Despite Nigeria’s complex ethnic and religious tapestry, the country’s unity has continuously been endangered by ongoing ethnic tensions, which continue to present themselves in the form of hate speech and genocidal threats on social media.<\/p>\n
Victor Ayeni writes. On August 28, a highly unnerving TikTok webcast sparked a firestorm on Nigerian social media, causing considerable outrage and worry.<\/p>\n
In the video, which rapidly went viral, a woman calling herself Anyi_Anambra7 issued a daring warning that sent shockwaves through the internet community.<\/p>\n
Her statements, horrifying in their precision, described a nefarious plot to poison the meals of Yoruba and Bini Nigerians living in Canada.<\/p>\n
The Yoruba, Nigeria’s second-largest ethnic group, and the Bini, an Edoid-speaking ethnic group native to Edo State in the South-South geopolitical zone, have found themselves at the center of a nasty and dangerous internet discourse.<\/p>\n
The outburst sparked considerable concern, forcing many to face the reality of escalating ethnic hostilities that have migrated from localized conflicts to worldwide platforms, putting the Nigerian diaspora on edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecord me very, very well. It\u2019s time to start poisoning the Yoruba and the Bini. Put poison for all una food for work,\u201d the woman could be heard saying in a husky tone that left no doubt about her boiling rage.<\/p>\n
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