He is an Hausa man. He has lived in Igbo land since the war and speaks the Igbo language so fluently .
Like he said, he has been in the land since the crisis and no harm was done to him. He was protected from harm from any uninformed native igbo person who may have discriminated against him.
As a people, it is possible for us to live in peace and harmony and see each other as brothers and sisters from another mother. Why not!