Is Nigeria a Fulani Terrorist State in Disguise?

Nigeria, once hailed as the "Giant of Africa," now trembles under the weight of its contradictions. A nation that should protect all its citizens equally has become a theatre of injustice, where those who kill are shielded, and those who speak out are hunted.

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),

has been languishing in detention for years, held without trial, tortured according to credible reports, and silenced for daring to challenge a system he believes is built on oppression. His crime? Asking for the freedom of his people. Demanding an end to decades of marginalization, economic strangulation, and political exclusion of the Igbo people. Yet, for this, the Nigerian government brands him a terrorist.

But who are the real terrorists?

Is it the unarmed man calling for a referendum, or the heavily armed Fulani herdsmen who have slaughtered thousands across Benue, Plateau, Enugu, and beyond? Farmers are butchered in their sleep. Women raped. Children were burned alive. Entire villages erased. And what has the federal government done? Nothing.

No mass arrests. No military raids. No labeling of their networks as terrorist organizations, despite international bodies recognizing them as one of the deadliest groups in the world.

Let us call this what it is: State hypocrisy at best, and state-sponsored terrorism at worst.

How can the Nigerian state detain a man advocating for self-determination, but look away when innocent citizens are hacked to death by machete-wielding invaders? How can a government pour billions into fighting IPOB but fail to protect the farmers who feed the nation?

Ethnic Cleansing Disguised as National Security?
It’s no longer paranoia to ask if there’s a hidden agenda. The signs are there:

A Fulani president and commanders in nearly all security agencies.

Grazing routes are prioritized over human lives.

Silent approval as ancestral lands are invaded.

If the victims were from the North and the attackers were from the South, would the response still be silence?

Is Nigeria now a Fulani project? A captured republic where other tribes are expected to accept death, displacement, and domination in silence?

A Dangerous Silence
The international community remains largely quiet. So do many so-called “patriots” in Abuja. But the silence will not stop the storm that is building.

Because a country that fails to protect all its citizens equally is not a nation—it is an empire of fear.

And when fear becomes unbearable, resistance is inevitable.

If the Nigerian state cannot—or will not—confront Fulani herdsmen terror, but continues to jail freedom fighters like Nnamdi Kanu, then perhaps it’s time we ask:

Is Nigeria still a nation… or a Fulani terrorist state in disguise?