After the news of a Nigerian man sentenced to 10 years in India for drug trafficking, tribal bias quickly surfaced online. One comment read: “Nigerian man abi Biafra man,” reducing all Igbos to Biafra and insinuating they are not Nigerians. This is a dangerous and divisive narrative. This comment without the post indicating the tribe, but even if. No ethnic group should be stripped of its identity or citizenship because of an individual’s actions. Igbos, like every other tribe, are Nigerians and contribute significantly to the nation. Comments like this only deepen old wounds and weaken unity. Crime should be addressed as crime—not as a weapon for ethnic exclusion.

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