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Monday 7 August 2017

Ozubulu Killings: Rev. Fr Ezeoke Speaks, Let's Go Back To The Olden Days

As written by Reverend Fr. Abraham Ezeoke.

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I just pity the innocent people who were doing the most legal and divine thing any human being should be doing on Sunday who were caught in this terrible cross - fire and by so doing became a collateral damage for the actions of the greedy.
May God rest them in peace and give the living especially their family members and the locals the reason to still see his face through this darkness.

My fear is that after these initial expression of emotions and passions that this whole thing will just wane down just like that. The earlier we resorted back to what made us (ndi Igbo) the envies of the nation/world the better for us: integrity: ezi afa ka ego. When the responsible members of the community were respected and sought for, when truth was needed. When teachers, nurses and civil servants were the symbol of truth and beacons  of the communites.  When parents reject the unexpected and unaccounted gifts from their children and even raised alarm (naa ha ogbudugbu) to alert the community that he/she was suspicious of such.

I missed the culture of respect for elders, parents and title men and women who saw themselves as the custodians of the community morals, procedure and practice.  I missed the genuine team spirit in our communities, when it truly took a  community to train a child. I missed those days when our children asked the priest for blessing after pushing his car.

I missed those days when every Igbo sons and daughters saw it as their responsibility to lead a life of integrity to maintain the family name. Those days when children run away when you offer them money calling at  their parents. When red cap was a sign of honor and integrity. When "Ndi Ozo" were ready to die than tell lies.

Those days when Late bishop Aniogu on his way to Onitsha from Enugu to deliver the money for the building of today's Holy Trinity Cathedral was accosted by robbers was forced to retreat, only to hand over the money to a young man he saw heading to Onitsha just because he was wearing holy medal.

The bishop just directed him to where to deliver the money and it was done. I can go on and on. For me , this ugly incident is not a time to point fingers or aspersions to any particular individuals or group because directly or indirectly we have contributed towards this moral decadence and denigration of our culture and practices.

The law of economics made it clear that the once there is demand, there must be a corresponding supply. We all extol money to the detriment of hard work, wisdom, integrity and good name. So since money became the only thing being recognized, the logic is simple, people then ignored any other value in pursuit of money to get recognized. Once the demand ( unduly recognition of money is removed and replaced with good name and other values, naturally, there will be a behavioral change.

Nobody in particular should be blamed for this or any institution blamed for enabling it for those who are angry with the church. Rather all of us and we are still doing and enabling this behavior even as I write.

So may be, just may be, the blood of these martyrs would reignite the discussion in all corners of our land so that we begin again to set our priorities right. May their souls rest in the Lord. Amen.

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