Once again, like uncountable times in the past, the north is
in the throes of ethno-religious crisis. As usual, the security agencies are caught
napping and aside from accusations of complicity in the crisis, seem to be all
thumbs, with little or no idea of how to handle the situation – besides their
age-old ‘shoot on sight’ solution that is.
In a previous article, written some years ago, I dwelled on
the nature of the north and after examining the numerous crises I witnessed and
luckily escaped while living in the north, concluded that ethno-religious
crisis and the north of Nigeria are Siamese twins that may forever remain
conjoined, unless the drastic is done.
I warned then that the north would blow up again way before
the Boko Haram clash and the first Jos affair. My forecast was not based on any
form of prescience, but as a result of a brief study of ethno-religious clashes
in the north.
In the north of Nigeria, from Jos and beyond, the truth
about Ethno-religious crisis is not if it would occur, but when it will occur,
again.
