The story you are about to read might bring tears to your eyes if you have a heart,if you don't,reading it will invoke some kind of emotion in you.
Now read….
Edith Ike Okongwu (of blessed memory) had a steamy affair with ex head of state General Yakubu Gowon and their affair resulted in the conception and birth of Musa…
Edith lived with Gowon during the war till his people allegedly kicked her out for flimsy reasons and took young Musa away from her.
She relocated to America but Many years later,she 'kidnapped' him on a visit to Nigeria and took him back to America.
That move was probably wrong because young Musa became rebellious and didn't approve of his mothers single and flamboyant lifestyle.
To make matters worse,His dad Yakubu Gowon had allegedly cut him off for as long as he was with his mum.
Musa eventually became One of the highest ranking member/ business partner of a Colombian drug cartel.He lived a rich and flamboyant lifestyle until he was caught.
During his trial, he was offered a deal to rat on the people he worked with but he refused and there was outrage,his people were angry with him for not betraying the people he worked with but young Musa argued that if he talked they would fish him out even in jail and snuff him out.
he kept sealed lips and in 1993 in his early twenties,he was sentenced to jail..with hard labour.
The funny thing is that Musa got into trouble,trying to get acceptance from his people and win his father's love And when he was making money and spending it,he got the acceptance…albeit briefly….but was abandoned for slinging his family name in the mud.
Musa is now 47 years old and yesterday he was released on state pardon granted him by President Obama after spending 22years in jail.
whilst he was in jail,his mum passed on....
He is currently with Immigration and in the process of being deported back to the land he was born....Nigeria.
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*He has paid the price for his crime,if you decide to cuss him out instead of learning from this,its your choice....freedom of expression is welcome on this blog.
Why should anyone cuss him out when most of them do worse things behind close doors..
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity!...
Totally agree with you
DeleteThank God for him.... I hope he reunites with his family and make use of his second chance in a positive way
DeleteIt is well with him.
DeleteI remember his story. God help him find his feet
DeleteLucky him!
DeleteWhy will it bring tears to my eyes! U know how many people drugs kill everyday???
DeleteWhy should I cry? Tears didn't even well up in my eyes. Sorry Musa, welcome back.
DeleteTrue talk Lin. May he turn a new leaf.
DeleteAm happy for him.
ReplyDeleteMusa! The Dike in Chimamanda's Americanah! Son of a general, born of an igbo mom, caught up in the American life!
DeleteHmmm...@Der Palmweintrinker. Time to read that book again.
Delete@ Der Palmweintrinker, but the General in Americana died na and Gowon is still alive.
DeleteAnon, Americanah is after all a fiction but the ideas that molded the narrative in the novel must have come from something real! I'm not Chimamanda but Musa was on my mind when I was reading about Dike even though Gowon ain't dead.
Deleteanything GOWON wont bring any joy to me . rip to innocent biafran kids killed by your father .
ReplyDeleteIgbo sentiment
DeleteWhat do you say about Ojukwu
JESUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like freedom.. He has really paid the price for his crime..
ReplyDeleteShebi this man was married when the 'Igbo woman' was doing side chic runs. Now see what that has brought upon the product of adultery. Igbos and their love for money and flamboyant lifestyle. Why won't Gowon's family not be angry with a home breaker.
Delete
ReplyDelete*smh*
Waste of sperm
Waste of years
I wonda wot wud becom of hom wen he comes bak
What waste of sperm? He's a living being, alive in the land of the living.
DeleteWaste of years? He's 47, and life begins at 40.its never too late to start anew,afresh,on a clean slate.
God is a God of second chance,how he trudges on from this moment is all that matters.there are a lot of men who are 47 years of age,never been to jail,but still have nothing to their name.my only hope is that life in prison has remoulded him,and he has dropped his old ways.
@north something: enough Abeg with your nauseating sanctimonious preaching. Fucking irritant.
DeleteSo Stella sorry I didn't collapse in agony about this story. So what part was I suppose to cry?
Do you also know what a cartel does? They kill people. He made his choices. Lucky he's still alive.
Yesterday somebody's supermarket burnt to ashes. Are you aware? Now that bought tears to my eyes. Honest staff will now be without work for some time. Now that is cry worthy.
Yea God is a God of second chance.
Delete@ North Datoka, tnx for ur comment.
DeleteExactly life begins @ 40..
God is a God of 2nd chance.
Anon 10.46, you just reminded me of Ezenwanyi.pls do get an id
DeleteMusa, your dad will welcome you back home. Sorry for the rebellious live you lived in America where anything goes. No punishment and no one is allowed to flog children when they disobey.
ReplyDeleteI pray your dad accept you back. when you come back, go and preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ so that it will be well with your soul.
Too bad I don't know if I shld feel for him or not he spent his better part of his life in jail unlike if he had opened up his jail term wud b lot lesser I seriously hope he dsnt commit suicide when he gets to Nigeria cause a lot has changed over the years, he shld pray his family accepts him back n live a normal life that's if he can even live a normal life
ReplyDeleteIf he had ratted them out, he would have had a shorter jail term and most likely be dead by now.
DeleteI think his father would accept him. I really don't know why he was disowned in the first place, not like he had a choice in a kidnap.
All the very best to him. 22 years is a lot! May God restore the lost years.
*mouth wide open*
ReplyDeleteEeeya....
ReplyDeleteNna Nno.....
Family wahala esp btw parents can mess up kids' psyche.
Bless u Bro Obama.it is well wit u.and wit u Musa.
Ezigbote Nna Nno..
DeleteEveryone deserves a second chance.I hope his family embraces him and make him comfortable.
Greetings @ TGW..
Northie nne m,kedu?
DeleteHope u are good and ur end too.
How's Momsie?
Curse him? Never!
ReplyDeleteHe only went through the wire cause his mother is an Eastner.... thats the crime he committed
If not, with such a prominent man as a father?, he wouldn't be a drug dealer in the first place
I wonder how long it will take Nigeria to truly be "one".... Dear Musa you are survivor
God bless president Obama!
Those wanting to cuss him out,are their life any better?
ReplyDeleteI tire oooo.
DeleteIt is well with him.
God is a mercyful God..
Pele, musa
DeleteStella u funny gan sha,what's emotional n worth crying 4 over ds story,na today people don dey go prison come back?
ReplyDeleteAya Williams Abeg help me ask Stella and the mumu people we dey for pity iranu other mtshewwe
Deleteibo pipo can like 2 do crime dr bloods r 2 strong am hapi dat dangote understand dis in time
ReplyDeleteWhat's dis one yakking about?
DeleteMechionu!!!
DeleteAnupam!
You can't even spell Igbo! Ode raised to the power of 2!
DeleteWaste pipe!!!
DeleteWhy una bother reply d daft anonymous.
DeleteCreep.
Ok. Good for him
ReplyDeleteThat's how most Nigerian Leaders children would definitely turn out to be. That's the price they pay for messing up this country and it's economy.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteBlack men don't snitch! Yo! Lmao
Welcome home son of the soil!
Proudly Naija!
Hope the Gowon's accept him pls, if they don't remember you still have igbo blood running through those veins, come home bro...hehehe
Yes o....
DeleteNna nata Ikwu nne gi...
We have already welcomed u back bro.
Thank God he's out and might have learnt his lesson
ReplyDeleteSeems I don't have a heart anymore cos I wasn't moved one bit
All i was picturing while reading was Ghost,Felipe lobos and Tommy of POWER
Hehehe Tommy... Ghost... My man any day.... Can't wait for season 3 !
DeleteAsin!!
DeleteFelipe lobos, crazy guy.I love the way he talks in that funny mexican drawl..
A very sad story.
ReplyDeleteI hope he has learnt his lesson.
I feel sad for him cos what life is he returning to now,if only his mom was still alive,I hope his dad forgives him and try to rehabilitate him,that was how my cousin was deported after he was caught dealing drugs in America,his mom.also died while he was in prison,he is now a nuisance here in Nigeria,still acting like a thug up and down, his father has tried to rehabilitate him but he keeps squandering the money on girls,everybody has left him now,I just hope Musa Gowon's case doesn't end up like that.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you Obama. Hmmm 22 years in prison no be beans o.
ReplyDeleteYeah I remember when you first published this story. I wish him well. He's sure going to need all the help he can get after spending almost half of his life behind bars!
ReplyDeleteThe story didn't move me, not that i'm emotionless or anything. His story is more like as you lay your bed as a criminal.... end up in jail bunk.
ReplyDeleteIn fact this story is bullshit. He was a criminal that had to face time. Welcome to Naija Mr, hope your friends and family got your back, and the cartel reward you for keeping your damn mouth shut, (i doubt, 22 yrs is a long time)If not what happened in 1993 will happen again.
i dey tells you
DeleteI tot it's only me dat was not moved. I was beginning to think my heart Is dead.
DeleteThank God his dad is still alive. hnmmm life happened.
ReplyDeleteMusa Gowon, thank God for ur life.
ReplyDelete22 years in jail? He has really paid for the crime he committed. Thank God he was granted state pardon. His family should please welcome him back.
ReplyDelete22 years in jail? He has really paid for the crime he committed. Thank God he was granted state pardon. His family should please welcome him back.
ReplyDeleteThank God he is a free man now
ReplyDeleteThank God for him
ReplyDeleteOh wow
ReplyDeleteWhere will he start from now,felt bad for him, single mum is really not a good thing sometimes
Maybe my heart is dead cos I did not cry nor feel any emotions. Thank God ur free. Life of crime no dey pay.
ReplyDeleteFreedom is responsibility, I hope he finally gets the acceptance he desires from his family, at least he has paid for his crime. Go and sin no more Musa
ReplyDeletefreedom of expression welcomed on this blog lie you tell Stella
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
He has paid the price, no one is perfect. I hope his father recieves him and let the past remain in the past.
ReplyDeleteEyaaah...shit happened! wasted years, wasted destiny!
ReplyDeleteHope you got some hidden money saved somewhere for a fresh start though.
@ patience lee
ReplyDeleteBlack men are the no 1 snitch, lmao. My uncle told us how a black man, igbo, snitched on him in europe pretending to be an inmate.
#igbokwenu
Crazy people with long memories full this blog
DeleteMaybe you should have gone anon on the personal info you gave above
Lessons learnt in a strong way.
ReplyDeleteYou're a free man now.
Make a difference.
He kept sealed lips for 22 years?
ReplyDeleteThat is jus Wooooooooooooooow
wooow, woow, wooow wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow...
I said it before and now I'm saying it again,ur brain has being exchanged for a used bag.
DeleteLol.
DeleteAnonymous gat no chills.
*laffs in Cantonese* anon ooooo!
Delete#sayonara
But wait oOh do you guys know dat YAKUBU GOWON IS A BONAFIDE IGBO MAN? I bet u dint know. Stella go do ur research. Hahahahahaha karma is a bitch. He killed the biafrans tinking dey were enemy not knwing dey were FAMILY. Silly old man. The boy abi na man can do without a father afterall he (Yakubu Gowon) grew without one.
ReplyDeleteStella oooo, where's my previous comment?
ReplyDeleteOH Jesus, guide this man and give him a fresh start.
ReplyDeleteCommit a crime if you are ready to do the time....he certainly knew what he was getting into... No tears shed...
ReplyDeleteNo tears at all. And why is he coming back. Crime rate is already high.
DeleteWell, i think he can keep a secret and should join the secret service. What's the equivalent of CIA in Nigeria again?. He doesn't rat on his people. Which is a good quality. There's always a silver lining to everything. No matter how bad the scenario might look.
ReplyDeleteDSS
DeleteIf you say na DSS, who NIA come be for Naija?
DeleteParenting went wrong. God help him to start anew.
ReplyDeleteNa wa! Hope his father realises he is old and throw whatever anger he had for him or the mum inside the gutter. This is his offspring he likes iy ir not, after all both of them are guilty. The son is a rebel the father is stubborn so that makes the two of them.
ReplyDeleteOne can determine one's path in life by one's action... one of the lessons I learnt in life. This man's story is a lesson to all of us if we choose to learn from it...
ReplyDeleteLesson to single mothers if you can't take care of a child alone let the man take the child till you can
ReplyDeleteA child will look for the mother at the right time
It is well with him
ReplyDeleteAww..
ReplyDeleteThis got to me, I didn't cry though..
He has practically spent half of his life in jail..
Welcome back home Mr musa..
Baby mamas takke note!learn to close ur legs and wait for your husband.
ReplyDeleteStella whats moving about this, is he the only one got issues with their dad. His even lucky he had opportunity to go to the USA. He could have gotten a good education and worked legit instead of going into criminal activity.
ReplyDeleteI lost my dad at the age of 4, no family support from anyone. My dads people no even ask after us. Not like my mum needed them,she even wanted to be far from the wicked people.
She worked hard, sent me to the best schools she cld afford single handedly, and I made sure I excelled becos I had no one but my mum and God. No be say I be perfect person o,but I try my best. I don't say because I grew up not knowing my father I now start misbehaving. I never expect nothing from ppl, family ppl get dere problems,must they help me. I only seek for assistance when lookn for job. In which an aunty helped and I started working in a bank.
Why shld we feel sad for him, he did the crime and paid the price.
ReplyDeleteStella do you know how many ppl drugs have ruined their lives? Do you see women on crack in America that will rather buy crack than take money to buy food for their kids. Do you know how many children are mentally retarded or with behavioural problems becos dere mum's where getting high on crack during pregnancy.
Good luck Musa, welcome back to Nigeria.
And one desperate woman will come out and marry him and tell her friends, im marrying ex presidents son, he just came back from America. He was a big business man from abroad. As soon as some ladies hear a man just cum back, they will do everythn to hook him.
ReplyDeleteLol,it's well
DeleteCry? Be emotional? For what? Did you cry for the numerous people who died because of their drug related activities? People who instantly became orphans or widows due to the cartels acts? Or do you think a drug cartel is the same thing as selling Ata rodo?
ReplyDeleteSome of you are too stupid to be alive seriously.
I'm actually impressed with the comments. I pray he adapts and shun crime in totality
DeleteIt's well with you Musa.
ReplyDelete**Som Baby**
ReplyDeleteOMG! I'm bawling. Can't stop the tears. The most touching story I have read in a long time. *sniff* *sniff*
Nonsense! Why should I have any pity for him? He committed a crime; he paid for it. He made his choice. It wasn't like he was wrongly convicted.
He could have died in jail and I wouldn't give a fuck.
Now, to become a governor...
ReplyDeleteAm happy for uuuuu.
ReplyDeleteOur God is a God of 2nd chance....
U r welcome already.
May ur family welcome u too..
ignorant comment. do you know what happened in the relationship? if you don't shut the fuck up.
ReplyDeleteTESSY YOU said...
Curse him? Never!
He only went through the wire cause his mother is an Eastner....
I don't feel sorry for him..Nah.
ReplyDeleteI hope he won't go into crime in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anybody cuss him??? Eyaaah! I hope Gen Gowon(rtd)forgives him and takes him back. All he needs now is love! His people should show him all d love he needs.
ReplyDeleteYamaha my heart is dead!!
ReplyDeleteYou all can cry yourselves a river. Hooooohooo
He don't need your pity, trust me you and your generation need it more.
In 5 years time this ex con will be a GOVERNOR voted by YOU. Hohohooooo no be naira be dey iranu abasha.
Stella l don't know what should move me in this story. Rather l am shocked. For many years all l read in the papers was Gowon denying that the boy was not his son and his late mum stating that thboy was his son. I always wondered why both were exchanging words instead of going for a paternity test. Despite Gowon leading a group called 'Nigeria prays', he never visited the boys mother that was dying of cancer in the hospital until she had a few hours to live. I pray the man gives his life to Christ and his mothers family re-integrate him. It is well with him. I Bellevue he can still be great in life. With God nothing is impossible.
ReplyDeleteWhy would I cry for someone who get caught doing an illegal business, drug dealers are the most wicked people and they keep tarnishing the image of this country together with the Yahoo boys.
ReplyDeleteAn American wanted doing business with me but when I told her am in Nigeria she pulled out because she said Nigerians can't be trusted.
He has been pardoned, good for him after all his father is chopping our money!
Welcome back Bro. Musa. Your father can still fix you up somewhere. Somewhere ? No. In Nigeria you can always become a president from pri**n.
ReplyDeleteNo pity. I sincerely hope he has learnt his lessons.
ReplyDeleteIf he was treated badly while his father is still alive i wonder how he will be treated when his father passes on.
Musa
ReplyDeleteYou have been given a second chance don't go back to your vomit
Don't waste it
Stella Pls stop being petty
ReplyDeleteThe wages of sin is death; and that of crime is jail term (if not capital punishment)
i have a heart, i read d story... it didnt bring tears to my eyes.
he enjoyed the proceeds of crime and also did his time in jail... How is that a bother to me and many other Nigerians.
oh!! is it because he is from a former Number one family.... Mtcheeeeeew
you are just taking Pain Relief for another man's headache.
I am the ANALYSER
(if you like, dont post my comment)
Elsie stop coming to vomit on this post.
ReplyDeleteSo sad
ReplyDeleteIt must be known that musa identified more with his Igbo side than his northen side and actually went to FGC Enugu, he also had among his best friends Igbos and was only hausa in name, its a pity his mum is dead, but i know Mus personally, a kind hearted nice gentleman, with a lot of soul, . . . Welcome home "The Mus," looking foward to having you back !!!!!!!!
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