GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

NORDSTROM RANSACKED AS FLASH MOBS LOOT SHOPS IN LIBERAL BAY AREA CITIES.

ICHEOKU says the chickens of Bay Area acute liberalism have come home to roost. Now, they are presenting themselves as flash mob looters, terrorizing the public and shop owners and carting away millions of dollars worth of stolen merchandise. It started with the lowering of standards and not prosecuting theft of less than $1000. Now, like the flower in the Little Shop of Horrors, these over indulged miscreants want some more free things. So, blame woke Bay Area politics for cuddling criminals and allowing them a free reign in the name of their new truth, equity. It is their newly discovered pretend-attempt at making amends for past misdeeds that led to this out of control thievery ravaging Bay Area of Northern California.
 

Meanwhile these troubled individuals communicated their plan of action on social media and used the same platforms to set a date and time when they will strike. If the police and the FBI and the NSA are monitoring communications of people, why didn't they capture such conspiracy and nip it in the bud before it happened. They could have prevented and thwarted these attacks by saturating a targeted store with undercover operatives soon before these criminals strike or was it rather too small a matter for law enforcement officials to waste their time and resources on. 

Why has the insurance companies of these shops not thrown a marker down, to force thsee shops to threaten a mass pullout from these liberal cities unless they effectively police the situation. But no, everyone is walking on shortened freedom plank now, afraid of tipping over and being pilloried, hence the prevailing sound of silence.

It is unfortunate how the number of these crazy acts have grown over the many years due to excessive tolerance and lack of law enforcement. Some cities are dying off because many people are moving away and relocating to the suburbs and sometimes even moving completely away to different new cities to escape the deteriorating situation, urban decay as well as a very diminished quality of life brought about by social experiments which have not worked nor have any chance of ever working. How can politicians encourage thieves to steal provided they keep it under $1000? What if a smart thief decides to piecemeal his escapades and steals $999.99 in in so many places or strikes?

Anyway, it comes with the territory as human beings are insatiable. You give them one, they want two and so the story goes on. It was the condonation of these people's past misbehaviors that exacerbated the situation. Had it been that when they first ever struck that they were rounded up and given a stiff penalty, may be some of them would have backed away and gotten into better things to do with their lives. But now, it is laughable watching arch activist and liberalist numero uno Governor Gavin Newsom talking tough about the out of hand recurring incidences but without mentioning his role in creating them. His liberal activism helped nurture the escalating thievery prevalent in his Bay Area of Northern California.

ICHEOKU says strongly believes that the madness can be arrested today with a firm resolve by the government by going very hard on those captured criminals. If the liberal controlled government can treat those January 6th Save America Rally protesters with such resoluteness, why not apply the same medicine to these Bay Area flash mob looters. Treat them as the economic saboteurs which they are as they are threatening to take down the cities and have them put away for good with long prison sentences. But it was the same way these leaders  encouraged homelessness and made it become nearly hopelessness and constantly looking like vast destitute lands that they encouraged these looting flash mobs.. 

They also did it with legalizing marijuana and yet turn around to ask why "stoned" people don't out looking for jobs. They did it with gay marriage as well and today some people are marrying their pets. They tried it with Defund The Police but have lost that argument to a more superior reasoning of the American people who rejected it in Minneapolis. Compassion is not being soft on crime, rather it is in providing such potential criminals with gainful employments that will provide them a means for meeting their needs and that of their families. 

The government must therefore take away the incentive or motivation by dropping the hammer on those still stuck in their stupid if they want to see the criminality frizzle away. The government needs to send a message to these criminals that crimes are published and punish them accordingly for being criminals. But these criminals got away with looting America during the notorious Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA partners hostage taking of America last summer 2020 and now they have grown more impetus, feeling that they can get away with just anything things including looting of more shops and stores. 

It is therefore about time that citizens' message of "WE CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE" was sent to them, loudly and clearly; and we don't want Kyle Rittenhouse bearing the message. But whatever happens, the government must race to put a bandaid on the openly bleeding wounds on the Bay Area cities before completely losing whatever was left of their tourism industry. Many people are being forced to abandon their plans of visiting cities like San Francisco because of the blithe, plight and unbridled wantonness going on there, which appears  are being tolerated by government. If not, where is the crackdown? 

Did somebody say Defund The Police? Now, you know why, because they want to have a free reign with heir criminality without ever being held accountable or responsible for them. If these criminals could be so this brazen now that the police have not yet been defunded, imagine the life which they will force everybody into with a complete lawlessness. It is sad. 

Sunday, November 21, 2021

RELEASING MAZI NNAMDI KANU: NOT THE ANSWER TO THE NIGERIA QUESTION.

ICHEOKU says it is too far gone into the struggle for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to just go back now, regardless of whatever Igbo leaders might have said to President Muhammadu Buhari during their visit with him to urge that the Biafra separatist leader be freed from detention. Too many people have died already; people who laid down their lives believing that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was leading them somewhere. At least, if not them any longer, their beloved ones who they left behind. 

It will therefore be a great disservice to their memory and their hopes and dreams, for which they paid the ultimate sacrifice, for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to now make a u-turn, accept the greek-gift from President Muhammadu Buhari and abandon the struggle. If he does, history will not be kind to him; and of course, millions of Biafra people as well as other global audience and well-wishers, who have come to admire his courage, will be greatly disappointed.

Therefore being negotiated out of his present ordeal is not an option as it is too risky a proposition. His life will be in perpetual mortal danger as the government might use its State secret service agents or other hired hitmen to whack him and pass it off as resulting from the insecurity in the Southeast or an internal rivalry within the IPOB rank, between those who are for abandoning the struggle in consonance with Igbo leaders meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari; and those who wants the agitation to continue. 

Also, if the government doesn't kill him, some die in the wool IPOB operatives might knock him off in an internal revolt for being a sellout, for bringing the people out only to abandon them midstream.

Such a release will be an eternal dilemma for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a Catch-22 sort of, agreeing to the president's "benevolent" release in deference to the Igbo leaders who secured it and isolating his IPOB one-world family base by accepting the attached implied conditions. At least Buhari will not just release him to go back during invectives and vituperations on him and his government as well as Nigeria. It will not happen and those Igbo leaders know as much. So how exactly can all the three conflicting factors be balanced out if not to retain the statusquo and damn the consequences.

Such a quandary of no real option will be better served if Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remains in detention or the Buhari government of Nigeria allows him to go free through a staged escape. In that way both parties will retain some degree of honor and the government will be able to finally wash off its hands from both the Kenya kidnap extraordinary rendition and whatever else might later become of or happen to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But anything short of this scenario will only compound the issues further and make an already complicated situation even more complex. It is a gamble worth taking in order for there to be a real movement forward in the quagmire.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu no longer owns himself but have become inextricably woven to the fate of millions of IPOB members as well as millions more non members, but who empathize with the cause, which he has been championing and courageously leading for this past years. The decision to end the struggle is not his to now make because the struggle have outgrown him and he is now only but its globally recognized face. 

So many people have died, killed by the Nigeria State while fighting for the cause. Ikonso in particular was brutally bludgeoned to death by the Nigeria State and so were hundreds of others who were disappeared, tortured and eventually killed. Some IPOB and other Biafra agitators were also drowned alive as the 23 Ezu River floaters in Anambra State evidences, one of the many atrocities perpetrated against innocent Biafra people whose only crime was dared to dream about a homeland. 

Of course there was Nkpor massacre, Oyingbo massacre, Emene massacre, Afaraukwu massacre, Ihialla massacre and other countless incidences where brave men and women of IPOB stood their ground and perished as a result. There is also the global renewal and sensitization of a soon coming Biafra homeland which have got millions of people giddy with expectation that very soon, there will be a homeland for Umu-Chineke to finally call their own, where they can live and thrive in pursuit of happiness and excellence. 

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu cannot afford to quench all these hopes and dreams or in anyway rubbish the memory and sacrifice of all those brave men and women who believed in his promise that the realization of an independent State of Biafra is a non negotiable issue. Millions of people have been triggered and the fire lit in them is so fiercely burning now that going back from the struggle is no longer an attainable option, especially not by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu just decreeing it into being. It is a referendum at minimum and a smart government  could easily defeat it through a rigged outcome; and that way finally rests the agitation. 

The struggle has elevated so much that it is forward ever and backward never speeding train that will crush anything and anybody standing on its path. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu cannot afford to be that person to abandon the Biafra people in the middle of the road where he has led them to. The genie came out of the bottle the day people started sacrificing their lives for what Mazi Nnamdi Kanu assured them was a Biafra uploading. He owes these people as well as the broader Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, the homeland which he promised and assured them will soon come. Put in another words, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has no more other choice in the matter, except to deliver on his promise. 

Mandela demanded a free South Africa and he got it after 27 years of incarceration. He went the full hog and to his willed mind, it did not matter however long it took to realize it. It is called sacrifice. Any leader who is not selflessly, mentally and physically prepared, and ready to sacrifice even his or her life to an objective at hand is in the strict sense of the word not a leader; at least not one in the mold of Nelson Mandela. Forcing an issue such as separatist agitation is not a cake's walk and also dying in detention as a result of it should have been contemplated too, should it ever get to that. 

Anyway as the nation awaits what President Muhammadu Buhari eventually decides to do, his attempt at being clever by half, with that no assurance, assurance, remarks that he will consider it, does not give much hope,  According to the president, Kanu is already standing trial and his intervention would go against the doctrine of separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary. 

But the president cleverly chose not to mention that it was his government that charged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to court. His government put the process in motion and can also end or terminate it. They can decide not to pursue the prosecution any longer as they are both legally and constitutionally empowered to do. It is called nolle prosequi and the president can direct the Attorney General to commence the discontinuance of prosecution process right at this very minute if he sincerely wants to let Mazi Nnamdi Kanu out of his gulag.

However, the big elephant in the room is not what President Muhammadu Buhari does or does not do; nor is it the wishes of the Igbo leaders and elders who visited him at Aso Rock. To some extent too, it is not whether Mazi Nnamdi Kanu agrees to be released into the suretyship of those Igbo leaders and bound to be of good behavior, no longer firebrand and provocative. No, the only indisputable issue, which is now a wishbone in the throats of everyone currently involved in trying to secure Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's "benevolence release" by President Muhammdu Buhari, is what comes the day after. 

Will Mazi Nnamdi Kanu afford to abandon the cause and will he abandon the cause; and if he does, what will the response be from the stirred up millions of Biafran people, especially those restive IPOB members. President Muhammadu Buhari must not be allowed any credit or given a public relations profit from his releasing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The best and the only plausible way for his release is to let the court rule on the wantonness of the Nigeria gestapo government that mounted the kidnap and extraordinary rendition of him from Kenya. Such a conclusive ruling needs to be given on the matter and in that way, the Dracula of Daura will not benefit from his illegality. But until then, lets keep watching as the drama unfolds. Viva Biafra. Keep hope alive. 

Saturday, November 20, 2021

KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOUND NOT GUILTY: IT WAS THE RIGHT AND CORRECT DECISION.

ICHEOKU says did not expect anything less as he fired off those shots in self defense, to avert a threatened imminent grave bodily harm to his person and even a possible death. Anybody who saw that video of him forced down on the pavement, surrounded by an irate mob with no where else to go; and also watched him throughout the court proceedings, observed his countenance and demeanor, will agree that the jury reached the correct verdict. Self defense is the only time and situation when the killing of another is ever completely excused by law. Kyle Rittenhouse killed under such circumstance and the jury rightly agreed.

It is not always that often that we see an accused person take the stand and testify in their own case; as they most always will take refuge under the 5th Amendment against self incrimination. But he bravely and courageously took the stand and acquitted himself creditably very well throughout the cross examination. He came across as believable and credible; and his innocent baby face helped a lot to convince everyone that the fella sitting on the accused chair was incapable of committing a depraved heart crime such as murder. It helped that his lawyers were persuaded by his intelligence to gamble with him testifying and he did not disappoint. 

His lawyers did a good job too and their case was immensely helped by that particular video. Thanks to whoever the videographer was that captured that very moment of truth; and hopefully he was rewarded bountifully for that frozen in time image of Kyle sitting on that pavement, bewildered and watching his life flashing before his own very eyes. Good enough he was good with the gun and he was able to save himself, just by the whiskers. Imagine what the angry mob would have done to him had the gun jammed or misfired? They would have ripped him into pieces; but the good Lord was smiling down on him that night and he was saved by the bell of his AR-15 rifle. 

Nobody is celebrating that two people lost their lives on that fateful night and another third person was injured. If there is anything to celebrate, it is that justice was done in the case and an innocent man was adjudged accordingly. Kyle Rittenhouse did what majority of Americans wished they could have done that night but couldn't do. The jurors lived through that nightmarish experience and like every sane American, were grateful that Kyle Rittenhouse acted when he did to help put an end to the madness that was ravaging America that ugly summer of 2020.  They were therefore better placed to appreciate what went down that led to Kyle Rittenhouse's defensive firing off of his rifle.

Anyway, the nation can now breath a sigh of relief that justice was done in this case and that the anticipated mayhem by the anarchists domestic terrorists Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA partners was effectively checkmated. Now let everyone move on and allow Kyle Rittenhouse to exhale as he continues to recover from the trauma of that event and the families of those who lost their lives continue to heal and the wounded best of healing as well. 

ICHEOKU says is particularly impressed by Kyle Rittenhouse astuteness. He is a testimony of a very good upbringing and he is both intelligence and knowledgeable. He is a proud son of his parents and they should be glad they have him as their son. He has earned his pips as a very personable smart young man and has burrowed himself into the minds of millions of admirers worldwide, especially those who call America home and residence. A career in law should be a natural calling for him. That guy is lovable. 

It will be good if Americans can now start healing from the mortal distrust existing amongst them; where blacks and whites are constantly at each other's neck and everything is seen in the prism of white and black. ICHEOKU says is not white, but Kyle Rittenhouse's case has nothing to do with race as anyone similarly situated, faced with imminent danger and threat to their life, would have similarly acted and not expect to be locked up simply for defending themselves. The video spoke a gazillion words in defense of Kyle Rittenhouse and the whole case was anchored on it.

If anybody does not like the verdict, let them persuade their lawmakers to change the protective wingspan of killing in self defense. But until then, what Kyle Rittenhouse did was a pure self defense move and the law still permits it. May the souls of those killed rest and may Kyle Rittenhouse be allowed to move on with his life. Hopefully, his remorseful tears are genuine and he should continue to maintain that poster which he presented to American people which helped him win a lot of people over. One last advise, he should endeavor to never be caught or found or captured on video celebrating those killings. Lastly, if OJ Simpson could walk, Kyle Rittenhouse walking should not be a big deal as he rightly merited his own walk of freedom. 

Friday, November 19, 2021

CHRISTOPHER BELTER: JUST ANOTHER "AFFLUENZA-DEFENSE" BENEFICIARY.

ICHEOKU says some of these stories sound bellyaching incredible, except that they are true; that some people are so privileged that they apparently get a preferred status accommodation in everything in America including in the justice system. Otherwise how else can anyone, especially one with no dog in the fight, explain the fact that a man who raped four girls, including an underage 15 year old girl, which by itself is a statutory rape, got away with a mere slap on the wrist of a probation and not a prison sentence. 

It is also not as if the facts of the cases were disputed or that the perpetrator did not own up to his heinous activities, he did. Yet a judge decided that the fella is too privileged to be sent to prison. The decision violates every imaginable sensibilities and therefore condemnable as an obvious bias-induced decision. 

ICHEOKU says were Niagara New York in California, Judge Murphy would be definitely facing a serious recall and his unsound decision, also appealed. It does not make any penal sense whatsoever, especially in view of the magnitude of the crimes which the defendant committed  that he got no prison term. He did the crimes and should have done the time. But courtesy of a judge, who has nothing to lose any more because he is retiring and will no longer be facing the public in a reelection, decided to damn the Niagara County public and did what he wanted to do. But can't his pension and other retirement benefits be reached as a punishment for the apparent tainted decision he rendered. Would he have ruled the same way were he still running for reelection and having to explain to voters what informed his decision?

The perp, Christopher Belter, pled guilty to two felony charges including third-degree rape and attempted first-degree sexual abuse, and two additional misdemeanor charges of second-degree sexual abuse, yet he did not get any time for all the offenses. Really? What useless sword of Damocles that will be hanging over the convicted rapist's head for the next eight years that will be sufficient to atone for his crimes? Why do we have prisons built everywhere in America if not for people like Christopher Belter? Why again are people who commit crimes punished and sent away to do time for what they did, if Christopher Belter is not prison bound? Why this selective and very subjective reasoning by this judge, despite the undeniable and undenied crimes of four sexual assaults. Based on what the rapist did, which he has already admitted, if Christopher Belter is not a consummate prison material, who else is?

Therefore Judge Murphy can be "agonized and not ashamed to say that he actually prayed over what is the appropriate sentence" all he wants, the fact of the matter is that he did not agonize enough nor prayed enough, otherwise he would have seen what every other right thinking and unbiased person saw in the case, that Christopher Belter committed egregious crimes of sexual nature and should have been punished with a prison sentence and not probation. Yes indeed, he caused great pains to so many people, his four victims, their families and their friends; he also caused grave great harm to them as well and of course, there were multiple crimes and deserves to be in prison. How did the judge, sincerely and honestly, reconcile his decision to these clear facts as presented in this case before him? 

Why, despite the glaring amount of undisputed factual evidence in the case, which the judge himself even acknowledged, did the judge still arrive at his conclusion that a sentence that involves incarceration or partial incarceration is not appropriate in the case and that he preferred a sentence of probation, instead? A 15 year old girl was one of the victims rapist Christopher Belter assaulted with the help of his mother and step father inside their family home. Unfit parents who forced alcohol and marijuana on their son's victims to inebriate them and help subdue them, overwhelm their consciousness and override their will of resistance, in order to enable their son have his way with them so much effortlessly. 

So, what else was Niagara Country Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III looking to see, which he did not see, that made him reach such a distasteful decision. Why was a prison sentence not appropriate in this case when four girls were sexual assaulted by the convicted rapist; and when has a rapist and registered sex offender become too sacred and deemed as not good candidate for prison? Needless to add that it was in the same New York that a sitting Governor Andrew Cuomo was forced out of office for "mere" huggings and kisses; yet this very privileged young man is now found by the judge as too good to go to prison, after actually, wrongfully penetrating four girls, one of which is a 15 year old minor. 

What is wrong with some people or has New York now become so rich-woke sensitive that everything is now seen through a certain predetermined prism. A rapist and sexual predator/sex offender, who would have spent eight years in prison was instead patted on the back with a probation; and to make matters worse, the outrageous decision cannot be appealed. Really? Whatever is going on in Niagara New York demands a second look at and possibly a federal investigation because it does not make sense that this rapist walked. The other time it was in Texas that a white rich kid walked, after killing four people in a drunk driving accident, using a defense of affluenza; and now, another white rich young man walked away from going to prison for sexual crimes against four women, in Niagara New York, based on a similar circumstance of his very privileged background. It is sad. #SayNoToAffluenzaDefense.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

QANON SHAMA'S 41 MONTHS: REPUBLICANS ARE BEING TAUGHT HOW TO WIELD POWER.

ICHEOKU says strongly believes that majority of those January 6th revelers who went into the Capitol did not know nor understood that they were committing a criminal trespass when they badged into the building. If they knew, many of them would not have dared. But the euphoria of the day and need for joining the bandwagon of the Jones catapulted many of them into the building, falsely believing that they are taking their country back by so doing. It was a spur of the moment reaction for many of them who just flowed with the crowd and found themselves in deep doodle, facing grievous consequences for their action on that fateful January 6th day. 

They went to a Save America Rally to watch their beloved President Donald John Trump speak to them, the MAGA-nation family; only to end up on the wrong side of the law with many in lengthy detention and incarceration. It was pure unbridled exuberance at best, otherwise who posts their criminal acts or behavior on social media for the law enforcement to have it so easy, identifying them, picking them up and locking them up in jails preparatory to prosecution. Now they are being increasingly convicted and getting lengthy prison sentences for what they thought was just a fun protest inside the peoples house, not knowing that it will attract consequences of such immense magnitude. 

Unfortunately for them, Democrats are in power and they have an ax to grind with them for being supporters of their most hated and disliked foe, former President Donald John Trump. Put in another way, they are pawns in the chessboard of two mortal political enemies and are being disposed as pleases the party with the upper hand. Democrats are very unforgiving and they show no mercy; especially where such viciousness will put fear of God or rather fear of Democrats into the cranial confines of the opposing party and it's supporters. Like Great White, they smelled blood in the water and they are not letting up until they put everyone away who participated in the January 6th protest in Washington DC. 

We all witnessed the destructive riots and mayhem perpetrated by Democratic Party's supporters, the Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA partners during the summer of 2020. Yet their Democratic Party leaders dismissively explained them away as "some people will do what some people will do"; and that practically for most part, was the end of the matter. None of those rioters who burnt down American cities, looted shops and corner stores, destroyed so much properties running into billions have been arrested, detained, prosecuted nor sent away to a long prison sentence to the best of ICHEOKU's knowledge. But look at carnival barker Shama 41 months prison sentence for wearing animal skin and horns into the Capitol.

It was the same way Ilhan Omar dismissed Al Qaeda masterminded 9/11 attack as "some people did something"; and even her illegal immigration, marrying her blood brother for the sake of getting Green Card, a crime for regular Joe and Jane, has also been swept under the rug.  

Steve Bannon too is also finding out, rather with rude shock, how vicious the Democrats are as they have suddenly forgotten their own mantra during the LOCK HER UP feverishness when they admonished that partisans should not lock up their political opponents, because to do so will not be undemocratic and akin to what obtains in Ukraine and other not too democratic countries where oppositions are not tolerated nor allowed to thrive. President Donald John Trump was pressured into not pursuing his campaign debate response to Hillary Clinton's chiding: "that's why you are not the president" to which which then candidate Donald John Trump replied that if he were, "you will be in jail." 

So, how about Steve Bannon or does the same "political opponent's protective shield" which protected Hillary Clinton from being LOCKED UP not avail him simply because he is not a politician or a Democrat or a Clinton? How about James Comey who severally thumbed his nose at Congress or the other fella, the former second in command at the FBI who literally gave false testimony to the Congress? They were not pursued because the Republicans who were in power then had no backbone and cared a lot about the feelings of their Democratic colleagues. But today, see what is going on as the Democrats have thrown out of the window such courtesy and are going full throttle to drop sledgehammers on the heads of their identified and identifiable political enemies and doing it with glee. 

Look at the California eyeballs, bushbaby Adams Schiff who severally swore on national television that he has evidence of President Donald John Trump complicity in crimes including the Russian Collusion-Gate. He is still heading the intelligence committee despite having not produced the claimed evidence and the allegations being debunked with such a finality that it shameful. Then enter Eric Swalwell and his Chinese bed warming spy, but there is no consequences whatsoever because they are Democrats and they protect one another. Imagine if it was a Republican that was caught so compromised, the hell which the Democrats would have raised and continue to stir until he was forced out or at least removed from the Intelligence committee. 

Then enter Republican Congressman from Arizona Paul Gosar who has now become the first Congress person to be ever censured and just for a cartoon. A cartoon now attracts the same wrath as sexual molestation of Monica Lewinsky. But those Muslim extremists in France are being excoriated for demanding a similar treatment to those cartoonists in Charlie Hebdo  for depicting their prophet Mohammed in a light not so favorable in their Islamic faith. So why would cartooning New York effant terrible Alexandria Ocasio Cortez be punishable, but cartooning Islamic Prophet Mohammed be ok? Does it now mean that AOC is now more important than Islamic Prophet Mohammed in the eyes of the Democratic Party? 

Former President Donald John Trump has been depicted in worse light, including his severed head being held in the hands of bloody knucklehead Kathy Griffen. But it is the Democrats and they show no mercy and sometimes go extra mile to just bend it like Beckham in order to achieve their desired objective. It does not matter the means, only the end is in their tunnel vision. They are still searching and fishing, working overtime to nail President Donald John Trump in order to stop him in 2024 by all means necessarily possible. It is this operation stop him in 2024 that all the investigations are about as they are desperately searching for something to stick to him as a disqualifying stain because they have no potential candidate to take him on in 2024. 

The saddest part of their escapade is that Republicans are not fighting back, at least not as strongly as expected; that even Lindsay Graham of late has gone radio silent. Why Republicans are this way is beyond ICHEOKU's comprehension, but it sure does not give voters a reason to keep on sticking with them when they cannot even fight to defend their supporters. Imagine if it was Republican supporters that burnt down American cities last summer 2020 what the Democrats would have done to them or at least called and demanded and insisted to be done to them. ICHEOKU says must give it the Democrats, their tenacity is very impressive and they have mastered the art of real politicking as a take no prisoner pastime. 

The same Democrats who shouted 25th Amendment just because then President Donald John Trump mispronounced some names have now gone silent, faced with President Joe Biden obvious depreciation and degenerative status. So, why is nobody talking about invoking the 25th Amendment now, including some Republicans who many supporters expected to push the issue to the fore and possibly force the issue. One mention is not nor ever enough. They should be like their Democratic counterpart and take a page from them by clamping their teeth on such issues without letting go until something happens. Why not return the favor back to the democrats, one would ask?

Everywhere you look, the story is the same thing and you wonder whether Republicans will ever graduate from the school of hard knock politics controlled by the Democrats and start fighting bare knuckles like them. It recalls the sad episodes in the final months of President Donald John Trump in office before the election when he literally begged his own supposed party member Mitch McConnell to sign off on the two thousand stimulus payment to Americans, but the turtle refused. The Democrats said they will pay it and they won and they paid it. 

ICHEOKU says does not really know what it will take to revamp the Republican Party and make it more competitive. May be it is about time a third party is formed, a MAGA PARTY; and force a final rebranding of the Republican Party. But no voter or supporter of the Republican Party watching what is currently going on in the President Joe Biden administration who does not wish that the Republicans pay closer attention on how power is wield when given. Imagine if President Donald John Trump was a Democrat with his back heavily protected, guarded and shielded by an impermeable Democratic support wall, the things he would have accomplished  for America. But members of his own Republican Party are some of his worst enemies and detractors, and they worked overtime to cut him down. It is sad.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

LETS GO BRANDON: WHAT IS THE FUSS ALL ABOUT?

ICHEOKU says Luke 11:11-12 in the Bible is quite clear about expectations of loved ones from their loved ones; and it is not any different from voters expectations of their political leaders. Therefore when voters elect someone into office based on promises made, they expect no less from the beneficiary of their votes than a full delivery on the promises. They also expect their lives to improve and become better; but not to in anyway become diminished as a result of the decision which they made voting the political leader into office. 

A failure by the political leader to meet this basic expectations of the voters often always result in disappointment and morphs into a buyer's remorse which they express out in so many different ways including booing, name calling, cat calls, chants and other snickering attitudes. Sometimes too, voters become so frustrated that they begin to boycott such political leader and wishing they could take their votes back; and at the nearest opportunity, most always recalls such political leader from office or vote him or her out and elect their opponent in the next election. 

This is exactly the frustration which sports fans are now expressing in packed arenas throughout America with their famous Lets Go Brandon chant. They are expressing their disappointment that instead of their lives improving with the decision they made to elect President Joe Biden, things have become worse. They have seen their fortunes upturned and things not getting better since that November 3rd 2020 fateful day when they denied President Donald John Trump a second term in office and instead elected President Joe Biden. 

But their lives have since taken a turn for the worse following that change in guard in the White House due to their decision. As anyone who has been to a grocery store or gas station of late rudely finds out and can confirm, things are no longer affordable. When something as basic as a tin of sardine that previously retails for a buck plus change, now goes for two bucks plus change; or a load of bread that used to sell for $4.99 now sells for $5.99; or a pack of meat that sold for $15 now selling for $24; or a chicken which use to sell for $12 now going for $15 then you know why people are frustrated. The rudest of the shock is filling a gas tank of your vehicle such that what cost you $40 before to fill is now costing $70. 

Unfortunately, majority of American people are on a somewhat fixed income as salaries and emoluments are as agreed with the employer until promotion and infrequent raises which do not  share the same trajectory graph with cost of living expenses. So where does anybody holding a contrary brief from those chanting Lets Go Brandon expect the chanters to find the extra money to make up for the out of balance living cost. If one was making $10 per hour in January 2021 and still making the same amount in November 2021 but the cost of a loaf of bread have seen a buck differential increase and on this tightly fixed operating budget, where is the extra one buck going to come from. 

These apologists will tell you to get a second job when the first job have worked you to the bones such that you can barely stand up on your two feet without staggering or feeling woozy and dizzy. Sometimes they will tell you to get more education but without telling you about the millions of educated people drowning in debts including students loans who are still struggling to make ends meet. Even when you are making thousands of dollars and after taxation takes a large chunk of it, and your standard of living is based on your income capacity, you are still on an already made fixed budget. So, getting to your usual dinning and you discover that the bill for a meal that use to cost $20 is now $35 plus tips, where is the additional charges going to be paid from. 

We are not talking about other more expensive items which many people have since forgone at least now, until their fortunes improve or an unknown rich uncle or aunt dies leaving them some inheritance money in their will or they win the lottery. It is this pent up anger and frustration about the sudden u-turn in their lives that chanters of Lets Go Brandon are trying to communicate to the White House in the best way possible. They have no other access and cannot rich the occupant of the White House in any other way except using harmless words in chants to express how they really feel about the hardship they are going through and the person they hold responsible for it. 

Lets Go Brandon is a cry for help as American people are suffering untold hardship since they made that decision of November 3rd 2020, replacing the occupant of the White House. They do not mean any harm to the person of the president but wishes that his presidency never came into being because of the hardship it brought about. Lets Go Brandon is a hapless and harmless rallying cry of a people disappointed by the drastically fallen short of their expectations of a Biden administration which was supposed to take the edge off the Trump mercurial administration. 

Voters expected a calmer, more soothing, do no harm Biden presidency; but they are now frustrated that the whirlwind Trump administration was much better for their lives than what they are presently living under. It is akin to jumping from frying pan into the fire; or who in America if given the option, would not readily now trade January 19th, 2021 for November 17th, 2021 based on the situational trauma which majority of Americans are living under now. So, there was a tornado Trump and now a breezy Biden, but the breeze is so still that it is depleted of oxygen  that people are finding it difficult to breath and desperately gasping for air, with some people already asphyxiated. 

At least with a tornado there is no deprivation of oxygen and it blows away very quickly; but this rarefied air is lingering on and causing a slow, painful experience for a people who are already over traumatized in so many different ways, including lack of jobs and job security and so many mad and angry fellow Americans taking it out on the people, shooting, robbing and making lives worse for everybody. Then feel free to add the never ending bills that keep on increasing. 

Anyway, this piece is not an excoriation of the president nor his administration, but that the reason behind the Lets Go Brandon viral chant can be shone a light on. Therefore anyone who has an issue with it or claiming or trying to infer an ulterior motive to it or that it is a targeted attack on the person of the president is mistaken. It is not, the chant is only an expression of  frustration and disappointment that their expectations of a President Joe Biden's administration was woefully under water, not met and that their lives have gone down south instead of up north expected trajectory. 

So, instead of the needless hoopla, those apologists should find a way to redirect their focus from the Lets Go Brandon chanters to the underlying beef fueling their disgust; and find a way to communicate this to President Joe Biden in the language he understands; explaining it to him and urging him to do something about it. Kitchen table issues always matter more to majority of American people than the hyped showy trillions of dollars infrastructure bill. People have to first be able to eat and be able to put gas in their vehicle tanks before they can drive on roads and over bridges which will be built and rebuilt with the infrastructure funds.  As far as American people are concerned the better infrastructure bill would have been lowering the cost of living, including bringing down the cost of gas. 

But hey, American people pulled that trigger on November 3rd, 2020 and now they have to live with the consequences whether they like it or not. It is sad but true that until these existential life issues are resolved, American people will continue to chant their Lets Go Brandon with hope of forcing the Joe Biden's administration to improve their lives improve or at least, get it back to where they were in before January 20th, 2021. What majority of Americans are witnessing now in their lives is definitely a nightmare before Christmas; and Santa will have a lot of explaining to do this year for not bringing enough gas and groceries as well as gifts for children whose parents cannot afford to get them something this holiday because every cent have been squeezed out of them trying to meet living expenses. Until then, LETS GO BRANDON.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

JE SUIS BIAFRAN CHILDREN: NEVER AGAIN!

ICHEOKU says a complicit world watched as the worst genocidal mayhem was levied against the people of Biafra and millions of children starved to death. It was an indefensible and atrocious man's inhumanity to man; and Britain, America, Russia and Egypt participated in the genocide of black African Biafrans. Till date, nobody has been held accountable for that and the effort to sweep it under the rug has failed because Biafrans will never forget. We are all Biafra children. Biafra shall rise again!

Monday, November 15, 2021

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: TOO EARLY TO CALL IF HE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION IN 2024 .

ICHEOKU says it is rather unfair asking if President Joe Biden will run for a second term in 2024 when he is suffering, shuffling and staggering through his first term, with just eleven months in and 37 more months to go. It is too early start that projections as the president is just finding out how really difficult a job it is running the United States of America and by extension, the world. Whether he is up to the task and had acquitted himself credibly well so far depends on who is doing the answering. As for ICHEOKU, the time for asking the question came and went with November 3rd, 2020 when despite the obvious handicaps, many Americans still decided to cut their nose to spite their face; and their hatred of President Trump drummed out all the apparent shortcomings of the current president. 

Now everybody is stewing in the inverse nightmare and those wishing for 2024 to speedily come for a do over should devote their thoughts elsewhere because the damage would have been done by the time 2024 comes. He can run for a reelection in 2024 for all ICHEOKU cares, admitted he might before then find the office no longer appealing for to continue to carry the weighty cross of the presidency and decides to take an honorable bow. But whatever happens, everyone should continue to pray for him and ask God to protect him because he is our president and the Democratic Party will be so empty without him. 

There is no other person in the party to takeover from him as many of the otherwise possible alternatives, although far fetched, are irreparably damaged by their woke immersion. They have alienated themselves from majority of American voters as being too far to the left as commanded by the extremist anarchists wing of the party represented by the Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA partners in lunacy.  Therefore, if he makes it through to 2024, he is most likely not going to seek a second term as he will not like a resounding defeat to be the last chapter in his very long presence in political Washington DC. If there is really a creature of swamp in Washington DC, a politician who has been there for nearly fifty years eminently qualifies as one. So, going out with a whimper will not be his first choice.

Anyway, let everybody leave the Amtrak-riding Joey from Scranton alone and lets see what happens when 2024 gets here. Enough of the distractions probing if he will run in 2024; and help him stay focused on the current assignment which is nearly drowning him off such that his approval rating has plummeted to below 40%. It is a tough job being president of the United States of America and the question now, is whether Joey is tough enough for the job or rather came a little too late than when he would have made a better and more viable White House occupant. A young Joe Biden would definitely have made a better president than the old version of himself now toddling through the presidency. 

But hey, at least he entered the pantheon of the very exclusive fellas who dared to dream and got for themselves the most highly coveted office of the president of the United States of America. Whether he succeeds or fails does not matter and wont matter, as his name will still be etched as president of America. period. Luckily enough, it is not qualified with "failed" or "successful", just president. So, best of luck Mr President and whatever he decides in 2024, American people can live with that as it cannot be worse than it already is, especially when it took about forty bucks to fill a gas tank last January 2021 and is now double the price just eleven months later. 

Whether things will continue to go down the hill or pull themselves together back up, nobody really knows; but electing him president was the most irrational decision ever forced upon American people by the hatchet fake news media and their military industrial complex deep staters. It is sad how a highly propagandized and brainwashed people shot themselves on the foot, discarded their best and settled for their worse, just because they want a president that would conform to predetermined decorum. They settled for appearance rather than substance, a pretender instead of a doer; and like the Jews, killed the messiah instead of the bandit. The story of what happened on November 3 2020 has never been told and most likely will never be told, at least not in this lifetime. May God continue to protect his people IJN.

Sunday, November 14, 2021

PROSCRIBE BLACK LIVES MATTER NOW: THREATENING BLOODSHED IS TERRORISM.

ICHEOKU says they got their brazen audacity last summer 2019 when they nearly burnt to the ground American cities and properties without any meaningful resistance or repercussion. Now they are using their notoriety to leverage governance, threatening governments that are not completely gone woke. Their latest victim is the newly elected Mayor of New York City Eric Adams, who they are now pressuring not to implement his cardinal campaign promise to fellow New Yorkers. They don't want him to restore security and safety in the big apple, an issue which helped him to victory. 

Why the group have not been declared a domestic terrorists organization is simply baffling, their destructive tendencies and open threats of mayhem considered. It is woke politics that is shielding them and protecting their terroristic antics, as people in power are afraid of their venom and treading gingerly not to invoke their ire. How can an organization threaten riots and bloodshed on the streets of New York if Mayor elect Eric Adams follows through with his promise to reintroduce anti crime police units in a city and get away with it. How can any New Yorker stand aside and look as their great city is gradually succumbing to violent crimes against the people and vandalizing properties and businesses. 

What exactly is their problem with law enforcement or is it a way of their acknowledging, finally and publicly, that they are the law breakers and wants to be allowed to continue to break the law. If they are good citizens, why are they averse to law enforcement and policing; threatening to take over the streets, ferment trouble, cause riots and mayhem, burn down structures and cause bloodshed in New York City. Where is the FBI on this or is the BLM threat not horrifying enough to designate it criminal; or must New York City first face another upheaval, forced to go through the same experience of ugly summer 2019 before DOJ's intervention. Why must BLM be allowed to hold Eric Adams hostage to their ideological idiocy.

The group is not peaceful and it is about time they are called out for what they really are, anarchists and domestic terrorists. What if other races in America start their own version of the BLM organizations and making their own irrational demands, threatening governments and officials to do as they commanded or they will turn hell loose on earth? Is it not a complete anarchy that will envelope the nation or are black people an exception to the rule that everyone must submit to law and order? Enough of cuddling of this group and its excesses. No harm must befall the newly elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams or his administration; he must be unfettered as he implements his agenda which got him elected in the first place, reestablishment of  law and order in New York City. 

How can a group publicly threaten to shut down the City of New York; shutdown the City Hall and parcel out hell and nightmare to both the residents and officials of New York City, and they are still freely operating without censure or prosecution. If what Black Lives Matter is doing and their threat to terrorize New York City is not a crime, what else so qualifies? If Black Lives Matter is putting this much fear on elected officials and blackmailing them to do what they want or they will burn down New York City, why is that not terrorism? What will it take to finally bring this group to book and hold them accountable for their rampage of 2019. Please don't allow BLM take Eric Adams hostage; say no domestic terrorism, resist BLM. #StandWithEricAdams. 

Saturday, November 13, 2021

CHRIS CHRISTIE'S SELECTIVE MEMORY: AN ATTEMPT AT SELF VALIDATION.

"When I ran for reelection in 2013, I got 60% of the vote. When he ran for reelection, he lost to Joe Biden." - Christ Christie.

ICHEOKU says fat Chris suddenly forgot that he finished in the bottom tier in the 18 persons crowded field 2016 Republican Party's presidential primaries, when the then candidate Donald John Trump handily beat all of the wanna bees, including fat Chris himself. But now, he is seeking relevance and trying to position himself as a formidable contender to the 2024 presidential election. The same fat Chris unsuccessfully lobbied for the Attorney General position and some other positions in the Trump administration, finally ending up as a mere ad-hoc adviser to the former president. 

He was governor of small State New Jersey alright, but has never successfully ran a nationwide election; yet he has the effrontery to compare his two terms as governor of New Jersey to a man who ran and won a nationwide presidential election on a first try. This is what he is brandishing now as evidence of his political viability as the Republican Party's presidential candidate in 2024. Needless to add that fat Chris is a professional politician unlike President Trump who was a newbie, a breath of fresh air, who came from the business world and yanked the keys to the White House on his first attempt and first foray into politics. So, what again was the basis of his comparison, his winning a small State's governorship twice, right?

Whatever beef fat Christ might have against the former president ,including his prosecution of the former president's son in-law's father, the senior Kushner; he is pushing it rather too far with his continuing antagonizing of the former president. He is making millions of people mad and alienating himself further from their voting clout. Chris Christie is not a match nor a competitor to the former president and if he likes, let him throw his hat in the ring in 2024 but American people know who they will choose. Chris Christie will NEVER in this life be elected president of the United States of America, but that does not mean that he cannot dream and even try; but he is simply not electable. 

He does not have what it takes to be elected president as American people have consistently elected president, people with very specific qualities and certain traits. Christ Christie is not tall enough, he is fat, he is not photogenic, he has no charisma, he is not personable, he is not warm, he comes off as too full of it, arrogant, standoffish and generally unkept. He does not have the conviviality and connectivity which glues people to persons. He has no charm offensive nor is there anything particularly significant or memorable about his governorship in New Jersey which American people can relate to, other than the Bridge-gate scandal. 

Overall, he is not an ideal candidate for the White House and he cannot even win the Republican Party's primaries nor does he stand any chance whatsoever of ever being elected president of the United States of America. Imagine Chris Christie calling President Donald John Trump a loud mouth, a case of the kettle calling the pot black; and it is possible too that his fat loud mouth is even louder than the howler monkey's known loudest shrill on earth. It is the diminished person syndrome that has infected Chris Christie as he saw his previously rising profile suddenly diminished by the Bridge-Gate scandal and then completely eviscerated by the new kid on the block of politics, President Donald John Trump.

Anyway, ICHEOKU would rather Chris Christie stopped speaking ill about the former President Trump because the army of 64 million strong MAGA-nation voters are attentively watching, and these are people he should be very careful not to make mad or attract their ire and angst. He must also be very careful not to tread on them. Chris Christie can go ahead and reel out the things which he would do differently were the good fortune of mother luck to ever miraculously smile down on him. But whatever he do, he must stop making disparaging remarks about the former president because they are not equals; nor is he ever a worthy contender of the party's nomination with the former president, his millions of MAGA-nation unwavering base considered. 

In 2024 MAGA-nation will vote to reelect their beloved President Donald John Trump if he runs again; and in the alternative will look towards the newly elected Virginia State Governor Glen Youngkin to fly the Republican Party's presidential ticket flag. Better still, MAGA-nation will be  delighted to see the two beloved political outsiders run on the same ticket as presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Republican Party. But Christ Christie is not an option and he stands no chance in hell of ever winning the Republican Party's primaries nomination, with or without the former president also running. Christ Christie does not have what it takes and should therefore be humble enough to curb his enthusiasm and throw his darts elsewhere. All he did was just to add his name in the lengthy list of those people trying to profit from their association with the former president, writing a book many will not read or would find mediocre, at best.

Friday, November 12, 2021

KYLE RITTENHOUSE WILL WALK: SELF DEFENSE WILL COME TO HIS AID.

ICHEOKU says that video of him sitting on the pavement and looking up helplessly as those mob rushed at him, coupled with his innocent, cherub-like, baby face, as well as his overall cool demeanor will influence many jurors into voting for his acquittal. He is young, smart and most likely sincerely and honestly believed that his country was under attack by the BLM and ANTIFA anarchists and decided to do something about it, in defense of people, his fatherland and beloved country. 

He was a selfless volunteer for the good of Americans in Kenosha as there was nobody who saw the destructions going on in summer 2019 on American televisions who did not wish that something was done about it. He therefore deserves our show of gratitude and should be thanked for at least standing up and doing something about the situation when many stood helpless akimbo and merely wishing that something could be done by somebody to put an end to the unfolding madness. Kyle Rittenhouse decided to become that somebody and did something about the situation; and his action helped put out the BLM and ANTIFA fire which was consuming the nation during the ugly summer of 2019. 

Why punish such a people's hero, a Captain America, when OJ Simpson walked? Kyle deserves our understanding not condemnation as he did not set out to kill anyone that night. He was holding his rifle the right way, pointed down; which showed that he was not on a head-hunt when he left his place, but was merely, defensively, walking around to help protect the neighborhood. Although, it is the police who keeps the peace of the public, but they were overwhelmed and outnumbered and completely outstretched that night in Kenosha that they could use any help which they could find; and Kyle Rittenhouse volunteered to help them secure the neighborhood. He answered the call and voluntarily went to help Americans protect their dwelling abodes and businesses from a ravaging BLM and ANTIFA anarchists. 

He is also very matured for his young age of 18, very confident, self assured and well behaved. That he took the stand is also a measure of his character. He looks trustworthy and believable; and there is every likelihood that he will be acquitted of all the charges. Hopefully his defense team will ask the jurors in his closing statement a simple rhetoric question: if there is any one of them who witnessed what happened in that ill fated summer 2019 who did not wish that it did not happen; and wished that something was done about it. Also, if there is any of them who saw Kyle Rittenhouse forced down on the pavement by his pursuing attackers and seeing his life in imminent danger, who wouldn't react as he reacted in order to starve off the threat? 

He had no intent to kill anyone but only acted in an exigent situation to protect himself and save himself from imminent bodily harm and danger to his life. It was in self defense and he should therefore be found not guilty, completely acquitted of all charges. LeBron James was wrong as different people emote differently and white people often internalize their emotions. They are not given to outward expression of their hurt feelings by publicly shedding of tears. Kyle couldn't hold it back any longer and tried to still suppress it, regardless. But his emotions is not the key, admitted it will help humanize him as not a monster. The key is the overwhelming evidence of his acting in self defense faced with imminent danger to his life and bodily harm; that is where the not guilty verdict will be anchored by the jury. #AcquitKyle.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

ANAMBRA HELD-ELECTION: A CAPITULATION AND NDIGBO WILL SUFFER FOR IT.

ICHEOKU says the basic rule 101 of any negotiation is never to pony up your most vital negotiation asset because once given up, you have lost and your entire take out thereafter depends on the goodwill and magnanimous disposition of the other party to the negotiation. Ndigbo had it going with the IPOB threatened election boycott of Anambra State but fumbled the ball with the ninth hour change of mind, lifting the IPOB sit at home order. 

President Muhammadu Buhari had his way and held the election against the will of the people and no longer has a need of peace in Igbo land nor sees any derivative beneficial use from pacifying them. Going forward, he will toughen his stance against Ndigbo and will also keep Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in detention as long as he sees fit and most likely through the end of his administration. 

The Nigerian president has just fired off the first salvo telegraphing this his newly acquired strength over Ndigbo with the continuance of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu trial to January 19th, 2022 next year, which will have him in detention for over six months since his abduction from Kenya in June without trial. Needless to mention that the Igbo chiefs and Oha-na-Eze Ndigbo representatives who flew to Abuja to witness the case were summarily disgraced once again by denying them access to the court room as well as to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Even the IPOB team of lawyers, including American Bruce Feingold, were also locked out of the court room only to be told later that they did not show up on time for the case as the case has already been mentioned and adjourned until January next year. 

Anyone still delusional on how the election that held in Anambra State will affect Ndigbo needs to look no further. What happened in Abuja's Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's court date shows that Muhammadu Buhari will approach Ndigbo more viciously and more disrespectfully; and without a care in the world. IPOB was aware of the no love lost stand between the president and Ndigbo, yet they cowered to pressure and yielded into holding the election. Now, they must be prepared to feel the heat as all the shouting and press conferences won't a finger lift to secure Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's release. It was a face-off of no election if Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was not released; yet the election held without Mazi Nnamdi Kanu being released. The joker of no election now gone, all the aces are securely with President Muhammadu Buhari and he is tone deaf and impervious to noisy agitation. 

It was a mortal mistake which will come back to bite IPOB and hurt the agitation for Biafra in so many ways; and also continue to erode Ndigbo's already comatose standing with Muhammadu Buhari. It is the precursor which will herald the eventual demise of IPOB as they have now entered the one-chance irreversible highway to hell. Buhari has defeated them by holding the election despite their bluffing, period. IPOB have lost their fang and their sting now merely a soothing nibble as nobody will take them and their threats any serious, not any more. There is an American proverb that says you don't tell a man to go to hell unless you are prepared and ready to send him there willy-nilly. Why make a threat when they were not prepared to see it through? It will only damage their standing and rating in the eyes of the world.

Why would an agitation group not first think through their plan of action before announcing it; only to later go back on it. It shows great weakness and lack of tact; and their lack of much needed commitment to do the needful to realize their objective. IPOB showed their hand, they bared their teeth and they barked and they barked, but when it came to forcing the issue, they chickened out, melted away and tucked their tail between their legs and vamoosed. As a result, Anambra State election which was to be the real test case of their wits and to showcase their grip in Biafra land, was botched. They could not stop the election from holding as they have advertised over so many years with their "no referendum, no more election again in Biafra land" and the subsequent "no election in Anambra State until Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is released." 

Election held in Biafra land and there was no referendum; and election held in Anambra State and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was not released. So, going forward, why would anyone ever take the group seriously again? Why would the sit at home continue when the ones sat already did not yield any dividend? They said that they called off the Anambra State election sit at home order because their elders and traditional rulers prevailed on them to do so. Really? Why did they not first consult and listen to the their supposed "elders and traditional rulers" before issuing the order? But no, they issued the order first and then Buhari countermanded their order by issuing his own order that the election must hold, and the election was held. IPOB lost in the face-off, they are now trounced, traumatized and humiliated and going forward, they have a limited choice.

President Muhammadu Buhari won the battle of wits and now, he will do whatever the heck he wants with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, fully aware that IPOB and Ndigbo can only bark but cannot bite nor do anything about it. IPOB's messaging during the election was very poorly coordinated. It showed a group that have become clueless and leaderless; that their ship is currently adrift and rudderless and taking water; and barely staying afloat until it hit the final iceberg and capsize with the dreams of millions of people. The iceberg will be the eventual conviction and imprisonment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, when the group will just finally wilt away like a flower with the sunset. It was a huge mistake issuing an order and reneging on its implementation as it is akin to trying to recall the train after it has left to the station but they did anyway and it was catastrophic. Now, they are childlike and their activities, a child's play. 

Millions of people were disappointed that IPOB lost its mojo at the hour it mattered most when they canceled the sit at home order of Anambra State Election Day; and couldn't prevent the election from being held. ICHEOKU says is particularly not pleased with the sudden about turn and millions of Ndigbo similarly share in the disappointment, losing the only practical chip that would have caused a serious convulsion to the Nigeria State. The whole world watched and waited to assess the clout which IPOB has in Biafra land only to be disappointed that they have lost their edge. Whoever the decision making council of the group are should hide their faces in shame as they messed up bigly.They bungled the Anambra State election and will forever exist to regret taking the air out of their floating balloon. It is sad and it is pitiful.

But if there is any consolation to come out of the election, it is that the criminally minded Andy Uba was overwhelmingly rejected to a third place finish position with a paltry 43,285 votes out of the total 249,631 votes cast in the election. This was a far cry from the 230,201 votes which he "got" during the APC's primaries to secure the governorship ticket; thus begging the question, did ghosts vote for Andy Uba during the primaries but the same ghosts were unable to vote for him during the election because they were unable to secure visas from this time around? It is an absurdity of the worst kind that the total number of votes cast in the election were almost as many as those who voted for Andy Uba in the primaries. 

It is shame of Nigeria that such incredible things happen frequently and it goes to explain how many of the politicians get elected in Nigeria. This is the reason they are fighting against a more regulated election such as electronic transmission of votes. They rig elections and they do it in such a brazen manner as the Andy Uba's two different outcomes have now shown. But will he be ever asked to explain the magical difference between his primaries result and his election result? As it turned out, the entire voters who participated in Anambra State election were less than the number of APC voters who voted for Andy Uba in the primaries. It is ridiculous to say the least, admitted the number that came out during the election were very negligible compared to the number of the 2.5 million registered voters in Anambra State. 

ICHEOKU says has no congratulations to extend to anybody, not even to the declared winner Chukwima Soludo. He has a political godfather and too many sponsors and will not be his own man, and like Goodluck Jonathan, he will eventually also disappoint Ndi Anambra. Governance is not only about parading higher degrees, although it doesn't hurt to have them; but governing such a very difficult State like Anambra requires more in addition to the degrees. It requires being made of a sterner stuff with a steely backbone to stand up against the too many "wise guys and gals" that saturate the Anambra State and say no to their myriad of demands and patronages. Can Soludo resist their pressure? Can Soludo outfox and outsmart them like Peter Obi did? Will Soludo become a drunk like his soon to be predecessor Obiano and just ride his term out? Only time will tell.

Theory is one thing but practical is another thing altogether as many can do the talk but transferring the talk into action is often times difficult. The next four years will either bail him out or scorch him bone-dry and there is the likelihood that the same bad road conditions in Anambra State will become worse; that Muhammadu Buhari will squeeze Ndigbo and Ndi Anambra harder, and that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu might still be in the gulag with his case completely forgotten, his lawyers frustrated by the court frequent continuances. Andy Uba might even in anger for his rejection in the election urge Buhari not to listen to supplications of Ndigbo to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because their party APC was humiliated in Anambra State. But whatever happens, allowing the election to hold was a very bad mistake and a shooting on the foot by Ndigbo and IPOB; it will hurt them for a long time to come. It is sad.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

NBC CANCELS ALEC BALDWIN: IT IS TIME SANTA FE DA ACTED AS WELL.

ICHEOKU says how you know that somebody has become too toxic is when, despite his ratings from his near perfect portrayal of former President Donald John Trump on Saturday Night Live, NBC decided that he is so damaged beyond repair and had to let him go. Yes indeed, Alec Baldwin has been axed by the National Broadcasting Corporation. In his place, a new replacement actor has been found, who, going forward, will try to replicate Alec Baldwin's imitation of the former president. But it is a big shoes to fill as nobody can truly be as good as Alec Baldwin was in playing that unique character interpretation of the former president. 

As far as iimmitating the former president is concerned, Alec Baldwin got it covered and there can only be one Alec Baldwin and nobody else. The newbie doesn't have the edge factor and he is as basic as they come, with nothing about him that stands out or says wow. He is not good enough as nobody can, no matter the delusion, mistake him for the Mr You're fired former President Donald John Trump; something which Alec Baldwin effortlessly compels people to do. He was a natural in that role interpretation; unlike the new guy, who has so much learning curve to navigate despite his hard try at mimicking the former president's speaking tone and gesticulations. 

Anyway, NBC was bold in affirming what every rational person knows, that Alec Baldwin is culpable for killing Halyna Hutchins. He pointed the gun at her, a none actress with no role play in the movie Rust, aimed it and squeezed the trigger and she was dead, killed by Alec Baldwin.These facts are incontrovertible and it does not matter that someone else handed him the gun and shouted "cold gun." His conduct killed Halyna, period. Sometimes, intent to kill can be inferred from a reckless conduct and it was a reckless conduct to point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger. No rational person kids around or horseplays with such a lethal weapon.

Now, all that is left is for the woke District Attorney of Santa Fe to do the needful and commence the prosecutorial process. As it stands now she possibly have no choice in the matter other than to indict Alec Baldwin for something and at irreducible minimum, involuntary manslaughter. She should sign off on the indictment and let the law enforcement in Santa Fe immediately take Alec Baldwin into custody.. Enough of the delay as an expectant nation awaits his mugshot. As for the wrongful death action, that is for Mr Hutchins to decide when and how to proceed. Justice for Halyna means holding her killer, Alec Baldwin, accountable. Arrest him now. 

Saturday, November 6, 2021

MNK OR BUHARI: WHO IS IT GONNA BE?

We are all Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is all of us. Do not slumber. Keep hope alive. We can do this. #Sit At Home. No election in Anambra State. 

HE IS IN DETENTION FOR YOU, SIT AT HOME FOR HIM: NO ELECTION IN ANAMBRA STATE.

ICHEOKU says it is idiotic for any bona fide onye Igbo to be talking about an election with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu still behind bars. Onye oku na agba be ya adighi achu oke; therefore, a useless election that will not translate to anything tangible, meaningful or beneficial to the good people of Anambra State is not worth sacrificing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's freedom, liberty and wellbeing. 

It is even more heartbreaking to know that the election will automatically kill the agitation as it will be interpreted as an expressed desire by Ndigbo to abandon the fight against their marginalization and a separate homeland where they can safely live and freely thrive. Those heartless deviants will abandon Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the moment the election is over and the losers will no longe see any utility in pushing for his release, not any more. 

Ndi Anambra please don't be fooled by all the pretensions of interest being expressed now by those politicians because they cannot be trusted. Why have they not said a word about MNK since his ordeal? Please don't let your shame, shame Ndigbo. Ndi Anambra are the isi sekpu nti of Ndigbo, so the pride of Ndigbo is at stake here. Say no to the damned election. Sit at home people. Liberation struggle is a marathon not a sprint. Onye ndidi na eri azu ukpo. Perseverance is the key to success, and like Elon Musk said, to succeed in anything you must have a high threshold of pain. Ndigbo have seen it all and no longer afraid of any demon. 

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is doing his part, so do your own part. Every nwa afo Igbo should defend his or her father's name and honor; and refuse to be dictated to by the effigy at Aso Rock. Don't be a Judas as those useless and worthless Naira notes those politicians are sharing today have no value and will not buy you anything meaningful, to warrant your losing your character. When was the last time any of those politicians handed you a dime and how many times have their personal MOPOL security manhandled you or someone you know. Please Ndi Anambra, the whole world is watching for you to show that Ndigbo are tired of the marginalization. Please don't disappoint our general expectation? #SitAtHomeNdiAnambra.