Why More Nigerians Have Died Watching 2023 AFCON Than Those Who Have Died Watching The Tournament In All Of Its History - Professor

Desmond Nweke, a Nigerian professor at Pontifical Urban University, Rome, Italy says he knows why many Nigerians have died watching AFCON tournament this year. See what he has to say in a Facebook thread:

Part 1
I have a twinkling idea about this. So, kindly listen and tell me what you think about it. Feel free to tell me how right or wrong I may be.

To start with, I think I have read it for at least three times about different Nigerians who died watching this year's #AFCON tourney. One of them was a young youth corper. Another was a Nigerian businessman based in a West African country.

Hopefully, I will get them and share as comments below👇. YOU can equally help.

But this is to share one of the discoveries I'm making about Nigerians that are the reasons why Nigerians are suffering so much. It is deeply connected to this.

The government is a big problem here. But the government is not the main problem. The main problem is the people.

BITTER TRUTH: NIGERIANS ARE ACTUALLY PREDOMINANTLY LAZY

It’s one reason ideas don't thrive in the country. It’s because a predominant portion of the population is too lazy to get down and put in the work needed to acquire and digest knowledge.

It’s also why the knowledge industry is not thriving in Nigeria and in the rest of Africa. Mind you, I'm talking about the knowledge industry (where Coursera and Thinkific belong), not the certification industry (where our conventional education system belongs).

It is a typical case of “my people perish for a lack of knowledge” as an ancient author would say.

I have too many things to say about this. And I just want to say them all out at once. But let me go back and explain what all this has to do with too many Nigerians dying watching the AFCON tournament of this year… lest we trail off too much.


PART 2

WHAT ALL THIS HAVE TO DO WITH NIGERIA’S 2024 HIGH #AFCON DEATH RATE

It still beats my imagination that more Nigerians were likely to protest directly against a Goodluck Jonathan than against a Muhammadu Buhari or a Bola Tinubu. I will still share my findings on that in due course. It's really revealing about the kind of people that populate Nigeria overwhelmingly.

Here's an inkling though: Psychologically, bullies are more likely to attack the weak than to attack the oppressive overlord. That's the situation with Nigerians.

For an illustration, look at the number that came out to shout in the face of President Goodluck Jonathan and carried a coffin depicting his death. But the same Nigerians cleverly cowered under Buhari and Tinubu. And even if they had to protest, it mustn't be seen to be against the head itself but against a branch of the government (such as the police as it happened during #EndSARS).

But there is a level things get to and things happen by themselves. I found that the increased death rate of Nigerians watching the AFCON tournament is a manifestation of a protest happening under the hood.

Many Nigerians are hungry, so hungry they are unable to fight back at their real enemies. They have no one on whom to vent their frustration since they are afraid of the overlords. They sometimes try to vent it on their fellow citizens. But being equally hungry and therefore angry, those fellow citizens will often fight back.

Being a coward, which is typical of all bullies, the Nigerian goes back to his shell. Then, he looks for the easy way out which must be entertainment, the modern opium of the masses.

Hope you know what ‘opium’ is. It is what you consume to forget your problem temporarily. So, the Nigerian turns to entertainment to cover his hunger. He quarrels over football and the musicians and expresses his readiness to die for their sake. It's why out of the 20 most followed Nigerian Twitter accounts, 13 belong to entertainers, 3 to politicians, and only 4 to media platforms going by a StatiSense September 2023 publication…

Not that entertainment is not good. But, for a nation passing through what Nigeria is passing through, the deafeningly overwhelming interest of the citizens in entertainment rather than in the actual issues that build the Nation and therefore their destiny, is a clear manifestation of a deeply dysfunctional society. Of course a dysfunctional society is a manifestation of the dysfunctional mindsets of its population.

WHAT I MEAN BY ‘HUNGER’: SHOWING HOW IT AFFECTS NIGERIANS ACROSS BOARDS

Hunger here is not all about bare food, even when that is still a concern in Nigeria (which is a huge shame). ‘Hunger’ also includes businesses that are failing and other indices of micro and macroeconomics that are going down. So, don't ask me about the supposed ‘big man’ that died in a West African country.

‘Hunger’ also includes when there are too many people opening their mouths to you to feed them. Many Nigerians in the diaspora have been going through a lot, trying to pay bills and still have something left to send to their families and friends back home, many of whom have been impoverished mainly by a continuous succession of government high-handedness brought to a head by the current administration.

In a soon-to-be-published article, I'm going to share the screenshot of a conversation that took place on a platform for Nigerians in the UK recently. That illustration has a way of deepening the explanation of this.

Plus, this is getting too long for a Facebook comment. So, let me stop here for now. As I said, I will continue to comment further updates below. Then, in between, I’d like to know if I made sense or not or how much.

Part 3

AT LEAST FIVE NON-COMBATANT NIGERIANS LOST TO #AFCON2024 WAR SO FAR

This is from The Leadership Newspaper. According to this, as many as 5 Nigerians died watching #AFCON2024. Who says this huge data is not enough to say something real!?!

The deceased include:

A serving member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), identified as Samuel, who slumped and died at a viewing centre in Adamawa;

A former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Ika federal constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, who died while watching the game;

A deputy bursar of Kwara State University (KWASU), Alhaji Ayuba Abdullahi who gave up his ghost watching the high-tension encounter.

A sales representative in Ogun State, Mikail Osundiji, was also reported to have died during the tension-soaked match.

Unconfirmed reports also revealed that Anambra-born billionaire, Chief Osondu Nwoye, who lives in Ivory Coast, allegedly died while watching Wednesday‘s AFCON semifinal match between his country and South Africa.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/61553420501146/posts/pfbid02XL2m6mW8PWa6ru68hidWUEiQwRG6GUgaD8bh7KLmh68Sr8MCPrizE6q6EtNvtCfl/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Nlfpmod

May GOD help

The reason is that they still use emotions to watch Nigeria's game. In fact, I don't use emotions to watch anything I see on a mere television.

I stopped that when I realised that my happiness is too important to be left in the hands of random boys who wear green and white jersey to run up and down in a field for some minutes for their own benefits.

Na hunger wey Tulunbu impose on us dey cause am

Nigerians are going through a lot...

What he wrote is totally unrelated to the caption.

What he wrote is true but not directly responsible for the death. Laziness is his only valid point in the article.

The country is bad but bad economy is not the cause of the death. Technology and modern food collectively deteriorate people's health. Many people that eat what leads to obesity hardly exercise. Adulterated consumables now prone people to high BP. This is why excitement or anxiety can easily trigger heart attack and result in death.

SoNature:
The reason is that they still use emotions to watch Nigeria's game. In fact, I don't use emotions to watch anything I see on a mete television.

I stopped that when I realised that my happiness is too important to be left in the hands of random boys who wear green and white jersey to run up and down in a field for some minutes for their own benefits.

Is this the first AFCON ever played by Nigeria? Why were Nigerians not dying like fowls all these years watching AFCON games where Super Eagles are playing? Why up to 5 people only this year? That man said something deep here.

Nlfpmod

Many thought the messiah would come after Buhari, but this one has come to double our palaver.

immortalcrown:
What he wrote is totally unrelated to the caption.

What he wrote is true but not directly responsible for the death. Laziness is his only valid point in the article.

The country is bad but bad economy is not the cause of the death. Technology and modern food collectively deteriorate people's health. Many people that eat what leads to obesity hardly exercise. Adulterated consumables now prone people to high BP. This is why excitement or anxiety can easily trigger heart attack and result in death.

How is it unrelated? Hope you read it through.

LoveLeadsLand:

How is it unrelated? Hope you read it through.

Point out what you think I missed in the post. I didn't read the post but I know he mentioned laziness?

immortalcrown:
Point out what you think I missed in the post. I didn't read the post but I know he mentioned laziness?

You seee. You need to conquer that same laziness to read through. Only that way can you connect the points yourself. In fact, you just proved the man right, lol.

tubolancer:
Many thought the messiah would come after Buhari, but this one has come to double our palaver.

1 Messiah for 220 million people of over 250 tribes, the vast majority of them ungrateful no matter what you do for them?

No wonder you are suffering, be waiting for Elijah to come back.

Nonsense.

LoveLeadsLand:

You seee. You need to conquer that same laziness to read through. Only that way can you connect the points yourself. In fact, you just proved the man right, lol.

You are the lazy one here for arguing without facts. Present your facts to show I didn't read the post.

immortalcrown:
What he wrote is totally unrelated to the caption.

What he wrote is true but not directly responsible for the death. Laziness is his only valid point in the article.

The country is bad but bad economy is not the cause of the death. Technology and modern food collectively deteriorate people's health. Many people that eat what leads to obesity hardly exercise. Adulterated consumables now prone people to high BP. This is why excitement or anxiety can easily trigger heart attack and result in death.

Man you have very valid points, it is obvious that you read the post, without the shadow of a doubt.

LoveLeadsLand:
Why More Nigerians Have Died Watching 2023 AFCON Than Those Who Have Died Watching The Tournament In All Of Its History - Professor

Desmond Nweke, a Nigerian professor at Pontifical Urban University, Rome, Italy says he knows why many Nigerians have died watching AFCON tournament this year. See what he has to say in a Facebook thread:




Source: https://www.facebook.com/61553420501146/posts/pfbid02hV34F3Ewvo7SNJwuKfX7v34BUgSsYBxfNe9wkoCfEe6dQsh7FwHuc7eRaFZVBVol/?app=fbl

But there is a level things get to and things happen by themselves. I found that the increased death rate of Nigerians watching the AFCON tournament is a manifestation of a protest happening under the hood.

Many Nigerians are hungry, so hungry they are unable to fight back at their real enemies. They have no one on whom to vent their frustration since they are afraid of the overlords. They sometimes try to vent it on their fellow citizens. But being equally hungry and therefore angry, those fellow citizens will often fight back.

Being a coward, which is typical of all bullies, the Nigerian goes back to his shell. Then, he looks for the easy way out which must be entertainment, the modern opium of the masses.
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WHAT I MEAN BY ‘HUNGER’: SHOWING HOW IT AFFECTS NIGERIANS ACROSS BOARDS

Hunger here is not all about bare food, even when that is still a concern in Nigeria (which is a huge shame). ‘Hunger’ also includes businesses that are failing and other indices of micro and macroeconomics that are going down. So, don't ask me about the supposed ‘big man’ that died in a West African country.

‘Hunger’ also includes when there are too many people opening their mouths to you to feed them. Many Nigerians in the diaspora have been going through a lot, trying to pay bills and still have something left to send to their families and friends back home, many of whom have been impoverished mainly by a continuous succession of government high-handedness brought to a head by the current administration.

In a soon-to-be-published article, I'm going to share the screenshot of a conversation that took place on a platform for Nigerians in the UK recently. That illustration has a way of deepening the explanation of this.

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My Takes on This Topic:

The Italy-based Desmond Nweke made some interesting points, BUT he is absolutely WRONG with regards to the cause of deaths of those 5 folks who passed on last week.


1. First off, people have been passing on from shock or heart attacks as a result of the poor performances of their favorite sports clubs for years, and the advent of the Internet and social media just made the aggregation and broadcasting of these deaths much faster.

The lack of multivitamins and sustainable physical exercises to firm up the lungs and hearts are major causes of these deaths and bringing politics into the convo mix was completely off the trail to be honest!

2. Second, when YOU put TOO much EMOTIONS and unrealistic expectations in a sport like soccer, you'll be absolutely disappointed! Only the very wise folks would realistically detach themselves from a mundane or ephemeral sport such as soccer being played by a group of overpaid young boys or young men for private sports club or for national teams. These boys have been known to play way below par when fans have great expectations from them.

3. Third, people must learn to derive their joy (or happiness) from engaging in other less emotionally-draining hobbies or sports such as chess. This is exactly what I've done to avoid potential heart attacks after the male soccer teams such as the Eagles played NONSENSE on the field of play (back-to-back) in the late 1990s to early 2000s. The golden era of the Nigerian soccer "Dream Team" during the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1994 was a great moment for me, but I've since learned the art of detachment from this kind of team sport called soccer so as NOT to die prematurel!

4.Gambling or sports betting: The love of sports betting can also contribute to having heart attacks if results do not pan out as planned.


Hope this helps.

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immortalcrown:
You are the lazy one here for arguing without facts. Present your facts to show I didn't read the post.

What a world! This is the fact: You typed it with your own hand, lol.

LoveLeadsLand:

What a world! This is the fact: You typed it with your own hand, lol.

Point out what you think I missed in the post. Otherwise, remain the lazy one who argues without facts.

Wow¡¡¡¡ Such a deep insightful piece.

Let me summarise it for those who couldn't read nor understand.

He said, Nigerians are looking for a moment of Glory since they couldn't find it in successive tyrannical government over the years who are too powerful blocking all form of protest and doing the least to address the citizens.
He said this can be seen in End Sars protest where Nigeria has to look for a scape goat to protest against instead of the Federal government.

Nigeria are looking for a cheap victory with the super Eagles to ease this tension and this is why there is a high rate of failure, especially in just one event ( osihmen canceled goal) that almost made most loose hope.

The professor went on to say, the last president that gave Nigerians room for protest was Goodluck Jonathan and instead he was seen as weak and they as bully.
He went on to say that is a cycle with Bullys and Cawords.