Gbaja, we the true Nigerians are behind you. Should you pull this through successful, you would have written your name is GOLD and you deserve a NATIONAL AWARD.

Please proceed with the impeachment of President Retardeen even if his foolish budget is 105% completed.

That criminal and fool of a president must be kicked out!

chai, i missed the party here. i believe the killer party requested this from Gbaja before his rebuttal. I think its a stuppid call from the killer party. below is Gbaja's response.


Wednesday, July 25, 2012
FEMI GBAJABIAMILA REBUT'S ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY

RE: CAMPAIGN AND ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MY PERSON.......HERE WE GO AGAIN!
My attention has been drawn to various newspaper paid advertisements calculated at disparaging my person and aimed at discouraging me from discharging my responsibilities as a legislator and as the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives. . To my traducers let me quickly and unequivocally state that i am not deterred but remain focused and even emboldened in my determination to continue to bring germane national issues to the fore and to hold the presidency and those in charge of our affairs accountable. Because I believe in accountability, I also must be accountable to the electorate. It is for this reason and this reason alone that I have decided to respond to a faceless and amorphous group that lacks the courage to affix their real names to the publications.

Let me state very clearly that yes I was sanctioned by the Georgia Bar Disciplinary Board for professional misconduct and negligence due to an unfortunate ethical violation that took place about 10 years ago in 2003. There are no ifs, buts or ands about it. However here are the facts. Verifiable facts.
1. I returned to Nigeria in 2002 to prepare for party primaries and general elections. Prior to leaving the US, I had left instructions with my paralegal to close out pending files when due. He had instructions to pay my client 25000 dollars whenever her cheque was sent in. The cheque did not come in until January 2003 as the records show and at which time I had already been in Nigeria for over 6 months. Unfortunately after paying in the cheque as instructed, he withdrew the money again as instructed with cheques I had given him for sundry matters and he never paid the client but made away with it.
2 . This did not come to my knowledge until I received a letter from the Georgia Bar in 2005. The letter was addressed to my Lagos address which I had left with the Georgia Bar as my contact address for any housekeeping matter that may arise after I might have left. It is necessary to state this as it is alleged that I absconded. On the contrary, i informed the State Bar that i was moving back to Nigeria anf left a forwarding address and email. Both remain valid till date.
3. Upon receipt of the letter from the Bar, I immediately travelled to Atlanta to find out what was had gone wrong. Upon discovery of what had happened and being unable to trace the paralegal, I found myself in a bind as the disciplinary committee insisted I had violated rule 1.15 of Georgia Professional conduct pertaining to safe keeping, co-mingling of funds and allowing others to handle clients money. I accepted full responsibility and was sanctioned with a suspension. Had i anything to hide, i would not have gone back to Atlanta to clear all the issues.
4. This was a matter of not complying with strict ethical rules. At no time was i tried by any court for any criminal offence as it was never such. Attached is a letter from the State Bar of Georgia and paragraph 2 is very instructive. It should be noted that the Supreme Court of Georgia is vested with jurisdiction over professional ethics cases.
5. As evidenced in the attached letter, i am eligible to practise law in Georgia and remain in good standing. A convict can NEVER be eligible to practise law in the United States!
6.On the issue of change of name, my family has always used the names Gbajabiamila and Gbaja interchangeably. For me, Gbaja was a lot easier for pronounciation in a foreign country and Gbajabiamila was more desirable for my adventure into politics for the purposes of name recognition. Any suggestion that i changed my name to avoid being traced smacks of desperation to make a baseless allegation stick. Indeed i have maintained Gbaja as my facebook name and other documents including my international passport.
7. It should be noted that by law 33 percent of sums recovered is the legal fees charged by a US attorney for personal injury cases. Therefore the amount was 25000 less 33percent legal fees. No sane person would put his legal or political career in jeopardy for that.
8. Because of my strong belief in accountability and unknown to my traducers, i had publicly disclosed this imcident to the whole world in a book (FEARLESS) about my political career that was published by Dr Wale Okediran (a renowned author) and launched June 27th of this year. I will refer this faceless group to Page 29 of the book which speaks to the issue. It is clear therefore that i had nothing to hide.
9. The cowardly act of this group and its paymasters shows unfortunately how low and degenerate our politics has become. To the discerning, it is obvious where these attacks are coming from and inded a crying shame that an elected representative can no longer speak freely in defence of those who elected him and in the interest of the country. I find it rather curious that these attacks came on the heels (only 3 days) of my moving for articles of impeachment against Mr President come September 18 if the proper thing is not done and the constitution and laws of the country continue to be violated. At no time did i ever think taking on a powerful office would be a tea party or would not produce virulent attacks. Such would be naivete on my part.However i am propelled by the belief that the hottest part of hell is reserved for those who say nothing when they should.

I wish to state that i have never prophesed to be saintly neither have i paraded myself as perfect but my imperfections should not and will not stop me from doing that which is right. I have always believed and still do that a mandate is not fulfilled nor does it end upon election, rather it is fulfilled in standing up after the election to speak for the people who gave you that mandate. I have been given a mandate three times and i will continue to do the bidding of the owners of that mandate.

For the avoidance of doubt let me repeat my comments on the floor of the House just 5 days ago: " i like my President, but i like my people and my country more. If Mr President does not implement the budget 100% by September 18, this House must begin to file articles of impeachment against him". To this faceless group my postion has not changed.

I must also remind Mr President that it is on record that i fought tirelessly for him to be made the Acting President in this country in the face of serious opposition and at great risk to my wellbeing. I was the first and only legislator to move a motion to that effect on the floor when it was difficult to do so. It is with that same passion that i will and must continue to push that he obeys the laws of the land. That is my job. No more no less, amd for that i have no apologies.

I have stated my case now let the President state his.Now as we were saying Mr President sir before the debate was rudely interrupted by these guys, where is the peoples' money? We must as a country learn to address issues and not skirt them. We must leave shadows alone and deal with substance.

HON FEMI GBAJABIAMILA
LEADER OF OPPOSITION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ibsmooth: PDP can't stop but make me laugh,they knew he had this,you allowed him into your party and occupied such position until impeachment notice was served to their president,it suffice.Useless people and party.Your days are numbered,2015 around the corner.Infact,bodies will be exhumed in some cases because those that has caused hardship on Nigerians will suffer when the peoples' government come to be.The law will catch up with them

[size=14pt]The thief, Gbajabia etc is an ACN member![/size]
Therefore, it is no surprise that he is on the run from the US, just like Tinubu, his boss, ACN leader, drug baron and serial forger. Of course, like Tinubu too, he changed his name and changed his address from the US in something of a desperate hurry.

ACN, party of choice for NURTW.

no wonder why nigerians' integrity will be permanently in doubt in any civilised society, i think it is more of genetic problem now.

It's only in Africa that our leaders hold unto power even after admitting to have committed a crime! In USA and UK precisely, just mere allegation against any public office holder, makes him or her to resign. Na poverty sha!

Beaf:

[size=14pt]The thief, Gbajabia etc is an ACN member![/size]
Therefore, it is no surprise that he is on the run from the US, just like Tinubu, his boss, ACN leader, drug baron and serial forger. Of course, like Tinubu too, he changed his name and changed his address from the US in something of a desperate hurry.

ACN, party of choice for NURTW.

and PDP is a party of choice for who? Retards and scumbags like you, i guess.

@Johndoe, your comment has successfully revealed your low IQ status. You jumped into conclusion without knowing the facts, for your info, the post below will tell you why Gbaja was suspended and not because he embezzled money as you earlier commented.

koastar: Hon Gbajabiamila was never tried in the Supreme court, it was a disciplinary committee that suspended him from practice for 36months for professional misconduct pertaining to safekeeping, co-mingling of funds and allowing others to handle client's money. This is not a criminal offence and so has been restated to practice in Georgia afterwards. It should be noted that if it was a criminal offence Hon Femi Gbajabiamila would not be allowed to practice law in the state.

The thief and fraudster has just been made a chairman of committee to investigate Otedola's deal. can anything good come out from a thief?

Idokojimmy: The thief and fraudster has just been made a chairman of committee to investigate Otedola's deal. can anything good come out from a thief?

That Kangaroo committee set up by the house of reps is a futile exercise considering the calibre of the people in the committee notably Gbajagate..na wah oh I know where they are heading to,the city of vengeance, no qualms we will see where they will go too....

A man who admitted that he was sanction for misconduct, ethical violation, and negligence is'nt fit to chair even a TOWN HALL MEETING. HE STINGS