Very prescient analysis of Northern Nigeria's condition. He touched on the concerns of the Northern ruling class - being seen as being under the control of a Christian government was problematic then (1917, under the British). It is also problematic today.

This is an apt description of the potential sources of instability Northern Nigeria (Boko Haram falls under the second category):

It will, therefore, be apparent that the potential sources of danger in Nigeria are rather among:

1. People of the ruling caste who are not actually in power.
2. The rather limited class of pious fanatics, or clever charlatans, and
3. The ignorant peasantry

Than among the actual rulers of the country.
http://www.waado.org/colonial_rule/b...muslim_wwi.pdf