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Some of the core drivers of the religio-political violence in #Nigeria are failures to harmonise religious, political & civic impulses. I will try to summarise and discuss some of them here. #NotAnotherNigerian @QuilliamOrg
1. #Nigeria is a civic state, with much devout religious practice, mainly Christian and Muslim. Religious loyalty should not undermine civic loyalty, but sometimes does. Eg should Muslims be concerned about the 'ummah' & Christians about fellow believers only? #NotAnotherNigerian
2. The #Nigerian state apparatus, including the legal system, is heavily influenced by Britain. The Muslim areas used to have traditional Sharia, and were part of the Sokoto Caliphate. Sharia always had many interpretations: many of these were civic in nature. #NotAnotherNigerian
Every #Nigerian has a fundamental right to life according to the 1999 constitution.
Sadly, 1351 lives have been lost to violent killings across the country & more citizens are still being killed to date
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
Sadly, 1351 lives have been lost to violent killings across the country & more citizens are still being killed to date
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
From herdsmen onslaught in #Taraba & #Benue to the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. When will the killings stop?
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
Monday, May 28th is the National Day of Mourning & Remembrance for all victims of violent killings across #Nigeria.
IF THE GOVERNMENT FORGETS; WE WON'T!
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
IF THE GOVERNMENT FORGETS; WE WON'T!
#NigeriaMourns
#OneDeathTooMany
#WeAreAllWeHave
Dear @Areafada1 I am shocked to find that you also subscribe to this supremacist fallacy that is the bedrock of #Nigeria's woes. I refer to
your unreasoned induction that Igbos are the "most patriotic ethnic group in Nigeria today". While I have no problems praising your brethren
I wonder how you came to the conclusion that other ethnic groups in #Nigeria are not as patriotic as Igbos. Of course, this generalisation
