Information reaching the BECO Secretariat from very reliable sources, has it that on Friday, March 20, 2026, when Muslims all over the country were observing the Eid El fitr prayers, it was a different story at the Karat (Bisichi) mosque. Here one Ibrahim Isa, a self-styled Hausa Community leader, decided to use the serene occasion to stir the embers of unnecessary crisis when he unauthoritatively, confered traditional titles on individuals.

One of the recipients was said to be an unknown figure named Alh Abdulmudallib Mudi Hardo, who bagged the title of ^Sardaunan Sabon Gidan Danyaya Bisichi^. This development appeared to be the the icing of the cake of the unrestrained invitation to a looming danger.

It is on record that our youth organization, the Berom Youth Moulders Organization (BYM), has rightly and promptly responded to this unprecedented and orchestrated display of nauseating and insensitive violation of our culture and tradition. BECO, for the purpose of emphasis, deems it necessary to comment on the matter, to reiterate that this glaring act of stupidity and irresponsibility, stands condemned, in the strongest terms.

We are not unmindful of the growing manifestation and deployment of choreographed acts of lawlessness, carefully designed and brazenly calculated by these conflict merchants, to cause a breach of the peace. We have observed with shock and utter disdain, the emergence of an alien Bukuru emirate, in the social media. This looks like a childish play that should be ignored. Unfortunately, doing so is at one’s colossal risks, knowing the calibre of people we are dealing with here.The Bukuru emirship scandal, when viewed along with the diabolical ascendancy of a coterie of idle Fulani youths in Jos , daily masquerading as social media advocates, demanding for indigeneship of Jos.

While we have maintained measured calmness, studied maturity and dignified silence, expecting the state to act, it has become very imperative that we draw the line, for these urban Fulani settlers, in our midst, posing as Hausawan Jos. This is because our silence should not be taken for granted or weakness. Doing so is only at the risk and peril of whosoever is bent on trying our resolve to defend our land, people, culture and tradition.

Karat (Bisichi) may consist of a remnant of the historic migrants of the tin mining story of Jos, but the settlement remains unarguably, part and parcel of Foron district. Though majority of the urchins and sponsors of the unease in Jos, are essentially individuals whose ancestry is deeply inscribed in the despicable prostitution industry, an important component of the social matrix of the migrants, the precursor of the present set of Hausa agitators for indigeneship of Jos, the land still has its autochthonous inhabitants and owner. Certainly, neither the Fulani nor Hausa are part of this.

Karat is wholly under the jurisdiction, authority and control of the Gwom Rwey Foron. Nobody, irrespective of his background, religion, economic status, social connections etc, has the right to recklessly, irresponsibly, flagrantly and clandestinely dish out titles in this, or any other part of our ancestral land.

In any case, the land on which Karat is established does not belong to the said Ibrahim Isa, the fake and unlawful title awarder. That land was usurped via colonial fiat for the purpose of tin mining, which at that time constituted public interest of the colonial government. As it is with all assets and liabilities used for, or in the public interest, such assets are usually returned to their original owners at the expiration of the said public interest. This is the case with all lands and assets of the defunct mining companies, which, unfortunately, were wrongly handed over to the grand parents of the present day Jos – based agents provocateurs, by the British miners, in conjunction with the colonial state.

BECO therefore deems it fit, necessary and urgent to unequivocally condemn the stirring up of unmitigated rascality and stupidity of Ibrahim Isa, in his assumption of powers he does not have and, going ahead to demonstrate a regime of intolerable provocation, capable of breaching the fragile peace.

We are aware of the role Bisichi has continued to play in the festering the embers of terrorist attacks on our communities in Gwol, Riyom and Jos South LGAs. This is a known storehouse of the terrorists, surprisingly fortified as a safe haven for hardened criminals. This is sadly so to state, with a strong military checkpoint staged in the locality, obviously, more for the benefit of terrorists than for the indigenes.

BECO immediately calls on the security agents to arrest all the characters and challatants involved in the caricature of juvenile delinquency that took place at the mosque, for proper interrogation and diligent prosecution. This is because these acts are capable of breaching the peace.

We call on the Foron Traditional Council and Barkin Ladi LG authorities to quickly wade into the matter, without further delay, as it portends unimaginable dangers. The state authorities must rise to its duty of safeguarding our culture and tradition from being bastardized by a roaming congregation of conflict entrepreneurs.

Chollom Gyang Logwong
Secretary General
March 23, 2026