Brymo, the singer, is at the receiving end of a heated Twitter backlash over his comment about the prospect of a president of Igbo extraction.
On December 31, the singer went on a tweeting spree while speaking on Twitter spaces.
Brymo had endorsed Bola Tinubu, the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Engaging with fans about his stance, he argued to one critic that it is “safer” and “prudent” to have the Igbo try out the vice presidential seat first.
A fan had replied to one of his tweets by arguing in favour of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
“Personally, I know [Peter Obi] is the best suited for Nigeria. In the same vein, I know you’re a very intelligent artiste and I love your work. So I’ll respect your choice and not project my decisions onto you,” the fan wrote.
Don’t respect my intelligence nor choices… you are trying to not accept resolve… argue more then… pls …. It is not prudent to elect him yet, he may have to vividly organise his home-front to lead rest of us… an Igbo VP first maybe to test the waters with the region is safer! https://t.co/Uyk1AzVX5x
Advertisement— Ọláwálé Ọlọ́fọ̀ọrọ̀ (@BrymOlawale) December 31, 2022
Retorting, Brymo tweeted: “Don’t respect my intelligence or choices. You are trying to not accept resolve. Argue more, then, please. It is not prudent to elect him yet.
“He may have to vividly organise his home-front to lead the rest of us. An Igbo VP first maybe to test the waters with the region is safer!”
On Thursday, the tweet resurfaced across Twitter, with many Nigerians airing their mixed opinions.
Wading in, one Twitter user wrote: “If Brymo thinks my tribe is unfit to be the president or should be tested first, why should I buy his music or even mention his name where people would applaud him?
“Nah. That’s an enemy right there and you don’t show enemies love!”
See more reactions below.
If Brymo thinks my tribe is unfit to be the president or should be tested first, why should I buy his music or even mention his name where people would applaud him? Nah. That’s an enemy right there and you don’t show enemies love!
— A Distinguished Field Marshal ⚡️ (@General_Oluchi) January 5, 2023
Maybe now that Brymo is talking the nonsense that affects all of us, y’all can finally cancel him. He’s shown this recklessness to those who have eyes before but because it didn’t concern a large population, y’all carried on. Whenever you wake up is your morning
Advertisement— Ebele (@ebelee_) January 5, 2023
How many times would you cancel Brymo? Una don cancel am since now.
— OLU SAGE (@mideloxine) January 5, 2023
Sadly, it seems my fave Brymo has lost it.
— Blip 🌚 (@Ayodeji_liks) December 31, 2022
Nobody cares about Brymo’s political choices. It’s his fundamental human right. But if he has to denigrate the Igbos to market his candidate then that’s unacceptable. Peter Obi is a force that reckons with every tribe and neither Brymo nor his unblown music career can stop it 📌
— Chlorpheniramine #OBIdients 🇳🇬 (@VictorIsrael_) January 5, 2023
Some of you will come on here like Brymo and spill nasty things about Igbo people like you speak for all Yorubas. I know for sure that I don't feel that way about Igbos….I've lived among them.
My family campaigns for Peter Obi
— User unknown🖤 (@Ayhands) January 5, 2023
Many artists who sing about liberation and oppression are part of the oppressors they speak of. They monetise that type of tune because they know people get a kick out of it but in reality they are bigots and monsters in disguise. Stop rating folly-thinking people.
— Weyimi B. Lube 𓃵 (@_weyimi) January 5, 2023
Ethnic bigotry is still a thing in 2023 from a country that suffers the harsh dividends of slave trading, racism and even xenophobia
Brymo ‘s tweet further confirms we sold ourselves . We gave the slave traders access. So b4 you blame the buyers, first blame the sellers!!!
— Mavis Ikpeme (@mavisikpeme) January 5, 2023
That Brymo's tweet is more than politics though, it is the institutionalized Tribalism, hate against the Igbos for trying to break out of Nigeria that has plagued Nigeria. Well, let's all pretend everything is alright and we are one.
— Blank Mind. (@VickKingsley) January 5, 2023
If you think Brymo is one of a select few that think like this, think again. They are so many. He's just vocal about his. So, while you're sitting on the fence and being politically correct, know that many people who are voting for Tinubu are quiet about it. You're not ready. https://t.co/wl6AZPeugE
— Inyene U. (@__Inyene) January 5, 2023
Earlier, Brymo had criticised Chimamanda Adichie, the author, for accepting a chieftaincy title while refusing a national award.
He argued that her decision hurts the chances of Obi, who is of Igbo extraction, winning the election in 2023.
Nigeria’s three-year civil war of the late 1960s and the persisting influence of secessionist groups in the southeast has long fueled sentiments in the country’s politics about the struggle to achieve a president of Igbo extraction.
In 2022, Pete Edochie said it is disheartening that power has not returned to the Igbos since the military era.
The actor further stated that secessionist talks in the southeast don’t justify politically marginalising the Igbo.
“Only once in Nigeria’s history has it emerged that an Igbo person became the head of state,” he had argued.
“That was Aguiyi Ironsi during the military government and his headship was short-lived. Since then, the north and the Yoruba have been sharing power between themselves, apart from Goodluck Jonathan who isn’t even Igbo.”
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