The History of Tiv Political Tomfoolery
The Tiv, a migrant people according to legend settled around the banks of River Benue without Kings, but guided by wise elders based on seniority prospered for years in various clans. Along came the colonialists with their inward incursion into the hinterland and the ultimate amalgamation of its Northern and Southern protectorates to form present day Nigeria. Not possessing the workforce to directly administer this territory, the British intuitively had to rule and form a governing arrangement with the existing Caliphate Sultanate system to administer the Benue valley. In return for the collection and remission of taxes to the Crown, the British left the domineering administrative structure of the Islamic caliphate intact thereby giving the caliphate administration control of its northern protectorate province finalized by the citing the location of the headquarters of the protectorate in Kaduna. Through this administrative conquest, Fulani Administrative officers