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Gbenga Samuel-Wemimo

2 Jun, 10 tweets, 3 min read

I had to block most of the abroad people on my WhatsApp. They remind me of those who became born again but couldn't let go of the old man
You said Nigeria is not working for you
You took the option of traveling abroad but you never left
Your body and soul are abroad but your

troubled spirit in Nigeria
Before you say "Good morning" they have forwarded 3000 messages to your phone
All talking about war, hunger, insecurity, poverty, and evil in Nigeria
Is it not the people here that should be feeding them the news?
They do the same on Twitter
They live

in a white man's land where things are equally tough for them and maliciously ramp up all sorts of negativity on Nigeria
Most of the time, they are doing this to remind themselves never to regret leaving the country
Especially when they see the people they left behind doing well

So they create this bubble of "We are secure and you are not" on the social media
I got a call this morning from one of my Nigeria people abroad
She was panting and shivering
"We heard that there is war all over and people are already fleeing into neighbouring countries"
I told

her to calm down
Do I sound like somebody who has been running and panting?
That was when she realized that she was the one who was worked up, not me
While I am not saying that those who travel should forget their native land
I am begging them to let those of us living

here live our lives in peace.
Some of the languages employed by many of them in their tweets and other writing show how disappointed they are that people are still buying and selling in the country regardless of their absence
They wrecked so much havoc during the recent protests

and they are not relenting
They are determined to do it again and again
Stay far away in their foreign location and throw fire all over the country
You have to wonder what motivates such people and why they are determined at all cost to see Nigeria fail in spite of the untold

hardship this will bring on people
We all have to check our hearts and find a cure for the bloodlust coursing through our veins
One wakes up shouting baboons
The other wakes up shouting monkeys
Another decides he wants to revisit history
All sorts of curses and incendiaries!

It is enough!
You have a right to criticize the government and to protest
Democracy allows it
You however shouldn't use your platform to stoke the flames of war and pit us against ourselves
We are first "human" before we became a member of your ethnic group or tribe
Thank you

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