An Igbo proverb said "ụra amara otu onye Ovoko bụ ndi Ovoko nile ka amara ya bụ ụra". It is translated thus "A slap against an Ovoko person is a slap against all Ovoko people". One may ask why I remembered this ancient proverb today. The continuous illegal detention of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu De Great even after a court order on 17 December 2015 for his unconditional release and continuous silence or the support of Igbo leaders to President Muhammadu Buhari in continuing detaining of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu necessitated my use of the proverb.
