nutty_hnic:

I can not believe that as educated as you sound you identify someone of the same nationality as you are "A RACE".
Until you liberate yourself from such thoughts and ideas and you begin to see everyone else as you, and yourself as everone else, and you show unconditional love to whoever it might be whilst doing the same to other nationalities too, you will never be able to connect to your multi dimensional self..YOU will still be lost...as every other educated African who still searches for the truth, not realising the solution to Africas problem is LOVE. Unconditional love.

manny4life:

I wanted to reply you, then again, your antecedent - ranting - is well known on NL. I have nothing to tell you. Read my last sentence, then come back again,

omonnakoda: Even if you steal a brain we are not coevals. The bastard shoul rot in hell

boarnerges:

haba people, make we no fight, make we join hand make nigeria better, no matter waht the crime, we share the same nationality and at least the best we can give him is solidarity. He might be innocent and could happen to any one. May we never fall into the hands of evil men.

0monnakoda: Yes it's a shame we share a country with these animals who lack any humanity in them and are prepared to do anything for money. They are lower than lice

nutty_hnic:

Nobody sells Gala or does a gateman job and is GENUINELY happy with it.
Thoes are terrible jobs that are symptoms of a decayed society..very soon, their attitude would flick, and it wouldnt be long, they ll result into CRIME.

Lilimax: Ikechukwu and Onyekachi ?

My mouth...

rudedough: [size=14pt][center]WHY IGBOS ARE EASILY ATTRACTED TO CRIME[/center][/size]

[b]An average Igbo man is brought up to be aware of his responsibilities. He is expected to adopt a ‘take charge’ attitude to life and so from childhood he learns as a boy to go out and take risks, get in fights, know his territories, protect it and every other person on it.

Every Igbo man needs no foreign interpretation to know that money is a must have to be recognized in your kindred. The more reason why at a very tender age, some unfortunate parents send their child out to their brother in-law in Lagos to learn trade. Reason not because they don't like their child, but because they want him to have a better life and be respected/recognized in his society.

Our culture does not tolerate poverty. In the eyes of our elders, poverty is seen as a sign of weakness or laziness. This misconception has driven our men to become extremists. Our elders/fathers also do not help matters at all, they like to compete among themselves, not in their child’s intellectual or academic qualifications but over whose child is the richest or drive the most expensive car or built the most luxurious house in the village.

These classification based on how much wealth you have acquired has successfully driven gullible youths into undertaking extreme crimes like this one. Every December, during annual village meeting, when Igbo youths gather in the village from various parts of the world, the talk of who brought back the best cars and who has built the most luxurious house in the village becomes the order of the day. Even some not-yet-wealthy youths travel all the way to the village just to see for themselves what their peers have achieved. This experience psychologically further drive their extremism to greater height.

In this village meeting, poor men (no matter what your academic qualifications are) are made to sit at the back, while "real men" (educated or not) give speech. And when an educated man tries to convey a message, they hurl all kinds of insult at him like "Sit down there, are we discussing grammar here? Is certificate the name of a currency". My Igbo brothers can testify to this.

Now comes when an Igbo man needs to take a wife, the process and money involved can cripple a multi-national company if care is not taken to recuperate the losses within a certain period of time. Most of my tribesmen never made it back to their feet after their marriage. The truth is, the bride's parents (Most of them) do not care about how their daughter lives with her husband after their marriage. And when they start having kids, the problem escalates and it cripples the business totally, leaving most men to start all over again. Most of our men blame their predicament on some mysterious witchcraft or wizard in the village and the pressure is passed unto one child to another, so the virtuous circle continues.

I don't want to get start-ish on the burial rights. These old men don't care if you are financially stable or not, their brother is dead and he must be buried ASAP. The burial is not the problem here, but having to deal with all sorts of committee telling you their individual rights. One group may demand for 1 cow, 10 tubers of yam, drinks and all sorts of items, another group may ask for something else, believe me, these groups are almost endless. Most Igbo men become indebted after losing their parent, and they sometimes never recover from that financial crisis.

If only my tribesmen could be educated on the danger our tradition possess, we would work to abolish those wrecking customs of ours. I can go on and on and on but maybe my tribesmen could shed some light to what i just said. I am only a youth, maybe i don't know anything, and maybe I’m being too emotional. I would appreciate if someone old enough could enlighten me on our core customs and traditional values.

Igbos are good people, I won’t blame our youths for the crimes they choose to undertake; I’ll blame our elders for putting those stipe traditional customs upon their children.[/b]

0monnakoda: Yes it's a shame we share a country with these animals who lack any humanity in them and are prepared to do anything for money. They are lower than lice

rudedough: [size=14pt][center]WHY IGBOS ARE EASILY ATTRACTED TO CRIME[/center][/size]

[b]An average Igbo man is brought up to be aware of his responsibilities. He is expected to adopt a ‘take charge’ attitude to life and so from childhood he learns as a boy to go out and take risks, get in fights, know his territories, protect it and every other person on it.

Every Igbo man needs no foreign interpretation to know that money is a must have to be recognized in your kindred. The more reason why at a very tender age, some unfortunate parents send their child out to their brother in-law in Lagos to learn trade. Reason not because they don't like their child, but because they want him to have a better life and be respected/recognized in his society.

Our culture does not tolerate poverty. In the eyes of our elders, poverty is seen as a sign of weakness or laziness. This misconception has driven our men to become extremists. Our elders/fathers also do not help matters at all, they like to compete among themselves, not in their child’s intellectual or academic qualifications but over whose child is the richest or drive the most expensive car or built the most luxurious house in the village.

These classification based on how much wealth you have acquired has successfully driven gullible youths into undertaking extreme crimes like this one. Every December, during annual village meeting, when Igbo youths gather in the village from various parts of the world, the talk of who brought back the best cars and who has built the most luxurious house in the village becomes the order of the day. Even some not-yet-wealthy youths travel all the way to the village just to see for themselves what their peers have achieved. This experience psychologically further drive their extremism to greater height.

In this village meeting, poor men (no matter what your academic qualifications are) are made to sit at the back, while "real men" (educated or not) give speech. And when an educated man tries to convey a message, they hurl all kinds of insult at him like "Sit down there, are we discussing grammar here? Is certificate the name of a currency". My Igbo brothers can testify to this.

Now comes when an Igbo man needs to take a wife, the process and money involved can cripple a multi-national company if care is not taken to recuperate the losses within a certain period of time. Most of my tribesmen never made it back to their feet after their marriage. The truth is, the bride's parents (Most of them) do not care about how their daughter lives with her husband after their marriage. And when they start having kids, the problem escalates and it cripples the business totally, leaving most men to start all over again. Most of our men blame their predicament on some mysterious witchcraft or wizard in the village and the pressure is passed unto one child to another, so the virtuous circle continues.

I don't want to get start-ish on the burial rights. These old men don't care if you are financially stable or not, their brother is dead and he must be buried ASAP. The burial is not the problem here, but having to deal with all sorts of committee telling you their individual rights. One group may demand for 1 cow, 10 tubers of yam, drinks and all sorts of items, another group may ask for something else, believe me, these groups are almost endless. Most Igbo men become indebted after losing their parent, and they sometimes never recover from that financial crisis.

If only my tribesmen could be educated on the danger our tradition possess, we would work to abolish those wrecking customs of ours. I can go on and on and on but maybe my tribesmen could shed some light to what i just said. I am only a youth, maybe i don't know anything, and maybe I’m being too emotional. I would appreciate if someone old enough could enlighten me on our core customs and traditional values.

Igbos are good people, I won’t blame our youths for the crimes they choose to undertake; I’ll blame our elders for putting those stipe traditional customs upon their children.[/b]

Ammanda :
hug a wet transformer. Oh sorry, there's no light. Jump into lagoon. Animanu

0monnakoda:

Nonsense. Does he get into more fights than the Fulani herdsman? Who knows that host communities hates him. His closest relative the Hausa probably resents him the most. He has to fight man and nature daily to bring his cows home complete and alive ,daily. Does he OWN the cows he fights so desperately to protect. No maybe one or two . The reality is life is grim and hard for EVERYONE in this godforsaken land of ours but I have not heard of the Fulani or the Efik or the Idoma or the Nupe arrested in Malaysia or Vietnam. No! the truth is these folk have a false sense of superiority mixed with a deep feeling of inferiority which they seek to hide with money and loud ostentatious display. Why do they seek money so desperately is it for development? No!! A BIG NO rather it is for ostentatious display. To oppress and to intimidate and then to belittle others .Tell yourselves the truth !!! We are not mocked

rudedough:

It's a biased article from my own perspective. Did you read the article at all? Your agitation was completely unnecessary and your reply doesn't correlate with the entire article but only the 1st paragraph. Take some chill pills bro

0monnakoda: go and wash ya yansh before ya next customer

0monnakoda: that is your opinion. Those of us who travel to several countries are fed up of this stigma of these jokers. There is nothing in that article that is peculiar to any group in the South of Nigeria. But some people have no scruples that is the reality. any get away with it and then come out and tell other honest Nigerians how lazy and stupid they are . Do you believe these drugs are not being sold in Nigeria today?

Ammanda :
u must be loving this trade of ur sisters, huh. Oh I forgot that's how they raised money to send u to almajiri school.

rudedough:

Easy bro, i don't live in Nigeria either but i am from Igbo descent. You're sounding like we've been quarreling for days. I am not a tribalist, check my comments on NL. If you have problems with Igbos, please deal with whoever toppled your emotion but don't transfer your aggression on someone who haven't caused you any harm. All i did was voiced my opinion and I would have loved to engage NLDers in a more civil discussion but in your mood right now, i'll pass.

Thanks anyway.

0monnakoda: Guy quit with the emotional routine. I am not interested in your biography or where you live. In fact I am not interested in you.
What we are all doing is voicing our opinions. If you are not comfortable with mine just NAFF OFF! Don't come here trying to tell me that some people have a good reason or mitigation for trafficking drugs other than greed and ambition. Themain question is this . Does this person know there is a death penalty for his action? I have no doubt he does. He took a gamble and should pay the consequences. They should make a video of the execution and send it to Nigeria

boarnerges:



no vex o.. This one that you and omonnakoda are exchanging verbal arsenal like this; this looks like love o..

rudedough:

I'm surprised at your attitude in a public forum, I've seen that you cannot engage in a cordial discussion without your tribalistic bigotry. If you had read the article in the first place, you would have seen this part "If only my tribesmen could be educated on the danger our tradition possess, we would work to abolish those wrecking customs of ours." I never encouraged crime among Igbos or talked about the OP. Even the title said, "why Igbos are easily attracted to crime". Well, now that you've made yourself known, i'll try as much to avoid you and please do avoid me too.

Thanks

rudedough:

It's a biased article from my own perspective. Did you read the article at all? Your agitation was completely unnecessary and your reply doesn't correlate with the entire article but only the 1st paragraph. Take some chill pills bro

0monnakoda:
You are daft and mannerless. Rather than whining like a B!tch try and take some RESPONSIBILTY. We inhabit a world of our creation. Everything you get from me is a reflection of what you give.

If you are talking to your father will you say he is agitated. Is that a cordial way to carry a CORDIAL CONVERSATION. you no well??

rudedough:

You know what they say about personality? Your attitude reflects your personality. I have just checked your comments on NL and not a topic passed without you engaging someone in a tribal war. If you think i'm going to descend low to your level so you can beat me with experience, you really haven't met someone with a high tolerance for tribalist like you.

I don't live in Nigeria, i'm mixed race so you cannot play the racial card with me. Talking about "father", you mean you're older right. I see the maturity in your personality and even your kids will one day (If they are not reading it already) read your posts on NL and see how much of a parent you are.

At my level of education, i should be having a discussion with more friendly and civilized people, not with some tribalistic bigots like yourself. You sir, must be fun at parties. Now you can crawl back to your cave or wherever you live and enjoy your bitter life. I'm done talking with you.

emma_best2000: Bros it is impossible , But let hope that things may change . All Asians are very wicked