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Speaker 1: A Nambra State government under the leadership of Governor Charles

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Chukuma Sludo has said that the state is currently in

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search of justice over the killing of a young and

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creative fish farmer, Martin’s of Fessenachi on yekc, well known

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by his business name as Fish Magnet, who was reportedly

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shot on the leg while being kidnapped on Sunday, the

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twenty seventh of July twenty twenty five at his residence

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in zini Fitte Village, a Puno in Orca, the Enambra

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State capital. This Dr George Mogalu, the Labour Party candidate

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in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, said that

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an Ambra State is no longer safe, adding that people

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are being killed, sloughted for their families to bury in

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silence while the state governor, Professor Charles Chukuma Saludo looks

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the other way with no sympathy, condolence, visit or statement. Specifically,

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Moglou said, I must speak frankly, an Aumbre is no

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longer safe, not even in the state capital are people

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are being sorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while the

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government looks the other way. This is not leadership it

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is abandonment. Just recently, we lost over ten lives in

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a ghastly accident at Amici no We South local government area.

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Yet there was no statement, no condolence, not even a

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visit from the state government. Instead we see street renamings

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and political endorsement rallies. Where is our conscience? Mogolu stated,

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while the former lawyer to Namdi Cardu, the detained Biafra

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agitation leader, Barrister Afani Go Four, said the people of

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the state are currently romancing with crimes, hiding criminals and

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painting absurd narratives on social media to glorify and justify

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the rising crimes in the state, saying the most frightening

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part the reckless energy our own people expend defending these killers.

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When you shield murderers because they are your kinsmen, you

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embolden them. When you justify kidnappings under the guise of

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ethnic pride, you leave the gates wide open for the

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real external aggresses like armed herdsman, whose invasion will come

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when we are weakest and most divided. Namra’s State Commissioner

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for Information Law Mepha, made the government position known on

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Sunday after he led other government officials on a condolence

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visit to the bereaved mother of the victim, who happened

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to be the woman leader of the Enamor’s State All

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Progressives Grand Alliance APGA missus esther on Ya KC. According

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to Punch newspaper, Homyaka, a son of the woman leader

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of the Enambra State All Progressives Grand Alliance, was abducted

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by government and his residence in Zeniphied Community, Opuno, Orca

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South Local Government area of Enambra State, in a late

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night attack on Saturday, July twenty sixth, and was subsequently killed.

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In a press statement released on Sunday, the State Commissioner

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for Information Law Mephor, sympathized with the deceaseds family, assuring

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them that the state government is in search of justice

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while sustaining and strengthening security in the state. Mepher, who

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maintained that such a development is an affront to the

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Professor Chokuma Soludo government’s new security architecture, also expressed delight

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that the police are on the heels of the perpetrators.

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The Commissioner was quoted as having stated this when he

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paid a condolence visit to the woman leader of the

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Enambra’s State apger esther On Yekese, according to the statement.

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The statement read in part, the Enambra State Commissioner for Information,

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doctor law Meher, recently paid a condolence visit to the

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woman leader of the Enambra State All Progressives Grand Alliance,

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Missus ester On Yekes, whose only son, Martina fessinaci On

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yeks a prominent fish dealer in the state popularly known

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as Phish Magnet, was kidnapped and murdered recently in Anambra State. Mepher,

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who described the phish dealer’s death as dastardly and heart wrenching,

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sympathized with the deceased’s mother, assuring her that the state

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government is with her in search of justice while sustaining

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and strengthening security in an Ambra State. He maintained that

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such a death is an affront to the Solution Government’s

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new security architecture and expressed happiness that the police are

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on the heels of the perpetrators and have issued a

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statement on the matter after recovering the vehicle in which

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they drove him away, adding that nobody can commit such

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a dastardly act in an Ambra State and get away

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with it, so may his sole rest in peace. We’ll

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fight and get him justice. The mother will get justice,

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the family will get justice, and an Amber will get justice.

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It’s a very painful loss for all of us and

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the government is always challenged when things like this happen

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because it’s an affront to the new security architecture put

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in place by the Solution government led by Professor Chukuma Soludo.

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The Commissioner said security in an Ambra has significantly improved

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since Soludo launched a new security architecture on February eighteenth,

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te twenty twenty five. He noted that troubled areas are

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now receiving proper attention and that anyone causing unrest must

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now face the government’s security outfits hagenekembrand Operation Nudo Garachi

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and whoever is constituting a security challenge in Anambra now

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knows that they have the government’s new security outfits hagenekembrand

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Operation Nudo Garachi to contend with the statement. Read Also

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on the condolence visit along with the Commissioner was the

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chairman of the Noui South Local Government Area Van Georgia zoged. Meanwhile,

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the Enamra State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force

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had sent adjoint security operatives recovered the victim’s vehicle which

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the assailants used to escape the scene. In a statement,

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the police said the Commissioner of Police CP Iqiya or

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Ratugu FWC MNIPS PhD has directed all tactical and intelligence

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units to redouble their efforts in tracking down the armed

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men responsible for the abduction and subsequent killing of Mista

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A Fessenarchi hom Nuka, the managing director of Fish Magnet Outlet,

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who was attacked in the evening of the twenty seventh

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of July twenty twenty five at his residence in zini

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Fitte Village, Opuno, Orca. This directive follows the recovery of

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the victim’s Navy blue Toyota Corolla along Akulu Igbarium Road

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by the joint security team comprising of a number of

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vigilante operatives and the police. Preliminary investigations revealed that the

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assailants had trailed the victim before launching the violent attack,

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during which the deceased was shot in the leg and

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forcibly taken away. He was later found lifeless sparking public

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outrage and deep concern among residents of Orca. The CPE,

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while condemning the killing, assured that the criminal elements behind

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this cowardly act will be brought to book. He further

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stated that the Poliso is to the family, the people

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of a Nambre and the memory of the deceased, to

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ensure that those responsible face the full weight of the law.

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Further developments would be communicated accordingly. S p tochukuakenga police

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public relations officer an Ambra State Police Command, stated in

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a press release on Wednesday, Labor Party governorship candidate doctor

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George Moggloo said, my heart is heavy. I received with

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deep sorrow the devastating news of the brutal murder of

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mister Martin on ye k C, the only son of

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missus Esther on ye k C, the Enambro State woman,

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leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA. Martin was

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a promising young man, an industrious fish farmer in his

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twenties whose life was cut short in a most cruel

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and senseless manner. Abducted from his family home in Orca,

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shot in the leg, and later found dead despite ransom

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being paid This is not just a family’s tragedy. It

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is a painful reminder that our dear state is in crisis.

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My thoughts and prayers are with misses on ye Keesi

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and her entire family in this moment of unimaginable grief.

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No parents should ever have to bury a child, especially

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under such horrifying circumstances. I must speak frankly, Anambra is

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no longer safe, not even in the state capital. Our

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people are being slorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while

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the government looks the other way. This is not leadership,

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It is abandonment. Just recently, we lost over ten lives

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in a ghastly accident at Amchi no We South local

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government area. Yet there was no statement, no condolence, not

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even a visit from the state government. Instead we see

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street renamings and political endorsement rallies. Where is our conscience.

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This is not about political party, This is about human life.

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This is about the safety of our people, our mothers,

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our fathers, our children. As a father and a fellow

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ann combrarian, I feel this pain personally. As a leader,

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I cannot keep quiet. We must return empathy to governance.

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We must put humanity before politics. The enamer of our

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dreams cannot be built on propaganda, silence and indifference. It

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must be founded on compassion, courage and the resolve to act,

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especially when it matters most. May the soul of young

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Martin on ye k c find rest and may his

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death not be in vain. Doctor George Mogulu, Labor Party

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governorship candidate in Anambra State, stated this on Friday, August first,

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twenty twenty five. Former lawyer to Namdicanu, the detained leader

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of the Indigenous People of Biafra Ipo b Barrister Aphani

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he Go four in a statement said the brutal abduction

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and subsequent killing of a fessenacci on Yaqulu, popularly known

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as Fish Magnet in auca A, Nambra State is yet

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another chilling reminder that our homeland is bleeding and we

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are running out of time to act. Just last week,

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social medium was awash with heart wrenching reports of how

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this promising young man was kidnapped in his own home

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at zini Fite Community, Opuno Orchasouth local government area during

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a late night invasion by gunman. He was whisked away

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and later gruesomely murdered despite an undisclosed ransom being paid.

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The most devastating part, A Fessonachi, was the only son

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of his family, one life brutally snuffed out, a family

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shattered beyond repair, and a community thrown into mourning. I

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condemn this dastardly act in the strongest possible terms. I

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call on the governor of a Nambra State, security agencies

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and every community stakeholder to rise to the occasion, not

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merely to issue statements, but to act decisively, hunt down

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these murderers, bring him to justice, and urgently strengthen the

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security architecture to forestall further bloodshed. But let us not

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deceive ourselves. This is more than an isolated tragedy. It

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is a symptom of a larger, deadlier disease that is

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eating deep into the soul of ala Igbo. A disturbing

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trend where crime is romanticized, killers are shielded, and absurd

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conspiracy theories are peddled on social media to justify barbarity.

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Some people hiding behind faceless accounts shamelessly defend these murderers.

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Other spin reckless narratives like the laughable claim that the

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gunmen who killed over twenty innocent souls in Arundizrogu were

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Fulani herdsman who mastered Igbo language. What a tragic delusion

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must death knock at your door before you accept reality?

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And then there is the digital complicity, the growing chorus

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of voices on line excusing or minimizing the blood bath

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ravaging IMO’s state and other parts of the Southeast. Many

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victims remain silent, paralyzed by fear, while some communities, particularly

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in the Achigue Axis, have literally been conquered by criminal

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gangs who now dictate life and death within the domains.

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The most frightening part the reckless energy our own people

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expend defending these killers. When you shield murderers because they

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are your kinsmen, you embolden them. When you justify kidnappings

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under the guise of ethnic pride, you leave the gates

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wide open for the real external aggresses, like armed herdsman,

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whose invasion will come when we are weakest and most divided.

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Let this be crystal clear. Crime is crime, no matter

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who commits it. A criminal is not a hero. Anyone

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involved in these heinous acts must be decisively dealt with

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without ethnic excuses, without sympathy, and without protection under any guise.

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To my dismay, only yesterday I saw a report purportedly

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authored by alleged Umuaka community trying desperately to downplay the

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scale of kidnappings and killings in their area. I ask

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what message we sending to a people who now live

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under siege, a community where fear is the new normal.

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The hard truth is this security is not the responsibility

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of government alone. It is a collective duty. Sadly, the

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conventional security architecture appears to have abandoned halpless citizens of

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imst State to their fate, either by wilful act of

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dereliction of duty, compromise or collusion. But we as a

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people cannot and must not abandon ourselves. This is a

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wake up call. If we do not unite against this

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evil now, it will consume us all tomorrow. It could

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be your brother, your sister, your only son. The time

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to act is now, Sir A Feannyegio four Esquire stated

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this on Saturday, August second, twenty twenty five. Lady Quindi

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Uni in Emolgi cell Way