Remember the Nigerian woman who became the first African ever to be an Inspector in the New York Police Department?
Well, it turns out that Abike Dabiri paid her a courtesy visit while in the U.S.
Dabiri praised Inspector Obe for being worthy of emulation.
She got this reply. A Nigerian said that the country will suffer from brain drain if things continue the way they are.
@abikedabiri @NYPD28Pct In no time, Nigeria will lose her best brains and hands to other country and will be left with nothing! Take note
— ‘Niyi OGUNKOYA (@niyiogunkoya) March 28, 2016Dabiri then engaged the young man in a conversation.
And he answered.
@abikedabiri Ma’am, I am sure you don’t want to persuade them to come home! As @MBuhari has not got solution to the problem at home…
— ‘Niyi OGUNKOYA (@niyiogunkoya) March 28, 2016And it continued.
Then another young man jumped in.
@abikedabiri @niyiogunkoya @MBuhari No stable power, High insecurity, Low wages, poor infrastructures etc what am I coming home for?
— Onuoha David (@davo2short) March 28, 2016Before she gave the answer that caused a major tweet-storm!
Looking at it this way, it doesn’t seem that bad.
But most people, without investigating, jumped on her case.
While a few took time to read the thread and found nothing wrong.
Some who followed the thread still saw her statement as wrong, no matter the context.
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