by Alexander O. Onukwue

Did some unknown billionaire somewhere launch a challenge for Nigerians to submit entries where they threaten persons from other parts of country with violence?

Because the way it is at the moment, it would seem so, with the video made popular yesterday by Kayode Ogundamisi about a certain fellow who claimed to be the voice for the emancipation of Yorubas for actualizing the Oduduwa Republic.

The face in the video, whose Twitter handle is @adeyinkagrandson, made threats to Hausas and Igbos, promising to “contaminate their (h)ear and pollute their waters” if he (and his group) are prevented from pursuing their mission of “free[ing] the Yoruba nation and her people from d political establishment in Nigeria”.

This person, apparently based in the UK, wants to use “organized violence” to prosecute his mission, because of the non-aggression of the likes of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jnr, according to him, made them failures. He states it will be “short, bloody and brutish”.

Should we be afraid?Twitter users, in reaction to the video, dismissed him as a non-entity who is toying with and editing a template from Nnamdi Kan’s manual for gaining relevance. Like some others commented, he may be under some chemical influence, whether granulated or in liquid, though he does seem aware enough in his broadcast.

Twitter users, in reaction to the video, dismissed him as a non-entity who is toying with and editing a template from Nnamdi Kanu’s manual for gaining relevance. Like some others commented, he may be under some chemical influence, whether granulated or in liquid, though he does seem aware enough in his broadcast.

A scroll through his Twitter feed shows one who seems to have a dedicated focus on throwing up information about marginalization of Yorubas, while drawing on scattered references from reports and information from other countries to express his ideas on regionalization of Government.

The content of the video is surely disturbing, given the diabolic plans he mentions but it is fair to say that Nigeria, at present, surely has more material tensions to deal with than the words of attention-seeking wannabe. Until his video surfaced, little is known about him as some sort of an activist or advocate for the Yoruba people as he claims to be.

The people of Twitter say he should not be taken seriously, though it will be wise to keep an eye on how his following progresses.