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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
In this article, @BokoWatch examined Gov. Zulum’s recommendations in the wake of the #ZabarmariMassacre. The author worried that Zulum is drifting from his “soft” war on BH to a “hard” one. With respect, I think Jacob misconstrued Zulum’s position on this.
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Gov. Zulum has always advocated for the use of force on BH and I think he’s right. A vicious terrorists group that targets civilians deserves all the military might in the world. Violence must be used to prevent the group’s fighters from killings & destruction and decimate them.
The Zulum economic and education approach Jacob highlighted are first intended to ameliorate the hardship BH has plunged civilians into, but may also address some of the factors pushing people to BH. I think it should continue but it shouldn’t be a trade off for force against BH.
The two approaches must go simultaneously because the economic and educational intervention aren’t even possible or effective if BH’s violence isn’t contained. They can easily destroy the schools or businesses built. Thus, Gov. Zulum’s recommendations are in place.

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26 Sep
BBC Hausa reports that 15 security forces were killed and many injured in an ISWAP attack on the convoy of Gov Zulum yesterday. This followed the one in July that generated controversy. That a sitting Gov would be targeted twice in <3 months shows that BH remains a potent threat.
We often read spurious claims of defeat & chaos in BH from security forces and their surrogates, and those of us that dare tell the truth are branded by paid trolls as unpatriotic or even sympathetic to terrorists. That’s completely false. Nothing could be further from the truth
Lying and gaslighting can’t be patriotic. It’s the opposite cuz it downplays the enormity of the problem and leads to loss of more lives. Getting paid to lie that the threat has subsided when it remains potent is supporting terrorism. We can’t lie our way out of this situation.
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27 Aug
The Nigerian Army said today that it has dispersed a commune called Darus Salam in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State. That 410 members, mostly women and children, have surrendered and some weapons have been recovered. Darus Salam is a separatist religious group, but it differs from BH.
It’s a radical group with similar ideology with BH, but it’s non-violent. They believe that Nigeria is soiled with corruption, unbelief & unchastity that one can’t be true Islam there. So it’s incumbent on members to migrate and worship God away from the dirt of cities and towns.
Around the mid-2000s, ideologists of Darus Salam, including their leader Amir Bashir Abdullahi, had debated the founder of Boko Haram Muhammad Yusuf, and declared Yusuf a disbeliever for staying in Maiduguri. Yusuf in turn tagged them disbelievers for holding “too extreme” views.
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20 Aug
Kebbi is the only state in its axis largely NOT affected by the growing violence in northwest Nigeria, but some elements are working to disturb this amazing, if not miraculous, record.

Fulani communities in Zuru LGA reported earlier this week that 63 of their members- including
women and children- have been extrajudicially murdered in the past few months by a group of overzealous vigilantes. They said they’ve the particulars and photos of each victim and that the youngest was a 1-yo baby.
The victims said they didn’t do any wrong except they’re Fulanis.
Needless to say, it’s utterly unjust to indict a whole people for the crimes of a few. It’s criminal to kill human beings without justice and due process.

It’s this kind of “jungle justice” that partly took Zamfara and Southern Kaduna to where they’re today. Kebbi must avoid it.
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18 Aug
Gov el-Rufai’s claim yesterday that the killings in Southern Kaduna are “organised” by the victims “so that their leaders are invited” to wine & dine with the Governor & be given brown envelopes is untrue, reckless & dangerous. It’s irresponsible of him to make such a statement.
No person in their right senses will believe the absurdity that a people would conspire to kill dozens of their own just to get invited by a bloody politician who will lie to them & give them chicken change. This is another reason why a section of the state doesn’t trust the man.
The crisis in Southern Kaduna has been on for over 20 years now. It’s a vicious cycle of attacks, reprisals and counter-reprisals that is fueled by successive governments’ failure to bring perpetrators to justice, address the underlying causes and reconcile the warring parties.
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15 Aug
Just when you think it can’t get any worse, they’d say ‘hold on’. This morning, BBC Hausa did a story on how a DPO in Bauchi tortured two men to DEATH and left the 3rd with FIVE fractures for allegedly stealing seven CHICKENS. Here’s what happened according the surviving victim:
The victims were arrested for allegedly stealing seven chickens. The man they sold them to was sommoned and ordered to pay N2,000 each for thirteen, instead of seven chikens, and he did. The suspects were ordered by the DPO to pay N4,000 and their parents paid a total of N12,000.
The DPO told the parents to go; that he’d release the suspects later. He then ordered his officers to tie the suspects up. He told the suspects to be chanting “stealing has ended” in Hausa & started beating them with a big stuff in their legs heads, chests, all over their bodies.
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15 Aug
When I hear people say things like Boko Haram is supported by the Presidency, I am like: which Presidency?

~The group was founded in 2003 during Obasanjo.
~It became violent in 2009 during Yar’Adua.
~It captured territory in 2013-2015 during Jonathan.
~It continued under Buhari.
Some say Buhari has a soft spot for BH, but the truth is that BH suffered some of its worst defeats and lost most of its territory during Buhari. It’s Buhari that freed over a 100 Chibok girls. Buhari did well in the beginning but he declared victory too earlier, so BH started...
...bouncing back from 2017 but Buhari and his people kept denying it until recently.

A recent sticking point is the DDR program that was initiated by Pres Jonathan & continued by Buhari. I think the Buhari admin needs to consult the community & improve its communication on it.
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