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Caliphate
Colonialism—

By

CHINWEIZU

The taproot of the trouble with Nigeria

Who are the sponsors
of Boko Haram? —
Core evidence:
The core evidence consist of two
statements by Maj. Mustapha Jokolo,
(rtd), the first in 2005, when he was the
Emir of Gwandu; and the second in
2012, after he had been deposed from
that high Caliphate office. Here is his
2005 statement:

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In response to what they perceived
as the Obasanjo “menace”, the
Caliphate emirs met on March 28,
2005 in Kaduna under the auspices
of the Nigerian Supreme Council of
Islamic Affairs (nscia), of which the
Sultan of Sokoto is the traditional
Chairman. At that meeting Major
Mustapha Jokolo (rtd), the then
Emir of Gwandu, traditionally the
second-in-command to the Sultan,
complained bitterly that northern
Muslims had been marginalized by
President Obasanjo: complaining
that today they have no banks,
and construction companies; that
their soldiers were compulsorily
retired from the army shortly after
Obasanjo came to power; and that
their children are being denied
recruitment in the army. “We must
decide what to do now…Let our
people withdraw from the confab…
Muslims are not afraid and they
will come out to say the truth.”
—(See “Emir’s Jihad Threat”,
Insider Weekly, May 2, 2005, p.17.)

Jokolo added that

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q5) 2005
“We (Muslims) have been pushed
to the wall and it is time to
fight…. Obasanjo is trampling on
our rights and Muslims must rise
and defend their rights. The more
we continue to wait, the more we
will continue to be marginalized.”
—(“Emir’s Jihad Threat” Insider
Weekly, May 2, 2005, p.19)
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For this “fight” [Jihad?] they had to
find another military instrument.
Hence, presumably, their adoption
of Boko Haram, and the subsequent
enhancement of its terrorist capacity;
and the reported sudden affluence
of its leader who began to move about
in suvs. Was it sheer coincidence
that Boko Haram became well-funded
and more powerful in mid-2005,
a few months after the Emir of
Gwandu called for a fight to end
what the Caliphate perceived as its
marginalization by the obj
Government? Not bloody likely.