A Yoruba woman has apologized to Igbo people on behalf of herself, her family and her children for the war crimes committed against the Igbos during the Nigerian civil war, IgbereTV reports.
She narrated how her father rented out his property to 6 Igbo spare parts dealers and refused to collect anything extra from them, asides the house rent.
She explained that even when the spare parts dealers occupying her father’s property in Oyigbo asked him to pick any electronics he wants from their goods, he would decline.
In return, the Igbo businessmen showered her father with gifts and food items during the Christmas holidays.
She said she didn’t understand why her father was being kind to the Igbos until she overheard him speaking to one of the Igbo businessmen about the civil war.
Her father said he chose to be kind to the Igbo businessmen “to apologize in his own little way for what the government did to them.”
The Twitter user went on to also apologize, writing: “The government may never apologize to you guys, but on behalf of my family and my children, I apologize for what they did to your people.”
Read her tweets below.
“There are 6 shops for Igbo spare part dealers in my dad’s compound and whenever any of them want to offload their containers, he allowed them use the compound.
At no Extra Charge.
They brought in all manners of electronics, appliances, spare parts and even cars.
Most times, these guys would ask my dad to pick anything he wants for free.
My dad would politely decline, telling them if he needed anything from there, he would rather buy.
In my mind, I would be..
We need microwave.
We need washing machine and deep freezer and AC and Home theaters and all these other nice appliances that makes living comfortable.
My Popman would refuse. He only collected the shop rent and that was all.
As a teenager, I was always angry at him for refusing the gifts.
But during Christmas, come and see gift hampers And bags of rice and chicken and turkey … LMAO, we hardly buy food for Christmas o.
During the spare part dealers christmas party in 2003. I overhead my dad discussing the war with Chuka who was one of his shop tenants .
He then went on to tell him that the reason he chose to support his people was to apologize in his own little way for what the govt did to them.
I was helpless then but I’m not now.
The government may never apologize to you guys, but on behalf of my family and my children, I apologize for what they did to your people.
He didn’t tell me this directly but I overheard him tell it to Chuka and since then, I started seeing the Igbos differently.
They still have shops in our compound although the shop is being run by the 3rd generation of nwa boys.
So what exactly is my point with this thread??
This is not famzing but I want to disassociate myself from any hate speech against the Igbos.
No Tribe is perfect.
I am proudly Yorùbá but I am not interested in inheriting this hatred war against the Igbos.
I just want to make money, do good, relax and be taken care of.
By the way, we are Lagosians and my dad’s compound is in Oyingbo.
If you know there you will know that that place is the home of all things Spare Parts.”
There are 6 shops for Igbo spare part dealers in my dad's compound and whenever any of them want to offload their containers, he allowed them use the compound.
At no Extra Charge.
They brought in all manners of electronics, appliances, spare parts and even cars…
— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 27, 2020
