“ANUMELUONWIE” IBOS SHOT THEMSELVES ON THE LEG A MUST READ FOR EVERY IGBO MAN

“ANUMELUONWIE”

IBOS SHOT THEMSELVES ON THE LEG

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A MUST READ FOR EVERY IGBO MAN

I write this article as a rejoinder to every Igbo man shading real/crocodile tears about marginalization of the Ibos in this political dispensation, and even before now.  In writing this rejoinder to your tactical manipulation and instigation of a tribe/race known and called the IBOS of Nigeria, who decided to do away with the wisdom of their forbearers and forefathers but to anchor in stupidity as the best of alternative because of the quick lucre that sprouts from such suicidal alternatives, I will like to caption this rejoinder “ANUMELUONWIE” and will not like to waste much of my ink and time knowing that the Igbo good idiom/metaphor has said it all, “Onwu gegbu nwankita, onudebe isi nsi”, translated, ‘When a dog is bent on paying the final price, it ceases to feel the smell of faeces (excrement)’, quote and unquote. Furthermore, “Onye ana agwo ibi oneto afo, oji ajofia ugwo”, translated, ‘When somebody is receiving treatment for hernia and the abdomen is swelling uncontrollably, he must be indebted to grave yard’. The present Ibo generation is his own enemy because he hates wisdom and loves foolishness, thus he has become escape goat to his wise neighbors, Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani, etc.

 The Ibos of genesis intellectual, wisdom, knowledge, and precision said that if a man forgets his cultural dictum that guides his social and political interaction with men, his reward is always biting his fingers in regret, translated idiomatically,  “Ichefue na nnam gwam, inweta ita aka nonu”. Ibos have forgotten the warnings of their forbearers and forefathers. The Ibo race is certainly bent on extinction seeing that repeated xenophobia and perpetual stigmatization attached to their race in Nigeria do not give them any reason for rethink or warning for call to order rather, greed in pursuit of money against life is all Ibo race know and want to hear. 

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If I will take you down just a very little of memory lane that started terminating early in the 60s, the Igbo man was respected by other nationals – Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani, to use but the three major tribes as reference for his ingenuous wisdom application in politics and general social life in Nigeria and the world over. It was the Ibos ably led by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe that displayed to the admiration of the Yoruba, Hausas/Fulani and another formidable power of national movements of a people through what was then known as the Igbo Unions which was the strong base of then NCNC, a political party of formidable power that controlled Nigeria then. The ripples start centrifugally from the centre called Family Meeting to Village Meeting, to Town Unions, and to National Union level known as Igbo Unions in every town and clan found in this nation Nigeria with national Head Quarter at Lagos the nation’s capital then. It was a formidable socio/political organization projecting and at the same time protecting Igbo interests and values in politics, culture, tradition, and answers effectively every political challenge facing the Ibos nationally and internationally. There was quick coordination of actions and reactions flowing from superior discernment of exceptional men like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe for the benefit of all. Thus the Ibos then were operating in exceptional mannerism that made them partners to cherish in the common comity called Nigeria. It was a common saying then that anywhere you visit and failed to find Igbo man co-habiting in peace politically and socially, you better dash for the next exit transport out for your safety.  Then, the Ibos command respect from fellow nationals like the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani. The Ibos then were not the present flock of timid uninformed tribe/race of escape goats as a result of lack of caution and applying wisdom in dealing with their neighbors. The Ibos then refused to be the object of stigmatization and xenophobia as a result of sophisticated socio/politico life they led as exemplified in Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and his fellow compatriots, leaders with vision and self concept.

 Unlike the present moribund politically criminal condemnable organizations parading themselves today as Igbo cultural and socio/political groups such as the present Ohaneze Ndigbo, so called Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra to mention but a few, the Igbo Unions were guided by visionary leaders not the present sycophants, grovels, boot-lickers, and lucre minded bigots who parade themselves today as political leaders and businessmen of Ibo extraction.  Once there was sign of any trouble brewing up anywhere, every Igbo man then abandoned their trade and occupation immediately and entered meetings that brewed solutions that transmitted every where for immediate reasonable actions and sure results. They were those who chose to meet, interact and contribute intellectually for their political and social emancipation unlike the present race prodigal generations of Ibo leaders, counterfeit of their eligible forbearers and forefathers of wisdom and intelligentsia conquerors of nations. The Igbo Union was educationally highly technical in educating the Ibos politically and socially knowing that man is socio/politico animal and will ultimately become ordinary beast if not tutored on core values. The Ibos worked hard and refused to prosper by illicit means. The Ibo leaders of Azikiwe generation were not the sort that goes cap-in-hand to other national and tribal leaders collecting money and sorts to ditch the values of their tribes and race. They value their self image and self worth over and above any lucre from their adversaries.  They avoided alcohols where sensitive meetings were being held, and wined and dined only reasonably wherever they dwell.  They avoided the dictum of being first in wine testers, ‘isiewu, mkwobi’ and assorted food over-eaters as we see today with the generally speaking beastly exuberance that made present Igbo leaders of all shades  and their subjects victims of instinct mannerism rather than calculated contextual reasoning in handling issues of common interest. The Igbo man then was the jealous of his fellow nationals like the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani’s for his path in wisdom, knowledge and understanding of contextual issues in politics and social life. They were not the ‘follow-follows’ in politics and intellectual social life rather; they were emulated by other race/tribes for their exemplary social and political life based on wisdom, justice and fair play in consideration for their fellow compatriots which made them agents of peace and progressive metropolitans. Every nation and people needed Igbo man as neighbor and compatriot for their pliable manners and non interference in other peoples’ internal business. The Ibos were exceptionally cautious in their interaction with fellow nationals and as such avoided being victims of wicked conspiracy that rules Nigeria politics and cosmopolitanism. In other words, they refused to be used as escape goats for settling inter tribal scores between peoples and fellow nationals. The leaders of the Ibos then refused to indulge in bribery and corruption, and money politics especially marketing the rights and privileges of their subjects for lucre.  Azikiwe and his fellow compatriots were not the greedy and money minded lots of Igbo leaders we have today who consider and care for nothing but selves while playing politics and socializing.   

Nevertheless, by early 60s politically notorious names like Dr. K.O Mbadiwe’s began to fill the surface of Igbo land whom the wise quickly rejected outright  for their saboteur manners and excessive greed for lucre but, quite unfortunately the youths started imbibing their gluttonous, epicurean and illicit doctrines and animal culture of ‘kill and chop’, translated idiomatically, “Onye elielu, ekwuelia”.  They became worshippers of money, food and wine with intolerance for wisdom and organized life. Sharing of money and kinds become their condition for attending any political meeting or joining any political party. That was the final down fall of Igbo man in Nigeria politically and socially. As was the portion of every epicurean, gluttonous and gentile nation, the Ibos ceased forthwith handling their social and political matters with any iota of wisdom or maturity. They abhor anything called social and political education and rather devoted all their energy and interest in making money and regarded excessive eating, drinking and winning as a mark of well-being. The Ibos forgot the wisdom imparted in them by their fore fathers which dwell richly in Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and his fellow compatriots in such firstlings of the heart like, “Obialu bonye abiagbunaya onaba ka mkpumkpu ghara ikwoya nazu”, interpreted as, ‘A visitor should not pain/attack his host, and he will not have to do with wounds while leaving his host’s house/place’. “Ebe onye bi ka ona awachi”, interpreted literally, ‘A man defends the interests/values of his host’. “Ile oma ka ejuna ji aga naja”, interpreted thus, ‘Smooth and saliva wetted tongue the Snell uses for its journey over rough sandy surface’. Time and space will not allow me to go on and on with unending word of wisdom imparted in true Igbo men of the past that made them smooth riders in every cosmopolitan setting. They found peace where there was strife. They avoided by every means stigmatization and xenophobic race syndrome the political thieves called Ibo leaders of today are making out of their fellow Ibo race by tapping from the excessive illiteracy and timidity of their subjects who has no time nor consideration for anything called political or social education except being fashioned from the womb on how to get rich quick even if it entails selling one another for lucre or indulging in demonic rituals and idolatry of serving blood tasty mammon of stone age ungodliness that is of course a common sin of Nigeria nation today in spite of outward religiosity.

The final damage was done after the civil war with the emergence of Dr. Elex Ekwueme the former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who graduated from the infamous ‘Juggernaut, Timber-and-Caliber, Caterpillar School’ of Dr. K.O Mbadiwe with flying colors and joined his master Dr. K.O Mbadiwe in destroying the impartation of ‘Self Worth and Self Image’ politics of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe based on his ‘Beautiful Bride’ political epistles that gave the Ibos honor and respect in Nigeria politics and reinstated them as equals with their fellow countrymen after the civil war. Mbadiwe and Ekwueme fellow dirty rider in their soiled NPN (National Party of Nigeria) politics of the 2nd Republic Christian Onoh, the former Governor of old Anambra State lifted their evil anthem higher by decreeing that the Ibos must be following the over fed pot belly politicians of opposing political camps  so if they did not vomit, they must certainly defecate ‘poo poo’ for the Igbo man who appended to himself outcast self image and poor defeatist self worth second class citizen will make do with the foul wastes of their political masters called NPN (National Party of Nigeria) warlords; their dictum, “Igbo gana eso onye riju afo, onyuluanyu ogbo-agbo”. In the ensuing madness the NPN bigots of Igbo stock supported by the so-called Federal Might political vandalism of NPN went out to physically destroy the little rehabilitation and development the NPP of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was able to achieve for Ibos after the civil war. I will not forget in haste the behemoth NPN warlords such as Alhj. (Dr.) Tahir, and  Alhaji-Alhaji detailed in proclaiming Satanic Verses against the Ibo nation while camping as gods in Enugu the capital city then while Ibo leaders worshiped them as gods, brainwashing and bastardizing their unfortunate subjects to believe and accept as must their 2nd class citizen status as far as Ekwueme was maintained as Vice President to Shagari and Ibo businessmen carting money to their banks. Not quite long ago about this year 2015 I read of the miserable demise of the god man Alhaji Alhaji after lying helpless at the National Hospital, Abuja. Nigerians will never learn.

SOLUTION

The only way out for Igbo man is repentance from his greed and foolish ways to the way of wisdom and the fear of God. Repentance will make my Igbo brothers realize that race is not to the swift nor battle to the strong but in all things the Spirit of God which hates the character of Igbo man which is greed for money and lucre over everything prevails. For Igbo leaders and business class their ultimate guide in politics and social venture is self and greed which leads them to market away the welfare and life of Ibos at every gathering.  The latest somersault of Igbo man’s stupidity was the collective suicidal politics of Igbo man in PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) manifesting finally in Jonathanian Theorem of fake Igbo man President where they shamelessly over soiled themselves in the illicit money and lucre of that Obasanjo’s faithless Project to deny the Ibos the presidency he promised them after chancing Dr. Elex Ekwueme at the PDP Jos convention in 1998/99 presidential primaries. Obasanjo gave the naïve and stupid Ibos a fake Igbo man President in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan whom he baptized and rechristened Dr. Azikiwe Ebele Goodluck Jonathan and released him against foolish Igbo leaders and businessmen with tainted moneys which they dived for with all their energy and life. God save us. Amen.

CHIBUZOR EJINDU

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