Spokesman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chuks Ibegbu, has asked courts in the country to consider using traditional African oaths to administer
justice as a means of curbing corruption.
According to him, “people fear African gods but they hardly fear or respect western or Arabic gods nor God Almighty .If oaths are administered with African gods, nobody will steal public funds again or lie on oath. African gods will strike corrupt people immediately. Ogun, Amadioha, Alaogbaga and others react immediately so nobody will like to offend them.
“President Buhari should fight corruption with African oaths. Let all the politicians EFCC has put under trial be administered traditional oath and you will see corruption disappear. We must find Nigerian and African solution to Nigeria’s and Africa’s problems no matter how queer it appears else corruption in high and low places will continue.”
Ibegbu insisted that its Igbo turn to produce Nigeria president after the North noting that “it will be the height of man’s inhumanity to man for anybody to think or act otherwise when the time comes.”
Ibegbu advised anybody from any other zone aspiring to contest the 2023 presidency to think twice in the interest of the nation.
He also asked Ndigbo to start building bridges and begin to shop for possible aspirants to also start networking.
The Ohanaeze spokesman advised the 9th NASS to serve the people and not their pockets as it had been in the past. He noted that “the cost of maintaining our NASS is outrageous and the highest in the world.”
He suggested part time legislature for the country noting that “we cannot be headquarters of poverty in the world and maintain such expensive legislature.”
Ibegbu asked Igbos to participate fully in the forthcoming World Igbo Security and Peace Summit to address insecurity challenges in Nigeria and Igbo land, urging other zones in the country to organise similar summit.
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