Dr. Abraham Ariyo called for the massacre of Igbos in Nigeria the way Nigerians are being killed in South Africa.
Dr. Abraham Ariyo wrote on Facebook:
“You see how they (the Igbos) are being slaughtered in South Africa. That’s what’s going to happen to them in Lagos…When are they (the Igbos) not going to be slaughtered in Abuja?…God might have put a curse on them (the Igbos)…We will continue to bus them (the Igbos) to Onitsha.” – Dr. Abraham Ariyo
Dr. Adeniran Ariyo is a cardiologist in Dallas, Texas and is affiliated with Dallas Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Ibadan and has been in practice for 27 years. He is one of 10 doctors at Dallas Regional Medical Center who specialize in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Following general outcry on social media, Dr Ariyo has gone into hiding. He has removed all his pictures on Facebook and deleted his post.
But unfortunately for him, his words had already been print screened by sharp eyed Nigerians outraged by his callous statements.
Elombah.com learnt his Texas employers has been inundated with complaints following below mobilisation on facebook:
URGENT APPEAL TO STOP A GENOCIDAL XENOPHOBE
My Igbo brothers and indeed anyone that looks remotely like an Igboman, it’s only a tree that hears they want to cut him down and it will just stand there!
As Dr. Adeniran Abraham Ariyo has spewed unimaginable hate speech against us, we have to do something, the RIGHT thing. We cannot responsd to hate speech with hate speech, no we can’t, we are above such pettiness. There is a better more productive way to help authorities involved take care of such horrendous risk to human existence.
Here is the link to lay a complaint to Texas Medical Board, the organization with jurisdictional powers over the hate-speech doctor. Let us tell them the VERY POTENT RISK this man is to the life of humans. Also ask them to investigate all incidents, accidents and near miss involving him since he started practicing with a view to determining the true position of things and deter others with such Nazi-tendencies from doing like him.
http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/place-a-complaint
If you have some chips, follow up your complaint with a call to same Texas Medical Board through these numbers:
+1 800-201-9353
+1 972 223 0550
When you are done with a strong worded complaint to the board above, head over to the Genocide Prevention agency below and send a passionate SOS to them. Tell them the hate-speech doctor needs be reminded IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE that human life is sacred.
http://www.genocideprevention.eu/
I implore anyone with regards to human life to help us out on this.
Please do this for yourself, your Igbo partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, family friend. Let all humans with blood running in their vein help us tell this man and his likes that GENOCIDE IS EVIL! ?#?SayNoToXenophobia?
A campaign was also launched on CHANGE.ORG stating:
Investigate a Dallas-based cardiologist, Dr. Adeniran Abraham Ariyo who called for xenophobic attack against Igbos the way foreigners were violently attacked in South Africa.
So far 137 persons have signed the petition.

http://www.quicknews-africa.net/texas-based-doctor-calls-for-igbo-massacre-goes-into-hiding/

Leopantro:
Dr. Abraham Ariyo called for the massacre of Igbos in Nigeria the way Nigerians are being killed in South Africa.
Dr. Abraham Ariyo wrote on Facebook:
“You see how they (the Igbos) are being slaughtered in South Africa. That’s what’s going to happen to them in Lagos…When are they (the Igbos) not going to be slaughtered in Abuja?…God might have put a curse on them (the Igbos)…We will continue to bus them (the Igbos) to Onitsha.” – Dr. Abraham Ariyo
Dr. Adeniran Ariyo is a cardiologist in Dallas, Texas and is affiliated with Dallas Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Ibadan and has been in practice for 27 years. He is one of 10 doctors at Dallas Regional Medical Center who specialize in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Following general outcry on social media, Dr Ariyo has gone into hiding. He has removed all his pictures on Facebook and deleted his post.
But unfortunately for him, his words had already been print screened by sharp eyed Nigerians outraged by his callous statements.
Elombah.com learnt his Texas employers has been inundated with complaints following below mobilisation on facebook:
URGENT APPEAL TO STOP A GENOCIDAL XENOPHOBE
My Igbo brothers and indeed anyone that looks remotely like an Igboman, it’s only a tree that hears they want to cut him down and it will just stand there!
As Dr. Adeniran Abraham Ariyo has spewed unimaginable hate speech against us, we have to do something, the RIGHT thing. We cannot responsd to hate speech with hate speech, no we can’t, we are above such pettiness. There is a better more productive way to help authorities involved take care of such horrendous risk to human existence.
Here is the link to lay a complaint to Texas Medical Board, the organization with jurisdictional powers over the hate-speech doctor. Let us tell them the VERY POTENT RISK this man is to the life of humans. Also ask them to investigate all incidents, accidents and near miss involving him since he started practicing with a view to determining the true position of things and deter others with such Nazi-tendencies from doing like him.
http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/place-a-complaint
If you have some chips, follow up your complaint with a call to same Texas Medical Board through these numbers:
+1 800-201-9353
+1 972 223 0550
When you are done with a strong worded complaint to the board above, head over to the Genocide Prevention agency below and send a passionate SOS to them. Tell them the hate-speech doctor needs be reminded IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE that human life is sacred.
http://www.genocideprevention.eu/
I implore anyone with regards to human life to help us out on this.
Please do this for yourself, your Igbo partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, family friend. Let all humans with blood running in their vein help us tell this man and his likes that GENOCIDE IS EVIL! ?#?SayNoToXenophobia?
A campaign was also launched on CHANGE.ORG stating:
Investigate a Dallas-based cardiologist, Dr. Adeniran Abraham Ariyo who called for xenophobic attack against Igbos the way foreigners were violently attacked in South Africa.
So far 137 persons have signed the petition.

http://www.quicknews-africa.net/texas-based-doctor-calls-for-igbo-massacre-goes-into-hiding/

A More Perfect Nigeria
- The U.S. - Based Cardiologist’s Clarification Letter -



April 21, 2015



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My attention has been drawn to the news circulating in the social media attributed to me captioned “ U.S. based Nigerian Calls for the Killings of the Igbos”. This story is categorically FALSE. It was generated by computer fabricators, manipulated and bandaged to create havoc. Our investigations indicate that this horrible story was cooked, seasoned and delivered to get back at me for my sympathy for the Oba of Lagos during the recently concluded, highly contested Lagos State gubernatorial election. At the peak of the debate, there were heated exchanges and at the heat of the moment, statements were made from both sides that could be misconstrued. The subsequent distortion by these sophisticated fabricators is causing significant injustice to us all. To all the people affected by the original debate or subsequent computer distortions, I hereby apologize. No matter what, these stories are offensive and highly regrettable.

I condemn these computer fabricators in their entirety. I further condemn any killings or any acts of violence anywhere, be it South Africa or Lagos. Humanity will judge these people harshly. I work every day to save people’s lives from heart attacks. I am writing this letter with only 3 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours due to the nature of my work and the barrage of death threats on me and my family. I am Yoruba, but I have worked closely with Igbos all my life without any problem. It came as a shock to me and my Igbo colleagues, that I was being labeled as an Igbo hater. Indeed, I appreciate the confidence and support that I have received from my friends and well wishers that know me from around the world. I thank you for the support and your continued prayers in face of this unwarranted and relentless attack created by this false story. My only true statement regarding the Oba of Lagos was taken out of context on completely unrelated issue and bandaged together to create this horrendous story. To prove that I am no Igbo hater, but in fact, I am my brother’s keeper, I will take you through an improbable journey of a young Nigerian boy from a small town to the world’s pinnacle of academic medicine. I will highlight the practical examples of my close relationships with some of my Igbo colleagues all along the way.

At the Univeristy of Ibadan, the first Nigerian University, I received the best medical education that could be obtained under the sun. My teachers were Yoruba, Igbos, Hausa, and Fulani. During our training, we were tribal free. I am currently working with an old U.I colleague, who is a U.S. based Cardiologist, and an Igbo, Dr. Obi Emerole as we put together the First Lagos Cardiovascular Symposium this summer in Ikeja, Lagos.

At Howard University Hospital, where I trained as a medical resident and chief resident, my Igbo friends were Dr. John Agwunobi and Dr. Ahagtotu. Dr. Agwunobi later became the secretary of health to Governor Jeb Bush in Florida, and, Dr. Ahaghotu is now the head of Urology and Associate Dean at the Institution. We were all interns, bound together as Nigerians, without tribal affiliations. We ate together, were on call together, and partied together on Saturday nights whenever we had time.

In 1995, I was a research fellow at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where I was simultaneously enrolled for Master degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. I reached out to all the Nigerians in the Boston area institutions and we had regular meetings as “one Nigeria.” It was that year in Boston that I actually met Professor Wole Soyinka and the late Professor Chinua Achebe.

At the Johns Hopkins Hospital, regarded as the number one hospital in the United States, I was an Interventional Cardiology fellow. My immediate senior colleague, Dr. Camellus Ezeagwu was Igbo. I went to his house quite often for some “Fufu and goat meat” that his beautiful wife regularly prepared for us.

The best man at my wedding was an Igbo man. Our families enjoy time together and vacation together. I have served in various capacities under the umbrella of the Association of the Nigerian Physicians in The Americas (ANPA). I was humbled to be the keynote speaker at the recent end of the year event. I have also served in our communities and churches encouraging our youth to pursue a carrier in medicine. I have served as head, chairman, director, and secretary in various capacities in different Nigerian organizations that included Yorubas and Igbos for the past 30 years, and not once has anyone said that I hate one group or the other. I currently serve as mentor for lots of young Nigerian doctors. I help them get into residency and fellowship around the country (Yorubas and Igbos alike). As we speak, I have several Yorubas and Igbos students rotating under my service at the hospital.

Nigeria is my country and I am proud of her. She gave me a lot and I intend to continue to give back. I will not let some people create a wedge between me and this country that I love. I believe my only sin was the support that I gave to the Oba of Lagos. As a son of a monarch myself, I have utmost respect for our native rulers. Thus, the position that I took during the debate leading to the highly spirited Lagos State gubernatorial election might have offended some people. For me, this is a lot of price to pay when I am not even a politician. It also shows how far people will go for payback. But, please, this is not a game for me. I have my plate full in USA. I would rather use this time to save lives and improve the health of people, or increase the chances of other Nigerian kids getting to where I am today rather than responding to false stories designed to get back at me for my different political position. At the time that I am writing this missive, I have received over 500 telephone calls that are mostly death threats. Please let us calm down and work together for peace.

I hope my story clears some ambiguities regarding this unfortunate computer manipulated and generated story. Although, it hurts a lot, I will forgive them (the fabricators). We want every Nigerian to live in peace and harmony. We seek a more tolerant Nigeria, a vibrant Nigeria where there is freedom and liberty, where no one is inferior or superior to the other. We need to band together and start building our nation towards prosperity and a brighter future as we move forward to a more perfect Nigeria. God bless Nigeria. God bless us all.



Abraham Ariyo

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Classic reply, I wasn't expecting anything else.. Silly bigot..

Well that doesn't absolve him of the investigation by the the Texas Medical Board nor does it exonorate him from the hate speeches he spewed. There is a strong alibi against him and this calculated reply is a trash. He deleted his comments on facebook and pictures as well, but thank God for modern technology that enabled for a screenshot of those hate speeches. How could a man who swore an oath to protect life be the one snuffing it off? I am a healthman as well, and I have read with amazement how a supposed educated tribe would relish in their heart for the extermination of the Igbos. I think that the Yoruba people should openly condemn this ignoble act in strong terms, otherwise, it would continue to paint them with a very bad brush. Oba Rilwan Akiolu threathened to drown the Igbos in Lagoon is they voted for Jim Agbaje, Femi Fani kayode once said that Igbos should be grateful to Lagos as if Igbos are not Nigeriam citizens. If some miscreants are allowed to speak bogos things on behalf of a tribe uncautioned, one would have no choice than to conclude that that may be their collective resolve. I want to see Mr. Ariyo's license revoked. He's not worthy to be called a Doctor and does not befit the medical profession. So, we shall follow this case to a logical end and see what becomes of this monster in medical clothing.

How's that going?