Igbo United A Clarion Call to Defend and Rebuild Ala Igbo
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[{'start': '0.800', 'end': '5.759', 'text': 'In Matthews'}, {'start': '3.160', 'end': '8.880', 'text': '11:12, the word of God says, "The'}, {'start': '5.759', 'end': '12.559', 'text': 'kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,'}, {'start': '8.880', 'end': '15.839', 'text': 'and the violent take it by force." My'}, {'start': '12.559', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'beloved brothers and sisters of Aliu,'}, {'start': '15.839', 'end': '21.920', 'text': 'sons and daughters of the most high,'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '25.720', 'text': 'sons and daughters of our proud and'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'historic heritage. Wherever you are in'}, {'start': '25.720', 'end': '34.239', 'text': 'Enugu, in Abia, Anra, E boy, I emo or'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'across Nigeria, the United States,'}, {'start': '34.239', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'London, Germany, Canada and every part'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '44.960', 'text': 'of the world. I call upon you today.'}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '48.200', 'text': 'I call upon the spirit that lives inside'}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '51.559', 'text': 'every true son and daughter of'}, {'start': '48.200', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'Heband. The spirit of courage, of'}, {'start': '51.559', 'end': '59.320', 'text': 'dignity, of honor, of enterprise, and of'}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '63.120', 'text': 'faith. The spirit that built our'}, {'start': '59.320', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'communities, our markets, our families,'}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '70.080', 'text': 'and our future. Today I speak not merely'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'as a man, but as a servant of Almighty'}, {'start': '70.080', 'end': '75.760', 'text': 'God, a brother whose heart bleeds for'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'the land for which we were born. And a'}, {'start': '75.760', 'end': '81.840', 'text': 'father who nearly lost his entire family'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'to the evil that now stalks our roots.'}, {'start': '81.840', 'end': '88.799', 'text': 'This evil not only stalks our roots, but'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '92.159', 'text': 'our homes, our farms, and bushes. In'}, {'start': '88.799', 'end': '95.200', 'text': 'August 2019, while driving my family on'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '97.600', 'text': 'a family vacation back to the USA, I'}, {'start': '95.200', 'end': '100.079', 'text': 'along with my wife and children visiting'}, {'start': '97.600', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'from the United States were ambushed on'}, {'start': '100.079', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'the road to Lagos. Targeted by'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '108.079', 'text': 'kidnappers and killers only by the mercy'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '111.119', 'text': 'of God, we were spared. This is no'}, {'start': '108.079', 'end': '113.840', 'text': 'rumor. This is no exaggeration. This is'}, {'start': '111.119', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'the reality that thousands of our people'}, {'start': '113.840', 'end': '121.600', 'text': 'face every single day. For too long,'}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '125.119', 'text': 'Aliu has been under siege and the cries'}, {'start': '121.600', 'end': '128.920', 'text': 'of our people cannot be silenced. Fulani'}, {'start': '125.119', 'end': '132.959', 'text': 'hermen have invaded our villages and our'}, {'start': '128.920', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'farms, raped and mutilated our mothers,'}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'sisters and daughters, often killing'}, {'start': '135.520', 'end': '142.120', 'text': 'them after the violation.'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '144.840', 'text': 'This is happening in issues of local'}, {'start': '142.120', 'end': '148.160', 'text': 'government. They are sleeping with our'}, {'start': '144.840', 'end': '151.280', 'text': 'women after sleeping with them. They'}, {'start': '148.160', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'will use stick under their their which'}, {'start': '151.280', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'is very'}, {'start': '160.760', 'end': '168.080', 'text': 'bad. Slaughtered our fathers, sons and'}, {'start': '164.519', 'end': '170.879', 'text': 'brothers, destroyed our farms, crops and'}, {'start': '168.080', 'end': '174.040', 'text': 'food supplies, feeding their cattle with'}, {'start': '170.879', 'end': '178.360', 'text': 'it and trampling them under'}, {'start': '174.040', 'end': '181.440', 'text': 'cattle. Now eh some of us they feel less'}, {'start': '178.360', 'end': '185.760', 'text': 'concerned especially those people in the'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'city all these ones no concern them but'}, {'start': '185.760', 'end': '191.360', 'text': "I if you don't reach you today eh we"}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '195.440', 'text': 'will reach you but sh family for home'}, {'start': '191.360', 'end': '197.599', 'text': "get family home don't worry since we no"}, {'start': '195.440', 'end': '201.519', 'text': 'one put mouth for what is going on all'}, {'start': '197.599', 'end': '203.840', 'text': 'of you this person farm this where'}, {'start': '201.519', 'end': '207.840', 'text': 'suffer some of them they borrow money'}, {'start': '203.840', 'end': '209.840', 'text': 'from bank to farm so that after the the'}, {'start': '207.840', 'end': '213.280', 'text': 'outcome of everything they will return'}, {'start': '209.840', 'end': '216.080', 'text': 'back home and use the the small income'}, {'start': '213.280', 'end': '219.440', 'text': 'and you know keep life going but this is'}, {'start': '216.080', 'end': '221.519', 'text': 'it see what human being like me and you'}, {'start': '219.440', 'end': '223.120', 'text': "see what they are doing to someone's"}, {'start': '221.519', 'end': '225.680', 'text': 'farm'}, {'start': '223.120', 'end': '229.720', 'text': 'kidnappers and bandits are kidnapping'}, {'start': '225.680', 'end': '232.959', 'text': 'our people for ransom torture and'}, {'start': '229.720', 'end': '235.640', 'text': 'death travelers who are trying to visit'}, {'start': '232.959', 'end': '238.920', 'text': 'or return to their homes are'}, {'start': '235.640', 'end': '242.959', 'text': 'murdered. Our land has become a land of'}, {'start': '238.920', 'end': '244.760', 'text': 'fear. Our people refugees in their own'}, {'start': '242.959', 'end': '248.720', 'text': 'ancestral'}, {'start': '244.760', 'end': '252.000', 'text': 'soil. And even as I speak, many of our'}, {'start': '248.720', 'end': '254.640', 'text': 'brave young men and women, sons and'}, {'start': '252.000', 'end': '257.560', 'text': 'daughters of our labor, they are'}, {'start': '254.640', 'end': '261.359', 'text': 'standing in defense with little or no'}, {'start': '257.560', 'end': '263.479', 'text': 'support, unequipped, risking everything'}, {'start': '261.359', 'end': '265.960', 'text': 'to defend their families, their'}, {'start': '263.479', 'end': '269.759', 'text': 'villages, and their way of'}, {'start': '265.960', 'end': '273.440', 'text': 'life. We cannot abandon them. We must'}, {'start': '269.759', 'end': '274.759', 'text': 'not close our eyes. Now why I answer the'}, {'start': '273.440', 'end': '277.800', 'text': 'call to'}, {'start': '274.759', 'end': '281.040', 'text': 'serve. It was from these bitter'}, {'start': '277.800', 'end': '284.720', 'text': 'experiences and the heartbreak of seeing'}, {'start': '281.040', 'end': '286.960', 'text': 'our people suffer that I under divine'}, {'start': '284.720', 'end': '290.280', 'text': 'conviction decided to run for the'}, {'start': '286.960', 'end': '293.199', 'text': 'governor of Enugu state. In'}, {'start': '290.280', 'end': '295.199', 'text': '2019 I became the Enugu state'}, {'start': '293.199', 'end': '299.600', 'text': 'governorship candidate under the'}, {'start': '295.199', 'end': '301.600', 'text': 'umbrella of United Democratic Party UDP.'}, {'start': '299.600', 'end': '304.080', 'text': 'I was also a former Enugu state'}, {'start': '301.600', 'end': '307.240', 'text': 'governorship aspirant under all'}, {'start': '304.080', 'end': '311.600', 'text': 'progressive grand alliance'}, {'start': '307.240', 'end': '313.960', 'text': 'APGA and again in 2023 the Elugu state'}, {'start': '311.600', 'end': '317.160', 'text': 'governorship candidate under the African'}, {'start': '313.960', 'end': '321.440', 'text': 'democratic congress'}, {'start': '317.160', 'end': '325.039', 'text': 'ADC. I offered myself to lead with God'}, {'start': '321.440', 'end': '328.000', 'text': 'first to restore security, create jobs,'}, {'start': '325.039', 'end': '329.600', 'text': 'rebuild industries and give hope to our'}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '332.800', 'text': 'people.'}, {'start': '329.600', 'end': '336.160', 'text': 'Though election have come and gone, the'}, {'start': '332.800', 'end': '339.280', 'text': 'needs of our people remain. The cries of'}, {'start': '336.160', 'end': '341.000', 'text': 'our people continue and many still look'}, {'start': '339.280', 'end': '344.440', 'text': 'to me for'}, {'start': '341.000', 'end': '347.639', 'text': 'leadership, for help, and for'}, {'start': '344.440', 'end': '351.360', 'text': 'hope. I did not come into politics for'}, {'start': '347.639', 'end': '353.680', 'text': 'fame. I came because I could no longer'}, {'start': '351.360', 'end': '356.080', 'text': 'watch the suffering of my people in'}, {'start': '353.680', 'end': '358.600', 'text': 'silence.'}, {'start': '356.080', 'end': '361.280', 'text': 'Now why we must rise'}, {'start': '358.600', 'end': '362.600', 'text': 'together? We are not called to fight'}, {'start': '361.280', 'end': '365.840', 'text': 'illegal'}, {'start': '362.600', 'end': '369.720', 'text': 'wars. We are called to fight lawful and'}, {'start': '365.840', 'end': '373.720', 'text': 'righteous wars against fear, against'}, {'start': '369.720', 'end': '376.160', 'text': 'oppression, against poverty, against'}, {'start': '373.720', 'end': '379.600', 'text': 'destruction. Like Queen Esther in the'}, {'start': '376.160', 'end': '382.919', 'text': 'Bible bravely said, when faced with'}, {'start': '379.600', 'end': '386.840', 'text': 'extermination of our people, we must'}, {'start': '382.919', 'end': '390.800', 'text': 'declare with unwavering faith, "If I'}, {'start': '386.840', 'end': '394.160', 'text': 'perish, I perish for this cause." We'}, {'start': '390.800', 'end': '395.840', 'text': 'rise not with hatred, but with love for'}, {'start': '394.160', 'end': '399.280', 'text': 'our people.'}, {'start': '395.840', 'end': '402.720', 'text': 'We resist not to destroy others but to'}, {'start': '399.280', 'end': '405.319', 'text': 'protect the destiny of our children both'}, {'start': '402.720', 'end': '408.919', 'text': 'at home and'}, {'start': '405.319', 'end': '410.440', 'text': 'abroad. At EU United, we are committed'}, {'start': '408.919', 'end': '413.800', 'text': 'to'}, {'start': '410.440', 'end': '416.919', 'text': 'lawfully defending our communities from'}, {'start': '413.800', 'end': '420.560', 'text': 'terror, violence, and'}, {'start': '416.919', 'end': '423.240', 'text': 'invasion. United all peaceful sons and'}, {'start': '420.560', 'end': '425.720', 'text': 'daughters of Eoland'}, {'start': '423.240', 'end': '427.800', 'text': 'worldwide. attracting'}, {'start': '425.720', 'end': '430.560', 'text': 'investments, rebuilding'}, {'start': '427.800', 'end': '432.759', 'text': 'infrastructure, restoring agriculture,'}, {'start': '430.560', 'end': '435.919', 'text': 'and creating'}, {'start': '432.759', 'end': '440.440', 'text': 'jobs. Reviving our towns and villages'}, {'start': '435.919', 'end': '444.319', 'text': 'into heavens of peace, commerce, and'}, {'start': '440.440', 'end': '446.759', 'text': 'culture. Welcoming all who seek peace,'}, {'start': '444.319', 'end': '450.960', 'text': 'regardless of tribe, race, or'}, {'start': '446.759', 'end': '454.400', 'text': 'creed. We fight evil, not tribes. We'}, {'start': '450.960', 'end': '457.240', 'text': 'fight injustice, not ethnic groups.'}, {'start': '454.400', 'end': '459.160', 'text': 'We fight for the right of every'}, {'start': '457.240', 'end': '462.720', 'text': 'son of'}, {'start': '459.160', 'end': '466.160', 'text': 'evil or every daughter, mother and'}, {'start': '462.720', 'end': '470.240', 'text': 'father to live free, dignified and'}, {'start': '466.160', 'end': '474.440', 'text': 'fearless in their ancestral homeland.'}, {'start': '470.240', 'end': '477.680', 'text': 'We a vision and aliu where our sons and'}, {'start': '474.440', 'end': '481.360', 'text': 'daughters and their sons and daughters'}, {'start': '477.680', 'end': '485.120', 'text': 'can travel home to Alibo without fear of'}, {'start': '481.360', 'end': '488.080', 'text': 'being kidnapped or killed.'}, {'start': '485.120', 'end': '492.160', 'text': 'Where our markets are full of life, our'}, {'start': '488.080', 'end': '493.080', 'text': 'farms rich with crops, our schools alive'}, {'start': '492.160', 'end': '495.680', 'text': 'with'}, {'start': '493.080', 'end': '499.599', 'text': 'learning, where our people in diaspora'}, {'start': '495.680', 'end': '500.680', 'text': 'return with pride to build, to invest'}, {'start': '499.599', 'end': '503.039', 'text': 'and to'}, {'start': '500.680', 'end': '505.479', 'text': 'celebrate. Where our communities stand'}, {'start': '503.039', 'end': '508.879', 'text': 'united, strong and'}, {'start': '505.479', 'end': '512.680', 'text': 'protected. Wherever you are, whatever'}, {'start': '508.879', 'end': '516.320', 'text': 'your status, you are needed right'}, {'start': '512.680', 'end': '519.719', 'text': 'now. If you have ever wept at the news'}, {'start': '516.320', 'end': '522.479', 'text': "of a mother's rape or a child's"}, {'start': '519.719', 'end': '524.839', 'text': 'kidnapping. If you dream of Aliu'}, {'start': '522.479', 'end': '527.760', 'text': 'restored to peace and'}, {'start': '524.839', 'end': '531.279', 'text': 'prosperity. If you believe our heritage'}, {'start': '527.760', 'end': '534.120', 'text': 'is worth defending with dignity, courage'}, {'start': '531.279', 'end': '538.880', 'text': 'and lawful action, then join'}, {'start': '534.120', 'end': '542.560', 'text': 'us. Join EU United. Together we will'}, {'start': '538.880', 'end': '545.440', 'text': 'reclaim the soul of Ali. defend the'}, {'start': '542.560', 'end': '547.920', 'text': 'honor of our mothers, shield the future'}, {'start': '545.440', 'end': '550.200', 'text': 'of our children, and rebuild the'}, {'start': '547.920', 'end': '553.640', 'text': 'greatness of our'}, {'start': '550.200', 'end': '558.200', 'text': 'land. You too can get'}, {'start': '553.640', 'end': '560.519', 'text': 'involved. Join us today. My final'}, {'start': '558.200', 'end': '564.959', 'text': 'word, united we'}, {'start': '560.519', 'end': '568.080', 'text': 'stand, divided we fall. Together, Alibo'}, {'start': '564.959', 'end': '573.200', 'text': 'shall never be defeated.'}, {'start': '568.080', 'end': '573.200', 'text': 'I am Pastor Donatus'}, {'start': '573.240', 'end': '580.720', 'text': 'Marina, the founder of IU'}, {'start': '576.600', 'end': '586.040', 'text': 'United. Thank you. May God bless you.'}, {'start': '580.720', 'end': '586.040', 'text': 'May God bless evil sons and daughters.'}]