A disturbing threat by Gbomka Ebiri, a US-based leader of the Yoruba group “Yoruba First,” has sparked widespread outrage after he threatened to invade Edo State, rape his wife and chase him to Calabar in Cross River State.
The audio of the live broadcast, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by a user with the handle @Voiceofigbos, captured Ebiri saying, “I will invade Edo and kidnap your king, have his wife r@ped, and chase him to Calabar like the white people did.”
Ebiri’s LinkedIn profile indicates that he studied at the University of Calicut from 2013 to 2018 before relocating to the United States.
Efforts by SaharaReporters to obtain comments from the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) were unsuccessful. Calls and text messages to the spokesperson, Abdurrahman Balogun, went unanswered at the time of this report.
This threat from Ebiri follows a similar case involving Amaka Patience Sonnberger, a Nigerian woman based in Ontario, Canada, who called for the mass poisoning of Yoruba and Benin people during a TikTok live session. Sonnberger’s inflammatory remarks led to swift action by Nigerian authorities, with the House of Representatives and NiDCOM notifying Canadian authorities, resulting in her arrest.
In light of Sonnberger’s case, many Nigerians are calling for consistency in addressing hate speech, urging authorities to take action against figures like Gbomka Ebiri, and others—including President Bola Tinubu’s aide Bayo Onanuga and political loyalist MC Oluomo—who have made incendiary remarks against other ethnic groups.
These incidents have fueled tensions across Nigeria, with increasing calls for accountability and justice to curb hate speech and maintain national unity.
