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[ Masterweb Reports ] - On 21st day of January, 2013, the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, released a public statement-titled: "The Nigeria Police Force: The Good Versus The Bad & The Ugly". We had in the widely publicized statement stated clearly that despite the corporate failure of the NPF in matters of security and crime in the country, there is still the good side of the Force. We also stated that there are some personnel of the Force who are less corrupt; patriotic and proven to be good ambassadors of the Force in recent times. Some of the commendable works of the NPF in recent times were highlighted in the statement, which included its investigation into the gruesome murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde; a principal aide to the Governor of Edo State, South-south Nigeria. We made it clear that despite the very bad image the Force attracted to itself over the years, it should be commended when its works commendably and condemned when the reverse is the case. Some of the atrocious acts of the Force in recent times such as continued extra-judicial killings, torture and corruption were highlighted. Also highlighted as part of its good works was........Read More
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Photo Caption - Late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde

 [ Masterweb Reports ] - On Sunday, March 31, 2013, about two billion people on planet earth will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Even though the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by the Romans and Jewish authorities occurred over two thousand years ago, yet the Cross of Christ remains the most perplexing event in all of human history.  Off-course the crucifixion of Christ was brutal and barbaric, yet Christ atoning death on the Cross still remains the pivotal event of the gospel message and His resurrection the central event of the good news of the kingdom.  The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Christianity. Without it, Christianity will be a tale.
 
For years, I have been asked questions about the Cross, about Christ’s death, His resurrection, about Easter celebration, about the Church and so forth.  I have read arguments for and against.  I have read from atheists and doubters.  On this Easter Day, I’ll like to answer few of them to explain what makes Easter Day and celebration so special for Christians. 

 
.      Why do Christians celebrate Christ resurrection on Easter Day, which has pagan origin?

 
As you know, in Christian faith, no other Holy Day can match Good Friday and Easter Sunday. While the feast of Easter was first celebrated in the second century, it wasn't until the Roman Emperor Constantine called “The Council of Nicaea” in 325 A.D., that a date was officially pronounced. One debate of that Council was whether the observance of Easter should follow the Jewish custom of holding Passover on a weekday or should be on a Sunday. During the Council debate, it was decided to celebrate Easter on the Sunday following the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. Later the date of March 21 was selected as the Vernal Equinox. Like so many early Christian holidays, the actual day selected for Easter celebration was as much a political decision as it was a symbolic one.

 
       Why was Jesus Christ crucified?

 
The Jews and Roman authorities crucified Jesus because He claimed to be the Son of God, which is tantamount to being God (Matthew 26:63-65) and in so doing the Scripture was fulfilled.  The portrait of Jesus as Messiah was not easy swallow for the Jewish Israel to understand and accept.  The Scribes and Pharisees considered Jesus a heretic because he claimed to be the “Messiah.” Jesus did not meet the expectations of the Pharisees and Sadducees, who were looking for a charismatic political leader to deliver them from the Roman occupation. The crucifixion of Christ is the vilest wickedness in all of human history. Crucifixion is a malicious manner to murder or kill someone.  It is a wicked way to kill a human being, an innocent person for that matter.
 
However, we have to understand that those who crucified Jesus were not really bad people but blind people. They were not wicked people but people without the wisdom of God. They were humanly wise and self-righteous elite of the day who knew the Old Testament Scriptures better than anyone yet; they did not know the God of the Scriptures. When God showed up in the flesh, they did not recognize Him. They were not really wicked but ignorant, misguided and stupid men who thought that they were doing God a favor. The Apostle Paul was that kind of man until the glory of Christ met him on a Damascus road. We still have such religious zealots in the various religious organizations today.
 
Biblically and spiritually, Christ resurrection marked the reconciliation between God and mankind thus opened the doors of resurrection for all who will believe in Him (see John 11:25-26).

 
Why did Jesus Christ have to die?

 
There are hundreds of prophecies in the Bible as well as Jesus statements alluding to His death on the Cross and His resurrection. For instance, in the Gospel of Matthew 16:21, Jesus declared that, "He must die." The Greek word ‘dei,’ is an impersonal verb, which means that it is a necessity or must. It is the strongest Greek word to express necessity. Christ death on the cross was voluntarily self-imposed. Jesus gave him up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Christ died to accomplish God's eternal purposes. In the Gospel of John 12:27, He stated, "No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father glorify your name.” In Revelation 13:8, "He is the lamb slain before the foundation of the world.” He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for your sake (1 Peter.1: 19-20).
 
What is the significance of Christ death?

 
The biblical reason of Christ crucifixion remains the central message of the Gospel message.  The crucifixion of Christ is the means by which God provided salvation and forgiveness for the sins of mankind.  It is a supreme demonstration of God’s love toward sinful mankind (John 3:16).   The prophet Isaiah summarized the human condition: “We are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousness are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6).  Even the high priest, Joshua, in his exalted position among God’s people, was clothed in filthy rags before God (Zechariah 3:3).  The apostle Paul, who labored arduously to be righteous before God, realized that his most strenuous efforts to please God were no more valuable than rubbish (Philippians 3:4-10).  The plight of humanity is that nothing we could ever do could satisfy God’s desire for righteousness.  But the miracle of God’s mercy is that God exchanges our filthy rags for rich robes of righteousness (Zechariah 3:4).  In this awesome exchange, God placed the sin of humanity upon His righteous Son.  Jesus became so identified with our sin that Scripture says God made Him to be sin on our behalf.  Christ bore the excruciating pain of our sin upon the cross.  He endured the worst physical and spiritual suffering for sinful humanity.
 
Therefore, Christ sacrificial death on the cross was for the forgiveness, justification and redemption of lost humanity. The precious blood of Christ was shed for the remission of sin.  His blood is a perfect and efficacious act that satisfied the demand of God’s holiness for ever.  The message of the Cross is a supreme act of God to help the afflicted, heal the wounded and reclaim lost humanity.  It established Christ reign all over the nations, provides eternal life and activated the exaltation and glorification of Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 
 
Did Christ actually rise from the dead?

 
In Acts 10:39-40, the apostle Paul writes, “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.  They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. When the three women (Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Salome went early Sunday morning to  pay their last respects to Jesus by anointing His body with spices.  The three women had all they need for the anointing, except for access to the body of Jesus.  Who would roll the great stone from the mouth of the tomb?
 
Suddenly when they looked up they had a terrible shock: the stone had been rolled away already and there a young man in the cave, but no Jesus.  Then the divine messenger spoke to them:
 
“Do not be alarmed.  You seek Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified.  He has risen; He is not here.  See the place where they laid Him.  But go; tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee.  There you will see Him, just as He told you” (Mark 16:6-7).

 
What is the significance of Christ resurrection?

 
If the crucifixion of Christ is the means by which God provided salvation and forgiveness for the sins of mankind, Christ resurrection is the cornerstone of the Christian faith.  Crucifixion and resurrection are the central message of Christian Theology and the major defense of its teaching. The resurrection is the pivotal point of Christian Theology and Apologetics. While crucifixion is the central event of the good news of the kingdom, Christ resurrection is the cornerstone of Christianity.  It is the divine truth of Christian faith.
 
Christ resurrection marked the beginning of His exaltation as Lord and Christ, God anointed Jesus—King, Prophet and Priest in the heavenly throne. In raising Jesus from the dead, God proclaimed Him to be the divinely appointed Judge of the world and the provider of salvation for mankind. His resurrection provided the believer the divine guarantee of His justification and reconciliation. The believer is indeed reconciled to God and made righteous. 
 
Does the Church today look like what Christ and apostles established more than two millennium ago?

 
No.  Dr. Hank Hanegraaf, president of Christian Research Institute in California and one of the fearless Christian apologists, in his book, “Christianity in Crisis” prophetically and passionately argued that modern-day “Christianity is in crisis.” He argued that the church is undergoing a major transformation and that Christians have embraced another gospel, another Jesus, a gospel of false promises of prosperity, healing, signs and wonders.  George Barna, the famous church consultant, researcher and writer also supports Dr. Hanegraaf postulations that the church is dying due to lack of sound Bible teachers and strong Church leaders. 

 
Both men and many other proponents of the crisis in the Church are right.  There no doubt that Christianity is in crisis.  In his best seller, “Crisis in the Village,” Dr. Robert M. Franklin, a public theologian and intellectual, wrote that the “Church has lost her moral mission, call and commitment.”  Today baby boomers and the new “millennials” are flooding to churches and synagogues because of widespread hunger for meaning and many bring aversion to such traditional teachings such as sin, evil, forgiveness, commitment, even truth itself.  As a result, what we have today  in many large churches is “designer gospel message” and “religious syncretism” where the gospel are re-packaged to suit those who want a faith to satisfy their “felt need,” the gospel message that “God wants you to be rich.” “Send money as a step of faith and God will bless you message.” “Give a $1,000 pledge and God will bless you.”  Name it claims it.” “Give to get rich message.”  “100 fold return-blessing and even 1000 times return” is another gospel, a different gospel from what Jesus Christ taught. 
 
The Apostle Paul dedicated the entire epistle of Timothy teaching against false prophets, false doctrines and godlessness in the last days.  He warns Timothy, his son in the ministry to flee from such things.
 
He writes, 
 
“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (Second Timothy 4:3-4).

 
In Second Timothy 3:1-5, Paul warns,
 
“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.  People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,  without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,  treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”

 
C. S. Lewis, the famous Oxford apologist for the faith, wrote:
 
“We must return to Christianity in order to preserve the things we value.  But we cannot return to Christianity at all unless the thing we value above all else is Christ….. Otherwise, we are in effect, asking to save our idols for us.”

 
What we have today is a perverted church; a church that is totally misconstrued, misguided and misinformed where spiritual witchcraft and biblical ignorance are in abundance.  What we have today is a church that is bewitched, a church that is preaching and teaching another gospel; another Jesus and a message of “get rich and get healed theology.”  The church was called upon to uphold the honor, glory and authority of Christ on planet earth.  Instead of upholding this divine mandate with dignity, the church and her former rebellious and satanic leaders have been deceived and trampled upon by demons of antichrist and cultic and pharisaic associations where the presence of God is completely absent and self and pride are enthroned.  What we have today are church buildings where sin, wickedness, witchcraft and all manners evil are practiced and people accept it so;  multi million dollar buildings and temples where the spirit of Christ has been thrown out and Satan himself is enthroned on the altar.  No wonder atrocities such as the ones we read in our newspapers and watch on television are happening every day.

 
The Church must pray for revival and renewal.  I believe and agree with Rev. D. Peter C. Moore, that the Church that God cherishes is one that is “Evangelical in Teaching, Catholic in Sacrament, Reformed in Doctrine, Charismatic in Ministry Gifts, and Liberal in Ethos and Global in Scope.” 
 
Anything else is just humanistic and designer religion.
 
What about those who denigrate the Church, Christianity and Pastors!

 
For those who denigrate Christianity or the existence of God, King David wrote, “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good” (Psalm 14:1). 

 

The Apostle Paul writes, “The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God. They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good, no, not one. One day, God will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent He will frustrate.” (1 Corinthians 1:19)

 
Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  It is a new way of life and living given by God and revealed to mankind through the divinely inspired writers.  Christianity is not a religion of the Jewish people.  Christianity is not Western religion either.  It is a new way of thinking and living empowered by the Holy Spirit.  For those who blame religion for the problems in the world—especially Africa, which has been described a bloody continent because of religious intolerance, violence and killings, you are absolutely incorrect in your assessment.  Nigeria-Africa’s problem is not religion but religious intolerance and ignorance as well as incompetence, ethnicity, and bad leadership.
 
It is sad that Africans intellectuals blame God, religion, and Church for our woes—which are not true. There is no doubt that there are many atrocities, pervasion, godlessness, deception, manipulation, false doctrine and false prophets  now rampant in our society, but those are not Africa’s problem.  I also wish the so-called African intellectuals will read African exegetical Christian writers such as Minucius Felix, Clement, Origen, Tertullian, Cyprian, Marius Victorinus, Lactantius, all born before Athanasius and  then Didymus, Arnobius of Sicca, Optatus, Augustine, Cyril of Alexandria, Shenute of Atripe, Quodvultdeus, Victor of Vita, Fulgentius and others,  who shaped the Church’s liturgy, prayers, confessions and even Holy Scriptures. Africa is the seed-bed of Christianity and therefore, not an imported religion.
 
Despite the intellectual, liberal and pagan attacks on Christianity, against the illogical reasoning of the Cross, Christianity still remains the only faith that makes more sense.  The Church is still God’s number one agenda for His creation.  It is through the Church that mankind can be redeemed. One of the most controversial and castigated attacks on Christianity is its assertion and claim to absolute truth.  Christianity is the only faith with claims to absolute truth.  The Church is the custodian of that divine truth.  Jesus made those assertions in the gospel of John 14 to Apostle Thomas who doubted Jesus’ resurrection.  After Thomas saw and touched Jesus’ hands, Church history documented that Thomas went to India where he preached to millions of Indians who were worshiping many deities.  Jesus also said, “I am the way and the truth and the life, No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).   Pilate, the Roman general asked him, ‘what is truth? (John 18:38).  The Romans and Jews killed Jesus because of who claimed to be—the Truth, King, Messiah, and God. No other religion or spiritual guru made such claims.

 
The crucifixion of Jesus is not a tragedy to Christianity or mere incident of Christ’s human life but a supreme purpose for which Jesus came into the world.  There could not have been a resurrection without crucifixion.  While Christ crucifixion is the central message of Christianity, Christ resurrection is the wonder that distinguishes Christianity from the other three thousand religious beliefs scattered across the globe. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Christianity.  It is the central message and the power of God to redeem lost humanity.

 
I wish you peace, joy and the blessings of Christ resurrection power.
 
Dr. C. Kingston Ekeke reports. *Dr. C. Kingston Ekeke is a public theologian and the author of several books including Leadership Wisdom and Leadership Liability.  He is the president of Leadership Wisdom Institute.

 [ Masterweb Reports ] - The average Nigerian does not feel like he is being represented anywhere in the country, whether at the Federal, State, Local Government, and certainly not by his or her elected members of the State House, House of Representatives, or Senate. In fact, most people do not know who their representative is. Nor do most politicians understand that they are there in any representative capacity.
 

The situation is even worse for Ndigbo in Northern Nigeria. Here is my conversation with two prominent Igbo Community Leaders in Kano following the March 18, 2013, suicide bombing at a luxury bus park in Kano which killed over forty people and left well over 40 seriously injured. The interviews were conducted over the weekend.
 
“Sir, Has Governor Kwankwaso called you to offer any condolences and to offer assistance of the government of Kano State?”
 

“No, on the contrary, following the aftermath of the bombing, the Governor insisted on demolishing all stalls belonging to Igbo Patent Medicine dealers in Sabon Gari despite our begging him to punish only those who have been caught doing bad things. We feel humiliated that while the Igbo Community was in mourning, the Governor chose to beat a wide path of destruction through our businesses. It took only court injunction to stop him but he has indicated that he is coming back.”

 
“Did he visit the terror scene to ascertain first hand what was going on?”

 
“No, but his deputy did.”

 
“Did his Deputy call you to offer condolences or visit with you or offer government assistance?”

 
“No Sir. He just visited the scene.”

 
“Do you know the Kano Senator representing the area of the bombing?”

 
“Yes Sir.”

 
“Did he call you to offer any condolences or government assistance or find out how the Igbo community is coping?”

 
“No, Sir.”
 

“Did the Emir of Kano call you?”
 

“No, Sir.”

 
“And you are a well know bona fide representative of Ndi Igbo in Kano?”

 
“Yes, Sir.”

 
“Did any Hausa or Northern elite call you?”

 
“No sir.”

 
“So the Igbo community in Kano is on their own as far as the Kano State Government is concerned?”

 
“Yes, Sir.”

 
“Okay. Did any Governor from the South East call you?”

 
“Yes, Sir. Only one Governor.”

 
“What did he say?”

 
“He said that he has told us to leave Kano and that it is our fault that we are still staying.”

 
“Is that all he said?”

 
“Pretty much, Sir.”

 
“So no other South Eastern Governor called you?”

 
“No sir”

 
“Did any South Eastern Senator call you?”

 
“Yes, Sir. Senator Chukwumerijie and Senator Ekweremmadu.”

 
“And are you satisfied with the nature of their call?”

 
“Yes, Sir.”

 
“Did any Traditional Ruler from the South East call you?”

 
“No, Sir?”

 
“Did any Igbo Organization in Diaspora call you?”

 
“No Sir. Only journalists, but no Igbo organization in Diaspora has called to find out how we are doing or to offer us any support. Are you a journalist, Sir?”

 
“No, I am a victim’s and good governance advocate and I will see to it that the world knows that Ndigbo in Northern Nigeria are an endangered species in their own country.”
 

“Sir, be brutally frank with me, who do you think is responsible for the suicide bombings?”
 

“It is Boko Haram, Sir.”

 
“Who is behind them?”

 
“I don’t know, Sir, but they are well organized. All I know is that the Northern elite does not seem as concerned as we are. When you challenge them, they tell you that Northerners were also killed but the truth is that Ndigbo are the primary targets.”

 
“Sir, last year, there was a coordinated series of attacks in Kano that left many people dead. Knowing that Kano is a hotbed of terrorism, why do you people stay?”

 
“Sir, that is the question we ask ourselves. The truth is that many Ndigbo in Kano are born and raised in Kano. My kids all grew up here, schooled here, went to University here, speak fluent Hausa, have occasionally visited the South East but otherwise have Hausa friends and see themselves as Nigerians first. In fact, they do not think of themselves as Ndigbo. Many Ndigbo have lived here all their lives –30, 40, 50, 60 years. We are Northern Nigerian Igbos not Southern Nigeria Igbos. There are more Igbos in Abuja than in Ebonyi State. Outside Abuja, in the rest of Northern Nigeria, there are more Igbos than in any State in the South East and we intend to live indefinitely outside the South East as Nigerians. Sir, funny enough, people want to blame us for living out the true meaning of one Nation and funny enough, the policy makers and Hausa and Yoruba journalists speak of NdeIgbo as the people who do not want a United Nigeria. I have lived in Kano for a long time, but I can tell you that there are very very few people from the Southwest and South South here. We, Ndigbo of Northern Nigeria should be the pride of Nigeria but instead, they treat us like Hausa goats.”

 
“Sir, what I am saying is that we are Northerners even though we are Igbo by state of origin of our parents. You people in America should make that clear. WE ARE NORTHERN NIGERIANS who happen to be Igbos and we are not running away from our country. The Hausas live peacefully in Igboland and nobody is killing them. Nobody is killing them in the SouthWest. Why are they killing us in the North? Are we not Nigerians? Do we have two countries? Did I come to Kano with my family on a Visa? I came here with nothing and worked very hard for everything I have. I have many Hausa people that I am responsible for feeding their families through my business. I am proud of everything we have done to make Kano look like Nigeria.”

 
“Sir, I am saying that it is a shame that we Northern Nigerian Igbos are treated like a people without a country. Governor Kwankwaso does not treat us like fellow Nigerians who should be protected by his Government. The South Eastern Governments do not treat us like we deserve protection. The Federal Government pays lip service to terrorism. It is only when it comes time to vote that Jonathan will remember that there are Ndigbo in large numbers in the North who can help give him the 25% margin of victory.”

 
“Sir, you in America, does the country protect you or do they treat you like a foreigner?”

 
“Absolute protection guaranteed, but we are talking about Nigeria, not America.”

 
“Sir, you saw that the Northerners own 83 percent of the oil blocs in Southern Nigeria. No one is killing them for that. Why are people telling us to run away from Northern Nigeria just because we are trying to live and work hard as Nigerians within our own country? If they want to divide Nigeria, let them divide it so that we know where we are. At least, if I come here on Visa then I know. But these people cannot be killing us and also be telling us that they are one Nigeria.”

 
“Sir, it is beginning to look like 1966 again. First, the North rejected one Nigeria. Then they killed us all over Northern Nigeria. Then when we had no protection under the government of Nigeria, we formed a country that will give us protection. Then the Whiteman told them that they prefer one Nigeria. Then they came and attacked us claiming that the love one Nigeria and we don’t. Since after the war, Gowon has been telling people how much he loves one Nigeria and that he killed and starved NdeIgbo to keep Nigeria one. Now it is becoming obvious that he lied. It is the same thing like 1966. The Northerners slaughter us like we are not part of Nigeria and when we try to go away, they force us to stay so that they can control the oil in Southern Nigeria. Some people want to make Nigeria ungovernable just because a non-Notherner is the President, but look who is the Vice President, Senate Leader, Speaker of House of Representative. They have every plum position in the country, yet they are not happy. You people should do more to expose the injustice of one Nigeria because we certainly don't feel like we like in a country that values our lives.”

 
“Sir, they cannot continue to kill us like pigeons. You people have to make it clear that we deserve a government that can protect us. If Governor Kwankwaso does not understand that we need his protection, he should resign or be impeached. If Goodluck Jonathan does not realize that his number one job is to provide for the security of all Nigerians, he should be impeached. Never in the history of Nigeria since the civil war has there been this much killing of Ndigbo and it is not like Ndigbo have political power in Nigeria. Imagine how it would be if Ndigbo become the President of Nigeria?”

 
“What I am saying, Sir, is that we are tired of being killed and we are not running away from our fellow Nigerians either. Nobody has a monopoly on violence. If you people in America want to support us, fine. If you want to go and hide and speak English while drinking Oyibo tea, fine. But don’t blame us when you come home and they kidnap you or you become a victim of terrorism in your expensive hotel room in Abuja. This fight is for all of us.”

 
“But some Northerners lost their lives, too, you realize that. Have you called their local leaders to offer condolences?”

 
“Yes, I have. But let me be clear with you, Sir, Ndigbo are the primary target. The hypocrisy of the Northern elite is that they look the other way so long as majority Ndigbo are slaughtered. What they do not consider is the impact of Ndigbo in the economy of Kano State. If we all run away because Kano State is too violent for people to live and do business, terrorists will take over Kano State and businesses will run away from Kano State. With hunger and unemployment, the violence will get worse. Sir, this was how Somalia began. If they think that getting rid of Ndigbo will solve their problems, it will be a huge mistake because the poverty in Northern Nigeria is the reason why people are willing to kill themselves just so they can kill other people. It does not make sense. Some elites are exploiting poor Northerners and it is time poor Northerners open their eyes and stop being used. If somebody tells you to go and kill yourself and go to heaven, you should ask them to go there first. Unfortunately, they promise the suicide bombers that they will take care of their parents and loved ones and brainwash them into committing suicide. Out there in the community, somebody is brainwashing Northern Nigeria youths to go and kill themselves and kill others as we speak. It is a huge moral failure in Northern Nigeria that their elite should hide their faces in shame. It is becoming a way of life in Northern Nigeria and all I am saying is that we Igbos in the North do so much for the Northern economy that it does not make sense for the Northern elite to just throw away their faces when we are attacked.”

 
“Mark my words, eventually the poor Northerners will get some education and turn against the elite who preferred to use them as suicide bombers than giving them proper education so that they can be something in life.”

 
‘Do you have any message for Ndigbo in Diaspora?”

 
“Yes, tell them that the slave that is indifferent to the death of a fellow slave is being indifferent towards his own impending death.”

 
“Do you have any message for Traditional Rulers in Igbo land?”

 
“Yes, Sir. Ask them if the people being killed are not from their towns originally. Why is it that the only time they care is when we are paying homage to them?”

 
“Do you have any message for Igbo Governors?”

 
“Tell them that we are ashamed of them. Ask them if dying in the hands of terrorists is better than dying in the hands of kidnappers. Tell them that when they stop becoming Governors, they will start hiding from kidnappers like the rest of us.”

 
“How about civic groups, lawyers etc?”

 
“Sir, we need people to sue Governor Kwankwaso, the Commissioner of Police, the Federal Government. Everybody knows that Kano State is a hot bed for terrorists. We do not feel that they are doing everything reasonable to protect us. The terror victims are victims of bad government and the government should be responsible. Unfortunately, if you do not come quickly to claim your loved ones, they dump them in a mass grave. Our injured victims are left on their own. No one pays their medical bills. Our country is becoming quite a hell for all of us. Sooner or later, it will touch everyone. “

 
“Thank you for taking the time. Thank you for your leadership. I want you to not forget that the death of a Northerner by suicide bombing is just as bad as the death of an Igbo man. The innocent Northerners selling groundnuts and cigarettes and cleaning shoes to make a living should never be blamed for the violence even though the Northern elite may look the other way. Also, please continue to use your leadership position to work for the welfare of all Nigerians, not just NdeIgbo. Ofor ka ide ji awa ana. Don’t forget that. Oji ofor ga ana? Don’t forget that too.”

 
“Thank you, Sir and God bless.”
 
"Speaking about God, how is God doing these days in Kano?"

 
"Sir, we don't go to Church anymore. You won't find any Igbo man gathering with others to pray. We used to go to the Churches in Army Barracks and Police Stations and they went after Police Stations. We do not feel safe anywhere in Kano State and we certainly do not conduct any form of religious assembly for fear of being killed."

 
"Ok. Thanks."
 
Chris Aniedobe ( chrisaniedobe@yahoo.com ) reports.
 
 
 

*Photo Caption - Map of Igboland of Nigeria

 [ Masterweb Reports ] - The leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law can confirm to the world that most, if not all of those found floating on Ezu River of Death on 19th day of January, 2013, died from suffocation. It is recalled that we had in the part two of our explosive report on Ezu River of Death dated 4th day of Match, 2013, stated clearly that the methods used by Anambra SARS in killing those found in Ezu River were methods not restricted to gun-shots. That is to say that they might have been killed through other means, which include clubbing, lethal strings, strangulation, macheting, poisoning, rubber/tube tying, etc (including suffocation). Our further findings after part one and two of our report clearly indicate that most, if not all of them were killed through manually traceless means-called mass suffocation. This clearly explains why the Anambra State Police Command, having gotten briefing from its SARS leadership on how it killed the victims being referenced, hastily told the world that no gunshot wounds or bullets were found on any.......Read More
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Photo Caption - Floating dead bodies in Ezu River