28,000 Nigerians sign petition against Brymo over anti-Igbo remarks

A Nigerian, Charles Ogundele, has launched a petition against the singer, Olawale Ashimi, known as Brymo who subtly suggested, a few days ago that the Igbo in Nigeria are not ripe for the presidency and took a swipe at the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

Ogundele urged Nigerians to sign the petition in order to ensure that the singer is prevented from winning at the 2023 All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA). However, the remarks was said to have incurred the wrath of the Igbo and Mr Obi’s supporters.

Last year, AFRIMA nominated Brymo in the ‘Song Writer of the Year’ category, and some Nigerians have signed the petition to stop the singer from winning the award.

The comments have garnered criticism from fellow peter obi supporters, some celebrities and fans for making such comments against Igbo tribe of Nigeria but Brymo maintained his stance, showing he’s not sorry by retweeting the same set of tweets that got him under fire in the first place.

Stating his reasons for putting up the petition, Ogundele wrote, “Brymo recently put up a series of hateful messages on Twitter toward the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, going as far as retweeting a tweet that said that all Igbos are senseless.”

He added, “In one of his tweets, he wrote “f*ck omo Igbo,” which translates to “f*ck the Igbo people.” “His actions are ones that spark disunity and hatred in a multicultural nation like Nigeria.”

According to petition’s creator, preventing Brymo from winning the award would send a strong message to the singer.

He wrote ’’Preventing him from winning the All Africa Music Award would send a strong message to him and people like him that he can’t get away with such blatant ethnic bigotry’’.

The petition has now reached over 28,000 signatures.

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