Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- "O deity, save me if you can; if not, just leave me as you met me", Teacher Abel soliloquised when he learnt of President Trump's threat to invade Nigeria to rid the country of Islamist terrorists. Abel is of southwest extraction. He used to teach in a primary school in Northern Nigeria. He had fled southwards when terrorists seized power.

The North used to be a melting pot of social and religious tendencies, even though Islam was the number one religion. But within the last two decades, especially with the introduction of Sharia Law in 2000, several extremist groups have reared their intolerant heads.

Sharia

Many people felt that the introduction of Sharia by the then Zamfara State government under the leadership o...