The Labour Party politician stated this at the 2017 Caine Prize for African Literature ceremony held yesterday night in London.
According to Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood, when told of Abike Dabiri-Erewa's congratulatory letter, she said:
"I am not Nigerian; I am British"
Last
month, Abike Dabiri, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari
on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora released a congratulatory letter
addressed to the Chinyelu Onwurah and 6 other British-Nigerians elected
to the UK parliament.
According to her, "this electoral victory shows that Nigerians excel anywhere in the world."
57 comments:
Lol. Who wouldn't deny Nigeria Ii they had the chance.
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But its very true. Abike's congratulatory message was out of order. You were not part of someone's struggle. You don't know how they hot where they are and you're rushing to align with the person's success. Classic case of succes having many fathers and failure being an orphan
mmmmhhhhh....denying your root ancestors
E reach make she denial.. Niger dead country
Commit crime and see how they will deny you there British Woman.
good for her. na when e dey sweet them go wan claim person. mchew
Who is proud to call he or her self Nigerian? Lol... fucking country full of blood sucker.
Who is proud to call he or her self Nigerian? Lol... fucking country full of blood sucker.
who Nigeria epp abeg,you are British for real even those who call themselves nigeria don't believe in our great county kambiakwa ,obodo a amaka onye ka onyelu aka ,onyenekwu
wonderful response!!!!. Nigerians excel everywhere except in Nigeria. yeye dey smell
Fine. One day you'll realize you're not British. Ride on!
Who wouldn't deny this nonsense country if given the opportunity
OK
Jesus, God punish her. mtchewwww
yes, biafrans...... Not surprised at all.
Lol.
Chi is Dope.
Serving some Hawt dish.
Naija Politicians are pathetically useless n stupid n too Dumb 2 know it.
I just dey laugh.. She must be all these black people who dicriminate Africa. However, we don't want you to be so bitch fuck off..
Thank you for stating it clearly jare .... I do not know why the government need to congratulate them in anywayz mtchewwwww una Don see as she use una wash bow
Well many sides to this. for e.g John Fashanu denied Nigeria.But he fell back on Nigeria. The woman may have been born there and knows nothing about Nigeria. why are they trying to reap where they didnt sow? i mean the Government? Haven't they seen how Nigerians want to be out of this country? the suffering is too much
Well she isn't. Don't lay claim to her because she has a Nigerian name right. Don't forget your roots though Chi..
Pumpkin
She's a goat for denying her originality
ABIKE DABIRI COME AND COLLECT YOUR SHADE!!!!!
Yup! They ain't Nigerians but Nigerians due to their local mentality thinks they are. Is like Germany congratulating Trump because he is german descend
We sef no want u na abike dey form attachee... dee
Very good! Nigerian Government and claiming success stories when they can not create enabling environment for their citizens
She is a Biafran, Nigeria is not a country.
Good. Who wat Nigerian identity
With the current state of the country, i will never agree or accept to be a Nigerian not even the dream.
Ok you're British sorry.
We are waiting for her back home.
She has been listed as a list Nigerian
Too funny!!!
Shut up jor
Was it Nigeria or Nigerians that helped her when she was campaign??
Abi did she win a sit in the cult called national assembly??
May God bless you
Hihihihihihihihi!!!!
Shut up with your Biafra talk
She is right,stupid country, who want to and Nigeria.thank u beloved live well there. Duo they cause us this pain but I support u
Nigeria na country abi name zoo name
hahahhahahahhaha!
Nne I don't really blame you biko, I honestly don't!
Just ignore the stupidity going on with our politicians and do a great job in Britain!
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
I think its not wisdom from the MP to utter such folly, you never know what the future holds.
Abi o no mind d retard ur not Nigerian but ur name is bitch
Please she should have changed her names to British since naw if she didn't want to be identified as Nigerian....
U be Mumu. Did u contribute to her success? Nowu want to claim her by fire by force.
Is her choice joor... I will do the same if am in her shoe
Then, she should change her name, that she was born in Britain, does not change her blood. Rubbish!!!
I wil do dsame this country is fucked up
Glad her black ass (or has she bleached white?) and others like her don't claim to be Nigerian.
We don't need the increase in population.
We need more migration of people like her out of the population.
You are obviously very naive about these issues. Almost all these people from nigerian descent elected into the british parliament were born and breed in the UK. Very unlikely they even own Nigerian passports. So yes, they are British of Nigerian descent dear. Don't beat yourself too much about it. That's just simply what it is. She didn't make that statement to diss. Just a statement of fact. Ciao.
Exactly! What snobbery!
She is not Nigerian na crime.Abike pls congratulate buhari for his good works. They say, charity begins at home. Leave Onwurah alone.Itiboribo.
@Mr 47. Exactly what I always tell Nigerians who are so quick to claim people with Nigerian names.
Gbam!!!
I'm inclined to believe that her statement was more of an affirmation of her British allegiance than a denial of her Nigerian heritage, for political reasons.
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You are obviously very naive about these issues. Almost all these people from nigerian descent elected into the british parliament were born and breed in the UK. Very unlikely they even own Nigerian passports. So yes, they are British of Nigerian descent dear. Don't beat yourself too much about it. That's just simply what it is. She didn't make that statement to diss. Just a statement of fact. Ciao.
4 July 2017 at 21:58
You are very correct. Nigerians are to emotional and sometimes in a very wrong and dogmatic way. That she is bearing a Nigerian name doesn't mean she is Nigerian. She could be Nigerian descent but not a Nigerian. Two Nigerian couple can give birth to children who are not Nigerian but of Nigerian descent period.
I am not Nigerian.I am a Togolese
Is Nigeria not worth denying abegi a useless nation who don't care about its people. It's only when you make it to the top they will start congratulating you Na 9ja Epp Gan Self. Awon Oloriburuku Oshi
Na who 9ja Epp gan self abegi . Useless nation after all if all of you commenting on this defending Nigeria as your have this great opportunity that my our sister Chi has you will you also we denial this evil nation
Oppss! This is what we call "ELA" in these days...
Was it not British that colonized Nigeria. Even though Chi claims that she is not a Nigeria good to us. Our leaders have to rethink in managing the country.
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