The Python Dance and Retributive Justice

By Barr Azubuike Anoliefo

The Python or Eke in the Igbo culture, Igbo mythology and belief system is sacred, revered, venerated, deified, and the sacred Eke is most protective of the Igbos.

I am from Idemili, Anambra State, the sanctuary of the sacred Eke or Python.The Eke Idemili is harmless, not aggressive, not destructive, and does not dance as depicted by the myopic and misguided Nigeria Army and its Commander in chief.

She is a goddess and a Protector.The Nigeria Army in its abysmal misadventure and seeming ignorance has desecrated the domain of the Eke, maligned and made a caricature of the goddess, defiled, dehumanized and decimated her Children.

The repercussions and retributive justice, consequent upon these ignoble and sacrilegious acts, and violations of the sanctity of her domain, and her people could be most punitive.

If these evil doers are unrepentant, refuse to retrace their steps or persist in their orgy.If they don't beg for forgiveness and make reparations for their act of desecration and defilement in the foreseeable future, their end will be calamitous and most tragic.

The sacred Eke Idemili though peaceful, amiable and friendly could unleash her venom on her offenders unannounced if provoked.The python does not dance.  "her only dance move is a deadly swing when it whirls its victim, constricts it and then swallows it whole".

The Nigerian military is wallowing in the orgy of recklessness, impunity, mayhem, murder, and bloodletting, in its senseless and lawless undertaking in the South East

We are witnessing the orgy of dictatorial and centripetal tendencies.Our ground norm, the Constitution of the Federal Republic, our extant Laws, the Court processes and the sanctity of the Igbo nation are being abused and flagrantly infringed and violated.

If the python must dance, her dance is a dance of death.A stitch in time may perhaps save nine.

Barr. Azubuike Anoliefo.

Publisher:  Prince Richmond C. Amadi