Under the troubling video of two Hausa traders being attacked in the East, another user chimed in with a dangerous suggestion: “This is unbecoming and I think Northerners should reciprocate.”
This kind of comment is exactly how small sparks turn into full-blown national fires. Calling for retaliation doesn’t heal wounds — it multiplies them. It frames ethnic groups as enemies in a war they didn’t sign up for, implying that violence should be answered with more violence. That thinking ignores the real victims in these situations and instead pushes whole communities toward conflict they never asked for.
When people encourage revenge in the name of ethnicity, they aren’t defending anyone — they’re deepening divisions. Moments like this need accountability and calm, not a call for “payback” that puts innocent lives at risk.
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