Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, says the “uncomplimentary remarks” across Nigeria’s Northern and Southern regions concerning the demise of the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, are laced with religious bias and her role in Africa’s history of colonialism.
Newsbreak.ng reports that Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, passed away on Thursday aged 96 at her Scottish Highland retreat. Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1960.
Her death has been met with lots of mixed reactions on social media.
The uncomplimentary remarks about Queen Elizabeth after the news of her death https://t.co/8fpaZMcEhI the Northern part of Nigeria,it’s laced with religious sentiments;in the south,it’s informed by the monarchy’s role in our history of slavery,colonialism & Civil war…
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) September 9, 2022
Sani has his say: “The uncomplimentary remarks about Queen Elizabeth after the news of her death differs. In the Northern part of Nigeria, it’s laced with religious sentiments; in the south, it’s informed by the monarchy’s role in our history of slavery, colonialism and Civil war.
“For both the North and the South, she left behind her country, which the people and their leaders love to visit; And a Nigeria that which you still call your country,” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain wrote on his verified Twitter handle on Friday.
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