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ANARCHY IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA  - DR. OJO - ANARCHY HAS TAKEN OVER WHOLE NIGERIA.

VIOLENT CRIME HAS TAKEN HOLD ALL OVER NIGERIA AND NO REGION IS SAFE NOW.

NIGERIA NATION IS BEING TAKEN OVER MY ANARCHY IN THE EAST, SOUTH SOUTH, SOUTH WEST AND IN THE NORTH AS NO WHERE IN NIGERIA IS SAFE THESE DAY.

 

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Agency Reporter   punch newspapers

Banks in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun re-opened for business on Monday after three weeks of closure due to cases of robbery.

 

 

Banks in Ogun shut as robbers raid them with dynamites
By Ademola Oni and Gbenga Adeniji, Abeokuta   Saturday, 28 Aug 2010  punch newspaper
Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some otheradjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state.

 

PUNCH NEWSPAPERS

 Monday, August 2, 2010  Agency Reporter

The Ekiti State Police Command on Friday deployed armed personnel in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, and other parts of the state over persistent bank robbery scare which forced financial institutions in the state to close for two days last week.

 

 

The Punch:: Four policemen, two others killed in Ibadan robbery

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The Punch:: Oyo police foil attempt to kidnap expatriate in Ibadan

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The Punch:: Armed robbery: Ibadan leaders send SOS to Police

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Robbers kill 5 in Ibadan •One robber killed, another arrested

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Armed Robbery In Ibadan Nigeria — Blogs, Pictures, and more on ...

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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Five Police Killed in Armed Robbery Attack ...

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Tension in Ibadan over failed bank robbery

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Ibadan Residents Panic Over Assassination, Robbery - Daily Independent

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Blame Lagos, not Adedibu's supporters, for rise in armed robberies ...

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Banks re-open in Ijebu-Ode

Agency Reporter 

 

punch newspapers

Banks in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun re-opened for business on Monday after three weeks of closure due to cases of robbery.

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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that mobile and regular policemen with Armored Personnel Carriers were strategically stationed close to the banks.

A gang of armed robbers had on August 17, invaded the branch of a second generation bank and carted away undisclosed amount of money.

When NAN correspondent visited Ibadan road where most banks are located at about 9 a.m. on Monday, long queues of customers were noticed in all the banks.

Some of the customers, who spoke with NAN, expressed happiness over the development.

A businessman, Mr. Quadril Dalemo, said that the re-opening of the banks would have positive impact on his business.

Dalemo, who said that he could not go for any business trip for the three weeks that the banks were closed, added that he could now withdraw money to make quick a business trip.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Ogun Command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police presence was to put the mind of banks�� management and residents at rest.

Ogunjobi pointed out that the APC would be moving round the town to monitor the security situation.

The PPRO urged the banks not to entertain any fear and called on their management to make arrangement for security in other branches.

 

Banks in Ogun shut as robbers raid them with dynamites
By Ademola Oni and Gbenga Adeniji, Abeokuta   Saturday, 28 Aug 2010  punch newspaper
Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away. This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area. A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks. A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof. The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks. The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets. As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day. Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was "out of town." A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.
Comments :   It is the work of the Federal Government to deploy military men to all banks not only the affected banks.Government should look into this matter,in order to serve banks from arm robbery attacks. Posted by: Ebere , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment I am really disappointed by our irresponsible governments of Nigeria, they only care about what they're after, the citizen's life are nothing but to vote for them, they only care for themself and families. I don't really know what they are meant for, sitting in the office and waiting for the federal government money and deceiving the people of the state on what they could never do. People are sovereign, no jobs, no electricity, and others. pls seek for solution to this problems Posted by: Adeniji , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment few months ago dare devil robbers struck at aba abia state leading to the shutdown of all banks in the town for going to 2 wks. now what are we hearing again that robber lied seige on ogun state thats really unfortunate in a country about to celebrate 50 years of nationhood. Posted by: albert edwin , on Saturday, August 28, 2010

Banks in Ogun shut as robbers raid them with dynamites
By Ademola Oni and Gbenga Adeniji, Abeokuta   Saturday, 28 Aug 2010
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Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away. This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area. A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks. A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof. The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks. The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets. As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day. Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was "out of town." A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.
Comments :   It is the work of the Federal Government to deploy military men to all banks not only the affected banks.Government should look into this matter,in order to serve banks from arm robbery attacks. Posted by: Ebere , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment I am really disappointed by our irresponsible governments of Nigeria, they only care about what they're after, the citizen's life are nothing but to vote for them, they only care for themself and families. I don't really know what they are meant for, sitting in the office and waiting for the federal government money and deceiving the people of the state on what they could never do. People are sovereign, no jobs, no electricity, and others. pls seek for solution to this problems Posted by: Adeniji , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment few months ago dare devil robbers struck at aba abia state leading to the shutdown of all banks in the town for going to 2 wks. now what are we hearing again that robber lied seige on ogun state thats really unfortunate in a country about to celebrate 50 years of nationhood. Posted by: albert edwin , on Saturday, August 28, 2010

Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away. This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area. A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks. A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof. The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks. The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets. As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day. Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was "out of town." A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.

Comments :   It is the work of the Federal Government to deploy military men to all banks not only the affected banks.Government should look into this matter,in order to serve banks from arm robbery attacks. Posted by: Ebere , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment I am really disappointed by our irresponsible governments of Nigeria, they only care about what they're after, the citizen's life are nothing but to vote for them, they only care for themself and families. I don't really know what they are meant for, sitting in the office and waiting for the federal government money and deceiving the people of the state on what they could never do. People are sovereign, no jobs, no electricity, and others. pls seek for solution to this problems Posted by: Adeniji , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment few months ago dare devil robbers struck at aba abia state leading to the shutdown of all banks in the town for going to 2 wks. now what are we hearing again that robber lied seige on ogun state thats really unfortunate in a country about to celebrate 50 years of nationhood. Posted by: albert edwin , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment

Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away. This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area. A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks. A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof. The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks. The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets. As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day. Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was "out of town." A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.

Comments :   It is the work of the Federal Government to deploy military men to all banks not only the affected banks.Government should look into this matter,in order to serve banks from arm robbery attacks. Posted by: Ebere , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment I am really disappointed by our irresponsible governments of Nigeria, they only care about what they're after, the citizen's life are nothing but to vote for them, they only care for themself and families. I don't really know what they are meant for, sitting in the office and waiting for the federal government money and deceiving the people of the state on what they could never do. People are sovereign, no jobs, no electricity, and others. pls seek for solution to this problems Posted by: Adeniji , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment few months ago dare devil robbers struck at aba abia state leading to the shutdown of all banks in the town for going to 2 wks. now what are we hearing again that robber lied seige on ogun state thats really unfortunate in a country about to celebrate 50 years of nationhood. Posted by: albert edwin , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment

Hundreds of branches of banks in Ota, Abeokuta and some other adjoining towns in Ogun State closed to customers before mid-day on Friday as dare-devil armed robbers raided two banks in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The bandits, who were said to have arrived the Oju Ore Junction area of the Sango-Idiroko Road around 9.30a.m, were said to have blown open the security doors of the United Bank for Africa Plc with dynamites before launching a similar attack on the Sterling Bank Plc, where unspecified amount of money was said to have been carted away. This incident came barely 48 hours after the state government donated an Armoured Personnel Carrier to the state police command to be deployed in Ijebu Area. A resident of the area, who called her husband in Abeokuta to ensure that the man, a political office holder, was away from danger, said the area was thrown into utter confusion as bank customers, motorists and commuters fled the area as the hoodlums shot sporadically to take control of the banks. A police source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity on Friday, claimed that the robbers blew open the doors of the affected banks as the doors were bullet proof. The top police officer, however, denied claims that the bandits were not challenged by the police while also claiming ignorance that the hoodlums escaped with their loot from the two banks. The resident, a woman in her 30s, told our correspondent that the robbers operated freely after she noticed some stranded passengers, who fled the vicinity of the banks along the main road to adjoining streets. As news filtered in that some bandits were raiding banks, the other banks in Ota and Abeokuta as well as other offices and shops in the commercial areas of Ota, locked their doors to customers, claiming that they had closed for the day. Some aggrieved bank customers, who were in the finance houses from 12.00p.m, expressed their displeasure at being locked out and prevented from collecting money for the weekend. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told our correspondent that he would not be able to confirm the incident as he was "out of town." A top police source at the State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, confirmed the attack, saying the banks should support the state government to beef up security.

Comments :   It is the work of the Federal Government to deploy military men to all banks not only the affected banks.Government should look into this matter,in order to serve banks from arm robbery attacks. Posted by: Ebere , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment I am really disappointed by our irresponsible governments of Nigeria, they only care about what they're after, the citizen's life are nothing but to vote for them, they only care for themself and families. I don't really know what they are meant for, sitting in the office and waiting for the federal government money and deceiving the people of the state on what they could never do. People are sovereign, no jobs, no electricity, and others. pls seek for solution to this problems Posted by: Adeniji , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment few months ago dare devil robbers struck at aba abia state leading to the shutdown of all banks in the town for going to 2 wks. now what are we hearing again that robber lied seige on ogun state thats really unfortunate in a country about to celebrate 50 years of nationhood. Posted by: albert edwin , on Saturday, August 28, 2010 Report this comment   PUNCH NEWSPAPERS   Monday, August 2, 2010 Bank robbery: Police in show of strength in Ekiti Agency Reporter The Ekiti State Police Command on Friday deployed armed personnel in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, and other parts of the state over persistent bank robbery scare which forced financial institutions in the state to close for two days last week. Our correspondent noticed armed policemen in strategic places in Ado-Ekiti very early on Friday while the area where the banks are located on Secretariat Road also had a heavy presence of policemen. Police trucks on patrol were also seen on major streets and inner roads in the state capital. It was gathered that the police decided to intensify their patrols especially around areas with large concentration of banks in the town because of the fear of attack by bank robbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Ike Agbor <ikeagbor@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Val Ojo,   You always write like the dumb old man that I have always come to know you as. I also believe that you benefit from the assassinations in Yoruba land or you pretend that the only ills now facing Nigeria is kidnappings; such assertion can only come from a senile irredeemable dumb ass like you who doesn't see the killings among your people and fail to write about it. Rem,ain the dumb ass that you are Ike --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Dr. Valentine Ojo <valojo@md.metrocast.net> wrote: From: Dr. Valentine Ojo <valojo@md.metrocast.net> Subject: RE: Educating Paul Okechukwu Oranika & Ike Agbor & Vin Otuonye ON: The Total Anarchy in Igboland!!! To: ikeagbor@yahoo.com Cc: oranika@yahoo.com, vincentot5uonye@msn.com, "Abraham Madu" <abraham.madu@yahoo.com>, "Nnanna Agomoh" <mnagomoh@yahoo.com>, "Amauche Ude" <udeamauche@yahoo.com> Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:55 PM You are both DUMB ASSES, and you deserve no answer. Ozodiobi Osuji and Nnanna Agomoh, both of them Igbo like you, said more...your comments? You two and Vince Otuonye must be among those benefiting from the total ANARCHY in Igboland...! On Mon 10/11/10 9:13 PM , Ike Agbor ikeagbor@yahoo.com sent: This is what you get when a people are not used to having a central authority like a monarchy or something similar - despite all the noise about the myth of Igbo republicanism which boils down to "each man for himself (I Before Others) and god for us all!" -Dr Ojo   Now what will the likes of Val Ojo attribute to the following; the killings of the following people who simply were vying for elective posts. Would Val Ojo confirm that these people were killed because the Yorubas have monarchies...   The murder of Fagbamigbe a publisher that we knew while in secondary school has not stopped more of these murders and the list keeps growing.   Chief Layi Balogun (Politician) killed on 7th December, 2000 Odunayo Olagbaju, killed 21st September, 2001 Chief Bola Ige,  killed 23rd December, 2001 Ade Awonusi, killed 7th January, 2002 Jane Oladape, killed 13th August, 2002 Alhaji Ahmed Pategi, killed 15th August, 2002 Dele Arojo, killed 25th November, 2002 Chief (Barr.) Ajibola Olanipekun killed 20th June, 2003 Chief Philip Olorunpa, killed 7th March, 2004 Alhaji Alabi Olajoku,  killed 15th May, 2005 Engr. Funsho Williams, killed 27th July, 2006 Dr. Ayodeji Daramola, killed 14th August, 2006 Hon. Olusegun Oladimeji, killed 14th September, 2007. Alhaji Seiman Olafoku killed May 15, 2005 Alhaji Lateef killed July 16, 2005 Mrs Emily Omope killed  March 3, 2003  These people were all killed because they dared to run for elective positions under "our democracy". They are all Yorubas and I hope Val Ojo can confirm that the existence of monarchies in Yoruba land has in no small measure contributed to these deaths that is if he has his faculties intact. Ike   --- On Mon, 10/11/10,   Paul Oranika wrote: From: Paul Oranika Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Educating Osuji & Ojo ON: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !! To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, IgboEvents@yahoogroups.com, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, talknigeria@yahoogroups.com, Igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, ABIAUSA@yahoogroups.com, Ibekuina@yahoogroups.com, Naniigbo@yahoogroups.com Cc: abraham.madu@yahoo.com, valojo@md.metrocast.net, udeamauche@yahoo.com, okibe1@yahoo.com, royalkelvin@yahoo.com Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 7:55 PM         This is what you get when a people are not used to having a central authority like a monarchy or something similar - despite all the noise about the myth of Igbo republicanism which boils down to "each man for himself (I Before Others) and god for us all!" -Dr Ojo   Tony   I often wonder why supposedly educated folks lack analytical and critical thinking abilities. What you hear from Ojo and Osuji is nothing but a reflection of their predictable and predisposed inclination to bad mouth the great Igbo people and culture to support their elementary and unsubstantiated arguments. Ojo offers to explain the rash of kidnappings in Igbo land through what he called "I Before Others" mentality and further theorized that such crimes happen in Igbo land because Igbos have no central leadership in the past, Ojo's childish suggestions have struck an accord with Osuji's ears and additionally Osuji introduced his "Amorality" theory of Igbos to support Ojo's elementary argument.   First let me say that as an Igbo I am saddened by the rash of kidnappings in Igbo land particularly in Aba. Authorities both at national, state and local governments must do whatever it takes to eradicate this organized crime in any part of the country. It is silly for anyone though try to explain the kidnapping problems in Igbo land from a generalized perspective of human behavior as Ojo and Osuji have done here. Consider the following to see where I am coming from. In the 70's when Oyenusi and his criminal gang popularized armed robbery in Nigeria, no one has suggested and should suggest that their crimes have anything to do with group behavior. Remember also that Oyenusi and his henchmen come from areas of Nigeria with long legacy and history of centralized leadership dynasty.   Consider the next point that slave trade occurred in basically all countries in sub-Saharan Africa with or without central leadership authorities in the past. In fact in some cases the ruling kings instigated wars with neighbors to capture folks and sell them into slavery. The issue of "Amorality" of Igbos, is simply a laughable proposition, as much as one does not want to respond to dignify such idea, suffices it to say that all parts of Nigeria have engaged in terrible behavior such as the issue of "human sacrifice" From the historical times, human beings have been offered to deities and gods for appeasement purposes. One such example was confronted by the British colonial administrators when they dispatched the British consul and a team of officers and investigators to Benin to investigate the human sacrifice problems in the region around 1890's.As it turned out the British consul and his team was ambushed and everyone in the team including the consul were slaughtered. Mind you that Benin has a long history of central leadership dating back to centuries.   Back to the kidnapping problems in Aba one could not fail to note that the history of modern day kidnapping in Nigeria goes back to the Niger delta where expatriates were kidnapped for ransom payments. Subsequently Nigerians were also kidnapped in the Niger Delta as well and such crime offered lots of money to the kidnappers. The Igbo criminals meanwhile observed that this crime happened with impunity and Nigerian security operators were unable to stop it. Eventually it was imported into Igbo land partly due to the breakdown of law and order in the country. It is happening because the Nigerian law enforcement personnel could not provide security. It is sad that even the Igbo police chief Onovo could not tackle this problem. It is not just the breakdown of law and order in Aba, the larger issue is the inability of the Nigerian security forces to round up these criminals. I remember how the Oyenusi armed robbery gang was dealt with because I went to Bar beach in Lagos and witnessed the firing squad in action. The state governments in Igbo land should tackle the kidnapping problem on their own and maybe time has come for discussing decentralized police force in Nigeria. The Nigerian police has demonstrated historically that it has no abilities to provide security to the nation   Those are my views, yours always welcome Paul Okechukwu Oranika       Umu-Ibe,   Read ALL the Contributions hereunder and See if YOU can see with the Contributors. ARE WE, NDI-Igbo that is,  our own Worst Enemy? Ozodi does NOT define us!! Otoiheoma Egbe.   --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Nnanna Agomoh wrote: From: Nnanna Agomoh Subject: [NaijaObserver] Re: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !! To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, IgboEvents@yahoogroups.com, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, talknigeria@yahoogroups.com, Igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, ABIAUSA@yahoogroups.com, Ibekuina@yahoogroups.com, Naniigbo@yahoogroups.com Cc: abraham.madu@yahoo.com, valojo@md.metrocast.net, udeamauche@yahoo.com, okibe1@yahoo.com, royalkelvin@yahoo.com Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 3:57 PM   "The lack of morality I see in our people (Igbo) is credible. They are the cause of their problems. Amoral behaviors have social consequences, such as the dastardly kidnapping of people for money."                                                                       --    Dr. Thomas Ozodi Osuji. "Doesn't that (Aba kidnapping, rape and robbery) tell you something about these imported, and ill-understood foreign religions (Christianity, etc)."   -- Dr. Val Ojo - Tall Timbers. "Don't take Christianity from Aba. When you take God out of Aba, what are you going to get?"                                               --   Zubbie (Azubuike) Ekwueme Folks, Morality is basically the issue here. The consensus is interesting. There cannot be gangs of kidnappers, rapists and armed robbers at the level now operating in Aba Ngwa without endorsement of immorality as a way of life by the very society in which these crimes take place. The inhabitants of Aba Ngwa cannot blame anybody for Aba Ngwa's going Sodom and Gomorrah. The people of Aba Ngwa are to blame whether they be natives or stranger elements. Aba Ngwa people started with disengaging the two local governments, the agents of development in the area. They descended on cannibalizing the towns infrastructure, and murdering the geese that lay the golden eggs, namely the industrialists and employers of labor, health care-givers and the social security forces. They moved up to attacking visitors to Aba Ngwa axis, meanwhile using their net workers (as reported by Israeli MOSSAD) to launch diversionary accusations on state authorities so as to fence off Federal government's intervention while their cannibalism and debauchery lasted. How many times did the State governor of Abia state survive physical attempts on his life in no other place in the state, but Aba Ngwa, even in a Church Service presided over by a Roman Catholic Archbishop? The number of unfortunate Abians and other visitors to Abia State who chanced through Aba Ngwa axis runs in thousands.  Yet the number of Christian Churches in Aba town alone is more than the number of Christian Churches in the whole of Rome in Italy! The number of Christian denominations and sects in Aba Ngwa is comparable to the population of Aba urban.  Each house is a Church! You would want to ask: Why all these uncountable Christian denominations and sects, professing the same God, same Jesus and reading from the same Bible and yet their community is worse than Sodom and Gomorrah? By the way, why so many denominations and sects if material acquisition - money, wine and woman - is not the lust that has led to this sorry state of crime and abomination?   It is religious falsehood, self-deceit, lasciviousness, using God's Name in vain that turned Aba Ngwa into today's Sodom and Gomorrah. Aba Ngwa is proof of the saying that the more Christian Church goers they are in any African community, the greater the criminal acts, ranging from falsehood, adultery, corruption, to miscarriage of justice. Is Nigeria not known world wide as a failed state, yet with 90% religious population?  Dr. Ozodi Osuji is "hoping we do not degenerate to the level of Somalia" but I see that as hoping against hope when proselytizing and evangelism are rabidly on the increase! We would be worse than Somalia when they clock 100%. They are 90% now, and not climbing down! The Founding Fathers of Abia State foresaw this proclivity to foreign religious fanaticism and named Abia God's Own State. Abia is not a state for any of the foreign religions - - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, etc. Abia is simply God's own State. Period.  There is but one God, and His Name in Abia State is Chineke or Chukwu, full stop.  God's angels, archangels and the hosts of heaven are known to our fathers, but they are not for worship.  When people fail to worship this one Great God, the consequence is a mighty fall of the tribe with a sonic boom! That's what has befallen Aba Ngwa, the city with the highest foreign religious concentration in Africa! The people of Aba Ngwa must be ready to worship God in truth and spirit for Aba Ngwa to return to her primordial love culture of neighborliness, the reason for her rise as the most technological city in West Africa.  Aba Ngwa fell from tower to grass morally and descended into the abyss of Sodom and Gomorrah following her suffocation by false foreign religion hoisted on the people by the Philistine Jezebel of colonial leftovers. There are more pastors and apostles in Aba urban than in the rest of Southern Nigeria. The major export trade of Aba Ngwa is Christian apostles! Not even the United Nations can salvage Aba Ngwa. The people should walk out of their self-constructed prison of foreign religious entrapment. The current uprising of the few to confiscate the wealth and property that make up Aba urban is not going to assuage their lust. Aba Ngwa must denounce indolence in all its ramifications - - doubtful pastors and business men! And all men (and women) of goodwill should stop being acquiescent, offering spurious  reasons for evil acts just to save their personal relationship with misguided fellows. Nnanna   From: Zubbie Ekwueme To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com; IgboEvents@yahoogroups.com; IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; Waawa@yahoogroups.com; NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 9:12:52 AM Subject: [NaijaObserver] Do not take Christianity from Aba: MY TAKE ON: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !!   "This is what you get when a people are not used to having a central authority like a monarchy or something similar - despite all the noise about the myth of Igbo republicanism which boils down to "each man for himself (I Before Others) and god for us all!" -Dr Ojo  The ancient Greece, the birthplace and father of Western Civilization was exactly as you described above. The Greeks had city states, each man was for himself. Spartans and Athenians were mortal enemies. They worshipped Zeus and Apollo etc. Greece survived into modern era without being defeated by the neigboring Egypt or Persia. Egypt and Persia were monarchists.   So, it is not a bad thing at all to start out life just like the ancient Greece did. Frankly, it is a plus. The Igbo were defeated and forced to coexist in a monarchist and religionist world. The Yoruba monarchism and Hausa/Fulani Islamism did a number on the Igbo. They both beat the hell out of the Igbo, confusing them, ridiculing them, and made sure they never woke up from defeat.  The early Greece-like manifestations of the Igbo began to disappear and dissipate as the Igbo were forced to become more and more like the conquering Yoruba/Hausa/Fulani.   What is happening in Aba is the agony of defeat of a once proud people. Neglect by the feds, neglect by people of Abia like Nnanna Agomoh and Abraham Madu, who would have nothing but to de-christianize the Igbo. When you take God out of Aba, what are you going to get? You got horror and kidnapping and sh!t.   Zubbie Ekwueme Restructuring . Regionalization . Resource Control . Confederation zekwueme@yahoo.com From: ozodiobi To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 1:01:22 AM Subject: [NaijaObserver] Re: MY TAKE ON: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !!   "This is what you get when a people are not used to having a central authority like a monarchy or something similar - despite all the noise about the myth of Igbo republicanism which boils down to "each man for himself (I Before Others) and god for us all!" Dr Ojo Dr Ojo I must say that once in a while you get it right. Your point above is exactly the cause of the breakdown of law and order at Aba. As I have pointed out in several essays Igbos did not develop Igbo wide political structures, no central leadership, no sense of Igboness. The little sense of oneness they seem to have is actually due to the Nigerian state. They go to other parts of Nigeria and folks treat them as if they are one people hence they talk as if they are one people. But among themselves they simply do not see each other as part of their people. At best each of them identifies with his town and does not mind stealing from others to improve his town. This lack of ego expansion to incorporate all Igbos is the root cause of their current problem and if that problem is not properly addressed they would descend to total breakdown of law and order. Hausas, Yorubas, Edos etc had centralized government and therefore have a sense of being one people, and therefore would not do the evil things that Igbos do to one another and seem to believe that it is normal to do so. The lack of morality I see in our people is incredible. I often wonder how people who call themselves human beings could do what they do to each other but come to the public square to accuse other Nigerians as the cause of their problems; no, they are the cause of their problems. As a matter of fact, it is not even their individual problems for it is a result of developmental failure. If Igbos can have a sociocentric leader unify them and give them a sense of oneness they would be well served but as I look at Alaigbo I see midgets, thieves claiming to be Igbo leaders. It is probably going to get worse before it gets better. I am hoping that we do not degenerate to the level of Somalia before we come to our senses. Again, you got this one right. Thanks. Ozodi Osuji PS: The answer lies in Igbos learning to behave morally and stop behaving amorally and thinking that it is smart to be amroal; amoral behaviors have social consequences, such as the dastardly kidnapping of people for money, the very thought of such behavior makes me puke. --- In NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, afis wrote: > > "Sandra, you must know that Tony Egbe is a mental midget. He is not working with > all his faculties and must be excused for thinking through his a-hole. He is a > compound foul. I am not sure he unders the implication of what he preaches. he > is a simpleton with a child - like mind."  By Wharfy, a "dearest" friend of Tony > Egbe. > > > > Afis Birdeye view: When a man goes  searching for "intellectual minds", and > those "minds" are mindless-Nigeriana like himself;  and this individual > searching for lost "intellectual souls" lacks the wherewithal of > intellectualism, when that lacklustered individual reaches the end of his > search.......then one would find as an end product of all mother of > searches.............a Tony Egbe.  > Methinks it will take the end of time for Tony Egbe, a lost mind, to find those > mindless "intellectual minds" of his dream.  > Shikena. > afis > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Dr. Valentine Ojo > To: AfricanTalk <AfricanTalk@yahoogroups.com> > Cc: tegbe2003@...; wharfsnake@...; blassys@...; Bobson Arigbe > ; Kwabena Akurang-Parry ; Ola Kassim > ; Adeniran Adeboye ; Akinbode Akinola > ; Abraham Madu ; Adebayo Adejuwon > ; Adeniba Adepoyigi ; > Bimbola Adelakun ; Mobolaji Aluko ; > Tony Agbali ; Emmanuel Babatunde ; > Rufus Orindare ; Cornelius Hamelberg > ; Gloria (History) Emeagwali > ; Olu Ojedokun ; Ede Amatorisero > ; Farooq Kperogi ; Joe Igietseme > ; Kay Odunaro ; Kennedy Emetulu > ; Nnanna Agomoh ; Oderaigbo > ; Odidere Afis ; Omo Oba > ; Iyalaje Fama ; Pius Adesanmi > ; Dominic Ogbonna ; Dele Olawole > ; Tina Iyare ; Joe Attueyi > ; Tunji Alapini ; Amauche Ude > ; Vincent Modebelu ; Chris > Odetunde > Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 9:40:53 PM > Subject: RE: MY TAKE ON: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !! > > "What is Happening in Aba, and its State of Anarchy classification is same all > over the country..." - Otoiheoma Egbe" - tony egbe > > "Otoiheoma Egbe:" > > Will you please STOP lying through your teeth! > > This is an Ndi-Igbo thing, and especially peculiar to Aba in Abia State. No > other part of Nigeria - not even the other Ndi-Igbo states - is experiencing > this intolerably high level of primordial ANARCHY!!! > > This is what you get when a people are not used to having a central authority > like a monarchy or something similar - despite all the noise about the myth of > Igbo republicanism which boils down to "each man for himself (IBefore Others) > and god for us all!" > > READ: PRIMITIVE STATE of ANARCHY!!! > > And all this is happening in Nigeria's Bible Belt - the most "christianized" > area in Nigeria! > > Doesn't that tell you something about these imported, and ill-understood foreign > religions..? > > (Cf. the Boko Haram movement in the North, an offshoot of imported Islamic > fundamentalism, just like these cases of abductions, kidnappings, raping, etc. > are all off-shoots of imported Christian fundamentalism, since these were rare > occurrences - if ever - in traditional African societies, including those of the > Ndi-Igbo! Did you notice how quickly this NONSENSE abated in Benin City and > environ when the traditional custodians of "law and order and personal security" > took things into their own hands..? I stand corrected...) > > Dr. Valentine Ojo > Tall Timbers, MD > > > > On Sun 10/10/10 7:58 PM , Wharf Snake wharfsnake@... sent: > >   > >Sandra, you must know that Tony Egbe is a mental midget. He is not working with > >all his faculties and must be excused for thinking through his a-hole. He is a > >compound foul. I am not sure he unders the implication of what he preaches. he > >is a simpleton with a child - like mind. > >  > >Agwo emeghi nke o jiri buru agwo,umuaka achiri ya hie nku > > > >Wharf  Aiseokhuoba Snake  > >Idi-oro, Lagos. > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Sandra Frempong > >To: NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com; naijapolitics@...; > >NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 7:54:10 PM > >Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [NaijaObserver] MY TAKE ON: Anarchy in > >Aba---Failed State, Failed Country !! > > > >  > >Snippet:  "I strongly feel that Nigeria is Very Ripe for a Ruthless Military > >Dictatorship of Rawlings Kind". ~ Tony Egbe.  > > > > > >Dear Tony,  > > > >Please be careful what you wish for because you might just get it.  Does Nigeria > >need another ruthless military dictator?   Is Rawlings and "ruthless" military > >dictatorship" synonymous?   Rawlings succeeded because he had the support of  > >most Ghanaians at the time.  Otherwise, can you imagine an Ewe sending an > >Ashanti and leading figures from other tribes to the firing squads without much > >retributions? Tribal hatred is not peculiar to Nigeria you know. > > > >Folks, it is time for our people to rise up, not wish for a ruthless military > >dictator! > > > >Sandra > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: tony egbe > >To: IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; naijapolitics@...; > >naijaobserver@yahoogroups.com; NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com; > >igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com > >Cc: imostatecongress@yahoogroups.com; ORAUSA@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 5:43:22 PM > >Subject: [NaijaObserver] MY TAKE ON: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed > >Country !! > > > >  > >NIGERIANS, > >  > >What is Happening in Aba, and its State of Anarchy classification is same all > >over the country, though on different dimensional level. This is Why I strongly > >feel that Nigeria is Very Ripe for a Ruthless Military Dictatorship of Rawlings > >Kind. Period!! Our Nigeria brand of Democracy is NOT Working!! Otoiheoma Egbe. > > > > > >--- On Sun, 10/10/10, Azuoma Anugom wrote: > > > > > >>From: Azuoma Anugom > >>Subject: Anarchy in Aba---Failed State, Failed Country Re: [IgboWorldForum] Read > >>& Be Shocked! > >>To: IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, naijapolitics@..., > >> naijaobserver@yahoogroups.com, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, > >>igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com > >>Cc: imostatecongress@yahoogroups.com, ORAUSA@yahoogroups.com > >>Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 3:09 PM > >> > >> > >>  > >>Clearly Aba has gone to the dogs.   Has the federal government declared a state > >>of emergency yet or are they waiting for everybody to be killed or the whole > >>city sacked before they react????   It is no brainer that it is high time the > >>federal government steps in and take charge because Gov Orji is incapable of > >>arresting this situation.  I bet this nonsense will not be tolerated if > >>this were to be military regime.  How many more lives ---how many blood will be > >>shed before Gov. Orji and President Jonathan step up to the plate????  Are they > >>immune from the cries of the masses that they refused to see that the citizens > >>of Nigeria resident in Aba need help?? Aba has become a den of thieves--taken > >>over by kidnappers who  are not only bloodthirsty but also desecrate the > >>lands---we read of kidnappers forcing victims to commit incest . Tufiakwa!!! > >>Evil > >> > >> > >>  > >>Nigeria needs real leaders. I daresay this is a litmus test for President > >>Goodluck Jonathan. Let's see how he will solve this problem Being a president of > >>a country means being able to rise up to the challenges that come up, ability to > >>checkmate enemies of the state and restore law and order is part of the social > >>contract the people entered into with the government. If it means Jonathan > >>sending armies to Aba and matching force with force so be it.  We need to have > >>confidence in President Jonathan that he is capable of running this country > >>beyond 2010. Aba is part of Nigeria and since Gov Orji has failed to secure the > >>city let the federal government declare a state of emergency and take over.  We > >>cannot continue playing ostrich with this problem. We have tolerated this > >>enough. If Nigeria is to be a normal country, Gov Orji would have resigned or > >>recalled or impeached.  He gets security votes yet there is no semblance of law > >>and order in Aba. > >> > >> > >>Can you imagine the impunity of this kidnappers? Who are their godfathers? Who > >>protects them? Where and how are they getting their arm supplies? Who supplies > >>these terrorists with ammunitions?  Surely the federal government has to start > >>tracking and monitoring how these hoodlums--terrorists get their ammunition.  We > >>really need leaders in Nigeria---we are tired of reading about a whole city > >>sacked by kidnappers while we have some people in government.  If Nigerian > >>government cannot protect lives and properties then let them disband.  Nigerians > >>really need a break---and we can only get a break if the people will rise up and > >>say enough is enough!!     > >> > >> > >> > >>Azuoma Anugom > >>~~Adaejiagamba > >> > >>Life shrinks according to one's courage.  Dare to be remarkable. > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Dominic Ogbonna > >>To: naijapolitics ; Bring your baseball bat ; NigerianWorldForum ; IGBO WORLD > >>FORUM IGBO WORLD FORUM ; igbo igbo ; UMU-IGBO UMU-IGBO > >> > >>Sent: Sun, Oct 10, 2010 6:27 am > >>Subject: [IgboWorldForum] Read & Be Shocked! > >> > >> > >>  > >>Culled from Elombah.com > >> > >>The State governor, T.A. Orji and his entire executive, the Police commissioner > >>and his entire D.P.O’s and the Area commander appear to be collectively > >>colluding with these kidnappers as they feel unconcerned about these activities. > >>Especially, the state governor who goes to a reasonable length to make sure that > >>events going on in Aba are totally suppressed, so that a state of emergency > >>which is long overdue would not be declared in Abia State. Any attempt to say > >>the truth will be followed with death threats and his attack dogs will descend > >>on the papers, raining abuses on your father’s grave. Such wickedness in > >>governance is unheard of anywhere in the world in this 21st century. > >> > >> > >>THE ABA TIME BOMB > >> > >> > >>Aba was once rated as the commercial nerve centre of the east and alongside > >>Lagos, Onitsha, Port Harcourt and Abuja as the five commercial nerve centres of > >>the nation by the TIME INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Aba used to make up 90% of the > >>$8.69billion Abia G.D.P, not any more. Today, the story has changed. Shops that > >>used to flourish are now serving as branch offices. All the major players in the > >>society have left town, houses are padlocked, offices closed, banking activities > >>scaled down, hospitals closed. As we write no single new building is being > >>developed in the entire city. All prominent doctors are gone, all major lawyers > >>are gone, all prominent importers are gone, all prominent industrialists are > >>gone, all major entrepreneurs are gone, and all foreign technical factory > >>experts are gone. No sane person allows any of his or her family members to be > >>posted to Aba any more. Non indigenes are leaving in drove.   > >> > >> > >> > >>As we write, the banks in Aba are contemplating closing most of their branches; > >>most of them as a matter of fact have trimmed down drastically their operations > >>as 80% of Aba account holders now do their transactions outside Aba. Bank of > >>Industries at No.1 Asa Rd has relocated to Asaba, ECO Bank has permanently > >>closed their Osissioma branch while 7 other banks along Osissioma has temporally > >>closed shop. 90% of the bank workers in Aba have applied for transfer. Center > >>for Management (CMD) has relocated to Owerri. The whole white missionaries at > >>Church of Later Day Saints left Aba by 3 A.M under heavy military escort > >>abandoning one of their most beautiful temples in Africa and their West African > >>Headquarters. Work at the Osissioma end of the Eungu Port Harcourt Express Way > >>was stopped because one of the white engineers was kidnapped. The Eungu-Aba-Port > >>Harcourt and the Aba-Ikot Ikpene Express Ways are now dead zones and no go > >>areas. > >> > >> > >>From intelligence information we gathered, their next target is going to be Club > >>side coming into Aba for the Globalcom National Professional League. Parents > >>should warn their children not to follow any team to Aba and the NPL is now > >>warned that Aba is not safe, CAF should also take note. Whoever encourages > >>anybody to ignore this warning should be hold responsible for any lost of life. > >>Victims of kidnappers overheard them discussing these things openly. If you > >>watched Enyimba match last season you will discover that the crowd has dropped > >>by 80%. As at the last count 67 hotels have closed down in Aba. All because > >>kidnappers and gangsters have taken over the city while the state and federal > >>government decided to watch and do nothing. > >> > >> > >> > >>Sicily â€" Italy sounds like a child’s play compared to what has been happening in > >>Aba. Landlords are abandoning their houses looking for accommodation elsewhere. > >>Human beings are being slaughtered in such a manner that will make the lion to > >>envy us. Young girls and old women are being raped. No Hollywood script writer > >>can ever have the imagination to pen down what Aba has turned into. Somali and > >>Sudan combined are far better than the Aba, because the people are at war and > >>they knew it and do not kill their own people. That is why the Aba story is > >>different. > >> > >> > >> > >>You must have heard about what is going on in Aba, but the truth of the matter > >>is that the number of kidnapping, killing with impunity going on in the city is > >>not being fully reported. What goes out to the public is just about 5% of actual > >>activities going on in Aba. This is because the state Chief executive of the > >>State out of fear of State of Emergency being declared in Abia State has been > >>seriously suppressing the Aba ugly tale. > >> > >> > >> > >>On a minimum average, over 40 people are being kidnapped daily at Aba, so if you > >>want to start the story of Aba, you start from the most recent in order not to > >>bore your audience.  > >>On Thursday Sept. 9, kidnappers who have colonized the Aba-Port Harcourt Express > >>Way started shooting indiscriminately with their machine guns to vehicles on the > >>highway. As a result, they were able to demobilize 8 vehicles and the few who > >>refuse to stop were gunned down and killed instantly. Some of the passengers ran > >>inside the bush, the other 20 who were unlucky were marched into the bush. The > >>annoying aspect of it all was that few meters away there was a police road block > >>and as usual they were busy collecting N20 from motorists and felt totally less > >>concerned of the kidnapping activities. > >> > >> > >> > >>After marching a few meters into the bush, the kidnappers said they want to show > >>their victims that they mean business and to demonstrate that they ordered one > >>innocent looking man to march out as he obeyed and stepped forward, four of them > >>emptied their machine bullets on him. They ordered their victims to dig a grave > >>as they brought out four shovels and after digging they dumped the man inside > >>and ordered them to close it. Now that was when their main ordeal started, as > >>they walked about 45 minutes inside the bush, one of their victims told us that > >>he counted three major villages and that all of them have been completely > >>deserted  as animals now roam freely. > >> > >> > >>On getting to a point they separated the males from the females and started > >>raping the women and these are women in their late fifties and some above sixty > >>and young ladies about 9 of them. They were raped turn by turn without any > >>protection. After that, the kidnappers marched their victims to another spot > >>where a burnt vehicle belonging to the Bakassi boys was packed. They once more > >>singled out another victim and asked him “how much will you give us?’ The man > >>said that between his two accounts that he can immediately mobilize N200, 000. > >>They were so outraged with the man that they brought out a knife and started > >>slicing the man’s head with it. And the man’s screams attracted another round of > >>beating until the blood that was gushing out become uncontrollably, they now > >>dumped the man after they had forced him to double his offer. > >> > >> > >> > >>The next unfortunate victim was a Reverend gentleman; they ordered him to march > >>out and requested to know how much he will give them. The man who was clothed > >>with his religious attire explained to them that he has no money. They inquired > >>from him who owned the vehicle he was riding on; he responded that it belongs to > >>the ministry he was working for. He was ordered to inform his ministry people to > >>come and bail him out. As he was about to respond, they pumped several bullets > >>at close range to his head. These evil minds starting making a show of it as > >>they were laughing and joking about how the man screamed and died, making > >>mockery that his God did not save him. > >> > >> > >> > >>Once more, they ordered their remaining victims to dig a grave at a spot and > >>without digging deep, they were shocked to realize that several other corpses > >>were buried there.  Sensing the fear of their victims, they proudly announced > >>that the place is where they buried their so called Bakassi boys. One of their > >>victims who narrated this story to us was able to count around 20 other > >>makeshift graves around. To cut a long story short, they ended up killing five > >>of their victims who did not make them reasonable offer. As they were boasting > >>that they have sacked over 50 villages around Ukwa East and Ukwa West L.Gs. On > >>average, over 30 people are kidnapped along the Ukwa axis of Abia State daily.  > >> > >>On Thursday 23rd of September, the kidnappers were flagging down a bus coming > >>from Port Harcourt at Obehe, the driver refused to stop and as usual, they > >>started shooting at the bus and 18 passengers died on the spot, others sustained > >>fatal wounds. > >> > >> > >> > >>From Ukwa we move down to Osissioma L.G.  All the areas along the Aba-Enugu > >>express way have been totally taken over by kidnappers. They have over powered > >>the policemen and as we write the lowest estimate of policemen killed by the > >>kidnappers within the last one month should be around 20. This figure is just > >>within the Osissioma axis alone. In terms of human population killed in > >>Osissioma, they are far above 2,700 persons. > >> > >> > >> > >>A lawyer who was kidnapped and kept for four days narrated his experience of how > >>he was tied on a tree for good two days. And in those two days they poured > >>cocoyam water on him, and look for harmful creeping insects which they equally > >>use on him. And it was after these two days that they opened their demand.  He > >>noticed that there were about 13 different camps and new groups springing up and > >>their overall leader was a young lady in her early thirties. Apart from those > >>who normally move out and come back, he counted about 100 other boys and girls > >>who are operating in the camp.  In most cases, out of force and threat to their > >>life they try to convert their victims into informants. After collecting money > >>from you, they will subject you to such a level of inhuman act and in most cases > >>they end up killing those who could not give the accurate information about whom > >>else to kidnap. > >> > >> > >> > >>To say that kidnappers have taken over Aba is an understatement; they started by > >>targeting helpless individuals on the highway, but today they move around town > >>boldly in the day light. > >> > >> > >> > >>In Aba North, in just the past few weeks they have kidnapped over 500 people > >>among their victims were Ifeme, Ijeoma bread, Dr. Ihekweaba, an old woman close > >>to 80 years called mama Chidi, another one close to 70 years who they detained > >>for 4 months and ordered his son in oversea to be paying monthly. For the past > >>two years the car dealers stationed around Aba North have not sold one single > >>car. All they do now is to take their vehicle to the neighbouring towns to sell. > >> > >> > >> > >>The remaining parts of Aba North from Okigwe Rd to Ariaria have been completely > >>overtaken by kidnappers; most of the traders who lived there have all gone. When > >>you talk of Aba as a mega city that brims with creative and industrial > >>activities, attracting reputation as a hub of small and medium scale industries > >>that tag belongs to the past, especially if you visit Aba South. All the areas > >>known as Aba South is completely decimated, fear has taken over the entire > >>community  as most of the homes are padlocked because the inhabitants and > >>visitors have sustained a dead casualty of over 3,000 to 3,500 people. All the > >>neighbouring bushes in Aba South have turned to burial grounds of innocent > >>people killed by the kidnappers. Most of the people declared wanted in Aba are > >>dead, killed by these heartless evil minds and buried in shallow graves in > >>groups. > >> > >> > >> > >>Now the worst part and the saddest part of the whole thing is Obingwa, Obingwa > >>is the capital of kidnapping activities going on in Aba today. And this evil > >>activity is fully sponsored by the Novae Rich inclusive of the traditional > >>rulers. As we write today, Ntigha Uzo, Ibeme and Abala communities have far more > >>than 100 camps and the kidnappers proudly march around with their guns in the > >>daylight. They normally move around in different groups and each group is > >>normally made up of 20 boys all well armed. Occasionally they just step out to > >>rain bullets here and there to show that they are totally in control and dare > >>any man born of a woman to step out and confront them.   > >> > >> > >>When the people from that area appeared to have varnished, they zero in to Akpaa > >>Mbato community and virtually converted all the able bodied young men who > >>remained into their evil cult. Their first target was Okezie Orji, the 2007 > >>gubernatorial aspirant who narrowly lost the ticket to Onyema Ugochukwu, when > >>the traditional ruler wanted to make an effort and organize vigilante group they > >>stormed his palace and attacked him, he ran into the bush and from there went > >>into exile till date. All prominent people in that area have gone into exile > >>among them are Chief Etufu a wealthy old man who was into a lot of philanthropic > >>activities to empower his people. He was forced into exile in United States > >>after being kidnapped. > >> > >> > >> > >>Their firing power was too much for the Akpaa Police station to handle as a > >>result the police took to their hills. As we write, no single police presence > >>can be seen in the whole area. When the police ran and the people now evacuated, > >>the kidnappers now started putting constant blockade at the Aba Ikot Ekpene > >>Express Way against unsuspecting travelers from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States > >>who were on their way to Lagos, Port Harcourt or even Aba for business trips. > >>Not a few of these innocent travelers were killed and dumped inside the bush. > >>Raping their girls and turning the Aba-Ikot Ekpene express that used to be a > >>major busy way for commercial activities into a dead zone. No single vehicle > >>uses that road anymore and all the business and filling stations along that axis > >>have folded up. > >> > >> > >> > >>Having conquered Akpaa, Abala, Ntigha, Uzo and Ibeme they now moved into Ovom > >>area where most people were building their retirement homes. But as we write > >>today, over 5,000 houses have been totally abandoned. That axis is now the den > >>of kidnappers to the extent that they have now erected toll gates and started > >>collecting money from commercial tricycle (keke Napep) operators which is the > >>only means of transport there, since no sane person dare go near there with > >>car. When most handy people, landlords and the majority of the population > >>relocated, they now devised a new method of moving with buses to school premises > >>and picking up the poor teachers and pupils and calling on their school > >>management or parents to pay up. > >> > >> > >> > >>It doesn’t matter your age, young and old, even the sick ones, you are captured > >>you are subjected to the worst level of inhuman act. Johnson Umelu and his two > >>children were kidnapped while coming back from church in August, Smarth Ukah, > >>Chief Ibe Irem and Eme Uche a Medical Lab Scientist and owner of Excellence Lab > >>at No. 1 Okigwe Rd were all kidnapped. So also were Mike Chima, Mrs Chinwe > >>Iwuoha wife of Barristter Iwuoha, C.E.O Tonnimas and Dandollars. Not to mention > >>Patrick Onwuka former Chairman Isiala Ngwa South, Kelechi Nwankpa former > >>Chairman Obingwa L.G, Chief Nwojo Omokorie Chairman Ezera Grouip of Companies, > >>almost 100years old mother of Lord Dike Udensi-Dubic- she was killed along side > >>3 other members of her family after his son might have paid N50million ransom. > >> > >> > >>Others are, Ebere Nwachukwu former transition Committee Chairman Isiala Ngwa > >>South, Chief B. L. C. Okoro former Nigerian Breweries manager, the Managing > >>Director of Sky Petroleum, Prince Bobby Dick son of HRH Eze Eberechi MD. Bobby. > >> > >>Investments. Three attempts has been made on the Rector of Abia State > >>Polytechnics and on the second one two people were killed one of them being his > >>a policeman.  > >>Chief Odionyenfe Uzu a.k.a Full Current from Umuokenyi village in Ndi Olumbe in > >>Isiala Ngwa South was killed while trying to escape from the kidnappers with his > >>bicycle. His younger brother Mr. Obidike Uzu who leaves in Port Harcourt came > >>with about five truck load of solider for his brother’s burial. You don’t need > >>soldiers to do wedding, burial, child dedications in Somali, Sudan, Afghanistan > >>and Iraq, that is why those war torn societies are better than us. > >> > >> > >> > >>The present deputy governor of Abia State was almost kidnapped and as we write > >>information just filttered in that his orderly has been killed while on errand > >>for his boss. Bid Uzoechi also has just been kidnapped in Ohanze, while Sonny > >>King a trader in Araria was brutally murdered along Enugu-Port Harcourt Express > >>all happened between 24th & 25th September. This is incase anyone deceives you > >>that the situation is under control, these are most recent ones. > >> > >> > >> > >>Perhaps the most pathetic story of all these family (names withheld), the > >>Kidnappers ordered the first son to have carnal knowledge of the mother, he > >>refused and they shoot him on the leg and ordered the second son to do same. > >>Before they could finish, the mother senescing danger tore her dress immediately > >>and grabbed her son, after the event the young man left home and up till date > >>nobody knows his where about. > >> > >> > >> > >>The caliber of arms and ammunition in Aba today is frightening and more and more > >>is coming, arms and ammunition in Aba today is enough to declare a Civil War in > >>Nigeria.  > >>The present Abia State deputy Chief of Staff Charles Ogbonna had been kidnapped > >>and Nigerians will remember the celebrated attempt on the convoy of the state > >>governor some time ago, luckily he was not inside the vehicle. Dr. Bright > >>Chubgbu, Dr. E. O. Ezirim, Dr. Enyinnaya, Dr. Aluka, Dr. Eke Ujuba, Dr. > >>Nwachukwu, Dr. Umezurike, Dr. J. U. Ehiemere and another Dr. Uche had all been > >>kidnapped. Dr. Witika an American was kidnapped at Ukpakiri and he later  ran > >>away from Nigeria. Dr. Ozuzu has left, so also are Dr. Prosper Igboeli, > >>Dr.Oliver, Dr. Usuegbu and several others. > >> > >> > >> > >>As we write, all the schools in Ovom, Ogbor Hill areas are closed. As we write > >>teachers are being owed salaries in arrears. As we write the Chief Security > >>Adviser to Gov. T. A. Orji, Col Kalu (Rtr) has resigned out of frustration. As > >>we write people have stopped going to church because they have started going to > >>the churches to kidnap people. On Sunday 19th September, they went to Sevenday > >>Adventist Church at Asa Umunka in Ugwunagbo L.G and brought out the Pastor > >>Nwakoch Mmeja and shoot him for no just cause and left without touching any > >>thing. > >> > >> > >> > >>As we write they have sent a letter to traders in Ariaria International Market > >>that every store should keep N50, 000 for them that they are coming. The traders > >>said that there rather be a Civil War than for them to pay and they are getting > >>set for them. As we write, burial are no longer taking place in most part of > >>Ngwa land especially in Obingwa the local government of Senator Enyinnaya > >>Harcourt Abaribe which attempt was also made to his life that led to the dead of > >>policemen, where also the Journalists were kidnapped. > >> > >> > >> > >>The State governor, T.A. Orji and his entire executive, the Police commissioner > >>and his entire D.P.O’s and the Area commander appear to be collectively > >>colluding with these activities as they feel unconcerned about these activities. > >>Especially, the state governor who goes to a reasonable length to make sure that > >>events going on in Aba are totally suppressed, so that a state of emergency > >>which is long overdue would not be declared in Abia State. Any attempt to say > >>the truth will be followed with death threats and his attack dogs will descend > >>on the papers, raining abuses on your father’s grave. Such wickedness in > >>governance is unheard of anywhere in the world in this 21st century.  > >> > >>In the last few weeks alone 49 lawyers have been kidnapped among whom are Kizito > >>Ibegbulam, O.O. Ugwuenyi, and L.O. Nwaogugu (still in detention), A.S. Duru > >>(Still in the kidnappers custody), Uche Anyiam, O.O. Nkumeh, Ifeanyi Iboko and > >>Julius Emelike who was kidnapped and shot on the leg. Sorry that we have to call > >>names and are forced to go to this extent to prove that these are verifiable > >>facts. > >> > >> > >> > >>Among those who have been kidnapped are Mr. Felix Anyansi Agwu the Chairman of > >>Enyimba Football Club, Chief Iboko Imo Iboko member Board of Trutee PPA, he was > >>also a former Chairman of Aba North L.G and State commissioner for Works. Engr > >>Okafor of the Federal Ministry of Works alongside his colleague Engr. Onu, > >>Ndubuisi Nwakirie a business consultant, Chief Kalu Ndiafia who has been > >>kidnapped twice and his wife, who was kidnapped few weeks after releasing the > >>wife, Chief Ogbuwa C.E.O of BYC, Chief Moghalu a major Nigerian Breweries > >>distributor, Elder Godwin Nna current T.C chairman of Obingwa and his wife, > >>before he was kidnapped he had already paid N500, 000 as a result of a constant > >>treat calls he was receiving. > >> > >> > >> > >>Few others are HRH Eze Eberechi Dick, HRH Eze Chidi Nwaigwe who was killed the > >>same week he was about to bury his wife and mother In-law because he refused to > >>follow the kidnappers. Mrs Abara Ijeoma wife of the Permanent Secretary of Abia > >>Civil Service, Chief Lambert Mecha who die out of heart attack when about 16 > >>kidnappers storm at a church in Ukwa while the Sunday service was going on to > >>kidnap the pastor. Prof. Emejiwe former V.C Abia State University and current > >>Chairman Abia State Electorial Commssion, HRH Eze Chivolefu. Naval Commander > >>(Rtr) Obike Ogbonna’s 9 years old daughter who was on her first visit to her > >>father land from U.S.A. Chief Isienyi leader of Road Transport Workers and his > >>manager who was later kidnapped on another bloody day that the kidnappers killed > >>5 other innocent citizens of Abia as they just started firing indiscriminately > >>to frighten people and announce their arrival. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Dr. Mrs Ahiaiwe, Dr. Mrs. Anuguruegbe who was kidnapped immediately her husband > >>was appointed commissioner of NNDC representing Abia State and several other > >>foreign technical engineers of Zerock Construction Company. To go on with the > >>list of the names of people who have fallen victim to kidnappers in a State > >>where over 5, 000 people have been kidnapped is to bore. We just mention this > >>insignificant numbers because the state governor’s propaganda machinery made up > >>of heartless people who lack shame, with no sense of human sympathy and moral > >>up-bringing would soon start using the very funds that should be deployed in > >>fighting this crime to pay for full newspaper adverts to rain abuses on the > >>grave of the fore fathers of those behind this write up. > >> > >> > >> > >>All they are after is to protect their work even if the whole of Abia State > >>citizens are dying and the little per cent age the will get from every advert > >>the placed on the papers. Well, the fact remains that we have taken time to > >>gather facts and no amount of abuse and intimidation will stop us. Like Chinua > >>Achebe wrote, ‘’ No matter how badly a country may be run, there will always be > >>some people whose personal, selfish interest are, in the short term at least, > >>well served by the mismanagement and social inequities… Naturally, they will be > >>extremely loud in their adulation of the country and its system and will be > >>anxious to pass themselves off as patriots and to vilify those who disagree with > >>them as trouble makers or even traitors’’. > >> > >> > >> > >>With the level of atrocity going on unchallenged in Abia State, there is > >>insinuations from several quarters that they are government sponsored in order > >>to scare away opponents from coming out to run for election in 2011. The truth > >>is that we have not established any link to the state government so far > >>exception their undue silence which off course is an indictment on their part. > >> > >> > >> > >>Be that as it may be, a very respectful legal practitioner in Abia State > >>revealed to us that they are working with a group of highly respected > >>international human right activist and legal advisers to document facts so that > >>if there is any way the state governor is linked directly or indirectly to these > >>crime against the governed, his name will be send to the International Court to > >>face justice after his tenure and serve as an example to other leaders in > >>Nigeria to understand the immunity is not a ticket to live above the law. To > >>face justice also will be any member of the state executive who try to hide the > >>fact and deceive the world since he or she would be held liable as a result of > >>any one whose life was endangered or lost because of wrong information he or she > >>intentionally dishes out to the unsuspecting citizen. > >> > >> > >> > >>Just two weeks ago the last remaining Indian in Aba sneaked out to pick few > >>things and rush back to his hiding place. His vehicle was stopped along Nwogu > >>Street in Umungasi, Aba he was ordered to step out. As he tried to resist, these > >>evil men pointed the gun on his head and blasted off his brains. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>The latest story is that of Dr. Stanley Uche from Mbano in Imo state, the MD of > >>Victory hospital along Obohia Rd, off Ngwa Rd, Aba. He was kidnapped alongside > >>his wife who is a Yoruba from Ogun State on Thursday 16th September on their way > >>to his home town. It was at the Osissioma junction that he was double crossed by > >>the boys and he was dumped inside his car boot alongside his wife. The > >>kidnappers took them to their den and after pleading severally for his wife to > >>be set free to go and get the money the demanded, they saw reasons and let go of > >>the wife who immediately rallied round and on Saturday 18th Sept. she came up > >>with the N3 million naira which they demanded and dropped it at the designated > >>place. Making it a total of N3.5million, adding the N500, 000 the couple carried > >>with them which the kidnappers took immediately. > >> > >> > >> > >>On laying their dirty hands on the N3million naira, they demanded for another N2 > >>million which was also given to them by Sunday 19th September. As is usually the > >>case once you settle you are released immediately. After having not heard from > >>them and their mobile switched off, Dr. Uche’ wife was now forced to report  the > >>case to the police and the same Monday she was invited to come and identify  a > >>dead body thrown out of a speeding vehicle and lo and behold it was Dr. Uche .   > >> > >> > >> > >>Again on Monday 20th Sept. Dr. Jeremiah Ugochukwu Iroeke of the General > >>Out-Patient Department (GOPD) of Abia State Teaching Hospital was kidnapped > >>while on a school run leaving his shocked and confused kid, as we write he is > >>still in their custody. The entire ABSUTH has been deserted and the > >>neigbourghood are taking to their hills. Today, as we write, the doctors and > >>staff are been owned 5 months salary if you include September and there is no > >>efforts from the government to pay. As a result of all these, on Wednesday 22nd > >>September, in and emergency meeting called by the Aba branch of Nigerian Medical > >>Association (NMA), they resolved that that all clinics/hospital including > >>Government and private should be closed from Thursday 23rd September till Friday > >>24th September, an order that was carried out. All the doctors assembled at > >>their Secretariat by 9 A.M clad in their Lab. Coat Stethoscope. Those that > >>failed to make it as a result of excuse or the other were fined N5, 000. > >> > >> > >> > >>On Saturday 25th September, some MTN staffs was on the receiving end, six > >>members of the MTN workgroup who rented an accommodation around Abiriba quarters > >>of Immaculate Road who had gone to carry out routine engineering and maintenance > >>work at a Base Transceiver Station at Isiala Ngwa were killed. And these young > >>technicians 4 of them are Yoruba’s who came to do some technical work on the > >>site; two of the men killed were their police security men. Four of them were > >>busy servicing their equipments on ground and after shooting them, they shoot > >>the two others who had climbed the mask and they fell down from there and their > >>brains were bust into pieces. > >> > >> > >> > >>There is no single infrastructural development going on in Aba and for the past > >>3years the State government has voted over N9.5billion Naira just to fill up the > >>holes along side Asa-Port Harcourt/Umungasi-Abayi Roads that is not up to 20 > >>kilometers N4.5billion the first year and N5billion the next year. The only > >>visible work done there so far is the demarcation of the Umungasi-Abayi end of > >>the road, which is being done half-hazardly and on the last count over 100 > >>people-especially school children have lost their life there. Initially they > >>said that Zerock was sabotaging their efforts in delivering dividend of > >>democracy to Abians by intentionally delaying the road. But work has grounded to > >>a standstill since the contract was revoked and handed over to a construction > >>company which one of the governor’s sons is said to have an interest. > >> > >> > >> > >> Yet immediately the state governor made a show of the fact that he has > >>liberated himself and the state from the bondage of Chief Mrs Eunice Uzor Kalu > >>and her son Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu the immediate past governor of the state, Abia > >>State received a Net Federal Allocation of close to N10billion. This was made up > >>of N2.050, 500 232.08billion Gross Statuary Allocation, N692, 380, 880.86million > >>13% Share of Oil Derivation, N17, 066, 645.80million was used to service her > >>External Debt-putting a lie to the claim that the immediate past regime incurred > >>a debt that was taking over N500million to service was that only N191, 248, > >>762.07million deduction was made from that April allocation which was shared in > >>, against commitments entered into by the present regime. > >> > >> > >> > >>Even at that, the distribution from foreign Excess Crude Savings Account for > >>August, was N2, 534, 565, 705.07billion, while the VAT Allocation was N489, 366, > >>585.14million, bringing the total Net Allocation to N5, 620, 004, 669.37billion. > >>That same month, the 17 L.G’s in Abia State received a total N2, 928, 700, > >>665.97billion. When you add all these to the N300million internally generated > >>revenue you will get close to N10billion Naira. Yet, there is no security, > >>workers salaries are not paid for months, schools are closed and no meaningful > >>infrastructural development going on in the entire state. The fact must be made > >>that we are not here to defend Orji Uzor Kalu or the Mother because they > >>contributed 50% to what is killing the state today by supporting T. A. Orji to > >>emerge as the governor. > >> > >> > >> > >>The so called Bakassi Vigilante boys are not helping matters either as they are > >>now mostly engaged in pursuing innocent Aba citizens around, which is an > >>indirect admission of surrender to the kidnappers. Their main work now is the > >>collection of fees for government contractors. They are involved in the > >>collection of security, infrastructural levy, environmental, store licenses, > >>business premises, bill boards, signpost fees and illegal parking etc. infact, > >>today in Aba, virtually all the agents that are contracted to handle these > >>activities move around with Bakassi boys, thugs and the Police to harass > >>innocent people into forceful payment. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>All the lock-up stores in Aba pay the Bakassi boys N500 security fees. The sad > >>thing is that the said Bakassi boys will just appear from nowhere early in the > >>morning with cutlass, guns, axe to demand for this security fee and at the same > >>time ready to break down your store and make away with valuable goods if you > >>fail to pay or lock and ran away. And there is no way you would be able to trace > >>your goods even if you pay later, and what they normally do if you want to pay > >>is to issue you a receipt written without  a duplicate. Weeks later, another > >>group will appear requesting for the same security fees. If you show them > >>evidence of payment they will tell you it is not in their records and order you > >>to pay up and go and look for the fake Bakkasi people you paid to for a refund. > >>And failure to comply will earn you maltreatment, arrest and they will also > >>carry your valuable items.  > >>The worst is that of infrastructural levy and environmental agents, as both > >>groups move with thugs, Bakassi boys and mobile policemen. Their instruction is > >>to arrest anybody they see in a compound be you sick, old, young or a visitor. > >>There are several cases where they have arrested pregnant women and old women > >>and ordered their people to come and bail them. Failure to come urgently come > >>with N15, 000 in the case of  the environmental agents will earn you an > >>automatic sentence of six months in prison through the undemocratic mobile court > >>which they set up to hunt innocent citizens without the benefit of having a > >>legal representative. > >> > >> > >> > >>The case of infrastructural levy is another sad story because what they normally > >>do is to arrest tenants to come and pay infrastructural levy on properties that > >>does not belong to them. This is quite unheard of anywhere in the world. And > >>just like the environmental agents even if you have paid in your residences and > >>happen to visit a friend in another place, when they arrive, you will be > >>arrested and no amount of pleading and explanaziation will help you. Once > >>arrested, innocent or not you must bail yourself.  > >> > >>The worst part of the whole, uncivilized, unconstitutional and undemocratic act > >>is that they normally take their innocent victims to the various police stations > >>that they are working with to detain them. How the Nigerian Police will reduce > >>herself to such a pity level of being used to intimidate and harass innocent > >>citizens is beyond human understanding.  > >>The harassment of these so called government agents got out of hand on Monday > >>20th Sept. along the Abia State Teaching Hospital Road when residents had to > >>invite the kidnappers themselves to come and confront the Bakassi boys who were > >>moving from house to house forcing people to pay N6,000 security levy. The > >>Bakassi boys who could not stand the firing power of the kidnappers took to > >>their heels. > >> > >> > >> > >>In all, Aba has now become a town with a forgotten population and as the rest of > >>the Nigerian people has decided to keep quiet and watch us die, nobody knows the > >>dimension it would go if every member of the citizenry would decide to pick up > >>arm and defend themselves as being contemplated in the city. Moreover, as Aba > >>citizens are now emptying themselves into Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, etc it is > >>a question of time before the kidnappers will extend their tentacles if not > >>nipped in the bud now. The question now is, “is Aba no longer part of the > >>Nigerian State and Project’’? ‘’Why the silence from the presidency’’? > >> > >> > >> > >>The undue and unnecessary friendship between the Nigerian leadership with the > >>state governor all in an attempt to win elections has made them to overlook > >>their statutory duties to the dying people of Aba that has far gone beyond > >>genocidal level. Dalai Lama said, ‘’If a leader is very concerned about his or > >>her re-election, then sometimes they seem shortsighted’’ We hope this is not > >>true of President Jonathan, Senators, Abaribe, Nwogu and Chukwumerije. They > >>should remember the words of Chinua Achebe, ‘’ A good leader must put the people > >>and the country first before his own Interest’’. If not, like Olusegun Adeniyi > >>said, ‘’ Leaders who, out of inordinate desire for power, help in bringing their > >>country to ruin would ultimately pay the prize. No matter how long it takes’’ . > >> > >> > >>It is time for a State of emergency or at least let Aba be declared a disaster > >>area to enable the federal Government to move in an save the population of Aba > >>or else the Federal government should be ready for a protest vote and any > >>attempt to overrule the people’s Will would lead to a civil uproar which > >>dimensions no one can predict and which vibrations would be felt across the > >>nation. > >> > >> > >> > >>The constant treats through phone calls for people to come and settle have > >>forced many people to either change their lines periodically or permanently off > >>their phones.  > >>Today, in Aba, Abia State there is no single evidence of governance. The > >>government spokes persons as usual can use the tax payers’ money to bark, call > >>names, lie and insult people who are older than their fathers and send treat > >>calls. The fact remains, these are verifiable facts and the truth must be told > >>if not today, some day. Like Naguib Mahfouz wrote, ‘’ One day the Great Pyramid > >>will disappear, but truth and justice will remain for as long as mankind has a > >>ruminative mind and a living conscience’’  > >> > >>Our women are being raped, our young men murdered, lawlessness and impunity has > >>over taken our land yet our elders are keeping quite. Evil has over day the our > >>society in broad day light, yet our religious leaders are inviting T.A. Orji for > >>occasions none have step forth to say the truth. > >> > >> > >> > >>Where is Com. Ebitu Ukiwe, Prof Anya Oko Anya, Prof. Herbart Orji, Com. Ndubuisi > >>Kanu, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa oh! My heart bleeds tears have > >>tried out of our eyes, we are going to take our destiny in our hand and … > >> > >> > >> > >>Where is Vincent Ogbulafor, Ojo Maduekwe, Empire Kanu, Ammb. Aguiyi Ironsi, > >>Uzodinma Okpara, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ikechi Emenike, Tony Ewereuzo, Gen. Ihejirika, > >>AIG Azubike Udah, Senatore Bob Nwanunnu, Senator Adolphus Wabara, Prof. Joe > >>Irukwu, Emmanuel Adielu, Eze Ukandu, Eze Ikonne, Eze Eweremadu, Eze Onuigbo, > >>Paul Ogwuma, Senator Onyekachi Okorafor, Rtr. Col Paul Omerua Rtr. Naval Com. > >>Osoundu, Prof. S.O.Igwe, Prof. Ogwo Ogwo, Bob Ogbuagu, Prof. Ogbuagu, Justice > >>Ikechi Ogbuagu and Lord Dike Udensi to mention but few. They should note that > >>like Prof. Wole Soyinka wrote, ‘’In action becomes eloquent when it involves a > >>deliberate avoidance of duty, a failure, in the case of any citizen in a > >>responsible position, to take preventive action to head off anarchy and > >>disaster’’  > >> > >>Save Abia Now group > >> > > > > > > > > >

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