Kwabena,
Thank you once again for your helpful support. Indeed, I have since I joined this group noticed and detested the divisions along tribal lines through various postings and the follow up reactions from different groups. In fact, I concluded that Nigeria is still fighting tribal war from all fronts and platforms especially after reading submissions on the the 'genocide effects/impacts of the Biafran war'. Of course, it is very disheartening to me that this is happening even among enlightened minds and elite group that should be united, standing on integrity and objectivity to condemn evil no matter where it is coming from and/or who is responsible for it.
Meanwhile, I wish to remark that I have quickly conducted a search on The Punch Online and could not get a trace of the story in it. It also appears to me that ibukunolu's response seems to be referring to a different victim as the issue at hand is not a mob action, but a deliberate, calculated and planned racial organ armed rubbery from one of the most trusted, and fundamental (needed) professional group - medical doctors and hospitals from Italy.
To support further what Kwabena has said about the unbounded contributions and impacts we can make in this IT era, I posted similar post on Linkedln and Whatsapp, sending it directly to two Senators in my contact list, specifically from the South East, though the victim is not from that region, nor directly related or connected to me or the senators in any way apart from the fact that she is a human being, an African, a Nigerian citizen and a woman (a mother)! I also sent the same post to more than twenty other people in my Whatsapp contact list (including three journalists). Prior to sending it to this group, I re-shared the story on Facebook where I found it, making it to be domiciled on my own Facebook timeline. At least with my over 1,500 Facebook friends and close to a thousand Linkedln friends, I am sure that I have poked the hearts of several people (if not many) on the injustice that is meted to a fellow human being, African, Nigerian and black race. Hence, there is a lot we can do as some of us in this group have the ears of the incumbent Federal Government and its ministers as well as the State Governors and their advisers, and can afford to put a call across to them, drawing their attention to it and requesting them to take immediate actions, despite the upcoming elections, to know what Nigerian embassy in Italy has done as it appears to me from the video that they seem to have been compromised by some of the perpetrators so that they have not been able to do anything till now, but hanging on the excuse that the lady's documents and letters submitted to them are missing and as such incapacitated to help! What a shameful excuse! The Nigerian government can demand immediate answers from Italian Government via their Ambassador in Nigeria, and can also send an investigative team on a fact-finding mission to Italy so as to visit the woman and get first-hand information and situation update report from the victim. Further, we can also use our privileged positions to share the story with human right activists and lawyers in our various locations/places of residence. We can as well wade into the case directly by travelling to Italy to know the depth and breath of the story and see the victim by ourselves and possibly refer the case to International Criminal and Human Right Court at Hague afterwards. In fact, we can even forward the victim's story video link to Hague via their e-mail and request them to please intervene (this idea just came into me now as I am writing; maybe I would have done this first if I had remembered it earlier). As we, as individuals, are wired differently by God, there are innumerable actions we can take that I cannot be able to list here. But the point remains that we can and should do something in our own little ways and within our contacts and/or circle of influence, at least for the sake of humanity!
Warm regards,
Ndukwe.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 8:08 PM Kwabena Akurang-Parry <kaparry@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello Ndukwe,I too was very surprised the following morning when I visited this platform and found out that no one had breathed over it. Next time post a topic about the Igbo, Yoruba, Fulani, etc., and see how rapid response teams would set fire to your ideas to stake their own positions! I am glad to learn that some people are working hard to help the lady. Yep, we make a lot of noise about our bad governments, healthcare systems, impoverishment and benightedness of the masses, and past atrocities meted out to us. What is African Studies and History broadly defined if we don't use both to empower and rescue the masses and the voiceless! It is about time we move our scholarship from the gilded shelves to the the battered streets to serve the needs of our people. The notion expressed by Oga Ibukunolu that we are scattered all over the world and such compromises our efforts to aid the lady is fundamentally flawed. Technology has bridged distance and social media has facilitated rapid mobilization of ideas to benefit causes great and small. I wish the lady a quick recovery and hope that the perpetrators are brought to book.Kwabena
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Sent: February 10, 2019 6:08 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Devastating blow to humanity, black race, Africans and Nigerians: please can we help bring justice to the victim?Thanks and God bless you Kwabena for responding to the cry of the poor, oppressed and less privileged!
I must confessed that I am amazed of the low response this post has caused/produced even among this great elite group. I am not sure of the reason why, but I am certain that it is not the best that we can do as a people, especially as highly placed intellectuals that are very well-respected, with great circle of influence within and around our jurisdiction and/or territory. Anyway, let me not conclude, but rather believe that there are people from this group who are already taking actions and/or planning to take actions against this obnoxious injustice to humanity and a woman!
To respond a little to some of your remarks, I wish to highlight that some Nigerians in Italy (e.g. the man that recorded the video), Nigeria ('ordinary president' media platform and/or reporter) and US (a human right lawyer) are already intervening on the case, as highlighted in the video. However, I strongly feel that more still needs to be done to ensure that Italian Government is well-pressured to fish out the alleged culprits (doctors from different Italian hospitals who perpetrated this atrocity) and have them dully sanctioned and severe punished according to the existing national and international criminal and human rights laws for forcefully stealing the woman's kidney and incapacitating her body and attempting murder through drugs and injections. I have heard about organ harvesting, but have never come close to it in a forceful and cruel way like this before. It is unimaginable to think of the woman's ordeal for 10 years (from 2009 to 2019). It is only God that has kept her alive till this day in order to expose this inhumane and intentional racism and injustice.
I hope that this rejoinder provoke more actions from this group.
Thank you.
Warm regards,
Ndukwe.
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:45 AM Kwabena Akurang-Parry <kaparry@hotmail.com> wrote:
--Hello Ndukwe,Thank you very much for your efforts at rescuing this lady by bringing her sad story to the public. This is a lady with a clear mind. Even before her narrative reached where she talked about how they harvested her body-parts, I had concluded that it was the motive and also had projected that eventually they would find a way to impute mental illness to her. What is not clear to me, due to that audio, is whether a Nigerian(s) is involved in the whole process. The Nigerian foreign ministry in Italy should take up the matter with a sense of urgency. Also, the Italian press and Human Rights organization should be involved. The Nigerian community in Italy should champion the rights of the lady. Then again, we Africans don't care about fellow Africans. Pardon my blunt and unguarded generalization, but I am moved by the lady's sad story from 2009 to 2019!Kwabena
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Ndukwe Agbai Dick <ndukweagbai@gmail.com>
Sent: February 9, 2019 5:20 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Cc: Agbai Dickson
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Devastating blow to humanity, black race, Africans and Nigerians: please can we help bring justice to the victim?--Dear All,
After watching the video recorded in the link below, I have been literally crying and thinking of what I can do and how I can contribute to bring about the needed justice to the devastating blow to humanity, black race, Africans and Nigerians through this Nigerian lady from Edo State. My spirit just struck me to post it to this great group and seek collaborations, independent and voluntary actions and/or assistance that can help bring justice to the victim in the video below: https://www.facebook.com/kingsley.b.omobude/posts/10218671079792947
I strongly believe that rising up for justice on behalf of this lady is rising up for humanity, black race, Africans, Nigerians, and women in particular. Please let us throw our weights using our different platforms, capacities, abilities and privileges, knowing fully well that whoever that fights the course of the poor and less privileged is lending to God and that which s/he gives, s/he will surely be repaid, even bountifully (The Holy Bible: Proverbs 19: 17).
May God bless you and yours for your supports for justice!
Warm regards,
Ndukwe.--
Ndukwe Agbai Dick, Ph.D.
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Agricultural/Bioenergy Economics Specialist,
Agricultural/Bioenergy Economics Specialist,
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow,
Division of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences,
University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus,
Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.
Current Mobile Numbers: +44 (0) 744 873 9267 or +44 (0) 737 597 4273.
Other Affiliations:
Lecturer at Centre for Environmental Management and Control (CEMAC),
University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC),
Enugu State, Nigeria.
Nigerian Mobile Tel: +234 (0) 817 812 4454.
Alternative Nig. Mobile Tel: +234 (0) 708 598 1532 or +234 (0) 810 544 9952.
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