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The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by biafran1stson(m): 11:31am On Aug 07, 2017
THE OZUBULU CHURCH MASSACRE: MOTIVE, CULPRITS, THE COMPROMISED GOVERNMENT OF ANAMBRA STATE, AND THE QUIET INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

I write today with a heavy heart, a pained soul, and a perplexed mind. My attitude is characteristic of my person. Humanists the world over are embittered by recurrent extermination of humans. The brutal killing that took place in a Catholic Church situated in Ozubulu, Anambra State, Biafraland, changed WORSHIP OF GOD to MOURNING OF THE DEAD. I feel pained that Biafrans have continued to register more martyrs, their non-violent disposition notwithstanding. It makes one wonder whether the Government of Nigeria and international communities are in connivance to punish a people for no other reason other than their agitating for what pertains to their RIGHT. Esteemed readers, I will regress to this unacceptable role played by the international communities presently after taking us through the gory incident.

THE OZUBULU CHURCH POGROM

In the early hours of Sunday, August 6, 2017, Catholics who had assembled in a Catholic Church situated in Ozubulu, Anambra State, had no premonition that praising and worshiping the Almighty God would become the reason behind wailings and eventual OBSEQUIES. Several accounts have been proferred for the massacre of innocent and unsuspecting votive in God's Temple, but certain indices have made me settle for one account. Let us juxtapose the accounts and see which makes sense, using the MODE and PATTERN deployed by the killers.

The Government of Anambra and the Anambra Police speedily came up with something they called the CAUSE of the massacre. For them, trouble started when two (2) brothers, one of whom built the Church, fell out with each other. The crises spiralled out of control and led to one of the estranged brothers promising he would kill the other. Some thugs were sent to the effected Church on the suspicion that the target was worshiping there.

SOME POSERS:

(1) Both the State Government and the Police should tell us why it took them just two (2) hours to uncover the cause of this massacre.

(2) They should tell us where in the "South-East" and "South-South" that such mass killing of people has taken place before.

(3) They should tell us when our thugs and other invalids started shooting at innocent people in the head and, worse still, in a Church.

(4) The Governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano, and the Commissioner of Police should tell us why we should not suspect them. We ask because if it took them just two (2) hours to uncover the cause of the killing, we are left with no other option than to conclude that they knew about it.

(5) Since it is very hard for the duo to exculpate themselves from the foreknowledge of the pogrom, going by the incredible speed with which the cause was uncovered, we hereby accuse them of aiding and abetting this bloodbath.

Another account, one handed down to us by an escapee, a lady that saw it all and was able to scale the Church fense, is more convincing and veracious. According to the unidentified narrator, a car was driven into the Church premises, but was parked at the entrance as if it had broken down. The driver, according to the eyewitness, got out of it and some men in military uniform, armed to the teeth and gun-totting joined the fray. Our eyewitness, sensing danger, made for the fence and, while at it, heard gunshots. She could not tell what happened next, since she had escaped and was unable to reach her brethren at the service.

COGENT POINTS

(1) The gestapo style of the invasion and brutal killing bespeak the invasion of Biafraland by haters of Biafrans.

(2) The camouflage worn by these bloody killers makes one suspect Boko Haram, since this eyewitness account has it that they were clad in military uniform.

(3) The fact that a Church was attacked by these bloodletting fellows suffices to make us conclude it was a JIHAD, not an assassination attempt.

(4) The fact that these killers were masked and that they shot at worshipers in a Church typify the Fulani/Hausa jihadists, not assassins as hurriedly concluded by Anambra Government and the Police.

(5) The number of unarmed lives taken by these killers erases the likelihood of assassination attempt and shows that both the Government of Anambra and the State Police had foreknowledge of it and had already prepared to defend it.

WHY WILLIE OBIANO AND ANAMBRA POLICE MUST NOT BE LET OFF THE HOOK

This is not the first time that Biafrans in Anambra State have been brutally killed under Governor Willie Obiano's watch. This governor has proved time and again that his mien, antics, and administrative policies fan the embers of wanton destruction of lives in his wild bid to extend his tenure. In 2015, scores of soul-less Biafrans were descried floating in a river. It is lugubrious that more lives have been taken in the most brutal of ways. How many more pints of innocent blood does Obiano want? Is this some subtle ritual or what? The Police Commissioner, working in connivance with this bloodsucking Gov. Willie Obiano, should take us through the process(es) that led to the most SPEEDY UNCOVERING of the cause of this bloodbath. Who informed them? How reliable is their informant? When were they informed?

Going by the timeous response and conclusion by both the government and police, one can say they knew about it. Now, if they knew about it and did nothing, then they are part of it. The hurry shown by the compromised government and police is suspicious and bespeaks lack of tact on their part. It is very clear that it is easy to tell a lie, but very difficult to make it persuasively effective. The brutal and militarised mode of this attack dismisses every attempt to exclude religious war. Willie Obiano and his cohorts should try harder.

THE QUIET INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Nigeria is a member of the United Nations (UN), Islamic Nations - thanks to Buhari - and Economic Committee of West Africa (ECOWAS), amongst others. It is disheartening that these communities have done little or nothing to wade into the seemingly intractable extermination of the lives of innocent humans in Nigeria. The agitation for Biafra remains a national issue that should give these external communities concern. Are these international unions not bound by the need to protect lives and interests of their members anymore? Innocent lives have been taken by the Government of Nigeria since 2015, with no strong enough condemnation from these communities. Biafrans in the East have become the direct targets since the reinvigorated agitation for Biafra took off. Are the US, Russia, NATO, UN, and ECOWAS waiting for every Biafra agitator and innocent Nigerian to die before a decisive action is taken? The needed disquiet by these international communities should come now. May the souls of all the Biafra and misgoverning and oppressive Nigeria's martyr rest in the bosom of the Most High God. Amen. May the Almighty God, Who vengeance is for, avenge these brutal killings in Jesus's name. Amen.

Nigeria, we reject thee
Biafra, we long for thee.

Russell Idatoru Bluejack is a thinker, revolutionary writer, university tutor, and socio-economic and political analyst that writes with deep pains from Port Harcourt.

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Nobody: 11:33am On Aug 07, 2017
It is terrible .What is the meaning of BIAFRALAND..Is anything like that in the Constitution?I think what the writer or op is trying to do is to link Gov Obiano to the killings and make him unpopular ,hence pple shouldn't vote for him in the upcoming election .Your kind of hatred is unacceptable .
Something happened yesterday and all u could think of is to associate Anamvra govt and Nig. Police to it.this things can happen anywhere in d world .

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by torres89: 11:51am On Aug 07, 2017
all I can read here is one Igbo man back stabbing another igbo man

just as their true nature depicts..

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Mortiple(m): 11:52am On Aug 07, 2017
I refuse to buy your conspiracy theory.

Why was it carried out in Ozubulu of all places in Anambra and Igbo land at large?

Information making rounds suggest that it was drug business gone bad. Apparently, someone was trying to outsmart his partners in crime.

It is being reported that a certain BIG BOY from the town built a church and access road for the community. On the day of the "thanksgiving", his associates in crime came calling. On sensing danger, he did not show up. The rest is now history.

Truth be told, it is high time Igbo States and Communities started a massive public enlighten campaign to dissuade our people from drug peddling, trafficking and business in its entirely. It should be preached against in the media, churches, village meetings, every gathering etc.

We cannot continue to pretend whereas lots of our youths see it as the shortest cut to wealth. Ndigbo must endeavour to restore her value systems. Traditional institutions and churches should stop to honour criminals amongst us notwithstanding his/her contributions to the development of the area.

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Sapiosexuality(m): 11:53am On Aug 07, 2017
We should cut this other Biafran haters angles. But how did the Police arrive at the conclusion after just two hours?

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by GoldNiagara(m): 12:08pm On Aug 07, 2017
biafran1stson:
THE OZUBULU CHURCH MASSACRE: MOTIVE, CULPRITS, THE COMPROMISED GOVERNMENT OF ANAMBRA STATE, AND THE QUIET INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

I write today with a heavy heart, a pained soul, and a perplexed mind. My attitude is characteristic of my person. Humanists the world over are embittered by recurrent extermination of humans. The brutal killing that took place in a Catholic Church situated in Ozubulu, Anambra State, Biafraland, changed WORSHIP OF GOD to MOURNING OF THE DEAD. I feel pained that Biafrans have continued to register more martyrs, their non-violent disposition notwithstanding. It makes one wonder whether the Government of Nigeria and international communities are in connivance to punish a people for no other reason other than their agitating for what pertains to their RIGHT. Esteemed readers, I will regress to this unacceptable role played by the international communities presently after taking us through the gory incident.

THE OZUBULU CHURCH POGROM

In the early hours of Sunday, August 6, 2017, Catholics who had assembled in a Catholic Church situated in Ozubulu, Anambra State, had no premonition that praising and worshiping the Almighty God would become the reason behind wailings and eventual OBSEQUIES. Several accounts have been proferred for the massacre of innocent and unsuspecting votive in God's Temple, but certain indices have made me settle for one account. Let us juxtapose the accounts and see which makes sense, using the MODE and PATTERN deployed by the killers.

The Government of Anambra and the Anambra Police speedily came up with something they called the CAUSE of the massacre. For them, trouble started when two (2) brothers, one of whom built the Church, fell out with each other. The crises spiralled out of control and led to one of the estranged brothers promising he would kill the other. Some thugs were sent to the effected Church on the suspicion that the target was worshiping there.

SOME POSERS:

(1) Both the State Government and the Police should tell us why it took them just two (2) hours to uncover the cause of this massacre.

(2) They should tell us where in the "South-East" and "South-South" that such mass killing of people has taken place before.

(3) They should tell us when our thugs and other invalids started shooting at innocent people in the head and, worse still, in a Church.

(4) The Governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano, and the Commissioner of Police should tell us why we should not suspect them. We ask because if it took them just two (2) hours to uncover the cause of the killing, we are left with no other option than to conclude that they knew about it.

(5) Since it is very hard for the duo to exculpate themselves from the foreknowledge of the pogrom, going by the incredible speed with which the cause was uncovered, we hereby accuse them of aiding and abetting this bloodbath.

Another account, one handed down to us by an escapee, a lady that saw it all and was able to scale the Church fense, is more convincing and veracious. According to the unidentified narrator, a car was driven into the Church premises, but was parked at the entrance as if it had broken down. The driver, according to the eyewitness, got out of it and some men in military uniform, armed to the teeth and gun-totting joined the fray. Our eyewitness, sensing danger, made for the fence and, while at it, heard gunshots. She could not tell what happened next, since she had escaped and was unable to reach her brethren at the service.

COGENT POINTS

(1) The gestapo style of the invasion and brutal killing bespeak the invasion of Biafraland by haters of Biafrans.

(2) The camouflage worn by these bloody killers makes one suspect Boko Haram, since this eyewitness account has it that they were clad in military uniform.

(3) The fact that a Church was attacked by these bloodletting fellows suffices to make us conclude it was a JIHAD, not an assassination attempt.

(4) The fact that these killers were masked and that they shot at worshipers in a Church typify the Fulani/Hausa jihadists, not assassins as hurriedly concluded by Anambra Government and the Police.

(5) The number of unarmed lives taken by these killers erases the likelihood of assassination attempt and shows that both the Government of Anambra and the State Police had foreknowledge of it and had already prepared to defend it.

WHY WILLIE OBIANO AND ANAMBRA POLICE MUST NOT BE LET OFF THE HOOK

This is not the first time that Biafrans in Anambra State have been brutally killed under Governor Willie Obiano's watch. This governor has proved time and again that his mien, antics, and administrative policies fan the embers of wanton destruction of lives in his wild bid to extend his tenure. In 2015, scores of soul-less Biafrans were descried floating in a river. It is lugubrious that more lives have been taken in the most brutal of ways. How many more pints of innocent blood does Obiano want? Is this some subtle ritual or what? The Police Commissioner, working in connivance with this bloodsucking Gov. Willie Obiano, should take us through the process(es) that led to the most SPEEDY UNCOVERING of the cause of this bloodbath. Who informed them? How reliable is their informant? When were they informed?

Going by the timeous response and conclusion by both the government and police, one can say they knew about it. Now, if they knew about it and did nothing, then they are part of it. The hurry shown by the compromised government and police is suspicious and bespeaks lack of tact on their part. It is very clear that it is easy to tell a lie, but very difficult to make it persuasively effective. The brutal and militarised mode of this attack dismisses every attempt to exclude religious war. Willie Obiano and his cohorts should try harder.

THE QUIET INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Nigeria is a member of the United Nations (UN), Islamic Nations - thanks to Buhari - and Economic Committee of West Africa (ECOWAS), amongst others. It is disheartening that these communities have done little or nothing to wade into the seemingly intractable extermination of the lives of innocent humans in Nigeria. The agitation for Biafra remains a national issue that should give these external communities concern. Are these international unions not bound by the need to protect lives and interests of their members anymore? Innocent lives have been taken by the Government of Nigeria since 2015, with no strong enough condemnation from these communities. Biafrans in the East have become the direct targets since the reinvigorated agitation for Biafra took off. Are the US, Russia, NATO, UN, and ECOWAS waiting for every Biafra agitator and innocent Nigerian to die before a decisive action is taken? The needed disquiet by these international communities should come now. May the souls of all the Biafra and misgoverning and oppressive Nigeria's martyr rest in the bosom of the Most High God. Amen. May the Almighty God, Who vengeance is for, avenge these brutal killings in Jesus's name. Amen.

Nigeria, we reject thee
Biafra, we long for thee.

Russell Idatoru Bluejack is a thinker, revolutionary writer, university tutor, and socio-economic and political analyst that writes with deep pains from Port Harcourt.


Criminals don't send memos to police or government informing them when they will strike!

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Nobody: 12:09pm On Aug 07, 2017
Sapiosexuality:
We should cut this other Biafran haters angles. But how did the Police arrive at the conclusion after just two hours?

U cannot call that a conclusion .it s simply an outcome of the investigation done
Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Omofunaab2: 12:16pm On Aug 07, 2017
PIGS AND IDIOTS are stupid and gullible

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by ekesimo(m): 12:20pm On Aug 07, 2017
This is the account of the First hand witness Loveth Gift Shared by Ejike Ofoegbu


First Hand Information On What Happened At Anambra State Today, As Ejike Ofoegbu Arrived Anambra From Aba
Please over look the police report, Ejike Ofoegbu said
Loveth Gift narrated
"We all were in the church during the 6am morning mass today, we saw two cars that drove into the church; because it was a Church premises we over looked it and we considered them to be people that came for morning mass(service). But to the surprise of everyone, the car halted at the center of the gate, meaning you cannot close the gate, since it is open already.
"The driver came out of the car pretending he was fixing a problem; so everyone still ignored the drama happening outside the premises.
"Suddenly, some men came out from the car, fully armed, all in Army uniform. I was lucky because I was sitting at the back, just beside the door, but I was clearly seeing what was happening. The sky was cloudy and everywhere seemed dark; no one saw what they were carrying, whether it was gun, but surely they were fully equipped.
"They immediately rushed to the front door. I was too lucky to jump the fence, but before I had jumped, I heard gun shot everywhere in the building. They obstructed the front gate, because for women that is their only route to escape. That was why women were killed more than men. Children were killed as well, many were seriously injured.
"After I had escaped, I started making calls to link my church members who were in the church, but they were not picking up; not knowing they were dead already.
The gun men were not igbos, because their language were not igbo, the government should stop lying, I heard they said That, they gun Men were flashing touch light on us, but it a lie, because the whole church was so lighted that even from outside you will see who is inside. Even at that, if they were really flashing touch light to know who is their target, those that were killed, are they their target.
Like I said before and I will say it again, I was at the back door, I saw all that happened, they were with Army uniform, face covered, standing at the Front door, holding their trigger, and shooting at anything that moves.
When the police came, I was waiting for them to ask questions of what happened, so that I will explain, but they were busy taking pictures of the dead ones, without knowing the fact
"Not too long after they had gone, I went back to the church. I was shocked with what I saw; my Mother was lying dead! Many people were unconscious but later succumbed to death.
"After about one hour of the killings, the Police arrived the church. Two hours later, the Governor, Willie Obiano arrived too. Everyone was shocked, wandering how the perpetrators stormed in Army uniform. Questions began to arise: "Who gave them the Army uniform?" Who gave them the Army car?"
Surely jihad is here, and everyone have to defend him/her self.
A woman who still survived the mayhem said, "All I could remember is that I was sitting at the front when some people in Army uniform invaded the Church and started shooting at everyone. They just held the trigger and fired at everyone they sighted. I managed to hide under the seat but was shot in the leg.
"A boy was shot in head, his brain bursted, and blood spilled everywhere - even at my face."

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Sapiosexuality(m): 12:34pm On Aug 07, 2017
freddywells81:


U cannot call that a conclusion .it s simply an outcome of the investigation done
Investigation in 2hours? How bro?
Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by ekesimo(m): 12:38pm On Aug 07, 2017
It doesn't add up. How did the Governor and CP came to conclusion within few hours? A crime of this high magnitude
Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by Nobody: 12:42pm On Aug 07, 2017
Mumu Boko haram would come to Anambra and better still a village. how does that sound. has boko attacked anywhere apart from north. i guess the killings in rivers are done by fulani/boko haram too. nonsense

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Re: The Ozubulu Church Massacre: Motive, Culprits, The Compromised Government by jaszplus12(m): 2:26pm On Aug 07, 2017
na wa o! OP, what you wish for you will get and I believe you wish that there be confusion everywhere cos your kind thrive on confusion.
clearly you're trying to make your "sympathizers" feel you're all "victims" of the call against agitation.
if you're called to answer questions before a grand jury do you think your write up will hold water?
anyway here's a suggestion, form a quorum and send a letter to the UN and have them investigate the heinous crime independently and see.
then again I want to let you know that it's guys like you that stir up hatred and eventually genocide and clearly you're toeing the line of your "leader" KANU.
now, look at this: when the likes of Martin Luther King were agitating for civil rights in America he was nonviolent as well as well organized in his walk and talk. you could feel his fervour strength and passion. despite his being arrested brutalized and eventually shot he never made any hate speeches for any reason and encouraged the blacks to watch their tongues and actions. that's the mark of true leadership and power. now compare that with your "leader"....you be the judge and jury and you also be the victim bro....
see you when you've had goof thought.... oh! one thing, ..."in a situation of hostilities TRUTH is the first casualty... take note.

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