On Monday week, the VP, Jonathan, set up and advisory panel on the Jan 17 Jos crisis. The obvious problem with it is its composition. It is made up Plateau indigenous Christians and Muslsims and a few settler Hausa-Fulanis. This creates the impression that the crises was religio-centric. It was not. It was not political either. So was its cause?
Hausa-Fulani jihadic expansionism. That's it. The Muslim Hausa-Fulanis are still at it. They are still trying to enlarge their coast, albeit subtely. I can assure them that the eyes of Nigerian are nnow opened. They will never win.
The Plateau Muslims and Christians, both indigenous and settler elements from all over Nigeria do not have a problem. The Hausa-Fulani Muslims have a clearly wrtitten agenda - to ensure that Nigeria falss to them politically, economically and religion-wise.
If they will not stop attempting to claim ownershi of Jos, stop demanding for an emirate or district, stop demanding for the removal of the Gbong Gwom, stop imagining that the Jos North local Government Council is theirs, then there is a lot more palaver for Nigeria and Nigerians.
I am aware that all Nigerians have taken sides on the Jos crises along ethno-religious lines.
Othe settler tribes in Plateau State MUST be included in Lar's panel for truth to be unravelled. Yorubas and Igbos and Urhobos have been in Jos loger than the Hausas. They will speak from an unbiased viewpoint, I believe. I hope the VP has heard me.
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