Uncle

Among the Nigerians you see in this video, there’s a very high chance you’ll find someone with a PhD, a scientist or researcher, a medical doctor, a successful businessman, a real estate mogul, an engineer, someone earning six figures, a practicing attorney, someone thriving in their career, someone with a beautiful family depending on them, and someone with an amazing wife and kids waiting for them to return home safely. You don’t throw all of that away over a confrontation with someone who probably has never traveled outside his country, doesn’t know what it means to build a family, and may have far less to lose. Even if you confronted me like this in my own country, Nigeria, I’d walk away. I have too much to lose. I’ll soon have a PhD I spent half a decade pursuing. I have a wonderful and amazing wife and an adorable child. I have parents and siblings who can’t go a week without hearing my voice. I’ve spent my entire life building the foundation for the next 40 years, and I won’t let all of that slip away because of some random dude. Walking away is not a sign of weakness. There are a thousand and one things that could go wrong in a situation like that if it isn’t handled properly. They chose restraint, and they handled it well.