AN OPEN LETTER TO THE IGBO PEOPLE:
Why Attack Hausa Butchers Who Have No Hand in Fulani Crimes?
I write this letter with shock, disappointment, and a heavy heart after hearing what happened in Garikki Market, Enugu where Igbo butchers attacked the stalls of Hausa butchers, destroyed their property, and forced them out simply because they sold meat at cheaper prices.
For years, you have bought suya and meat from these same Hausa butchers without a single problem.
They served you respectfully.
They lived among you peacefully.
They caused you no harm.
So why attack them now because of crimes they did not commit?
It is important for my Igbo brothers and sisters to understand this clearly:
Hausa people do not punish the innocent.
We do not attack those who have done nothing to us.
Go to any Hausa town or village anywhere in the North you will find Igbo tenants, Igbo shop owners, and Igbo businessmen living in peace.
Ask them: Has any Hausa person attacked you simply because of something another Igbo person did?
The answer is NO.
We judge matters with wisdom.
We deal with people individually, not collectively.
We do not destroy people’s livelihoods because of the actions of criminals who share the same tribe with them.
So I must ask, with all sincerity:
What exactly have we, the Hausa people, done to other Nigerian ethnic groups?
Why are we constantly treated as though we are second-class citizens in a country we helped build?
Yorubas attack us at every little provocation.
Igbos now attack us in markets where we trade peacefully.
Fulani criminals commit atrocities, yet you turn around and punish the Hausa even though we too are victims of Fulani terrorism.
In Jos, many Hausa travellers have been dragged out of vehicles and beaten or xxxx.
What is our crime?
Is it because:
We are patient?
We avoid trouble?
We prefer peace over chaos?
Do not mistake the patience of the Hausa man for weakness.
We choose peace because we understand the weight of the power God has given us.
But let it be known:
If the Hausa man decides to retaliate the way you treat us…
Africa itself will tremble.
Not because we love violence but because a single Hausa man carries the strength of a hundred men when pushed to the wall.
Yet we restrain ourselves.
We hold back.
We choose peace.
So I ask again:
Why attack Hausa butchers who have done nothing wrong?
Why punish innocent men for crimes committed by Fulani bandits who also victimize us?
Why push a peaceful people to the point of questioning their patience?
This open letter is not to provoke hatred, but to call for justice, fairness, and understanding.
Nigeria cannot survive if tribes attack each other blindly.
Let us not destroy the fragile peace that still remains.
If Igbo people can buy suya from Hausa hands for decades without fear, then surely they know:
We are not their enemies.
We never were.
We never will be.
But every tribe must learn to respect others
or this nation will burn from the flames we all helped ignite.
hausaactivist
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