EndSARS: Chief Ojukwu Replies Madam Oby Ezekwesili who alleged FG sponsored breaking of jail and other violent attacks in Edo State.

 EndSARS: Chief Ojukwu Replies Madam Oby Ezekwesili who alleged FG sponsored breaking of jail and other violent attacks in Edo State.

Madam are you insinuating that government has hand in the prison break, burning of police stations, NDDC building & all other forms of destruction ongoing in Benin? 

There are things one would expect from children on twitter who live for clout; retweets/likes & not from someone who has been in government, worked extensively locally & internationally & recently ran for office. 

So many times you have helped people retweet falsehood, at times even composed the tweets yourself & it makes one wonder at your end game. 

For those who have forgotten, you started out under General Obasanjo as head Budget Monitoring & Price Intelligence Unit before your double stint as minister.

At no time have you mentioned how Obasanjo contributed to the mess we have found ourselves today. 

In fact, you are either silent, evasive or hostile when you are asked about anything that transpired under that regime. 

I remember your debate with @mehdirhasan, I am sure you will never want to cross paths with him again. 

There's a saying that those in glass houses should not throw stones, you have walked out of the glass house (government), now you are not only with stones but catapult. 

Let me remind you & others a few things that happened under the government you served: November 20 1999 security forces attacked the village of Odi in Bayelsa state. 

It is estimated that over 1,000 people were killed, every single building except the bank, the Anglican church & the health center was burned to the ground. 

June 8 2001, armed security men stormed the offices of Glamour Trends. Fired shots in the air making employees run for dear life before abducting Onyenua a publisher & taking him to Abuja. 

What about the Zaki-Ibiam massacre of October 2001 that started at Gbeji village where armed personnel rounded up villagers & opened fire upon the men? 

Did we not hear that even after shooting, some of the victims’ bodies were set ablaze?

Did they stop there? 

Villages like Vasae, Anyiin Iorja, Ugba, Sankera & Zaki-Biam, were attacked with buildings burnt to the ground. 

What about the January 2002 Liama village in Bayelsa raid by security forces with 2 killed & 30 houses burnt? 

October 1999 security forces outside the premises of Willbros Nigeria Ltd Choba, in Rivers State killed 4 people & were alleged to have raped a number of women from the community. 

What about the 2001 assassination of Bola Ige? Till date nobody has been brought to book. 

Have you forgotten the drama that happened July 10 2003 when Senator Ngige the governor of Anambra state was kidnapped with the help of Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of zone 9, Raphael Ige? 

What was Obasanjo's relationship with the butcher of Liberia, Charles Taylor & the rebel group revolutionary united front RUF?

Have you forgotten how Obj was quick to hide him in Nigeria until the world put pressure on him to give him up? 

How many senate presidents did we have under Obasanjo? Let me remind you: We started with Enwerem then Okadigbo took over before Pius Anyim. 2003 to 2007, we had two; Adolphus Wabara & Ken Nnamani. 

I hope you haven't forgotten the role Obasanjo played in impeaching, blackmailing almost every single one of them? 

What about his failed attempt to get the National Assembly to amend the constitution to enable him stay another term? 

All these and many more including the looting of the treasury by a combined effort of Obasanjo and Atiku happened between 1999-2007. 

Madam, when you want to talk about how bad government is or spin conspiracy theories, please also tell the youths who look up to you how horrible the government you served was. 

How that government laid a concrete foundation of the mess we are in today & how if you people had done your part as was expected just maybe Nigeria would have been a better place. 

Let us also not forget certain events that occurred during Objs time as military head of state; demonstrations by students in 1978 that led to the death of 6. 

Attack on Felas house where he was beaten seriously & his mum thrown down from a window (that led to her death) & house set ablaze. 

What about his hanging of 30 alleged coup plotters who after their deaths many were found to be innocent?

Those in glass houses do not throw stones, so wait until you exit before you start.

Chief Ojukwu is on Twitter with the handle @ChiefOjukwu