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*jona:
These Kidnappings And The Destruction Of Igbo Nation


Written by Churchill Obinna Okonkwo

In the poem “The Second Coming" published in 1921, William Butler Yeats wrote that “… everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Kidnapping with passionate intensity is the only way one can describe the present situation in South Eastern Nigeria.

The worst of Ndigbo appears to have arrived and taken control of their lives, redefining their value system, traditional believes, morality, and everything they used to know and cherish. While acknowledging that moral decadence in our society cuts across almost all the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, the alacrity with which the worst in Ndigbo have pervaded their societies and are now seen as role models calls for a critical examination.

I[b] will use the recent wave of kidnappings in Igbo states to drive home my points. It is no longer news that the risks of kidnapping is now higher in south east Nigeria than in Niger Delta region. The passionate intensity with which some umu afo Igbo (sons of the soil) have taken to the act of kidnapping has left me bewildered. To make a clear distinction between why there is happening in Igbo land and not in the middle belt, northern Nigeria or western Nigeria, you need to try and answer this question; If the act of kidnapping is a reflection of the absence of law and order in Nigeria as a whole, why must it be in Igbo land that it has turned into a money making venture without any other cause or justification other than greed?


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/churchill-okonkwo/these-kidnappings-and-the-destruction-of-igbo-nation-why-ndigbo-should-be-wo.html[/b]

*jona:
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oboma1 an igbo tribalist.

*jona:
an igbo again,

Oboma1 link=topic=350227.msg4905771#msg4905771 date=1257974434:

I dont want to be dragged into Yoruba or no Yoruba controversy, but why are Yoruba's so much in fraudulent activities?

*jona:
Women Protest Ritual Killings In Imo
on: November 12, 2009, 09:44 PM »


Women protest ritual killings in Imo
National News Nov 12, 200Report to moderator 24.73.245.250 9 By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Scores of women from Ndiakunwata, Arondizuogu, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, stormed Owerri to stage a peaceful protest over recent ritual killings in their area.

Vanguard gathered that unidentified ritualists killed an octogenarian, Mrs. Beatrice Asoanya, and her granddaughter, Miss Chinaza Okereke, while they were sleeping in their home.

The women displayed placards with varying inscriptions, which included “our lives are in serious danger,” “we are no longer safe in our community” “we need government’s intervention” and “Ohakim save us”.

Speaking to newsmen amidst sobs, Lady Patricia Okereke, the mother of the slain Chinaza, said the suspected ritualists cut off the breast of her mother, Mrs. Asoanya, and drained her blood.
Lady Okereke said the women were angered that the suspected killer of the two citizens have been released, adding that the released suspects had since been moved to Abuja by his masters.

Okereke wondered why her daughter and mother would be murdered in such a gruesome manner, while the alleged culprits were left off the hook because of alleged influence of those backing him.

“I demand that the perpetrators be brought to face the full weight of the law with a view to serving as a deterrence to others,” she pleaded.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/12/women-protest-ritual-killings-in-imo/

*jona:
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested five suspected drug traffickers for allegedly swallowing 410 wraps of a powdery narcotic substances at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja

[b]According to a statement by the Head, Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, yesterday in Lagos, four of the suspects ingested 335 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine with a weight of 5.750kg while one suspect ingested 75 wraps of substances that tested positive for heroin with a weight of 1.3kg. All the suspects were caught attempting to export the illicit drugs out of the country at the airport.

It gave the names of the suspects as Udeagha Ume Irukwu 31, Lagos-based computer dealer that ingested 104 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750kg; Owele Edwin Okotie, a 30 year-old labourer in a vegetable farm in Malaga, Spain who swallowed 100 wraps of narcotics weighing 1.6 kg and Nnaka Kingsley, a 30 year-old labourer in Akala, Spain who swallowed 64 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.150kg.

Others are Nwabueze Kalu Ikwa, 44 year-old trader that swallowed 67 wraps of cocaine with a weight of 1.250kg and Bonek Boniface, 31 year-old labourer in Italy who swallowed 75 wraps of heroin weighing 1.300kg.[/b]Culled from Guardian Newspaper,
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article30//indexn3_html?pdate=061109&ptitle=NDLEA%20arrests%20five%20over%20ingested%20drugs&cpdate=061109

citizenY:
@ *jona

The story has no relationship with your caption. You have to apologise for this.

onye_ngbu:
So even yoruba people traffic too, I think we sell and they keep while aboki uses?