Letter To T B Jakes An Igbo Origin

     Letter To Pastor J.B Jakes An Igbo Origin

By Benjamin Ibegbulam (Abia Writers)
Edited by Livingrich Ezeikpe

Sir, TD Jakes. God has blessed you exceedingly, of course with your prayer

accompanied with hard work; you're indeed a great man worth emulating. You have shown to the world that you practice what you preach, a real example of Igbo Biafran, remarkably known for their industry and self-sufficiency.

Sir Jakes, may I remind you that the Igbos or rather Biafrans are about to go extinct as a people inside Nigeria. They are killed every day en masse; the subjugation meted out to them is very much visible. Answering Igbo in Nigeria means a death sentence; the Nigerian State has declared war on men, women and children from your dear Nation Biafra. The dream of every Biafran who've tried to walk up like you did have been scorched with dangerous policies made primarily by the Northern Cabals in charge of Nigeria.

All production companies owned by Biafrans have been permanently shut down including Ibeto Cement, Golden Guinea Brewery, Nkalagu Steel and Mining Company and 10s of others and now the only car manufacturing company in Africa owned by an Igbo Biafran, Innoson Motors is under attack and on the verge of going into extinction through the acts of the Nigerian Government. 

 

Biafrans are special people with one 

Heritage and Commonwealth that 

bounds 

her numerous clans together. They 

have nothing in common with other 

Nations that makeup Nigeria. As an 

educated man, your Profession as a 

Pastor, 

Preacher, Chancellor, and an Actor amongst others has made you dig deep in 

the scriptures and in history; you know as much as I do that no man has the 

power to create a nation except God Almighty. A British Colonialist, Frederic 

Lugard, on 1st January 1914 amalgamated Biafrans, Arewa and Oduduwa 

into one Nation and called it Nigeria which means (a group of people living in a dark area).
Lugard after amalgamating Nigeria gave power to the Arewa- Muslims that 

practice Sharia and made them understand that they're born to rule. In one of 

Lugard's writing, he described the three Nations as “oil and water that do not 

mix'’. Having remorse for the evil he created and the desire to correct it one 

day, he wrote in the documents of the amalgamation that, “All Nations 

Amalgamated To Form Nigeria Have The Right To Go Their Separate Ways 

After A Period Of 100 Years”, which expired on the 1st of January 2013.

Before then there had been quests by various Biafran groups for the Sovereign 

Nation of Biafra, a request that was met with aggression from the Nigerian 

government. Currently, Biafran agitation for a separate Nation from Nigeria, 

anchored by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is again fought against on 

all fronts.  Sir TD Jakes, I would ask you to support IPOB, both verbally, in 

action and demonstration in her quest for freedom from slavery. A call for 

Biafra on a podium or in one of your broadcast would go a long way to 

bringing freedom for the Igbos and Biafrans at large. Your kinsmen need your 

help now more than ever, and they will be so grateful if you could use your 

position and influence to come to their aid.

THE HISTORIC OGU-OHU-MBA :

episode 2:THE FIRST OGU OHU MBA : -

The first OGU-OHU-MBA took place around 16th century. According to the record which I found in my great grandfathers archive, Chief David Ezeoruchalu Ifeakandu, It states that the war came to Nnokwa by sudden { ya bu agha walu ha na ntumadi }. during Onwa Ilo Mmuo: September ending, this is the period of “Onwa Asato” festival, Onwa Asato means the Eighth month acording to Nri calendar, four days after the onwa asato festival which happens to be the biggest celebration of tradition and culture in the entire NRI Clan, the war broke out. Before then, whenever Nnokwa is marking this festival, many towns will be invited because it carries many exhibitions of cultural and traditional activities like 'IGBA MMANWU' masquerade exhibitions and other magical performances. So that year of this great occasion, Nnokwa invited his neighborhood which includes, some towns in IGWULUBE OKOTU CLAN, { Ichida, Adazi Enu, their maternal home, Adazi ani, Obeledu etc } and also Nnewi, Nnobi and Awka etiti. for Nnobi and Awka etiti were the maternal village of Nnaku, Etiti and Ifite, Nnobi is the senior brother of Awka etiti, that was why Awka etiti name from origin was Awka-Nnobi before they quarreled for freedom, and started answering Awka etiti. So these invited towns will come with their own traditional exbition and this festival was normally held at OBI NNOKWA PALACE which was situated then at AGU SILAS, which was Nnokwa land as of then but happens to be AWKA ETITI'S now, after our fight with them which made them push us back to our current boundary now, barely some years after the SECOND OGU-OHU-MBA war in 18th century, when OSIEKE was the Okpala Nnokwa. So as i have said earlier that Nnokwa lived successfully with no town intercepting their existence, of curse everybody was afraid of them from the beginning, down to the 16th century when their fame became so wide that it attracted hatred between him and his brethren UMU-NRI.

They so became envious of him and that prompted a meeting call by AGUKWU the first son of NRI on all the Nri clan without Nnokwa and Oraeri, explaining to them how Nnokwa and Oraeri made away with two strong deities from OBI-NRI, which was supposed to be for the wealth and progress of all the Nri clan. He also explained to them that that OFO which was the instrument of authority was the brain behind Nnokwa's extraordinary success. Then AGUKWU talked them into the agreement on fighting Nnokwa to recover the OFO so that it shall be kept in OBI-NRI for the success of all the NRI DYNASTY. At this, they planned on how to get back the OFO by all means, But quite unfortunate for them they thought that Oraeri and Nnokwa made away with those things when their father NRI died, not knowing that it was rightfully willed to them, and at that, they become the rightful custodian of those DEITIES.

So UMU NRI now conspired and got the attention of ADAZI ENU, Nnokwas mart anal relations and also through them, they got many other warriors from OKOTU clan, and these conspiracy were made by 20 towns together, consisting of the OKOTU'S and NRI'S. These Okotu Brothers or Igwulube Okotu are namely Adazi-Enu, Adazi-Ani, Adazi-Nnukwu, Obeledu, Amichi, Osmenyi, Ogbodi, and Ichida, and also the Igwulube Okotu paternal relations which include, Nebo, Isuofia, Akwaeze, and Neni. Then the Umu Nri who were involved includes AGUKWU, ENUGWU-UKWU, ENUGWUAGIDI, NOFIA, AMOBIA, Together with the UMU IGUEDO who were involved in the war which includes OKUZU, NANDO, and UMULERI.So unknown to Nnokwa during that ONWA-ASATO festival that AGUKWU the first son of NRI has bought over all these people against him, they sent spies against Nnokwa during that festival to search all around Nnokwa to locate exactly where the OFO was kept. So during that festival, those spies had free access and toured around Nnokwa until they discovered that the OFO-ANIGBO in question has its shrine at the OBI NNOKWA, which was the main venue of the festival.............. To be continued.

As compiled by Rev Azubuike Ifeakandu.