Nigerians consider victims’ religion, tribe before showing sympathy - Shehu Sani

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has faulted what helium described arsenic unequal expressions of sympathy among Nigerians, arguing that spiritual and taste affiliations often power nationalist reactions to killings.

Sani raised the interest successful a station connected his authoritative X account, wherever helium said his observations implicit the past 15 years had shown that immoderate Nigerians were reluctant to condemn attacks erstwhile the victims came from spiritual oregon taste groups antithetic from theirs.

He urged Nigerians to analyse reactions to reports of attacks connected societal media implicit the past decade, arguing that expressions of outrage and compassion were often shaped by the identities of those affected.

“In the past 15 years, I person studied the mode astir radical respond to banditry and violent attacks successful our communities,” helium wrote.

“In different words, the grade of our outrage oregon empathy is determined by whether the victims are from our spiritual faith, sect oregon ethnicity,” helium said.

The erstwhile lawmaker further expressed interest that immoderate radical archetypal found the spiritual oregon taste inheritance of victims earlier deciding whether to sympathise with them.

“Most radical hold to cognize the religion oregon people of the unfortunate earlier deciding whether helium oregon she deserves their compassion oregon concern,” helium added.

Sani described the att...