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Public commentator Mahdi Shehu has said that Nigeria’s deepening insecurity is not caused by one tribe or religion, but by people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds who play various roles in the crisis.

Shehu made the comments in a post shared on X on Sunday, where he listed examples from across the country to argue that criminality in Nigeria cuts across regions, tribes and faiths.

According to him, it is wrong for any section of the country to claim innocence when the security situation continues to worsen.

He argued that different security threats across the country involve individuals from diverse backgrounds.

According to him, many Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa come from Kanuri and Shuwa communities.

He also claimed that ISWAP cells operating around Kogi, Kwara and Ondo reportedly include a significant number of people from the Egbira ethnic group.

He further alleged that some of the informants working with bandits in the Northwest are Hausa, while several of the bandit leaders and fighters are drawn from Fulani communities.


“Some individuals from the Berom ethnic group in Plateau are involved in the production and distribution of locally–made weapons used by criminal networks.”

He also pointed to other examples across the country. He claimed that the leader of the Mahmudawa group operating in parts of Kwara State is Abba Abubakar, whom he described as a Hausa man from Daura in Katsina State.

He referred to a statement credited to Governor Charles Soludo, saying that a large share of those involved in kidnapping, armed robbery, ritual activities and other violent crimes in the South-East are people of Igbo background.

“Some non-state actors behind kidnapping, crude-oil theft and vandalism in the Niger Delta come from Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri communities.


“Criminal activities such as kidnapping and ritual-related offences in the South-West involve individuals from within Yoruba communities, regardless of whether they are Christians, Muslims or traditionalists.

“Some of the banditry and violent incidents recorded in Benue and Taraba have been linked to individuals from Tiv and Fulani backgrounds.

“A number of people involved in the operation of illegal baby factories and child-trafficking networks are drawn from Igbo communities, including both Christians and traditional worshippers,” Shehu alleged.

He went on to make additional claims about criminal activities across the country.

According to him, people from both Christian and Muslim communities in Edo State, as well as some individuals from the South-East, are involved in various cyber-fraud schemes.

He also alleged that a significant share of those linked to illegal drug trafficking networks are individuals of Igbo background.

He further claimed that some people involved in phone-snatching and related attacks in states like Kaduna, Kano and Katsina come from Hausa communities.

At the same time, he noted that offences such as bank fraud are committed by people from virtually every tribe and religious background.

He argued that forgery of academic and official documents is also widespread and not limited to any group.

“Several cultural groups across the country celebrate or honour certain individuals despite being aware of their alleged criminal activities, sometimes granting them traditional titles.

“Nigeria’s prisons reflect this diversity, with detainees and convicts drawn from almost all tribes, religions, social classes and economic backgrounds.”

“Therefore, If Nigeria collapses and disintegrate, just remember we are individually and collectively responsible in different percentages. No one section of the country can claim innocence,” he concluded.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/24/everyone-to-blame-for-nigerias-insecurity-mahdi-shehu

Mahdi Shehu is spot on. No one is innocent in this matter.

No Sir, we Igbos are not to blame. We always stand against Islamization of Nigeria and has been paying the ultimate price. Others seems to be feeling the heat because they started receiving what we have been receiving from the Islamists many years ago. E dey go round.

I have no blame in it oo. I didn't take what belongs to the public

Blame game wouldn't solve the problem. Let everyone come together and proffer solutions to the issues at hand.

Who noticed that it is the same script gumi is using to deflect blame from the fulanis armedmen

Is this guy mad or something



I have no blame whatsoever

What a poor poor push back from the Northerner.

Not everyone bro.

Nothing concern me with that relligion of desttruction

I ain't part of those people you refer to as WE.

Cannot be everyone.
Citizens that gave-in to terrorism was as a result of the poor decisions the upper echelon made.
Cannot be everyone sir.

Them let's go our separate ways. We have too many tribes in this country and too many differences. Tribalism, religion extremism is the order of the day, nepotism and favoritism cum hypocrisy and et al.

#Antinatalism

Nonsense. Which of these aforementioned crimes constitutes a clear and present danger to the lives of law-abiding Nigerians other than banditry and violent religious extremism whose major perpetrators are Muslims of Northern extraction in tandem with Fulani/Berber Muslims from the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa

I only blame tinubu and inec
But I recall shettima stating he will lead the troops in Battle 😅

i no KNOW for dem ooo... na FG dey do us? many are CVRSED. i receievd a mssg yest how my 9ja Resident was BUGGLED.... na Govt? no e fit be my NEIGH or anyone but not Govt. so u dey TAKE from POOR man to FEED Poor man abi? no be BANDD!T una be too?

honestly I DONT KNOW

Nooo Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is to be blamed

Hypocrites, Sharia law in the north started bokoharam, bokoharam members are the bandits and kidnappers. This is the problem of Nigeria.

You are trying hard to gaslight us, islam should be investigated

This Man and Gummi are sharing blames like federal character but the truth remains fulani are the top graders for committing genocide against all indigenous people. Shame on the sultan, shame on atike, elrufai, kwankwaso and all northern governors for not speaking up against this atrocities

Lue.
Blame those who adopted unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal justice system for Nigeria's insecurity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_8xdHU08g

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/24/everyone-to-blame-for-nigerias-insecurity-mahdi-shehu

I asked AI the cause of this worrisome situation and see what I got as reply....

The phrase "rotten head corrupts the body" is a variation of the common proverb, "A fish rots from the head down," which is a metaphor meaning that problems in an organization, company, or country typically stem from the leadership.
The core idea is that when the person or people in charge (the "head" exhibit poor leadership, a lack of ethics, or are corrupt, those negative qualities and behaviors will inevitably filter down and affect the entire organization or society (the "body".

HgAkpobomeEr:
Mahdi Shehu is spot on. No one is innocent in this matter.

Tell madhi to work for balkanisation of the country and see his reaction . Since he has decided to list all this crimes then let's go our separate ways inorder for us to have peace. Shame on the fulani race for genocidal killings of innocent people, rape and mutilation.

Blame government fighting government 😔

dederocs:
Hypocrites, Sharia law in the north started bokoharam, bokoharam members are the bandits and kidnappers. This is the problem of Nigeria.

Apt.
Boko Haram says it's fighting for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws, the same Sharia criminal laws adopted unilaterally by the political and religious leaders in the far north Nigeria states beginning 1999.

Bandits are offshoots of Boko Haram, all sharing the same objective with most Muslims in those Sharia states of northern Nigeria. Their common objective is for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.

To Mahdi Shehu, the only people that should be blamed for the current state of Nigeria are the people of Nigeria. He has no choice but to stick with the narrative that everyone is complicit. That narrative is a copout.

North and south Nigeria can no longer live in harmony and it's clear to see. It's time we all have a referendum to split Nigeria into 5 or 6 countries. We would agree to share the oil revenue for the next 15 years as we have been together for 60 plus years. The 15 years will allow the individual countries to build the necessary infrastructure etc, it needs to survive. Also the south south will get the lion share of the oil revenue, but after the 15 years elapse, no more oil sharing . Each country should finally now rely on their national resources and human capital etc. This is the way to go as no one will feel left out or marginalised. God bless.




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..this one just dey whine himself..


.."without us no one can rule Nigeria".." we have the numbers to win any election in Nigeria".. The Northerners

..you have ruled the geographical expression with your born to rule attitude..after destroying everything..everyone should take the blame...

..wetin this man call himself again sef..na allah go pun..ok

..I hope this mahndi lman knows those they destroyed the country with..you are all standing on tilumbu's manadate..

..the SE & SS since 2015 rejected your darling daddy and are rejected guru strategist...

..make i no hear "everybody" again..

But I didn't see Yorubas in the list of terrorists. That means everyone but Yorubas are to blame

discusant:
Apt.
Boko Haram says it's fighting for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws, the same Sharia criminal laws adopted unilaterally by the political and religious leaders in the far north Nigeria states beginning 1999.

Bandits are offshoots of Boko Haram, all sharing the same objective with most Muslims in those Sharia states of northern Nigeria. Their common objective is for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.

The first leader of bokoharam, Yusuf, is one of the first clerics employed by the state governor of the state that started sharia in Nigeria, to constitute the sharia assembly, so sharia law literally created bokoharam.

The sad thing is so many say they follow Islam, but they won't acknowledge the evil sharia and almajirism is doing to Nigeria.