In Ovim community in Abia State Nigeria, during Nkwo days when elders gather to discuss the affairs of the community, there is always one unmistaken statement that follows all libations: “aka ojoo gara na-nnu agwo gbakwaya” [literally, any bad hand that enters into the warren, may the snake bite him]. Simply, the elders are saying anyone who wants to commit evil to find success, may he/she meet obstacles and destructions. They do not stop there.
When a person causes trouble, the Ojengwa (women who act like police and enforce local ordinance) will go out to issue warnings. If the person does not change, they call the youth to warn his parents. If the parents cannot help, the person will then be excommunicated. That excommunication means taking the person to Nkwo – the highest deity in Ovim – and asking Nkwo that this person does not belong anymore. Any person who goes through that is basically done for life – totally worthless. Most after that experience will never return to Ovim; they are lost forever.
Every parent will tell his or her child, do not allow this community to cook for you because you cannot finish eating their food. Why this traditional vibe? America is cooking for former US President Donald Trump:
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“The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there, three people familiar with the situation told CNN.
The former President confirmed that FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago and said “they even broke into my safe.” He was at Trump Tower in New York when the search warrant was executed in Florida, a person familiar told CNN.
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a statement Monday evening.”
This is unprecedented for a former US President. They could have subpoenaed the document. But for them to use raids, the implication is that a judge had to be convinced that a crime was possibly committed for him or her to approve the warrant.
People, great societies work that way: when one person cooks for a village, be assured that the village can finish your meal. But the issue is making sure the village does not cook for you because you have no chance. Trump cannot afford for America to cook for him because he has no chance.
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But the FBI have been raiding people’s homes? The only new development here is that this time it’s that of a former president.
The man Trump wants to run for president again in 2024, and if you don’t stop him, he could become president again.
Don’t raise your hopes high for now, it’s just the usual Washington drama. Bob Mueller investigated for almost two years, and it ended up being that the very people shouting Russia and collusion even had more to do with the stuff than the accused person, magically, everyone went silent on that one.
Republicans are still talking about Hunter Biden and laptop, while Democrats have January 6 and now Trump home raid to run with. It’s Washington, you rarely get many truths there, just hot air and beautiful narratives.
Game on…