This Hausa hunter arrested and branded a bandit for possessing the same Dane gun almost every Yoruba household possess in the name of whatever is setting a very dangerous precedent.
We should best not escalate the already fragile security situation hence we put ourselves at great risk.
No nation finds peace by criminalizing an entire ethnic group. Rwanda reminds us of the devastating cost of collective guilt. We must pursue criminals relentlessly, but we must never mistake ethnicity for criminality.
Our Yoruba brothers should not fall into the trap of mischief makers who profiteer in their coordinated efforts to disunite them with their Fulani/Arewa brothers whom have been their long lasting allies.
When I had an accident last year in Nigeria, the only person who didn’t try to extort me at Lekki Toll Gate was a Hausa man.
Despite the condition I was in, others were using that moment to take advantage of me and collect money. It’s an experience I will never forget.
As in, we were even speaking the same language, you saw how badly wrecked my car was, yet you still insisted I had to pay, or you wouldn’t let me tow my car off the road
If you ever come across a good Hausa person, you’ll understand—they can be incredibly compassionate.
Till today, we still keep in touch and speak at least three times a month. Honestly, there’s nothing he could ask of me that I wouldn’t do.