Popular music star, Brymo has seen the petition against him risen to over 25,000 in a space of 3 days .
olawale Ibrahim Ashimi known as Brymo was nominated by All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA) in the best song writer category.
Unfortunately for the music star, as voting is ongoing , he is getting petition against him for statements against the igbos
Brymo is under fire after a series of hateful messages on Twitter toward the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, going as far as retweeting a tweet which said that all Igbos are senseless.
In one of his tweets, he wrote “f*ck omo Igbo”, which translates to “f*ck the Igbo people.”
In another tweet, Brymo said “dear easterners , I am not sorry’
In a petition titled, “Stop Brymo from winning the All Africa Music Award for Song Writer of the Year” , thousands of written their petitions.
One of the petition reads ,” His actions are ones which spark disunity and hatred in a multicultural nation that Nigeria is. Preventing him from wining the All Africa Music Award would send a strong message to him, and people like him, that he can’t get away with such blatant ethnic bigotry.
“We don’t want tribal bigots representing the face of Nigeria”
Another petition stated that ‘Tribal hatred shouldn’t be encouraged in Africa, not even through music unity, love and detribalization nature and character should be the award winners”
As of the time of the report, over 25,467 have signed the petition and still counting
