Just recently, Indians have risen to kill and brutalise every
Nigerian they see in their country. This act of the Indians have
resulted in numerous loss of lives and left many injured. Not long ago
we experienced another attack on Nigerians in South Africa where others
were killed and brutalised for stated reasons. x
The question one
may ask is, why is it always Nigerians? Before I spit on this matter,
let me condemn in no certain terms the attack on Nigeria nationals and
urge aggrieved people to desist from instant justice but to uphold human
rights and allow the law to take its course.
If you are an MTN
user(I can't tell for other networks), you might have one way or the
other received a test message informing you of winning sums of money.
The scammer who poses as a representative for MTN will give you a number
to call and later ask you to send them a processing fee via mobile
money. Others tell you they will deliver goods to you at affordable
prices and later request you to pay them some money via mobile money to
help them clear some goods. Some also pretend to know you but in actual
fact they don't! They are only scammers. The latest in town are those
creating Facebook accounts with pictures of beautiful ladies sending
friend requests and chatting venerable guys privately via messenger.
They will later tell you to send them monies and other valuable items.
The bottom line is, they are all scammers!
If you ever get a
call from one of them, they mostly speak *Twi* and go by Akan names to
give them some level of identity as Ghanaians. If you ever speak to
them, kindly switch to *English*. Some try to hide their identity but
mostly, you will find out that their Nigerian accents are inevitable.
There you will realise they are *Nigerians!*. They have stayed with us,
learnt our language and hidden behind them to defraud our people.
South Africans have indicted Nigerians with various degree of crimes in
their country. India is now second to rise in a Xenophobic attack on
Nigeria Nationals.
Nigeria is the only African country which has
been *banned* from participating in the U.S. visa lotteries. I learnt
some countries deny visa the moment they see a Nigerian passport.
Not long ago, we realised the entry point for the fake rubber rice is
Nigeria. Do you remember the fake synthetic palm oil that flooded our
markets? FDA had to move from market to market to seize them because
they were made of synthetic rubbers but not oil. They were all from
Nigeria!
Whiles we condemn the attacks on Nigerians, I think it
is time ECOWAS as a body and Nigeria paid critical attention to their
nationals. They are gradually creating a negative impression for their
country and blacks as a whole.
I have had the opportunity to
stay and school with Nigerians. I know what a pack of good people some
of them are. God fearing affable and respectable people. But a few
others in their quest of syphoning money for themselves, are thwarting
the efforts of the good ones in creating a good image for themselves and
their country.
I mourn with the families of the lost ones and also wish the victims of the Indian attack a speedy recovery.
In conclusion, I wish to urge Nigerians to live above the negativities
and name to shame those bringing the name of their country into
disrepute.
God bless Ghana!
God bless Nigeria!
God bless Africa!
