Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì)

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[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

Government and Governance aren't just about your complaints and expression of anger. What are your contributions within your personal space to your community and nation at large? GetInvolvedAndChangeTheNarrative! Twas great interviewing @segalink and @OfficialHra on my panel.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Flame_dab @Alameen___Abba I hate to insult people on socials but this is a completely dumb take.

There's no one who attends a tahfeez school who is not taught the Arabic language. In fact, they're also taught the explanations of what they memorize.
Your blind statistics of 99% is just too frivolous.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@johnyjust318 @ishaqsamaila5 You'll be fine, son.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@AhmadGanga @Iam_shuayb A very smart take.

[Batified Deputy Father.👳 @Iam_shuayb]

The Emotions of Arewa Youths Turning Them on Their Own Just Because of Politics And Sentiments.

I started writing something about the Rarara and Davido issue but I got tired. Then I decided to just sit down and write what has been on my mind. In all honesty, most of the people calling Rarara all kinds of unprintable names today did not do even half of what I did when I was in opposition.

My leader, @AhmadGanga used to tell me bluntly that I was emotional. In those days I never agreed with him, because I could'nt trust anybody who had anything nice to say about Buhari’s govt or the APC. I was deep in it. I had invested everything without thinking of getting something in return.

In 2022, while Buhari was still in his second term, I took a psychology course in one of my programs. During a discussion with the lecturer, I finally understood what was wrong with me. I was emotional. That was the beginning of seeing things differently.

Those worrisome events were uncountable. Between 2018 and 2021, I can remember some of Shekau’s most brutal attacks. There was an event where about 40 people were roasted in a bus in either Zamfara or Sokoto including a pregnant woman. I can also remember the events of EndSARS protests, Zabarmari event, and what happened to my boyhood family friend AbdulAziz, who was shot over 20 bullets with a heavy gun by bandits.

I once reached a level where an accident happened on my way to Kano. I don’t feel any pride saying this now, but at that time I was just roaming through dead bodies intentionally and I wasn’t feeling anything. I can spend about two good weeks or more thinking about one particular thing. That was how I systematically developed a disease of hatred. I don’t know how to describe it properly, but psychologically it can block your understanding. If they don’t want to understand you, they never will.

After the 2019 elections, I even blamed the poor masses. I had seen people selling their votes even though they were the most vulnerable. I had seen PDP agents giving away whole polling units to APC. At the PDP Guber office, I was told they were not after the presidential election that I had put everything into. It was a lot of mix-up between the masses, the political system, the electoral process, delusions, hallucinations, and many other things.

This is the reason I can clearly say many people are emotional about Nigeria’s current reality. I believe the main reason is misinformation. In my opinion, banditry for instance was heavily underreported during the past administration. @ankaboy was our Zagazola Makama of that time. When these things were really cooking up, most of the people who are showing emotion today did not give good attention to the menace.

Whoever is aware of events from 2011 in Zamfara and Kaduna and how these things have escalated to date, nothing in this world will surprise them again. So to me, if you are just becoming angry now, you are late. If you are still angry without deeper understanding, you are confused. This is simply because the war has already taken a new dimension.

I am not saying this to defend anybody or to attack anybody. I am just saying it because I have been on both sides of the emotion. I know what it feels like to be completely carried away by anger and hatred. I also know what it feels like when you finally start to see the full picture. Many Arewa youths today are turning on their own people just because of politics.

The emotions are real, but a lot of it is being fed by misinformation and by not knowing how long this thing has been building up. I wish more of us would pause and ask ourselves where this anger is really coming from. Is it the current situation alone, or is it also the pain we refused to deal with from before? I don’t have all the answers. I am still learning.

But I know that if we keep allowing emotions to lead us without understanding the full story, we will keep turning on each other while the real problems continue to grow.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Amozrano @Big_marvis Blue tick doesn't even show wisdom at all.

[Akinwumi @Big_marvis]

Those attacking Rarara are missing the point. What Davido did at the World Cup stage was completely wrong. The World Cup is one of the biggest global events, watched by millions around the world, yet instead of promoting Nigeria’s strengths, culture, and achievements, he chose to highlight the country’s problems before an international audience.

No patriotic citizen should be comfortable with exposing the nation’s weaknesses on such a massive platform. Criticizing problems at home is one thing, but presenting them to the world in a way that damages the country’s image is another. Nigeria deserves better representation than that.

Rarara simply spoke his mind and defended the dignity of the nation. Rather than being insulted or attacked, he deserves credit for standing up for what many Nigerians believe. Speaking the truth should never be treated as a crime.

A true patriot promotes the image of his country before the world while working to solve its challenges through the proper channels. That is why many people believe Davido was wrong and that Rarara’s response was justified.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Sadiqtech_ @jibreelKhalil This is your opinion not a fact.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@jibreelKhalil @abbapendragon I guess what is said is above your level of understanding.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@johnyjust318 @ishaqsamaila5 And you think yours matters at all?

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Rgunguu @ishaqsamaila5 That's your opinion. That tweet up there is for the smart and wise ones not the biased and emotional ones.

Salaam

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Wyndekx @Alameen___Abba I don't know who you're talking about but you're very wrong to assume he doesn't understand the Quran he memorized just because he doesn't fall in the same line of bias as you do.
No one will memorize the Quran and not know or understand its meaning. Cut that crap out.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Flame_dab @Alameen___Abba Have you seen one person who memorized the whole Quran and can't translate it or doesn't understand its meaning?
Really?

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@ApaokagiFirdaus Maa Shaa Allah TabarakaLLah!🤩

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@Zanzee_zee @aderonkekilaso Is she more important than that man?
Una dey rate some people sha.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@IBA_OLUYOLE @Perfumeaddict24 @hayzed0709 And if I mention their names, what will you do with that? Look them up or go further to ask me for their contacts so you can confirm from them.

Funny Fellow!

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@HarveySuit5835 @the64yomide @hayzed0709 But women aren't, right?

Hypocrisy+Gaslighting+Manipulation=Nigerian Women

Since that's how you wanna go.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@UfotImaobong @LhammyK___ @hayzed0709 Ignorance is what made you speak this.
Imagine your thought process.

Your problem is that you all don't know how to mind your business. You want to free those who are not even complaining that they're in a bondage.
No religion protects women more than Islam.
Make your research.

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@LhammyK___ @GuruHvac @UfotImaobong @hayzed0709 The idiot who dismissed her is either an Islamophobe like you or an ignorant fellow who does not know that your attire has nothing to do with what you have to deliver.

However, I hope you know that if the lady had worn an aṣọ ẹbí to the interview, she would still be dismissed

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@HarveySuit5835 @the64yomide @hayzed0709 What happened to them?

[Àwòfé Ọkọ Àṣàkẹ́ (Ọmọ Naija Pàtàkì) @IsmailAwofe]

@OnlyGaspard @LhammyK___ @hayzed0709 And so? When does wearing a specific colour become a thing of concern?