Nollywood star Genevieve Nnaji has reacted to a controversial tweet advising Igbo men against marrying women from their own ethnic group.
The X user had suggested that Igbo men should seek wives from East Africa instead of marrying Igbo women who might falsely accuse them of raping their own daughters.
“Dear Igbo men, instead of marrying an Igbo woman who’ll falsely accuse you of raping your daughter, better look outside for a wife… Go to East Africa, especially Rwanda, and pick a damsel,” the tweet read.
Responding, Genevieve Nnaji, an Igbo woman from Mbaise, Imo State, wrote: “In other words, instead of checking yourself and taking accountability, go for the unsuspecting and carry on with your evil. Got it.”
While some argued the tweet targeted false accusers, not all women, Nnaji stressed the dangers of stereotyping.
“The same way a woman can’t tell an abusive man apart from a good one is the same way you shouldn’t say avoid all Igbo women. ‘Not all women,’” she added.
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