#IgboYahooBoys, #YorubaDrugDealers trend as Nigerians fight dirty over FBI list

The case of 78 Nigerian-born men who were indicted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation mid last week has led to angry
debates and taking sides among Nigerians on the social media.

It may be recalled that Igbo names featured prominently on the
FBI charge sheet relating the criminal activities of some 80
persons indicted in one of the massive Internet scams in American
history.

Since the documents were declassified in the US and published
globally, including in Nigeria, there have been all sorts of
reactions to the issue.

The table turned on Sunday morning as an April 2019 list of
convicted drug dealers resurfaced in the media.

The four-month-old report had revealed that the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia was set to execute 23 Nigerians who were arrested for drug
offences as far back as 2017.

While the names on the FBI list were mostly Igbo, those on the
Saudi list were mostly Yoruba, with a sprinkle of wholly Muslim
names which some suspected to be Hausa.

Consequently, as the hashtag #IgboYahooBoys trended last week,
#YorubaDrugDealers took the centre stage on Sunday.

See Twitter trends to that effect:

80 #IgboYahooBoys have not been found guilty
of fraud but 23 Nigerians who are all from the two tribes that were
claiming sainthood, yoruba and hausa-fulani are to be executed in
Saudi Arabia cos drug trafficking. Dis is a case of ité igwē
calling kettle black. #Yorubadrugdealers pic.twitter.com/6FtEoBEQE3^[1][2][3]

— DANGOTE SIDE CHICK ? (@honilatte) August
25, 2019^[4]

Lol….yoruba boys can’t do the drug
business…they snitch alot…#Yorubadrugdealers pic.twitter.com/dqDwz0sQdz^[5][6]

— The ROY (@__PrinceRoy) August
25, 2019^[7]

There is nothing like 23 Nigerians, it’s
#Yorubadrugdealers pic.twitter.com/z4YjB9aOSR^[8][9]

— Spiritual (@dadimonso1) August
25, 2019^[10]

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