Genevieve Nnaji Blasts Post Advising Igbo Men to Avoid Igbo Wives

Nollywood icon Genevieve Nnaji has forcefully condemned a controversial social media post that advised Igbo men to look outside their ethnic group for wives, sparking a fiery debate on gender, marriage, and accountability.

The controversy was ignited by an X user who posted a provocative comment urging Igbo men to avoid marrying women from their own place. The user suggested they “Go to East Africa, especially Rwanda and pick a damsel” as an alternative to marrying an Igbo woman who might “falsely accuse you of raping your daughter.” This post attempted to link a generalized fear of false accusations to an entire ethnic group of women.

Genevieve Nnaji, who herself is an Igbo woman hailing from Mbaise in Imo State, responded sharply to the post, cutting straight to the core issue of accountability. She interpreted the advice not as a genuine solution, but as an excuse for continued misbehavior. “In other words, instead of checking yourself and taking accountability, go for the unsuspecting and carry on with your evil. Got it,” Nnaji wrote, suggesting the tweet’s true intent was to facilitate evasion of responsibility rather than protect men from false accusations.

While some users attempted to argue that the original tweet was aimed only at false accusers and not at all Igbo women, Nnaji stood firm, emphasizing the profound dangers inherent in stereotyping an entire group of women. She countered the sentiment by drawing a parallel to the difficulty women face in discerning predatory men. “The same way a woman can’t tell an abusive man apart from a good one is the same way you shouldn’t say avoid all Igbo women. ‘Not all women,” she stressed, pointing out the flawed logic of blanket condemnation and advocating for individual assessment over harmful generalization. Her intervention quickly dominated the conversation, steering the discussion toward personal responsibility and away from ethnic prejudice.