Nigeria's national football team has been accused of double standards and hypocrisy by some fans on Twitter after it announced plans to honour the victims of the terror attack in London during its friendly match in the English capital later today.
Four people were killed in the attack outside parliament on Wednesday.
But many of those commenting on the Super Eagles' decision say there has been no special tribute offered for the huge numbers of victims killed in the Boko Haram insurgency.
At least eight people were killed in the north-eastern capital Maiduguri on the same day as the London attacks.
@NGSuperEagles Really? are you people aware that BOKO HARAM killed many Nigerians yesterday? we are our own problem @Gidi_Traffic
— (@viqueta) ">
@viqueta @NGSuperEagles @Gidi_Traffic that is colonial mentality for you. They care more abt their colonial masters more than their own ppl
— (@AntiBlackRacism) ">
@NGSuperEagles @ogujohnugo Rubbish! Many were killed in Maiduguri this week. Wear black bands for them.
— (@Livingvirus) ">
But not everyone agrees with the negative assessment of the team's gesture:
@NGSuperEagles This is awesome. Respect for your host community. Its called social responsibility. Tell our people to do same at home
— (@AdesinaIi) ">
Nigerian players observed a minute's silence before training at the Brazil World Cup in 2014, after a Boko Haram bomb attack on football spectators in northern Nigeria killed at least 21 people.
Source:BBC
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