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hatchy:
Well done Joe Igbokwe.

We shall keep educating these bigots till they grow some brain.

hatchy:
Ndigbo in Nigeria: History is my witness by Joe Igbokwe.

A few days ago a friend, patriot and a committed Nigerian, Emmanuel Majebi reminded me of the tragedy of looking the way and keeping quiet by men who should know better in times of crisis. He reminded me of the calamity that will befall a society or nation when real men choose to be neutral in times of great moral crisis. He reminded me that evil triumph in every society when good and thinking men do nothing.

Hear Emmanuel: "The story is usually told of how years after the devastation of Germany in WW2 ... There was a meeting of German eggheads ... And the question was how did it come to pass that a nation that produced Great Thinkers like Friederich Nietzsche. Karl Max ...Albert Einstein....Bruno Bauer. Friederich Engels... Etc ..etc...get seized and goaded into ultimate destruction by a looney like Hitler... Who was not even originally German but Austrian!!!! The thinkers came up with the conclusion that complacency and indifference until it became too late ... Was the main cause!"

A.J.P Taylor captured it succinctly when the German war machines crumbled in 1945 when he said: "The real problem of German history is why so few of the educated recognized Hitler as the embodiment of evil."

The blame was put squarely on the inability of the German political class and the elite to rise up to the challenges of Hitler and his collaborators. The consequences of their inability to call a spade a spade resulted in the death of 20 million people and the massive destruction of property worth several billions of dollars. The rest is now history!

Before 2015 and after the 2015 general elections I had a running battle with the some Igbo writers and opinion builders both at home and abroad on the choice of words they throw to the public space. I reminded them those of them living outside Nigeria that they creating millions of enemies for our people living and doing businesses outside Igboland. I was abused as a sellout, a saboteur, and betrayer.

Nnamdi Kanu's Radio Biafra was there and is still there as I write this spewing and spreading hate, ethnic bigotry and primordial tendencies with reckless abandon.

I did not see Ohaneze, Ndigbo Lagos, Aka Ikenga and other Igbo political class rising up to say enough is enough. The brigandage continued unabated until the Arewa Youths of the North responded in their way a few weeks back and hell was let loose.

Yes, the Arewa Youths flouted the Nigerian Constitution by asking Igbo to quit their territory. Yes, the Arewa youths took laws into the hands. Yes, the Arewa Youths response was reckless and totally unacceptable but has anybody taken mental notice of the abuse and uncensored choice of words used on the person of the President and Northern Nigerians by some Igbo at home and abroad? Why did our leaders keep quiet in the face of these provocative statements and abuse? Why did they not care about others in Nigeria? Why did it not bother them? Why was Nnamdi Kanu not called to order? Did they address any press conference calling for the censure of hate speeches and abuse of others who are different from us?

The same Igbo leaders who could not speak when elders are supposed to speak were the ones visiting Nnamdi Kanu in prison taking pictures with him. Now, what signals are we sending to other Nigerians who are not Igbo? Can you see what I am seeing? Can you add two and two to get four? Can you see that Arewa Youths ran away with the thinking that those who are abusing and cursing them got an endorsement from Igbo leaders?

The evil spirits visited in the night and the child died in the morning and you are still waiting for the proof of what happened. What the Arewa youths did is to practice what political scientists call the balance of terror, a balance of abuse, the balance of hate, a balance of ethnic bigotry and balance of primordial sentiments.

It was when the Arewa Youths reacted the way they did that Igbo suddenly remembered that they have investments worth trillions of Naira outside Igboland. It was then that former Governor Kwankwaso reminded Igbo that they are occupying the size of South East in the North. It was then that it dawned on Igbo and other Nigerians that we need one another. It was then that we started looking into our Constitution. It was then that Igbo leaders started speaking out. It was then that they realized that hate speech can cause war because war starts by hot exchange of words. It was then that it dawned on Igbo that while it is easy for Northerners to quickly vacate the South East it may not be too easy for Igbo to move their physical assets out of the North. It is impossible.

It was then that we realized that nobody has a monopoly of hate language. We are gradually witnessing what happened in Biafra from 1967 to 1970 when patriots and genuine Igbo leaders who offered alternative views to Ojukwu then were branded as saboteurs and tied to the stake and gunned down. Zik, C C Onoh and Professor Enegere of the University of Nigeria Nsukka confirmed this to me. God forbid.

We are in the age of ideas and the age of learning. May the voices of the uneducated, unlettered, and the uncivilized in Igbo land do not swallow the voices of reason, hope, truth, and life. Before the declaration of Biafra on 30th of May 1967 at the then Eastern House of Assembly all the bonafide leaders in Igbo land were seated. More than 80% of the people in that hallowed Chamber rose up for Biafra and it came to pass.

Now if we want Biafra again 50 years after everything must be debated, Mark my words. Let us call for the debate and let the intelligentsia and those who can add two and two together to get four go to speak for Igbo land. A lot is at stake in Nigeria, and I do not want Igbo to lose again.

I agree 100% that Igbo have suffered systemic, organized, structured and official marginalization in Nigeria but let us go into constructive and civilized engagement to redress the imbalance. For us to do this we need to play better politics by working with other Nigerians.

I have a reason why Igbo should see Nigeria as their country. There is no other country in the world where the Igbo language is spoken. Yoruba have three million of their kinsmen and women in Benin Republic. The language spreads to Liberia, and even up to West Indies. The Hausa-Fulani have their kinsmen and women in Mali, Niger, and even up to Saudi Arabia etc. If there is serious crisis in Nigeria they can move.

Igbo have no outlet anywhere in the world. You cannot plant and another will come and harvest. You cannot build and another will come and occupy.

Now what is the way forward? Igbo should stop persecution complex, marginalization complex, defeatist syndrome, leadership complex, and what Prof Ozodi Osuji will call selfish sense of superiority and paranoid grandiosity. We can do better than this. Nnamdi Kanu' Biafra project will not fly in the 21st Century. Igbo must see Nigeria as their own where they have invested trillions to build. We are all Nigerians. Given my experiences in Nigeria and Igboland we may not be able to live as one in one country.

I am a living witness of what happened when Enugu was carved out of the old Anambra State. I am a living witness how Ebonyi State always join the North when issues concerning South East are put to vote at the National Assembly. I am a living witness when former Governor Orji of Abia State sacked all civil servants from Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu from the State civil service. Catholic Diocese of Ahiara Mbaise cannot accept the man is from Anambra State as their Bishop. An Anambra man Mr. Cletus Ibeto who bought the Nkalagu Cement Factory cannot start operation because the bigots feel an Anambra man cannot buy and own Nkalagu Cement Factory.

This is the country the small boy Nnamdi wants me to be part of. Let common sense prevail even though I know common sense is not common. Case Rested!

¬ Joe Igbokwe

Oh, I love this. But where is the source of this article? When & Where was it first published?

jrusky:
Hahahaha I can't stop laughing oh heaven! Was these not what I said a while ago that this boy called Kanu does not merit it he is a bloody fool and a failure. He left his family in a good environment enjoy UK life and asked some ignorant illiterate here to die for nothing and yet some so called educated a s s holes from my region still follows him like a goat.

I had seen him I had seen his father I had listen to him he is just a confused frustrated fool. His case is so pathetic I'm sure this man will receive all sorts of threatening from those fool called IPOB and I can see some lazy attention seekers here attacking the man calling him Afonja I'm really sorry for you guys your case is a sorry case so anyone who refused to a failure like Kanu is now Afonja biko make una go borrow sense small.

I'm surprising that kanu who has no single achievement in life being business, property of his own, not even good education will now be telling me at my age to sit at home I should not open my office or to be telling me to stand and I will stand or telling me to dance and I will dance oh Lord what an insult who the hell is Kanu I asked again and again. I build my business up to this level and one guy will come and be dictating to me how to live and what to do simply my region was not opportune to be president how does that be my business or how can we become president when Ojukwu took arm against the govt of the land how would they trust us was Azikwe not president before? Instead for us to recall back and lets try to put this things right we went on hate jamboree abusing everybody and hate everybody biko oginni?

Please go and get senses a failure can't lead in fact his look does not even resemble his claimed father I'm are not even sure he is a true son of the man in the first place because he looks albino a lot.

ROFLMAO!! Una no go kill person with laugh for dis place, biko...!

Organizer111222:
Now I have my fellow ibos using their heads .... There is nothing like Biafra... It died tge day the main agitator Dim Ojukwu of bless memories contested for presidency under APGA and his wife accepted ambassodorial appointment from the federal Republic of Nigeria ... Nnamdi kanu is just brainwashing he majority illiterates among the igbos to drive home his plans of getting wealthy and famous.... Maybe some of you have forgotten in a hurry the likes of Asari dokubo , tompolo, ateke tom to mention a few who claimed they were fighting for the rights of Niger Deltans... All they ended up doing is getting themselves rich and famous while there mumus and fools are still wallowing in abject poverty drinking ogoro from Monday to Sunday while they are busy balling with champgene , building schools abroad. Nnmadi kanu is a British nationality who is acting a script. Go in to prison was part of the script and that does nkt make him great . have anyone listened to that guy speak... I bet you my 8yrs old daughter will win him in a debate on reason why there wont be a biafra.

Mazi, biko just hold brake for there! Do you want them to call you an Afonja?

Blackfire:
Why don't u find out when we visit...

Expect us in 3 days time....

See u, bye.

Mba nu! Keep your distance, biko. I reject your visit by the blood of Jesus! Holy Ghost fire!

Blackfire:
I will gladly do that my friend, but I will have to come in your dreams with my fellows to expanciate some things, not everything for the ears.

Nitori wipe ela loro..

Tufiakwa! God forbid bad thing! In fact, don't answer my question again, biko .... I don't want to know! Wait first, do they speak Yoruba in Okija shrine, too?

Rossikki:
So let me get this straight. The Igbo group of 'professionals' is demanding the right to secede while insisting Igbos must be allowed to remain in the "failed state" of Nigeria even after Biafra is declared? I mean, the arrogance and narcissm of these people is beyond belief. Somebody better inform that dunce in the picture that in the event of secession, Nigeria will not be waiting to take instructions from the UN or EU over what to do with Igbo illegal immigrants, and will deport every last one of them back to their new country as is her right as a sovereign nation. Bunch of know-nothing, pea brain 'professionals'.

You just asked if "The Igbo group of 'professionals' is demanding the right to secede while insisting Igbos must be allowed to remain in the "failed state" of Nigeria even after Biafra is declared?" Yep! You got that, right!

According to them:

dobokiy:
As the debate on national question continues, a coalition of Igbo professionals in Nigeria and the Diaspora under the aegis of Igbo Ekunie Initiative, has called on the Federal Government to organise a referendum to determine the continuity of the country as a united entity.
In a letter addressed to the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, which was also a reaction to the previous letter written by the Arewa youth to the acting president, the Igbo group urged the presidency to, as a matter of urgency, pass a motion that will allow all sections of the nation campaign for, and hold a referendum to freely determine if they want to remain in Nigeria or not.

In the letter, president of the group, Tochukwu Ezeoke, noted that the motion would serve as a final, peaceful and civilized settlement of the ever-increasing contradictions and bloodletting that has long plagued the nation....
http://guardian.ng/politics/igbo-professionals-call-for-national-referendum/

They want the Northerners to apologise for detaining IPOB members too, and are also demanding that property rights be given to them, on a platter of gold.

dobokiy:
....Igbo Ekunie Initiative also said it hopes the north would apologize for all the incarcerated and murdered members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ‘whose only crime was the peaceful expression or non-violent demonstrations for their right to self-determination as recognised by the UN and African Union (AU) charters.”

According to the Igbo group, “The quit notice issued by Arewa youths demonstrates the ignorance and consequent failure to realize that residency rights like property rights as governed by international law transcend citizenship.

“Thus Nigerians live in Ghana, America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere even without being citizens. Likewise, British citizens living in other parts of the EU have not left because of ‘Brexit’. “The ongoing developments in the country have once again shown why Nigeria remains the dreg of humanity and a failed state where basic indices of civilization and rule of law are absent.”

http://guardian.ng/politics/igbo-professionals-call-for-national-referendum/

Blackfire:
Wow how did you know?

Haba!! That one dey easy, nah. You know too much about what goes on within the walls of the shrine. If I ask you when you were ordained as the Chief Priest, would you oblige and share your experience with us?

OMANBALA1:
You fucking ignorant iidiots will die with hate filled hearts.

First off,Okija shrine is not a place for money rituals.
Its an oath swearing shrine where people are brought to swear they haven't done any wrong they are accused of. Nobody goes to Okija shrine to make money ritual ,I repeat.

Secondly,the skull and human bones you saw at the shrines were bodies of people who are believed to have killed by the oracle after claiming innocence,henceforth their bodies are brought to the shrine as the command goes.

Lastly,no human sacrifices goes on at Okija shrine,NEVER happened.
I have ignorance!

So why were those bodies and skulls left in the shrine? Why couldn't the chief priest ask the families of those dead people to bury them? Something is fishy, and those who know the details should be made to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

Blackfire:
Okija wonderful environ...

Okija shrine.... Nemesis for those who oppressed the weak who decides to go Dark.

And it ain't a place for money rituals as suggested by afonsi afonja.

I love Okija.

Something tells me, you are the chief priest!

IgboAmakaa:
all this politicains den , dat is where they get their power
First off,Okija shrine is not a place for money rituals.
Its an oath swearing shrine where people are brought to swear they haven't done any wrong they are accused of. Nobody goes to Okija shrine to make money ritual ,I repeat.

I just dey take one corner eye look you. From your response, it looks as if you have visited the shrine before. Oya, tell me, when was the last time you went to that place? I promise to keep your secrets, secret!

loneatar:
Is the shrine still operating?

Why are you asking this kind of question?? Do you want to go there?

GenBuhari:
What about first calling for a regional referendum?

There is no evidence that Igbos would vote for Biafra.

They are basing their calls for a referendum on the masses that follow Kanu's directive within the Southeast. They feel that motley crowd would give them victory, if push comes to shove. But your idea of a regional referendum sounds appealing. Let us hope the IPOB crew would be able to carry it forward, instead of seeking other ethnic groups to help them make it a reality.

Almaheed:
of course you have a valid point, but have you wondered that the north has even suffered more at the hands of their leaders too. the problem is the elite and illiteracy ... everyone is marginalized at some point either by the quota system or the tribal favoritism. my point is we need to go back to the negotiating table as a nation all this grievances we have now as been address by the national conference of 2005 and 2014. if how leaders were sincere they would take the recommendations of this conference and put it to good use.

on NK he is a fraud a product of the elite and he won't stop until his ego is massaged yo chaos, I fear he might do worse things and then it would be too late for the IBO's, he reeks of hate and no good leader preaches hate.

Oh, you put it so well.... 'no good leader preaches hate.'

linearity:
Biafra conducted an unsuccessful revolution from 1967 - 1970, Biafra surrender to the Federal Military Government. Also remember that, it was this same call for referendum that started the 1967 revolution...After that Aburi Accord fall through, because Awolowo threaten to also cede the West, if the East was allowed to secede..the North kicked against the accord and joined forces with the West... This opposition lead the East to hold a referendum among themselves and they voted to cede... we know what happened thereafter..

When, where and how was this referendum you referred to, conducted in the Southeast in 1967? Can you post the sources and url links to corroborate your story, so we can all read and verify? Many thanks.

EKEDC are bloody liars. As they continue to share horrendous, unfounded, estimated electricity bills to their residential customers, may God continue to share darkness into their lives!!

ItsMeAboki:
You are apparently irredeemably mentally lazy; why go to Ghana when you even have ready made examples here in Nigeria; haven't you heard of abandoned properties; how many of your blodas got back their houses from their cousins in the SS after the war?

As I have tried to explain to you over and over again; a government can always choose to make laws to suit itself; ranging from selectively putting heavy taxes on foreign (Igbo) owned properties to outright confiscation out of national interest - and nothing will happen, some may even try going to court; ECOWAS, UN etc and only end up wasting several years of their time in vain - that is the kind of reality awaits some of the evictees should it ever happen - shey you now understand?

Don't waste your time. They are hard of hearing and have deliberately refused to understand the basic principles that pertain to ownership of properties, in a sovereign nation. When the chips are down, e go do dem like film!

emmasege:
The albino overrated himself and the Nigerian government gives him cheap popularity.

Nnamdi Kanu has succeeded in killing the Biafran dream through his recent comments and actions.

Nnamdi will self destruct, it's no longer a matter of if but when.

True!!

DrogoG:
Because they want Igbos to leave the north! And they talked about having their own country too. Where you living in a cave when they published their letter?

In a country, you don't threaten a whole major ethnic group to leave any area of the country!! It is a call for a civil war. Every Nigerian has right to legally live anywhere in the country whether they're ethnically related to the place or not!

If these stupid arewa id*iots want Igbos to leave the North, it would be easier for them to jion Igbos in calling for a referendum! That way, Igbos wlll not only forever leave the north, we'll leave Nigeria altogether to form our own country!

Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas don't like Igbos and still don't want Igbos to go! Let Igbos go!!

Can you see your problem? You chaps lack the ability to be rational, as you lace each of your responses with an insult. Maybe, you were the one living in a cave, who knows? The IPOB chaps have been saying they want to leave Nigeria. Instead of launching the process by getting their representatives in the Federal & State house of reps in each of the Southeastern states to debate the matter, as well as their Senators, Ministers etc., to push forward the process, they are busy launching missiles of hate in the direction of other ethnic groups.

The Arewa youths only responded to IPOB's call for a separate country. They are NOT under any obligation to conduct a referendum for your people. Even if you seek their support to conduct a referendum, it is not going to be obtained through insults, threats, hate speeches and condemnation. Ask your political leaders to kick start the process for you. No one is holding on to the Igbo. Ask them to just follow the process, instead of spreading hate.

solasoulmusic:
Really maybe those closer to the water but Ikeja environs never

Ok, so how would you describe what happened in Ogba area near Ikeja, just yesterday?

LasgidiOnline:
By Lasgidi Online

Ogba area of Lagos yesterday June 29th was flooded after a heavy rainfall, vehicles could not move smoothly as the water covered a busy road and traffic started building up.
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According to reports, the overflow was a result of the bad drainage system in the area.

See more photos below..
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http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/06/ogba-flooded-after-heavy-rainfall.html

lalasticlala

doskie:
to tell the truth, the engineers did a very poor job on that vgc entrance. the road leading to the worship centers very near the banks and club is soo low that you would imagine who did it. that flood is virtually always there. infact there is a pumping machine near gtb atm to pump water off after heavy rains

Oh, why didn't I see this post earlier? God bless you for sharing this. This was the point I was trying to make to that gentleman hemartins who was saying that the water at VGC entrance drains off in one day. This spot you mentioned is a perpetually flooded place! It is near the VGC entrance/roundabout close to Car wash/Slicks bar, opposite the old NICON Hotel bought by Jimoh Ibrahim!

sarrki:
I said it that igbos are different from

Criminal bandits,Terrorist called ipobs

Lead by Emir, mazi, Oba the 2nd

The onikuje of kuje

The chairman prison council

You forgot to add 'Rabbi' to his list of titles. His devotees have been going to kneel, bow and prostrate before him, in order to get 'blessed.'

ehikwe22:
The truth is Ikas ethnicity is not up for debate. We know who we are. We know our history and our origin. He's been peddling lies and basing everything on language as if Ika is basically Igbo.

Cire80:
Ikas are Edophilic? What an ignorant fool you are. Ikas only protect their history from foolish Igbos that are consciously trying to foist themselves in everybody's history. Very shameless set of people. We are now igbophobic because we don't allow you guys to fabricate our history? Why are you guys so shameless?

Chimo!! This is known as finishing of the highest order!

Cire80:
your ignorance is frustrating. Some jobless people would have time for your likes but not me. I would have continued if you responded to my points but you mischievously ignored them.

Ol' boy e don do abeg, I no wan laugh again today.... nothing wey person no go see for NL!

mrwarks054:
the best way to tackle poverty

Why are you people so daft, that you post such distracting stuff about placing bets, in places where they are not meant to be?

Cire80:
Igbanke is just one of the many Ika speaking communities in Edo State. Ikas exist in up to 3 local governments far deep into Edo. Although some of these communities are not really Ika people. Some are Esans and Binis that have adopted Ika as a second language.

Hehehe.... watch how some revisionists will descend in here, to forcefully ascribe a mono-Igbo identity to those Ika communities, especially those hosting the Esan and Bini people you mentioned.

Zeinymira:
@laudate, so Rhagav died?
I have stopped following their stupid movies.
As for King of hearts, : stopped watching when Roshni blamed siddarth for her mother's death.

In India, only the evildoers live longer and never get punished

Well to be honest, I don't know if he is truly dead. But after the car went off the cliff & burst into flames, no one saw or heard from him again. Even his friend Sammy, never showed up to mention his name again. Only Kalpana's parents decided to conduct a search for her.

Tequilah:
Hello, please i would appreciate it if you keep my name out of any future conversations with that individual you just responded to, as I do not want my name or moniker to be associated with him in any shape, form or design. Tnx.

Hi, bro'. No offence meant. I understand your feelings, perfectly. Do have a great day. Cheers.

Zeinymira:
Na wah ó, they just keep writing stupid story line

In fact, those Indian scriptwriters seem to be allergic to happy endings. They like inserting rubbish twisted plots that have no value, in their serials.

Ok, take Twist of Fate for example. What was the point in letting Bulbul die? Or killing off her character? Wouldn't it have made more sense if she made a full recovery and joined the family to expose who was trying to kill Pragya? Meanwhile, look at how many crimes Aaliyah has committed, and she has only just been arrested for one of them. What happened to all the other evil deeds she has done? When will she pay for them? Tanu her friend continues to lie that Abhi is the father of her child, simply because she wants him to marry her. She has forgotten that if the child is born, a DNA test can easily be conducted to see if the child belongs to Abhi or not! So why even go down that route?

As for Reach for the Stars, the scriptwriters lost their senses after Raghav & kalpana's car went down the cliff & burst into flames. They changed the actress playing Kalpana, and replaced her with a new person. And the story started derailing from there. The day after the accident, a depressed Pakhi is shown and Raghav's mum (i.e. Gauri) goes to meet Pakhi's grandmother, only to inform her that she is leaving. What kind of crap is that? Pakhi kidnapped both Kalpana and Gauri and tied them up. In the process of rescuing Kalpana, Raghav (Gauri's son) lost his life. Yet, Gauri behaves like a 'mumu and fails to get Pakhi arrested for the abduction & subsequent death of her son. I mean, how is that even possible? Neetu, also gets her house, car and wealth back. It appears the evildoers are the ones who live in prosperity, on this show.

The new character who replaced Kalpana is called Suhana, and she has lost her memory. In fact, the whole story has lost its spark and direction. Nobody knows how it will end, because it is not even making sense anymore.

As for King of Hearts, the reason Roshni/Ragini gave, for marrying Neil is totally stupid. The same Neil has now developed emotional problems. And Sid Khurana's gesture of trying to protect Anya and her baby from disgrace, by pretending to be married to her, has turned into something else. The guy Anya got pregnant for, is now hale & hearty and wants her back. Instead of the stupid girl to agree, she still wants to continue pretending to be married to Sid. I mean how clueless is that?

DrogoG:
Stupid illiterate arewa youths, if you want Igbos to leave the north, we'll be glad to do so legally. There's a peaceful means to achieve it without shedding blood. Trying to threaten us via a letter is a coward move.

You can't just force us out of the North and steal our properties you can't afford on your own, it's not the way. You people can't survive in any war against us if foreign powers don't assist you. Igbos of today are more advance in every field of life and very lethal.

As we Igbos are calling for a referendum to end this terrible union, why not join us to do it, so that we can all agree to part ways legally and peacefully? We don't want to have a country with you, that's why we've been protesting peacefully for you Northerners and Yorubas to let us go!

Why should the Arewa youths join you to call for a referendum? Are they the ones that want Biafra? You people, sef....

Ehiscotch:
Even in churches, you are still marginalized?
It's either marginalization is your birthright or you are just stupidly being paranoid.

Chimo!! Maka gini? See finishing..!

BabaRamota1980:
When a danger lays ahead, others see and understand the risk, rather than engage they move away from it.

When ibo sees the danger, he advances towards it. He wonders why those that saw the same danger ahead of him did not tackle it. He turns around and announces his heroic spirit and debases those who were wise to avert the danger as cowards. He spends good amount of time praising his bravery and when he is sure all eyes are on him, he turns to face the danger and dive straight in. After his recovery and sober from the whipping encounter his first act is to call everybody he previously called cowards, betrayers..... for allowing him to face the danger all by himself and get battered so bad without a helping hand. He is not done! Not yet...

He begins to recount how the dangerous opponent he tackled was supported by other big opponents and thus outnumbered him, and reminds everybody that if it was a one on one pairing the spirit of bravery in him would have come out victorious in the ordeal.

This is Ibo for you, he cannot see past his swollen chest!

Wha-aa-at??!!

wingman:
Very, very weird. Could it be the old man is now senile? The story is quite incoherent.

In what way, pray tell?