A video making the rounds on social media has left many Nigerians angry and unsettled, and once you hear what the man in it actually said, it is not hard to understand why.
A young Nigerian woman identified as Hafsat visited a business center recently, only to find herself in an uncomfortable and frankly alarming situation when a strange man in the same space began making advances at her and insisted on physically touching her. She did the right thing and recorded the encounter.
In the footage, the man’s reasoning is as brazen as it is disturbing. He told Hafsat that because she looked good, he felt the need to touch her body as a way of appreciating her beauty. When she calmly pointed out that he could admire her looks without putting his hands on her, he pushed back. He said he wanted to feel her skin.
At that point, most people would expect the man to catch himself and back down. Instead, he doubled down and reached for an argument that has since become the most talked-about part of the video.
“That is low mentality. In outside country, you have right to touch anybody to appreciate the beauty you see,” he told her, apparently suggesting that physically handling a stranger without consent is standard practice abroad and that Hafsat’s objection was a sign of ignorance.
She was having none of it. Hafsat raised her voice and made it absolutely clear that he was not to touch her again.
The clip has since gone viral, drawing sharp condemnation from Nigerians online who were quick to point out that the man’s claim about “outside country” is not only false but a particularly dangerous kind of misinformation. Consent is not a Western concept. It is a basic human one.
Watch the video below.
