Rape as a Weapon against the Ngwa Community

I have not written anything in a while. A lot has been happening in our community that not only shocks but it brings tears to my eyes.

A few year ago we had the "Utu" phenomenon. A self confessed once professed secretary to witches for a fee was sanitizing the community of people who he once claimed to serve with.

He went from village to village and in the process destroyed people who were institutions in their communities. The order of things were now upside down. The youth ran the show and the elders cowered in fear.

People found it acceptable to watch 70 year old men and women receive beatings from young men, based on the accusation of a stranger. People found it acceptable to make people drink their own pee. People found it acceptable to banish people from communities they had lived in all their lives because a stranger came into that community and pointed a finger.

People used this exercise as an excuse to settle scores.

After "Utu" was finished with his exercise, the next plague to visit the Ngwa community was kidnapping for ransom. It started with the kidnapping of people who had relatives abroad, then people who had relatives in Abuja or Lagos. And then it was just anyone that had the means. In Aba, armed robbers ruled the day. The banks for a period shut down, because of insecurity. Transporters would not come to many Ngwa communities after 5pm. Some they skipped all together. The fuel merchants refused to deliver fuel to Aba.

Things came to a climax when some journalists where kidnapped in Aba. There was an uproar in Nigeria. The President weighed in. Mosad was purportedly brought in and in a forth night the kidnappers were found.

That did not bring any comfort to Da Oyidia, who had been kidnapped many times. Mrs. Okubunka who was kidnapped while making funeral arrangements for her late husband. The apparatus of the state was never employed to find them or those that kidnapped them.

Once again those who don't make any noise are ignored.

The new wave in Ngwaland today is the gang rape of Ngwa women. These crazed lunatics go into churches to rape. They go into homes to rape. They go to markets to rape. They number at least 10 when they commit these acts.

Here is an atrocity that happened a few days ago. They broke into the compound of a family and went into the house of a 70 year old woman. They ordered one of her sons to have sex with her. When he refused he was shot dead. They asked another son to have sex with the mother. When he refused the mother begged him to have sex with her so that he not be murdered.

This type of stuff happens in war zones, in occupied countries but never in a democracy.

What has the Governor of Abia state done? Nothing. What has the local government chairman done? Nothing. What has the Nigerian Police force done? They have done something. They have mounted check points where they collect money from motorists. They don't have any investigative apparatus set up to combat the menace of armed robbery, kidnapping or the rapes. But they have their prized check points. What have our Senators done? Ask them when next you see them.

My people the Nigerian Government only responds when shamed.

Spread this story to as many people as possible. I will add it to my twitter page. Share it please. Put it on Facebook, twitter or any other social media you can. I welcome any stories from you about family members that have been kidnapped, raped or any thing you care to share.

We need to maintain a wall of shame till Nigeria treats her citizen right.