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It is doubtful if there is any country that had more of its nationals competing for other countries than Nigeria at the just concluded Olympic Games tagged Tokyo 2020, which held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From European countries to North American countries and to Asian countries and Oceania, Nigerians were busy helping other countries to win medals, while finding it hard to win medals for their own country.
Italy won their first 4×100 metres relay for men in the Tokyo Olympics. A Nigerian helped to achieve that feat. They edged out the UK team by 0.01 second. A Nigerian was in the UK relay team. What has become clear is that Nigerians, especially from the South, are desperately eager to flee from Nigeria to other continents. Even the fear of death is not a deterrent. They seem to feel that it is better to die trying to leave Nigeria than die living in Nigeria.
In recent years, insecurity has become a strong force driving Nigerians out. Even though the economy has worsened, the most disconcerting is that Nigerians feel unsafe to even live their life of privation in peace. Some years ago, the threat of Boko Haram was limited to some parts of the North-East. People felt safe in other parts of Nigeria. But the addition of murderous herdsmen and bandits into the security crisis in Nigeria turned things around in a frightening way.
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