A Hausa man writes on why Yorubaland will never be conquered

If you carefully study the Yoruba people, they have a very strong ethnic bond which makes it very hard for intruders and external aggressions and perpetrators to penetrate and break through them, if not for their very few greedy and selfish sons and daughters who are selling them out in the name of politics.

I read their history especially about wars, I also lived among them some years ago. To my own knowledge, the only reason why Yorubaland won’t be conquered is because of their traditional powers, nothing again!

When fulani invaded hausa territory in the 18th century, I couldn’t comprehend till now why a foreigner will just come to your own land and conquer you.

My historical research reveals that hausa people also practice traditions and there are Traditionalists in Hausa land before Fulani Jihadists attacked them and conquered the territory.

As a hausa man, I write with regret that we are confused in our land. The fulanis have mixed up with us. You can’t identify a hausa man from a Fulani, Kanuri etc. We have lost the power to fight back.

Come to think of Yoruba people, the history recorded that the same Fulani that conquered the Hausa kingdom never succeeded in Yorubaland. *Shouldn’t you ask Why?*

I need to be sincere by putting aside religion, the traditional fighters in Yorubaland saved the yoruba Territory. The Fulani attacked the yoruba kingdom suddenly and unprepared, but these men fought back to retain their Territory.

They fought not with Islam or Christianity, they fought with both guns and Traditional power.

Write this down today for record purposes, Yoruba will never be relevant again in life any day they do away with their culture or traditional practices.

I have been to some countries where I saw yoruba cultures and Traditionalists, they are special especially in the western world.

Pastor Adeboye is not special because Christianity is a western religion, how can he be special when he’s practicing a foreign religion.

Christianity is like Islam that is well known. So you can’t be special in that field. The same thing goes to the various sheikh, imams etc in Yorubaland.

They are not special because islam is a popular religion brought to them. Just like almost all Africans.

If the Fulani had met on Christianity or Islam in Yorubaland when they invaded them in the 18th century, then Yorubaland would have been like Hausa land. But these Traditionalists fought with their powers by defeating the Fulanis in various wars. I have read that Fulanis and Yorubas are enemies historically.

Let me expose a secret here; the Yorubas dont even know that the fulanis fear and dread them (Yoruba people) so much and will never ever at anytime want to go into any war with them again because of Yoruba Traditional power and intelligence that they have witnessed and experienced in the past, reason why fulanis will always want to sue for peace and resolve any issue they have with the Yorubas amicably without getting out of hands.

Those practicing Islam in Yorubaland will be very easy for Fulani to penetrate exactly the way they penetrated Hausa and Kanuri people in the North.

Hausa was unable to fight back the Fulani because of religion. Both Fulani and Hausa practice islam, so there is no secret power in the Holy Quran that Hausa will use against Fulani because both of them knew about it. Look at the Yorubas, they have something different which is known to them. And this is why they were able to use it against any foreign invaders.

Do not get me wrong, I am not saying Fulanis, Hausas or Igbos etc in Nigeria don’t have culture or Traditional powers. My point is that they don’t take those powers too importantly, unlike the Yorubas who made it important as their religion. *Most of their kings are spiritual*. How many of my Emirs have that kind of power? Were there not Hausa leaders in the Hausa kingdom before Fulani conquered them? Why didn’t they succeed in Yorubaland?

The Amotekun, OPC and other Yoruba security groups in Nigeria, do you think they just carry guns and go into the forests?

When yoruba said they will mercilesly deals with Bokoharam if they (Bokoharam) ever tried to attack their Territory, do you think this statement came from a pastor or Imam? It actually came from Yoruba Traditionalist.

The Fulani and other Yoruba enemies have been looking for a way to penetrate Yorubaland, but this traditional power is their fear. Quote me anywhere. I know what I am saying! I am not a fool!

You dont compare black people with whites, we are different. We need to look back at history, I am an educated Hausa man who knows much about history.

The day all Yorubas become Christians, Muslims or atheists will be the day Yorubaland will become ordinary and not culturally relevant like others. Then their closest enemies will come back and conquer them even though they failed to conquer their fathers in history.

Southern Kaduna is suffering death today because they have no special power for self defense. You can see how they keep killing them. 

Do you think if Southern Kaduna had been a Yoruba Territory, OPC, Agbekoya etc wont have confronted those killers?

Hausa is not the one killing them In Kaduna, our people don’t have that time. The Miyetti Allah and Fulani should be questioned.

_Dr. Muhammad Al-Mustapha Zamfara, Nigeria.