Anti-Igbo remarks: Over 17,900 Nigerians sign petition to prevent Brymo's AFRIMA win

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Brymo lighted a flame on Twitter that is gradually threatening to consume him. What started as a Tweet is becoming serious; many have dragged him, calling him a tribal bigot. 

To add more to Brymo's woes, a petition has been launched against him over his incessant anti-Igbo comments on social media. The petition is to prevent him from receiving the award so that it would send a strong message to him, given his many disparaging remarks about the Igbo people.

A Nigerian, Charles Ogundele, was the one who launched the petition, urging Nigerians to sign the petition to ensure that the singer is prevented from winning at the 2023 All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA).

Last year, AFRIMA nominated Brymo in the 'Song Writer of the Year' category, and some Nigerians signed the petition to stop the singer from winning the award, and more signatures are adding up in droves.

Many people have been criticizing the singer for making comments against the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, saying that they do not deserve to have a claim to the presidency.

The comments have garnered criticism from fellow celebrities and fans, but Brymo maintained his stance, showing he's not sorry by retweeting the same set of tweets that got him under fire in the first place.

Stating his reasons for putting up the petition, Ogundele wrote, "Brymo recently put up a series of hateful messages on Twitter toward the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, going as far as retweeting a tweet that said that all Igbos are senseless."

He added, "In one of his tweets, he wrote "f*ck omo Igbo," which translates to "f*ck the Igbo people." "His actions are ones that spark disunity and hatred in a multicultural nation like Nigeria."

According to the petition's creator, preventing Brymo from winning the award would send a strong message to the singer.

Preventing him from winning the All Africa Music Award would send a strong message to him and to people like him that he can't get away with such blatant ethnic bigotry.

As of the time of this report, the petition had over 17,900 signatures and counting. The signatures are growing steadily to reach the maximum signatures i.e. the 25,000 mark.

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