Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Information, slams the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Twitter on Tuesday
While responding to a tweep’s comments on her post, Dabiri-Erewa called the tweep ‘Ode’ (a Yoruba name for dumb/stupid person).
Ezekwesili, who described the response as “messy”, asked Dabiri-Erewa to “clean it up”.
How it all started!
On Monday some Nigerian students studying in India were attacked by their fellow Indian students over an altercation bothering on the usage of a football pitch at the Gurgaon University near Delhi.
The attack was confirmed in a video shared by a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Ashok Swain, at Uppsala University on his verified Twitter handle, saying, “Nigerian students are being attacked in a University Campus near Delhi – 30,000 Nigerian students come to study in India paying money, 50,000 Indians live in Nigeria to make money.”
Sharing more light on the situation, Dabiri-Erewa partly said, “Calm has returned to the campus. A few injuries were recorded, and further investigations are ongoing. The Nigerian mission had made it clear that the Indian authorities would be held responsible if anything happened to any of the students.
“There is already a written commitment by the Indian Authorities to protect our students. Any student feeling threatened should please report to the Nigerian mission in Delhi immediately.”
In the comment section, a tweep identified as @sensegiver1 said, “She should go to Indonesia and see how Nigerians are treated. Mumu (slang for foolish) woman supporting a failed government. She’s equally part of the failure. Eye service!”
Responding to the tweet, Dabiri-Erewa said, “Ode! You go to Indonesia, carry drugs, do cultism, and come begging to be rescued from a death sentence. Thank God for NDLEA (National Drug Law Enforcement Agency) now saving people like you from death row.”
Nevertheless, reacting to the NIDCOM boss’ comment, Ezekwesili tweeted on Tuesday, “Dear Abike, What is this? Kai. This is messy. Please clean it up. Quickly. Please.”
Dabiri-Erewa, in her response to Ezekwesili said, “I’m done on this. But out of respect for you, I will ask, ‘Clean what up?’
“It’s okay for some untrained, uncouth guy to refer to me as ‘mumu’, and I can’t call him ‘ode’. I’m not a public official that cows to bullying, please.” she added.
Watch the video below to see reactions!
