Wetin dey happen for Naija, my people? Insecurity no be new matter, but e don dey enter another level wey concern everybody.
For over ten years, some Nigerians dey yarn say our wahala no be anything serious, na just miscommunication. But as the misrepresentation dey grow, so as the consequences dey follow like palliative after hunger. While farmers dey fight herders, some pipo dey call am religious wahala and ethno-cleansing. Dem no even fit call am as e be for other parts of Naija.
Na when government come dey show face, use $9 million to employ foreign lobbyist to clear the air, na im dem wey don dey enjoy the free platform don begin vex. Dem dey complain say, why dem need lobby echo inside our own yeye talk? Na here, the game don change, my people. As dem dey fumble, another bonfire don dey start, with plenty hot spirits and wahala.
Many pipo dey die because of this insecurity matter. Yet, some dey use am to paint Fulani people as dem bad guys only, which no be the real gist. My people know say Muslims too dey face serious challenges wey no concern their religion. But some pipo no wan gree face reality to save their skin. Dem go dey edit Wikipedia to erase truth, so we go dey wonder, wetin dey hide?
Instead of tackling the local problem, foreign talk show host dey yarn say na global jihadists dey scatter ground for Plateau and Benue, wey the locals sabi say na herder-farmer wahala. This kind gist fit lead to international missiles wey don land for north-west, but who e go help for the local issues that dey ground?
In 2023, one community leader talk say dem no trust Nigerian government anymore; dem want foreign pipo to intervene. Now, foreign power dey show their force, dropping missile wey no suppose enter local wahala. Dem dey use our problems to show off to other countries, dey turn our headache to their own opportunity. But how many of those outsiders go fit settle local quarrels wey dey take place for village? No be their own people dey care.
Now, as everybody dey blame each other, nobody wan remember say dem be part of the problem. For the past decade, how many news outlets don push this agenda wey dey tone down the real situation? Na only wetin fit sell dem headlines dem dey care about. When ogbonge pipo talk say Nigeria no fit exist without addressing the root, dem go just ignore am.
But wetin come happen when one American president na im come agree say Muslims dey suffer for Naija too? E shock dem! Na so dem dey shout say lobby money no worth anything, but make dem just remember say dem don benefit from di narrative wey dey fly all over.
One Nigerian wey dey for abroad, dem wan take am as expert. Na im dey talk both sides, dey say missile strike go help solve the wahala. How person go dey suggest missile wey fit affect innocent people, instead of resolving the issues wey dey vex dem since? Na wah, if dem dey follow that path, e go turn to serious fight among people wey fit already reason together.
At the end, two sides go dey stack money for lobby, and na who go fit shout loudest go win the online argument. Na so e be now, my people. We go just sit down dey watch as dem dey dormantly carry our wahala go international stage, but solution go always dey lie within us.
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