Thread by @SamuelOmogor

1.Right behind my estate in Abuja is a sort of Mami market. It was very helpful during the lockdown. My wife went there someday to buy stuffs and when the Igbo woman she was buying from did the calculation of the things she wanted, the cash with her was short with N50. She told

2. the woman she will give her the N50 later since they don't do transfer and no POS nearby, the woman bluntly refused. My wife went to the nearby stand belonging to a hausa boy where she usually buy vegetables, told him what happened and the boy gave her N200 to go pay the

3. balance and collect the stuffs. My wife is from SS, the woman is SE, and both of them are Christians. At least she knows my wife and sees her almost on a daily basis drive pass. The young man, a hausa and a Muslim. Who among the 2 was supposed to be more helpful to my wife?

4. But my people from SS and SE will say we are brothers when it's convenient. When they want to attack the Hausa/Fulani man and say we are betraying our brothers for another. But i keep wondering if the dictionary definition of the word 'BROTHER' has changed because

5. I know my brothers. Recently i found out a place i can dry clean my caps at the mall inside the Legislative quarters. So i took 2 to them. On Saturday i was driving from Garki area when i remembered the date to pick them up had actually passed. So i decided to stop by. My bill

6. was 1k for both but i had no cash on me, but i decided i will do a transfer or use a POS. Getting there i tried tranfer twice but it wasn't going through, the guy was right there. So i was trying it the 3rd time when i saw him writing something behind the receipt. He handed

7. it to me saying "Oga, it's network problem, do it at your convenience when the network is better." I told him let me use the POS he said dont worry. I said ok take my number, he responded, "Oga if you send the money i go see am na." I left with the caps and drove off.

8. I got home and narrated the story to my wife and we talked about it because it's actually not the first time.

Meanwhile, my SS and SE 'BROTHERS' wouldn't have let me go even if i did transfer, was successful and the money deducted but they didn't receive alert. The money

9. must show. And i was wondering, who is really my brother? Is it the one that will not trust me enough for even 1k just because he didn't even trust himself or the one that trust himself and trust me? The average northerner doesn't have a problem trusting because they can be

10. trusted. But my people have serious trust issues. They can't even trust themselves. If it's possible to check those that will actually betray the kind of trust the young man gave me, na my people from SS and SE. Truth is very expensive but we go manage buy am. I have lived in

11. all parts of Nigeria, speak 4 different languages, so i know what i am talking about. The average northerner is also more sincere than the my people. Even if anything is wrong and there is denial and you ask them to tell you the truth if they actually believe in their Allah,

12. they will confess right there and then. You don't need Police. But my people? Catch them red handed, they will deny. Ask them to swear with the Bible they will do it without stress. Infact they will suggest it in most cases. That is why i laugh at them when they talk about

13. 'Awa own Country.' Because i know South Sudan will be a training ground.
Don't always point accusing fingers at others because you just might be your own problem. Stand in front of your morror and talk to you. Question you. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

14. The Hausa/Fulani man is not the problem of the Urhobo man. Don't deceive yourselves. It is actually safer to do business with the northerner than those from my region anyday in Nigeria. This is because they would hardly cheat you. And let me say this again, i am a Nigerian

15. and i have my brothers and sisters who are my siblings. I also have cousins, nephews and nieces, as well as other extended family members. Every other are my fellow compatriots and i deal with them equally based on who they are not based on their tribe or religion. I know

16. some of them will insult me here now, but na una sabi. Just go check yourself.

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