Yesterday,
in far away Russia, in the ongoing 2018 World Cup, Nigeria defeated Iceland.
Ekong (Ibibio) passed the ball to Balogun (Yoruba) who found Mikel Obi (Igbo)
who laid the pass to Moses (Christian) who sent the vital cross that Ahmed
Musa(Muslim) scored for Nigeria.
For
a moment, I looked around as Nigerians who barely knew each other jubilated and
celebrated our victory. Almost every person, complete strangers to every other
person, was hugging their neigbhours, patting backs and clinking glasses, just like
long lost friends.