Atiku condemns viral video calling for ethnic cleansing

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned a viral video clip featuring a Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, threatening to poison Yoruba and Benin people in Canada.

Sunnberger, a Canadian citizen, was seen in the clip inciting violence and genocide against the two ethnic groups, prompting widespread outrage and calls for her prosecution.

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Sunnberger threatened Yoruba and Benin workers with poison in the video.

She urged others to do the same, saying, “Record me very well; it’s time to start poisoning the Yoruba and the Benin. Put poison for all una food for work. Put poison for una water, make una dey kpai one by one.”

“I want make Ndi Igbo get that heart of wickedness. Una too dey quiet,” she added. “Enough is enough! If you have any means of kpaing them, kpai them commot for road.”

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Atiku described the viral clip as “contentious” and “incendiary rhetoric” that must be condemned in all aspects.

He, however, commended the House of Representatives and the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission for their prompt and decisive action in addressing the issue.

Atiku stated, “This disconcerting episode underscores, once again, the imperative of uniting our people and our nation. Our rich diversity is our most cherished national asset and must be vigilantly protected.”

The House of Representatives had urged the Canadian government in an official letter to call for adequate protection of Nigerians after Sunnberger vowed to embark on a killing spree.

According to the lawmakers, the “incitement to violence and call for genocide through poisoning” are “deeply troubling and are a clear violation of international and Canadian laws such as national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence”.

The lawmakers demanded that an “immediate and thorough investigation” be conducted into Sunberger’s actions by Canadian law enforcement and appropriate authorities.

In response, Sunnberger boasted that she can’t be deported in a video which went viral on Thursday, saying that her Canadian citizenship gives her protection.

Sunnberger also said that Canada’s legal system is different from Nigeria’s, where arrests can be made by security operatives without questioning.

“Somebody just send me message, say them arrest me, say them wan deport me, with passport? I be Canada pikin. See am now, I dey house, why I go dey lie?” she said in another viral video.