The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has kicked over comments made by an Arise TV female anchor, Ayo Mairo-Ese on Emdee Tiamiyu’s interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC.
The former lawmaker in a tweet accused the anchor of twisting the narrative and swore that that if the owner of Arise TV does nothing about it " they will meet their Waterloo "
Ayo in her comments had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of demarketing Nigerian Youths in the past by referring to them as " lazy youths " while Abike Dabiri according to her referred to Nigerians in the diaspora as " Drug Dealers "
FACT CHECK
A fact check by CKN News unearthed this tweet by Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa on 17th October 2022 where she tweeted that some Nigerians in the Diaspora are drug peddlers and cultists who always seek government's intervention when arrested abroad
https://twitter.com/abikedabiri/status/1661361008424697861?t=4So0ZCgbYyG5DesqsZjJDA&s=19
There has not been a response from Arise TV or the Anchor