- NiDCom Chairperson Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed that the woman has been identified as Amaka Patience Sunnberger
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCom) has identified a Nigerian woman based in Canada who called for the mass killing of Yoruba and Benin people through the poisoning of food and water.
The woman, living in Ontario, Canada, appeared in a disturbing video circulating on social media, where she urged the mass poisoning of South-Westerners and residents of Benin City, the capital of Edo State. In the video, which was streamed live on TikTok, she vowed to begin poisoning food and water consumed by Yoruba and Benin people at her workplace.
Speaking in Pidgin English, she said, “Record me very well. It is time to start poisoning the Yorubas and the Benins. Put poison in all your foods at work. Put poison in all your water so that you all will start dying one by one. You people will not die in one day. You people will fall sick for a long time. I will put Otapiapia (rat poison) inside your waters and foods. You people will never get well.”
She continued her threats, claiming her hatred for Yoruba and Benin people would last forever and that she would mix various poisons, including Otapiapia and others, in their food and water. She further urged Igbos, the people of Nigeria’s South-East, to adopt a “heart of wickedness” and act against the Yoruba and Benin people.
“I will put them in all your foods. If I go to work tomorrow, I will put it (poison) in Yoruba people’s food. Go and tell the government that I’m in Canada, I’m in Ontario. Hurry up, go fast. I want Igbos to have a heart of wickedness. You people are too quiet. You are too cool. Enough is enough. If you have a means of killing them, kill them out of the way, because they are too foolish. They are of no use to society,” she added.
In response to the video, NiDCom Chairperson Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed that the woman has been identified as Amaka Patience Sunnberger, revealing that she is of Igbo descent. Abike noted that Sunnberger had deleted her TikTok account following the backlash but that a group of Nigerians in Canada had begun reporting her to the relevant Canadian authorities.
“This is the picture of the lady behind the voice, Amaka Patience Sunnberger. She has deleted her TikTok account, and a group of Nigerians in Canada are reporting her officially to the relevant authorities in Canada. Thanks for alerting everyone,” Abike wrote on X (formerly Twitter).