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Xenophobia and parable of the unsung puppy

Yet in my native Ilaje-Yoruba tribe, it is said “the knowledge of the fact that there is a caring owner, is the reason even an unsung stray puppy would not be struck by neighbours”. Conversely, when the Nigerian child, not even a dog, is struck anyhow and each time by neighbours, it sends a clear message of the level of respect is accorded the Nigerian nation.

Murtala’s successor, Obasanjo, went further by, among others, frontally declaring support for the Soviet-inspired MPLA in the Angola struggle, which was against American interest, in the bipolar politics of the era.

Ironically and most unfortunately, hateful behaviours towards citizens of Nigeria and other African countries became evident, almost soon after South Africa’s first non-racial election in April 1994 and Nelson Mandela’s assumption of office as first black President in May of that year. The South Africans only seemed to be waiting for the exit of legendary Mandela, as President in 1997, as xenophobic violence erupted in year 2000.

Disrespect for us, world over, came about when we allowed every aspect of our social existence polluted by the impunity of politics of religion, ethnicity and North/South divides. As unassuming as President Shagari appeared, he dealt decisively with Maitatsine and nipped the first festering insurgency on our soil.

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