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The Secular-Democracy version was
best articulated in 1978-79 by Chief
Obafemi Awolowo when, at various
points on the campaign trail, he told
Nigerians:
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“In order that Nigeria may achieve
rapid economic progress, and
establish an egalitarian, just,
democratic and peaceful society…we
of the Unity Party of Nigeria are
resolutely determined to pursue [the
following]:
Equal opportunity for every
Nigerian; equality under the law;
extermination of ethnic hegemony;
dethronement of mediocrity
wherever it exists; guaranteeing for
every Nigerian no matter his place of
birth or state of origin, equal access
to the good things of life. [etc.]…
Our dual aim is to achieve equality
of status for Nigerians and the black
people with all other racial groups,
and respectable economic strength
for Nigeria in the international
community….We…can succeed…
provided we allow ourselves to be
guided by this great principle:
“The glory of a Ruler is the welfare of
every one of his people.”
— Obafemi Awolowo, upn
Candidate, 1979 Presidential
Election (Path to Nigerian Greatness,
Enugu: Fourth Dimension, 1981:
33, 32-33, 95, 97, 43)
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4 Kano
7
2 Zamfara
Sokoto
5
8 Kebbi
11 Bauchi
3
6 Yobe
9 Niger
12 Gombe
Katsina
Jigawa
Borno
10 Kaduna
MAP #1: Nigeria’s great divide: the Sharia states (a.k.a. Shariyaland) and the rest of us.
These two ideological versions of Nigeria have been locked in struggle, and until one
ideology defeats the other, or until Nigeria divides into two separate entities, one for
those aspiring to each of these incompatible versions, Nigeria will remain unstable,
backward; a theatre of recurring bloodbaths; a disgrace to itself and the Black
World; and a breeding ground for international terrorism. Let us look into why.
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Part One:
Part Four:
Caliphate Colonialism and Boko
Boko Haram — Nigeria’s Caliphate vs.
Haram — A brief history
Non-Caliphate civil war: the Caliphate
Challenge to Nigeria’s Democracy
Part Two:
Caliphate agenda and ideology in their
Part Five:
own words, 1942-2012
What is to be done? The Caliphate
must go! Expel the Caliphate from
Part Three:
Nigeria before December 31, 2014, and
Boko Haram as Caliphate Terrorist
forestall the bloodbath promised for
agency — the evidence
2015 by Buhari.
Appendix:
The 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia
(the Preamble)