Sent in by a Reader:
I received the news on the attack on Charlie Boy with great shock but I was not surprised. Charlie boy through his utterances and passion showed that he loved the nation but his love is misplaced. Nigeria is unsalvageable. The elites will continue to feast on the carcass of Nigeria but will never allow her people to go their separate ways to achieve their God given potentials. I know majority of Ipobs (particularly Nnamdi Kanu) would be delighted at what happened and he is right to feel that way. Nigeria is not united and it would never be.
People say that poverty is the cause of disunity and that if all Nigerians were fairing better, peace would have been entrenched therein. People go further to cite the example of how the elites get along. I feel that is a lame and pedestrian excuse as it is normal to put all differences aside when money is being shared. The elites don’t necessarily love themselves, they just have to ignore the ethnic and religious differences when money is being shared.
As for the Hausas, they have once more proved to be the wiser of all tribes as they stood to be counted for Buhari today. If there is any igbo or Yoruba man who doubts the seriousness of the Hausa on the Oct 1st ultimatum, please see what they did to a whole Charlie boy. I and majority of Yorubas voted for Buhari and I can tell you that we all now regret our choices even though we hide it(Yorubas hide things a lot). We were warned but we chose to ignore it.
Even though they say it is not good to wish a fellow human death, one can’t just help but wish this man dies so we can all move on as a people. His leadership style and the division it has brought leaves us with no other choice. I will conclude by saying if there is anybody(especially southerners) that thinks Nigeria has hope, I fervently beg you to wake up from your slumber as the country would continue to slide downhill with the elites being further enriched. The country has no soul anymore.
By a concerned Nigerian
