An online discussion has sparked concern within the Yoruba community after an Okun man from Kogi State, who aligns more with his Fulani heritage, made alarming remarks about the Yoruba people.
Speaking during a recorded X Space discussion titled “No Space for Hate Mongering in Nigeria,” he stated, “It’s time for Jihad conversation to start,” raising fears about the implications of his words.
His comments, laced with threats and intimidation, were particularly directed at Yoruba conservatives.
Identified as Abbey on the platform, he claimed that Muslims’ right to practice Islam is under threat due to the Yoruba people’s rejection of Sharia law in the South West region.
He said, “When you now have a particular tribe, and I keep saying it, Yoruba tribe fell so horribly. I don’t know where we got it wrong but I am ashamed that I even have traces of Yoruba heritage. When I look at what has happened in the last few hours or few months since the ISP (Independent Sharia Panel) conversation took off.
“It is unfortunate that the people we have even been putting our eyes on as being the most tolerant in terms of religion are very far from it. I say openly here that the Yoruba non-Muslims are the most intolerant human beings in all ramifications.
“I mean not just intolerance against Islam, they are the most intolerant, especially those that tag themselves conservatives. And they have one thing in common, these are people that don’t exist off social media, that is one.
“Secondly, these are people that can’t even point you to their father’s house in the so-called Yoruba land. It is no longer a cruise; it is now very clear that there is an agenda to completely ostracise Muslims and Islam from southwest Nigeria.
“This is where Jihad conversation comes about. For those of you bastards that don’t know the meaning of Jihad, record the conversation, I want to repeat it again. This is now the time that Jihad conversation should be taking place. Your right to practise your religion is being threatened. That is why you are admonished, that is the only thing you should fight.
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“You can fight when people are threatening you from practising your religion; that is what is happening now. Your right to practise your religion peacefully is now being threatened. They don’t want you to exercise your right to practise your religion. That is when Jihad conversation should come about. That is why we should even be discussing it; what is Jihad all about?
“If you have state governors giving voices to the online mobs and vagabonds, and people who don’t even have a name or a face. You have state governments, you have Christian traditional rulers also amplifying and giving them voices. Then you should know that you are now at the breaking point.”
He expressed sympathy for Muslims in Southwest Nigeria, stating that their situation is comparable to that of Palestinians in Gaza under Israeli occupation.
He said, “You should know that you are now in a situation whereby you are not in any way better than the Palestinians and people in Gaza. The only difference is that while it is foreigners, the Israelis trying to steal the land of the Palestines, your so-called Yorubas are the ones trying to render you as second-class citizens in your own fatherland.
“They are ones that want to ostracise you and your religion simply because they are either too uninformed or the level of their islamophobia cannot just be helped anymore. I would be surprised if we are having a conversation and at the end of the day, we allow people with agenda to come and interject it.”
(Saharareporters)
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