BNW Magazine: Response to Jude Akubuilo: Re: Threat to Kill Ambrose Ehirim: Ambrose Ehirim: The Ambrose Ehirim Files Biafra Nigeria World @ BiafraNigeriaWorld.

I have of late been busier than usual. Hence, I haven't been able to respond to the article entitled "Jude A. Akubuilo -- Rebuttal to Alleged Threat To Ehirim," which was published here at BNW.

My article entitled “Oliver de Coque’s Bad Vibes at L.A.’s Local 250 Warehouse" was

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published in the BNW Magazine on October 11, 2005. Since then, there have been numerous reactions to that article, including a direct message delivered to me in person by Mr. Philip Eriri to the effect that as a result of what I wrote in the article, Los Angeles Area Igbo attorney, Jude Akubuilo, issued a threat to kill me wherever I could be found. The threat was delivered to me after Eriri brought up the issue of my article and we were discussing it.

While Mr. Eriri has remained silent since, Akubuilo has called and spoken to me, and we have met again in person. He urged that Eriri’s statement should be dismissed as a "peppersoup joint talk” between himself and Eriri. I informed Akubuilo that the discussion in which I received the threat was a serious one, and there were witnesses who even intervened, some of them openly stating that what I wrote was the simple truth and it was about time to put the “Oliver de Coque” type of nonsensical entertainment to a stop. Neither I nor any of the witnesses who heard the threat got the impression that Eriri was delivering the stuff of a “peppersoup joint.” It was a direct threat issued in a direct manner.

However, I was surprised to read the twist that Akubuilo gave to our discussion. According to Akubuilo:

I met with Mr. Ehirim on Friday, November 25, 2005, and explained to him that those statements were false and lacked any foundation whatsoever. He promised to take corrective action immediately. ~~ Jude Akubuilo.

Yes, Akubuilo and I met and we discussed the threat to my life.

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Akubuilo even suggested that Philip Eriri may have been taken out of context.

I reiterated to Akubuilo that the threat delivered to me was unmistakable and real, and there were witnesses at the scene when Eriri delivered the message. At no time did I agree with Akubuilo that Eriri’s statements were false, as I was not present when Akubuilo and Eriri met and and I do not know the manner in which Eriri received the message that he delivered to me. I again reminded Akubuilo that there were eyewitnesses to my discussions with Eriri.

However, Akubuilo was very disturbed by the BNW Message Board postings about the threat, and he said he lost some clients as a result of the postings. He

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asked if there was anything I could do to get the posts removed. I informed him that one of the people I told about the threat must have opened the discussion, and other members of the forum joined the discussion, and I had no way to know who all the discussants were.

But, since Eriri was now silent, I informed Akubuilo that I would contact the administrators of BNW and see what they could do about it. I have since learned that Akubuilo contacted the administrators of BNW himself and an arrangement was made for him to write a rebuttal and have it published at BNW.

Additionally, I was disappointed to read the following false statement by Akubuilo:

I was at the venue from 12:30 am to 1:30 am. I could not find any packing space.. The time Oliver de Coque mentioned my name, I was seated and no where near the stage. ~~ Jude Akubuilo.

There were lots of parking spaces on the lot of the warehouse, and Akubuilo was on the stage with his wife. I once again stand by what I wrote on that score.

Finally, until Eriri refutes Akubuilo’s "peppersoup joint talk" / "beer parlor talk" theory, I have no plans to change the cordial manner in which I treat Akubuilo each time we meet.