*Ebiraland in Retrospection:A Moment of Reflection:My Messege to Anebira Against Aspersions*
By :*Comr A Arivi*
” _Semediyehuni ireche oporokoto oidaku enwu oniri enwu oyidu_”
This piece has everything in connection with the seizless- failed attempt at which some of the sons and daughters of the land are hell-bent in casting aspersions against our very own sons and daughters in and outside the media space.
Have we forgotten so soon,when things fell apart, the center couldn’t, hold, anachy was loosed upon the land and the falcons didn’t listen to the falconers ?
Nostalgically,Let’s go back memory lane. Those who have been following the trend of issue since 1999 till 2016, we agree with me that the years mentioned were characterized with tumultuously dicey experiences that we can never wish for our enemy again let alone for ourselves where communual Crises, kidnapping, killings, rubbery, assasination,arson( malicious burning of properties)youth restiveness, thuggery and many more were the major trend.
Have we forgotten so soon that terrorism got an abode in our land resulting to the invasion of the church at Otite FCE, where many people were killed and some sustained various degree of bullet injury.?
Have we forgotten so soon ,the religious upheaval between two sects that led to the death of some notable Muslims?
Like Hutis and Tutis.. have we forgotten so soon the crises between two clans that led to thousands of deaths ? : the descendants of Oziogu and Omoye of Okene and Ohonwa and Emani of Ihima are my witnesses
Let us not forget in the hurry the political tempest and convulsion between two parties that led to the death of over a hundred Youths( the family of late Omojo of Eika Ohizenyi , Ahmed Awela , Nurudeen Major and many more are my witnesses
Have we also forgotten in the hurry ,the communal crisis between Idanuwha and Inorere, Idoji and Idozumi that didn’t only lead to the burning of the Only Market in Ebiraland but also loss of hundreds of lives ?
Do we have to forget in the hurry, that ,following the executive order from above , in scores , our sons were killed at Ogaminana in an attept to question by intercepting the trucks in the afternoon that were illegally conveying Concentrates from Itakpe Company to the private Farm of the power that be
Have equally forgetten so soon the aftermath of the commercialization of thuggery by the previous administrations in our land that led to the state of perpetual,dystopia and anachy ? Have we forgotten so soon ,the various spots that were civilian barracks for the “boys”?
Have we forgotten so soon that, many Ebiras in diaspora don’t comes home and many big business ventures paralysed ?
Do I need to remind us that, all classes of people ( the rich, poor,men ,women youth ,old ) have their respective prices( Ransom price) in the hand of kidnappers or is it the regular sophisticated bank rubbery that we have forgotten? Thereby projecting Anebira in negative light in the comity of ethic groups ?
Have we forgotten so soon, the plights of Second Class Citizen ?
*But Now*:
A man came on a divine rescue mission, changed the narrative from a
hotbed of insecurity to a peaceful Nation ; we now celebrate traditional and religious festivals in a rancur free atmosphere, diasporas now come home without fear, business booms, Youth restiveness addressed, thuggery ended, Civilian Barrack Boys disbanded,and above all,he rights the wrong percepection of the people towards us.
Continuing; he situated State University of Technology in our Land, rehabilitated above 90% of our 16 year abandoned Road, Situated World Class Referral Hospital in our Land, Built a befiting Ohinoyi Place for us, Reticulating a long abandoned Okene Water works , facilitated the Provision of Military Base in our land to help checking insecurity and facelifted our sch of Nursing , Pry Sch, Sec sch.
— unlike in the previous,he made our sons /daughters a critical Stakeholders in the decision making process of the State
But ,instead of us appreciating this man and pray for him for God’s protection and guidance in the course of discharging his official responsibility ,so that, he can do more for us ,”as to whom much is expected much is given” rather we want to have Rome and Dubai built in a day thus,beclauding some of us into taken aspersions as merchandise.
*My messege*
“Oza ohuvakokorepe ahuvi ano rio”
Finally,it is worthy of mention that,all mortal being are fallible, but perfection and infallibility are exclusive characteristics of God Almighty alone. thus,making our leaders in need of prayer than our aspersions
My Beloved Excellency, ” Ozi andi sisa ,Ozi obaji kokoroko” ,The White Lion, The Breaker of the jinx of tribal jingoism,the Detribalized leader , the Bridge builder ,the Shield and Sarki Yaki of
A P C, continue to soar higher and don’t mind us.
Comr A Arivi writes from Okehi LGA