Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, has told a former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, that she will not apologize for calling a tweep “Ode,” which means fool.
WITHIN NIGERIA, Dabiri-Erewa, and a Twitter user: Aggressively Obedient – Avoid me, we fought.
The Twitter user referred to the former ranking House of Representatives member as “Mum,” which means “dull,” about her remark on the attack on Nigerian students in India.
Aggressively Obedient – Avoid me had tweeted: “She should go to Indonesia and see how Nigerians are treated.
“Mumu woman supporting a failed government.
“She’s equally part of the failure.
“Eye service!”
In reaction, Dabiri-Erewa said: “Ode!
“You go to Indonesia, carry drugs, do cultism and come begging to be rescued from death sentence.
“Thank God for @ndlea_nigeria now saving people like you from death row.”
Following the altercations, Ezekwesili told Dabiri-Erewa:
What is this?
Kai.
This is messy.
Please clean it up.
Quickly.
Please.
But Dabiri-Erewa told Ezekwesili she would not.
She tweeted in response:
I’m done on this.
But out of respect for you, 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 pls.
I’m done on this . But out of respect for you , 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 pls. https://t.co/iMl90BOdRN
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) October 18, 2022