A serving Catholic priest identified on Facebook as Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has sparked reactions among netizens after he made a post on his Facebook page comparing the treatment a common person receives after committing a crime to that of a notable person.
The priest who is currently serving in The Gambia, known for his constant commentaries on trending issues spoke on the viral video shared this week on the internet space, of a teacher hitting a little boy in school for not being able to write properly, and was arrested and detained in kiriki prison.
Fr. Kelvin Ugwu recalled a similar occurrence where a video of a priest harshly knocking an altar boy on the head had gone viral, however, nothing happened to the priest, no one condemned his actions or arrested him.
That even the family of the child had to go and apologize to the priest for what they claimed to be their child’s misbehaviour.
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Fr. Ugwu wrote condemning this kind of preferential treatment, pointing out that something is wrong when two people commit same offence and they receive two different treatments.
According to him, if people are to be punished for their crimes, it should be uniform for every offender, whether poor, rich, influential, connected or unconnected.
Mrs. Stella in this case is symbolic of a poor and unconnected citizen of Nigeria is being punished for committing the same crime a connected priest committed but was never questioned.
In the post, Fr. Kelvin wrote:
“In September 2024, a priest was caught on camera giving an altar server a serious knock on the head. It went viral.
Was the priest arrested?
No!
What did the poor people say?
According to the poor people, they said the altar server was distracted and as such, the knock was needed so that he would be focused.
In fact, to make it even more dramatic, the family of the poor altar server went to beg the priest and thank him for training their child.
Well, that is how they settled it… Everyone is fine now.
Four months later, a teacher was caught slapping a pupil, and today she is in Kirikiri prison for it.
What did the poor people say?
She deserves it, she should rot in prison.
There is something wrong when two people commit same offence and they receive two different treatments.
Why did you applaud the priest but apprehend the teacher?
Why is one walking free, but the other is locked up?
And so I ask. . .
Why are the poor against the poor?
If Mrs Stella Nwadigbo is rich and connected, will she be in Kirikiri?
If we are to give punishment, why can’t it be uniform for everyone: poor, rich, influential, connected, unconnected?
And you who is poor, can’t you see that it is before the poor that you always will power?
Are you different from the poor teacher who willed power on the poor pupil?
The poor Mrs Stella slapped the poor pupil.
The poor Nigerians, imprison the poor Mrs Stella.
In the end, it goes on to reaffirm my saying that the poor man is a problem to himself.
#PurestPurity”
