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dannytoe:
Lord have mercy, nigeria is fvck up, no value for human life anymore, the police keep feeding us with lies upon lies at the detriment of their mediocrity. infact nigeria no be country again.

Commissioner of Police Umar has played his role.

Law of Karma is there, because Nigeria is a lawless country.

Umar's immediate statement that it was feud by Igbo drug lords must have aided the escape of the terrorists.

Because once that pronouncement was made immediately after the shooting, other vigilantes and law enforcement agents would remove their attention from blocking the terrorists from escape.


All was a carefully written script - like in a James Bond 007 film.

chimere66:
t's clear that Nigeria lacks investigative journalism. Now see for yourself.

The Guardian : 47 killed
Vanguard : 35 killed
The Telegraph : 19 killed
Daily Sun : 11 killed
Sunrise : Over 100 killed.

Even FBI, CIA, combine together can't carry out investigation in less than 2hrs but Nigerian police and Nigeria Media did. Now see the result. #Hahahahaha

If the Media in Nigeria cannot give you a first class information,biko how else do you get it?


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/08/ozubulu-killingssee-why-you-should-not.html?m=1

Anambra state Police Commissioner Umar drew and released a hasty conclusion that the shooting was because of Igbo drug lords abroad whose war was exported to the Ozubulu Church.

Gov. Obiano who needed tranquility in his state, not interethnic conflict quoted Umar's conclusion of drug lords war.

Igbo Zombie journalists in Vanguard were spreading the same conclusion drawn and released by Anambra State Police Commissioner Umar immediately after the shooting.

Journalists normally wait for shootings to be thoroughly investigated no matter any semblance of truth in a story before journalists spread information.

The whole thing is like film. But there is element of hate in the shooting that makes it not fit the conclusion of Igbos shooting Igbos in a church. It's unimaginable.

Laryne:
After they have tarnished the image of Nigeria all over the world they now want to live abi... hope you typed that from your village; did anybody stopped you from travelling when you did?

Igbo is the shinning light of Nigeria anywhere in the world, perhaps except in Mecca.

Are you APC that turns lie to be truth? Insincerity is your backbone in wan Naijeriya. On paper, you want Igbo leave Nigeria, but inside you, you don't mean it.

Jostico:
facebook is bigger than you period.

Idris must have thought that Facebook is Nigerian government that is usually run by Abokiis who turn lies to become truths.

Fulani man can't resign and can't be easily impeached from presidency.
Because Fulani used soldiers loyal to it to create too many states and consequently political over-representation in Fulani-controlled Northern Nigeria.

When Fulani-loyal soldiers were restructuring Nigeria, between 1967 to 1996, where were soldiers of those other Nigerian groups who joined northern Nigeria to defeat Biafra?

Containers fall off and massacre people only in Nigeria.
Because those government officials in charge of regulating how containers are normally hooked to the vehicles do not do their job.

They would rather make money from government job and public gratification and go abroad to have good life on holiday.

RIP.

nototribalist:
All lies, obiano said he was told by the Nigerian police that it's drug war. Hilarious.

They don't want to tell him that it's Fulanis that attacked that church.

The last thing an igbo person will do is to shoot a Catholic Rev father plus congregation. It's an Islamic terrorist attack. Don't be fooled by federal government police that concluded the attack as a misunderstanding in less than 5min after the attack. I expect Afonjas to come and defend their Fulanis masters

You got it. Obiano said in the original of his opening statement above that what he was saying was according to preliminary investigation by police.

But they have edited that portion out.

Conspiracy theories shall soon set in once people begin to notice the manipulations and editing of original statements by crooks.

Youngadvocate:
Here is the Special Broadcast by the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano on the St Phillips Catholic Church Killings at Ozubulu on August 7, 2017.

Good morning fellow citizens

Ndi Anambra ekenem unu

With a sorrowful heart, I stand before you today to brief you on the tragic killing of 12 people at St Philips Catholic Church, Amakwa, Ozubulu yesterday.

First, I want to assure you all that what happened in Ozubulu yesterday was a tragic dimension of a long battle between two business partners who are from the same town. I have been fully informed that this dangerous conflict has been going on for a while in the country where they both live outside Nigeria before they decided to bring the conflict home. But let me assure you that Anambra is too hot for them to operate here, going forward.

This explanation, I believe, has erased the fears that the incident may have been caused by either some terrorist organizations or some members of some groups of agitators in the country. Brothers and sisters, what happened in Ozubulu was neither a terror attack as we know it, nor a violent action by some agitators. We are dealing with a dangerous GANG WAR that has spilled over to Anambra State from another African country. But this is the last time it will happen under my watch!

Fellow citizens, I want to assure you that we are on top of this situation. We are completely in charge here. The people directly and remotely involved in this crime are known to the law enforcement agencies. But no suspect, no matter how highly placed, is above the law. So, we have taken bold steps to bring them to book and restore the peace and tranquility that Anambra State has enjoyed since the past three years.

Sincerely, there is no cause for fear or alarm here. Anambra state is safe. Our churches and places of worship are safe. So, our people should not be discouraged from going to church to serve their God because what happened in Amakwa, Ozubulu is an isolated case. It will not happen again! Ndi Anambra should continue to sleep with both eyes closed because we are staying awake for them. In the words of Wendell Philips, the American abolitionist and liberal activist, “the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” We have chosen to stay awake that Anambra may find sleep! I repeat, never again will this type of bloodshed happen in Anambra State under me!

Ndi Anambra, in all our 25-year history, never has a single act of senseless violence consumed so many lives. I strongly condemn this wanton killing of our fellow citizens who left their loved ones in the early hours of Sunday morning to worship their God. I condemn the senseless violation of sacred places of worship by people to whom neither man nor God is worthy of respect or honour. I condemn these people who did not think twice before placing such a heavy burden on our humanity!

All the shadowy characters behind this crime shall account for it. This is the first and the last of this appalling crime!

Fellow citizens, I call on you today, to join hands with me to rid our society of all vestiges of crime and criminality. Nothing else can stand in the way of accelerated development as crime does. We are familiar with this fact in Anambra State. That is why we have fought tooth and nail to usher in the long period of peace we have enjoyed in Anambra State.

To our numerous friends and partners, I want to assure you that Anambra is still Nigeria’s safest state. Indeed, the Ozubulu killings have only strengthened our commitment to create a safer, business-friendly and prosperous state. We remain focused on our Vision and Mission to this great state. No amount of threats or wholesale destructions can shake our commitment to these ideals.

Ndi Anambra, I have declared today a Day of Mourning in honour of our brothers and sisters that were slain yesterday. We shall observe a minute of silence in their honour at 12 noon today and special prayers shall be offered for them in churches and prayer houses across Nigeria and in the Diaspora. We have also opened a Condolence Register for them in the Government House.

Finally, for the 18 survivors of this carnage who are nursing different injuries in the hospital, my administration shall pick up all their medical bills. I have visited them at the hospital to ascertain their recovery rate. I have also dispatched 50 additional medical doctors to the hospital to ensure that they have access to the best medical care possible. Indeed, all hands must be on deck to save more lives.

At this juncture, I want to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari who called me last night from London to commiserate with Ndi Anambra on this tragic incident. I must also thank the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo who also called last night to condole with us. My gratitude goes to everyone who has called my Team and I to say a soothing word since this incident happened. Your calls have re-affirmed my belief that we are one people under God! It has strengthened my faith in the unity of this country.

Anambra State has survived incredible odds in our modest history. This too shall pass!

God bless Anambra State

God Bless Nigeria

Thank you

Dalunu!

Willie Obiano

Governor

http://www.igbobia.com/?q=ozubulu-massacre-read-full-broadcast-of-gov-willie-obiano.html

"...from the preliminary investigation of the police....."


That above was the beginning of Gov Obiano's speech above, but it was cleverly edited out here.
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Obiano wants tranquil atmosphere in his Anambra. So he regurgitated what police sold to him after the shooting. And that same police statement has been selling ever since.
Only in Nigeria could conclusions be drawn as to what caused the crime, immediately, without any of the criminals arrested to corroborate police investigation.

wordproof:
What activity of IPOB constitutes terror?

Please go and donate your daughter for bombing...educated illiterate.

For over a decade Fulani herdsmen have been massacring people all over the country...till date FG is yet to pronounce them as a "Terror group" which they are in every ramification.

Insisting on basic amenities, demanding accountability and equal representation is now an act of terror in your 50 fruitless years of blogging.

Nnamdi KANU is only speaking the language Nigeria understands.

....because Aboooki believes that if Biafra goes, the oil blocks in the SS which Abokki soldiers and politicians ceased from the SS shall leave them hand.


SS lost the oil blocks when Gowon created Cross Rivers and Rivers states from Eastern region and scuttled Biafra through that.

Even Idris in London didn't know that IPOB is pronounced a legal entity by Nigeria's court.


Abooki even in London or New York remains Abooki

Laryne:
Is he trying to force a link between the Jews and the Igbos!... it is already confirmed there's no link...

But all that Igbos ask you is Biafra to leave your failed Nigeria. Is that a big demand? Why use every trick and intimidation in the books to have Igbos remain with you in Nigeria?

AbCompiler042:
"Bishop" Ikegwuonwu surrounded by priests during the dedication of the church were many worshippers were killed ...more here:http://www.cfrmagazine.com/2017/08/ozubulu-massacre-who-is-bishop-nnamdi.html?m=1

This Ikegwuonwu, where on earth is he hiding that INTERPOL can't catch him, if all the stories about him have been on until this shooting?

And after this dastardly shooting, when will Nigeria police bring him back to Nigeria so that he corroborates all these stories surrounding him?

It's easy for terrorists to capitalize on any place there is a feud, then carry out shootings there, hoping that attention and investigation shall be diverted away from the terrorists by the existing feud in the attacked place.

franugo:
My jizus! did he nt speak enough with his gun? what did u expect him to say again serzly, u people need to think more logically. according to news i saw online, d gunman/gunmen {still dnt know if it was just 1 person or more} went to bishop's house, found out he was in church, then pursued him there which led to d church killings

abi i dy miss something ni?

This is the story that seems to have been woven together even before the attack.

nextprince:
Okay.
But fingers were being pointed at hausa/Fulani.
Cc
Omenka, shukuokukobambi.

Read between the lines, Kanu didn't say Ohaneze Ndigbo organized the gunmen and the shooting in Ozubulu.

He rather blamed Ohaneze Ndigbo for not living with his IPOB worldview, hence the division gave the enemy an opportunity to attack in Ozubulu Church.


The choice of Ozubulu Church as target must be because the enemy wanted to confuse the public because of old brawls surrounding the church.

Ojiofor:
Umu Nri nde wayo na nde magomago ndi choro ibu isi Igbo ndi oshi Jewish identity ntooor .
Proudly indigenous Igbo!

Mugu. I was born and told that Nri is the heart of Igbo. It's like Ile-Ife for Yoruba.

I am not from Anambra state.

Wait for Nigeria to tell you what part of Igbo land is heart of Igbo.

StarOfDavid:
And the media psychological warfare continues.

The same type of media manipulation that told us that feud between drug lords abroad made gunmen to massacre worshippers in a church in Ozubulu.

The agitation for Biafra is being discredited from many enemy fronts. In Ozubulu, the message of enemies of Biafra was: "you Igbos can't live in peace in Biafra."

bankylan:
I wake up everyday thanking God I am not Igbo.......I am not tribalistic....but with the little I know about the Igbos having been to Aba, onitsha,Enugu,Ebonyi,Orlu,Okigwe, Nnewi....I can't but thank my God I am Yoruba. A family friend lost his wife...a very young woman and these Igbo people are asking the young man to but cow, goat and wine before she can bury the lady....Igbos have terrible traditions....

I agree with you over the aspect of Igbos demanding all sorts of expensive things from a bereaved before burial of the relation of the bereaved.

But it's sweet to be Igbo. I can't imagine myself being a Yoruba. I would rather not be born than be born a Yoruba.

Abdgafarplenty:
where are the rivers, where's their meeting point. how do u measure their degree of angriness.

Lol. The two rivers are never angry.

Yours truly swam and would have drowned in Urashi when I was a little boy, but was miraculously thrown up by the river only to be rescued by people.

cascarino:
In a corner of Imo, two angry rivers flow without ever coming together
pulse.ng Jul 27, 2017 1:00 PM
One half of the lake is a brownish colour; the other half flows clearly and almost appears green. They have never come together.
Across the world, from Stonehenge to the Great Sphinx of Giza, there are remarkable creations and naturally occurring phenomena that can only be described by the term we use to refer to them; wonders.

They are those structures that both impress and confound us, enough to command a kind of respect that almost feels like reverence and put them in a class of their own; a class that preserves them into classical antiquity.

In many ways, these wonders, especially those made by nature’s hand, are mysteries, more than anything else.

Like the Northern Lights or Tanzania’s 260 square km wide Ngorongoro crater, they are unexplained phenomena that arouse our curiosity, a desire to know more and questions that we try ever so hard to answer with science or religion.

One of such wonders is hiding in Nigeria, in Imo state, within the rainforests of the Niger-Delta.

In Oguta Lake, two angry rivers flow side-by-side without ever coming together.

Ogwuta Lake has an interesting story
From the surface, you can distinguish between the two colours of Uhamiri and Urashi, flowing separately, never coming together (Pulse36)
It has been this way for as long as the people remember.

Oguta Lake is a lean finger lake formed by deposits of clay, sand, and silt that dammed the lower Njaba river.

At 8.05km long and 2.41 km wide, it is the largest natural lake in Imo, and the entire South-East of Nigeria.

Water flows into it mainly from the Njaba river and to a lesser degree, the Uhamiri, Awbana and Urashi rivers.

It is two of these rivers that flow side-by-side, parallel to each other, without ever coming together.

You can see it almost immediately on the surface of the lake.

One flows in a shade of green, the other is brown.

As part of #Pulse36, their trip across Nigeria’s states, Fu’ad Lawal and Chris Chukwuedo visited Oguta Lake to see this sight for themselves and learn more about the stories behind the unique lake.

There, they met Ekene, a boatman, and tour-guide of sorts. He led the way.

According to Ekene, locals believe that the two rivers were male and female, man and wife. The green water is Uhamiri, believed to be the female. The brown water is the male, Urashi.

The stories claim that they had a quarrel, since then, they have flowed separately.

Nowadays, the two are deities; man and wife have become god and goddess.

There are two separate shrines where worshippers invoke and offer supplication to them; one on each side of the river.

The quarrel does not affect places of worship, and worshipers can call on either deity from any of the two shrines.

But those liberties do not extend to every area.

Yenagoa, the one road town
Ekene is a 26-year-old boatman and tour guide. He is also a father to two children. (Pulse36)
Even as it stays hidden in a corner of Imo, Oguta is a major attraction and every year, thousands come to visit, including some who do not understand the efficacy of its legends.

Sometimes, the couple is taken for granted and the inexplicable happens.

While they were on Oguta, ever the inquisitive one, Fu’ad asked Ekene some questions about the lake.

“So they’ve been separated all these years and can’t find a way to make up?”

“Yes,” Ekene said.

“They are petty,” he said jokingly.

“Why are they quarreling?”, he asked again.

Next thing he knew, Ekene was looking right into the water, saying in Igbo how the lake should forgive him because he’s just a boatman trying to make a living, not one who would say things he knows nothing about.

Fu’ad shut up after that.

Ekene told Fu’ad of a time not too long ago when some students came to the lake to see its wonders.

One of the students, after taking in its size, stood up and proclaimed that the lake was small, small enough for him to swim.

He asked the boatman to turn around so he could jump in the lake for a swim. As the guide maneuvered, he fell out of the boat and into the lake. His body was never found.

Stories like these may scare visitors and for good reason. It never hurts to respect local beliefs and traditions.

The people of Oguta and the communities that surround it, know the lake as a source of transport, food, and sustenance. For them, the natural wonder is an integral part of their lives.

Ogwuta Lake has an interesting story
On the banks of Oguta, you will find anything from traders to fishermen to tour guides ready to give you a spin around the lake. (Pulse36)
As Fu’ad put it, for them, it is a means to live.

On any random visit, you are likely to find women on the bank doing laundry or selling anything from souvenirs to dried fish.

On one side, you will likely find a boat man waiting for visitors and fisherman getting their nets ready to be cast into the lake’s depths.

At any point, there are people being ferried to the other side, carrying everything from handbags to farm produce.

Ogwuta Lake is also home to some relics of more recent times, particularly the 70s when the area was one of the many theaters in the Nigerian civil war.

Not far from the lake, there is what appears to be an abandoned 18-hole golf course.

But move closer to the course and you will see it, right there in the bushes; a bunker used by Biafran forces during the civil war.

The mouth of the bunker has been blocked off because kidnappers, in the past, used the bunker to hide their victims from prying eyes.

Ogwuta Lake has an interesting story
Apart from this entrance, the bunker has another that is said to be as wide as a road. It is a fair distance away. (Pulse36)
The lake was also used as a base by the Nigerian Navy during the war. There are reports that remnants of old Biafran war boats can be found in various areas of the lake.

It is things like this that make Oguta lake unique.

Now, as a new generation lives around the lake, the mystery of the two rivers, its history as an important part of the Biafran war and many unanswered questions about its past remain.

They are why Oguta Lake and its immediate environment deserve a facelift if for no reason, to preserve one of the many wonders that Nigeria is so blessed with.

Until that happens, Urashi and Uhamiri continue to flow in the same lake, side by side, without ever coming together.



http://www.pulse.ng/food_drinks_travel/oguta-lake-in-a-corner-of-imo-two-angry-rivers-flow-without-ever-coming-together-id7060869.html

Flowing into Oguta lake, Orashi and Njaba wonder Rivers are the two rivers that meander through the communities of Orlu senatorial district in Imo state..

rozayx5:
Another igbokwe



In the south


Smh

Igbokwe is better than Clark.

Clark has been leading the Ijaw in politics since the 1960s with result that billions of dollars worth oil blocks in Ijaw land and shore fronts are owned by northerner Nigerians; worse, Ijaw lost its land and fishing waterways to oil pollution.

Yet Clark sees himself as a leader.

hatchy:
Nnamdi Kanu should know why Ojukwu ran away to Ivory Coast leaving the people he led into war to be massacred by the Nigerian army before he plunge his kinsmen into another wasteful war.

A child who refused to learn from what killed his father is surely going to die same way.

A word is enough for the wise!

At least you confirmed that Nigerian Army massacred Igbos during the war.

Thanks.

Clark lives in Abuja at his age with a very young woman he took for later day wife. He abandoned the poor ones in his oil producing area with environment devastated by oil exploitation.

We know the political establishment has been bribing vocal people in the SS to attack agitation for Biafra.

But they are bringing the rightful agitation further to the front page.

NtoAkwaIbom:
Let's develop the culture of sourcing for the sources of the wealth of our neighbors so we don't fall as innocent victims as the people of Ozumbulu.

may their soul rest in peace

Till the end, may your intelligence continue to be channelled to negative and unproductive acts, as you have been doing.

tiwaz:
Source: http://www.ngyab.com/2017/08/ozubulu-church-attack-president-buhari-calls-governor-obiano-phone/

Op,

This is another lie mocking the dead in Ozubulu church after terrorists killed them; after the well prepared lie that it was feud between two drug lords that was carried into a church.

dainformant:
Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/08/ozubulu-massacre-chief-nnamdi-ikegwounwu-ebubechukwuuzo-ozubulu.html

See previous thread about his philanthropic duties here >>>> https://www.nairaland.com/3490456/see-house-ozubulu-man-building

@OP,


No Igbo gun men would open fire on innocent worshippers because the gun men did not see their target.

You people are covering the terrorists attack in the Ozubulu Church.

Aburi001:
The horrific events in Ozubulu town in Anambra state that took place today are shocking and barbaric. Dozens of worshippers slaughtered in the Church and at the alter by unknown masked gunmen.

I do not buy the Fulani Commissioner of Police's version of events. He finished his investigation in record time and just a few minutes after the event he told us that those behind the attack were Igbos that were involved in a communal struggle which has its roots in South Africa.

I smell a rat here and I suspect that the government is trying to cover up the truth.
Until they show me the evidence I remain skeptical about the Commissioner's assertion.

It all started with Sharia law. Followed Boko Haram, then Herdsmen.

And now Massacre in the house of God.

Can somebody please tell me HOW WE GET HERE?

That's it.

This massacre bears the signature of Jihadi terrorists.

The terrorists were doing exactly like this in the north then with Boko Haram; as they would enter churches in the north where mostly Igbos worshipped, kill many, and escape. That was before most Igbos living in the north escaped to down south.

The Jihadists' objective for this type of church shooting is to stop fearful people from going to church, a plus for Jihadists' religious belief.

Shehucom:
Killings everywhere, Northerners kill Northerners,Northerners kills southerners,southerners kill Northerners, southerners kill Southerners, Easterners kill Easterners.
Killings everywhere.

When will this Killings stop oh God?

NEEDDED: AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY ON THIS OZUBULU KILLING TO BE SET UP BY AN IGBO GROUP, NOT ANAMBRA STATE GOVT.


Easterners don't kill easterners like that in the Church

Forget about the police and Obiano stories of local feud.

The story by Police Commissioner Umar that it's feud by Igbo drug lords abroad is diversionary falsehood.

No trained or non-compromised police boss would send out such type of information IMMEDIATELY after such a massacre. Doing that shall pale down the crime and enable the shooter disappear easily.

Igbo don't massacre Igbo like this.

Those who cooked this story shall also sell this story to international media houses. Their story shall be: "one of two Igbo criminal gangs abroad hired Igbo gun man to kill 15 worshippers in a Church in Eastern Nigeria."
Falsehood, falsehood, falsehood.

This massacre and cooked story is blackmail on Igbos to stop agitation for Biafra.

No investigation, conclusion already. Falsehood.

40kobo77:
Really?

This is really bad.

Exactly why we have repeatedly said this Biafra charade will no

These guys don't even like themselves. Those that kill in the house of God has placed a generational curse on their families.

In the house of worship, your Janhaweeed Masters in the uniform of Nigeria Army also killed Igbos praying for Biafra last year.

Your prayers also for your Janjaweeeed masters.

The fear of Biafra pours ice onto the spinal cords of you most diffident lot.

Umar, the CP in Enugu pre-judged who the killer was, told you he spoke Igbo, told you it was quarrel between Igbos abroad. No investigation complete. Even Hausas brought up in Igboland speak fluent Igbo.

Igbos don't shoot Igbos like this. This is the trade mark of Boko Haram.

You came to comment nonsense to blackmail Igbo and Biafra.

40kobo77:
Really?

This is really bad.

Exactly why we have repeatedly said this Biafra charade will not last.

These guys don't even like themselves. Those that kill in the house of God has placed a generational curse on their families.

Sonofabitch, you made front page to blackmail Biafra agitation. You must be complicit to this purely terrorist attack from northern Nigeria.

scholes0:
These ones too are jews??

www.nairaland.com/attachments/5767741_fbimg1501943261069_jpeg53bfc500e5e2b32eb8068a5143340aa9


How are these ones different from Baba Femi on my street or Nosa's daddy in Benin?

Some Africans and their complex issues sef. smh.

Don't be deceived by facial appearances.

Jews prosper wherever they are.

That Igbos lost everything in 1970, but today buy even your door mouth, does that alone not prove to you the Jew in the Igbo?