‘Mumu woman’ tweet: Abike Dabiri rejects Ezekwesili’s advice, says ” I’m not a public official that cows to bullying pls”

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to a controversial tweet, by the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

The NiDCOM chairman explained that the attack on Nigerian students happened on Saturday, October 15, 2022, following a football match between African and Indian students, adding that normalcy has been restored.

But an anonymous response from a tweet, @sensegiver1, who identifies himself as a supporter of Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party verbally abused Abike, describing her as a ‘mumu woman’, a derogatory term for a foolish person.

Reacting, the NiDCOM chairman fired back in a similar manner, describing @sensegiver1 as ‘Ode’, a Yoruba word for a foolish person.

“Ode! You go to Indonesia, carry drugs, do cultism and come begging to be rescued from the death sentence. Thank God for @ndlea_nigeria now saving people like you from death row,” she wrote.

But Dabiri’s reaction did not resonate with discerning Nigerians who accused her of stereotyping the community of Nigerians living in Indonesia because of a personal insult.

One of such Nigerian, the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili asked the NiDCOM chairman to quickly delete the tweet, saying it is messy.

“Dear Abike @abikedabiri, What is this?. Kai. This is messy. Please clean it up. Quickly. Please”, She tweeted.

But Abike rejected the advice, saying she’s not a public official that cows to bullying.

“I’m done on this. But out of respect for you, will ask, Clean what up? It’s okay for some untrained, uncouth guy to refer to me as “mumu”, and I can’t call him “ode” I’m not a public official that cows to bullying pls”, she tweeted.

And replying to her tweet, Ezekwesili said it’s Abike’s choice to delete or leave the tweet.