From a WhatsApp post:

We are all angry and grieving from happenings in South Africa. But we need to use that to reflect upon plus the state of Nigeria, plus our international reputation. And most importantly to apply TRUTH to our thoughts about who we are in this world.

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NIGERIANS INCREASINGLY KNOWN AS DRUG PEDDLERS AND VICE SPREADERS

Nigerian ego means we never see ourselves as we truly are, and so we cannot see ourselves as the world sees us. Instead of looking for how many Nigerians are doctors and nurses abroad, let us ask how many Nigerians are in jails, prisons, police cells and immigration detention centers in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Dubai?

Nigerians we are seen not as a developing country anymore, but as a THIRD WORLD nation. We are seen as a totally DISHONEST and INSINCERE people who have not even got the INTELLIGENCE to reform and become decent human beings. This is the truth. Go on the Twitter and Facebook accounts of Europeans, South Africans, etc and read what is there about Nigerians! We tell ourselves that Canadians want us. Well, the honeymoon period with us is ending as Canadians are now complaining and don't want Nigerians in their own particular neighborhood.

It is the Nigerian orientation of get-rich-quick that the devil uses to gather us to himself and to make us his disciples of drug dealing and prostitution wherever we set our black feet. Whenever any foreign nation accepts us, we begin satan's work in their midst: drug dealing, prostitution, fraud, and stealing.

Nigerians, we know ourselves. We know that our young women and girls whom UN say are being trafficked, do WILLINGLY go to Europe to be prostitutes, after they and their parents have done rituals and sworn at the shrines of our gods. We know that our young men do rituals like eating feces in bread and even ritual killings for protection and power to traffick drugs in every country.

Nigerians we know ourselves. We know that we are very comfortable with wrongdoing and that lying, stealing, and cheating sit well with us. We get excited about being in a foreign country illegally and feel proud of having managed it without being caught out. Then with more lies we get ourselves an immigration lawyer and begin to hustle to get the right papers, and Green Card etc.

Nigerians, citizens of the world are aware of what we are and of the darkness within us. Even our fellow Africans feel revulsion for us. The destruction of our shops in South Africa, and our being killed will not end for as long as we will not end our love of drug dealing and prostitution, and preference to choose the devil's way.

Here is a promise from our Creator about our get-rich-quick attitude: "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a TRAP and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and DESTRUCTION". – 1 Timothy 6:9 NIV

After all the centuries of mankind's existence, is this the "wisdom" we have set for ourselves, and to pass on to our children: Create a society of corrupt politicians and civil servants, do nothing but watch them; then for many ordinary Nigerians let us all escape abroad and live there illegally, then corruptly deal drugs and corruptly be involved in the vice of prostitution. God will NOT protect Nigerians from violence when we do neither condemn corruption, drug dealing and vice nor stop our family members from doing these activities. Especially as they also involve the practice of rituals and ritual killings to honor our ancestral gods who still march throughout the land of Nigeria.

From a very concerned Nigerian struggling in Canada who is urging my people to change because the world will not put up with our dishonesty, and God will not accept it, and will not protect us as a people or bless us as a people.

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If I can, I will attach some Facebook screenshots that were posted a few days ago on Nairaland but which are relevant to what the writer of the post talks about.

Nonsense, plus a lot of ingredients.

Many would not hearken to your words.

A lot of Nigerians love to deceive themselves.

They prefer the crooked way to the honest way, yet they turn around to complain about life's difficulties.