USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Article: The War Against Kidnapping In Imo State

"Chidi, why nothing about the Sierra Leone elections in your reports?"
-------- Cornelius Hamelberg.

You could report events you witnessed on our site. We publish that
under what we call "U-Report".
---------CAO.

On Nov 21, 4:18 pm, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Chidi of Imo State, Nigeria, Africa, the Cosmos:
>
> I hope that one day you become a senator  and  if your moral vision is
> still intact by that time, I sincerely believe that would contribute
> to the moral upliftment of the whole region.
>
> These kidnappings, what does senior elder Chinua Acheba say about
> that?
>
> Of course I am particularly distressed because after Rivers State (all
> of it) Imo state is the state that your honourable Yoruba man knows
> best - with a lot of friends there. (In early 1983 I was the guest of
> some of Ojukwu's relatives for a whole, wonderful week. Even that was
> a sort of kidnapping of me – but a nice kidnapping. The shorti story :
> Solomon who graciously changed my naira at the Gatwick airport – at
> the higher artificial rate of exchange was on board the same plane
> three months later when I was returning to Nigeria and he insisted
> that I was going with him London - Port Harcourt -Umuahia–
> you know it can be up in the air on Nigerian Airways " Please fasten
> your seatbelts" is when some  "do you know who I am" Oga  can get up
> and about, swaggering with a bottle of beer in his hand on the way to
> the toilet or flirting and fixing a date  with the air hostess. We got
> to Umuahia by road with an armed military-type escort. I reported back
> to work a week late. I've spent many, many memorable weekends in
> Owerri, Aba,Umuahia during the Sam Mbakwe era... memorable weekends
> but not,
>
> "Savouring the dreams
> Of sins of the night before"
>
>  No, none of that.
>
> So you understand that I am very distressed by what's happening
> especially because the Igbos are very Christianized ( almost drowned
> me in that river in Umuahia) and I just want to bring your attention
> to the commandment which says " Thou Shalt not steal"
>
> The Talmudic interpretation of this could be stated thus : "Thou shalt
> not kidnap"....You know that Moses taught the Torah?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_shall_not_steal
>
> You could spread the word...
>
> Of course, we would like to also communicate this commandment to the
> Palestinians who are quite fond of kidnapping
>
> Chidi, why nothing about the Sierra Leone elections in your reports?
>
> Here's something ( pl xcuse typos etc) :
>
> http://bintumani.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1275797...
>
> On Nov 21, 10:18 am, chidi opara reports
>
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> <chidiopararepo...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > Link:http://chidioparareports.blogspot.com/2012/11/article-war-against-kid...
>
> > From chidi opara reports team
>
> > chidi opara reports is a network of Nigerian News Reporters And Editors, published by:
>
> > PublicInformationProjects

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