Professor Yusuf Turaki, a prominent figure in the Middle Belt, argues that President Buhari's "Fulanization and Islamization" program is to blame for the current political and religious unrest in Nigeria. He claims that this strategy has strengthened the Far North's "political and religious configurations" and given rise to a "codified, rigid, and exclusivist and dominant Islamic North worldview." He adds that this has sparked political and religious feelings that are escalating the political scene, along with charges made against President Tinubu.

                                                                                     Professor Yusuf Turaki

"Buhari's regime pursued an agenda of Islamization and Fulanization, which fueled an already violent and criminal non-state actors' activities in the social and political sphere," the speaker stated. This program, with its rigorous, regulated, exclusivist, and hegemonic Islamic North ideology, strengthened the political and theological structures of the Far North.

This Northern core is intent on rejecting anything less than this. This is the main reason behind the recent protests and allegations against President Tinubu's political acts coming from this area. This outrageous allegation that despite supporting a Muslim-Muslim ticket, she felt abandoned. This truth is stoking the crazy political narratives and contemporary political, regional, and religious attitudes, which is heating the political climate."