Is it a crime to be northerners? Nigerian senator asks, sends powerful message to southerners
- Senator Ahmad Kaita has warned the people of the southern part of the country to stop attacking the northerners
- Kaita is one of the northern politicians who want the power to be shifted to the south in 2023
- The senator, however, advocated for peaceful coexistence among ethnic groups in Nigeria
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A lawmaker representing Katsina North senatorial district at the Senate, Ahmad Babba Kaita, has called for an immediate halt to the attacks on northerners in the southern part of the country.
Daily Trust reports that Kaita, who is from the same senatorial district as President Muhammadu Buhari, said like southerners, northerners should be allowed to live and carry out their businesses in the south in line with the country’s constitution.
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Legit.ng gathered that Governor of Zamfara state Bello Matawalle had warned that southerners living in the north should not expect protection if the killing of northerners continued in the South.
The report noted that Kaita, in a piece titled: The North: When silence is no longer an option, said the biggest crime in Nigeria today is being a northerner.
He said:
“That the river is calm doesn’t mean there are no crocodiles beneath. That the north is taking physical and verbal insults stoically and with dignified silence doesn’t mean the north is either out of reprisal options or is lacking in expertise in how to play the game the way it is crazily and irresponsibly being played.”
Kaita, who has been advocating that the presidency should go to the south in 2023, said the silence of the north was to promote the corporate existence of the country.
The lawmaker added:
“But nobody should ignore the fact that respect is reciprocal, that building a country is a joint-business anywhere in the world and Nigeria will not be the first exception. Great countries didn’t just spring from the belly of the earth."
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state described the protests against the medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London, United Kingdom, as an attack on northern Nigeria.
It was reported that some Nigerians led by a former presidential aide, Pastor Reno Omokri, have been protesting in London against the president’s trip.
The governor asked northern leaders to speak out against the protests, adding that they should not be ashamed of defending their people and protecting their interests.
Source: Legit.ng
