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chichi81 (f)
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yetunde is a yoruba -nigeria. :  |
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blue-sky (f)
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when i first heard this news i was relieved, because i thought the people who did this where not of nigerian descent, probably even ghanian as it took place in ghana. However, to hear that one is nigerian is sad. And she only 16. Why is it that nigerians like to cause trouble.  |
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laudate
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Why are so many young people turning to crime & drugs, these days??  The ages of these drug couriers are getting younger & younger, by the minute! Another young Nigerian was hanged in Singapore recently, for being in possession of hard drugs. His name was Tochi something. . . . .he was only 22, I believe. Its' so sad. |
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laudate
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This Laudate mama get sense to much ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. By mentioning the name Tochi, she deftly gave back to Chichi81 in her own coin. Tit fot tat ,uh? Nah. . . .I no get time for that rat. Just wanted to show that it is a Nigerian problem, not peculiar to one ethnic group. That's all. Anyway, what can be done to arrest the trend? That's what am concerned about. These couriers are way too young to be taking to crime, like this!! What kind of future, do they think they are creating for themselves?? |
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Xris74
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Sure, it cuts across Nigeria. A northern Nigerian was beheaded in Saudi Arabia (SAr)early this week; and many more northerners have been so killed in the past in SAr, without a report of them in the Nigerian press.
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OgidiBoy (m)
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Funny how he/she goes around the forum telling folks to stop the generalization. I wish some people here who remove the dust in their eyes first. |
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laudate
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Sure, it cuts across Nigeria. A northern Nigerian was beheaded in Saudi Arabia early this week
It is so sad. Why can't everyone get it into their heads, that crime just doesn't pay??!! By the way, you made reference to "Igbo-Yoruba tit fot tat." What on earth gives you the idea that am Yoruba??  |
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laudate
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Funny how he/she goes around the forum telling folks to stop the generalization. I wish some people here who remove the dust in their eyes first.
What 'dust' are you talking about?? You are not making much sense. And I would be really grateful if you could show me where, when and in what manner, I made any 'generalisation' on this thread. |
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Xris74
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By the way, you made reference to "Igbo-Yoruba tit fot tat." What on earth gives you the idea that am Yoruba?? The last time one checked, Yetunde is still a Yoruba name (and she is here antagonised by Chichi-an Igbo from her name) much as Tochi is an Igbo name (and he is seemingly antagonised by you- from experience on Nairaland-always supportive of Yoruba and antagonistic to the Igbo). And who cares if you are Yoruba or not? For me, it is one Nigeria all the way, sis, though not at the expense of justice and equality. |
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laudate
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The last time one checked, Yetunde is still a Yoruba name (and she is here antagonised by Chichi-an Igbo from her name) much as Tochi is an Igbo name (and he is seemingly antagonised by you- from experience on Nairaland-always supportive of Yoruba and antagonistic to the Igbo). And who cares if you are Yoruba or not? For me, it is one Nigeria all the way, sis, though not at the expense of justice and equality.
You see. . . . .it makes me laugh, when people jump to ridiculous conclusions, like you have just done. So just because I made one comment, you feel that am Yoruba, abi?? Hehehehe. . . . . .how funny. By the way, this flippant statement you made here "i.e. much as Tochi is an Igbo name (and he is seemingly antagonised by you- from experience on Nairaland-always supportive of Yoruba and antagonistic to the Igbo," shows you are an old regular, on Nairaland. In that case, please state clearly in black & white, the various ways in which I have been "antagonistic" towards the Igbo, to use your own words. Paste the relevant comments here, in black & white.  This is cyberspace, m'sieur. You can't fling unsubstantiated allegations around, and expect people to swallow them hook, line & sinker. |
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Xris74
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Your previous posts speak volume
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laudate
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Your previous posts speak volume
Stop being vague. Spell out the ways in which each of those previous posts spoke volumes, or showed 'antagonism towards the Igbo' to use your own words. Simple. Abi, you no understand English, again?? Do you even understand the meaning of the word 'antagonism', at all?? |
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Jakumo (m)
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The role played by superstition and the belief in juju-magic and hocus pocus as motivating factors fueling the Nigerian-linked drug trafficking wave cannot be ignored. While superstition is by no means unique to Nigeria or even Africa, nobody can deny that an abnormally LARGE segment of the Nigerian populace, including many college educated white-collar professionals, remain calm believers in the existence of magical "means" that defy all known laws of physics.
In a country where ardent believers vastly outnumber skeptics on subjects such as the feasibility of Star Trek-style juju teleportation, or of intercontinental "remote control" curses that can be launched from a Nigerian Sorcerer's jungle hut to afflict selected victims anywhere on the globe, or of "bullet proof" talismans that render the wearer impervious to direct projectile impacts, or of "money making" rituals where cadavers are supposedly fashioned into cash-dispensing ATM machines, drug smugglers will always find an inexhaustible supply of young Nigerian men and women ready to risk jail and mule heroin on flights to Europe, secure in the mistaken assumption that a secreted juju fetish item or two will neutralize the abilities of all the airport drug-sniffing dogs, customs officials and xray machines that await them on arrival in the West.
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JustGood (m)
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That girl had very little or no influence from Nigeria. The girl has a British mentality. She was brought up in UK. It is not unusual to find teenage black kids in London peddling drugs so it's no big issue. The only issue is that the girls were caught trying to bring these drugs in from abroad.
I'm sure they just wanted to outdo their pals who are mainly Jamaicans. Several of these British-bred Black kids get into drug selling at very young ages. I have seen it several times over and over again.
The girls probably wanted to make more money that their peers who peddle the drugs on the streets of London.
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Jakumo (m)
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Right about that, Justgood. The urge to make a quick dishonest buck is as strong in Western ghettos as it is in third world countries like Nigeria.
My comments about superstition may not be relevant to the most recent British-raised coke mules that got nabbed in Ghana, but for the vast majority of home-raised Nigerian drug smugglers, juju rituals and sacrifices play pivotal roles in the preparation for all contraband smuggling attempts, and also instill a soon-to-be-shattered sense of impunity in the mules themselves, before they are invariably apprehended and jailed on arrival at their destinations.
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