reporter gave them a suitable name which shape their movement, “Boko Haram”.
The new name means ” western education is prohibited”.

As we all know, Boko Haram is the only formative and identical group, but the remaining Bandit and Kidnappers are unknown, since that phone call is the only means of communication with them!

Since after the emergence of Boko Haram, Northeast became the land of sorrow, mourning, and grief. All the breaking news from there were terroristic and tragic.

On Sunday 29 November 2020 the Boko Haram terrorist slaughter about 110 farmers in Zabarmari village nearer to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state as reported by Al-Jazeera, just because they refused to pay the consent tax return of their farming land the to terrorist.

The following day Bandit invade Sabuwa local government of Katsina state killed seven people ruthlessly including a nursing mother and abduct 30 villagers.

Who can secure Arewa?

The President that don’t listen to our voices until the garnished and censored story but not the reality or the corrupted governors that rig elections to assume political powers or the crooked legislative that rivet our thoughts with constituency project? the kings that fear dethronement and demeaning?
The security service chiefs that bear were breaded from Arewa but left it at mercy of Bandits and Boko Haram?

The parents that produced a
much number of kids whom they can’t shoulder their responsibilities, and blame government for incompetence? Or the unpatriotic citizens that always spew Ill wish to their Country?

In Arewa, we lost the shoulder to lean on, the voice to deafened and screamed with, the leaders to stand and speak with our voice!

Alitijjanihhassan@gmail.com