My gut reaction, to the articles, about alleged stolen Nigerian Billions by Diezani Alison-Madueke, was that of anger. Anger at Diezani for being a disgrace to the community she came from, a disgrace to her Local Government area, a disgrace to her State, a disgrace to Nigeria, a disgrace to Womanhood and finally, a disgrace to Motherhood.
After my initial anger subsides, I started to think rationally.
No! Diezani does not fall into Nigeria from the Skies, No! We gave Birth to her, yes! We nurture her from infancy into Womanhood. She married amongst us. She married one of us.
Her husband, Admiral Allison Madueke (retired), one-time Chief of Naval Staff who was at various times governor of Imo and Anambra States, during, her ministerial posting. One cannot but conclude that, her husband was privy, to her financial shenanigans. He must have encouraged her, urging her on, giving her the boldness she needed, in her blatant disrespect for the Nigerian Nationhood.
Probably, he and his “Boys” help her design new ways of perfecting the art of Kleptomania. Probably one of his “Boys” suggested to him that if she gets the Nationality of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Islands. She can escape the “Short” arm of the Nigerian Law. Because, Nigeria has no extradition Treaty, with the Dominican Republic. So, her Spouse is as guilty as she is.
Her Community saw, her extra ordinary change of fortune after she became a Minister, instead of raising an eyebrow, they were happy that, it is one of their daughters that was able to steal Government money and dole out some peanuts to them whenever she visited home. Her Community is as guilty as Diezani.
Her State Governor and Legislators, who were in a position; to know the Salary of a Federal Minister. Knew of her private jet landings at the State Capital airport, and the large entourage that follows her, but, they say nothing, they were inwardly happy that one of their girls is bleeding Nigeria dry. But secretly jealous of her thieving Position, Dreaming that one day, their own chance will come to become, a Minister. Then they too, will “Chop Bellyful”. So therefore, the whole of her State is guilty as she was charged.
Our President and the Presidency, under whom she served as a minister, the Nigerian Senate, the Nigerian House of Representatives, the Inspector General of Police, the Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the entire Judiciary of the Federal Republic and finally, all Nigerians of a voting age, home or abroad, we all, are aware of her extravagant lifestyle, we all knew of her children living the Jet set lifestyle, we all knew of our top musicians playing at the birthday parties of her children, we all knew of their private jet trips overseas.
We all kept quiet, we say nothing. Instead we envied their Debauched and Decadent Lifestyle. Praying to God; in ignorance, that, He should, bless us with money and Power as He did the Maduekes. No! That type of money is not of God. (Topic for another day).
Diezani will go to trial in London again, as she stands before the Crown, accused; all the above mentioned people stand accused with her, in fact, every Nigerian of a voting age, will stand as an Accused person with her in the dock. Because, we all kept Silent. We are all an Accomplice to Theft. Because, the only thing needed for the Triumph of Evil is for Good Men to do Nothing.
PART 2
After the initial anger, referred to; at the beginning of this write up. I felt a sincere sorrow for Diezani. All said and done, she still remains my sister, a daughter from same womb of my Motherland, Nigeria, a Granddaughter of the Grand Mother of all Mankind, Mother Africa.
It does not have to be like this, for her, to learn to obey the Ten Commandments. She was brought up with it, from her Sunday School Days, in her youth. She was taught;
- Thou Shall not Steal – She has Stolen, Diabolically at that!!!
- Love thy Neighbor as Thyself – She does Not Love Her Neighbors as Herself, In Fact; she demoniacally Loved herself at the Expense of 170 Millions of her Neighbors!!!
- Thou shall not have Another God beside the Lord thy God – She had another God apart from the Lord!!! Pound Sterling and the Dollar became her God and she satanically worshipped them!!!
It does not have to take the insidious Cancer and International Humiliation for her to understand the ephemeral essence of Life.
She supposes to have known, she was brought up with the Bible. She knew the story of King Solomon who is far richer than our own modern day Dangote, the Richest Black Man on Earth today. If you do not believe me, let Dangote try having 300 wives and 700 Concubines.
The Famous King Solomon with his Wisdom, his Wealth, his Wives, his Concubines and his highest level of Enjoyment in Life. At the end of it all, concluded that “All is Vanity and a Striving after the Winds”.
I am very sure that, this High level of awakening is what my Nigerian Sister Diezani is going through right now.
I hope that by some Divine intervention her Cancer will be Miraculously Healed, if God willing; that happens, she will become a better human being, because she has stared death in the eye and survived. She will become a wise person.
I always argue with my friends that King Solomon’s wisdom came from pain. The burden of carrying so much wealth, the realization of time running out, the image of a tomb as his final bedchamber. That made him to realize the frivolous nature of Life.
I am very sure that, Diezani will give back every penny she ever stole from Nigeria, to get back, her healthy self and enjoy life once again; actually, if she does that honestly, she will have her health back in full. There are Laws in the Universe.
I hope that all those, V.I.Ps (Vagabonds In Power) in Abuja, that are collecting N9 Billion Clownish Costume Allowance from our treasury every year. Would embraces wisdom and abhor, their lawless and inglorious ways.
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“I start to imagine what a normal human being would ever need 13 Billion British Pounds that’s 27 trillions of Naira for in this limited world, which if divided according to the equivocal population of Nigerians 170,000,000 people each person will get over N158 millions.
I wonder if former President GEJ could imagine that only one out of his ex-Ministers could steal such a stupendous amount under his administration without his knowledge. Wonders shall never end! In reference to the CNN report that the former Minister has made a refund of $90B already, how much is Dangote worth? As at today Dangote is worth $14.7B and the 67th in the world while Bill Gates was the 2nd with $ 79.2 on the Forbes list. Diezani is simply a wonder. Old pensioners are dying of hunger daily, Insurgency is consuming lives of innocent Nigerians, workers are no longer getting their salaries as at when due, Government can no longer build infrastructures, road all over the country are in complete bad shape and only one woman got away with this kind of money. Nigeria is a wonder, while Diezani is a SHAME to PDP government”.
This article and content first appeared on Sunday Ogunyemi’s blog Sunday on Monday and published with written permission to Africa-Online.com
