Insecurity: Because US missionary Sean Feucht wants to know (2)

A situation in which state governments corner federal funds meant for local governments persists even as the Federal Government allocates more funds to subnational units. The immediate past president and the incumbent, Bola Tinubu, have done all they could to change this situation in order to make the local governments function better, especially in the aspect of security. It’s not happening. These are some of the internal dynamics of insecurity that all Nigerians should advocate for. Instead, foreign intervention is what some focus on. Now foreign missiles land in the North-West, rather than North-Central, where claims of genocide are made. Missiles can dislodge militant jihadists from their hideouts; it can’t settle grouses that have generated, in some locations, incessant retaliatory attacks between herders and farming communities. If some mistake the fallouts of local farmer-herder crisis over resources for the fallouts of global jihadism, as some outsiders do at the moment, ignorance of local details can only be the reason. Nigerians from affected areas know the reality, but they watch as some deliberately present a genocide narrative for wider acceptance. If some persons benefit anything, including foreign funds that may have flowed into this false genocide campaign, I hope they won’t finish enjoying it. For people from the North-Central, call me to say I’m right about the complex and localised herder-farmer issues that I’ve been explaining on this page for over 10 years. In its official documents, the Kaduna State government also acknowledges this complexity as the initial cause of continuous attacks in some locations in that state. Herder-farmer retaliatory attacks, as witnessed in some locations, are separate from the activities of religious extremists, such as Boko Haram, that first operated in the North-East in the late 2000s. When military firepower was too much for Boko Haram, they dispersed to the North-West. Government officials explained this when violence increased in the North-West and the western parts of the North-Central zone, such as Niger State. In both areas, bandits raid communities. Groups with extreme religious ideologies do the same. In addition, there are herder-farmer conflicts. These are, at least, three different dynamics at play. I met working teenagers in the North-Central who described to me how any of the three made their parents flee their farming communities in the North-Western states of Sokoto and Zamfara, for instance, to other states. In these areas, Fulani who are not nomads also flee from bandits, religious extremists, and violence consequent upon herder-farmer conflicts, just like any other ethnic group. With particular reference to Plateau and Benue states in the North-Central, herders and farming communities accuse one another of retaliatory actions in some locations. A retired Nigerian army general of Fulani origin travelling through was waylaid and killed. Passengers travelling through who are Muslims were waylaid and killed. Armed groups organise and attack local communities. The list of retaliatory actions on both sides is longer. It’s a knotty situation, and any depiction of “only one side is guilty” doesn’t reflect reality. Depicting insecurity as affecting only people of one tribe or religion is also false. This month, the governor of Bauchi State in the North-East had an emergency meeting with President Tinubu, seeking help over insecurity. The governor said violent attacks in a part of Bauchi State were serious and that the nation’s security forces were overwhelmed by the scale of insecurity across the nation. For context, the Bauchi governor is Fulani, his state has a significant population of Fulani, and Alkaleri LGA, which is affected (I know the LGA well), is majorly populated by Fulani. Having laid this background, I return to the two points I promised to treat last Friday. One: Feucht, obviously addressing fellow religionists – Nigerians and foreigners – wrote that there was a need to exercise “wisdom”. Two, Feucht sees an opportunity to spread the message of his religion and wants it seized. Both points are interwoven. Feucht, in his online post, rejoices that the message which he as a missionary would have preached is being preached by a Nigerian preacher, and the message is being accepted by many. As such, he wants his fellow religionists to exercise “wisdom” in how they treat the complexity that attends insecurity. But this is the last thing many of his fellow religionists are interested in. Inter-ethnic hatred holds people’s hearts more strongly than the message which the originator of the religion instructed to be spread to all mankind. Feucht is interested in such fundamentals in his religion. Here, many only wear religion like a tag; they aren’t interested in the fundamentals. Related News Tinubu appoints GTB co-founder Adeola to lead petroleum sector reform taskforce 2027: Plateau tertiary institutions' staff pledge support for Tinubu, Mutfwang's re-election 2027: MKO Abiola’s daughter predicts resounding victory for Tinubu Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. Nigerians from affected areas know the reality, but they watch as some deliberately present a genocide narrative for wider acceptance. If some persons benefit anything, including foreign funds that may have flowed into this false genocide campaign, I hope they won’t finish enjoying it. For people from the North-Central, call me to say I’m right about the complex and localised herder-farmer issues that I’ve been explaining on this page for over 10 years. In its official documents, the Kaduna State government also acknowledges this complexity as the initial cause of continuous attacks in some locations in that state. Herder-farmer retaliatory attacks, as witnessed in some locations, are separate from the activities of religious extremists, such as Boko Haram, that first operated in the North-East in the late 2000s. When military firepower was too much for Boko Haram, they dispersed to the North-West. Government officials explained this when violence increased in the North-West and the western parts of the North-Central zone, such as Niger State. In both areas, bandits raid communities. Groups with extreme religious ideologies do the same. In addition, there are herder-farmer conflicts. These are, at least, three different dynamics at play. I met working teenagers in the North-Central who described to me how any of the three made their parents flee their farming communities in the North-Western states of Sokoto and Zamfara, for instance, to other states. In these areas, Fulani who are not nomads also flee from bandits, religious extremists, and violence consequent upon herder-farmer conflicts, just like any other ethnic group. With particular reference to Plateau and Benue states in the North-Central, herders and farming communities accuse one another of retaliatory actions in some locations. A retired Nigerian army general of Fulani origin travelling through was waylaid and killed. Passengers travelling through who are Muslims were waylaid and killed. Armed groups organise and attack local communities. The list of retaliatory actions on both sides is longer. It’s a knotty situation, and any depiction of “only one side is guilty” doesn’t reflect reality. Depicting insecurity as affecting only people of one tribe or religion is also false. This month, the governor of Bauchi State in the North-East had an emergency meeting with President Tinubu, seeking help over insecurity. The governor said violent attacks in a part of Bauchi State were serious and that the nation’s security forces were overwhelmed by the scale of insecurity across the nation. For context, the Bauchi governor is Fulani, his state has a significant population of Fulani, and Alkaleri LGA, which is affected (I know the LGA well), is majorly populated by Fulani. Having laid this background, I return to the two points I promised to treat last Friday. One: Feucht, obviously addressing fellow religionists – Nigerians and foreigners – wrote that there was a need to exercise “wisdom”. Two, Feucht sees an opportunity to spread the message of his religion and wants it seized. Both points are interwoven. Feucht, in his online post, rejoices that the message which he as a missionary would have preached is being preached by a Nigerian preacher, and the message is being accepted by many. As such, he wants his fellow religionists to exercise “wisdom” in how they treat the complexity that attends insecurity. But this is the last thing many of his fellow religionists are interested in. Inter-ethnic hatred holds people’s hearts more strongly than the message which the originator of the religion instructed to be spread to all mankind. Feucht is interested in such fundamentals in his religion. Here, many only wear religion like a tag; they aren’t interested in the fundamentals. Related News Tinubu appoints GTB co-founder Adeola to lead petroleum sector reform taskforce 2027: Plateau tertiary institutions' staff pledge support for Tinubu, Mutfwang's re-election 2027: MKO Abiola’s daughter predicts resounding victory for Tinubu Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. When military firepower was too much for Boko Haram, they dispersed to the North-West. Government officials explained this when violence increased in the North-West and the western parts of the North-Central zone, such as Niger State. In both areas, bandits raid communities. Groups with extreme religious ideologies do the same. In addition, there are herder-farmer conflicts. These are, at least, three different dynamics at play. I met working teenagers in the North-Central who described to me how any of the three made their parents flee their farming communities in the North-Western states of Sokoto and Zamfara, for instance, to other states. In these areas, Fulani who are not nomads also flee from bandits, religious extremists, and violence consequent upon herder-farmer conflicts, just like any other ethnic group. With particular reference to Plateau and Benue states in the North-Central, herders and farming communities accuse one another of retaliatory actions in some locations. A retired Nigerian army general of Fulani origin travelling through was waylaid and killed. Passengers travelling through who are Muslims were waylaid and killed. Armed groups organise and attack local communities. The list of retaliatory actions on both sides is longer. It’s a knotty situation, and any depiction of “only one side is guilty” doesn’t reflect reality. Depicting insecurity as affecting only people of one tribe or religion is also false. This month, the governor of Bauchi State in the North-East had an emergency meeting with President Tinubu, seeking help over insecurity. The governor said violent attacks in a part of Bauchi State were serious and that the nation’s security forces were overwhelmed by the scale of insecurity across the nation. For context, the Bauchi governor is Fulani, his state has a significant population of Fulani, and Alkaleri LGA, which is affected (I know the LGA well), is majorly populated by Fulani. Having laid this background, I return to the two points I promised to treat last Friday. One: Feucht, obviously addressing fellow religionists – Nigerians and foreigners – wrote that there was a need to exercise “wisdom”. Two, Feucht sees an opportunity to spread the message of his religion and wants it seized. Both points are interwoven. Feucht, in his online post, rejoices that the message which he as a missionary would have preached is being preached by a Nigerian preacher, and the message is being accepted by many. As such, he wants his fellow religionists to exercise “wisdom” in how they treat the complexity that attends insecurity. But this is the last thing many of his fellow religionists are interested in. Inter-ethnic hatred holds people’s hearts more strongly than the message which the originator of the religion instructed to be spread to all mankind. Feucht is interested in such fundamentals in his religion. Here, many only wear religion like a tag; they aren’t interested in the fundamentals. Related News Tinubu appoints GTB co-founder Adeola to lead petroleum sector reform taskforce 2027: Plateau tertiary institutions' staff pledge support for Tinubu, Mutfwang's re-election 2027: MKO Abiola’s daughter predicts resounding victory for Tinubu Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. With particular reference to Plateau and Benue states in the North-Central, herders and farming communities accuse one another of retaliatory actions in some locations. A retired Nigerian army general of Fulani origin travelling through was waylaid and killed. Passengers travelling through who are Muslims were waylaid and killed. Armed groups organise and attack local communities. The list of retaliatory actions on both sides is longer. It’s a knotty situation, and any depiction of “only one side is guilty” doesn’t reflect reality. Depicting insecurity as affecting only people of one tribe or religion is also false. This month, the governor of Bauchi State in the North-East had an emergency meeting with President Tinubu, seeking help over insecurity. The governor said violent attacks in a part of Bauchi State were serious and that the nation’s security forces were overwhelmed by the scale of insecurity across the nation. For context, the Bauchi governor is Fulani, his state has a significant population of Fulani, and Alkaleri LGA, which is affected (I know the LGA well), is majorly populated by Fulani. Having laid this background, I return to the two points I promised to treat last Friday. One: Feucht, obviously addressing fellow religionists – Nigerians and foreigners – wrote that there was a need to exercise “wisdom”. Two, Feucht sees an opportunity to spread the message of his religion and wants it seized. Both points are interwoven. Feucht, in his online post, rejoices that the message which he as a missionary would have preached is being preached by a Nigerian preacher, and the message is being accepted by many. As such, he wants his fellow religionists to exercise “wisdom” in how they treat the complexity that attends insecurity. But this is the last thing many of his fellow religionists are interested in. Inter-ethnic hatred holds people’s hearts more strongly than the message which the originator of the religion instructed to be spread to all mankind. Feucht is interested in such fundamentals in his religion. Here, many only wear religion like a tag; they aren’t interested in the fundamentals. Related News Tinubu appoints GTB co-founder Adeola to lead petroleum sector reform taskforce 2027: Plateau tertiary institutions' staff pledge support for Tinubu, Mutfwang's re-election 2027: MKO Abiola’s daughter predicts resounding victory for Tinubu Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. Having laid this background, I return to the two points I promised to treat last Friday. One: Feucht, obviously addressing fellow religionists – Nigerians and foreigners – wrote that there was a need to exercise “wisdom”. Two, Feucht sees an opportunity to spread the message of his religion and wants it seized. Both points are interwoven. Feucht, in his online post, rejoices that the message which he as a missionary would have preached is being preached by a Nigerian preacher, and the message is being accepted by many. As such, he wants his fellow religionists to exercise “wisdom” in how they treat the complexity that attends insecurity. But this is the last thing many of his fellow religionists are interested in. Inter-ethnic hatred holds people’s hearts more strongly than the message which the originator of the religion instructed to be spread to all mankind. Feucht is interested in such fundamentals in his religion. Here, many only wear religion like a tag; they aren’t interested in the fundamentals. Related News Tinubu appoints GTB co-founder Adeola to lead petroleum sector reform taskforce 2027: Plateau tertiary institutions' staff pledge support for Tinubu, Mutfwang's re-election 2027: MKO Abiola’s daughter predicts resounding victory for Tinubu Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. Check their comments online and in WhatsApp groups. They insult, they curse, they demonise the very people Feucht rejoices that the religious message is reaching. I’m always like, do these fellows who say they have religion listen to themselves? Do they consider how they come across to their listeners? The surprising thing is that their fellow religionists in those online groups don’t tell them this negates the teachings of their religion. Note that their mutual intense hate for all Fulani and Muslim people doesn’t start because of the genocide claim. It’s a historical thing, as I briefly explained last Friday. Can such religionists take Feucht’s call to exercise “wisdom” seriously? Meanwhile, some claims being made in the North-Central can neither help the fulfilment of Feucht’s suggestions nor bring about lasting peace. One claim is that certain Nigerians don’t belong in the North-Central and should go. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. Fulani people, Muslims who are born in northcentral and who have the constitutional right to live anywhere, are told to leave over the unrealistic claim that northcentral belongs to people of one particular religion. I briefly explained the complex mix of the northcentral last Friday, so this claim is not true. There are Fulani and other Muslims in my hometown, and no one ever said they should go. So, I can’t support such a call anywhere. It can’t happen. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. However, since “chase them away” is the mentality of some, it’ll continue to reflect in their attitude to others and forever cause ethnic tension in the North-Central. So we can already project the cause of future conflicts here. In any case, even if the northcentral belongs to people of a particular religion, is chasing others away what the originator of their religion instructs them to do? Closeness to the so-called outsiders allows these religionists to spread their message, but they aren’t interested in such. Feucht’s compatriots, too, aren’t exempted in this situation. I’m surprised that a former mayor of Blanco, Texas, USA, with all due respect for his age, still holds the kind of view he does about all Muslims in Nigeria. Has this man, who constantly makes divisive comments about Nigeria, gone through life learning anything about our common humanity? He perpetually presents all Muslims as demons, the same people among whom one would find some of the kindest of humans. Feucht can check social media and see how all his compatriots issue threats of missiles against all Fulani and Muslim people, the majority of whom don’t know anything about the activities of a few violent elements. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. If these foreigners who want to help don’t exercise “wisdom” as Feucht has wished, they can worsen the grouses among locals here who know one another too well. They can deepen fault lines by their actions and utterances. Some of Feucht’s compatriots do this already when they talk in the Congress in support of a “Middle Belt” that’s supposedly for only members of one religion. Really? Are some parts of America for only members of one religion? These folks talk blankly and with exaggerated confidence about the situation in Nigeria, which local details they don’t comprehend. One visited only Benue State out of the 19 states in northern Nigeria, listened to those who would tell him what he wanted to hear, and returned to the US to write a report about genocide. Another visited only Plateau State in northern Nigeria and said he had investigated genocide in Nigeria and would write a report. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one. The glee with which these persons denigrate Nigeria online, the manner they demonise all Muslims and Fulani people, the obvious emptiness of their comments, and the calculated deliberateness to make a false narrative stick could almost make one puke. Such religionists can’t ever be interested in what Feucht, the missionary, is interested in. It’s worth noting that in a situation where most religionists claim genocide and they hate, Feucht feels spreading the message of his religion shouldn’t be forgotten. He’s the only one among his compatriots I’ve seen who reasons this way. You know true religionists when they talk. They have the heart to take their message to everyone as the originator of their faith instructed, no matter what has happened. Feucht, the missionary, is a true religionist, and he reasons like one.