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IPOB gunmen demonstrating bravery against cows.
watch the Video here

Subhanallahi this is how Igbos terrorist organization have been killing Fulani and there caws in broad daylight. pic.twitter.com/NzM0Y2eHSn

— LANDLORD (@AbdullahiJalin1) May 7, 2022

IPOB gunmen demonstrating bravery against cows.
watch the Video here

Subhanallahi this is how Igbos terrorist organization have been killing Fulani and there caws in broad daylight. pic.twitter.com/NzM0Y2eHSn

— LANDLORD (@AbdullahiJalin1) May 7, 2022

when is Peter Peter Obi going to Northern States to meet delegate?

I stand with Mazi Simon Ekpa

Legendforte:
A proscribed group by FRN active in southcentral Nigeria.

how can they be recognized when we see them?
Cc
Gidgiddy
Emergingnation3
Malory

Kill em All let them join Gen Ikanso in hellfire

ogbuefi677:
IPOBS are those ppl that pursue you wt machete in ur dreams every night

who are the IPOB?

johnDkay:
Don't think you can escape this murderous government, you will get served soon fool.

ipob miscreant spotted

Okwyjesus:
There may be no Nigeria then.
It's now or never.

stale

Emergingnation3:
Keep leaving in delusions, chronic unity beggar..

stale
Your great grandfathers have been begging Nigerians to allow them to be "Plesident"

I pity Okoros that will be arrested for this gruesome killing of Army Officers

I know that Army will surely revenge this killing
If you are a thug in Alayeebo behave yourself at this moment or else you join General Ikanso in the hellfire

Transcriber:
Unity beggars

real unity beggars

Lalasticlala mynd44 FP

Okwyjesus:
But meeting Obas and Emir is part of bridge building.

it is late
You try again in the next 16 years

They want to be slaves to Emirs and Oba just because of Zoo Plesident

THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has set up a committee that would visit the various Emirs and Obas across the country to draw support from them to appeal to their people in the political parties to nominate Igbo candidates for the 2023 presidential election.

The president of the Anambra State branch of Ohanaeze, Obi Chukwuemeka Udodeme, who spoke as a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Peter Umeadi interacted with the leadership of Ohanaeze during which he formally informed them of his aspiration, said the Igbo were leaving no stone unturned to ensure that for the sake of equity and justice, the next president of Nigeria would be an Igbo.

Udodeme expressed worry at the stories making the rounds that the two major political parties were nursing the idea of presenting their candidates from the northern part of the country at a time the general feeling among Nigerians was that the presidency should be zoned to the southern part of the country.

According to him, the Ime Obi Ohanaeze, the highest decision-making body of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, would meet in Enugu on May 5th, 2022 to take far-reaching decisions on the 2023 Igbo presidency.

He commended Umeadi, who is the former chief judge of Anambra State for presenting himself to serve Nigeria at the highest level after his meritorious service in the judiciary.

Addressing the people, Umeadi pledged to administer the country with firmness and fairness and reposition Nigeria to the path of progress, harmony and prosperity.

He said: “Uppermost in my mind is how to reconcile with ourselves across the length and breadth of our dear country, Nigeria. It is not possible for us to achieve economic, educational, scientific, sporting or sufficient breakthroughs when we are hungry, insecure, and unstable.

“Nigerians are traumatized on daily basis from wanton killings, displacements, disorganization of business and social life with attendant difficulty to sustain economic, commercial and domestic life. These are issues on the front burner as we progress to the polls for the office of the President of the Federal Republic 0f Nigeria on 25/2/2023. With all modesty, I have the initiative and capacity to reposition Nigeria in four years if I am elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.

“My antecedents and mettle guide me to step out with the triple banner of the Rule of law, Separation of Powers and Due Process, which should engender security for life and property, economic revitalization and prosperity, which in itself represents a fulfilled and happy life. These issues should be at the core of our rejuvenation as a nation.

“We know that insecurity amongst other fallout has driven our people away from the farms, creating artificial scarcity of food and earning power. We live with the dilemma of funding and even making long term plans on camps harbouring internally displaced persons (IDP) when the country is neither at war nor struck by a major natural disaster.

“In a place like the southeast, it has become normal not to work on Mondays stemming from circumstances of nationhood and inclusiveness for which other channels of rapprochement are available, but are not utilized. It has long become a risk to travel by road, which now extends to the sea, rail and air! People are kidnapped easily and huge ransoms are demanded and paid through the established communication grid and existing financial system.

“I look forward to a Nigeria where justice would reign for all citizens irrespective of tribe or status. The bulwark of my presidential bid is predicated on popular votes at the polls by a majority of Nigerians. We should respect the ballot. We should canvas and sustain free and fair elections. Let only the valid votes count. I hope Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide and the Anambra State chapter would remember that it has a duty to engage in vigorous voter education to ensure that all eligible voters who are 18 years and above register to vote and obtain their permanent voter’s cards”.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/05/igbo-presidency-ohanaeze-sets-up-cttee-to-convince-emirs-obas-others

God1000:
Political thuggery

are there thuggery in South East too?

There was pandemonium at the Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Secretariat yesterday following heavy shootings by unknown gunmen who operated along the ever busy Enugu-Abakaliki Express Road.

Vanguard investigation revealed that party faithful had assembled at the party Secretariat awaiting the arrival of materials for distribution before the heavy shootings erupted.

The shootings which caused panic saw many of the party faithful running in different directions as the gunmen were seen shooting from outside of the party Secretariat.

Journalists who were also at the party Secretariat to monitor the distribution of the materials were also trapped inside.

It took the quick intervention of security operatives who accompanied some political office holders to the party office to repel the attackers.

As at the time of filing this report, the motive behind the shootings by the unknown gunmen was still not clear as no casualty was recorded.
Meanwhile, the 3-man delegate Congress as at 4pm was yet to commence following the delay in the arrival of the materials.

Some of the party cheiftains who were at the party office also alleged that some persons hijacked the materials and called for full investigation into the delay in the arrival of the materials.

Some of chieftains alleged that the leadership crisis in the party might be the reason behind the delay and possible hijack of the materials by moneybags in the party.

The new Chairman of the party, Silas Onu resumed office on Monday, following the ruling of an Abuja Federal High Court.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/05/2023-heavy-shootings-disrupt-activities-at-ebonyi-pdp-secretariat-2

Polchiz:
We are better than your people in all ramifications

yes in Cocaine trafficking

Michael004:
Since lagos alone in southwest. Ondo, osun, ekiti, oyo and ogun are not southwest, that is why his peter obi will win in southwest.

lol

I stand with Simon Ekpa

Lalasticlala
Mynd44
FP

Abascoh:
Peter obi is the who is who in Nigeria, you should be asking when tinubu will go and ask for Obi's blessings. Tinubu is not going anywhere without Obi's blessings oh, you better know this and know peace.

Y1bo can never become president of this country

When is Peter Obi going to meet who is who in Nigeria
Or northerners didn't matter too?

Federal Government should allow these people to have their separate "contree"

MonkeyMods:
It is easier for Tifnubu to win president of Iddo motor park than for Igbo Kingdom to abolish Osu


It's not happening...

“I charge custodians of the traditional institutions in the South-East to lend their full support to the clamour for the abolition of the Osu caste system in the area.” Bishop Obinna 2022

"The fight to abolish the Osu caste must be the responsibility of all Igbo who wishes Ala Igbo well"


Bishop Obinna (2022)

"Today, most Igbo men would not mind sleeping with an Osu lady, but raise hell, once the issue of marriage is mentioned"

Bishop Obinna (2022)

"The issue with our Igbo clergies is the problem of ego. They see themselves as more important than the Christian faith – a creation that must be adopted and regarded by all, in every Igbo community"

Bishop Obinna

HE may have considered it a parting gift, but it smacks of arrogance and subjugation. His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, the outgoing Archbishop of Owerri, made a declaration on Thursday, March 17, 23, on the Osu caste, in Igboland. His recent declaration: “We have put a seal on the abolition of Osu caste in Igboland” sounds bogus and worrisome.

There is no doubt that Bishop Obinna may be constantly burdened with this Igbo malady and frustrated by the seeming lack of sufficient progress its abolition is making, but his endeavours towards this effect will continue to collapse at the altar of exclusive and sanctimonious posture he and his clique have adopted to checkmate the evil. 

On different forums and media platforms, the Catholic Bishop has remained vociferous on this issue. This could be understandable, since he comes from an area where the Osu caste system is endemic and also, as a scion of a prominent traditional Igbo family who traditionally contributes chief priests to a deity that may be a custodian of this disorder.

Except when he spoke at a forum where the Initiative for the Eradication of Traditional and Cultural Stigmatisation in Our Society, IFETACSIOS, organised a conference, on September 23, 2019, the Bishop is not known to have stretched any hand of comradeship to the Igbo traditional institution and its custodians for an input in a matter he is keen to tackle.  

At the forum, he made a veil reference to the traditional institution for support, where he said: “I charge custodians of the traditional institutions in the South-East to lend their full support to the clamour for the abolition of the Osu caste system in the area.” All this while, Bishop Obinna’s quest to confront this menace has not yielded much dividend, simply due to ego and disdain towards the Igbo traditional institution – a critical establishment that cannot be ignored; if there would be any headway towards achieving this objective. Like the Igbo will always say: “You cannot overlook the height of Nwangwu if you intend to hoist a high roof.”

So, what prevents the likes of Bishop Obinna and other concerned clergies to approach Igbo chief priests and decorated patriarchs whose deities the Osu question resides with. Let me inform His Grace that unlike in the past when Igbo deities were manned by rustic and tobacco-snuffing old men, emerging Igbo chief priests are young, educated and enlightened.

They are wiser and are likely to be receptive if their cooperation is needed towards issues like this. For example, if you meet the current chief priest of the overall deities of Owere Nchi-Ise, Ala Owere, Ejiogu Reginald Kelechukwu, or the youthful and educated double chief priest of Nnemiri and Ala Ezema of Ezema town, Chibuzor Anunobi, of Ngor-Okpala LGA, you will agree with me, that changes have taken place. Their shrines are being redesigned while their modus operandi are equally adjusted to fit into modern exigencies.

Let us look at this scenario. Supposing His Grace, Bishop Obinna, on his own, or along with his colleagues, deem it fit to drive to the residence of Ejiogu Reginald, the chief priest of Ala Owere, or to a gathering of an association of chief priests of Owerri zone over this issue, don’t you think it will elicit more positive response and results. In the sixties, Irish Reverend Fathers, who were at St Peter Claver Seminary, used to visit my uncles who were then chief priests.

Apart from joining the priests in their shrines, they joked and drank palm wine with them there. It was as a result of this fraternisation that some of them gained confidence in the church and encouraged their wards to become Christians and to attend schools. The issue with our Igbo clergies is the problem of ego. They see themselves as more important than the Christian faith – a creation that must be adopted and regarded by all, in every Igbo community.

The problems of the Osu caste in Igboland do not plague or inhibit the Christian faith alone, rather, it torments every patriotic and discernible Igbo person and community. The destructive elements of this malady are incalculable when measured in Igbo economic and social engagements. Dishearteningly, the system has become a devastating tool in the hands of riff-raff and evil kinsmen who deploy it to demonise achievers, progressive elements and philanthropic individuals in their communities. More so, there is a hypocritical tendency on how most Igbo view and practise the Osu segregation these days.

For example, a Diala, who would be employed and sustained by the Osu, will turn round, after a flimsy altercation, and castigate the same benefactor as an Osu. Today, most Igbo men would not mind sleeping with an Osu lady, but raise hell, once the issue of marriage is mentioned. In the past, Osu was an Osu. The segregation was tight and maintained, while the tenets that guided their association with the Diala, were strictly observed.

The Osu caste is in two forms. We have the redeemable and the irredeemable. However, our discussions here centre on the latter, since the former is like a man with the elephantiasis of the scrotum, who becomes free once he gets rid of it. In Igbo land, there are about seven ways through which one can become an Irredeemable Osu. Only two out of the seven can be defended – where a free-born was bought or kidnapped and consecrated by overzealous and covetous chief priests who want their deity to be custodians of Osu like others; and an Osu that occurs inadvertently. In this case, a man may accidentally damage or lose a property that belongs to a powerful deity. If he cannot replace the item or make amend before a given time, he could use himself or any of his sons as a replacement.

Apart from these examples, the other five or more ways to become one are self-inflicted. The Osu caste was an important tool available in ancient Igbo to regulate social ills and discourage evil men from wreaking havoc in Igbo communities. In fact, if the Osu caste is still a course being followed today, 95 per cent of current Igbo political leaders would have automatically become members.

So, for the revered bishop to mount the pulpit or state at forums that there is no more divide into Diala, Osu, etc., that the Dialas are still in bondage, as long as they give credence to the fact that people were sacrificed for shield protection…or that Igbo people should rise above cultural barriers and embrace modern doctrine…are not felicitous. It amounts to grandstanding, indifference to cultural issues and blackmailing present-day Igbo for an issue they did not create but inherited from their forefathers. There must be a concerted effort to how the menace can be effectively resolved for the benefit of all.

Again, the entry into the caste, its consecration and the rules that guide its existence, differ from one community to another. In the same vein, not all parts of Igboland have the Osu caste. All Ngwaland and most communities of Abia North do not have or condone the system. My advice to His Grace and others anxious to abolish this disorder is to seek collaboration. Let the assaults be community-based. It is the custodians of an area, their chief priests, who know how a particular caste emanated in their area, who will be able to invent the best way to tackle it. To this effect, there should be Igbo conferences where sensitisations are made paramount.

While some communities may be willing to jettison this age-long practice, others, like in the old Owerri zone where the system is endemic and strongly resented, could be tackled by a sustained enlightenment and sensitisation programme that will allow the influence to gradually fade away. This possibility arises because some of the deities that gave life to the system are no longer in existence, as some have receded due to lack of care and patronage. The fight to abolish the Osu caste must be the responsibility of all Igbo who wishes Ala Igbo well. Fiery speeches or ecclesiastical rhetoric alone will not abate it.

A vote against discriminatory practices in the name of Osu caste in south east Nigeria. Osu caste system is an obnoxious practice among the Igbo in south east Nigeria which has refused to go away despite the impact of Christianity, education and civilization, and the human rights culture.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/05/bishop-obinna-and-osu-caste-in-igboland