In a now deleted tweet, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa mocked the ongoing travail Nigerian artistes Omah Lay and Tems are currently undergoing at the hands of the Ugandan government.

A Twitter user tweeted :

"Aunty Abike, Aunty Abike, Aunty Abike all the time, did Aunty Abike send you to go and break the laws of other countries? Smirking face "

Abike Erewa replied with two laughing emojis.

Very insensitive and shameful from a top public official.

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These are the unfortunate people we call leaders

Very useless woman called Abike Dabiri

Hate is killing some people's sense of proper reasoning or humour


Abike response was two laughing emoji to someone else's tweet


I hope unnecessary hate don't kill some people sha...


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itsme01:
Hate is killing some people's sense of proper reasoning or humour

Ok

JAWBONE:
These are the unfortunate people we call leaders

Keep quiet. Did she send them to break the rules of other nations?

She has a right to respond to the satire and in this case, the joke is on those who leave their own country to go to a foreign country and break their laws and the ignorant people who don't get it that these people in detention in Gambia, like most of us, don't have immunity overseas.

Even those with diplomatic immunity are some times not spared like the case of the wife of American diplomat who killed a UK citizen in an auto accident and quickly bailed to the US. The UK court is insisting that she must go on trial.


I have seen this woman called Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa beg Nigerians severally to try and obey the laws of their foreign host whenever they travel overseas but it is clear all her appeals fell on deaf ears of people hard of hearing.

Like endSars that they used fake news hype to mislead others, they think the online rants and insults on Mrs Erewa on nairaland will open their prison door. NO!!

They are not the first foreigners to have issues overseas and Nigeria has done same too to visiting stars especially in the 70s,80s when we have very strict rules in place.

Robinho, a Brazilian football star and even Messi were not spared for breaking laws in a foreign land.

They should just plead guilty, pay fine and return home instead of embarrassing themselves and the country.

It is hypocrisy when even in your own country you jail people for breaking covid rules and now tell other countries not to enforce their own laws

Fahdiga:
Most Yorubas are like Abike Dabiri, so tribalistic in nature and they don't hide it. even in nairaland here they are epitome of bigotry. how I wish they can emulate the good people of the Igbos

Bigot with no sense of reasoning

itsme01:
Hate is killing some people's sense of proper reasoning or humour


Abike response was two laughing emoji to someone else's tweet

There is nothing humorous about the current situation. Don't be dense.

Two Nigerians are currently detained in a foreign country. What is funny about that?

JAWBONE:
These are the unfortunate people we call leaders

Unfortunate lawbreakers citizens. Are you not ashamed? You go so lawless in your country, you think other nations, will tolerate your lawless tradition and dirty way of life. Shameless citizens

JAWBONE:


Stupid idiot. They didn't go there to break rules. They were invited to perform at a show. Mumu

Who's now an Idiot now? Were they arrested because they performed in a show? You see why we often refer to half-baked like una as lazy youth

Afamed:

Bigot with no sense of reasoning

So says a Mallam from Jigawa that beheades people for fun

HOW MANY TIMES WILL THEY TELL YOU BEFORE YOU KNOW THAT NIGERIA IS NOT FOR YOU!!! oma lay sorry ohh..sorry ohh, make God no allow dem keep you till next year

Fahdiga:
So says a Mallam from Jigawa that beheades people for fun

I don't relate with inconsequential hoodlums

OP's interpretation of Abike Dabiri's response is dangerously jaundiced. Abike has been on Oma lay and Tems' case as her Twitter account would show.

Does it matter

JAWBONE:


There is nothing humorous about the current situation. Don't be dense.

Two Nigerians are currently detained in a foreign country. What is funny about that?

They broke the Covid-19 policies of the country they visited resulting in them wanting to heap the pressure on Abike Dabiri.

Make dem chop Ugandan beans small.

dudusky007:
HOW MANY TIMES WILL THEY TELL YOU BEFORE YOU KNOW THAT NIGERIA IS NOT FOR YOU!!! oma lay sorry ohh..sorry ohh, make God no allow dem keep you till next year

You sef go outside go break the laws of other lands.

Afamed:

I don't relate with inconsequential hoodlums

So says an Aboki from Jigawa state who is an attention seeker

She didn't make fun of the situation.
She was laughing at the comment of that Yusuf guy.

Come to think of it. We all know that all over the world musical events are not taking place due to covid-19.
So doesn't it sound foolish for any musician to travel saying he's going for a concert?. That's a reckless behaviour if you ask me.The crime might have even done unnoticed but he started posting pictures.
How do we think the local artists there who had not worked since March will feel?
Let's reason it now. Over here, we will do worse. Different # tag would be on Twitter by now