A Hausa-Fulani woman, identified as Khadijah, has sparked conversation online after confronting a security operative over what she perceived as an ethnically charged remark during a routine search in Ogun State.
In a video circulating on X, security operatives had ordered everyone travelling on a bus to just after Alamala Army Barracks on Abeokuta-Aiyetoro Road to step out for a search when one of the officers said, “That one is Yoruba, not Fulani. Don’t search her.”
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The comment angered Khadijah, who interpreted it as a slight against her ethnic identity and an implication that Fulani people were more deserving of suspicion. She immediately challenged the remark, declaring: “If I were a bandit, you wouldn’t be standing here.”
In another video, Khadija, who uses the TikTok handle “Khadeejah/B”, said she subsequently discovered that the officer she believed had referred to her as a “bandit” was not a police officer but an immigration officer.
Her reaction has resonated with many online, with supporters describing it as a defence of both her personal dignity and that of the Hausa-Fulani community. They argued that security operations should be guided by credible intelligence, professionalism and individual conduct rather than ethnic stereotypes or profiling, warning that associating criminality with an entire ethnic group undermines public trust and fuels division.
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