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On Kwankwaso's Visit to FFK


Though I wanted to remain silent concerning the visit of Kwankwaso to Femi Fani Kayode. However, the litany of write ups I have been reading on the issue prompted the breaking of my silence.

Apology to those who have written against the Kwankwaso's visit; in every perceived political miscalculation, there is always a silent calculation. I am not writing to defend Kwankwaso perhaps as people may think.

One of the fundamental reasons why the northerners condemned Kwankwaso for the visit is because Femi Fani Kayode blindly hates the northerners and he always attaches darkness to them. Yes, I have no contention to that.

Kwankwaso's visit, be it political, personal or whatsoever, will change the perception of FFK about northerners. The man has been thinking that the entire northerners, particularly Hausa/Fulani hate his people in totality. But as Kwankwaso visited him, he and his like-minded people will desist from keeping and believing the single story of Hausa/Fulani of being in darkness and in extreme hatred of his people; even if that takes the slowest speed. Martin Luther King Jr said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that and hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that".

If I should ask, is the visit religiously and democratically wrong? I know it is hurtful seeing one of your key northern political figures with FFK, but that's the way to make the latter throw his single story of the north. Had it been this is not coming at the tense time of politics, I would have called the visit a true definition of tolerance meant to be exhibited by patriotic Nigerians.

The Hausa people have a saying that, "Durkusawa wada ba gajiyawa bane" which translates "Bringing oneself down before the dwarf does not mean that the former has surrendered himself". (Please, if you have a better translation, drop it in the comment box).

Finally, Femi Fani Kayode should bury himself in the grave of shame as he sounds self-contradictory. He insults, abuses and lambastes the northerners, but we saw him warmly welcoming Kwankwaso, a northerner, a son of the north and even calling him a brother. We have now realised that all his barking and ranting is just to score political goal.

Abdul Mutallib Muktar

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