Nkerehi renamed Umuchukwu by Maduka ....Breaking 16 storey Hospital opens in Anambara

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Eziokwu ka ọbụ!

Eziokwu anaghị agba ụka.

Eziokwu bụ ndụ.

Eziokwu na akwụ ọtọ.

Madụka chere na Ọ patala ụkwa n’osisi ụkpaka,kpọm kwem!

Ikuku kuta okufere.

Madụka n’Nkerehi mere ike ya Ọ la n’ụlọ ya ga zue ike.

Madụka agaghị ebu ala Nkerehi n’isi la Sokoto,HO! HA!

Olo!

Mbakwa!

Anaghị ebu ala ebu,HO! HA!

Madụka ghọta nkea, na Ị pụghị iburu ala Nkerehi n’isi,kpọm kwem!

Nwanna/Ọgọ:

Chịnchị sị ụmụ ya dere jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii na ife dị ọkụ ga emesịa jụọ oyi. Ndị Igbo sikwa na nwata ebughi ebu choba ihe mere nna ya, ihe mere nnaya emeya. Ndi Igbo sị kwa na afụ ma ekwughị na egbu okenye. Papa Ezeana kwuru na judge nka kpecha, ọna, judge ọzọ abịa. Echi dị ime.

Ihe ọsọrọ gị ịkpọ Nkerehi, Nkerehi bụ Nkerehi ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ndị kparịrị nna gị na ohu ahọ gara aga, ha ọga akparị nna gị tata? Mba. Tata bụ Dr. Madụka na ego ya. Echi di ime. Gbaghara ihe ahụ. Ịhụnanya ụmụnna gị karịrị ego.

Sooner or later, Dr. Madụka will realize that ofu onye siere ọha, Ọha erie. But Ọha siere ofu onye, ọnyịa ya.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achụsịm

Ọdị-Ịsaa

Nwa Dim Oriọha AKA Onyeukwu

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On Thursday, December 29, 2016, 12:09 PM, Baduba54 badu...@aol.com [IgboEvents] <IgboE...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

When I read the story of of the state of the art hospital in Umuchukwu in Orumba South built by one Dr. Godwin Madụka I was thrilled. But I made two mistakes. I know Anambra rather well for I was born and grew up in Anambra although my parents were from Achi a neighboring community. I read Ụmụchukwu as Ụmụchu a town between Achịna and Ụmụọmakụ, two towns where I went to school. I knew one Godwin Madụka who was a colleague of mine at St. Peter's school Nenwe, but who I thought was from Ụmụọmakụ and thought that he is the one doing this wonderful work.

I guess I am mistaken on the two counts.

There have been two attempts to change names of well established names that I have opposed. One was an attempt by one of my "born again" cousins to change the name of "Ekekezie" to "Chukwuekezie." My illiterate cousin did not know that Eke and Chukwu are interchangeable in Achị language. Eke and Chukwu both refer to God. We fought that and I think we won. The other was by another "born Again" Christian to change the name of my village from Agbadala to some other name that reflects god (small letter is intended). We fought and have so far won but the initiator has money and we expect him to come back. If he does there will be Armageddon sooner than the Bible foretold.

The worst thing that has happened to Africa is not colonialism. It is the importation of alien religions which have corrupted our people. We need to fight them.

Adụba

Ndị Okenye hụrụ Eziokwu ma kwuo ya.

Maduka na Nkerehi ga amata na ezi aha ka ego,HO! HA!

Mgbe Ọ gara akwụkwọ n’Alabama, akwụkwọ ule onye ọzọ ka ụchụ ji banye n’ụlọ akwụkwọ mahadu.

Ndịa na agba ahịa ire ọgwụ.

Ego ọgwụ bụ ego ọbara.

Ike ga agwụ ọgba ọsọ.

Ụmụ Nna Nkerehi bụ ezigbo obodo,HO! HA!

Nkerehi ka anyị gbagara na oge agha.

Na mụ dị ndụ tata bụ maka ala na nri azụ mmiri ọtaru Nkerehi mere ka anyị hụ nri rie.

Ụmụ aka ndịa kpatara ego na ụzọ ezighị ezi, dị ka akpịrịdo na ata onye nwe Ọjị n’ala Igbo nile.

Ndịa bubatara agwa ndị ọcha rere ure n’ala Igbo.

Ha na eche na ha ga eji ego ọbara ha zutara were kpọgide Omenala Igbo isi n’ala.

Onwe ha na Ezi na ụlọ g aka ha ga akpọgide isi n’ala.

Omenala Igbo ga adịgide dịgide ,rukwe mgbe ha ga anwụ.

Ebe ha sị na Omenaelu bụ ihe ha chọrọ ka ọna eme n’ala Igbo, ha na ezi na ụlọ ha buru kwa Ọkụkọ laba ụra.

Ise eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Onwere ndị ọzọ nọ n’pọlịtics na agbarụ mmiri nile dị ga sị n’ime obodo ha, maka na ha zutara ego ọbara.

Ndịa ọbara mgbali elu ga ekpochapụ ha na ego ha na ezi na ụlọ ha.

Ise eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

They are virus, I hope another virus more deadly than them will come along and do to them and their families what they are doing to Ala Igbo.

I hope that happens very soon!

Ya kpọtụba!

Ya gazie.

Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṅụsịobi Madụ.

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 2:43 PM, "Philip Achusim eze...@yahoo.com [IgboEvents]" <IgboE...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Nwanna/Ogo:

Chinchi si umuya na ife di oku ga emesia juo oyi. Ndi Igbo sikwa na nwata ebughi ebu choba ihe mere nna ya, ihe mere nnaya emeya. Ndi Igbo sikwa na afu na ekwughi na egbu okenye. Papa Ezeana kwuru na judge nka kpecha, ona, judge ozo abia. Echi di ime.

Ihe osoro gi ikpo Nkerehi, Nkerehi bu Nkerehi ruo mgbe ebighi ebi. Ndi kpariri nna gi na ohu aho gara aga, ha ga akpari nna gi tata? Mba. Tata bu Dr. Maduka na ego ya. Echi di ime. Gbaghara ihe ahu. Ihunanya umunna gi kariri ego.

Sooner or later, Dr. Maduka will realize that ofu onye siere oha, Oha erie. But Oha siere ofu onye, onyia ya.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu

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On Thursday, December 29, 2016, 12:09 PM, Baduba54 badu...@aol.com [IgboEvents] <IgboE...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

When I read the story of of the state of the art hospital in Umuchukwu in Orumba South built by one Dr. Godwin Maduka I was thrilled. But I made two mistakes. I know Anambra rather well for I was born and grew up in Anambra although my parents were from Achi a neighboring community. I read Umuchukwu as Umuchu a town between Achina and Umuomaku, two towns where I went to school. I knew one Godwin Maduka who was a colleague of mine at St. Peter's school Nenwe, but who I thought was from Umuomaku and thought that he is the one doing this wonderful work.

I guess I am mistaken on the two counts.

There have been two attempts to change names of well established names that I have opposed. One was an attempt by one of my "born again" cousins to change the name of "Ekekezie" to "Chukwuekezie." My illiterate cousin did not know that Eke and Chukwu are interchangeable in Achi language. Eke and Chukwu both refer to God. We fought that and I think we won. The other was by another "born Again" Christian to change the name of my village from Agbadala to some other name that reflects god (small letter is intended). We fought and have so far won but the initiator has money and we expect him to come back. If he does there will be Armageddon sooner than the Bible foretold.

The worst thing that has happened to Africa is not colonialism. It is the importation of alien religions which have corrupted our people. We need to fight them.

Aduba

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Subject: Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Nkerechi renamed Umuchukwu by Maduka of Dallas....Breaking 16 storey Hospital opens in Anambara

Folks must know to mark as a TERRORIST any man or woman who returns to Nigeria, to their town/village in Nigeria and engages in activities capable of causing disturbance of peace and harmony to a point where even a single soul is harmed, maimed or killed. Such a person must be reported to Homeland Security for investigation, and if any actions he or she engaged while in Nigeria were found, established to have caused disharmony to the level where any was harmed, maimed or killed, he or she must be repatriated to Nigeria and banned from ever returning to the United States. Fact is that some creatures stay in far away US to fan terrorist activities such as we read at home. Many of these creatures are crooks. They swindle the US government, US tax payers and with those funds they return to Nigeria to play god. May their time be up soon, each and everyone of them.

Ogbuonyeiro

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:52 AM, vincent modebelu <vin_mo...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dede Magnus

Thank you very much for reming the world that Nkerechi is still Nkerechi despite money men from out of town erecting items and use the ceremonial activities of those events tio rename the town and erect new sign posts.

There are two groups of people bent on destroying Anamabara.

[1]

Aguleri vs Umuleri

This is when the yoruba and hausa settler joined hands to intimidate and take over and existing village.

Remember that they , the hausa + Yoruba settlers in Onitsha tried to take over Obosi, the near by village that led to the Obosi onitsha war. Obosi resisted.

[2]

The attempt to rename Nkerechi by Aro settler in Nkerri must be resisted. This is done by internal migrants with share size of their population.

The mini Ife vs modekeke war

The Aro settlers in Nkerechi were Bronz knife traders that one time went to war with other Nkwerre people and Onitsha traders oner knives.

Mr Maduka is an Aro that is from Nkerechi with other relatives in Izuogu..aka Aro-Ndi-Uzuogu.

Maduka would have been better off moving to another bush area and rename it Aro Umuchukwu.

Know, The money man from Dallas changed the sign board to Umuchukwu.

There are different Aro people in different communities . they have not tried to changed the names of these communities hosting them.

Mr Maduka out of Dallas has not done well.

People of Anambara have not done well to speak out against this crap.

It then means that half of Orumba is Aro people ??????

Who knows how many Hausa and Yoruba settlers as farmers in Orumba ?????.

They should chase Maduka and his parents back to Aro ulo in bende.

He is a settler.

He is Aro Nkerechi and not from Nkerechi if push comes to shove.

How come they not told him that?

vin.....///

Violence Continues in Nkerehi

*Violence Over Name Change

By Emeka Osondu

( Tuesday, June 5, 2007 )

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"He added that those seeking to change the name of the community may have found they have different ancestral background other than Nkerehi." -Osondu

Tension has heightened in the troubled Nkerehi town of Orumba South Local government area in Anambra state after a violent clash resulting from the sudden change of the town’s name to Umuchukwu. Subsequently, the clash led to wanton destruction of property worth millions of Naira.

Scores of people sustained serious injuries. Ten are still recuperating in various hospital in the area following machete cuts inflicted on them during the attack by hoodlums suspected to be supporters of one prominent sons of the community said to be behind what some members of the community described as “taboo” in changing the ancestral name of the town.

Trouble started when the said rich and prominent son of the community, Dr Godwin Maduka, currently based in the United States of America, allegedly destroyed the ancestral market, shrines and public parks, as well as forcefully acquired community and individual parcels of land for building a monastery for one of the Christian churches in the area.

Reports said what irked the community most was that Maduka solely changed the name of the town from Nkerehi to Umuchukwu without consent and approval of the elders, town union and community leaders, who are all stakeholders in matters concerning the community and the people.

It was said that Dr. Maduka moved further and erected a sign-post to that effect and subsequently followed up with electronic media announcement over the name change.

Reporters who visited the town witnessed violent confrontations when members of the community attempted to put back an "Nkerehi" sign-post, but were thoroughly beaten up and chased away by heavily armed thugs said to be on Maduka’s payroll.

Surprisingly, police patrol team stationed along the Owere-Ezukala-Nkerehi junction leading into the town appeared to have been compromised as they subtly gave the thugs cover, which aided them in further attacking people and vandalizing their homes.

Victims of the crisis vowed never to bow to the change of their ancestral name, despite intimidations, harassment and arrest. Ben Onwu, one of the youth leaders in the community who led the aborted exercise of reposting "Nkerehi" sign-post, said they have resolved to repost Nkerehi sign-post alongside Dr. Maduka’s Umuchukwu sign-post. This Onwu explained would allow all feuding sides relevance until the matter is resolved.

The youth leader said as far as Nkerehi community was concerned, Umuchukwu has no existence. He added that those seeking to change the name of the community may have found they have different ancestral background other than Nkerehi.

Mr. Joseph Anulobi, Nkerehi Progressive Union Secretary-General and one of the victims of the recent mayhem in the community, when interviewed insisted there was no decision at any of the Union's meetings to change Nkerehi's name. He said that those claiming such a decision by Nkerehi Progressive Union were merely “gliding the truth” and trying to impose their whims on the people.

Mr. Ezekiel Onwumeremba, a 67-year-old indigene of the community and also a victim of Maduka’s onslaught, said his perceived offence was that he had expressed surprise when he saw the new sign-post on returning to the town from the hospital where he went to visit his hospitalized son. According to him, he was roped in as an accomplice in a “phantom kidnap” of Igwe Michael Ukegbu, the traditional ruler of the community and a maternal uncle to Maduka, who later resurfaced the next day in his palace.

His words, "Our common market has been demolished, just as we were arrested and brutalized by Maduka with the aid of his police guards. He has gagged the truth in the town by buying over some of the people with money. I have so often told him to consult with the people whenever he wants to do anything for them. But he would not listen. Maduka is autocratic on us. But no matter how he try to deplete us, the few persons that remain will not bend. But what he did, he has actually desecrated the land."

Nevertheless, the traditional ruler, Igwe Ukegbu insists that the decision to change Nkerehi to Umuchukwu was unanimous because the name Nkerehi had been brining bad luck to the people, being associated in the past with fetish practices. He maintained that since the name was changed, one of their sons had come back to develop the community by providing basic amenities and building churches for the people.

Meanwhile six members of the community have been charged to the Umunze Magistrate court for attempted kidnap of Igwe Ukegbu. As the public awaits further developments, peace and tranquility can only return to the community if the American-returnee son of the land bends to respect the wishes of the community.

Some believe no culture is static, seeing nothing wrong in the name change of the community for development and progress. Even if this is true, must be done with the approval of the community and not through intimidation.

http://www.africamasterweb. com/AdSense/ NigerianNkerehiViolenceContinu es.htmln ...

On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 10:24 PM, 'Philip Achusim' via NAIJAOBSERVER <naijaobserver@googlegroups. com> wrote:

Nwanna:

To begin with, did you see me write Umuchukwu anywhere in my post?

I am shocked that after all these years, you still have not mastered my style of making my points. Was Ezeana writing about the impressive medical infrastructure, or was Ezeana really writing about WIC I and WIC II? Did you not read about WIC bringing a State of the Arts hospitals to ala Igbo in the past decade? Do you think Eto will ever bring a State of the Arts hospital to ala Igbo? Do you think Udoji will bring a State of the Arts hospital to ala Igbo? These are the leaders of WIC.

Ok. While you read about WIC I and WIC II and their ever annoying noise about the State of the Arts hospitals, did you read anywhere that Dr. Maduka by his lone self, was putting up a 16 story hospital structure in Nkerehi? No. That attracted my attention more than anything.

Where is my Christmas present? Happy new year.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 12:06 PM, 'Magnus Ekwueme' ima...@sbcglobal.net [igbo_forum] <igbo_...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Ezeana:

This is the same Godwin Maduka who renamed Nkerehi and chased away the indigenes of Nkerehi. I remember you were against that move. How come you are now all praises. The town is Nkerehi not Umuchukwu. Abi you don forget he killed many and chased away the aged who died in neighboring towns as refugees? Where is the picture of the edifice? All I saw was pictures of high-fiving but no building shown. Is this a case i were nkea, i rie m ego; i were nkea, ego gi efuo? Gov. Obiano was there but where are the natives? Where are the dignitaries from Aguata-Orumba? I smell something here.

-Magnus

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Wow. This is wonderful. Ana ekwu ekwu ana eme eme. The other day, they showed us what was going on in Okija. Today, it is a 16 storey hospital in another Anambra town. Remarkable that the two massive impressive projects were commenced and completed without publicity. No wonder Anambra is the Light of the Nation.

I understand this 16 storey building is a hospital and that Dr. Maduka is solely responsible for this huge building all by himself. You know where Ezeana is going with this. Yep. WIC. Yep. WIC 1 and WIC 2. For years now the various WIC factions excited us with "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land. WIC was in USA courts looking for relevance. I kept writing that Igbo land has enough rooms to accommodate TWO "State of the Arts Hospitals" in Igbo land. No luck. Suddenly, like Afis, all the WIC factions would disappear without a trace. But unlike Afis, now and then, you will hear from one of WIC factions say something, but not about the "State of the Art Hospital", only to arouse the other WIC faction with a response that had nothing to do with the "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land. But Dr. Maduka commenced and completed a "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land without any publicity.

While the WIC factions bored the world with their endless battles in and out of USA courts, Dr. Maduka was quietly building a "State of the Arts Hospital" in an Anambra town without noise or fanfare. If the WIC factions are quietly building "State of the Arts Hospitals" somewhere in Igbo land, it is about time. We don't want to hear anything from them until the grand opening of the WIC "State of the Arts Hospitals" in Igbo land.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu

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On Friday, December 23, 2016, 10:49 AM, Baduba54 badu...@aol.com [ NaijaObserver] <NaijaO...@yahoogroups.com > wrote:

This is wonderful. Hopefully there will be constant electricity for the elevators to work. The next challenges will be maintenance.

Texas couple arrested for health care fraud following state and federal investigation

The director of nursing, Stella Maduka, 49, of Richmond, was charged with one count of health care fraud and eight counts of structuring withdrawals, which each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and one count of making false statements relating to health care matters and one count of conspiracy to structure bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements, which each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The owner, Felix Maduka, 54, of Richmond, who is also Stella Maduka’s husband, was charged with one count of conspiracy to structure bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements and eight counts of structuring bank withdrawals.

According to the indictment, Stella Maduka used a Texas-based billing service to bill Medicare for home health services that were never provided and, in many instances, not medically necessary. Stella Maduka also created phony medical records to perpetrate the healthcare fraud. Stella Maduka and Felix Maduka structured more than $100,000 in cash withdrawals from the bank accounts where they received Medicare payments to avoid detection by the federal government.

http://northdallasgazette.com/ 2014/01/24/texas-couple- arrested-for-health-care- fraud-following-state-and- federal-investigation/

This is another Maduka

”....Born to tell the truth....

Observe and see

On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 10:24 PM, 'Philip Achusim' via NAIJAOBSERVER <naijaobserver@googlegroups. com> wrote:

Nwanna:

To begin with, did you see me write Umuchukwu anywhere in my post?

I am shocked that after all these years, you still have not mastered my style of making my points. Was Ezeana writing about the impressive medical infrastructure, or was Ezeana really writing about WIC I and WIC II? Did you not read about WIC bringing a State of the Arts hospitals to ala Igbo in the past decade? Do you think Eto will ever bring a State of the Arts hospital to ala Igbo? Do you think Udoji will bring a State of the Arts hospital to ala Igbo? These are the leaders of WIC.

Ok. While you read about WIC I and WIC II and their ever annoying noise about the State of the Arts hospitals, did you read anywhere that Dr. Maduka by his lone self, was putting up a 16 story hospital structure in Nkerehi? No. That attracted my attention more than anything.

Where is my Christmas present? Happy new year.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 12:06 PM, 'Magnus Ekwueme' ima...@sbcglobal.net [igbo_forum] <igbo_...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Ezeana:

This is the same Godwin Maduka who renamed Nkerehi and chased away the indigenes of Nkerehi. I remember you were against that move. How come you are now all praises. The town is Nkerehi not Umuchukwu. Abi you don forget he killed many and chased away the aged who died in neighboring towns as refugees? Where is the picture of the edifice? All I saw was pictures of high-fiving but no building shown. Is this a case i were nkea, i rie m ego; i were nkea, ego gi efuo? Gov. Obiano was there but where are the natives? Where are the dignitaries from Aguata-Orumba? I smell something here.

-Magnus

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Subject: [IGBO_FORUM] Re: ||NaijaObserver|| Breaking 16 storey Hospital opens in Anambara [5 Attachments]

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Wow. This is wonderful. Ana ekwu ekwu ana eme eme. The other day, they showed us what was going on in Okija. Today, it is a 16 storey hospital in another Anambra town. Remarkable that the two massive impressive projects were commenced and completed without publicity. No wonder Anambra is the Light of the Nation.

I understand this 16 storey building is a hospital and that Dr. Maduka is solely responsible for this huge building all by himself. You know where Ezeana is going with this. Yep. WIC. Yep. WIC 1 and WIC 2. For years now the various WIC factions excited us with "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land. WIC was in USA courts looking for relevance. I kept writing that Igbo land has enough rooms to accommodate TWO "State of the Arts Hospitals" in Igbo land. No luck. Suddenly, like Afis, all the WIC factions would disappear without a trace. But unlike Afis, now and then, you will hear from one of WIC factions say something, but not about the "State of the Art Hospital", only to arouse the other WIC faction with a response that had nothing to do with the "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land. But Dr. Maduka commenced and completed a "State of the Arts Hospital" in Igbo land without any publicity.

While the WIC factions bored the world with their endless battles in and out of USA courts, Dr. Maduka was quietly building a "State of the Arts Hospital" in an Anambra town without noise or fanfare. If the WIC factions are quietly building "State of the Arts Hospitals" somewhere in Igbo land, it is about time. We don't want to hear anything from them until the grand opening of the WIC "State of the Arts Hospitals" in Igbo land.

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This is wonderful. Hopefully there will be constant electricity for the elevators to work. The next challenges will be maintenance.

Aduba.

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Obiano To Open The 16 Storey Hospital At Umuchukwu Village

Live at Umuchukwu in Orumba south L.G as Gov.Obiano set to commission the best in Nigeria sixteen storey hospital building built by an Anambra man Dr.Godwin Maduka.

However, this is one of those response to the call of Aku luo uno by Gov. Obiano ,
truly the present administration of Gov.Obiano has brought a conducive environment for both local and international investors to operate.
We are seriously moving forward as a people and as a state under the leadership of chief,Dr.Willie Obiano

The lion of Africa, Ike Umuchukwu and Omelora Anambra state Dr Godwin Maduka addressing Ndi Anambra at the unveiling of his developmental projects at Umuchukwu, Orumba south Local Government of Anambra State.

This is another Maduka, he is Aro too

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Dede Nwanna

I think the Orumba group MUST MAKE ANOTHER SIGN BOARD WITH THE CORRECT NAME OF THE VILLAGE ON IT. This sign boards must be at every entrance of the village including at the market square.

There are more REAL BORN NKEREHI PEOPLE THAN LAND GRABBER ARO PEOPLE LIKE THE MADUKA'S.

These are the ones that make peace loving ARO PEOPLE look bad indeed.

There are many ARO people in other villages that are not looking to dominate anyone.

Instead of helping their host..Nkerehi, The Madukas like deadly Parasite, want to kill the host and take over.

But when they kill Nkerehi, there is nothing left.

Remember when Hausa + Youruba in Onitsha wanted to take over Obosi pretending that they were building European quarters for UAC and John Holt traders along the shores of River Niger.

The rest is history. It is called Obosi vs Onitsha war.

If Onitsha people are backing these AroBoys, this must not be allowed.

Watch out !!!!!!!

Why is Orumba as a whole letting Nkerehi down?

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On Monday, January 9, 2017 8:29 AM, Magnus Ekwueme <ima...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Folks:

Thank you for showing your outrage in support of ndi Nkerehi (mark the spelling). Igirigi, I was just reminding us that despite the good deed, Godwin Maduka wronged the God and gods of Nkerehi. Building the hospital which most of the indigenes may not afford, does not and will not cure the injustices visited to the people of Nkerehi. Dr. Maduka may dine with politicians from outside the LGA, the people, though in aguish, will endure in the end. Someone will rise up in the future and say no to all the crap. Again, Igirigi, I did not see any buildings. Jut the gwamna and aides exchanging high-fives. Dr. Maduka is resident in Vegas not Dallas. If he were in Dallas I would have confronted him. We have a formidable Aguata-Orumba association here.

Again, we must continue to speak out against injustice wherever it rears its ugly head. This is freedom of speech as guaranteed by the US constitution. We will not forget Nkerehi.

-Magnus

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Again, we must continue to speak out against injustice wherever it rears its ugly head. This is freedom of speech as guaranteed by the US constitution. We will not forget Nkerehi.

-Magnus

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Obiano To Open The 16 Storey Hospital At Umuchukwu Village
Live at Umuchukwu in Orumba south L.G as Gov.Obiano set to commission the best in Nigeria sixteen storey hospital building built by an Anambra man Dr.Godwin Maduka.

However, this is one of those response to the call of Aku luo uno by Gov. Obiano ,
truly the present administration of Gov.Obiano has brought a conducive environment for both local and international investors to operate.
We are seriously moving forward as a people and as a state under the leadership of chief,Dr.Willie Obiano

The lion of Africa, Ike Umuchukwu and Omelora Anambra state Dr Godwin Maduka addressing Ndi Anambra at the unveiling of his developmental projects at Umuchukwu, Orumba south Local Government of Anambra State.

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Dede Madu

I have blunted such a move before...a one on one against a thug, the brother of the proponent.

This wise guy left his village and bought a land in our village.The land he bought was along the road..there is a school in my village ..this land was hind the school.This wise guy went and made a sign board with the name of his village and placed it where he bought the land as the new boundary between us and his village.

Thus, with a sign board, he incoporated the school plus land in his village. That was shut down.

If the Maduka Aro group,bought out people to vote for something they did not know the implications, they must be re-educated.

Just like Nigerians bought Buhari and are now crying all over the place. Even Tinibu who mater minded it is now a victim too

The chief priest and Cabal Lord that sponsored Osinbajo has lost his church.

This Oppression against Nkerihi owners must be shamed.

Lawyer Maduka his junior brother, sold them a referendum. Surprised that they are not naming Nkerhi to MADUKA.

Another referendum will be conducted. Compound by Compound.

They will know where these craps are coming out from.

Every compound with one vote. These compound own Nkerechi

A compound with hundred people has the same vote as a compound with 20 people.

Population by numbers will not be the case.

Every Aro Compound in Nkerechi will get one vote... GBAM. The Super Electoral vote

All the Maduka billionaires have one vote.

There were other people before they, Madukas grand father came in as a trader to buy and sell from the River Bank to Nkwere people .

I am losing sleep over this injustice

Las Vegas doctor denies allegations he runs militia accused of slayings in Nigeria

One of eight children, Godwin Maduka came from a small village in Nigeria with thatched huts and no electricity or running water. The primary school was in a tiny church. Cars couldn't navigate its single lane dirt road.

It was common for the drinking water, contaminated with feces, to infect townspeople with debilitating worms. The poverty he experienced in Nkerehi is a far cry from the life of a millionaire that Dr. Godwin Maduka enjoys today in Las Vegas with his wife and five children.

He bought seven residential properties here for more than $7 million, according to Clark County records, and spent nearly $4 million on the two buildings that house the Las Vegas Pain Institute, where he employs 80 people.

"I am living the American dream," the 51-year-old naturalized citizen said at his Henderson branch office. "And I'm doing all I can through philanthropy to help the people where I came from live a better life. It is so small that most everybody there is either related by blood or marriage."

Nigerian newspapers have chronicled his philanthropic acts, including the building of houses, a school complex, town hall, church and residence for priests in his hometown. Vincent Ottaokpukpu, a lawyer in the town of 2,000 people, also credits Maduka with funding that has helped bring electricity, clean water, a hospital, the Internet, a police station and a paved road.

"Most people love and respect him here," the lawyer said in a phone call from Nigeria.

Maduka's brilliant mind earned him scholarships at U.S. colleges. He finished his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Rust College in Mississippi in less than two years, earned a doctorate in pharmacy at Mercer University in Georgia and a medical degree from the University of Tennessee. He finished his postgraduate training and residency in anesthesiology and pain management at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital before setting up his practice in Nevada in the 1990s.

Against that backdrop of incredible success, hard work and compassion, however, there comes a disturbing view of Maduka, one driven unceasingly by Nigerians using the Internet to accuse him of being a violent man, a religious zealot who runs a militia to intimidate, maim and even kill Nigerians who don't agree with his idea of a Christian makeover for his hometown.

They say Maduka seized people's land without compensation to build a Catholic monastery, had vigilantes tear down sacred shrines and trees of traditional worship, and forced a name change on a town centuries old. In 2008 Nkerehi, which means "taking a cow by force" in the Igbo language, was christened Umuchukwu, or "children of God."

There are some Nigerians from Maduka's birthplace, including his cousin Richard Igwike, a professor of business at Dillard University in New Orleans, who believe his ego has gotten out of control, that in exchange for his philanthropy Maduka demands that people conform to his views or risk his wrath.

Maduka said at the root of their "empty complaints" is jealousy over the good things he's done.

Igwike said what is driving the complaints is Maduka's "brutal use of power."

Last year, on behalf of 139 Nigerians, including Igwike, New York attorney Okechukwu Nnebe filed a unique civil suit against Maduka in U.S. District Court in New York City, asking for unspecified monetary damages for violations of international and domestic law over the past four years that include "murder, arson, assault with deadly weapons, destruction of property and illegal arrests with detentions."

According to the federal lawsuit:

In early 2007, Maduka seized communal land belonging to poor farmers to build a monastery to "sanctify" the town by "desecrating historical hallowed objects of traditional worship."

Maduka "personally led a posse of thugs armed with dangerous weapons to attack those in Nkerehi ... that refused to submit to his dictates and several individuals were indiscriminately battered and tortured." The lawsuit alleges that the doctor enlisted his "Umuchukwu Vigilantes" through bribery and co-opted "the notoriously corrupt" Nigerian law enforcement to prevent their crimes from being prosecuted.

In August 2009, according to the lawsuit, Maduka threw a party for the vigilantes to announce his "final resolution" to the "Nkerehi issue," exiling and eliminating all opposition. By the end of August, the lawsuit alleges that vigilantes shot and killed two men, tortured more than 20 and looted, burned and vandalized the homes of more than 90 residents.

The lawsuit was filed under the Torture Victims Protection Act and the Alien Tort Claims Act. The Alien Tort Claims Act is a statute notable for allowing U.S. courts to hear human rights cases brought by foreign citizens for conduct outside the United States. The Torture Victims Protection Act allows for the filing of civil lawsuits in the United States against individuals who, acting in an official capacity for any foreign nation, committed torture or extra-judicial killing. The statute requires a plaintiff to show exhaustion of local remedies in the location of the crime, to the extent that such remedies are "adequate and available." Plaintiffs may be citizens or noncitizens.

In September 2009, Nigerian police, following what they called an exhaustive investigation of the violence in Umuchukwu, exonerated Maduka and his supporters of any criminal wrongdoing and said that petitioned complaints against him were "spurious, malicious and vindictive." The report said the violence was perpetrated by those who didn't want the town's name changed. Police investigator James Nwafor, who said in a long-distance phone call that he worked on the probe for police commissioner Ali Amodu, told the Review-Journal that authorities went to "great lengths to ensure that the investigation was honest and thorough."

According to police, investigations into two deaths in the community are still under way.

Nnebe argued in his lawsuit that his clients can't be afforded a legal remedy in Nigeria because the government and police are corrupt. Maduka, the lawsuit alleges, "was able to set up his own private army and carry out serious acts of violence, intimidation and murder against plaintiffs and others because he has been able to use funds he remits from the United States to bribe, co-opt and buy-off the notoriously corrupt inefficient agencies and organs of law enforcement in Nigeria."

"It is a shame," Nnebe told the Review-Journal, "that a doctor who is supposed to care for others would engage in such things."

In October, Maduka's Las Vegas attorney Cal Potter argued a motion for dismissal of the case before federal Judge Carol Bagley Amon in Brooklyn. So did New York attorney Janet Fashakin, who is representing two other Nigerian defendants. Both attorneys said the case should be heard in Nigerian courts, noting that lawsuits have been filed there but not yet adjudicated.

Potter told the judge that Maduka would be willing to go to court in Nigeria. If the U.S. case is not dismissed, Potter has filed a motion calling for it to be moved to Las Vegas.

The judge has yet to rule on the motion to dismiss.

The Nation, a respected Nigerian newspaper, has followed the turmoil in Nkerehi/Umuchukwu, which is in the Nigerian state of Anambra. In November 2009, it wrote an account of the violence under the headline, "Mayhem in Anambra community."

"This problem which has engendered misfortune in Nkerehi community in Orumba South Local Government Area, has reached an alarming proportion," the article states. "Brothers have resorted to killing and maiming brothers."

Many people had fled the town to live in surrounding communities, the newspaper account said.

The reason for the mayhem, reporter Nwanosike Onu wrote, "was the purported change of the community's name from Nkerehi to Umuchukwu ... the name change it was gathered was necessitated by the belief within a section of the community that the original name connotes fetishness, hence the resolve to call themselves Umuchukwu. But those who still believe in the community's tradition are stoutly resisting the change thus setting the stage for the seemingly inevitable clash."

According to the article, "the battle of supremacy ... is being led by two personalities in the community. They are Dr. Godwin Maduka, who is believed to be the proponent of the change of name and Prof. Richard Igwike who is against the change. ...

"The most puzzling part of the entire situation is that two of alleged sponsors of this communal crisis in the persons of Maduka and Igwike are said not to live at home."

Neither Maduka nor Igwike told the Review-Journal that they are heading the factions that have clashed. Both men say they are simply supporting the "will of the people."

Aaron Barnard-Luce, a spokesman for Amnesty International, said his human rights organization, which has regularly detailed abuses of the citizenry throughout Nigeria, did not have any evidence of orchestrated violence in Nkerehi/Umuchukwu "on its radar."

Hilary Renner, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said the government is not investigating wrongdoing in that area.

The State Department's 2009 human rights report on Nigeria does say that throughout the country "corruption was massive, widespread, and pervasive at all levels of government and throughout the security forces."

Potter is dismayed that his client's "good name" is being "hurt."

"All of this is sad," he said. "We have a fine man who is helping people in two countries. And because anyone can file a lawsuit, no matter how unsupported it is, his reputation can be hurt."

Don't tell Igwike, Innocent Onwu or Promise Onwu that there is no basis for the lawsuit.

After phone conversations with the Review-Journal, Innocent and Promise Onwu sent e-mails detailing allegations of attacks on them and their families by Maduka and his "militia."

Innocent Onwu, who still lives in Nigeria, wrote: "I have been attacked by Godwin Maduka's militia on 23rd August, 2009 as well as my father, my brothers, my uncle and my cousins. ... The list of the unprovoked violence and inhumanity meted on the members of my family and other people by Godwin Maduka, that devil and his militia is very long." His father, Pius, was hit in the head and died as a result of the attack, Innocent Onwu said, and his uncle, Ben, and cousin, Ekene, were beaten unconscious.

Promise Onwu, who now lives in Denmark, detailed the attacks in a lengthy e-mail: "Dr. Maduka personally beat my cousin Ekene Onwu who was in his mid-seventies for nothing. After, the Agureri boys who Dr. Maduka hired and equipped with dangerous weapons almost killed me, God be the glory who saved me as I narrowly escaped death. ... Dr. Maduka's armed men attacked my uncle, Ben Onwu, and broke his leg with a rod. ... They also attacked my cousin Godhelp Onwu."

Igwike, who once taught at Rust College in Mississippi where Maduka studied, said from New Orleans: "I don't know why, but about four years ago my cousin became power hungry, a religious terrorist. I had done all I could for him, even helped him get into college in the United States. He did good things for our community, but then he changed and became all wrapped up in religion. He wanted people to believe as he did but our community was tolerant of all religions."

In 2007, Igwike said Maduka personally beat two of his brothers and threw his 76-year-old father in jail, all because they wanted the town to show respect for its heritage. And he said that when his mother went to Maduka's compound in the town to beg for her son Basil's life, Maduka ordered his police escort to get her out of the area.

"They dragged the fragile old woman, bruising and skinning her weak knees, and in the process of dragging her out of Dr. Maduka's compound, her African rapper (wrap-around cloth) detached from the waist and she was dragged out virtually naked," Igwike said.

While he was in Africa, Igwike said, he "barely escaped being killed by Maduka's thugs."

Maduka calls the allegations "totally false" and said the men just want to discredit his good works in his home town.

"I would never hit anyone, and I would never pay anyone to do it. I am a good Christian man," he said.

He said he believes Igwike has orchestrated the campaign against him. Igwike "now wishes he had done more for his town and is trying to discredit what I have done. ... He is simply jealous about what I have done and he wishes he had done more."

He also said that Igwike's help in getting him into college basically amounted to getting him an application.

The Rev. Placid Guste, who lives at the Mary the Font Solitude Catholic monastery outside St. Louis, said Maduka did help him erect a monastery near the town in 2007.

"He donated 10 acres of land and got some others to do so as well," the priest said. "They did so willingly. ... And they got rid of relics they wanted to get rid of. Dr. Maduka had nothing to do with that."

He also said the name change came after a vote of the people.

"The people who didn't like the change didn't vote and only came out afterward to complain," he said.

The priest said Maduka had to travel around town with a police escort.

"If he didn't, he would be kidnapped and held for ransom," he said.

The police investigation that exonerated Maduka of any wrongdoing found that as far back as 2002, leaders in the community talked about changing the "backwardness of their community" and started a crusade "to pray for the progress of the community."

"During the crusade," according to the report, "the pastor warned about idol worshipping and that they should destroy idols/shrines associated with evil." The police investigation also said the pastor found the name Nkerehi "evil" and demanded that the name be changed."

Subsequent to the crusade, according to the police, the idols and shrines were destroyed and the town's name changed.

Referendums were held to ensure that "due process" was followed in changing the town's name in 2008, the police report states.

"The decision to change the name Nkerehi did not emanate from Dr. Godwin Maduka but from a crusade," the report states.

According to a recent town history provided by attorney Vincent Ottaokpukpu, the town's name emanates from events centuries ago that involve a hunter named Okpuama who would capture human beings whom he would use for ritual and sacrifices. Nkerehi, or "cows being taken by force," became the nickname Okpuama gave for the act of using human beings as sacrifices. People liked the name and named the area for it.

The name, Nkerehi, then, according to the history, symbolizes human beings who were used for ritual and "hence the clamor by the people to change the name to a better thing."

Another history, provided by Igwike, said the town is simply named after "a great child" who was named "Nkerehi" because "a cow was the reigning animal."

Igwike, and another college professor from Nigeria based in the United States, Patrick Ibe, both say the referendums to change the town's name were rigged, indicative of Maduka's ability to pay off government officials. The two men head a group called Nkerehi Town Union-USA. Both say they regularly stay in touch with townspeople and relatives there in "an effort to get justice for them."

Ibe, a professor of criminal justice at Albany State University in Georgia, told the Review-Journal that it is impossible to overestimate Maduka's monetary influence.

An open letter that he wrote with Igwike to the Nigerian Inspector general of police and Anambra state governor on January 5, 2010, shows the depth of their belief that their homeland is corrupt:

"It is ... unfortunate but not surprising that the government of Anambra State under Governor Peter Obi has not shown any fortitude to stop the unlawful activities of Dr. Godwin Maduka's militia and his youth thugs in Nkerehi ... Dr. Maduka is reported to have boasted that he is one of the chief financiers of Governor Peter Obi's second bid for governship race in Anambra State."

To Maduka, the idea that he uses his money to corrupt government and police officials is ridiculous.

"I could not do that with all those people," he said. "I am a good man. I gave money only to help people. There is no truth to these lies."

Surely, he said, if he could pay all the authorities off, "would my brother just have been arrested?"

On Wednesday, Maduka's brother Hyacinth was taken in for questioning by police in connection with the mayhem in Nkerehi/Umuchukwu. Under Nigerian law, if people sign a petition accusing someone of wrongdoing, he is brought in for questioning, Maduka said.

"That happened to me, too, and nothing was found against me," he said. "I worry about my brother, but at the same time, I know he did nothing wrong."

Maduka said he would have never won his country's United Action Against Corruption & Injustice International Annual Award for Incorruptible Icons in Africa in 2009 if he was "a bad guy."

"I only try to do the right things for all people," he said. "My patients will tell you that. We see nearly 100 a day."

It is easy to find patients in the Las Vegas Valley who sing the praises of Maduka.

Charlotte Hodges, a Clark County School District custodian who was in a car wreck that she said left her barely able to walk, calls Maduka "a godsend."

"I couldn't have stayed on the job without him," she said. "Shots, blocks, IV pushes, physical therapy -- he didn't just give me pills and walk away. He's been there for me. Now I can walk. He cares about his patients. I love him. We're lucky to have him in Las Vegas."

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Igirigi:

Dr. Godwin Maduka never does anything without fanfare or publicity. Being a moneyed man, he dealt with governors and chiefs of police. He did not raze the shrines by himself. He did it with police protection. His thugs rampaged the city burning buildings and shrines. It was widely reported. My question was why did the police standby while Nkerehi burned. If I remember correctly, they conducted a referendum and the vote to change the name to Umuchukwu won the day. How couldn’t their proposal win if the citizens were forced from their homes and made refugees. See, there are ndi Aro all over igboland and they live peacefully with ndi nwe ala. This is the only place on record that we’ve heard of forcibly changing the name of the town. Mazi Modebelu, our people say “ihe ka nte bakwute nte n’onu, o hapu ihe nile rie mbombo”. Zowa isi ya, that is. The people were simply overwhelmed. I am inclined to believe, as Igirigi suggested, that no one fights the god’s battle. There will be vengeance time sooner or later. But ndi Aguata/Orumba adighi amuzed by all this. Goddy simply went and got the government-in-power to endorse his program of building a monastery where their century-old tree stood. Methinks the gods of Nkerehi lived in this tree. If not, the government upon hearing that mayhem was being visited on a community, would have responded by coming to the aid of the citizens. Money talks, y’know. Instead they let Goddy have his way with the people.

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Nwanna:

It was also reported that religious symbols and shrines were razed in Nkerehi. We never fight in behalf of the gods, because they are able and have always fought their battles all by themselves.

My only reference to the 16 storey building in Nkerehi was that Dr. Maduka was able to construct the building all by himself without fanfare or publicity. But for years, Chief Eto and the Boards of Directors of WIC have been promising a state of the Arts Hospitals in Igbo land with nothing to show for it.

No condition is for ever, except okpa ogbo. The world turns. Asina nwata etoghi eto choba ihe mere nnaya, ihe mere nnaya eme ya. Onye ma echi. Today it is Dr. Maduka and "Umuchukwu". Tomorrow it could be Okeke and Nkerehi. My dad Ibetogho said that Judge nkea kpecha, ola, judge ozo abia. Onye ndidi naeri azu ukpoo. Aganafu o.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu

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On Monday, January 9, 2017, 7:29 AM, 'Magnus Ekwueme' ima...@sbcglobal.net [igbo_forum] <igbo_...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Folks:
Thank you for showing your outrage in support of ndi Nkerehi (mark the spelling). Igirigi, I was just reminding us that despite the good deed, Godwin Maduka wronged the God and gods of Nkerehi. Building the hospital which most of the indigenes may not afford, does not and will not cure the injustices visited to the people of Nkerehi. Dr. Maduka may dine with politicians from outside the LGA, the people, though in aguish, will endure in the end. Someone will rise up in the future and say no to all the crap. Again, Igirigi, I did not see any buildings. Jut the gwamna and aides exchanging high-fives. Dr. Maduka is resident in Vegas not Dallas. If he were in Dallas I would have confronted him. We have a formidable Aguata-Orumba association here.
Again, we must continue to speak out against injustice wherever it rears its ugly head. This is freedom of speech as guaranteed by the US constitution. We will not forget Nkerehi.
-Magnus

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vin.....///

”....Born to tell the truth....

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On Monday, January 9, 2017 1:04 PM, Magnus Ekwueme <ima...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Igirigi:

-Magnus

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Nwanna:

It was also reported that religious symbols and shrines were razed in Nkerehi. We never fight in behalf of the gods, because they are able and have always fought their battles all by themselves.

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim

Odi-Isaa

Nwa Dim Orioha AKA Onyeukwu

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On Monday, January 9, 2017, 7:29 AM, 'Magnus Ekwueme' ima...@sbcglobal.net [igbo_forum] <igbo_...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Folks:
Thank you for showing your outrage in support of ndi Nkerehi (mark the spelling). Igirigi, I was just reminding us that despite the good deed, Godwin Maduka wronged the God and gods of Nkerehi. Building the hospital which most of the indigenes may not afford, does not and will not cure the injustices visited to the people of Nkerehi. Dr. Maduka may dine with politicians from outside the LGA, the people, though in aguish, will endure in the end. Someone will rise up in the future and say no to all the crap. Again, Igirigi, I did not see any buildings. Jut the gwamna and aides exchanging high-fives. Dr. Maduka is resident in Vegas not Dallas. If he were in Dallas I would have confronted him. We have a formidable Aguata-Orumba association here.
Again, we must continue to speak out against injustice wherever it rears its ugly head. This is freedom of speech as guaranteed by the US constitution. We will not forget Nkerehi.
-Magnus

From: Abraham Madu [mailto:abraha...@yahoo.com]

Aduba

Aduba.

Obiano To Open The 16 Storey Hospital At Umuchukwu Village
Live at Umuchukwu in Orumba south L.G as Gov.Obiano set to commission the best in Nigeria sixteen storey hospital building built by an Anambra man Dr.Godwin Maduka.

However, this is one of those response to the call of Aku luo uno by Gov. Obiano ,
truly the present administration of Gov.Obiano has brought a conducive environment for both local and international investors to operate.
We are seriously moving forward as a people and as a state under the leadership of chief,Dr.Willie Obiano

The lion of Africa, Ike Umuchukwu and Omelora Anambra state Dr Godwin Maduka addressing Ndi Anambra at the unveiling of his developmental projects at Umuchukwu, Orumba south Local Government of Anambra State.

This is another Maduka, he is Aro too

vin.....///

”....Born to tell the truth....
Observe and see

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While he was in Africa, Igwike said, he "barely escaped be

killed by Maduka's thugs."

Maazị Vincent Modebelụ,

Dr. Madụka nkea ana ekwu maka ya n’Nkerehi dị iche na madụka nke bi n’Dallas,Texas . Anyị na etu ya lọya Eziokwu. Amara mụ ya kpọm kwem!

Dr. Madụka nke ha na ekwu maka ya bụ ndị osochi egbu, ndị kpatara ego ọgwụ je na ha abụrụzịa Chukwu bi n’igwe na ala.

Ọ chere nay a bụ Igwe ka Ala.

Onye a bụ onye ara.

Ọ ga ezuta ihe ka ya ike,kpọm kwem!

Ọ kara iburu ala Nkerehi laba Aro ebe Ọ sị na ya bụ Chukwu kere ala Nkerehi.

Ọbịara be onye abịagbula ya ka ọga abụ ọlaba ,mkpukpu agaghị asụ ya n’azụ.

Mana Dr. Madụka bụ akpịrịdo na ata onye nwe Ọjị.

Dr. Madụka bụzị Ụsụ kere Ọjị ntagbu, ahụ agaghị adị ya na ezi na ụlọ yam ma, n’ala ndị Nkerehi,HO! HA!