The Bauchi State House of Assembly has passed a motion to expel all Plateau State indigenous persons from their State. I think I got that right. I honestly wish it were not true. Unfortunately, it is. It's a big shame that adults who swore to uphold the Constitution of Nigeria would adopt such a resolution.
The Nigerian Constitution guarantees the freedom of sojourn to all Nigerians to live in any part of the country they so wish. Yet, the Bauchi people feel they can stop a group of Nigerians from enjoying this right. I hope they are not in the illusion that Plateau State expelled people from their State. No one has asked anyone to leave the Plateau. Those who have decided to leave have done so on their own volition and for reasons best known to them.
Did the Bauchi State legislators consider what the other States of Nigeria might do when Plateau indigenes begin to leave Bauchi? Didn't they guess that the other 34 States might just expel all non-indigenous persons from their States? Didn't they realize that they had unwittingly asked for the split of Nigeria into 36 new independent countries? Do they honestly believe that they can excise Plateau State from this country while they continue to live in peace? Shame on them.
The Bauchi legislators should tell their State indigenes residing in Plateau State to stop pretending to be Plateau indigenes. They should advice them to stop asking for a District, a Local Government, the position of Deputy Governor, etc, etc. They may continue enjoying the beautiful climate and hospitality of the Plateau people if they should stir clear of strictly Plateau affairs. The Igbos, Yorubas, Urhobos, Idomas, etc, are all living happily in Jos whether Christian or Muslim.
Plateau has Muslims and Christians in every Local Government Area living in peace. It's the Hausa-Fulani expansionist ambition that it fueling the Jos crises.
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