Dr Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour, wife of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has received a backlash from Nigerians following her recent comments on social media.
Aniebo said on her Twitter handle on April 7, 2023, that those that voted against her husband are Nigerian bigots adding that they did that because he could not speak their language.
The medical practitioner added that she hoped that those Nigerian bigots would maintain the same energy when it comes to receiving medical care at the hospital and ensure that they get treatment from only the people that can speak their language.
READ ALSO: “Afenifere still regretting for investing hugely in Peter Obi during election” – Lai Mohammed
Some Nigerians took to her comment section to remind her of her father’s record as a military governor in Borno and Kogi state during the Late General Sani Abacha’s regime.
Obìnrin Àkànse’s comment reads in part: “You are not a medical doctor, so really, you cannot say anything here. If you must know, patients actually refused care every day in the US from a doctor of colour, language etc. As a black physician actively practising medicine in USA, many patients have refused care from me solely based on my colour. Dying patients refuse care from black healthcare workers all the time, even at the point of death. I have experienced this myself.
“The lesson you and your husband refused to learn is that You cannot dictate to people how to run their affairs.”
CBN Gov Akinsola Akin reactions read in part: “IFY, a product of corruption wants to be a First Lady in Lagos. “Your father dined with Abacha and he made him Military Governor of Bornu…(Where his men maltreated Religious leaders and caused the first Religion Clash/hatred in Bornu)
“Your father Augustine Aniebo looted Kogi State to a stupor when he was the state’s military administrator and without swearing in his successor, Aniebo handed over by proxy.
“No OFFICIAL HANDING OVER by May 29th 1999 to start of the Fourth Republic.”
@Segun_Odunayo expresses surprise with the post: “Are you calling Lagosians that voted against your husband bigots ma’am? “Is this what is happening here? “Wow! Wow!”
