I stay in Portharcourt and Ibadan, and whenever I'm not working (break, leave), I'm doing Locum in one of the private hospitals in Anambra State coz that's where I've spent most of my adult life.

I've worked and consulted in hospitals in most cities and villages in Anambra State. Onitsha is the most dangerous among all the cities and villages in Anambra State. Whether you're in your car or public mass transit passing through Onitsha, or you live and work there, you'll always have that feeling of a people who are socially depraved, dangerous motor park touts, very money conscious, hustling taken to another level; and most times, it's not uncommon to see two grown men digging it out in broad day light with weapons, all for their daily bread. Anything to take money home at the end of the day. People fight for flimsy reasons and road-standing policemen do nothing at all, but collect money from motorists. It's a haven for outlaws.



Bad as Onitsha is, the most dangerous place to live in Onitsha is Odekpe Onitsha. From Uga junction at Bridge head down to Atani is a lawless zone. There are countless number of cults, usually young people. They move around and drink in groups, settling scores at every opportunity. Police rarely come to this side to make arrests because it's a Naval Zone. There is a Naval Station there in Odekpe. In fact, anywhere you're living in Odekpe, you'll be seeing the great River Niger.

So you won't think I'm exaggerating, let me give you a brief run down of the cases I've handled in the past two weeks alone.

4 cases of grievous homicide. In one instance, I and the nurses where in the theatre for seven hours, suturing and repairing a face, neck and chest that was brutally damaged with a broken bottle. The assailant fled. I heard he does this kind of thing often.

6 rape cases and attempted rape cases with obvious signs of violence. I do vaginal examination on them, place them on antibiotic treatment and contraceptives. I also file out of medical reports in case they want to take it up, which I advise them to do. These are usually pretty young girls who turned down dating requests. The river Niger is quite close so they abduct these girls in the evening when they're on their way back from the market (most of them are sales girls in the market) and carry them there, rape them and send them home. Worst of it all is that the parents of these girls are often afraid to press for justice. It really baffles me.

Countless Road traffic accident victims. Reckless driving is the norm in Odekpe Onitsha. I heard there is no presence of the Federal Road Safety Corps here, and Police dare not operate here too due to the fact that it's a Naval Zone. What kind of tragedy is that? These cases are just for the clinic I consult for. Then imagine what happens in other hospitals in this area. In essence, a sum total of all the casualty figures, rape cases, and grievous homicides will surely be higher.

I'm not done. No parent can raise a decent child in this place. Young girls are snapped up by cultists once they start budding breasts, and they themselves acquiesce to these shameful relationships in my opinion, for fear of being taken by force or harassed in the streets. They keep relationships with these hooligans and miscreants for their own protection.

A pregnant woman was attacked and stabbed deeply in her thigh muscles because she went to warn off a boy from her teenage daughter. This is the height of lawlessness. No nation goes forward when insecurity is not tackled effectively. Insecurity lowers productivity and drives away investors.

Governor Willie Obiano must devise effective means to flush out gangsterism, hooliganism, and confraternal brigandages from Onitsha as a whole, especially the riverine urban areas. The whole place is turning Odekpe Onitsha into a cesspool of vice, which is making it hostile to sane living.

From a concerned citizen.

amunkita:
nwoke onye yoloba will u zip ur anus nd stop reasoning like ur brain cells re made of amala..

Come down to mushin, oyingbo, fadeyi in lagos nd u will refrain from this APC peanut job.

Youth re killed daily in these area, galz re raped daily and nothing happens..

I once heard from a woman at fadeyi, that she had to move her children to ikorodu with her grand mum, only on weekend she sees her children because of the vices within the community..

Infact i know of a gal who just moved in towards that area, if not that she was a man in a female body, she was almost raped in her own house.
you dare not buy flashy household item else ur house would be visited that night..

Guns re no new thing in these area.

Happywoman:
Okpoko to me is the worst place to live in Onitsha

mentorandfriend:
What makes you think I'm not Igbo? See this mumu.

By the way, the thread is 'The most dangerous place to live in Onitsha', and not The most dangerous place to live in Nigeria.

Any thread that seeks to bring the attention of the law enforcement agencies to anomalies in our Igbo land, scumbags like you think the person is not Igbo but only trying to malign Igbos. Ara gbachikwa gi nti there.

amunkita:


Negodu nwoke onye Ibadan claiming Igbo..

Since u work in Anambra nd Ibadan, why did u not come up with the most dangerous place in ibadan

Ara ya gbachigodu Nma gi nti first..

Scratched mole face..

mentorandfriend:
I don't have a single minute for you. If the truth hurts you, let it bleed you till you die. Ana m achikwanu.

amunkita:


Ihu Ezi ana chikwanu

Scratched face cricket forming Igbo..

mentorandfriend:
What makes you think I'm not Igbo? See this mumu.

By the way, the thread is 'The most dangerous place to live in Onitsha', and not The most dangerous place to live in Nigeria.

Any thread that seeks to bring the attention of the law enforcement agencies to anomalies in our Igbo land, scumbags like you think the person is not Igbo but only trying to malign Igbos. Ara gbachikwa gi nti there.

My dear, as a patriotic igbo person registered on NL_ it is an abomination to speak ill of SE states or leaders.

'but you finish this Onitsha shaa...I have never lived there, never visited either. Based on odekpe's location, I am not surprised at these occurrences.

mentorandfriend:
I wu amu nkita indeed. Try and have small sense na.

mentorandfriend:
This is my personal problem with my Igbo brothers. As far as I know, this thread is not maligning anybody, but seeking to bring attention of the general public and the law enforcement agencies to what people are passing through, (if at least Lalasticlala moves it to front page). But instead of tackling the problem with intelligent discussion and suggestions, my Igbo brothers will come for your head, calling you a Yoruba, and I ask, 'Since when has being a Yoruba become a downgrading?' Or 'Since when has being an Igbo man become an ultimate price?'

I hate bigotry. People who engage on ethnic bigotry are the lowest forms of humans. It's a shame.

amunkita:


O dika aha Nna gi bu Bigotry
Akpa Amu ewu..

mentorandfriend:


Lol. Typical street urchin. Change brother.

iAmCharis:
Anytime I visit Onitsha, I'm always advised to mindful of Upper Iweka and be at alert whenever I'm there.

I'm yet to notice any lawlessness around that area though.

obimath:
Op,you are a liar and also a novice in anambra. State

gynny:
all these back and forth insults in igbo got me laughing. Reading in igbo is kind of a challenge, so i have to read them slowly. Well guys, calm down small, some parts of onitsha are dangerous #fact. Stop attacking Op biko.

amunkita:
nwoke onye yoloba will u zip ur anus nd stop reasoning like ur brain cells re made of amala..

Come down to mushin, oyingbo, fadeyi in lagos nd u will refrain from this APC peanut job.

Youth re killed daily in these area, galz re raped daily and nothing happens..

I once heard from a woman at fadeyi, that she had to move her children to ikorodu with her grand mum, only on weekend she sees her children because of the vices within the community..

Infact i know of a gal who just moved in towards that area, if not that she was a man in a female body, she was almost raped in her own house.
you dare not buy flashy household item else ur house would be visited that night..

Guns re no new thing in these area.

amunkita:
nwoke onye yoloba will u zip ur anus nd stop reasoning like ur brain cells re made of amala..

Come down to mushin, oyingbo, fadeyi in lagos nd u will refrain from this APC peanut job.

Youth re killed daily in these area, galz re raped daily and nothing happens..

I once heard from a woman at fadeyi, that she had to move her children to ikorodu with her grand mum, only on weekend she sees her children because of the vices within the community..

Infact i know of a gal who just moved in towards that area, if not that she was a man in a female body, she was almost raped in her own house.
you dare not buy flashy household item else ur house would be visited that night..

Guns re no new thing in these area.

amunkita:
nwoke onye yoloba will u zip ur anus nd stop reasoning like ur brain cells re made of amala..

Come down to mushin, oyingbo, fadeyi in lagos nd u will refrain from this APC peanut job.

Youth re killed daily in these area, galz re raped daily and nothing happens..

I once heard from a woman at fadeyi, that she had to move her children to ikorodu with her grand mum, only on weekend she sees her children because of the vices within the community..

Infact i know of a gal who just moved in towards that area, if not that she was a man in a female body, she was almost raped in her own house.
you dare not buy flashy household item else ur house would be visited that night..

Guns re no new thing in these area.

ifyalways:
A na-akogheri.

The point of this thread bu gini? I cho I tu aka n'be nna gi, tuo ya n'asusu Igbo dika nwafor nwulu nmili ara. I na-edezi ya na Oyibo maka onye?

Onye julu gi btw? O no na ndo fu onwa. Onye Ochonganoko! Onye ka I denari n'essay? Ijiji ha ndi singing, mbe ha ndi coat.