I fully understand that Yorubaphobia is real and alive in the land. I am also conscious that Yorubas have had to take a lot of generalization since Tinubu became president, but….
Nevertheless, the increasingly rising wave of Igbophobia and OVER SENSITIVITY about everything igbo in the Southwest has exposed many Yorubas as closet tribalists— many are no different from Nnamdi Kanu. From observable action, Many of my brother and sister yorubas right now are not behaving any better or any different than the IPOB we all love to hate.
The only difference is that Nnamdi Kanu and his like-thinking friends are far more honest about their irredentist beliefs and wears them with “full chest,” while many Yoruba irredentists are busy hiding and masking their insidious purist tribalism under the fake mantra that “Igbos want to take Lagos.” They are now specializing in blowing everything abou Igbos tout of proportion so they can justify the mounting ‘igbo cleansing’ operation in yoruba lands beginning from Lagos
This needs to be called put even at great personal risk now that the Head of Ogboni Fraternity has also got personally involved.
In my opinipm, regardless of what some Igbos may have said, done, or imagined to have done, two wrongs do not make a right. We cannot continue like this and we cannot hold a whole tribe hostage for the objectionable actions of a few.
It saddens me that many of my Yoruba brothers refuse to acknowledge the obvious reality: not all Igbos think alike. Most are not remotely interested in “taking over” Lagos or anywhere else. As far as I can see, the vast majority simply want to do their business and live in peace wherever they reside.
Unfortunately, too many of us are allowing politicians to brainwash them into seeing Igbos as the enemy—when in fact, the real enemies are often our own leaders. These leaders exploit the tribally gullible and weaponize the closet Yoruba irredentists among us to keep the nation divided for their selfish gain.
It is a crying shame. And I, for one, will not stop speaking my truth—even if my fellow tribesmen drag me all day and night and call me names.
Of course because it suits their evil marratives, these closet hateful yoruba tribalists accuse me of ingoring yorubaphobia that we yorubas have also had to endure. They claimed i never said anything against the Igbo excessee.
Yet, it’s a matter record that i spent weeks criticizing Nnamdi Kanu and his violent irredentist IPOB , their comments and actions . I literally did weeks of exposes that made many igbos drag me too
I know the most dangerpus place to be is in the middle of 2 people ready to tear each other apart but not all of us can or should be trapped in this cycle of hatred and animosity between Yorubas and Igbos.
This is not who we are.
And we must remember: politicians who fan these dangerous flames will not be there to pay the price when brothers turn against brothers. 1966–1970 may look like distant history, but it happened in our lifetime.
Let’s not forget.
Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. I may be blessee ro have most of my immediate family abroad an far from the maddening crowd but an overwhelming majority of my family at large still live in nigeria
We all need to take a few Steps back right now from this tribal mutual hatred and tribal war drums . We all must speak the truth to our brohers and siters on all sides even if tey dont want to hear it.
Destructive tribalism always starts small but then blood of innocents get shed enmasse.
We saw it before. Right here in Nigeria and we saw it in Rwanda. All in our lifetime🤷🏿♂️
Nigeria oni baje loruko Jesu, Amin!!!