A post on the Al Jazeera social media platform on Sunday, July 18, seemingly ignited a war of words between Kenyans and Nigerians over the saga pitting Nigerian militia leader Nnamdi Kanu.
The feud ensued after Al Jazeera posted an article on the tanker explosion that had killed 13 people.
At first, Nigerians sent their condolences but then proceeded to point fingers at Kenyans for detaining the leader of a proscribed separatist group, Kanu.
"Kenyan people should beg Biafrans to forgive them for adopting (sic) Nnamdi Kanu, this is just the beginning," one Nigerian commented- a post which Kenyans took offense at.
"He is a freedom fighter in Nigeria, not Kenya. We deported him so that he can carry his freedom-fighting there. Nigerians need him not us. You guys should appreciate us, in fact, you and your fellow Nigerians should pay for that free and pleasant flight he enjoyed all the way from Nairobi," one Kenyan stated.
"For aiding and abetting to kidnap Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, no good news will be heard from Kenya again," another Nigerian retorted.
"Nigerians who are worldwide known scammers and cons are all over here hurling abuses to the civilized country that is Kenya. Nigerians love crime to get rich. it has the most number of illiterates. Their government is poor on regulation even 10-year olds there are good scammers," Kenyans continued to lash out at their African counterparts.
The feud continued to other contentious issues such as corruption, tribalism, war whereby the two traded barbs against each other.
The war in the comment section raged on for quite some time eliciting mixed reactions with some commenters eventually seeking to put an end to the hostilities.
"It pains me when I see Africans attacking each other, we have a common enemy called poverty, greed, corruption disease and tribalism," another user commented.
Kenyans and Nigerians have been at loggerheads after reports emerged that Kanu was allegedly detained and deported from Kenya on suspicion of his links to the terrorist Al Shabaab group.
This did not sit well with Nigeria which led to a feud between the citizenry of the two nations.
“Kanu was flown to Abuja in the private jet on Sunday, June 27, from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi and he was the lone passenger,” Kanu's lawyer stated in a past interview.
