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PoliticsRe: I Was Raped, Threatened And Forced To Carry Drugs By Peter Obi - Chinenye Ezewuz by owem19(m): 12:13pm On Dec 22, 2022
lexylaw40:
by BABANGBALI: 7:57pm On Sep 23
TRUE? ��� I guess there's no smoke without fire

I Was Raped, Threatened And Forced To Carry Drugs By Peter Obi - Chinenye Ezewuzie Confesses


A Nigerian girl arrested for drug trafficking in Peru has confessed and pleaded guilty, that she should be allowed to walk free from prison.

Chinenyenwa Ezewuzie, 21, was caught with £1.5 million pounds worth of cocaine in her suitcase at Lima International Airport on August 1st 2016, and she insisted she had been forced to carry the drugs.

The girl who had been working in NEXT Shopping Mall, have confessed that she was forced to carry the cocaine by an African drug gang headed by the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi who threatened her and her family.

Young Miss Chinenyenwa Ezewuzie from Agulu, has decided not to pursue the line of coverup but resolved to tell the whole truth of how she was forced at gunpoint to carry the drugs in other to offset the money her father, Mr Okelue Ezewuzie owed Peter Obi. Mazi Okelue Ezewuzie and Chief Peter Obi are natives of Agulu in Aniocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.

According to Chinenyenwa Ezewuzie, her poor father, Mazi Okelue was in land dispute with their kindred members but couldn’t pursue the case on his own because of lack of income.

Her father approached the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi for help which he accepted but on the condition that Mazi Okelue will pay him back the money he spent in securing his land after 8months and Mazi Okelue accepted.

Peter Obi threw his weight behind Mazi Okelue and secured his land for him. After a period of 8 months, Mazi Okelue was able to pay more than half of the money to Peter Obi and pleaded with him to exercise some patience to enable him make up the remaining balance of the money and pay up but Obi refused and forcefully obtained 10 plots of land from the land he secured for Mazi Okelue, leaving only 2 plots for him, yet kept demanding for the balance from poor Mazi Okelue and family.

Chinenyenwa stated that her family pleaded countless times with Peter Obi to consider their financial condition but all to no avail. She added that it was during one of their family visits to Peter Obi to beg that the former Governor spotted her and asked her family to release her to start working for him in his Abuja Shopping Mall to make up the remaining balance. She said her family didn’t object and she travelled to Abuja for the job.

Chinenyenwa said that she stayed and worked for Peter Obi for barely two weeks in his NEXT Abuja Mall. Meanwhile, Peter Obi took her virginity and turned her into intimacy gadget. She narrated how she was used against her will by Peter Obi to satisfy his insatiable sexual urge.

As if that was not enough, Peter and the gang of cocaine peddlers forced her at gun point to accept carrying drugs for them or face silent death. She accepted under duress to carry drugs for Peter Obi and it was in the process that she was caught.

Miss Chinenyenwa explained that she had protested her innocence at first with the hope that the authorities would be able to track down Peter and the gang members but now accepts that is ‘too risky’ a strategy.
Pausing to compose herself as her voice faltered with emotions, she continued: ‘I cannot take that chance and face 15 to 25 years in jail after being found guilty at trial.

The authorities here have done nothing in terms of trying to get evidence by tracking down Peter and the gang. I told them what I knew but it is almost like they don’t seem to want to follow that route. It has been so frustrating and disheartening that Peter Obi, a man that sends youngsters to their early grave should be protected by the authorities and allowed to be walking freely on the street.

They don’t believe that I was forced and they seem to think it’s my job to find the evidence – but it’s very hard to do that from behind bars.

I plead with the Nigerian Government to investigate Chief Peter Obi and bring him to book – Chinenyenwa added.

Culled from the Sun Newspapers.

©️[2019] Oases News. All rights reserved

PoliticsRe: Why PDP Will Struggle In The Presidential Election – Sani by owem19(m): 8:50am On Dec 22, 2022
Eniitankorede:
God will never allow those who brought the hardship on Nigeria in PDP back to rule us. Peter Obi should carry his hardship to biafra land. We don't want bad luck in Nigeria anymore. Tinubu is the only tested and passed hand we have now.

PoliticsRe: Second Niger Bridge Users Will Pay Toll - FG by owem19(m): 8:35am On Dec 22, 2022
post=119340620:
Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want at [b][/b]

God bless Nigeria

PoliticsRe: Second Niger Bridge Users Will Pay Toll - FG by owem19(m): 8:32am On Dec 22, 2022
frank14011991:
For proper maintenance it has to be tolled. Buhari is the best thing to have happened to alaigbo

AgricultureRe: Bone Meal For Livestock by owem19(m): 11:32am On Nov 29, 2022
following.someone should please say something
PoliticsRe: SW Governors- Yoruba Are The Problem With Nigeria by owem19(m): 2:10pm On Nov 10, 2022
enemy of nigeria
harqinhola:
@op , i vehemently disagree with your opinion on TINUBU and the Yoruba's but clearly i perceive this came from a position of hate and dreadful mind . If not , you would have noticed the dollar price today has reduced and not ''#900/ dollar".

TINUBU REMAINS ONE OF THE BEST CANDIDATES AND YORUBA'S ARE THE NECK OF THIS COUNTRY JOINING THE HEAD TO THE BODY .. WITHOUT THE NECK , THE HEAD AND THE BODY WILL NOT SURVIVE AS ONE .
CrimeRe: Nigerian Who Posed As Football Fan Nabbed At UK Airport With Cocaine ‘worth £80k by owem19(m): 11:22am On Sep 24, 2022
beerfraud:
Nigeria would have been great without these people

AgricultureRe: Recomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 7:47am On Sep 19, 2022
No
FarmTech:
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He meant Ochanja market. Don't u know the place?
AgricultureRe: Recomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 8:13am On Sep 18, 2022
You can go to Ochanja roundabout by Iweka road and ask of where herbicides are been sold..what does this mean
FarmTech:
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He tried to help u but u insulted him unknowingly. Probably a reply you wanted to make in a political thread.
AgricultureRe: Recomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 6:34am On Sep 16, 2022
how?
FarmTech:
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Hmm. Seems like you made a mistake here. Apologize to him.
PoliticsRe: Throwback Peter Obi Left $150m In 3 Banks – Alex Otti Replies Anambra Govt by owem19(m): 6:50am On Sep 15, 2022
Moh247:
Please I beg you in the name of your creator you Zombidiots should leave me out of your toxic online behaviour

I didn't mention your name the discussion is plainly about economic policy and impact abeg learn to let others put of your childish banter

Go on twitter go on Facebook see how US youth engage In meaningful discussion on politics

Una own no pass Agbado, BMC, 30 k suffer no dey tire you


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AgricultureRe: Recomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 6:37am On Sep 15, 2022
thanks for your response,am doing palm trees..yes grasses and broadleaf..i will get a picture of the farmland.thanks again
speed99:
Which crop are you doing?
What's the nature of weeds?
Grasses, broadleaf, sedges.
Can you get a photo of the farm / land?
Other, most glyphosphate would be okay.
Sarosate is okay.
Is there going to be manual clearing of the bush?
PoliticsRe: Throwback Peter Obi Left $150m In 3 Banks – Alex Otti Replies Anambra Govt by owem19(m): 11:14pm On Sep 14, 2022
haba man,you are too old for this,abi how much dem pay for this ni.mtchewww i pity for your generation abi you dey under oath?
Moh247:
cool



Charles Soludo as CBN governor mandated banks to have 25 billion recapitalisation

In other for banks he has shares in not to collapse or liquidate Obi started pumping Anambra State Federal allocation and tax to these banks

Doctors went on strike even Anambra State Lecturer. Obi continued saving in his banks . Banks where making huge profits loaning people money at 22% interest rate

Now it's time for sensible Nigerian to decide

Tinubu that spent money on BRT, Lekki ibeju seaport , Lagos Bus even when PDP seized Lagos allocation

Truly Zombidiots are with very little IQ





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AgricultureRe: Recomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 6:13am On Sep 13, 2022
IchakaNdiNso:
You can go to Ochanja roundabout by Iweka road and ask of where herbicides are been sold.
get sense.indeed your darling daddy[pa buhari nd tinubu]have damaged your sense of reasoning..so unfortunate..anyways be OBIDENT.ok
AgricultureRecomeneded Herbicides by owem19(op): 8:05am On Sep 12, 2022
Good day fams,please i need recommendation on best herbicides[product].location Anambra.Thanks
PoliticsRe: Staphylococcus- The End Of My Support For Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by owem19(m): 8:34am On Aug 27, 2022
nlanders what about vulter griller,is he still supporting mediocrity or hiding in shame@his failure daddy..enemy of the nation
PoliticsRe: Highlight Of Peter Obi's Address To Nigerians In Frankfurt, Germany by owem19(m): 6:34am On Aug 27, 2022
thank you our darling daddy
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi To Speak In Atlanta ,likely To Be Interviewed By CNN. See Details... by owem19(m): 9:21pm On Aug 21, 2022
bastard embarassed embarassed
Moh247:
tongue



This cultist black black guy just dey chase clout at 62 years of age

Ibos haven't gotten Presidency in 60 years, but with a Clown like Obi they won't get it in the next 300 years

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PoliticsRe: Kanu Directed Cancelation Of Sit-at-home, Not You, IPOB Tells Uzodimma by owem19(m): 8:52pm On Aug 21, 2022
cry cry baby tongue
God1000:
The sit at home order has done more harm than good, it disrupted economic activities for long in southeast.

Cancelling it is the way to go
PoliticsRe: Yoruba And Igbos Are One, Tribalism Is Dead On Arrival. by owem19(m): 7:34am On Aug 21, 2022
bat=usu embarassed embarassed
OSUigboFlatHead:
Osù ALUSI IPOB JEW PIGS don't share the same opinion.
PoliticsRe: Who In His Sane Mind Would Be Against This Man As President by owem19(m): 7:20am On Aug 21, 2022
bat=usu tongue tongue
apache22b:
We all know in the minds of the so called Obidient's urchins, they want Tinubu to be the next President of Nigeria because Peter Obi will Fail even more than Buhari has failed. Peter Obi failed in Anambra and we the Nigerian youths cannot vote Peter Obi who is a monumental failure and a serial liar, never will Nigerian allow that to happen to us. Affliction shall not arise the second time, Never.

Peter Obi is a failure and should remain where his fellow failures are, just like Ngige,Obiano and their ilks ,just to mention a few.

For the likes of Babangida, Obasanjo's, Dangote ,etc to be supporting Bola Ahmed Tinubu,they simply know and want the best for this Country, we must vote Tinubu into power to make this Country great again .

A word is enough for the Wise shocked
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi, The North Awaits Your August Visit by owem19(m): 9:36pm On Aug 18, 2022
trash tongue tongue tongue tongue
drlateef:
Copied:

PETER OBI, THE NORTH AWAITS YOUR AUGUST VISIT

I could remember that Peter Obi came to power on the 17th March 2006 while the famous Onitsha crisis, which led to the killings of Northerners, occurred on the 21st and 22nd day of February 2006. That was almost a month gap.

Our first meeting with Obi also coincided with his first visit to the town; all arrangements were done to receive the first citizen of the state and also to explain our predicament to him at that moment. As refugees in Army Barrack Onitsha, we took him from the barrack round to the affected areas of the crisis such as Bida Road central to see some houses burnt within the area, and then to Oba of yoruba house and palace that was razed down along sokoto and ifejika streets, then down to bridge head market by the express, where all Northern markets were burnt down. There alone, more than 100 lives were lost and properties worth billions destroyed.

The following businesses were destroyed and burnt completely .

1. Goat Market ( Northerners )
2. Cola market (Which comprised of North and Western interest)
3.Beans and Rice Market (Northerners )
4. Onions Market (Northerners )
5. Vegetables oils (Northerners )
6. Arewa parks which comprises of Maiduguri, Bauchi, Gombe, Sokoto ,Yola, Kano, Mubi and many Northern states.
7. Osogbo park (Yorubas)

But to our greatest surprise, the first thing that came out of Peter Obi's mouth was, "you people should tell your people to also stop killing our people in the North." It was like a bomb! Everyone was shocked � We couldn't believe a whole Chief Executive Officer of a state who should be for everybody, a "Governor so to say, could utter such a disgusting and an intolerant statement in the public! We all were disappointed and dispersed without even murmuring a word. Peter Obi sent a chill down our spines!

The rest was history; Peter Obi didn't even feel any pity for the lives lost nor the properties destroyed, not to talk of giving out any form of relief materials or compensation of any sort to the biggest community of settlers in the state.

Secondly, at a point in his Administration, Peter Obi decided to eject and takeover those markets mentioned earlier from the Northerners. These are markets which the Northerners had been in possession since 1974 when they were relocated from Ochanja market by the then military government. The Hausa community, thereby, rejected his moves to take them over without any provision or replacement for their original place of business.

To our surprise, Governor Peter Obi ordered the deployment of Military men, who invaded the market and took no prisoners. They shot and killed 7 (Seven) innocent market men among the protesters.

It's not easy to suddenly lose our places of income and sources of living without any replacement. So, we petitioned the matter to the office of the Sultan of Sokoto who in response sent two Emirs, that of Suleja and the Etsu of Nupe, to appease him, but even all that brought no fruitful solution. The governor stood his ground and refused to provide an alternative land for the Markets.

Eventually, his Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, had to visit the governor to beg on our behalf solely for him to provide another place for the continuation of our businesses, but 'the almighty' Peter Obi refused to change position all because we are NORTHERNERS not IGBOS.

Because we are Northerners, Obi felt we didn't deserve a land for our businesses in Anambra State. In fact, in one of our meeting with him he openly said to us and I quote, "you people are foreigners here, therefore you have no right to our land" - a clear case of an intolerant leader. Obi's discrimination and hatred to us clearly defined him as a bigot to the core. Peter Obi forgot that a day like today will come when he will need northerners for his political ambition, he forgot that there are over a Million Igbos of Anambra state origin who are scattered all over the North living comfortably with their families and businesses. So, for Obi's insensitivity and high-handedness, all the traders relocated to Asaba with their families and businesses.

NOW TELL ME, How would Peter Obi treat Northerners if he is elected the President of Nigeria? WORST OF IT ALL, Peter Obi said emphatically that he hated seeing Hausas at the point of entering of Anambra state from Delta state.� What a bigot!!

Thirdly, towards the tail end of Peter Obi's administration which coincided with the anniversary of the creation of Anambra state, we were invited by the organizers of the program who is an igbo lady residing in the North. But while making a point on the need to foster unity among Nigerians and suggested that an exchange program should be established where young people from the state should be send to Kano in Exchange for Kano Young Vocational trainees, Peter Obi quickly took over the microphone and said, there is no comparison between the North and the East not to talk of sharing skills and knowledge. He also added that such comparison is like asking China to come to Nigeria to learn Manufacturing business. He made this assertion in the public and I could remember it was the then governor of River state, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, that chaired the occasion.

Moreover, sometimes in 2018, an Igbo Bar man in Niger drive GRA Onitsha invited a Hausa Man to be selling Suya meat in front of his bar just to attract more customers to his business. The distance of the bar is about 300 metres away from Peter Obi's house, but to our greatest shock, Peter Obi invited DSS from Awka to forcibly eject the Hausa Man from the place. His offence - he was a Hausa Man from the North who should not be seen in the GRA. It took the intervention of the landlord and Arewa leaders in the the state to stop Peter Obi from perfecting his illegal motives against the Hausa Man . It should also be of note that Peter Obi equally forcefully deported people of Northern extraction back to Kaduna during his tenure as governor of Anambra state.

Now, what will Peter Obi tell people of the North if he visits any of the Northern States during campaign? How will he be able to prove that he will be a leader for all, going by his notorious antecedent?

In view of all the above Peter Obi's divisive kind of leadership and his unprovoked notorious actions against the North and Northerners, I make bold to say that he is not worthy of a single VOTE from any patriotic Northerner ('Yan Arewa) and Westerners (Yorubas). Obi is an extremely ethnic bigot and a personality very dangerous to be trusted with the highest office of the land. No matter who Peter Obi takes as his Presidential running Mate from the North, we shouldn't trust him.

~ Mallam Umar Dan Kano.
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi, The North Awaits Your August Visit by owem19(m): 9:35pm On Aug 18, 2022
ttttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaassssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh tongue tongue tongue :Pcry
drlateef:
Copied:

PETER OBI, THE NORTH AWAITS YOUR AUGUST VISIT

I could remember that Peter Obi came to power on the 17th March 2006 while the famous Onitsha crisis, which led to the killings of Northerners, occurred on the 21st and 22nd day of February 2006. That was almost a month gap.

Our first meeting with Obi also coincided with his first visit to the town; all arrangements were done to receive the first citizen of the state and also to explain our predicament to him at that moment. As refugees in Army Barrack Onitsha, we took him from the barrack round to the affected areas of the crisis such as Bida Road central to see some houses burnt within the area, and then to Oba of yoruba house and palace that was razed down along sokoto and ifejika streets, then down to bridge head market by the express, where all Northern markets were burnt down. There alone, more than 100 lives were lost and properties worth billions destroyed.

The following businesses were destroyed and burnt completely .

1. Goat Market ( Northerners )
2. Cola market (Which comprised of North and Western interest)
3.Beans and Rice Market (Northerners )
4. Onions Market (Northerners )
5. Vegetables oils (Northerners )
6. Arewa parks which comprises of Maiduguri, Bauchi, Gombe, Sokoto ,Yola, Kano, Mubi and many Northern states.
7. Osogbo park (Yorubas)

But to our greatest surprise, the first thing that came out of Peter Obi's mouth was, "you people should tell your people to also stop killing our people in the North." It was like a bomb! Everyone was shocked � We couldn't believe a whole Chief Executive Officer of a state who should be for everybody, a "Governor so to say, could utter such a disgusting and an intolerant statement in the public! We all were disappointed and dispersed without even murmuring a word. Peter Obi sent a chill down our spines!

The rest was history; Peter Obi didn't even feel any pity for the lives lost nor the properties destroyed, not to talk of giving out any form of relief materials or compensation of any sort to the biggest community of settlers in the state.

Secondly, at a point in his Administration, Peter Obi decided to eject and takeover those markets mentioned earlier from the Northerners. These are markets which the Northerners had been in possession since 1974 when they were relocated from Ochanja market by the then military government. The Hausa community, thereby, rejected his moves to take them over without any provision or replacement for their original place of business.

To our surprise, Governor Peter Obi ordered the deployment of Military men, who invaded the market and took no prisoners. They shot and killed 7 (Seven) innocent market men among the protesters.

It's not easy to suddenly lose our places of income and sources of living without any replacement. So, we petitioned the matter to the office of the Sultan of Sokoto who in response sent two Emirs, that of Suleja and the Etsu of Nupe, to appease him, but even all that brought no fruitful solution. The governor stood his ground and refused to provide an alternative land for the Markets.

Eventually, his Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, had to visit the governor to beg on our behalf solely for him to provide another place for the continuation of our businesses, but 'the almighty' Peter Obi refused to change position all because we are NORTHERNERS not IGBOS.

Because we are Northerners, Obi felt we didn't deserve a land for our businesses in Anambra State. In fact, in one of our meeting with him he openly said to us and I quote, "you people are foreigners here, therefore you have no right to our land" - a clear case of an intolerant leader. Obi's discrimination and hatred to us clearly defined him as a bigot to the core. Peter Obi forgot that a day like today will come when he will need northerners for his political ambition, he forgot that there are over a Million Igbos of Anambra state origin who are scattered all over the North living comfortably with their families and businesses. So, for Obi's insensitivity and high-handedness, all the traders relocated to Asaba with their families and businesses.

NOW TELL ME, How would Peter Obi treat Northerners if he is elected the President of Nigeria? WORST OF IT ALL, Peter Obi said emphatically that he hated seeing Hausas at the point of entering of Anambra state from Delta state.� What a bigot!!

Thirdly, towards the tail end of Peter Obi's administration which coincided with the anniversary of the creation of Anambra state, we were invited by the organizers of the program who is an igbo lady residing in the North. But while making a point on the need to foster unity among Nigerians and suggested that an exchange program should be established where young people from the state should be send to Kano in Exchange for Kano Young Vocational trainees, Peter Obi quickly took over the microphone and said, there is no comparison between the North and the East not to talk of sharing skills and knowledge. He also added that such comparison is like asking China to come to Nigeria to learn Manufacturing business. He made this assertion in the public and I could remember it was the then governor of River state, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, that chaired the occasion.

Moreover, sometimes in 2018, an Igbo Bar man in Niger drive GRA Onitsha invited a Hausa Man to be selling Suya meat in front of his bar just to attract more customers to his business. The distance of the bar is about 300 metres away from Peter Obi's house, but to our greatest shock, Peter Obi invited DSS from Awka to forcibly eject the Hausa Man from the place. His offence - he was a Hausa Man from the North who should not be seen in the GRA. It took the intervention of the landlord and Arewa leaders in the the state to stop Peter Obi from perfecting his illegal motives against the Hausa Man . It should also be of note that Peter Obi equally forcefully deported people of Northern extraction back to Kaduna during his tenure as governor of Anambra state.

Now, what will Peter Obi tell people of the North if he visits any of the Northern States during campaign? How will he be able to prove that he will be a leader for all, going by his notorious antecedent?

In view of all the above Peter Obi's divisive kind of leadership and his unprovoked notorious actions against the North and Northerners, I make bold to say that he is not worthy of a single VOTE from any patriotic Northerner ('Yan Arewa) and Westerners (Yorubas). Obi is an extremely ethnic bigot and a personality very dangerous to be trusted with the highest office of the land. No matter who Peter Obi takes as his Presidential running Mate from the North, we shouldn't trust him.

~ Mallam Umar Dan Kano.
TravelRe: Lagos Airport Empty Amidst High Cost Of Flight Tickets (Photos, Video) by owem19(m): 8:52pm On Aug 15, 2022
thank you our darling daddy,from your child@mannabbq we say we love you,keep on the good work..gbamsolutely tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue
PoliticsRe: Amaechi: Ordinary Nigerians Should Choose The Right person To Govern by owem19(m): 6:39am On Jul 25, 2022
70yrs old man like you,ogbeni try get sense
FreeStuffsNG:
He is sounding like someone in early retirement wink

Something is cooking in Rivers state and we will soon know.
Meanwhile, on the mandate of Asiwaju Tinubu I stand.He is the best, the most brilliant and the most competent among all the candidates.

We will campaign with the sterling performance of Asiwaju in public service.
PoliticsRe: Peter Obi: I'm Not Stingy, I Use Public Money For Public Good by owem19(m): 7:13am On Jul 24, 2022
you no dey shame
Abdul05:
You tu dey lie... grin grin


Any where, obi can't win that is for sure... grin

He is just trying to be relevant... grin grin
PoliticsRe: I Pity Southerners !their Trouble Just Beginning by owem19(m): 9:23pm On Jul 18, 2022
BATified2023:
igbos are d definition of an hatefilled confusionist
tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue
PoliticsRe: See How INEC Is Tactically Rigging The 2023 Elections by owem19(m): 1:21pm On Jun 28, 2022
okeysoninv:
Oga, alot of ipob people in South East has vowed never to register and collect their PVC. So channel your grievances to ipob. Orlu zone has been the hot bed of ipob activity . They even killed some staff and people.blame the choas on ipob leave stupid marginalization by inec. The problem with the machines is everywhere in the country.
shattap if you have nothing to say
PoliticsRe: Onitsha And Asaba, Sit At Home Experience In Both Cities. by owem19(m): 1:07pm On Jun 28, 2022
doggedfighter:
A poor attempt at advertising.






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ndi ara

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