[RAHIM]

Well written article and I agree with most of your submissions. The most baffling aspect of it all is that most of the folks spewing tribal and religous sentiments are supposed to be the enlightened and educated ones, yet they can't see beyond ethnic lines even though some have lived in the West where race has been (still being) used to define one's character or competence. Some of us have been victims of discrimination or racism yet they they don't have any qualms about dishing it out to others. If these so called enlightened citizens are full of tribalistic views, what would you expect from the common man who has had no opportunity to see the world from a different view or perspective. For some, it is justified to accuse the 'white' man of racism on a whimper while at the same time being a rabid ethnophobe in the Nigerian context. We criticise the acts of discrimination in around the world in places like South Africa, Isreal, West (definitely take them to court to enforce our rights and claim damages) yet we practice same or even worse back in our homelands.

The realisation that struck me when I relocated back was that there is, probably more discrimination in Nigeria than I have experienced in the 13 years that I spent in the UK (speaking from personal experiences), but then I am supposed to be back home.