When ego goes beyond reason

Cheta Nwanze
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

This story was just sent to me via WhatsApp. It contains a video of a woman, mother of eleven children, Nwada Chukwudi.

She made some serious allegations. According to her, she was involved in the Anambra State Traffic Agency, but, crucially, her salary was cut short for no reason. Frustrated, she turned to Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB.

Does anyone remember the story of the boy that I told here?

I am extremely disappointed that President Buhari’s return last week has heralded what seems to be the beginning of a crackdown on IPOB. I am disappointed because it is clear that Nigeria, as personified by the President, is refusing to look at the root causes of IPOB’s growing popularity.

There are many of us, who have warned, over and over, that the growing popularity of IPOB, and other movements that are not so “notorious”, and we have them all over Nigeria, has its roots in distinctly economic issues. Consistently trying to play hardball over issues that can be sorted with a bit of sense, is daft, to put it mildly.

We are creating a problem that we will be unable to fix. All because of ego.

Alea iacta est.

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