ANAMBRA STATE IGBOS, THE HOUR HAS COME TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

Anambra State Igbos, Icheoku says "Ugo ebelugo na ngbagbu" (the eagle has perched for shooting) so you must fire without missing - straight right through the heart and shoot down this political adventurism into Igboland. You must nip this invasive incursion right in the bud before it spreads like a plague or wildfire throughout the land. Stand up to be counted to do right by and for Igbo people, knowing fully well that if you fall so would the rest of Igboland. If you are captured, there will not be any other bulwark left in defense of the rest of Igboland and these traducers will just simply roll over the rest of the territory. Please Anambra Igbos do not bring shame to Igbo people, do not sell our birthright to be full Nigerians by the pot of porridge that is Chris Ngige. It will be supremely shameful and a betrayal of no mean magnitude for the pride of Igboland to be handed over to the Yorubas for keeps just because Anambraians were baited by Chris Ngige. It is not done, it should not be done and it MUST NOT be done tomorrow or any other future time, otherwise history will judge you badly as the Igbo state that first betrayed the cause. In tomorrow's election, vote with pride to affirm that Igbos are not second fiddlers in Nigeria and that they have earned the right to be fully recognized as an integral part of the polity and that they are going to continue to remain same and relevant limb of Nigeria going forward. 

Tomorrow's election is not just an election per se but a lot is also at stake. Tomorrow's election is steeped in many symbolism among which is the place of Igboman in Nigeria politics going forward. It would also exfoliate and expose the sheer determination of the Igbo nation to continue to fight the good cause of maintaining their rightful berth in Nigeria and not allow others to subjugate and consume them politically and thereby confine them into political irrelevancy. It will also be a watershed to judge if Igbos have learnt anything on how to play politics and why it matters so much to have a voice in what affects them. Politics is a game based on several divergent interests, some of which goes from the mundane to the parochial and many atimes even defies informed logic and reason. It is not always about who is the most qualified otherwise George Bush would not have defeated Al Gore and John Kerry?  There is more to politics and this is the clarion call Icheoku is growing hoarse trying to send out to our brothers and sisters in Anambra State to read the handwriting on the wall and do the right thing. 

Politics is among other things emotive and sentimental and is not necessarily governed by ration that many times things like religion, color of skin, region, race, tribe and language or even physical looks of the candidate for office play a very dominant role in influencing the outcome of elections. It is the same all over the world and Icheoku does not expect the result of Anambra State governorship election to be determined any differently.This present generation of Anambra Igbos must not lose the fight which Zik fought till his grave yard was ready, which Ojukwu held fort the battle line until he transited, which every gone true Igboman and woman held very sacred and which every presently living Igbo person should hold dear - the fight of superiority of tribe going on between Yorubas and Igbos of Nigeria. No hard feelings just that a lot of EGO is at stake and the Yorubas MUST NOT be allowed to win and take home the trophy. 

There is more to politics than the presumed ability of a particular candidate to get things done. Icheoku emphasis that it will be psychologically very  traumatising and catastrophic for policies of an Igbo government of Anambra State, affecting Igbo people, to be formulated and decided at Idu Agaran Palace in Lagos, Yorubaland. Icheoku does not know about you but says it will completely SUCK indeed to have this happen and pleads for an awakening before it is turns too dark to make amends. Anyone still in doubt why the outcome of tomorrow's election matters, should re-watch the movie 'Devil's Advocate' and see the consequences of having a mentor who is simply too powerful for the mentored. Lagos State Governor Fashola's servitude to Bola Tinubu is a clear indicator of what an Anambra State's Chris Ngige would be to Bola Tinubu and which Anambra State Igboman or woman wants their governor to be bowing to a Yorubaman Bola Tinubu's dictates? That a hefty price will be paid by Ngige for the gift of being made governor is quite obvious and which Anambra State Igbo wants this? Furthermore, it is a truism that like every politician who sweet-coats their campaign promises, that Chris Ngige will not do all that he says he will do for Anambra State first because talk is cheap, the resources might not be available and also party politics might make his Yoruba masters who are desirous of keeping Igbos in check not allow him to carry them through. 

Please Anambra State Igbos, Icheoku begs you not to wait to find out if this will be true because it would then be too late. Prevention is better than cure, so close that gate on Bola Tinubu before braving the rain to pursue the thieving Bola Tinubu out of your fatherland. Unlike Nike, Icheoku says 'JUST DON'T DO IT.' On November 16, tomorrow, tell Bola Tinubu to take a hike; tell Bola Tinubu that Igbos do not trust him; tell the Yorubas to remain in their neck of the wood of Nigeria; tell the Bola Tinubu APC to respect the legacy of Zik, Ojukwu and all other Igbo  loving sons and daughters who strove over the many years gone by to keep Igbo peoples' head above the water in Nigerian politics; tell Bola Tinubu that boundaries matters and that he gotta respect the Igbo's; tell Bola Tinubu that to each his own and that Igbos tend to keep Anambra State safe from his greedy covetous quest; simply stated, tell Bola Tinubu 'NOT THIS TIME.' When you wake up and it is a tomorrow come, VOTE with the understanding that every politics is local and making sure that Anambra State is not handed over to Bola Tinubu or an Igbo state to the Yorubas. Icheoku reiterates that we do not hate them, but we are competitors and we do not have to be the ones to lose. DO NOT VOTE FOR NGIGE.

ROB FORD, THE CRACKING MAYOR OF TORONTO.

Icheoku says it is really making a mountain out of a molehill the melee generated up there in Toronto Canada just because a man was caught "crack-down". So what if the Mayor smoked crack and what if he smoked something else? As far as Icheoku is concerned the brouhaha over the smoking of crack by the Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, is principally because he smoked a street cheap drug meant for the ghetto dwellers of North America and not the privileged White people. Icheoku says had the Mayor been caught inhaling the Whites' stuff - real snow white (pure angel dust aka cocaine), nobody would be going into the present tizzy that a wealthy white mayor of Toronto was caught crack-in-mouth. But where is the scandal - that he smoked crack and inhaled or did not inhale or denied it - "I did not smoke that thing, CRACK!"

Anyway the mayor is having fun being chased around and now turned into a celebrity by his detractors who are calling for his head or rather his mayoral seat. Icheoku says the real question should be is his job being impacted adversely by his addiction to dirty cheap drug meant for the ghetto-poor crack-heads? Also is it proper to now call or refer to the mayor as crack-head? Usually crack-heads are lean and emaciated but the mayor is robust and fat, begging the question, was the mayor just a casual inhaler or was he binging on food to mask his crack habit signs from ever manifesting? Whatever happens, Toronto would go on with or without Mayor Rob Ford who is now internationally famous or rather infamous for being a bad example of how not to be a public official, depending on which side of the divide you stand. 

Icheoku asks has anybody ever noticed the canny resemblance the cracking-Mayor Rob Ford has with America's talk show host Rush Limbaugh and both men share a lot in common. Both men are fat and huge; they also look like twins; both men are addicted to substances that apparently skew their mind and make them have a different reality than that of most rational; both men are wealthy and white; both men are publicly famous and both men seem to be too full of themselves. Just our thoughts. 

Icheoku will however leave the decision for the people he represents in Toronto to make on what becomes of Mayor Rob Ford; and whether or not he remains in office and/or should eventually face prosecution for his cracking conduct is strictly their prerogative. One other thing, these white people do more drugs than any other group in North America because they can afford it and more stressed out fueling the need for fixes. They are also in charge and in authority and often cover their arses protectively until the wind blows their coverings up for the world to see their hypocritical life under. take for example the disparate laws governing sentencing for crack cocaine and real snow-white cocaine and their discretionary prosecution? But hey today's essay is on a white Mayor of Toronto Canada pretending to be hip by inhaling a street stuff. What a mayor.

VOTE NGIGE GET TINUBU, NOT A GOOD BARGAIN.

ICHEOKU SAYS IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU VOTE FOR AS LONG AS IT IS NOT NGIGE. ON NOVEMBER 16, VOTE WITH YOUR IGBO PRIDE STILL INTACT!

ON NOVEMBER 16, DO THE RIGHT THING.

"Chris Ngige has taken enough for the owner to notice. We were just recovering from his betrayal over the deportation Saga when the man led his APC gang to desecrate the tradition of Onitsha people on the Ofala day. That was a handshake across the elbow. We hope that this should teach him a lesson that no man who holds his people in absolute contempt can turn around and rule them in absolute comfort.” - Tony Onwuchekwa, Onitsha based human rights lawyer. Icheoku says eziokwu bu nka and calls on Anambra State Igbos to reject Ngige and his Bola Tinubu led gang from the West.

ON NOVEMBER 16, DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS MAN.

 

Icheoku says behold the man hiding behind the mask of Ngige. A vote for Chris Ngige is a vote for Bola Tinubu to take over Anambra State's revenue. Icheoku says it is a bad idea to permit Bola Tinubu's greedy filthy hands to get at Anambra State's MONEY. It is not good for Anambra State and it is not good for Igboland's pride. On November 16, say NO to a Bola Tinubu's hostile takeover of Anambra State's treasury; vote to reject his frontman Chris Ngige

OBASANJO ABANDONS REBEL GOVERNORS MIDSTREAM?

"No President, no matter his perceived weakness, would stand and watch a body of governors test his resolve. Seek ways of reconciling with Jonathan if you don't want rougher days ahead." - Olusegun Obasanjo to visiting seven nPDP rebel governors. 

Icheoku says at last 'Jonathan don begin dey laugh.' 

This manoeuvre is atypical of Obasanjo whose cunning ability is so legendary that some people describe him as the Fox of Ota. Obasanjo instigated the current rebellion against Jonathan with his speech at Dutse urging Governor Sule Lamido to move against President Jonathan's 2015 second term ambition. Now like the army man he is, sensing that the steam is out and that the rebellious train is sputtering to a sudden stop if not a crash, he has made a sudden U-turn and is now telling the same rascals he pushed into starting a fight with their "chi"(gods) to go do the unthinkable - leak their spittle? Icheoku asks how can people like Kwankwaso, Wamako, Amaechi and Lamido in particular now go genuflecting and prostrating before the president when they have been delusional for too long that they are winning the battle of will for the soul of PDP and Nigerians? Icheoku knows that Aliyu is a more pragmatic and more seasoned politician and would do the needful when facing a real cliffhanger situation. As for Nyako and the other guy at Kwara State's government house in Ilorin, they are ordinary fish fingerings and have little or no clout either way. Those two can be easily thrown under the bus for all Icheoku cares.

Icheoku says if any time ever called for President Jonathan to aggressively and ruthlessly move against these seven rascals, now is the time as they are all standing on very quick sand and will easily be uprooted and thrown into political abyss and irrelevance. Their godfather Obasanjo has disavowed them and there is nobody out there to come to their aid should they be fired from the PDP with immediate effect. Imagine ordinary state governors wagging their finger at the face of a sitting Nigerian Executive President with all his unlimited powers including that of the purse as well as countless security operatives and ethnic militia waiting for the marching orders? Icheoku says 'we dey watch' to see what finally becomes of these rascals and how their political graveyards will be marked or left unmarked. What unthinking jerks these rebel governors so called are, who mistook President Jonathan's very calculating demeanor to mean weakness; aided by their abiding faith that Obasanjo will always get their backs. Now they know better, admitted the hard way, never to trust some people from certain parts of the country to stand resolute as agreed because when push comes to shove they will always do a Peter on you.

ATIKU, ADMITS TO CONSPIRACY TO DISMEMBER PDP?

Icheoku says if the big man from Adamawa has learnt anything from his years in politics, it does not include how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics. After severally denying that his splinter group did not have a fore-plan of breaking off from the PDP, the infamous Abubakar Atiku has finally come around to own up to an act of betrayal of a party which gave him pardon and readmitted him back into their fold. Icheoku says yet this renegade had lied previously that their staged walking-out in Abuja PDP's mini convention was spontaneous? 

Anyway a fugitive from justice who was dared by Obasanjo to travel to the United States and be arrested can only open his mouth in a country where his ilks feel they are untouchable and above the law. Despite what he suffered in the hands of Obasanjo and the mercy showed him by Jonathan in readmitting him back to the PDP from which Obasanjo had expelled him, this mallam had the temerity to gang up against the man who showed him mercy as well as the audacity to own up to it. 

What an ingrate, political bastard and prostitute this Abubakar Atiku is, that does not know what real politicking means and that loyalty counts and matters a lot in politics. But fortunately the wind has since blown uncovering his unbridled greed and penchant for disloyalty that it is safe to say categorically and unequivocally that he is finished politically in Nigeria. Icheoku says that Abubakar Atiku has now joined the ranks of those Nigerian politicians who are not nationally electable in Nigeria including Muhammed Buhari and Bola Tinubu. Icheoku says President Jonathan and Chairman Tukur should go ahead and formally fire these renegades led by those seven governors and Atiku from the PDP and make it official. Icheoku states that nothing cataclysmic will happen to the PDP with their expulsion as it is apparent since their attempted coup that their weight is paper-like and feather-lightweight as the grounds has not shifted in their favor. What a very foolish and tactless politician who has not learnt anything from his past experiences including how to bestow loyalty and reciprocate favors. 

NOVEMBER 16 COUNTDOWN DAY 2, DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS MAN

His friend deported Igbos from Lagos, he kept quiet, said nothing but patted him on the back? He failed to come to the defense of those Igbos deported neither did he speak forcefully against the deportation by way of condemnation. Now tell Icheoku what the assurance is that he would not look the other way when Bola Tinubu dips his filthy greed hands into the purse of Anambra State in the unfortunate event Anambra Igbos fail to do right by themselves and for their traditional institutions and he is elected? Icheoku says one could safely tell who a person is by the company of people he keeps. He hung around with people who have serious phobia for Igbo people and who are perpetually looking at any and every opportunity to get at Igbo people. Remember Fashola also closed Ladipo market as well as many other Igbo trading posts in Lagos for a long period of time to jeopardize their economic well-being. This November 16, Igbos of Anambra State on behalf of Igbos everywhere MUST tell Chris Ngige that his sins has finally caught up with him; on November 16, do not vote for Ngige.