SANDRA DURU AND IMO DEPUTY GOV, MY VIEW

By Bro. Obinna Akuwudike

I came across an article on News Bearer Newspaper dated 30th August, 2013 where a group claiming to be Imo Conscience tried to throw more light on the High Chief Sandra Duru versus Prince Eze Madumere homosexuality issue and even though I have never really followed their case, I was drawn by the accusations made against this woman and that prompted me in my usual manner to look closer into the matter and find out the facts for myself.

I was particularly interested by the way this group described this woman which portrayed her as some sort of ‘Superwoman’ who cannot be touched even by the country’s security outfits and this pricked my curiosity even more and made me wonder whether this woman was really all they said she was.

After several digging around, I am yet to find out why this woman should be referred as an ex-convict as the group had claimed as there seem not to exist, any evidence of this woman ever being tried in any Nigerian court let alone sentence for even one day in prison. This discovery made me wonder, which court sentenced this woman for a crime? On which date was this sentencing held and where? What is the name of the judge that sentenced her and more so, on what charges was she sentenced? I am still finding difficulties locating all these information so it would be safe to ask those who claim that this woman is indeed an ex-convict to present the facts along with their accusations.

Even more intriguing was the accusation by this group that this woman Sandra Duru blackmailed a former Head of State and this really made me laugh at such rather lame accusation because I cannot imagine anybody daring to blackmail any Head of State of Nigeria, civilian or military, serving or not and still be alive to tell the story and this made me wonder who this Agu Nwanyi is. Who is this woman who is accused of blackmailing a former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria and still walks about free? It is either she is some sort of ‘wonder-woman’ or the accusations are bogus all concocted to discredit her and the accusations she made against the Deputy Governor of Imo State Prince Eze Madumere.

I also looked into the claim that she was not legitimately married to Uche Rajis, her ex-husband, and found out that the marriage was even honored and blessed by a God-fearing traditional ruler of Osu-Ama, HRM Eze Dr. Charles Obinna Onuoha so I keep wondering, why all these childish lies when the truth is very glaring for all to see? The woman, I learnt, had even dared her ex-husband Uche Rajis to take a DNA test to determine the paternity of her children who this group claimed did not belong to Uche Rajis.

I further investigated about the accusation of bogus titles and found that the woman in question High Chief Sandra Duru was indeed honored with several titles by her people and contrary to the impression created that she was not welcome with her people, I found that in the contrary, her people actually held her in high regard as a woman who would not let anybody trample over her. These made me desire to meet this woman and hear her side of the story.

After some digging around, I was opportuned to contact this woman and listen to her side of the story, since the Deputy Governor did not seem forthcoming with what really happened. She recounted to me a story which as a Christian, I found very appalling and disgusted by and despite the doubt in me as to the authenticity and credibility of this story, I couldn’t help but wonder, why hasn’t this woman been arrested by the police if truly she is lying against the Deputy Governor and her former husband Uche Rajis? Why hasn’t the Deputy Governor held a press conference or somehow or the other to defend himself against these accusations against him rather decided to stay silent and play childish third party media hide-and-seek such as the one done on his behalf by the so-called group Imo Conscience? What gives this woman the boldness to dare the Deputy Governor of Imo State as well as her ex-husband to take her to court and disprove her? What makes her different from any other Nigerian that the Deputy Governor cannot get the police to arrest her for blackmail rather he secretly gets a phantom group to try to discredit this woman in the media?

These actions have gone a long way to lend more credence to her accusations that really, something sinister happened between her ex-husband Uche Rajis and the Deputy Governor of Imo State Prince Eze Madumere.

Chief Sandra Duru listed out all her functional companies and past and recent activities, audited accounts, functional corporate head office. It will shock you that Sanchhy Nigeria Limited has branches in 16 African countries and Pre-Adult Affairs Organisation a UN recognised NGO has been actively involved in building potentials and providing qualitative care for young people and women in Nigeria for over fourteen years now.

It may also interest you to know that Sandra Duru was in-charge of Owelle Rochas Okorocha's Security, Surveillance and Media during the 2011 election in Imo state, she said she is coming up with a detailed documentary on the pre and post election and other similar projects she is working on.

The Sandra Duru that I met is neither a pyscho, nor a blackmailer! Rather, the Sandra Duru that I met is very brilliant, organised, smart, very creative, courageous, articulated and ready to make a positive change at all cost! Sandra Duru is always busy with one project or the other and always ready and cannot be taken unawares. She is indeed a blessing to Nigeria if properly researched and understood! She is not a blackmailer but a fearless fighter of injustice. I challenge Uche Rajis and the Deputy Governor of Imo state to take SANDRA DURU to court and prove the whole world who have believed her story wrong or better-still seek for peace, turn a new leaf and allow GOD ALMIGHTY's intervention.

 You can google Chief Sandra Duru, visit her, contact her on facebook, even call her on phone, she is accessible, her doors are always open, she is a public figure with a style. Get closer, investigate her and appreciate God more, Sandra Duru is a genius and a Nigerian, African to be reckoned with.

Looking at the matter in dispute – Homosexuality, I for one see it as the greatest sin against God and against man. Homosexuality is the sin that would signal the end of creation and the second coming of Christ Jesus as even in the Bible, God showed his total dislike of that sin by destroying the city of Sodom and Gomorrah which the Bible lets us know is the only city God destroyed. That singular act by God alone should tell us that of every other sin, God hates sodomy most of all. Even our culture forbids a man sleeping with his fellow man and despite the pressure put on Nigeria by foreign powers, Nigeria has shown herself to be a Godly country to resisting any move to legalize homosexuality in the country as such, homosexuality is deemed as a crime in Nigeria. Why then will a Nigerian leader be accused of such grievous sin and yet keep quiet rather than defend himself? Is he hiding something or is there some form of truth in what this woman is saying that is giving a Deputy Governor cold feet?

With all the gossip flying around town about homosexuality in Douglas House as well as the planned legalization of Abortion in Imo State, one no longer knows what to believe and since those who should be telling us the truth as they want us to see it, are keeping quiet about it, I believe it is our right to believe that something happened between the Deputy Governor Prince Eze Madumere and the ex-husband of Sandra Duru, Uche Rajis and since this woman, High Chief Sandra Duru appears untouchable by the police as claimed by this group, it is safe to assume that probably, she has some form of evidence to back up her claim and this is giving the Deputy Governor goose-pimples as he seem incapable of addressing this issue once and for all and let us know who is lying and who is telling us the truth in the matter.

For a man who I have seen regularly on the pages of Anglican Voice, it is rather disappointing to say the least hearing this sort of accusations against his person and his silence and third party media attacks at the person of Sandra Duru makes it even clear to a blind man that there is something he does not want us to know.

My concern is for my people of Imo State. Imo is a Godly state. We are a people loved by God but recent happenings have started to separate the people of Imo State from the love of God we used to enjoy and that is why there seems to be a lot of suffering and hardship in Imo State today. Clearly, God is angry with us and it may not be for our sins but if we remember, even in the Bible, God can visit a people with hardship for the sins of their leaders. Are we suffering for what we know nothing about? Is God angry with us over the secret Abortion bill? Is he visiting us with hardship because of the accusations and gossips of homosexuality – the worst sin in His sight – among our leaders? Is Imo State drifting into the next Sodom and Gomorrah having been the first Nigerian state to even dream of secretly signing a law legalizing abortion? A secret bill legalizing homosexuality may not be very far off.

The people of Imo State desire the truth on this matter as we desire the truth on many other matters which the government seem not be care to give us the answers to those questions. For our good as a state, for our salvation from God’s wrath, I urge everyone involved to come forward and let us hear the truth over this matter. Sandra Duru has said her part, the ball is now in the court of the Deputy Governor Prince Eze Madumere and Uche Rajis to come out and defend themselves rather than running the immature third party media smear campaign being run against this woman by the group called Imo Conscience. Ka Chineke mezie okwu.

Bro. Obinna Akuwudike