Tragic postcards from the belly of violence in Nigeria’s Northwest.Continue reading WHAT WE LOST TO THE BANDITS
THEY ASKED WHICH OF MY BABIES TO SHOOT
One of them said, “Let us release the mother and hold the boy so that he can work for us.”Continue reading THEY ASKED WHICH OF MY BABIES TO SHOOT
THEY ASKED ME TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY PARENTS
I lost my chemist shop; I lost my livestock. Before this, I was handling all my responsibilities.Continue reading THEY ASKED ME TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY PARENTS
MY WIVES AND DAUGHTER CAN USE GUNS
We prepare our children and family very well in case of any bandit attack.Continue reading MY WIVES AND DAUGHTER CAN USE GUNS
ONE BANDIT BEAT MY TEETH UNTIL THEY FELL OUT
I spent five months there and we could spend four to five days without eating anything. Continue reading ONE BANDIT BEAT MY TEETH UNTIL THEY FELL OUT
I GO EVERYWHERE WITH MY GUNS, EVEN THE TOILET
Any gun, machete, or iron-related weapon cannot do anything to me.Continue reading I GO EVERYWHERE WITH MY GUNS, EVEN THE TOILET
WE’D HAVE JOINED THE BANDITS IF WE KNEW
One day my Fulani colleagues came and met me with a kolanut as an invitation to gang up.Continue reading WE’D HAVE JOINED THE BANDITS IF WE KNEW
WE SLEPT ON TOP OF TREES TO AVOID BANDITS
Anywhere you go now, people will start accusing you or stigmatising you as a Fulani man.Continue reading WE SLEPT ON TOP OF TREES TO AVOID BANDITS
‘WE HAVE NO RANSOM, WE ALREADY FORGOT HIM’
So, the only option was to keep praying for him and let them just kill him.Continue reading ‘WE HAVE NO RANSOM, WE ALREADY FORGOT HIM’
THEY THINK ALL FULANI ARE BANDITS
Bandits killed and rustled in our community, but they never tried setting our houses ablaze as Yan Sakai did.Continue reading THEY THINK ALL FULANI ARE BANDITS
