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The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Chief Joe Igbokwe, has urged the Igbo to stop celebrating corruption. He also warned his kinsmen not to encourage terrorism by their utterances.

Igbokwe said this in an article while reacting to the removal of a former Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah; and a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd.), who are both of Igbo extraction.

Oduah, before her removal, was accused of corruption while Ihejirika was accused of sponsoring terrorism. The Igbo community has, however, defended both Oduah and Ihejirika, describing their travails as an attempt to discredit Ndigbo.

However, Igbokwe urged the Igbo to desist from such habits as it was a retrogressive way of thinking.

He said, Mrs. Stella Oduah was removed as a Minister of Aviation for issues bordering on corruption. She was accused of financial recklessness. When the lid was blown open, our people went to town to defend her. All Igbo organisations went to town with the chorus LEAVE STELLA ODUAH ALONE.

The shouts came from our people all over the world and it was loud enough and at best, deafening. When Oduah was eventually eased out by the Presidency, one thought our people would learn the lesson but not Igbo. Our leaders went to town with a project to honour her and others with awards in Lagos.

In preparation for the ceremony, one of the leaders spoke to the press. Hear him we are honouring our own Mrs. Stella Oduah to show the world that even when Nigeria mocks our brightest and best for doing a good job at the aviation industry, we must tell the world that we love and celebrate our own. She was given an instant title of Ada Igbo. As I write this, billboards are at strategic locations in Igboland, celebrating her as ADA IGBO.

Igbokwe said it was disheartening that the Igbo were fast becoming ethically compromised as thieves were being celebrated in the South-East.

He said by supporting Oduah, who allegedly spent over N200m of public funds on acquiring two cars, the Igbo were belittling themselves before other tribes in the country.

When Professor Grace Grange (a former Minister of Health), Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, were removed for corruption, did the Yoruba resort to this kind of blackmail?

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