Since the news broke on social media that Italy had buried the dead Nigerian girls who lost their lives after being violently sexually assaulted while enroute Europe, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs reacted in surprise.
https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/931563274306490369
https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/931574457906450438
Days after the burial took place, Mrs Dabiri-Erewa returned to Twitter with news:
https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/932553762945806336
Nigerians are not here for any of her eexcuses or post mortem reactions. The general consensus is that Nigeria should have thrown itself into the thick of things immediately after the unfortunate event happened, instead of crying over spilled milk, after the fact.
See below:
The Italian Cover-up
https://twitter.com/Kisulab/status/932872084774096896
With lots of bashing comments on this thread, it's obvious many so-called Nigerian graduates have a ? mark on their certs. If a country had agreed wt d home country on a chosen date to bury a people, but d former went 9 days earlier to carry out d obsequies, need we any attack?
— ỌMỌ́GBỌ́LÁHÀN 🇳🇬 (@AsiwajuIsHere) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/oyibokwifi/status/932613032496254977
Take several seats
Useless, Inhuman and Evil Nigerians leaders. Assume you heard of your relatives was among, you would have kept vigil about it
— Wisdom (@Bobwisdom) November 20, 2017
They communicated with an agency and not the embassy. How does that sound. You people can truely do better than all this disgrace.
— Ibe (@utellmemore) November 20, 2017
Simply a cosmetic PR on a dead horse; It is never in the genes of Africa (Nigeria especially) leaders to render a public apology. Accept your mistake and tender a public apology. As we know nothing will come forth from the inquest. It is the usual norm!
— Dr Peter Ikhianosimhe, AFHEA, MRSB (@DrPImoesi) November 20, 2017
The more you tweet on this issue, the more obnoxious you sound ma.
1. You heard about this mishap yet you took no step in repatriating the bodies for identification and investigation
2. Till date you haven't named the victims
3. You don't know if they were trafficked or..— Olabode (Odiase's greatgrandson) (@omolere) November 20, 2017
If there was a response by Nigeria, if a detailed plan was put in place by Nigeria, I am sure the would not have buried them.
The decision was left for them to take, so they did it sooner.— Dr. Rosemary Chikwendu (@Rossiechik) November 21, 2017
A proactive government that cares about her citizens would have had representative on ground from the onset to ensure that no criminal offence had taken place so that people are held accountable if any. These excuses should stop
— HaitchG 🇸🇦🇳🇬🇬🇧 (@hgbinije) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlessIza/status/932592626733342720
You people should have been involved in d burial arrangements and even asked to fly the bodies home. Instead your staff sat on their asses waiting for the burial day. Nigerian life worths nothing to you bunch
— Basil Ezimorah (@Basilezimorah) November 21, 2017
I hope you resolve the questions you've asked, but you already lost the right of narrative.
(Situations like this is more evidence of why we govt has to be proactive, not reactive.) https://t.co/ZHEFvtW6e6
— Ayo Sogunro (@ayosogunro) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/biykayode/status/932565973198090240
I can answer that sir . Absolutely Nothing. They dont care . They are just there to enrich their pockets.
— Bre James (@Abbleys) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/adanbe2002/status/932646949421043713
Your office is an embarrassment to Nigeria. You are just there like a toy idol doing NOTHING! EVILS! #SAkillins, #26 #More
— Wisdom (@Bobwisdom) November 20, 2017
Why should we complain about Italy burying the 26 women at all? What Nigeria owes Italy in the case of these women is gratitude first and then cooperation to ensure this does not happen again. It does not speak well of us as a nation to complain that their burial was ‘hasty’.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) November 21, 2017
Gbam!
