I read one miserable article—written by a man whose brain seems to have been swapped at birth with overcooked semolina—shouting that Senator AbdulFatai Buhari is a Fulani.
My first reaction was simple: Who released this human error into society?
This fellow—let us call him what he is, a walking typographical mistake—decided to disgrace his entire lineage by arguing that because Buhari bears “Buhari”, he is Fulani. This is the kind of thinking you get when someone grows up drinking expired pap.
In his empty-headed philosophy, Yoruba Muslims should bear names like “Wole, Yinka, Duro, Sade, Kola,” even when their families have been Muslims since Shango retired from active service. This is what happens when ignorance marries arrogance and produces a child with WiFi.
Let me ask him: If someone bears the name “Moses,” are they from Cairo? If they bear “Christopher,” are they from the Vatican?
If they bear “Kareem,” are they Saudi princes? Or if they bear “Sunday,” are they church offerings?
The man’s brain must be doing continuous buffering…
Yorubaland has carried Arabic names for CENTURIES. Ogbomoso alone has produced more Buharis than Gombe.
But this man—this intellectual downsizer—thinks he has discovered something new. He probably danced after writing the nonsense, shaking his waist for stupidity.
Now, let us inject sense into his head—if there is space.
Senator AbdulFatai Omotayo Buhari is Yoruba. Not Fulani by blood, not Fulani by culture, not Fulani by ancestry. He is Yoruba from the root of his father’s house to the mat in his mother’s kitchen.
But even IF he were Fulani—let us assume foolishness for a moment—WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
What exactly did the writer’s forefathers achieve that makes Yoruba land close to excellence? What has the writer’s village contributed to civilisation, apart from shouting “tribe” like a man hallucinating inside a police station?
Let us compare properly: Senator AbdulFatai Buhari—Fulani or not—has built, delivered, attracted, facilitated, empowered, and transformed Oyo North in ways the writer’s entire community cannot match even if they hold a crusade combined with a revival.
Before politics, Buhari was paying school fees across Oke-Ogun.
While the writer was practising illiteracy, Buhari was empowering artisans.
While the writer was carrying plastic buckets to fetch scents, Buhari was creating jobs.
As a House of Reps member, he electrified communities, built infrastructure, strengthened security laws, and established ICT programmes.
Was he doing it for cows?
Was it for Sokoto goats?
Is there one street in Gombe named after him?
As a Senator, his achievements can cause migraines:
- Over 55 roads built.
- Over 40 communities electrified.
- Over 3,000 scholarships funded.
- Thousands trained in ICT and empowerment.
- Dozens of water projects.
- Over 40,000 touched by medical missions.
- Free surgeries that saved lives.
- Solar lights scattered across rural towns like blessings from heaven.
But here comes the nuclear warhead:
Buhari FACILITATED a whole FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY for OKE-OGUN.
Not secondary school.
Not night school.
A FEDERAL UNIVERSITY —
a behemoth of development,
a generational miracle,
an academic empire that will employ thousands, educate thousands, increase land value, attract billions, bring federal presence, and immortalise Oke-Ogun.
Tell me again: Which stranger does this for a land that is not his own?
If this is what a “Fulani man” can do, then the Yoruba should kneel and beg heaven to send more Fulani like this.
In fact, we need a trailer of Buhari-style Fulani to park at every local government. Let them invade us with development. Let them colonise us with progress. Let them conquer us with empowerment.
But Senator Buhari is NOT Fulani — the tragedy is that the writer is simply foolish.
Senator Buhari is Yoruba in heritage, in history, in service, in sacrifice, in blood, and in belonging.
His placenta is in the same soil he fights for. His legacy is rooted in Oyo North. His achievements are tattooed across Ogbomoso and Oke-Ogun.
So what exactly is the offence? That he serves too well? That he delivers too much? That his name too Arabic for a brain too tiny to understand Yoruba Muslim culture?
The tribe is the last refuge of people who have nothing to offer. Performance is the first language of leaders. And Senator Buhari has outperformed people who carry seventeen Yoruba names combined.
If this is what a “Fulani” looks like—Father Lord, please give us 20 more! Let them turn Oyo State into Dubai. Let them build universities on mountains. Let them tar roads into people’s dreams. Let them electrify our future.
Because at the end of the day, Achievement is identity. Service is ancestry. Legacy is tribe.
And Senator AbdulFatai Buhari has achieved, served, and left a legacy in Oyo North more than ten generations of the foolish writer will ever accomplish — even if they eat textbooks for breakfast.
For if a Fulani man has served Oyo State as a Member of the House of Representatives, served as Commissioner in the State, and served and is still serving as a Senator, one of the best in Nigeria’s history—such a Fulani is fit and proper to be the next Governor of Oyo State. Inshallah. Beeni.
If this is Fulani,
I hereby volunteer to be Fulani by honorary adoption.
