and became a way of life for society. The political leadership, the oligarchy and the proletariats accept the talakawa and almajiri’s poverty concept as God’s will. This has been the way of life of the North.
In our NYSC Camp in Potiskum, Yobe State, the almajiris were allowed to invade the camp at will. The Military personnel manning the gate were instructed to always open the gate for them especially in the afternoon when lunch was being served. Most afternoon, the authorities ensured we are served a local diet that majority of the corps members did not like .
The moment their polygamous father realise they are old enough to beg, he gives them plates and send them out to cater for themselves. They leave home at that early age, and become wild on the street. The children lack parental care and never know any family values. Not only did they become instruments for destabilization in the hands of Politicians, international terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS, Hezbolar find them available human capital base for the spread of their islamization agenda in Nigeria. Boko Haram was borne out of a sour relationship with the former governor of Borno State Senator Alli Modu Sheriff. They have become so formidable that the entire military arms of Nigeria, fully stretched, have not been able to contain them.
Their peace is from within... They are their own problem
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