The Super Eagles and Real Sociedad loanee, Sadiq Umar frowns at people’s ignorance of the gruesome death of 16 northern travellers who were mistaken for kidnappers and lynched in Edo State.
Reacting to the horrifying incident, Umar took to his social media platforms to educate Nigerians on the difference between the Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups.
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The Super Eagles attacker, who was born in Kaduna, said there has been a distinction often overlooked or misrepresented in southern narratives.
“Only the ignorant don’t know the difference between Hausa and Fulani,” Sadiq posted. “Hausa is a tribe from the North on its own, with both Muslims and Christians in it, and with good and bad people like any other tribe.
[It is the] same as the Fulani, who have their own language (Fulatanchi) and are also made up of both Muslims and Christians. Ignorance is killing people. We have good and bad people in every tribe.”
Reports have confirmed that 16 Hausa hunters traveling from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah festivities were brutally attacked and burned alive by a mob. They were falsely labeled as Fulani herdsmen and kidnappers while passing through a community in Edo State.
According to witnesses and emerging reports, the victims were traveling in a Dangote cement truck heading back to the North when locals in the Udune Efandion community blocked their route. The locals searched the truck, accused the hunters of being part of criminal herding gangs, and executed mob justice on the spot
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it is claimed that the men were burned in tyres, which left no chance for explanation or due process. Another report had it that on searching their truck, Dane guns were reportedly found, and the mobs were triggered.
The brutal and unjust killing of 16 innocent Hausa travelers in Edo State is a horrifying tragedy that demands an immediate and resolute response. The fact that such a heinous act could unfold so viciously, based solely on false accusations, exposes the deep-rooted dangers of mob… pic.twitter.com/Vb31Aewv7a
— 𝐍𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐌. 👑 (@Nawas_masood) March 28, 2025
