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NiDCOM petitions Canadian mayor, seeks probe of Nigerian woman over threat to poison Yoruba, Benin people

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Ibrahim Ramalan
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Ibrahim Ramalan is a graduate of Mass Communications from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. With nearly a decade-long, active journalism practice, Mr Ramalan has been able to rise from a cub reporter to the exalted position of an editor; first as Arts Editor with the Blueprint Newspapers before resigning in 2019; second and presently as an Associate Editor of the Daily Nigerian online newspaper. He can be reached via ibroramalan@gmail.com, or www.facebook.com/ibrahim.ramalana, or @McRamalan on Twitter.
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, has petitioned the Mayor of Brampton, Canada, Patrick Brown, over a hate-filled message against Yoruba and Benin people by a Canad-based Nigerian, Amaka Patience-Sonnberger.

Mrs Sunnberger, identified as a disability support worker in Brampton, had in a viral video threatened to poison and kill members of the Yoruba and Edo ethnic communities.

However, in the letter dated August 28, and addressed to the mayor, the Chairman of NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, revealed that Mrs Sonnberger’s messages were capable of inciting violence.

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The letter reads, “We wish to inform your esteemed office that NiDCOM is in receipt of a video circulating online of a Nigerian woman resident in Canada who had been inciting violence and calling for the killings of persons belonging to a certain tribe in Nigeria.

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“The said woman, known as Mrs. Amaka Patience Sonnberger, who apparently lives in Brampton, Canada, is a disability support worker in Brampton.”

She noted that it is worrisome that someone who works with one of the most vulnerable demographics in society made such a comment, adding that she may pose a danger to the vulnerable people she works with and needs to be investigated, checked, and stopped for the good of society.

“Furthermore, while we have been informed that this matter has been brought to the attention of the Canadian authorities by Nigerians living in Canada, we also want to lend our voice to the effort of ending such issues at its roots.”

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“In view of the above, we ask that this issue be properly investigated not just because of her threat of poisoning persons from a particular tribe in Nigeria, but to determine her attitude at her job with the vulnerable,” the letter adds.

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