A hashtag- #IAmANigerianNotACriminal, trended on Twitter yesterday evening as a result of the comments of President Muhammadu Buhari in a recent interview with the Telegraph UK.
According to reports, the president was quoted to have advised Nigerians against seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, noting that the country’s reputation for criminality 'has made it hard for them to be accepted abroad.'
Buhari said the motivating factor behind the decision of some Nigerians to join the migrant exodus to Europe, were purely economical, and not necessarily because of the dangers associated with remaining in Nigeria.