Sokoto

And I will not do it from Abuja, I will be there.

I'm in Sokoto now.

I slept in Sokoto last night.

So you're saying if there's an insecurity issue when you're president, you will personally go there yourself?

They cannot kidnap 600 people in the bush in Niger.

Do you know what it means that they killed 270 people in Ye and Benue, and the president went to Makurdi and said he will not go there because there's no road? Who is supposed to provide the road? I'll be there.

I will go there.

I will go to Benue and spend time and say, with the leaders, "What is happening here?" I'll be in Sokoto and ask questions.

It's not clear.

Are they in Ghana? Are they in Sokoto? Because this fast food now, you're not sending that fast food to Ghana.

No. You're in Nigeria here, except you have a branch in Ghana.

And you're not sending that fast food to Kano.

We've had, um, activities, programs in more than six states around Nigeria.

We've carried out, um, awareness outreaches in states like Bauchi, Lagos, Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna, Fiat-

Yeah

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The ground forces also confirmed that.

Major General Edward Buba there speaking, giving an update on the strike that happened in Sokoto.

We're just bringing you up to speed on all that because right here there's still so much for us to discuss.

The year is coming to an end and we still have not exhausted the conversation for 2024.

I also think that, you know, the NYSE should take into consideration all of these hazardous things.

Why would you post somebody who lives in Lagos to go and serve in Sokoto? Why?

I understand

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served i served in sokoto state yeah and where i served was ilela i'm sure none of you have ever heard of it never heard no never ilela is the border town between nigeria and nigeria republic i used to walk into nigeria republic just by showing my nyc card

Can you imagine?

And I remember from Sokoto itself to Ilela is another three-hour journey.

Wow.

of the North, there was a story by the AFP of all places.

Of all these organizations, right? Where they were showing nightlife in Sokoto.

Or was it Zamfara? I can't remember.

After Zamfara,

That's right.

Specifically, the really dynamic region of the Sokoto Caliphate and its main rival, Borno.

A fascinating period.

Yeah.

One that's stable, legitimate, can pay its bill.

Exactly.

And that's the core of the Sokoto story we're exploring.

And you really only get the full picture when you compare it to Borno, right? The main competitor.

As they colonized different parts of Africa, uh, they did very little to, um, suppress domestic enslavement.

Uh, indeed, when there, when there was a revolt in the Sokoto area in, in northern Nigeria against British rule a bit later on, Lord Lugard actually helped the slave owners suppress the revolt, uh, and maintain the institution of domestic slavery.

So there's hypocrisy as well as idealism.

There's commercial opportunism, and I would argue that the first scramble for Africa actually comes when British businesses successfully lobby the government to displace African palm oil traders.