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Brymo: 6,000+ Nigerians signal petition to forestall artist’s AFRIMA win because of anti-Igbo remarks 

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He urged Nigerians to signal the petition with a view to make sure that the singer is prevented from profitable on the 2023 All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA).

Final 12 months, AFRIMA nominated Brymo within the ‘Track Author of the Yr’ class, and a few Nigerians have signed the petition to cease the singer from profitable the award.

Many individuals have been lambasting the singer for making feedback in opposition to the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, saying that they don’t should have a declare to the presidency.

The feedback have garnered criticism from fellow celebrities and followers, however Brymo maintained his stance, displaying he is not sorry by retweeting the identical set of tweets that received him underneath hearth within the first place.

Stating his causes for placing up the petition, Ogundele wrote, “Brymo not too long ago put up a collection of hateful messages on Twitter towards the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, going so far as retweeting a tweet that mentioned that every one Igbos are mindless.”

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

In accordance with petition’s creator, stopping Brymo from profitable the award would ship a powerful message to the singer.

Stopping him from profitable the All Africa Music Award would ship a powerful message to him and other people like him that he cannot get away with such blatant ethnic bigotry.

As of the time of this report, the petition had over 6,000 signatures.