The interesting thing about Africa is that we can’t even have solidarity because the demographics are so diverse. African teams cannot boycott for the Somalian ref because what does an Ivorian/Senegalese/Moroccan man have to do with a Somali eh? Tuff.
Peter Obi while trying to discourage sterotypeing completely missed the mark.
"As an Igbo man, I have endured stereotypes, judgment, and labelling solely based on my ethnic origins". My goodness the hypocr'sy.
Now, has he criticized or cautioned the Igbos who also show discrimination towards other ethinicities online? No, I am yet to see that. His now running mate Kwankwaso faced a lot of backlash during the last elections with many throwing shades towards the Northerners as a whole. Did he speak up then? No.
If I also remember correctly, there was a time someone (Gaius Chibueze) who is known as Bitcoin Chief pledged millions to anyone who can show or name a non-indigene that has landed property in the South-East, and till date, no-one could name a single person to claim that money, which is over N10m. That speaks volumes. But the Igbos own lands across the nation.
Again let's not forget the JAMB saga involving Mmesoma and how many people were quick to make it a Yoruba issue, and later kept silent when it turned out that she lied. Isn't that another discrimination towards another region?
This is the same Obi who is yet to clear his name in regards to the Yes Daddy phonecall that raises questions of religious bigotry, which is another form of sterotype.
Addressing the issue and using your ethnicity to make a point when you haven't called out some of your own people who do the same is the height of hypocrisy.
This is a Nigerian problem, not perculiar to the Igbos or Fulanis; Every opportunity shouldn't be turned into a campaign tactic and if you must address an issue, don't be bias.
1. Songo'o - Deportivo La Coruna
2. Antoine Bell - Marseille, Bordeaux, St Etienne
3. Nkono - Espanyol
4. Kameni - Espanyol, Malaga, Fenerbahce
5. Ondoa - Barcelona B
6. Bukar - Samsunspor
7. Onana - Ajax, Inter, Man United
Almost of them played in top clubs in Europe.
Imagine an Africa-born goalkeeper being the first choice of Marseille in the 1980s.
If you read this statement, you can easily deduce what ethnic group is being accused of ethnic profiling here. Just read the statement, you will see it.
He’s used a tool called implication. In not naming the accused group, he is hoping the subtext is enough for you to see it for yourself.
If there is one thing this particular presidential candidate has been known for since his days as governor, it is that he must play that divisive card. The internet is littered with evidence of such ethnic and religious cards—specifically Catholic versus Anglican—played in his days as governor of Anambra.