Let me build upon this in the light of the murder of six Fulani kids in Oba: bit.ly/3bjFxkp
Each time a new militia comes up, people tend to support them because they think that what the militia are doing aligns with what they agree with.
Each time a new militia comes up, people tend to support them because they think that what the militia are doing aligns with what they agree with.
https://twitter.com/Chxta/status/1362676683044769793
A very recent example is when #BokoHaram started. A lot of Northerners tacitly supported them because the group's teachings aligned with the Wahhabi Islam that is prevalent in Northern #Nigeria, and so they felt that Boko Haram was something for them.
Of course, #BokoHaram didn't start by killing Muslims, and many Northerners saw the initial victims as "the enemy".
When "the enemy" is being killed by the militia that is "on your side", you either give overt support, or you become complicit by not saying anything.
When "the enemy" is being killed by the militia that is "on your side", you either give overt support, or you become complicit by not saying anything.
What both lines of action do is that they enable bad behaviour.
The problem is, brutality has no limits, and when a monster is fed and runs out of victims, it turns on those who once fed it.
The problem is, brutality has no limits, and when a monster is fed and runs out of victims, it turns on those who once fed it.
Back to Northern #Nigeria.
When the #PastoralConflict began to grow, the biggest victims were Northern Minorities, and when people pointed it out, they were labelled alarmists and bigots.
When the #PastoralConflict began to grow, the biggest victims were Northern Minorities, and when people pointed it out, they were labelled alarmists and bigots.
https://twitter.com/sbmintelligence/status/656425091882872832
Now, that monster has grown and has turned on the North and the greatest casualties are now Muslim Northerners.
What we are seeing the Northern elite do now with amnesty suggestions and "forgiveness" is what people do when they are overrun and desperate. They've started to beg.
What we are seeing the Northern elite do now with amnesty suggestions and "forgiveness" is what people do when they are overrun and desperate. They've started to beg.
Yes, the elite and the governors in Northern #Nigeria are trying to beg their way out of a desperate situation that they encouraged.
That is the reality.
But is that what we want for ani Igbo?
That is the reality.
But is that what we want for ani Igbo?
How do we get there?
By being complicit.
By sitting on the fence.
By not calling evil for what it is.
Because we think that what they are doing is for us and against people we don't like.
This is how it starts.
By being complicit.
By sitting on the fence.
By not calling evil for what it is.
Because we think that what they are doing is for us and against people we don't like.
This is how it starts.
Eventually, #IPOB and their #ESN will have to raise more money.
They will have to do things to secure their authority and force their support.
They will eventually need more loyalty, and they will force it.
They will have to do things to secure their authority and force their support.
They will eventually need more loyalty, and they will force it.
Onye amarọ oge mmiri bidoro maba ya, ọ ga ama ya ọzọ
If we know anything of our history, of the history of ani Igbo especially after the war, then we will know that the eventual victim will be us.
If we know anything of our history, of the history of ani Igbo especially after the war, then we will know that the eventual victim will be us.
There are not that many Fulani in our bushes to feed the monster we are creating with tacit support.
Call evil for what it is.
Ndi Igbo do not kill defenceless children.
Call evil for what it is.
Ndi Igbo do not kill defenceless children.
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