There is a dangerous trend I have noticed in this country and I wish to appeal to all well meaning Igbo people all over the world to stand up and help to restore our image as a region. Each time I listen to Radio programs or read comments on Facebook, Twitter etc, I notice that people who appear to be defending corruption these days are mostly people from our region. We are good people, highly creative and industrious. We were trained with high moral values, and were taught to always conduct ourselves in ethical and professional manner. Our culture (Omenala) abhor evil, evil acts and evil people. Therefore, my heart bleeds each time I see my people openly defending corruption, thereby giving us bad image in the country.
Abacha's son and some of the people who served under him were incarcerated for many years, I didn't see any Northerner shout witch-hunt.... I can bet you, if IBB, Atiku etc are arrested today, no Hausa person will protest. Dasuki has been held for some months now, no northerner has openly come out to protest. Over 100 members of the Shiite group were killed last month by the Nigerian military, till date I've not heard the Hausas shouting "witch-hunt".... meanwhile, we all know what would have been the case if the Biafra protesters were treated the same way the Shiite members were treated.
When OBJ was president, the people that criticized him the most were the Yorubas. He openly disgraced Tafa Balogun and some other prominent Yorubas for corruption and no yoruba person made any noise. Bode George was jailed some years ago and no Yoruba person shouted witch-hunt.... I can go on and on and on..... even recently Olu Falae was fingered in the arms deal scandal, and the Yorubas have not spared him.
But anytime GEJ's name is mentioned for the way he mismanaged our economy, my people will jump out in his defense.... when did we loose our sense of morality to this extent When did we go this low as a people Are we now proud of evil All over the world, people are held to account for their stewardship when they leave office. Because if there are no consequences for corruption then the whole world will be like a zoo. Sadly, in Nigeria we are shamelessly supporting evil and making excuse for corrupt people. People who say don't talk about GEJ or don't blame GEJ seem not to understand the dangerous path they are taking our country to. This is the first time this is happening in the history of Nigeria.... PMB can also decide to loot our treasury and go and if we protest, the northerners will say he is past we should focus on the future.... the next president will also come and loot and go and this evil trend will continue till the country will finally collapse right before us.
I know that so many people will attack me and accuse me of all sorts for daring to write/make this post, but I would rather say the truth and please God than keep quiet in the face of obvious evil just for fear of being abused/accused. Let it be on record that I spoke out at a time like this when some people are giving our region bad image. There are times when silence is not golden. Evil thrive when good people keep silence. We are good people and we must arise to salvage our image and restore National and international trust. Nigeria is bigger than GEJ or PMB. Nigeria should be more important to us than PDP or APC. It's not compulsory for everybody in the country to support the president or the party in power, but it's important to criticize objectively. Be a catalyst, not an enemy of state.
God in His infinite wisdom inspired His people to write the Bible, He didn't ask them to write about leaders who succeeded alone, He also inspired them to write about the Rulers who failed, so that we can learn from them. All over the world leaders are remembered for good or for bad. Mahatma Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Nelson Mandela, Olusegun Obasanjo, Bill Clinton, Abacha, Martin Luther King, IBB, Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin etc have all lived and some are dead but they are all still being remembered for their successes and failures.. this is why it's important to always utilize your opportunities very well so that you will be remembered for good after you exit from office/earth. GEJ failed and he will always be on the wrong side of history (just like most of our past rulers in Nigeria) so no one should tell me not to talk about him anymore, because there is no future if you don't properly analyze the past and learn from it.
When a child falls down, he stands up and continue running, but when an adult falls down, he will look back and understand what made him fall and address it before taking any step further. Wisdom is profitable to direct.
Let's not forget that the world is not destroyed by those who do evil, rather the world is destroyed by those who support evil....
Selah!!!

Written by
Ugo Chikezie


http://kleeqers.com/forum/politics/63-a-clarion-call-for-us-igbos-to-restore-our-image

Cc:lalasticlala cc:ishilove this deserves front page for all my Igbo brother to read and reflect.

Not all igbos. And igbos are not the only people doing it

excellencyabia1:
Not all igbos. And igbos are not the only people doing it

Well this particular article was written for Igbos by an igbo person based on the trend of things and our political orientation, mindset and pattern.

Last time i checked,Igbos were not the oned defending Fashola for spending N78million on the designing of any website.

BTW there is a very big difference between supporting corruption and calling for respect for judicial orders and adherence to the rule of law

FP material, reorientation of citizenry, to stop glorifying, supporting and celebrating rogues and criminals. we will all be losers if we continue with this trend.

Dem no go hear...dey will soon call OP a yoloba man.....chai....very funny people....they can blame dere shadow for badluck

Ok

fancynana:


Well this particular article was written for Igbos by an igbo person based on the trend of things and our political orientation, mindset and pattern.

How did you know that the Writer of this article is an Igbo? Are you related to him?
Why can't you people just let the Igbos be?
What kind of obsession is this?
Who are you to advice the Igbos on who to support and who not to support?
The pictures you posted,do you know those people carrying the banner?
How are you sure they're Igbos and not some hate-filled obsessed people like you?
Allow the Igbos to live their lives the way they deem fit.... afterall,you or whoever you represent isn't better in anyway than the average Igboman you see on the street.

Karanka:

How did you know that the Writer of this article is an Igbo? Are you related to him?
Why can't you people just let the Igbos be?
What kind of obsession is this?
Who are you to advice the Igbos on who to support and who not to support?
The pictures you posted,do you know those people carrying the banner?
How are you sure they're Igbos and not some hate-filled obsessed people like you?
Allow the Igbos to live their lives the way they deem fit.... afterall,you or whoever you represent isn't better in anyway than the average Igboman you see on the street.

First, i will advise you search for the writer's name "Ugo Chikezie" on facebook and that should clear your doubt if he is an igbo man or not. Secondly i am an igbo lady, and because i do not buy into this bigotry doesnt make me any less.
I only shared a view as perceived by someone else, a view i also hold.
You are very funny, how can i hate my own people. I love them so bad that it hurt when we do it wrong.

if at all, you are the one filled with HATE going by your comment up here.

fancynana:


First, i will advise you search for the writer's name "Ugo Chikezie" on facebook and that should clear your doubt if he is an igbo man or not. Secondly i am an igbo lady, and because i do not buy into this bigotry doesnt make me any less.
I only shared a view as perceived by someone else, a view i also hold.
You are very funny, how can i hate my own people. I love them so bad that it hurt when we do it wrong.

if at all, you are the one filled with HATE going by your comment up here.

If you're Igbo,then you're obviously misguided.
How many times do you see other people of other tribes come on a public forum to berate their own kinsmen on a perceived "shortcoming"?
Or you think all of them are of sterling characters - no bad eggs amongst them?
If you feel there's something about the Igbos you need to address ( assuming you're Igbo yourself),there are better ways to do that. You can even start from your own very community instead of coming on a public forum to make this kind of statement.
I don't have to go further on this.
If a lion joins the hyenas to attack the lion pride,then the dissident lion will be treated like a hyena.

fancynana:


Well this particular article was written for Igbos by an igbo person based on the trend of things and our political orientation, mindset and pattern.

That should not make him to generalize it because like I said not all

Karanka:


If you're Igbo,then you're obviously misguided.
How many times do you see other people of other tribes come on a public forum to berate their own kinsmen on a perceived "shortcoming"?
Or you think all of them are of sterling characters - no bad eggs amongst them?
If you feel there's something about the Igbos you need to address ( assuming you're Igbo yourself),there are better ways to do that. You can even start from your own very community instead of coming on a public forum to make this kind of statement.
I don't have to go further on this.
If a lion joins the hyenas to attack the lion pride,then the dissident lion will be treated like a hyena.

AM NOT AN IGBO MAN, AM AN URHOBO, BUT I NEED TO BE INVOLVE IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I KNOW U GUYS WILL ATTACK THE MESSAGER, BECAUSE SHE IS SAYING THE TRUTH, THE LADY HAS SEEN WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD SEE, U GYUYS SEEM TO SUPPORT THE CORRUPT REGIME OF GEJ AND PDP, FORGET THAT PIX UP THERE, THE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYS IT ALL, U GUYS HAVE ALWAYS SOUNDED LIKE THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IS BITING U GUYS, LIKE SHE SAID, WHEN OBJ WAS PRESIDENT THE YORUBAS WERE THE ONES WHO CRITICISED HIM MOST, EVEN EVEN IF OTHERS DO NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH BY CRITICISING WHAT IS EVIL, DOESNT MAKE EVIL GOOD, EVIL IS EVIL. STOP THIS NONSENSE, SAY NO TO EVIL AND LIVE.

excellencyabia1:

That should not make him to generalize it because like I said not all

True, it's just his opinion anyway, we all have ours.

deandavid:

AM NOT AN IGBO MAN, AM AN URHOBO, BUT I NEED TO BE INVOLVE IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I KNOW U GUYS WILL ATTACK THE MESSAGER, BECAUSE SHE IS SAYING THE TRUTH, THE LADY HAS SEEN WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD SEE, U GYUYS SEEM TO SUPPORT THE CORRUPT REGIME OF GEJ AND PDP, FORGET THAT PIX UP THERE, THE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYS IT ALL, U GUYS HAVE ALWAYS SOUNDED LIKE THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IS BITING U GUYS, LIKE SHE SAID, WHEN OBJ WAS PRESIDENT THE YORUBAS WERE THE ONES WHO CRITICISED HIM MOST, EVEN EVEN IF OTHERS DO NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH BY CRITICISING WHAT IS EVIL, DOESNT MAKE EVIL GOOD, EVIL IS EVIL. STOP THIS NONSENSE, SAY NO TO EVIL AND LIVE.

Urhobo always hating on Igbo since asaba became delta's capital. What do you know about Igbos that you straining your vocal cord? Iberibe....

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True, it's just his opinion anyway, we all have ours.

Ok