Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri says the travails of 21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu, who has been accused of killing Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, should cause every Nigerian to introspect.
The ex-Special Assistant on New Media to President Jonathan stated this in a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday.
Omokri said no one should be in a rush to demonise Chidinma as she is also a victim of bad parenting and a bad society.
According to him, most parents in present-day society see their children with no clear-cut source of income living a life of luxury and begin to celebrate instead of asking questions.
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Omokri wrote, “Everybody is in a rush to demonise Chidinma. But it takes two to tango. Chidinma is 21. Usifo was 50. Between them, there existed a 29 year age gap. She could have been his daughter.
“How many of you condemning Chidinma were mature at 21? We are now circulating videos of her smoking. How many of you did not smoke at 21? She erred. She should be punished. However, let us try to find out why it happened and make course corrections as a society.
“Chidinma is also a victim. Of bad parenting and a bad society. We are now a society that is so religious that we expect ‘grace’ to cover everything, including inadequate parenting.
“In Nigeria, poor parents suddenly see their young daughters with a Range Rover, and rush to church to do a thanksgiving, not minding what Scripture says in Deuteronomy 23:18.
“Nigeria has become a society that prioritises wealth over morals. We are a society that celebrated a billionaire, who already had a sizeable International harem, for marrying his granddaughter’s age mate. And the union was promoted and blessed by the parent. It was celebrated as a super love story in the media. That was our own fairy tale Cinderella story for young girls to look up to. And we are surprised we ended up with Chidinma?
“This Chidinma has obviously been corrupted by the ‘small girl with a big God’ phenomenon. If not that their drug induced orgy ended in murder, the man could have been funding her lifestyle and she would be motivating young girls on Nigerian blogs.
“Where do you think all these surgically enhanced motivators get money to inflate their buttocks and their breasts? They claim to have businesses you can never see. In truth, they are senior Chidinmas, with their own ‘big gods’ in Banana Island.
“Look, Nigeria should wake up and smell the coffee. Chidinma is a symptom of the rot in our society. We are now a society of ‘no car key, no chase me’, and ‘no Range Rover, no arrange me as your lover’. The Chidinmas that were not caught are more than the ones that were caught.”