Yoruba lady tells the story of how her father has been helping some Igbo business owners and they get showered with gifts

Yoruba Twitter user talks about the relationship her family has with Igbos. She explains that her dad rented out his shops to 6 Igbo spare parts dealers. And that during their offloading of their goods period, they occupy even their family’s compound and yet the father doesn’t charge them extra.

She explained that even when the spare parts dealers occupying her father’s property in Oyigbo asked him to pick any electronics he wants from their goods, he would decline.

In return, the Igbo businessmen showered her father with gifts and food items during the Christmas holidays.

She said she didn’t understand why her father was being kind to the Igbos until she overheard him speaking to one of the Igbo businessmen about the civil war.

Her father said he chose to be kind to the Igbo businessmen “to apologize in his own little way for what the government did to them.”

The Twitter user went on to also apologize, writing: “The government may never apologize to you guys, but on behalf of my family and my children, I apologize for what they did to your people.”

Her story:

There are 6 shops for Igbo spare part dealers in my dad's compound and whenever any of them want to offload their containers, he allowed them use the compound.

At no Extra Charge.

They brought in all manners of electronics, appliances, spare parts and even cars…

— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 27, 2020

Home theaters and all these other nice appliances that makes living comfortable.

My Popman would refuse. He only collected the shop rent and that was all.

As a teenager, I was always angry at him for refusing the gifts.

But during Christmas, come and see gift hampers… /3

— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 27, 2020

… to support his people was to apologize in his own little way for what the govt did to them.

I was helpless then but I'm not now.

The government may never apologize to you guys, but on behalf of my family and my children, I apologize for what they did to your people.. /5

— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 27, 2020

This is not famzing but I want to disassociate myself from any hate speech against the Igbos.

No Tribe is perfect.

I am proudly Yorùbá but I am not interested in inheriting this hatred war against the Igbos.

I just want to make money, do good, relax and be taken care of.

— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 27, 2020

Ọmọ … My mention is a fine mess 😁.

Lols, Thank you all… I didn't even know this tweet will go this viral.

Told my pop about it and he was like talo ran er nisher.. who send me to announce🤣

Thank you all. Thank you so much for your prayers and kind words 🙏

— Meg (Gemini✌🏼) (@TheMegRicketts) November 28, 2020