A wave of outrage is rising in northern Nigeria, Hausa People Betrayed by Fulani Bandits

A wave of outrage is rising in northern Nigeria following explosive remarks by Senator Shua’aibu Gwanda Gobir, who alleged that Fulani bandits were deliberately deployed against the Hausa people, particularly in Gobirland, as part of a wider agenda of intimidation and domination. He warned that the assassination attempt on Sarkin Gobir would not go unanswered.

In his statement shared on Taskar Hausawa, Senator Gobir declared: “I cannot blame Hausas for accusing Fulani of using banditry as a weapon against us. If you examine closely, the worst of these attacks are always concentrated in Hausa-majority areas such as our homeland, Gobir.”

The senator recounted his desperate but fruitless efforts to rally official protection: “I called Nuhu Ribadu and Matawalle to intervene and save the Sarkin Gobir, but they ignored me. Even the Sultan of Sokoto refused to pick my calls or respond to the text I sent him. And yet, he was the very one who had invited Sarkin Gobir to a so-called peace meeting with Fulani leaders. After the attack, the Sultan behaved as if nothing had happened.”

According to Gobir, Sarkin Gobir was pressured to sign a reconciliation agreement that would legitimize Fulani return to Gobirland under the guise of “peace.” He refused, citing past betrayals. Soon after leaving the meeting, he reportedly received a direct call from a Fulani bandit threatening his life: “They told him, ‘You refused to sign for us to return to your land, didn’t you?’ The Sarkin replied, ‘Yes, I refused and will never agree.’ They answered, ‘Then we will deal with you.’ The Sarkin, with courage, said, ‘I am waiting for you.’”

The following day, Sarkin Gobir was lured to Sokoto under the pretext of discussing youth protests. On the way, Fulani gunmen ambushed and attacked him.

Senator Gobir warned that the Hausa people will not allow this attack to go unpunished: “We will not disclose our exact steps, but let the world know this—we will never allow the blood of Sarkin Gobir to be wasted in vain.”

This incident, he argued, proves the long-standing suspicion that Hausa lives are being sacrificed under the politics of “reconciliation,” while Fulani interests are consistently shielded by the northern elite. For many Hausa observers, it is yet another chapter in a painful history of betrayal, stretching from the fall of Gobir in the 1804 jihad to today’s bandit crisis.

The senator’s fiery remarks have reignited debates over the security crisis in northern Nigeria, the silence of religious and political authorities, and the deep historical scars in Hausa–Fulani relations.

Source: Taskar Hausawa Telegram