Austin

The more you understand Nigeria, the more you realise that patriotism without questioning injustice is simply obedience to oppression. A country that demands your loyalty but denies you justice has no right to silence your questions. 🇳🇬💔

We spent years in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria fighting their political terrorism. When rotation came, many Northerners with godfathers in the Army, some who hadn’t spent up to 6 months in the bush with us, were rotated back to their units. Meanwhile, we spent years there. Even after I left, my former colleagues remained for up to 5 years without returning to their mother units. As I speak, many are still there, fighting what I describe as politically sponsored terrorism. Some who served for years have even been sent back to the same Northeast. Is this the same Nigerian Army they are clamouring for Igbo youths to join?