Ifeanyi Ubah’s detention by the DSS sparked reaction from Igbos who described it as a witch- hunt against an Igbo man the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. In this opinion by Joe Igbokwe, he points out that Igbos have made it a habit to defend anyone suspected of corruption which other tribes don’t do. The case of Ifeanyi Ubah Just recently the DSS invited a friend of mine and bonafide son of Nnewi, Chief (Dr) Ifeanyi Ubah of Capital Oil & Gas Ltd fame to come and give an account of the whereabouts millions of liters of PMS stored by NNPC on his Tank farms. Since this invitation, I have read some funny write-ups online in defense of the Nnewi Chief and some trying to read ethnic meaning to DSS intervention. READ ALSO: Osinbajo speaks about acting president, coordinating president controversy Now the truth is this: My good friend Chief Ifeanyi Ubah is capable of defending himself and Capital Oil & Gas Ltd. He has formidable structures in place and good lawyers to defend his case. He does not need yahoo, yahoo boys and girls and frustrated political hustlers to defend himself. He does not need internet rats and professional pay-me-I- write-for-you fraudsters. What I have been reading about this drama online is totally uncalled for. It is ridiculous, shameful and at best, clannish. This brigandage did not start today. When Diezani Alison- Madueke was declared wanted by EFCC for fraud in the oil industry, we saw this kind of shameless intervention from people who should know better and those with full doses of Western education. When Stella Oduah was being probed for purchasing armored BMW cars at astronomical prices, some Igbo leaders rose to her defense. They erected billboards in the South-East and celebrated her with a chieftaincy title, Ada Igbo Nile. The impression being created is that prominent Igbo citizens are being persecuted because they are Igbo. I call this persecution complex, leadership complex and defeatist syndrome. It is even annoying that Col. Sambo Dasuki's defense is being done not by his northern brothers but Igbo who are sworn to bland defense of everything PDP. They are the most fanatical mourners of the loss of Jonathan and PDP even when the Ijaws have moved on. NIA boss, Ayo Oke has been facing series of interrogations by the EFCC concerning the Osborne Towers 15 billion naira cash haul and I have not read any Yoruba defending him. Babachir Lawal, the suspended SFG, is being probed for contract scam and yet I have not seen his kinsmen rising in his defense. They allow investigations to go the whole hog. Corruption and ethnicity There are litanies of such trials of corrupt people of all ethnicities and tribes going on everywhere in Nigeria, but it is only Igbo who defend their fellow tribesmen implicated in scandals. Yet this was not always the case for Igbo. Indeed, Ala Igbo is noted as a land where our ancestors and forefathers abhorred evil and treated corruption with unambiguous disapproval from even pre-colonial times. What is wrong with present- day Igbo? What we see today is not our tradition. It is not our culture. Let nobody rewrite our history, our culture, and our tradition of eziokwu bu ndu (truth is life). READ ALSO: Nigeria should break if Osinbajo cannot be acting president - Fani- Kayode We see this funny re- occurring decimal more in the South-East and South-South and it is becoming a national embarrassment. It must stop. I am told that stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but believing in lies. Igbo are a very hard- working, proud and successful tribe, but we need to come down from a 30,000- foot building to make sense to other Nigerians. We need to stop this aberration that is demeaning and ridiculing Igbo in Nigeria today. We need to caution ourselves before we become objects of ridicule of ribaldry of other Nigerians, as is dangerously becoming the fad in the country today.

Igbos should stop embarassing the rest of us.

The Sule Lamidos, Dantatas, Dangotes, Landlord of Lagos, Ibori them, Danjumas of this world, IBB, Abacha dem that still millions of supporters are all Igbos.

Why would they use DSS to arrest someone over a commercial dispute, and why are NNPC still owing the guy 15B naira, and he has told them severally to come so they can balance the sheet, NNPC refused to come.
The harassment with AMCON how did it end?

Infact nigguh
Go do one.. go f urself.


Nna mehn, ihe eji abu onye Igbo erika nwanne. Igbo ji nku.

My friend just keep quite there,Yorubas have elevated a notorious thief and drug pusher to the position of Are Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land in the person of The Jagaban who have stole the whole of Lagos state.

Agumbaa:
The Sule Lamidos, Dantatas, Dangotes, Landlord of Lagos, Ibori them, Danjumas of this world, IBB, Abacha dem that still millions of supporters are all Igbos.

Why would they use DSS to arrest someone over a commercial dispute, and why are NNPC still owing the guy 15B naira, and he has told them severally to come so they can balance the sheet, NNPC refused to come.
The harassment with AMCON how did it end?

Infact nigguh
Go do one.. go f urself.


Nna mehn, ihe eji abu onye Igbo erika nwanne. Igbo ji nku.

Igbo spotted.

I am not fighuing any tribal war with the above guys 6o, wait till Afonjas arrive here. I am a 2onfirm Niger Deltan.

Ikpewe:
Igbo spotted.

F u bro.

Every day, Igbos this, Igbos that.
Be like Igbos de torment una 4 dream.
Maryam Abacha recently went to Borno to commission state govt projects,as a saint and role model ba?
Thiefnuubu,IBB,Abdulsalam,Abba Kyari etc are saints and also Igbos ba?
Is there any thief alive greater than Obj,yet d aboki driver and Afonja conductor looting coalition will never investigate talk more of prosecuting him,yet U are asking why Igbos protect their own.
Get sense small,op.

Ikpewe:
I am not fighuing any tribal war with the above guys 6o, wait till Afonjas arrive here. I am a 2onfirm Niger Deltan.

Learn to pick your fights, just a lil advice, cus you guys ain't no better mr Niger Delta, I am not gonna pick issues with you, in as much as we try to placate and extend brotherly gestures across board, let that not fool you, cus if what happened before us, that makes every d1ck and tom to be having a go at us should happen again, nigguh I wanna let you know I will draw a comprehensive map and hand it over to invaders, because the soul that sins shall die for it. I ain't gonna die and get humiliated for many years unto brotherly love, I no fit carry that one join body.

Agumbaa:


F u bro.

i take your f as a thank you for regconising and accomodating you bruh.

Yonminri will support any corrupt leader, Ibo or not.

Ikpewe:
Igbos should stop embarassing the rest of us.

Stop embarrassing urself with this ur amala n ewedu brain.Igbo's should kill there bros so that dangote and tinubu will be saints. Spit on you

Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/3789563/please-stop-embarrassing-igbo-joe

Let him come to Nnewi and talk and stop talking from anus

Igbo pple n their Wahala don be like Pastor Suleiman n Otobo matter.

paramakina202:
My friend just keep quite there,Yorubas have elevated a notorious thief and drug pusher to the position of Are Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land in the person of The Jagaban who have stole the whole of Lagos state.

You dey mind them. I never seen a tribe more hypocritical than those things that harbors in the land of waste

Joke igbokwe that is sucking tinubu's horsey long prickk.. He should tell us how saintly, fashola and tinubu are, how about buhari, obj?

April 5th 2016..
TheAll Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe has said that calls for the reopening of itsNational Leader,Bola Tinubu’s case before theCode of Conduct

Ikpewe:
Igbos should stop embarassing the rest of us.

Who the fvck are the rest of you? Is there any politician in Nigeria that's not corrupt? To stop supporting corrupt politicians means you quit politics and quit voting. Every Nigerian that's interested in politics supports corrupt politicians, knowingly or unknowingly so leave Igbos. The way you folks reason sometimes disgust me.

Agumbaa:
The Sule Lamidos, Dantatas, Dangotes, Landlord of Lagos, Ibori them, Danjumas of this world, IBB, Abacha dem that still millions of supporters are all Igbos.

Why would they use DSS to arrest someone over a commercial dispute, and why are NNPC still owing the guy 15B naira, and he has told them severally to come so they can balance the sheet, NNPC refused to come.
The harassment with AMCON how did it end?

Infact nigguh
Go do one.. go f urself.


Nna mehn, ihe eji abu onye Igbo erika nwanne. Igbo ji nku.

Commercial dispute? Jesus!! Are you for real? Something was stored in his tank farm, he sold it off without government approval and you tag it "commercial dispute"?

And even if it is merely a commercial, of which it is not, why can't Uba be allowed to defend himself? I guess the Diezani one is also a commercial dispute? Olisa Metuh one as well?

Face the truth, it doesn't kill, you igbos ( not all of you it must be said) enjoy defending corruption these days mainly because of the "I am victimized" mentality and nothing more.

Lol....

Don't mind the Igbo's.... I have told them to atop supporting these men....

Tinubu
Obasanjo
Dantata
Buhari
Kashamu(drug pusher)
Maryam Abacha.... buh dey won't listen....

Ikpewe:
I am not fighuing any tribal war with the above guys 6o, wait till Afonjas arrive here. I am a 2onfirm Niger Deltan.

you are insane, the whole knows tinubu is corrupt but yorubas respect him

Kondomatic:
Who the fvck are the rest of you? Is there any politician in Nigeria that's not corrupt? To stop supporting corrupt politicians means you quit politics and quit voting. Every Nigerian that's interested in politics supports corrupt politicians, knowingly or unknowingly so leave Igbos. The way you folks reason sometimes disgust me.

This is cheap and petty. You just deliberately do not want to face the fact.

We all know 99% of politicians the world over are actually polithievians but why is it that when news breaks that a certain person is being prosecuted, you lot go on defending him calling it witchhunt. It is shameful.

I can recall how you lot were defending Olisa Metuh who ended up refunding the government. Koro also refunded money as well. You honestly believe these people do not know the monies they were accepting was proceeds of fraud?

Do you honestly believe Mama peace the English teacher actually got a gift of $15m from her dead mother? Were you lot not shamelessly defending her just a while back?

legislatively:
you are insane, the whole knows tinubu is corrupt but yorubas respect him

Yorubas respect him not for his corruption. You will never see Yorubas taking placards and protesting his prosecution or did you see it happen when the code of conduct bureau was trying him back during Yar'adua or is it OBJ's regime?

Stop spewing trash. The tank farm belongs to Capital Oil - a fully incorporated legal entity. The tank farm does not belong to Ifeanyi Uba.

So if the company gets involved in shady deals, then, sue it. That's why companies are called legal entities. And that's why ONLY fully registered companies are allowed to do certain businesses.

Fact is, Ifeanyi Uba's arrest was nothing but a pure act of intimidation. And the stupid "Yorubakwe" who wrote that dumb article is nothing but a mental imbec.ile.

abescom:

Commercial dispute? Jesus!! Are you for real? Something was stored in his tank farm, he sold it off without government approval and you tag it "commercial dispute"?

And even if it is merely a commercial, of which it is not, why can't Uba be allowed to defend himself? I guess the Diezani one is also a commercial dispute? Olisa Metuh one as well?

Face the truth, it doesn't kill, you igbos ( not all of you it must be said) enjoy defending corruption these days mainly because of the "I am victimized" mentality and nothing more.

abescom:


This is cheap and petty. You just deliberately do not want to face the fact.

We all know 99% of politicians the world over are actually polithievians but why is it that when news breaks that a certain person is being prosecuted, you lot go on defending him calling it witchhunt. It is shameful.

I can recall how you lot were defending Olisa Metuh who ended up refunding the government. Koro also refunded money as well. You honestly believe these people do not know the monies they were accepting was proceeds of fraud?

Do you honestly believe Mama peace the English teacher actually got a gift of $15m from her dead mother? Were you lot not shamelessly defending her just a while back?

Explain to us what yoruba did when the news of the millions fashola spent on the website?

I'll be waiting to shut your mouth up and how your people defended him with multiple quotations from una hypocritics on the forum.

In addition to una hypocritical defense on Tinubu when called out for the thief he is.

I'll be waiting on the answer

abescom:


Yorubas respect him not for his corruption. You will never see Yorubas taking placards and protesting his prosecution or did you see it happen when the code of conduct bureau was trying him back during Yar'adua or is it OBJ's regime?

yes, people carried placard in support of tinubu, are you in Nigeria at all?

Either ways, yorubas see tinubu as a god, its way more than carrying placard on his behalf, and the dude is corrupt.

This one think sey e get sense. Federal Govt. na your mate wey you go tell to come.

Agumbaa:
The Sule Lamidos, Dantatas, Dangotes, Landlord of Lagos, Ibori them, Danjumas of this world, IBB, Abacha dem that still millions of supporters are all Igbos.

Why would they use DSS to arrest someone over a commercial dispute, and why are NNPC still owing the guy 15B naira, and he has told them severally to come so they can balance the sheet, NNPC refused to come.
The harassment with AMCON how did it end?

Infact nigguh
Go do one.. go f urself.


Nna mehn, ihe eji abu onye Igbo erika nwanne. Igbo ji nku.

abescom:


Yorubas respect him not for his corruption.

This people are truly the double mouted snakes they are known for.

Never see this level of disgracefulNess

Tufiakwa

Ikpewe:
Igbo spotted.

Afonja go chop
You are hungry