English: This was indeed a dark and gloomy period when he and his ilk had their words as laws and any attempt to challenge or oppose their ambition would be seen as a sacrilege with a resultant mobilization of their foot soldiers to bully, coarse, harass, intimidate and humiliate those who dared to oppose them.
Igbo: Nke a bụ mgbe ya na ụdị ya mere okwu ya dịka iwu, na mbọ ọbụla a gbara iji megide ebumnuche ha ka a ga-ahụ ihe dị nsọ ma kwanye ndị agha iji megbuo, yie egwu, menye ụjọ ma mee ndị na-emegide ha ihe ihere.