Public affairs commentator Mahdi Shehu has described Northern Nigeria as a conquered society, blaming what he called poor leadership, greed, insecurity, and worsening economic hardship for the region’s current challenges.
Shehu made the remarks in a post on his X handle on Thursday, where he argued that the North had been defeated physically and tactically under democratic rule.
According to him, the region’s problems were largely self-inflicted.
“The North has been defeated physically and tactically,” he wrote.
“The defeat became possible on account of some greedy and cowardly Northerners with material afflictions, who mortgaged the North on selfish grounds just for them to remain comfortable,” he said.
Shehu also blamed what he described as the complacency of many northerners for the region’s current situation.
According to him, “The defeat has been foretold because docility became part of the pathology of majority Northerners.”
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