“My sincere apologies to the Igbos for all I’ve tweeted about you guys in the past. I don’t mean any of those things. It usually comes from a place of frustration when your influencers direct derogatory words and insults towards northerners. Let love lead henceforth,” Sarki tweeted.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Pro-North activist and Twitter influencer, Sarki, popularly known by his Twitter handle @Waspapping_, has appealed for crowdfunding to raise ransom for the release of his younger brother, Abdallah.
Sarki’s younger brother, Abdallah, was among the passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train abducted on March 28, four months ago.
At least a dozen of the passengers have been released by the terrorists after allegedly collecting N100 million per person. The latest batch of the released passengers included two males and one female freed on Monday.
Sarki, who in the past defended Buhari’s government, and even launched verbal attacks against persons he perceived to be against the president, including the Igbo ethnic tribe, is now facing his past with regrets.
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He apologised to the Igbo: “My sincere apologies to the Igbos for all I’ve tweeted about you guys in the past. I don’t mean any of those things. It usually comes from a place of frustration when your influencers direct derogatory words and insults towards northerners. Let love lead henceforth.”
But Nigerian tweeps are refusing to overlook his past, especially after he tweeted that he should be assisted financially towards paying the ransom demanded for the release of his brother.
@castromark said: “Apology not accepted.”
@innomajava also said: “Anyone that refuses to accept his apology is not Igbo.”
@NaijaBlackgod said: “Enyi a. Don’t even try that emotional blackmail. It will not fly. There is no single person that will go through this guys tweets that will just accept his apologies just like that. Nwata kwuwara onu.”
Sarki had tweeted about the financial contribution towards freeing his brother: “I know people would mock me, but I simply have no any other option, twitter is my last resort. Please I need you guys to donate with the little you have so we can free my brother from the hands of this animals. ACC NO: 1007737506, ZENITH BANK. Please kindly help me retweet.”
