FIVE POINTS

BACKGROUND
Nnewi, more than any other town in Nigeria has the most number of millionaires per 10 family units. From time immemorial, Nnewi boys become rich so early in life to the bewilderment of natives of other towns and tribes. In ignorance of what drives an Nnewi man, outsiders ascribe this phenomenon as “Ọgwụ Ego” or “Ego Ọbala” meaning “blood money”.



From the foundation of the town, murder or ritual killing known as "igbu ọchụ" is treated as a horrendous abomination.
When an Nnewi man, no matter his standing, is suspected of wilfully killing a fellow human being, he is expected to run away from the town and shall never be allowed to return until 7 years have elapsed. It is called “ịgba ọsọ ọchụ”. This also applies to killings resulting from fights, provocation or even a murder of someone caught atop of the killer’s wife.

If any person is suspected of using juju to kill someone for ritual purposes, the following procedure is followed:
The person is formally confronted with his offence.
2. If he admits, then he is chased out of the town after being stripped naked and taken around the main markets of his village.
3. The funeral rites especially the release of canon shots are performed and the offender is said to have been sent off to the land of the dead while alive, an act known as “ịkwa mmadụ na ndụ”. He will never enter Nnewi town again. The offenders usually die thereafter or become hardened criminals in another town.
4. Should the accused deny the offence, he is taken to a seer or diviner who will either indict or exonerate him. If he is indicted, he will never get home. His house will be set ablaze by the youths and he will be taken round the town naked and be driven out of the town after his funeral has been conducted while he is alive.
5. Alternatively, the accused is asked to swear by a powerful deity. He must choose between swearing by Ogwugwu or Udo. The guilty must die after four market days otherwise the accused is adjudged innocent.
Killing a human being for riches is alien to Nnewi. In fact, people openly ask rich men to account for the sources of their wealth before such men are allowed to execute any public project.

DISCLOSURE
I am an Nnewi prince. I was born in Nnewi and I never left Nnewi until i was done with my Master’s Degree. I went to primary school and secondary school in my village and would always return home during holidays while in the university. I have not applied for and neither has any member of my nuclear family applied or received citizenship of another country. My parents and their own parents hailed from Nnewi hence I am an Original Onye Nnewi (OON).

WHAT DRIVES AN NNEWI MAN
I have tried to highlight below some of the inherent factors that drive a typical Nnewi man.

1. LACK OF ENOUGH FERTILE SOIL
Nnewi has no alluvial soil for bumper harvest of agricultural products. Most agricultural endeavours in Nnewi are at the subsistence level. There are pockets of animal husbandry but not big enough to make one so wealthy hence anyone desirous of wealth has to be innovative.
Also, because necessity is the mother of invention, our people took to trade and have inculcated the acts of trading in the sub-consciousness of their children. It is now etched in the DNA of every child born of Nnewi parents.
An Nnewi man can sell a repackaged devil to an unwary pastor. He can also trade with and make profit from the meanest of the tribes.

2. SWEWED INHERITANCE SHARING FORMULAR IN FAVOUR OF THE FIRST SON
Any Nnewi male child knows that the first son practically inherits the father’s wealth. Other children get a small fraction of the share of first son; that is, if their father shared his wealth before dying, otherwise everybody is at the mercy of the first son.
Nobody questions the first son on how much of his father’s wealth he decides to share or keep for himself. In fact, the first son assumes hundred per cent of the father’s business while his brothers are expected to go find their destiny.
Given this scenario, our boys grow up to know that they are on their own and should work hard to make it in life.



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lalasticlala

Ndi be anyi si na isi mkpi no na akpa imkpi..
Onye nnewi na akpa akwu n' ike we na achu ego.

Nwanne nwanne jikotara anyi..

Anaedo amaka....

IGBO kwenu, igbo mara mma biko, if you cant beat the tribe join them

ive always been proud of my people ndigbo

I usually don't believe in that fallacy that most wealthy men used people for money. I know lots of poor people out there that are more desperate than the word desperate, looking for how to make money.

Why haven't they used someone for money then?