By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie For a very long time now, the Nigerian government has been fighting tooth and neck to extinguish Biafra agitat...
By Nelson Ofokar Yagazie
For a very long time now, the Nigerian government has been
fighting tooth and neck to extinguish Biafra agitation. One would think that,
as one of the countries that mouth Human Rights, this fight is legally, civilly
and diplomatically orchestrated. But hell, no, it is everything but civil,
legal and diplomatic. Armaments and troops are mobilized in a war fashion
against civilians armed with nothing but flags and T-shirts.
For agitating for freedom, people are gunned down as though
they were guinea fowls. Folks are abducted in their homes and either illegally
detained or summarily dealt with. Nevertheless, the people's desire for freedom
seems unwavering as the more they are massacred the more poised they become.
Having failed even in unbridled violence, blackmail became
their most potent weapon. Not only do state players commit murder unprovoked,
they will do so and try to pin it on IPOB members. They do this just to de-market
the outfit and the struggle it champions. A state that indiscriminately kills
its own citizens to discredit a freedom quest is beyond verbal description.
In recent time we have seen Nigerian elements up their game
of blackmail against the IPOB. Despite the group crying loud that they are
innocent, armless and harmless, the conspiratorial media indulges the
government.
But Nigerian government isn't the only quarter involved in
the game of blackmail. The wider society is. As we all know, the government is
a mirror of the society, for leaders don't fall from the sky. Nor do the media
arm.
The latest victim of their mischief is the fiery priest,
Reverend Father Ejike Camilus Mbaka, the spiritual director of Adoration
Ministries, Enugwu. In the past the eccentric priest had gravitated towards
Buhari and APC led government, but he seems to have retraced his steps
recently. And while he isn't for the APC anymore, he however doesn't seem to
think much of Obi and his Obi-dient movement.
Father Mbaka had made comments that weren't the nicest with
regards to Peter Obi's political aspirations, and the Catholic Church,
absolving self of partisan politics had, as a deterrent, issued a punitive
measure to him.
The priest had recoiled to his shell, serving his punishment
faithfully. But the mischief makers wouldn't let him. They have to spice it up
with blackmail. They concocted a very careless and insensitive statement,
credited to him and have it circulated both in the mainstream media and social
media.
Reading the circulating fabrication, it's obvious that those
behind it intended to draw sympathy for Obi. While it's politically wise to
draw sympathy for a candidate, it's evil to achieve that with blackmail.
It does seem once Nigerians disagree with you on a
particular issue, they go overboard. Blackmail and forgery are just tools to them.
It's one thing to disagree with someone; it's another thing
to blackmail him. I for one have disagreed with Mbaka in the past; I have
disagreed with some other men of God. In fact, I have disagreed with
Christianity and still do. Nothing is
wrong with differing in opinion, but everything becomes wrong when you dive
into blackmail.
Mbaka is suffering a tiny portion of what Nnamdi Kanu and
IPOB have been suffering for long. Well, he has come forward to issue a
disclaimer. He has, in a video message, denied making such nasty statement
being credited to him. It's sad how evil Nigerians can be.
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