Paying Tax in Yoruba Land Does Not Give You the Right to Take Our Political Positions

Some people have lost their minds.

They come to Yoruba land, do business, pay tax, and now they believe they have the right to contest for political positions in our constituencies. They say, “We pay tax everywhere in Nigeria, why can’t we hold political positions anywhere?”

Let us break it down for them.

Tax is a civic obligation. It does not buy you a chieftaincy title. It does not give you ownership of our land. And it certainly does not qualify you to represent Yoruba people.

We have proof. The last time an Hausa man dared to contest for any position in Igbo land, what happened? They abused him. They told him to go back to where he came from. They harassed him and bullied him out of the race.

Attached is the picture. See it for yourself.

So spare us the hypocrisy. The same people who scream “One Nigeria” on Yoruba land are the first to chase strangers away from their own backyard. They want inclusion only when it benefits them.

You want to test your theory? Let a northerner become a House of Representative member in Abia or Enugu State first. Then come back and talk to us about paying tax.

Until then, Yoruba land is not for sale. And we decide who leads us.