Nigerian journalist, Kiki Mordi has stirred mixed reactions online after she said Igbo people are very harmful to women.
The staunch feminist had made this generalized statement in reaction to the call for a Swiss woman, identified as Nwanyiocha, married to an Anambra man, to be made the state’s commissioner for tourism by Governor-elect, Charles Soludo.
Many people have kicked against the call because they don’t want a foreigner in government.
Reacting to this, Kiki Mordi stated that she is pained by the “race gist”. According to her, there are many white women married to Igbo men that are being maltreated by their husbands and concluded by saying “Igbo men are very harmful to women”.
She wrote,
“This race gist is painful to me because there are a lot of white women married to Igbo men in some rural Igbo community and they have actually suffered. Once Igbo men get past the whiteness, they become women deserving of misogyny. Igbo men are very harmful.
I’m sorry point of correction, Igbo people are very harmful to women.”
See her tweet below,
Her statement has elicited reactions from netizens who dragged her for speaking ill of a whole ethnic group.
See some reactions below,
@bchidalu wrote, “Stop the generalization and focus more on healing yourself from any trauma you’ve been through in the hands of that Man that didn’t respect your feelings,emotions and understanding as per your rights as a woman,stop the spread of Ethnic Hatred against the igbo Men. I AM IGBO..”
@only_realsam wrote, “I have reported this tweet. I think everyone should do so. This is unadulterated hatred.”
@mr__kaycee wrote, “You should change your name to aisha and move to North.”
@oghene_ogbodo wrote, “Totally wrong.
Igbo people here, means both women and men are harmful to women?
This issue of trying to join those who are bent on painting our tribe as bad and evil is totally a bad move by all of you getting involved in it”
