At the center of the events in Anambra is not Christ Nwabueze Ngige. Nor is it about Anambra or the political characteristics of the Igbo. No. It is about us, the assault on our values; the attack on democracy and the terrible disgracing of our polity now being appropriated by influence peddling moneybags. Having gotten the economy privatized, in their sole favour, they now want to ensure that the nation becomes their political fiefdom.

It is absolutely wrong to see this as part of the monetization of Igbo politics or that money is the essence of Igbo political thought. When a senior political figure gladly received N2 billion from corporate Nigeria for his campaigns, during the last electoral arrangement, he never told us that he eventually handed over the sum to an Ekwueme or Okadigbo or any such other politician. No. He cornered it. For the sole benefit of his campaign. Money politics, better called monelitics, is a virus of Nigerian politics, which knows no tribal identity in its infectious mien.

Even then, Ngige is not about monelitics but more about the diminishing of our political values by agents of democratic destroyers in which the Police, of course, with derived powers and the judiciary, (some elements that is) are the spearheads. Police involvement in such dubious undertakings is part of our recorded history. So, if they refuse to respond to the judicial orders of the Federal Court of Appeal, (the second most senior court in the land), in the swift manner they complied with the orders of the Enugu High Court, with all its imperfections, it is well known to their character orientation. Had they done otherwise, especially with Balogun around, it would have merited headlines.
So, there was nothing extra ordinary that they acted fast to comply with Enugu ruling and refused to do likewise in respect of that of the Federal Court of Appeal, several days after it was made. In the tradition of their selective respect for court orders, they acted perfectly in norm by completely ignoring the orders of the Federal Court of Appeal. Put differently, nothing about Police conduct (or is it misconduct) in the matter ought to surprise us.

What must surprise us in the lamentable role of the Enugu High Court in this culture of legal debasement. Ngige was the third in the Court assault on Anambra State. One was a dispute between two factions of road workers union in Anambra state which was decided by the Enugu High Court, even as the disputable offence was committed in Anambra State. There was yet another with the Ngige affair forming the third. In short, the Enugu State Judiciary has been deciding events that happened outside its jurisdiction, in respect of Anambra State, without following the due process in getting its decisions enforced.

Legal experts are agreed that for the Ngige case to be enforceable, it must be channeled through the Anambra High Court who in turn will direct the IG to comply. Apparently, this was never followed and the Police gladly did so in complete violation of procedures only to flagrantly ignore an order of a superior court in respect of same matter! That’s the Police for you.

The Egbo Egbo conduct of Justice Stanley Nnaji, who gave that judgement, ought to worry all of us precisely because once the judiciary jumps in to the band wagon of partisan conspiracy, in such a brazen manner, without conscience, as the guiding principle, the polity will certainly run in to rough waters and no one knows how things may end up. If the judiciary teams up with the Police to demean democracy the cost may be too costly for the nation. This, we must worry about, very seriously.
The greater worry however are two recent reports to the effect that Ngige would either be impeached or a state of emergency declared in Anambra State. None is an alternative except as a confirmation that Ngige is an Aso Rock project, not Uba’s. And what better evidence is there than the revelation, by somebody, that he was around, July 7th  03, when the remove Ngige project was being discussed at Aso with President Obasanjo allegedly in attendance. True or false, what we know is that silence means consent and Aso Rock has been silent over this matter except of course, that what is happening is an attempt to conquer democracy and put it in the dangerous dungeon of the operators of black market democracy aided by monelicians and supported by gun might.

Removing Ngige, through a crafted impeachment process, or manipulated state of emergency, as reported, would amount to grievous assault on our democratic sensibilities. The misapplication of the substandard rule of law, in solving an issue of this nature, is the most costly misadventure we could embark upon.

Our attitude, to such a dangerous proposal, is that we must never allow the Wild, Wild West to be enacted in Nigeria any longer.
Let us, at all time, understand that Ngige is us not Ngige. In the circumstances of the current happening any assault on him, without the due process, is a collective attack on our democratic dignity and political values.

As the chairman of the Onitsha NBA said, the man is enjoying a stolen victory. Still due process must be applied in dealing with his case but not through Kangaroo actions. Afterall, let us ask those who won elections, fair and squarel to stand up and be counted among the electoral righteous. So Ngige should not be singled out for assault for enjoying fraudulent victory except if some one is saying that Buhari is not in court on good grounds.

We must prevent the conquest of democracy through the illegitimate removal of Ngige. On this, we must stand.