A heated exchange has erupted on social media between Nigerian singer Skales and former presidential aide Bashir Ahmad following reactions to the recent violence in Jos.
The controversy began after Bashir Ahmad weighed in on calls for the arrest of an alleged foreign inciter, stressing the need for decisive national action.
“As a nation, Nigeria must be firm, decisive and uncompromising toward anyone who comes into our country with the intent to incite chaos or disrupt our peace,” he said.
Skales responded sharply, criticising Ahmad and linking the current security challenges to the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“You are a big fool … there’s a lots chaos in Nigeria … people are suffering… terorist that started under you and Buhari tenure have gotten worst because you did nothing with the terrible Buhari regime… I pray this happened to your family fool,” the singer wrote.
The exchange escalated further with Ahmad replying in Hausa, “Banza mahaukaci shasha…,” to which Skales fired back with more insults.
Ahmad later downplayed the singer’s relevance, stating: “My friend, Shamsudden, told me that someone named Skales has been busy insulting me on this platform. I genuinely asked, ‘Who is he?’ and he told me he is a musician. By God, that was the first time I ever heard his name. Nigeria is truly so big!”
In response, Skales accused Ahmad of pretending not to know him and renewed his criticism of the previous administration.
“Pretending you don’t know me is laughable at best…Your former boss was the worst president in our history… First time hearing my name but you rushed to tweet about me?” he wrote.
Ahmad, however, maintained that such attacks were often aimed at gaining attention online, adding: “I was told his media team actually advised him to come online and insult us, just to go viral, so people can at least remember he still exists.”
Skales escalated the rhetoric in his final response, accusing Ahmad of being a “terrorist sympathizer” while continuing personal attacks.
The exchange has since drawn widespread reactions online, reflecting heightened tensions and public frustration following the Jos incident, as well as the increasingly combative tone of political and social discourse in Nigeria.
