Nigeria and the entire world
know that the highest victims of the insurgency in the Northern part of this
country has been the South East, Ndigbo. There is no State in Igbo land that
has not gotten reasonable shares of the consequences of the bombings and
killings perpetrated by this callous and deadly sect.
It clearly amounts to
insensitivity from the part of the decision makers on security matters in this
country to lumber us with the same people that have killed most of us, maimed
some of us, displaced some of us, made some of us refugees in our country,
chased so many of us away from the locations we have lived and invested our
efforts and sweat over the years. These internally displaced brothers and
sisters of ours, instead of getting compensated by the Government, instead of
being rehabilitated emotionally, psychologically and financially for
irreparable and irreplaceable losses that they have suffered, are now being pursued
into the villages by dumping the same people that have been dealing with us ruthlessly
at our door steps.
Nigeria needs to
understand that this insult is the peak of insensitivity, abuse and ridiculing
of a people that have not committed any offense except being decent and hard
working than most. This abuse amounts to pushing the people of the South East
to the wall and saying blatantly without any atom of consideration that the
Igbo man shall do nothing, after all, who is or who are their leaders, who will
speak for them, what will they do?
It will be a mistake
and distraction for anyone to suggest in any way or manner that this heinous
insensitive act was approved by any son or daughter of Igbo land. This of
course is not to defend anyone but a position to state categorically that even
in our internal political sand throwing, every Igbo man knows that such a
matter is not a joke for any of us, reason is that we all have felt the pains
at one time or the other. There is no governor in the South East that has not
attended one burial or the other of Boko Haram victims.
It will be clearly
unfair and irresponsible for anyone to suggest that anyone of us can directly
or indirectly support the relocation of such deadly prisoners to any part of
the South East even if we have the most secure prisons in the country.
The Igbo nation must be
careful to read in between the lines and know when the seed of division is
being sown among us, a seed that purely removes any bit of cover of our
collective nakedness still left.
It will be wicked of
any Igbo person to blame the present government of Chief Dr. Willie Obiano for
this terrible slip.
In the quest to get
redress as quickly as possible, we must be reminded that it is a collective
battle that must be carefully, intelligently and persistently fought. All hands
of all well placed Igbo persons and well meaning Nigerians must come on deck. I
added all well meaning Nigerians with great sense of responsibility recognising
that if all well meaning Nigerians from all parts of this nation do not put
pressure on the senses of the insensitive security decision makers as it
concerns this matter, it may be their turn for one issue or the other tomorrow.
These prisoners may be
in a prison in Anambra State, it is not the exclusive responsibility of the
government of Anambra and our governor to fight this, the challenge is directly
on the shoulders of the entire South East governments., it is on the shoulders
of all well meaning Nigerians.
It is important to
state that for the oneness of this great nation to be sustained on a long haul,
it is very important that the sensitivities of all regions in this nation are
dully considered in all decisions that governments make be it in the Federal,
State or the Local Governments.
The truth of the matter
is that the government of Anambra State jumped into action immediately she got
the hint of the plan. The markets in Anambra State that were shut down in peaceful
protest was not organised by ghosts.
Governor Willie Obiano
immediately moved into actions, while making the right political noises by
contacting and talking to the right quarters concerned, he mobilised our people
in peaceful demonstration to tell the decision makers that it will be too much
for us to bear if this decision is allowed to stand. Nigeria, being a truly
inconsiderate nation, went ahead to execute the plan.
Anambra people are
hurting and complaining, yet we are still peaceful, it is simply due to the
trust the citizens have built on our Chief Security Officer in the State, Governor
Willie Obiano, a man that has always dealt with us with truth and respect.
Without a governor with
the temperament and coordination that we have in Governor Obiano, the South
East would have been on fire today, the secret agenda of the perpetrators of
this iniquity on Ndigbo would have been accomplished.
The effects of Boko
Haram is very real to Ndigbo, it is not a political matter.
Our dear Governor is
doing his best to reverse the decision, we believe that he will conquer.
Governor Obiano knows the effect of such act in a State that he is passionately
modelling and packaging, a State he has wisely graphed with clear visions of
attaining certain levels and standards at given times, it will amount to
destroying his personal dreams.
In this his effort,
Ndigbo must be told the blunt truth, the people at the centre must be
collectively pressured to reverse this decision. We must bear in mind that the
wickedness being perpetrated so far is by design therefore there must be some
unreasonable resistance from the imposers. We must collectively under the
circumstance keep pressuring within peaceful and reasonable means till we get
result.
We must equally be told
that a slip like this does not diminish the laudable successes and sincere
governance that has been continually dished out by our dear governor.
At this time, our
support to him need to be reaffirmed as to encourage him to fight better.
Akpokuodike is not a
coward, God is with him, he will always do his best for Ndi Anambra, more
importantly, he will always tell us the truth, like he has done in this case.
Ndi Anambra, thank you
for your understanding, endurance and patience, we must keep trusting God and
believing in our Governor.
This is my personal
opinion.
I salute you all.
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