#KenyavsNigeria: 20 Hilarious Tweets As Kenyans Engage Nigerians In Twitter War
A twitter war broke out between Kenyans and Nigerians on Saturday and THE WHISTLER has highlighted 20 hilarious exchanges between citizens of both countries.
The trouble started after controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, described Kenya as unsafe for her.
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Olunloyo, who had been billed to attend a media summit in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, took to Twitter late Friday to announce that she would no longer be attending the summit for security reasons.
“Kenyan fans, I will no longer be attending #AWiM19 African Women in Media due to a SECURITY THREAT as a result of the Al-Shabab bomb attack today in the Mogadishu Mayor’s office. I will not be in #Nairobi tomorrow. Al-Shabab terrorists often operate in Kenya,” she had said.
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The tweet, which did not go down well with some Kenyans, earned the journalist backlash from citizens of the East African country.
But Olunloyo did not stop there as she continued to give reasons why Kenya’s capital is unsafe, while also responding to insults being hurled at her by the country’s citizens.
“Nobody in their right mind should ENTER Nairobi. After Westgate, they had Dusit. Nairobi has never learned their lesson. Kenya’s greed lies around tourism. Wanna see a lion, get to a zoo. The real lions are the terrorists who hire ignorant Kenyan youth to join the terror cells/
“Nairobi is a very dangerous city. After what happened to my relatives at the US embassy 1998, I wrote a letter piece to @TIME magazine. Their country did NOT protect the most powerful embassy in the world. All they boast about is a Kenyan American being president”
Responding to some of the insults from Kenyans, she said: “Kenyans are so full of pride because of their animal safari location mentality. A whole Beyonce trying to revive her career chose 5 Nigerian artists for Brown Skin Girl Lion King track. Simba and Nala don’t know you. How market Victoria Kimani?”
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Olunloyo’s tweets sparked a twitter war which resulted in the ‘#KenyavsNigeria’ hash tag that is currently trending at number one on the micro-blogging site.
Kenyans and Nigerians are using the hash tag to make comparisons and attack weakness of each other’s countries. Below are some hilarious tweets from the taunts.
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