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| Sen.Theodore Orji and Patience Jonathan |
Apologies for my absence last week—it was for strategic reasons.
This week I need to give some of my readers this platform to express
their views on recent discussions here for the first time this year. My
comments follow a few of the contributions, where necessary.
As you have kindly and unreservedly forgiven a man who grossly offended you, God Almighty shall bless you immeasurably! (Ewang Esq. /08172560115) And so shall it be.
You should not stop battering Ochendo. Do not sheathe your sword. I
will not agree. May your pen/mouse never run dry. Remain blessed. (08033309919) Dear contributor, I can longer dwell on this issue. I have moved on to good things of life.
Your opinionated satire for T. A. Orji is at the best the prayer of a
bitter and wounded spirit struggling to forgive and eclipse the
atrocities of his oppressors but heightening tension in your readers as
to why karma must befall them. Where then lies the forgiveness. It is a
time-honoured saying that to say ‘I will forgive but will not forget’
is another way of saying I will not forgive. So, as a true Christian, do
forgive and forget as the Holy Book says. (Charles Ezenwa, Ekwulobia, Anambra State/08035035716) Dear
Charles, despite my devout Anglicanism, there are certain things that
take place in a man’s life which are difficult, if not impossible, to
forget no matter one’s religiosity or compliance with eschatological
admonitions. We shall keep striving to live a Christ-like life. I have
taken the first step of forgiveness—the second futuristic leg remains
realistically aspirational.
For us in Abia, our prayer for T. A. Orji is that God should do unto
him as he has done unto Abia State in the past eight years he held sway.
Amen. (Chima King/08169644333) And as many as touched Him were made whole: this is my wish for my former governor and everyone else.
It takes courage, humility and decency to do what you did today.
Leave him to his conscience and to Almighty God. All the time you were
adopting the stance of not forgiving him (T. A.), you were more or less a
hostage. You needed to liberate yourself by forgiving him. If used
harsh words on you like accusing you of “hollering”, etc. It was a
deliberate act of somebody who understood how you were feeling and I
felt you needed a nudge to be able to let go. I read about your
experiences, but when I saw you going on and on and on in your column
about T. A. I felt I needed to reach out, touch a friend, and nudge him
to let go. (08073780695) I am used to venomous
reactions to my column. I no longer hold it against the senders of
such messages. I thank you for your concern and intervention.
Mr. Wabara, please blowing too much grammar is not the issue now. My
take is that T. A. Orji needs prayers for the massive, inhuman and
heartless misgovernance that happened in Abia State for eight years.
Ochendo destroyed the state. (08033776685)
After following since last year all your write-ups on what you passed
through under Chief T. A. Orji. I join you to concur with your heart of
forgiveness. (08120537428)
Insist always that virtue is better than vice. Stop dissipating your
energy on those mongrels. (Santoma/08036720073) If we all remain
virtuous and save our energy while the society decomposes, we, shall all
perish together with the mongrels!
Every Monday I buy Daily Sun because of your column with my
dictionary on my table. Am happy you have forgiven ex-Gov. Orji. God
will bless you. (Emma Uwasomba/08033308441) You
are blessed equally. May I know what have come over you to plead
forgiveness on behalf of a man who even arrested and humiliated you. I
always enjoy your write-ups as they tell the truth of the matter. (Ukay,
Lagos/09094940203) it is best to forgive than to bear grudges
indeterminably to the detriment of our health and spirituality.
Thanks for the article on June 29, 2015. I suggest that you use
simplified grammar in interesting write-ups like this and future ones.
It may make sense to a majority of your readers and more captivating.
You gain nothing when your readers read your messages with dictionaries
beside them. I do not believe that “big grammar” is evidence of
intellectualism. (Aja Kalu/08071499004) It is not morphological
exhibitionism or lexical showmanship and has nothing to do with
intellectualism. It is a style that I have evolved over three decades
now and comes to me naturally. It is not intended to impress anyone or
display any scholastic endowments—it is just my style. I feel pained and
sympathetic when some people complain of their difficulty in
appreciating my work because of the verbosity. If or when possible, I
shall tone down my verbiage. I regret the inconveniences caused a few
readers of mine. I plead with them to understand my ‘predicament’!
For ex-Gov. Shema
Let me use this belated opportunity to thank the Guest Speaker at
the public presentation of my book entitled Media Gaffes & Essays,
former governor of Katsina State, Dr. ibrahim Shehu Shema. The
unscheduled valedictory Council of State meeting held on May 12, this
year, coincided with my book launch and aborted the participation of
this friend of mine who had confirmed attendance.
Dr. Shema, a fine man, was represented by the erstwhile Katsina Head
of Service (name withheld!)who pledged a certain amount on behalf of the
governor then. I have exchanged multi-media correspondence with the HoS
over the seven-figure financial commitment, but two months after the
event no redemption has taken place.
I am sure that Dr. Shema is unaware of this development. All third
party attempts to reach him have been curiously blocked by my contacts
who are closer to him. I do not want to call him directly and bother
him over a matter I am confident he had signed off and appears consumed
by convoluted bureaucracy of yore.
Your Excellency, I still rely on you, sir. Raheem Kareem!
