By Ikenna ONUOHA, Ph.D.
There is an unfolding societal problem that is tactically but gradually destroying futures and destinies of our youths today. The quest for money is indeed the bane of evil. Sudden billionaires that trended in the last 10 years are no more today, yet our youths are patronizing the evil ways that are capable of shortening their lives! Too bad!!
The quest for money has triggered kidnapping, ritual, armed robbery and killing. This is different from what our forefathers witnessed during their time on earth.
This current trend of "Okeite", the "great pot" can be likened to that dangerous, and notorious "Ara Nwanyi Asaba" saga in the last two decades that almost wiped the youths away from the surface of the earth.
During this period of "Ara Nwanyi Asaba" epistle, interested billionaires were enticed with spreading of clean cash at events by purveyors of the evil debacle. Those attracted to the event of the day were led to Asaba, the capital of Delta State to "suck" the evil breast and thereafter, become wealthy. This actually happened to the interested participants but their lives were snatched by the evil marchants after 2, 3 or 4 years of the transient wealth.
How these purveyors and promoters of the evil money killer do it is what should be unravelled and security agencies are currently on it.
A situation where a child of 16 to 19 years is seen driving different exotic cars, which each of them is not less than 50 million is a style that should be consciously and unconsciously nip in the bud.
This trend of "Okeite" and the defunct "Ara Nwanyi Asaba" ended up killing some of the beneficiaries of the quick wealth after the affluence was enjoyed for just few years. The gift of devil is "give and take", note that the devil does not give without expecting heavily from the beneficiaries.
This practice of get rich quick syndrome is at variance with the custom and tradition of the Igbo race. Why this practice thrive is because some villagers, parents of the beneficiaries and traditional Rulers in various communities including religious leaders give credence, applause, undue recognition and high ovations to these "successful" youths seen cruising in billions with mansions scattered everywhere..
Regretably, on sighting the young idle billionaire, some highly rated monarchs send emissaries to entice the billionaires to accept Chieftaincy Titles. This is to cover up the negative channels through which the ill-gotten wealth was derived.
In the cause of getting rich quick, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, girl friends, boy friends and the youths have been killed, dismembered and used for rituals. Innocent people are missing on daily basis without trace of their locations simply because someone wants to answer "Agunechemba", Arusi Eji Aka Abuo Apa", "Ahaejiagamba" and so on!
This is vanity upon vanity! It is painful that big names we heard in the last one, two or three decades with raw wealth attach to them are no more today. Reason being that such quick wealth had expiry date, and such expiry date carries grave consequences.
Very pathetic that as a result of the quest to get rich quick through "Okeite or Ara Nwanyi Asaba", some ladies have lost their lives to their supposed suitors, fiancees, boy friends or even husbands, yet those alive, are still fallen to their net.
Such ladies killed become vulnerable to their suitors, fiancees, boy friends or husbands once the guy begins to pour huge wealth on the ladies. This is because ladies become more glued to guys that spend heavily on them not minding the consequences thereafter.
The immorality today in the society has destroyed the sanctity of morality. There is open confrontation of disrespect to the elders. Little brats no longer accord due recognition to the elders and titled men simply because, the honour and recognition in the transient wealth has decapitated the sense organs of humility.
Badly, this trend of evil is tactically promoted by these elders and titled men still expecting respect and recognition from the little billionaires. A situation where a supposed elder disrespect his fellow elder to recognize the little billionaire is the trigger of the whole social decadence. Things must changed when our Royal fathers, Religious leaders and politicians join hands to restore social sanity.
By so doing, we shall be expecting the society of our collective dreams!
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