REJOICE REJOINDER
To General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) On His Bold Call for Tinubu to Arrest Bandit Sympathizers—Including Sheikh Gumi
FROM THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HAUSA LAND
We, the Sons and Daughters of Hausa Land, issue this powerful rejoinder in solidarity with General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), whose recent statement calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be ruthless, uncompromising, and decisive against Fulani-led bandits and their sympathizers has shaken the entire nation.
For over a decade, the North has bled.
Our villages have burned.
Our children have been kidnapped.
Our women have been violated.
Our farms have become graveyards.
And many leaders kept silent.
But today, a former head of state
A man who understands war, security, command, strategy
Has told the truth without fear or favour.
- WE STAND WITH IBB: “NO BANDITS, NO TERRORISTS, NO NEGOTIATORS, NO SYMPATHIZERS SHOULD BE SPARED”
IBB said clearly:
“No bandits, no terrorists, no terrorists negotiators or terrorists sympathizers should be spared for disrupting the peace of Nigerians.”
This is the boldness the North has been waiting for.
This is the leadership our people were denied for years.
This is the truth our elites refused to speak.
IBB’s words expose the hypocrisy of those who:
Defended bandits
Negotiated for bandits
Carried money to forests
Blamed “foreign Fulani”
And misled the nation with propaganda
IBB has cut through all their lies.
- IBB HAS OPENLY WARNED PRESIDENT TINUBU: DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH BANDITS
IBB stated:
“If I were the President, I would NEVER negotiate with bandits and kidnappers.”
“Negotiating with criminals funds your enemies against your own citizens.”
He exposed:
The dangers of ransom payments
The foolishness of negotiation
The betrayal of paying terrorists
The weakness of using clerics as ‘middlemen’
This is a direct challenge to the culture of appeasement that allowed terrorism to grow.
- IBB’s WORDS EXPOSE SHEIKH GUMI AND ALL OTHER BANDIT “NEGOTIATORS”
IBB said:
“Those who sympathize with bandits or pose as bandits’ negotiators must face the law.”
This statement clearly aligns with what Nigerians have been demanding for years
that Sheikh Ahmad Gumi should be investigated and held accountable for:
Defending bandits
Blaming government instead of criminals
Going from forest to forest acting as their ambassador
Praising them on national TV
Undermining the Nigerian Army
Protecting the reputation of killers
Justifying kidnappers
Claiming they “deserve amnesty”
IBB’s message has confirmed what the victims always knew:
Negotiators are part of the system enabling terror.
- IBB’s POSITION DESTROYS THE FALSE MYTH: “BANDITS ARE FOREIGNERS”
For years, certain Fulani elites argued that bandits are foreigners from:
Sudan
Mali
Senegal
Chad
Guinea
But IBB said:
“Nigeria must take action against those enabling and protecting bandits within.”
This statement confirms:
The criminals are here.
Their sympathizers are here.
Their protectors are here.
Their negotiators are here.
And they are not foreigners.
Every top bandit commander is a Nigerian Fulani, well-known by name and village.
IBB is telling the truth the Sultan of Sokoto refused to tell.
- IBB’s MESSAGE TO THE MILITARY IS WHAT OUR VICTIMS HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR
He said:
“If I was the President…
We can go band for band…
We are NOT negotiating!”
This is the military doctrine that should have been used from 2010.
Because:
You do not negotiate with child kidnappers.
You do not negotiate with rapists.
You do not negotiate with arsonists.
You do not negotiate with mass murderers.
You do not negotiate with terrorists.
Negotiation only breeds more terror.
IBB has finally confirmed that truth.
- IBB HAS GIVEN TINUBU THE POLITICAL COVER TO ACT DECISIVELY
For years, every president was afraid:
“What will northern elites say?”
“What will clerics say?”
“What will Fulani associations say?”
But now:
IBB has spoken for the oppressed, not the oppressors.
He has created a historic opportunity for Tinubu:
Arrest the sympathizers
Crush their networks
Shut down their supply chains
Neutralize their commanders
Investigate their clerical allies
Stop the culture of appeasement
A former president has given the green light.
Now the current president must act.
- WE REJOICE BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, A NORTHERN GENERAL IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH
IBB’s courage stands in contrast to:
Politicians who lied
Traditional rulers who defended criminals
Clerics who justified killers
Elites who blamed “foreigners”
Sympathizers who sabotaged security
Opinion leaders who misled the public
For once, the truth is no longer whispered
It is shouted from the top.
And for that, we rejoice.
CONCLUSION
We, the Sons and Daughters of Hausa Land, completely stand with IBB’s position.
His message is:
Clear
Fearless
Patriotic
Long overdue
Aligned with the will of the people
IBB has spoken for justice.
He has spoken for the victims.
He has spoken for the truth.
Now President Tinubu must act.
Arrest the bandits.
Arrest the negotiators.
Arrest the sympathizers.
Peace has no price.
Terror has no tribe.
Nigeria has bled enough.
SIGNED:
Sons and Daughters of Hausa Land
Via: Hausa Activism Network
