Igbo Quit Notice - What Arewa and the rest of Nigeria Forgot
For years the great people of the middle-belt, south south and south east were very accommodating and allowed Fulani herdsmen graze openly and without restriction on their lands with the understanding that the stay clear of farmland. Initially these people tolerated these nomadic Fulani who have no true home and allowed them graze on their land without paying any fees except for the occasional tribute to the local chief. These people were so accommodating the allowed these Fulani and Hausa merchants to buy land and or build houses and because of their strange habits and religion many towns outside the north allowed for the creation of Hausa quarters similar to Sabo gari in Kano. These natives were so accommodating the allowed new generations of these Fulani in these Hausa quarters to own the land and even allowed them to build mosques. However after the creation of the northern region headquartered in Kaduna but controlled by the caliphate in Sokoto these Fulani and now indigenous...