odumchi: Ify, nsogbu adii.

Onlytruth:

My brother you are welcome. Thanks for your observation. I am working on an idea that would clamp a strong sanction on any Igbo who insults or ridicules the Eze in this forum. It is one of the things I plan to bequeath to my successor on December 31, 2012.

The sanction would be designed in such a way that either we have a strong Eze, or we scrap the entire Eze thing.

Dalu nwanne.

PointB: Truth be told a lot of comments made by several Umu Igbo in the course of the election was not really helpful. Well, perhaps Eze OnlyTruth might have been forceful in his characteristic manner, perhaps not. But directly insulting him for whatever reason is not just an insult on the Leadership - but also the institution. I have no problem with challenging the 'records' of the Eze, and the effectiveness of his tenure or leadership. But for an Nwa Afo to join traducers in inciting hatred, divisiveness and abuse on the office of Eze Ndi Igbo - is indeed an insult to the Igbo community on Nairaland. We can disagree with the Eze (whoever he is) without resorting to gutter language.

I am one for RULES AND GUIDELINES. I think in a future date, as has been previously suggested, some of the issue bordering on the Electoral Guideline should be discussed. A Code of Conduct for both the leadership and followership should be in place. Going forward, I think there MUST be consequence for Umu Igbo who denigrate the institution of the Eze. This must be documented.

The Eze Ndi Igbo institution is such that should help foster unity among Igbos, and the annual election is a sort of rallying point. To let a few traducers to infiltrate our ranks, create confusion and discord is to ultimately defeat this purpose of the Eze Ndi Igbo Nairaland institution - to the joy of enemies of Ndi Igbo unity. That is what we, Umu Igbo, must guard against in our utterances.

Udo.

ifyalways: And oh, Nwa uwa, you've got eyes. Nice observation.
Its only when the coin is tossed and swings the other way that the "elders" suddenly remember its time to talk.

PointB and 9ja I hail, where are you guys when some other Igbos were insulting Odumchi and Ogugua?they've been called all sorts of names here, I ask, where were you guys?so long as you guys don't get off your "selective and highly hypocritical peace making mission" , this is a cycle that won't stop. When Odumchi and Ogugua was insulted, no one thought of scrapping the office but oh, now, we are thinking of scrapping it cos you got dished a dose of the food you cooked and served?

Make I lol first!

You want peace?call both parties to order
Don't sit on the fence when its Adamu then preach peace when its Hassan.

I'm neither crying more than the bereaved nor speaking for anyone, heavens forbid! I believe and know that "team O"(odumchi and Ogugua) are more than capable but I'm only doing my nld civic duty which is voting wisely, protecting my vote and mandate. Just like the other parties are equally doing.

free_soul:


you people selected a culture section eze
now no one is talking for us in thi section
we shall soon chose a rea eze to talk for us here
what is the need for a silent eze

we need a vocal and speaking eze in this section

ifyalways: And oh, Nwa uwa, you've got eyes. Nice observation.
Its only when the coin is tossed and swings the other way that the "elders" suddenly remember its time to talk.

PointB and [b]9ja I hail, where are you guys when some other Igbos were insulting Odumchi and Ogugua?[/b]they've been called all sorts of names here, I ask, where were you guys?so long as you guys don't get off your "selective and highly hypocritical peace making mission" , this is a cycle that won't stop. When Odumchi and Ogugua was insulted, no one thought of scrapping the office but oh, now, we are thinking of scrapping it cos you got dished a dose of the food you cooked and served?

Make I lol first!

You want peace?call both parties to order
Don't sit on the fence when its Adamu then preach peace when its Hassan.

I'm neither crying more than the bereaved nor speaking for anyone, heavens forbid! I believe and know that "team O"(odumchi and Ogugua) are more than capable but I'm only doing my nld civic duty which is voting wisely, protecting my vote and mandate. Just like the other parties are equally doing.

OgidiBoy: . I'm sorry but this election thing was just a

total waste of time,Onlythruth will always be the only Eze NL in my eyes

free_soul:


we are waiting for her and her eze
okwa anyi na ha na dis nairaland

ifyalways: this is a compliment.

9ja_I_hail:

@Ifyalways below Bolded comment was my respond to the compliant you pointed out as an insult to Eze Odumchi to me i doubt if anyone can call this insult.Please seize from this act of division you have come up with lately.

But the new Eze have not taken over yet, Onlytruth still the Eze and i encourage him Onlytruth not to give up after he had giving exemplary leadership, giving up at this stage may render all the good work he has done mean less.

Now give it a rest calling on the new Eze till him assume the throne.

Thank you.

9ja_I_hail:

@BOLDED PointB i am glad you joined voice to call our people to order. My stance in this whole thing remained that any insult to Eze elected is an insult to the entire Igbo's on Nairaland, as a matter of urgent something serious has to be done as soon as possible to arrest the issue.Whoever felt mistreated or down graded need to be given sense of belonging.

This is my opinion.

coogar: if fair is fair, onlytruth should be put in prison for gross mismanagement -- he's a megalomaniac, he achieved nothing while in office and he's solely responsible for majority of the tribal wars on this forum!

9ja_I_hail:
The election is over hence your welcome to this thread is over as well. We igbo's will invite you to help and settle our issues if the need be,kindly face other threads on this forum and leave this alone. Mind you i will not respond to you again because your next respond will fill with name calling and insult which i am careless to read.
Thanking you.

PointB:


Thank you my brother, and comrade!

Onlytruth:

My brother your comment is very apt indeed. Sometimes I wonder about how I did it too, but that (insults) should not be allowed to continue because it is a banana peel.
I had earlier decided not to continue commenting on this thread, but I would fail in my duty if I refuse to comment when necessary.
My only job here is to inspire and direct Ndigbo through my comments; nothing more. I take my job very seriously.

So, here we go.

Yes, what really stops any Igbo person (I can understand that Yorubas and others may do that, and they have done that to me throughout this tenure, and I simply ignored them), from insulting and using all kinds of ways to ridicule the Eze Ndigbo here?
I know that some would say something like "but the Eze brought the insult upon himself"; the question is WHO determines when the Eze has brought an insult upon himself? Is it left to the discretion of the person insulting the Eze, or who?
Umunna, if we leave that determination to anyone's discretion, then we might as well bid everything we have achieved goodbye.

WHY WOULDN'T ANY IGBO INSULT THE EZE (for any reason whatsoever)?

If the Eze can be so insulted, is there any need for an Eze here?

Normally, this shouldn't be much of a problem, afterall it comes with the office; but there is a limit to everything, and if nothing is done to stem it, there is no way unity can be maintained in this place. Increasing number of our people are coming to the same conclusion. Obviously our detractors and trollers would prefer that we lose everything we worked so hard to institute/achieve -unity, force of opinion (which is currently yeilding fruits with stronger Igbo voice in Nigeria), sense of direction, cultural revolution etc; all these can be thrown overboard overnight by actions of few Igbo in this forum.

Like I keep saying, and will continue to say: IGWE BU IKE; UMUNNA BU IKE.

IGWE (the freely given followership by ALL) is the ONLY power available to the Eze. If anyone launches and sustains a campaign of calumny and ignominy to the Eze with complete impunity, then we are definitely back to square one.

Anything we cannot do together -in total or near total unity- is a failed project.

What shall we do to those who insult the Eze?

Before you answer the question, please try to look past me and look into the future, because the future is so close I can touch it!

I know that this is an online thing, but we have somehow made it relevant to our lives at least in this forum, and an offshoot of it will metamorphose into an offline organisation, which is a remarkable feat (envied by some non-Igbo), frankly.

Can we afford to lose everything we worked so hard to establish?

I couldn’t help but notice that I still polled a whopping 45% of votes even though I asked to be allowed to retire, and of course without putting up a campaign for re-election. I was both happy and sad because of that: happy that you love me so much and will miss me, and sad also because you seem to be apprehensive of the incoming leadership.

Sisi_Kill: I was gonna take my new bestie RealChange's advice and butt out but I am sorry just had to post one last time (I promise )




Did I just read right? Did this guy just ask the question "WHO determines when the Eze has brought an insult upon himself? Is it left to the discretion of the person insulting the Eze, or who?"

Are you freaking kidding me right now? What kind of question is this??! Errr. . .Oga sir, PEOPLE WITH COMMON SENSE DECIDE WHEN THE EZE BRINGS INSULT UPON HIS PERSON. PEOPLE WHO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG DECIDE WHEN EZE BRINGS INSULT UPON HIS PERSON!! You don't act insultingly and not expect to be insulted.

Jeez Luise, more and more the reason why our dear country is the way it is get more and more apparent. . .with leaders who think by virtue of their position they are immune to criticism. The sycophants who kiss their azz also don't help matters. . .one would think if they really cared about achieving the goals they were elected to achieve, they would set their ego to the side for the greater purpose.

You people. . .PointB and the rest of the electoral body carried on and on about that Okija guy dividing the group when the head of the division committee is Onlywhathisname. I mean what was the purpose of this statement, if not to further widen the divide?!!



On the surface it looks like concern but please any 5yrs can read through the snark. . .they haven't even started the job yet and he's all but said they won't do it right and instead of you to call him to order, you sit there like beached whales clapping your flippers and clicking in awe.

So Mr. Only-outgoing-never-coming-back Eze, if those closest to you can't tell you the truth about your behavior which brings insults on your person, then expect outsiders to not only call you out but also INSULT YOU!!!!

I'm done (Well. . .Maybe )

9ja_I_hail:

Udo nwanne nke ukwu.

9ja_I_hail:

@sis kill or whatever you called yourself, i did not waste my Golden time to read this nonsensical, senseless post you put above. I just want to advice you not to comment again as promised by you,please wait until Igbo's invite you for your help or contribution. Please don't break your promise.

Thank you.

PointB:

My brother, you self dey fall my hand. Have you not noticed how the uninvited (guests, pests, and trolls) want to sound smart, intelligent, and on point - even if it means repeating what has been said over a million times.

Best ignore them, and the rants will fade - naturally.

9ja_I_hail:

My brother i really apologize for that, it's out of anger i responded to those two strangers,so painful how some of our people allowed this people to use them as a tool to destroy what we are doing.anyway i am sure they won't get my attention anymore.

PointB:

By the way, I hope you are doing well today. I hope it's bright and sunny in your part of the world.

9ja_I_hail:

My dear brother thank you so much for asking, i am ok and can assure you that everything had been going fine with me,just that winter is making the weather unfriendly but we are used to it. Onwe gi ife unra mere anya.Thank you so much for been your brother's keeper. This is the gospel we are preaching here in Nairaland among our Igbo brethren now you just put it into practice, you may not know how glad i am that you cared to ask about my well being. And you how about you and your family?

Thank you.

9ja_I_hail:

@sis kill or whatever you called yourself, i did not waste my Golden time to read this nonsensical, senseless post you put above. I just want to advice you not to comment again as promised by you,please wait until Igbo's invite you for your help or contribution. Please don't break your promise.

Thank you.

Sisi_Kill:
Lmao! And if I don't heed your advice, whachugondo eh?!!

I tell ya, when little people get small power and get overly intoxicated. . .it makes for an amusing sight.

You lot are somewhat lucky, no need not be clairvoyant to tell your what the future hold for you if you continue on this path. Just take a peek at the present crop of power holders in Nigeria, that's what awaits you. . .Curses and all!

Asta!