11/07/2025
There was a Country
**"The segregation in the southeastern states runs deeper than skin — a plague you won't find elsewhere in Nigeria. We parade ourselves as the wisest, yet often act the most foolish. When a Hausa or Yoruba meets his tribesman anywhere, their language becomes a bridge. But try that with an Igbo man, and watch him twist the Queen's English better than the British.
Only in Igbo land will an elder walk into a bank, and the Igbo customer rep would rather impress with phonetics than show brotherhood. The five eastern states never run short of negative opinions about each other — and this virus has eaten deep, dividing local governments, towns, communities, and even families.
Tufiakwa!
Chukwu Okike, melu anyi ebere."**