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Igbo looters have a bright future: they get re-elected into higher office, have their asses scrubbed clean by young lickers, and enjoy complete freedom.
Take Orji Uzor Kalu for instance, that law-making looter
Free. Richer
Young hailers slither through muddy roads to hail Kalu as he waves at them from atop his SUV
He was nicknamed “Action Governor” for 8 years.
His nickname, however, was less shiny than what his successor got: Onwa—moon.
An entire book exists on the lootocracy supervised by Theodore Orji also elected into higher office.
Igbo politicians love vacuous titles.
There’s one “Akwaa-Akwuru” in Imo State—“You push him and he never falls”—you’d think he’s a chief priest
Enugu people call their governor “Gburugburu.”
Anambra’s Willie Obiano owns a swagger stick with titles
Despite reports of massive looting, vainglorious ROCHAS is making laws for his people.
None of these states has the infrastructure you find in derided African countries like Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, let alone Ghana.
I once met with some young people who defend different political camps in Imo and Anambra states
So severe was the mutual hatred between Imo PDP and APC youth supporters that friends on opposing sides couldn’t share a drink, afraid of being poisoned, I was told.
On social media, they attack, hail, defend—with phones tethered to power banks for lack of electricity.
And here’s the irony: they actually believe critics and activists don’t know anything about politics
To “know” politics is to operate in sufficient grime and, like a maggot, emerge fat.
And they may be right: politics in the southeast, as in Nigeria, is for looting and power, with governance is an afterthought
By Immanuel James Ibe-anyanwu
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We, the Alaigbo Politics And Leadership Awareness Forum (APLAF) do wish to commend the Southern Governors for promoting the cohesiveness of the people of the Southern region of Nigeria
by coming together to deliberate on the various challenges confronting the Southern Nigeria and for the resolutions set out in the communique issued by the Governors, which outlined their thoughts on steps for addressing the challenges — insecurity,
retrogressive economic policies and the lopsided appointments of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
APLAF sees the resolutions as a good step in the right direction and urges every political actor in Southern Nigeria to push for its actualisation,