Yesterday gunmen stormed into a Catholic church in
Ozubulu and gunned down members of the congregation who were attending Sunday
mass. As the drama unfolded and social media was agog with gory pictures, the
rumour mills started grinding and the blame was immediately directed at all
sorts of terrorist groups. As the day progressed, however, the truth filtered
through and it was revealed that the source of this massacre was an enemy
within otherwise known as Greed.
It is said that innocent people lost their lives in
the incident but let us ask ourselves, is anyone really innocent in this? Can
any of us claim to be innocent? Are we really surprised that this incident
occurred? Have we not been courting this enemy for several years now in
Igboland? Is it something that started today?
According to reports corroborated by the governor of
Anambra state, the incident was the outcome of a drugs war between two drug
barons from Ozubulu who were fighting over a debt arising from a drugs deal.
Having gone to the house of one of the barons known as “Bishop” and not finding
him home, the gunmen proceeded to the church to seek him out and kill him. They
marched into the church, saw his father and opened fire killing everyone who
was in the way. What gave them the impetus to march into the church premises
with their guns and open fire on ‘holy grounds’, committing an act that is a
total abomination? They clearly did not recognize the holiness of the premises
after all they were aware that the church was built from the proceeds of crime
and drug sales. As far as they were concerned, they were home!
