₦airaland Forum

RisenPhoenix1:
So what if I am? Ask yourself, how does that change the truth of what I say and why is a handle always important to analyse statements for you? You can't just think of the veracity of a statement without labelling who said it? If it helps you to think clearer, I am not Fulani. I am just not aboard the same neverending bandwagon of backward tribalism and ethnic profiling that that all the most intelligent Africans seem to think is classy and fashionable, but that is singlehandedly responsible for destroying this whole continent. I have met good and bad people from every tribe; not one tribe seemed to have 100% of either angels or demons. Either refute my argument logically, or pass. That is the polite way to act on a public forum.

In the same way that I don't think any tribe is all made up of drug smugglers and baby sellers, nor do I think that any tribe is made up of skull miners and ritualists, nor a third one made up of scammers and witches etc, etc, I do not believe that any tribe isade up of 100% kidnappers. I defend all from ethnic profiling equally. Take it or leave it.

RisenPhoenix1:
Typical.

Pass.

Aflix:
You always defend them, but you have never spoken against all the atrocities committed by them. Or do you think that majority of southerners that are speaking against them them are doing just so they could be part of a "bandwagon"
I have personally experience their menace, tho mine was on a small scale. I live in Lagos and I have experienced their menace. Those in osun have experienced their menace. Those in Ondo have experienced their menace. Those in Osun have experienced their menace. I can go on and on.

How is it that a particular tribe that practices a particular trade always seem to cause trouble where ever they find themselves

yea, I know ethnic profiling is bad, but can you name just one ethnic group that is known for causing trouble in so many states in Nigeria as the Fulani herdsmen is already known for

RisenPhoenix1:
Thank you for being civil. I shall respond with equal civility.

Because I don't agree with the concept of them and their. It is not the Fulani or any other tribe that I defend. It is against ethnic profiling in general. We Africans are dark minded; ever ready to childishly blame "the other"; and we have to change that. The colonials divided and ruled us, we are now dividing ourselves and keeping ourselves in the stone age. That is what most people with a herd mentality fail to understand. Yes, there are kidnappers, bandits, rapists and armed robbers who are Fulani. Just like there are kidnappers, bandits, rapists and armed robbers among the Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and other tribes. ALL members of a tribe cannot be kidnappers, drug smugglers, skull miners or thieves; and that goes for any tribe. I'm a pan Africanist. I do not even recognize tribes. If that makes me a terrorist sympathiser, collaborator, apologist, then so be it. I am not a cow. I do what I think is right, not what the rest of the herd is doing. To me, the ethnicity of a criminal is not a factor in his commitance of a crime. You told me what your opinion was concerning the Seriki's complicity, I told you mine. If you think there is a flaw in my opinion, you are free to dispute it as many have.

Aflix:
I get the whole ethnic profiling thing. I agree, it's very bad, but it would be very difficult for Nigerians (southerners especially) to stop the ethnic profiling of the fulanis because they seem to be in almost every state wrecking havoc. And the so called "innocent" ones amongst them never speak out against the bad ones or report them to relevant authorities.
Yes they are bad eggs in every tribe, but we hardly hear of them committing crimes in other states. Have you ever heard of Benin person going to Kano to rape women, or a Calabar man going to Katsina to kidnap.....guess your answer would be no. And we always hear southern leaders speak against vices carried out by southern youths. This is not the case with Northern leaders....why