Tusky44: So he wants to be addressed as Chief? Hehehehe.... OBJ the ugliest president we ever had. A president who made sure the country endured the abnormally high rate of politically motivated assassinations. A man who only woke up to fight corruption when he was about to get the boot. Hear him suggest we address him as a chief - a chief in his hometown anyway cos for normal folks, he is a nuisance to society.

He wanted to use Wilbros to steal oil and gas from Rivers State. He wanted to get a huge stake in Bonny Island and did all he could through the NNPC. I have one question for the old and haggard chief......what happened to Marshall Harry, Bola Ige, The Igwes, OGB, our beloved Chuba Okadigbo, Funsho Williams, the helpless residents of Odi & Zaki Biam, and many more unaccounted for?

OBJ, some of us really hate you and your entire generation hence you are in my daily prayer. AGBAYA

Maluu..if u don't know..harry was killed cos he has shed blood too....dis is a confession from my former school mate who is now enjoying d benefit of militancy in the creeks..u live by d sword u die by it..the others,am sure share desame fate.they know themselves

floriana:
Is there no front-page thread on Tonto Dikeh today? I have been searching since morning. Pls give us a Tonto thread.

laughs till i fall from okada

OBj wants to be politically relevant by all means,he wants to be notice at all cost Not knowing that its backfiring,and what does he get,Insult upon insults,i wish he should leave the stage now WHEN THE OVATION IS LOUDEST,
thats his greatest undoing!

oraclefemi: Nigerians and especially yorubas will never appreciate this man until he his gone, you complained about him so much , now you have Jonathan your breathe of fresh air with no balls

Gbam. A cow does not know the value of its tail until when it loses it.

floriana:
Is there no front-page thread on Tonto Dikeh today? I have been searching since morning. Pls give us a Tonto thread.

so that we all have a taste of toto

baba na bomb..... just in love with this man..... chief OBJ....no wahala. nonsense

Well, i think some ppl just hate d man cos of is look. That is so shallow! Anyway, i cant defend every of his decisions but as of now i think obasanjo is the president with d most positive impact on this country. Atimes wen i think of who we have now, i wish he can come back. Presidency is about quik decisions dat solve the problem at hand atimes and then anoda one to fix d colateral damage and on it goes.obasanjo is a man. He can decide how he sud b addresed just like anybody

Well, i think some ppl just hate d man cos of his look. That is so shallow! Anyway, i cant defend every of his decisions but as of now i think obasanjo is the president with d most positive impact on this country. Atimes wen i think of who we have now, i wish he can come back. Presidency is about quik decisions dat solve the problem at hand atimes and then anoda one to fix d colateral damage and on it goes.obasanjo is a man. He can decide how he sud b addresed just like anybody

floriana:
Is there no front-page thread on Tonto Dikeh today? I have been searching since morning. Pls give us a Tonto thread.

Iyanya no be busy smacking her a@# and looking at dat satanic tattoo this weekend?

Ok ! General....wetin u wan do me? Theif !!!

Wen Obasanjo sneezes,Nigeria catches cold.dats my former presido

Old soldier

Tusky44: So he wants to be addressed as Chief? Hehehehe.... OBJ the ugliest president we ever had. A president who made sure the country endured the abnormally high rate of politically motivated assassinations. A man who only woke up to fight corruption when he was about to get the boot. Hear him suggest we address him as a chief - a chief in his hometown anyway cos for normal folks, he is a nuisance to society.

He wanted to use Wilbros to steal oil and gas from Rivers State. He wanted to get a huge stake in Bonny Island and did all he could through the NNPC. I have one question for the old and haggard chief......what happened to Marshall Harry, Bola Ige, The Igwes, OGB, our beloved Chuba Okadigbo, Funsho Williams, the helpless residents of Odi & Zaki Biam, and many more unaccounted for?

OBJ, some of us really hate you and your entire generation hence you are in my daily prayer. AGBAYA

Haba, OBJ na father any day, any time. We are waiting for your story.
,

ozodigboo:

OBJ was a strong leader - Odi, Zaki Biam, 3rd term, EFCC, Atiku, etc

This other man is .......weak -

Am sorry, but its the truth.

Whaaat? Somebody pinch me. Is this what we've come down to? Crude execution of two entire villages is now a sign of strength?
I have always known that our biggest democratic problem is our people, not our leaders. But I never thought it could go so low. This open support of a military genocide within the country. Not once, but twice.

This is the saddest political discovery of the mindset o the Nigerian citizenry. My only hope now is that this is an outlier and not representative of a majority of Nigerians

GENERAL I SALUTE YOU.....

GENERAL I SALUTE YOU.....ON UR SIDE ANYWAYS.

Nasri100: Good comment but you still Ugly as F uck Sir

And can u create anything? Everything that God created was good and beautiful and so who are you to call someone who am sure is far older than your dad ugly. I pity your future. Harden not your heart when u hear the truth. U can insult me if you wish but d fact still remains that YOU CAN'T CREATE AND LEARN TO APPRECIATE ANYTHING GOD CREATED.

oraclefemi: Nigerians and especially yorubas will never appreciate this man until he his gone, you complained about him so much , now you have Jonathan your breathe of fresh air with no balls

Well said bro that is sum foolish nigerians for you bt dem no knw wetin d man dey do for us outside 9ja o

DANILSA: Better still Brother olusegun Obasanjo

or evangelist obasanjo

omarky: I don't know why I hate this man so much. He's so gully..... Mtcheeew

why will you hate human beings like you?
What has he done to you to warrant such hatred from you?


Btw, Obj is far better than most of other presidents that have ruled and is rulling this country and it is his type that can still rule this country successfully.

OBJ is indeed a great leader. He speaks his mind without fear. We neva be Able to appreciate him until his demise. I wish him longer years of fruitful service to humanity. Why do u think he is made observers everywhere? Think abt dis! Nigerians don't value their things or do I say we don't know good things. My heart bleeds when I read people abusing and cursing dis great man. We beta be very careful so we don't end up cursing ourselves. Instead of us to be praying to God to be as great as he is.

Donalð Genes: OBj wants to be politically relevant by all means,he wants to be notice at all cost Not knowing that its backfiring,and what does he get,Insult upon insults,i wish he should leave the stage now WHEN THE OVATION IS LOUDEST,
thats his greatest undoing!

Don't mind him.

Smooyis: OBJ is indeed a great leader. He speaks his mind without fear. We neva be Able to appreciate him until his demise. I wish him longer years of fruitful service to humanity. Why do u think he is made observers everywhere? Think abt dis! Nigerians don't value their things or do I say we don't know good things. My heart bleeds when I read people abusing and cursing dis great man. We beta be very careful so we don't end up cursing ourselves. Instead of us to be praying to God to be as great as he is.

Why won't he have the gut to speak his mind, when he has looted all our resources and render Nigerians poor and no one to JAIL him? He will surely pay for his evil deeds.

[size=24pt]Obasanjo's destruction of Nigeria[/size]
These are the rulers of Nigeria up till date: Nnamdi Azikwe/Tafawa Balewa tandem, Aguiyi Ironsi, Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Shehu Shagari, Mohamadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida,Ernest Shonekan, Sani Abacha, Abdusallam Abubakar, Olusegun Obasanjo and Musa Yar’Adua.

Of all these rulers, who has done the most to destroy Nigeria? The answer may vary and it may also depend on whom you ask. This piece has become necessary to answer some questions raised by my previous article “Obasanjo: A digbolugi in the House?” These are my answers to those questions raised as to why Obasanjo is a bonafide “digbolugi.”

I am in agreement with so many commentators on the Nigerian issues that no one man can be solely responsible for the destruction of a country like Nigeria. I also agree that no one can bear all the blame of what has been going wrong and what is presently wrong with Nigeria. But I am very convinced that it is very “establishable” that one man can play more roles than the others.

In my estimation, Olusegun Obasanjo has done more than any past or present rulers of Nigeria to destroy the country. It would be unfair to assume that Obasanjo did not achieve anything in his eight years during his second coming. But the way I see it is like a child who sat for a test and gets 18%. Obasanjo got some marks for his efforts, but he failed woefully.

Here are the kernels of my case not in order of importance or chronology:

It is a matter of public secret that during the trial of Major Buka Suka Dimka who led the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed, it was Obasanjo who reportedly arm-twisted General Theophelus Yakubu Danjuma not to try Ibrahim Babangida for his treachery against the nation for allowing Major Dimka to escape from the Radio Station. How Major Dimka was able to do that without firing a single bullet when Babangida was commanding several mechanized armoured vehicles is anybody's imagination. Yet, Obasanjo overlooked such an act against the nation. This is TREASON.



In the days leading to the elections of the 2nd republic - Obasanjo told Nigerians that they should not vote for the best man who was qualified for the job in Obafemi Awolowo, though he did not mention the latter by name, but every Nigerian knew what he meant. Anyone would think that any patriotic Nigerian would want the best for his or her country, but not Obasanjo. He wanted the worst in Shehu Shagari, imposed him on Nigeria and Nigeria has never been the same since then. This is TREASON.



Murtala Mohammend initially did not believe in Nigeria. He became converted after serving with Chief Obafemi Awolowo in Gowon’s cabinet. Late Brigadier Samuel Ogbemudia attested publicly to this saying that all the great achievements he had in then Bendel State as governor was because of the “guidance” of Awolowo. He said he was expression the “overwhelming view” of the Cabinet members who served during that span of time. Obasanjo had resented this for reasons I have been advised not to make public for now. Ebenezer Babatope had publicly challenged Olusegun Obasanjo to deny it if he did not try to convince Murtala Mohammed to do everything to prevent Obafemi Awolowo from becoming the elected President of Nigeria. It was reported that Murtala was skeptical of Obasanjo’s motive. Obasanjo has not had the gut to deny this allegation up till today. It is one of several pointers why Obasanjo has dragged Nigeria to this tragic state by his actions. If he has the guts, he can still come out to deny and we can go from there. Murtala may be dead, but other actors are still alive to bear testimonies.



The subversion of the Nigerian constitution and law is an act of TREASON. This is exactly what Obasanjo did in 1979 when he changed the rules in the middle of the game, without recourse to the people or any institution, removed a clause, in the middle of the night, from the constitution that prescribed ELECTORAL COLLEGE to determine a winner if none of the candidates meet the constitutional requirement in the first ballot.



e. When the issue was taken to Court based on the abracadabra mathematics of Richard Akinjide, Obasanjo violated another rule of impartiality. He removed the Chief Judge of the Federation, Justice Teslim Elias just days before the case was to be heard and installed one of his henchmen, Justice Fatai Williams who carried out the predetermined outcome of the case.



f. Obasanjo is the one who destroyed the Nigerian Tertiary Education by summarily taking over the University of Ife, Ile – Ife; University of Nigeria,Nsukka; University of Benin, Benin and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The objective is to help thwart the educational progress of the South in favour of the North. His henchman is retired Colonel Ahmadu Ali who later became his hatchet man to destroy the PDP as its national chairman.



Obasanjo was the first ruler in Nigerian history to borrow money when Nigeria did not need it from the roguish International Monetary Fund. At the time he did it in 1978, Nigeria had about 50 billion dollars in Foreign Account. One would like to ask the purpose of that borrowing if not to steal through the backdoor. It has been alleged that he diverted some of the IMF money to found his Otta Fams. His Operation Feed the Nation Policy was also alleged to be a cocoon of deceit preparatory to his returning to Otta as a farmer. Whatever the case was, it was evident that for him to accomplish borrowing of that IMF fund, he sacrificed Nigerian children's right to tertiary education, and instituted tuition fees in our universities. When the Nigerian students embarked on a peaceful demonstration to make their case, he asked his police to shoot them. That era was known in the Nigerian lexicon of infamy as "Ali Must Go" crisis. Thus by giving up Nigerian interest for that of the IMF and its foreign backers, Obasanjo committed TREASON.



h. As a result of the Obasanjo sell out of Nigeria to IMF, he became the first Nigeria ruler to devalue our currency which the Shehu Sahagari administration later worsened. Even during the Civil War, a crisis situation, the currency was steady. That devaluation to satisfy the IMF was never done with Nigeria’s interest as the motive.



i. Obasanjo is the one as Head of State who forcibly stole the land from the people of Nigeria with his 1978 Land Decree to pave the way for other crimes against Nigerian peasants and farmers. Others have alleged that this also has to do with his establishing his Ota Farms. This decision was the root of the Bakolori Massacre in the early 1980s in Sokoto. I use the words “forcibly stole” because this policy was not arrived at through democratic process but through Military fiat.



j. It was Olusegun Obasanjo and his hatchet man, Professor Aboyade that nailed the financial coffins of the Southern States prepared by Murtala Mohammed to assuage the Northern States. This was through the Aboyade Technical Commission, which recommended the removal of the remaining 20% of the rents and royalties enjoyed by the Niger Delta after Murtala Mohammed had initially slashed it from 45% in 1975.



It was Obasanjo who supervised the imposition of the first unelected Senate President Adolphus Wabara, in Nigerian history because of interests that has nothing to do with the Nigerian people. This is a subversion of electoral process, a subversion of our constitution and a TREASONABLE act against the nation.



If you lead or rule a people, supposedly, you look after their interests, preserve and protect them. Obasanjo has refused to do this for the people of the Niger Delta. He refused to meet them. He refused to listen to them. He refused to consider their pains. He sides with foreign interests represented by Shell, Chevron/Texaco and others against that of Nigerians in Niger Delta. When they complain, he sends soldiers to go and shoot them at sight. When he felt the soldiers were not killing them enough, he wanted to bring in the American marines. This is TREASON. And now, he will go down in History as the ruler of Nigeria after independence, under whose civilian armed struggle against injustice reared its head again after the “Agbekoya” revolution of the 1960s



By April 2004, Obasanjo has succeeded to be the first ruler in history of Nigeria to dole out Nigerian land and people in Bakassi to a foreign country. Sani Abacha, as deranged as he was would not have allowed that to happen. If this is not TREASON, I do not know what it is. I have not heard or read about any leader of any country in World History who would gleefully cede part of his country without any second thought.



n. Obasanjo is the Nigeria ruler who destroyed Nigeria’s secularism. He personally put Sharia in the 1979 Constitution (at least he said this much during his BBC interview, though not that this was unknown before then)without consultation and against the wish of the Constitution Drafting Committee which he himself put together under the chairmanship of Chief Rotimi Williams. The effects of this treachery is still a pain in the neck for Nigeria stability up till today.



Hear President Obasanjo on Sharia applications in September 2002 :



"The fact that people get worried about Sharia, I am not worried about
it, it affects investments into the country."



If I understand the former president very well what he is saying here is that Sharia worries a lot of people who hold back their investments because of it, and this not withstanding, Obasanjo is not worried about it! This is TREASON by NEGLIGENCE. Can any of Obasanjo's apologists convince me that this is a responsible statement from someone entrusted with the welfare of “our” nation? If Obasanjo could be so intellectually limited not to understand the meanings and implications of such statement, he deserves not just serious pity but profound rebuke.



n.
During his first six years in office, Obasanjo spent 512 days - a year and four

months - on hundreds of foreign trips. Obasanjo’s supporters argued that he was trying to convince the creditors to forgive some of our debts. In my opinion, he was not doing Nigeria any favour, he started the borrowing spree any way. Even then, the modalities for the accomplishment of the objective have been questioned for lack of integrity and clarity.



o.
The massacre of innocent citizens in Zaki Biam and Odi, without recourse to their legitimate feelings and grievances.

p.
The “give away” euphemized as “sale” of Kaduna and Port Harcourt refineries to his cronnies. This has already been reversed by Umar Yar’Adua.

q.
Selective waiver on import duties to his friends and cronnies; (the Redeem leader Adeboye’s example). Also a policy already reversed by Yar’adua.

r.
Have a look at this incomplete list of victims of assassinations under Obasanjo out of which not a single one was solved in the entire 8 years of his tenure - Chief Bola Ige (Attorney General of the Federation); Dr. Marshall Harry (ANPP National Vice Chairman for South-South); Chief Ogbonnaya Uche (ANPP's Senatorial candidate for Orlu Imo State); Mr Theodore Agwatu (Principal Secretary to Imo State Governor); Hon. Odunayo Olagbaju (Member of Osun State House of Assembly);Hon. Uche Nwoke (ANPP Senatorial candidate in Imo State); Hon. Monday Ndor (Member of Rivers State House of Assembly); Dr. Ayodeji Daramola, gurbernatorial candidate in Ekiti State; Ahmed Ahman Pategi (State Chairman of Kwara PDP); Hon Schnapps Omuvwiebese (Councilor, Ughelli - North LG, Delta State); Mr. Funsho Williams, PDP governoship aspirant in Lagos; Mr. Barnabas Igwe (Anambra State Bar Association, Chairman) and his wife, Mrs. Abigail Igwe; Mr. Sunday Ugwu, Mrs. Janet Olapade among many others. Readers should remember that Tafa Balogun has impliedly alleged that he was subjected to Ribadu’s rage by OBJ because he refused to carry out the requested elimination of a former PDP chairman! Reliable sources have confirmed that the only reason Balogun had to spend 6 months in EFCC guest houses as opposed to long time imprisonment and deprivation of all the stolen billions was to prevent him from spilling his guts out.

s.
His refusal to give Lagos State its entitlement in financial allocation for several years and in violation of repeated court orders. If Lagos State did not have the means to survive as a rich State, it is better imagined the kind of sorrow and sadness that would have been brought to bear on the people of the State. Obasanjo did not care about decency, etiquette, decorum or self restraint required of a leader in position of responsibility. He was and still is unruly, a thug and above all a “digbolugi” ex-president. He gave Chief Bola Tinubu undeserved credibility and reasons to be forgiven his non-performance.

t.
He behaved like a thug and bandit through out his tenure and he is still behaving the same way out of the office. This is manifested in repeated violation of several Court orders. Cases involving Lagos State, Vice President Atiku and Anambra State are examples.

u.
Allowed Charles Taylor, the Liberian war criminal to stay in Nigeria in opulence.

v.
He subverted the will of Nigerian’s again by denying them the clamour for SNC to honestly and sincerely look at the structure of Nigeria, resource control, cultural and social issues and as an opportunity to self determine. He organized a kangaroo one instead.



w.
He arm-twisted officials of Nigerian state to raise 7 billion naira for his personal library. This is abuse of power.

x.
He is reportedly worth 25billion Naira in 2007 from his savings of about 20,000 naira in 1999. The issue of Transcorp LLC is still out there. He reportedly bought a farm settlement in Oyo State. He recently moved into a new house. I do not grudge him for this, since I have a couple of mansions myself. But I like to know how he came about this stupendous wealth in which he now revels. How much was his monthly salary for 8 years? Where did the billions come from?

y.
Finally, he organized the worst election in Nigeria’s history in 2003. One of the Governors rigged in then actually admitted this. The governor was upset with INEC’s Iwu for doing a “sloppy job” in this regard in not aligning his total number of votes to that of Obasanjo as President in his state in 2003. Obasanjo improved on this record of worst elections in Nigeria, in 2007.

z.
On top of all the above, add his uncouth public behaviors and pronouncements. Recall his insulting a Priest publicly (even though I am not a fan of Christianity and its adherents); his insult on the injury of the Lagos bomb explosion victims. Rather than showing understanding and sympathy with them he reportedly rebuked them saying "shut up. I took the opportunity of being here to see what could be done I don’t need to be here". (Vanguard, 29th January, 2002). Add to this his deliberate effort to create disharmony in Yorubaland through his revision of Yoruba History as related to Owu.


I like to state here that based on my understanding of the contemporary Nigerian history it is my view that without Obasanjo’s TREACHERY against the people of Nigeria, there would have been no President Shehu Shagari or General Mohammadu Buhari that followed him. Without the BETRAYAL of Nigeria by Olusegun Obasanjo there would have been no Military President Ibrahim Babangida and the Head of Government Ernest Shonekan that followed him. Without the TREASONABLE ACTS of Olusegun Obasanjo against the Nigeria State, there would not have been Head of State, Sani Abacha and Abdulsallami Abubakar that followed him. Yes, there would not have been Obasanjo’s second coming to finish the destruction he started.

I do not like Theophelus Yakubu Danjuma. He is the confessed murderer of Adekunle Fajuyi and Aguiyi Ironsi. He also gave the orders to the “Unknown Soldiers” under Olusegun Obasanjo whom he helped to install, to murder the foremost nationalist, Mrs Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, mother of Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Dr. Bekololari Ransome Kuti and Baba Africa, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. But despite his criminal tendency to kill innocent peoples, he seemed to believe in fairness to a certain degree.

It was Danjuma who insisted that Obasanjo as Number 2 under Murtala Mohammed ought to be the one to take over after the later was assassinated. But to Danjuma’s dismay, Obasanjo allowed Ibrahim Babangida to go free after his (IBB’s) role in the assassination of Murtala. IBB’s act was his inability to explain the escape of Lt. Col. B. S. Dimka from Radio Nigeria without firing a single shot if he (IBB) was not in the know of the coup while he was commanding armoured vehicles that stormed the station when the coup failed. This is why Danjuma and IBB are not friends till today.

I had the temptation to equally blame Yakubu Danjuma too for the woes of Nigeria for helping Obasanjo to take reigns of power. But the fact that he never sat on that seat as a ruler of Nigeria gave him a lesser level of responsibility and culpability as Obasanjo had. The fact that they fell apart when Obasanjo became untamable wild animal in Aso Rock is evident that Obasanjo always did what he wanted without regard to what others think or what is desirable. One can be assisted to get a job, but he can not be assisted to do it.

If Obasanjo did not allow IBB who committed treason against Nigeria to live, Nigeria would have been saved the 8 agonizing years of his rule. Rather according to Ebenezer Babatope in his “NOT HIS WILL: The Awolowo-Obasanjo Wager” Obasanjo without remorse cast a deciding vote to kill an innocent man whose participation in the coup could not be conclusively proved.

But this is not the only reason Obasanjo is responsible for the locust years of IBB as Nigeria’s ruler. By forcibly imposing Shagari on Nigeria, he pre-planned the coming of Buhari and Babangida and as such he is responsible for the damages they have all collectively done to Nigeria. Shagari created the condition to invite Buhari’s iron rule and bias that led to the advent of smiling self proclaimed “Evil - Genius” in IBB.

Apart from being responsible for the havoc Babangida has inflicted on Nigeria, I also believe that he is responsible for the inflictions of Sani Abacha on Nigeria. These are my reasons:

If Obasanjo, knowing fully that IBB is a traitor to the Nigerian State, had allowed the law to take its course, there would be no IBB today and the course of Nigeria’s history would have been different. But he subverted the law to preserve IBB who in the course of his continued treachery against Nigeria promised fake elections until he was cornered during the June 12 imbroglio.

While the crisis of June 12 was on, he (OBJ) went to Nairobi where he declared that M.K.O. Abiola was “not the Messiah Nigeria is looking for.” Then shortly after his return, a meeting was held at his Ota Farm. At this meeting in his house attended by General Mohamadu Buhari, General Tunde Idiagbon, General Alani Akinrinade, Mrs. Titi Ajanaku and many others. My then Editor-In –Chief, Mr. Bayo Onanuga also received invitation to this meeting. They were there to see how the problem of Abiola’s mandate should be resolved. In the course of his contribution, General Buhari had reportedly referred to Abiola as “my president.” He would be the second person during the meeting to do so, the first person being General Idiagbon. Obasanjo had flared up over this saying that Abiola was not his president and that no one should call him “president” in his (Obasanjo’s) house. He had gone ahead to add that he was “not prepared to fight another civil war.”

This last statement was said to have infuriated General Akinrinade who said that if there has to be another Civil War “so be it.” He was said to have rebuked Obasanjo for his cowardice and for supporting injustice because of his spinelessness. Obasanjo did not take kindly to this, so he went ahead to conspire with IBB to install Shonekan, thus preparing the way for the coming of General Sani Abacha.

It has been reported in some quarters that one of the reasons why Abacha roped in Obasanjo for the phantom coup was because he (Abacha) blamed him(Obasanjo) for not allowing IBB to hand over to him. He believed that Shonekan was recommended by Obasanjo as opposed to him.

With Ernest Shonekan, who was generally seen as a traitor across the board, the nation’s crisis deepened. For the 82 days of his inaction, the context was ripe for an ambitious General Sani Abacha who promptly removed General Dongoyaro on assumption of power. Dongoyaro had initially refused to cooperate with him (Abacha) in removing IBB from power shortly before the installation of Shonekan as Interim Head of State.

In order not to lose focus of the point under consideration, readers should look at the chain of events from Obasanjo to making possible the coming of IBB, through the imposition of Shagari and its corollary in Buhari dictatorship. OBJ’s open collaboration to deliberately frustrate the June 12 mandate (this is not to suggest he is the only culprit in this treachery), and creating the conducive atmosphere for Abacha to step in, make him(OBJ) responsible for the sins of Abacha.

Though, he eventually survived the punishment Abacha planned for him, which in retrospect would have served him (OBJ) well, his second coming is a litany of woes for the Nigerian nation. Some of them are included in the list above and the rest are too current to warrant regurgitation here.

In conclusion out of 47 years of Nigeria’s Statehood, Obasanjo’s acts of omission and commission have negatively ricocheted and haunted for 22 years (1975 -2007) and will definitely do so for several years to come, except if there is a miracle. The evidence of this is the imposition of the Umar Yar’Adua as the president, just like he did Shehu Shagari. Nigerians will regret for a very long time that first day that Obasanjo stepped on the national stage, because the consequences of Yar’Adua Presidency which he once again imposed is going to be dire for the tottering country. I know you have heard about Ribadu’s exit. Illegitimacy can not bring forth any legitimacy. This is the way events are indicating. This is the way History is pointing. This is what can only be. Three plus three has to equal six. If you get any other result, then jibiti or 419 is involved. This is because you can not plant onions and reap tomatoes.

From the foregoing, I can not but submit that Matthew Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo-Onyejekwe has done more than anyone to bring Nigeria to the present tragic state.

As a bonafide son of Oodua myself, I cannot point to anything of note or of pride that Obasanjo has done for the Yoruba. If I miss it, I will like to be educated. Rather he has brought ruinous ignominy to our heritage. He has worked consciously to destroy the legacy of integrity and accountability. He has manifested noxious rapacity, crude uncouthness, chronic lack of etiquette, unrestrained odious loquacity, unalloyed wickedness, conspicuous cruelty and brutish banditry in his manners and utterances in and out of power. Though, he claimed to be one of us, I refused to believe so. Then, the controversy about his paternity surfaced only to reinforce my initial belief. But since it is established that his mother was from Owu Quarters in Abeokuta, he can still legitimately claim to be a Yoruba. But this ought not to stop him from bearing his father’s name as in Onyejekwe. Nevertheless, with his behaviors so far, I am still insisting that “Ai kuku bi san se radarada” meaning “Barrenness is far better than an unworthy child.”



Like me, Obasanjo’s fans are all entitled to their own views, but neither I nor they are entitled to our own facts. I can only work with what is in the public domain and what my profession as a journalist has privileged me to know, some of which have been published and some of which can not necessarily be published for reasons that are more than obvious. Or still might be published at an auspicious time. It is my contention that if your child comes back from the school with failed grades as is obvious to overwhelming majority of Nigerians in this case of Obasanjo, I do not think the next thing is to indulge him or praise him, especially when he has shown himself to be unduly stubborn and incorrigible. This is why I agree totally with my own “Albert Einstein,” Wale Adebanwi that “…an Afenifere in which General Olusegun Obasanjo, for instance, sits cannot continue to bear such a name.” There is no other reason other than the fact that Obasanjo is an undesirable and wicked element.

Thus if stating this view and calling Olusegun Obasanjo, who has found it impossible to go quietly after messing up the country, a “digbolugi” is considered “irresponsible,” then I will bear the tag with all the honour and pride I can muster without any iota of remorse.

Here, I rest my case.

remi@oyeyemi.net
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/remi-oyeyemi/the-nigerian-tragedy-how-guilty-is-obasanjo.html

[size=18pt]The Last Days of Obasanjo's Evil Kelptomaniac Rule[/size]

The Last Days of Obasanjo

By Muhammad Al-Ghazali
culled from THISDAY, March 7, 2006

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When Abacha expired, the naira had been stable for several years and exchanged for 80 naira to a dollar. The PTF had ensured that drugs were available at designated hospitals and at affordable prices too. Our highways and township roads were being meticulously rehabilitated. High schools and tertiary institutions were also being renovated. Armed bandits, who operate wantonly and with gusto these days, gave our homes and major highways a miss. What was more, the middle-class eventually resurfaced even as inflation remained at tolerable levels. But the greater significance of Abacha’s performance or legacy was that throughout his tenure, his government had to battle the effects of crippling cocktail of sanctions imposed by mostly Western nations.
In addition, unlike now that crude oil sold in excess of 60 dollars per barrel, under the diminutive General, it never rose above 17 dollars per barrel! So how did the nation come to this sorry pass to the extent that the nation even in a supposed democracy, is today, not better than a banana republic? How did we arrive at a situation where a single individual could seemingly hold the nation to ransom, or treat its citizens with so much callous disrespect and insensitivity? How did we come to be under the clutches of a de-facto emperor under whose watch no fewer than 5,000 Nigerians were consumed by ethno-religious crises in less than seven years in supposed peace time? What did Abacha do right that Obasanjo is now doing wrong? Without waiting for the man to expire or leave office, here is my story:


As things stand today, it must be clear to all except perhaps the blind that Obasanjo is not only the most incompetent, but surely the most over-rated president in our history. Before he was thrown into jail after his conviction for coup-plotting, the only thing he had going for him was that he handed over power willingly to the civilian administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. General Abusalami Abubakar had since proved that that in itself was not an unusual occurrence altogether. Besides, in 1979, what choices were actually before him? The job, which by his own accounts he accepted soon after coming out of hiding came with its special risks as the demise of General Murtala Muhammed sadly proved. Across the oceans, Margaret Thatcher had just assumed office, and in tandem with Ronald Reagan, soon chorused the yarn about a new international world order, free of dictators, including Olusegun Obsanjo. Definitely, if you happened to be Olusegun Obasanjo at the time; having secured the vast Ota farms, and all that was within it, the lure of tending to chickens more than stopping an assassin’s bullet, was not simply a matter of choice, but actually the only choice.


Not much is known about his service records either beyond the fact that he received the surrender of Biafran forces at the end of the war. Being an army engineer by training, he is unlikely to have been bloodied in the art of combat warfare beyond the construction of Bailey bridges too. But quite typical of the man, up he came to steal the glory from General Adekunle when the latter fell out with authorities and was relegated to the background. As a former head of state and statesman, he spent lengthy periods lampooning the administration of General Babangida for crimes he has since surpassed. These days, the president loves to attribute his reforms, and the tenacity he exhibits in their execution, to his civil war record and high sense of patriotism. But the results clearly suggest otherwise, and nowhere was that truism more telling than in the speech delivered by the publisher of the influential Forbes magazine, Steve Forbes, during the recent THISDAY Newspaper Annual Awards. Predictably, the speech, or rather his message, was given short-shrift by the mainstream media, no doubt on the prompting of agents of the Presidency who were well represented at the event.
Forbes said among other things that the solution to poverty in Nigeria and the rest of Africa did not rest with the World Bank or the IMF because their medicine often tended to do more harm than good. Devaluation of the currency, he equally emphasised, was harmful to developing economies. He also condemned higher taxes, which tended to push more people into the informal economy, and the unequal application of laws. The man was being kind here; otherwise, he would easily have said unbridled corruption at the highest level and the escalating rate of crime we are witnessing presently. He went further to hinge our rapid economic development on five principles, which included a simple and affordable system of taxation, stable currency, the rule of law, and of course, the predictable removal of trade barriers. Perhaps not surprisingly, Obasanjo’s economic reforms appear marooned on the high seas for those simple reasons:


First, as we have seen in Anambra and Oyo states, the rule of law is clearly not visible on these shores. Otherwise, the president would not have allowed his cronies to get away with barefaced treason and murder not to talk of arson in those two theatres. As for equality before the law; well, perhaps we should also ask why Tafa Balogun was gaoled while Makunjuola escaped jail. Why did the president sit idly by and watch the OPC perpetrate genocide especially in his first term? Why did he contemplate the Electoral Bill fraud? Why were the felons who attempted to smuggle a forged draft constitution into the last confab never apprehended or punished? Why have the police so far failed to solve the murders of Asari Dikibo, Marshal Harry or Bola Ige? How did his accused murderer, Iyiola Omisore win an election from within the confines of a high security jail?

As for the economy, well even an idiot should know that the naira drifted and depreciated by nearly sixty per cent soon after Obasanjo assumed office. Unparalleled inflation was never too far behind either. If you bought your 50 KG bag of rice for under three thousand naira in 1999, the same product now sells for twice that amount and still rising. The economic team continues to deceive itself that its blue print is home-grown, but the seeds were clearly sown in Washington, Paris and London. A greater percentage of Nigerians have descended below the poverty line as a result. The middle-class has vanished without a trace, and a new class of bandits with university degrees has emerged to replace them; the obvious result is unemployment and frustration. The only people who cannot stop rejoicing are the multinationals who have acquired much of our progeny for peanuts. They pay the locals slave wages, transport them like sardines, and repatriate their profits in full!

Not surprisingly, with a legacy such as recounted above, the president appears in fear of his won shadow. With 2007 around the corner, and as we contemplate his last days in office, he appears in morbid fear of quitting office and wishes to die in it. But that, God willing, will ultimately be an exercise in futility. He wants to be remembered as Nigeria’s version of Lee Kuan Yew or Mahathir Mohammed, but the images of him that spring readily to mind in all seriousness, include those of Ghengis Khan and Josef Stalin. Even now that the greater majority of his subject are prostrate before him in abject poverty, and with destitution in the midst of plenty, he still plots against them. The third term express has arrived Port Harcourt, home to one of his staunchest loyalists, Peter Odili. As they hatch their endless intrigues against us and revel in obscene greed and lust for power, our collective misery and hopelessness would be the last thing on their minds. All these have naturally led many to rue what would have been had Abacha signed that death warrant in 1995!

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[size=23pt]Wikileaks: How Obasanjo Looted the PTDF[/size]

[elombah.com] Hundreds of millions of dollars have been allocated to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF since 2000. According to the Director of the DPR, more than 1.7 billion USD has been paid into the PTDF since its inception in 1973, with more than 700 million USD paid between 2000 and 2006. The 2007 Senate report on the (PTDF) provides a detailed account of the non-transparent
nature of the PTDF and, in particular, specific actions taken by both former President Obasanjo and his Vice President, Abubakar Atiku which fall outside the mandate of the fund and appear to be clear cases of misappropriation of funds.
The report shines a light on the institutional failures that allow for large-scale corruption, scam, graft and mismanagement in this multimillion dollar account. It also points to specific cases of malfeasance and mismanagement of millions of dollars in public funds.
While the report below presents evidence that both Vice President Atiku and President Obasanjo were involved in the misappropriation of PTDF funds, the Senate report concluded by recommending Atiku be sanctioned for offenses, but Obasanjo only be "advised to adhere strictly to the provisions of the law."

Till date, neither Obasanjo, nor Atikuy has been prosecuted for this crime against the Nigerian people, despite the National Assembly wasting millions of Naira to investigate the loot.
According to then US Ambassador, Campbell, "The Senate report provides what is likely the most credible direct proof of blatant corruption within the Aso villa we have seen. "

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Please read this explosive US Diplomatic Cable Report; 2007

THE PTDF: A PRIMER

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) was established in 1973 to train Nigerians in the fields of engineering, geology, science and management in the petroleum and gas industry within Nigeria and abroad. Until 2000, the PTDF was administered by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), though in actuality it was mainly dormant. In September 2000, the GoN set up an Interim Management Committee to administer the fund. The Committee was comprised of the Vice President and representatives of the DPR, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Training Institute and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources (headed by the Presidential Advisor on Petroleum and Energy
and subsequently the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources -- President Obasanjo). The PTDF receives its funding from statutory income (signature bonuses and fees on oil block concessions, bidding fees and charges from acreage allocations received by the DPR) and investment income (interest and proceeds made on investments of the fund's capital).

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been allocated to the PTDF since 2000, though remarkably, the NNPC, DPR, Central Bank (CBN), PTDF and the Accountant General of Nigeria could not come close to agreeing on the exact amount. According to the Director of the DPR, more than 1.7 billion USD has been paid into the PTDF since its inception in 1973, with more than 700 million USD paid between 2000 and 2006.
However, the Executive Secretary of the PTDF testified that the PTDF received just over 390 million USD from 1999 to 2006, noting that the PTDF did not receive any funding in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

(COMMENT: The 2005 bidding round for 30 oil blocks resulted in signature bonuses of as much as 2.5
billion USD by some calculations. The report did not probe further into the PTDF statement that no funds were received in 2005. END COMMENT.)





THE CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT

Following the removal of authority over PTDF funds from the Office of the Vice President in late 2005, the
Committee found that President Obasanjo personally approved several projects which were outside the legislated mandate of the PTDF and approved the use of PTDF funds by federal ministries for ministry projects. Though conceding that many of these projects may be laudable, the Committee noted that
they fall outside the purview of the fund "no matter how liberally construed." It was noted that the Federal Executive Council retroactively approved these projects, though the Committee maintained this does not legitimize an action that had no legal basis to begin with.

The report ran through all projects funded by the PTDF in 2006, noting that four of the nine projects funded were outside the PTDF mandate. In particular, these were:

-- Establishment of an African Institute of Science and Technology in the Federal Capital Territory. (25 million USD) Funds were allocated as Nigeria's share of the cost for the establishment of a "technology village" to provide managerial training for Gulf of Guinea projects. No legislation has ever been introduced, nor sought, to establish such an institution. No such institute yet exists in a legal sense. (NOTE: Groundbreaking for the institute occurred in February on the outskirts of Abuja.)

-- Incorporation of Galaxy Backbone PLC. (17.2 million USD) Funds were used to set up and incorporate a private company to work on harmonization of the telecommunications infrastructure. (As well, the PTDF paid the 1.95 million USD legal bill for the law firm which filed the incorporation.)

-- Computers for All Nigerians Initiative. (10 million USD) The PTDF funded a portion of the Ministry of Science and Technology subsidized loan program for civil service employees to purchase home computers. The Committee notes that a revolving loan for subsidized computers cannot be viewed as an investment and is therefore outside the investment authority of the PTDF.

-- Progress report on the Obasanjo Administration and photographs for the State House Library. (35,000 USD) The Committee noted that this project does not fall within the PTDF mandate "by any stretch of interpretation." In addition, the Committee recommends these funds be returned to the PTDF.

In response to Atiku's allegations that 20 billion Naira (156 million USD) approved for release by Obasanjo in May 2006 was used to fund the third term agenda, the Committee noted only that on September 13, the Accountant General's Office authorized 10 billion Naira (78 million USD) be released to the PTDF to fund the six projects in the May request. PTDF management confirmed that, to date, only 10 billion Naira of the requested 20 billion has been released to the Fund. (NOTE: The report did not ask the question of where the remaining 10 billion Naira is currently, if/when it will be released to the PTDF, nor the status of the six projects.)

RECOMMENDATIONS SHOW JUSTICE NOT BLIND

The Committee recommends funds be recovered from NDTV, Mofas Shipping Company and Transvari and any offenses prosecuted. In addition, it recommends prosecution of PTDF Executive Secretary from September 2000 to July 2005 Hamisu Abubakar and continued prosecution of former Executive Secretary Hussein Jallo. When it comes to recommendations for the Vice President and President, however, the Committee is much less willing to call for outright prosecution and, in the case of Obasanjo, recommends no putative action. The Committee notes that Vice President Atiku "abused his office by aiding and abetting the diversion of public funds" and recommends that he be "sanctioned for any offenses." With regard to President Obasanjo, however, the Committee notes only that he "acted in disregard of the law establishing the PTDF" and recommends that "the President be advised to adhere strictly to the provisions of the law of the PTDF."

The Committee recommends amending the PTDF Act to provide for a Board of Trustees, statutory audits and a reorganization of management to insulate it from politics. It calls for no further funding of 2006 projects deemed to be outside the PTDF mandate. The report also recommends a Senate evaluation of all PTDF projects since 2003 and tasks the Senate to find all accounts existing in the name of the PTDF both within and outside Nigeria.

BLATANT CORRUPTION REVEALED

COMMENT. The Senate report provides what is likely the most credible direct proof of blatant corruption within the villa we have seen. Given the number of witnesses, their credibility and the overwhelming similarities in the testimonies given, the Committee could not easily overlook the illegal actions of both Atiku and Obasanjo. That said, the recommendations of the Committee are clearly softer on Obasanjo than Atiku. While no claim of corruption in the Nigerian context can be accepted as completely accurate, post
believes the observations and findings contained in the Senate report may be the closest we can come to finding out what actually happened to the PTDF funds.
END COMMENT. CAMPBELL
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PTDF - THE DISSENTING SENATE REPORT

SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Senate report on the PTDF, Senator Titus Olapitan issued an independent report taking issue with the scope of the investigation, the Committee's impartiality, and several of the specific conclusions. Both houses of the National Assembly have established new committees to continue the investigations. Keeping the investigation in committee keeps the issue open, while avoiding any immediate actions such as impeachments. END SUMMARY.

On March 1, Senator Titus Olapitan (AD from Ondo State), a member of the initial ad hoc Senate Committee reporting on the PTDF (Ref. A), issued a dissent report. Olapitan took issue with the scope and completeness of the investigation, the Committee's impartiality, methodologies used and several conclusions. In particular, Olapitan criticized the Committee for not concluding its investigation and leaving "fundamental trails and questions" unanswered.

Specific unanswered questions outlined in Olapitan's report are:

-- PTDF management asserted no funds were received from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 2002, 2004, and ¶2005. However, the DPR testified that money was paid into the PTDF Reserve Account at the Central Bank (CBN) during this same period. What happened to this money?

-- Testimony indicates the PTDF that it has no access to information on inflows and outflows from the Reserve Account. Who manages this account and how funds are withdrawn?

-- The balance of more than 404 million USD in the PTDF Reserve Account at the CBN was reduced to only 5 million USD as of September 2006. How was this money spent or who authorized the expenditures?

-- PTDF management testified that they were unaware of an Inspectorate Account in the name of the PTDF at the CBN (with a balance of more than 70 million USD as of mid December). What is the function of this account and who manages it?

-- Representatives of the DPR testified that 222 million USD from the 2000 licensing round was paid to the federal government. This money has never been placed in the PTDF Reserve Account. Where is the 222 million USD?

-- Vice President Atiku testified that Obasanjo requested 20 billion Naira (156 million USD) be allocated to the PTDF for a specific project; however, Atiku alleged these funds were used for the third term campaign. The PTDF confirmed receipt of 10 billion Naira (78 million USD). What happened to the remaining 10 billion Naira?

-- The Committee did not look into the numerous multibillion Naira contracts awarded by the PTDF to determine their legitimacy, whether due process was observed, or whether the projects were ever carried out.

-- The Committee failed to follow-up on some accusations made by Vice President Atiku. In particular, it did not investigate the complete account statements for Marine Float, Mofas Shipping and NDTV.

-- The Committee did not investigate the linkages between UBA Plc (a bank) and President Obasanjo. In particular, UBA Plc received large deposits of PTDF funds and the PTDF gave a loan of 2.4 billion Naira (18.75 million USD) to UBA in a "Note Purchase Agreement."
The Federal Government then borrowed money from UBA to purchase vehicles for public officials. As well, Obasanjo borrowed 200 million Naira (1.5 million USD) from UBA to acquire shares in Transcorp.

-- The Committee did not speak out against Obasanjo's decision to raise the approval limit of the PTDF Executive Secretary from 700,000 (5,500 USD) Naira to 10 million Naira (78,000 USD).

Although he did not provide specifics, Olapitan also alleged that during the public hearing phase of the
investigation most of the Committee members believed that Globacom was established with the money from the PTDF deposit with Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB), as alleged by the EFCC.
Olapitan claimed, however, that following a meeting of the Senate Leader, the Committee Chairman and a member of the Committee at the Villa, the Committee halted its pursuit of this line of questioning. (NOTE: Olapitan did not offer an opinion on the actual content of the Villa meeting.)

On March 7, the Senate announced it would form another seven-member Review Committee to continue the investigation initiated by the first. The Committee was given one week to report back to the Senate with its findings. Concurrently, the House announced it would establish a new committee as well, noting that the previous committee had done little and had never submitted a report. House member Baba Detti Ahmed alleged publically that the former committee had not acted because of the danger associated with investigating top members of the administration.

COMMENT. Keeping the investigation in committee allows the National Assembly to keep the topic open for discussion but forestalls any immediate action -- such as impeachments. This supports reports we have heard that the primary objective is a transition of power in May. Assembly members appear to be holding their options open should this handover not occur, while consciously choosing not to take actions that could lead to unrest and a call to postpone elections. END COMMENT.

CAMPBELL

Source: US Diplomatic cable 07ABUJA417, PTDF - EXPOSING NIGERIA'S EXECUTIVE MALFEASANCE
07ABUJA417 2007-03-06 14:45 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Abuja

SUBJECT: PTDF - EXPOSING NIGERIA'S EXECUTIVE MALFEASANCE, Classified By: Ambassador John Campbell

FOR THE PTDF - THE DISSENTING SENATE REPORT, See , 07ABUJA449 2007-03-08 15:00 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Abuja

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[size=18pt]DERIVATION AND DEPRIVATION II: THE ILL GOTTEN WEALTH OF OBASANJO.[/size]
Posted by Abdullahi Aborode on 07/03/2012

I found out one astonishing thing about most of our influential politicians in Nigeria,they are all bunch of looters united for a single cause. All they care about is money. Their interest is on how to dip their hands and loot from our treasury till there is no more left so the life of the people they govern will be miserable.
The life of Obasanjo of today is an echo of his life after retirement 1st october 1979. Obasanjo whom one of his ministers said could not boast of more than twenty thousand naira in his bank account in 1999, today is one of the richest former presidents in the world.
Obasanjo’s stupendous wealth is inversely proportional to the abject poverty that ravages Nigerians. Squalor swaggers on two legs in the country while the likes of obasanjo make millions everyday. Obasanjo’s investment ranges from oil,ethanol,hospitality business,farming,education and other businesses. The big question is: HOW DID HE ACQUIRE ALL THESE WEALTH?


OBASANJO’S FARM: Established since 1978,Obasanjo farm has been producing fresh agricultural products for almost 30 years. According to Chief Fani-kayode, a former special assistant to obasanjo on public communications and one time minister of Aviation, Obasanjo’s farm makes an average of 30 million a month or 360 million per year. While in power, Obasanjo was so selfish that he wanted to be the richest farmer in Nigeria. He banned the importation of “GRANDPARENT STOCKS” (a variety of chickens), only his farm has the sole franchise for them. Obasanjo was the only one with authority to import and sell them to other poultry farmers in the country.

When Obasanjo became president in 1999, he could boast of only one farm in Ota and in mambilla. By 2007,Obasanjo has developed farms in Ibadan, Iseyin, Lanlate, Igbo ora and Ibogun. Each of these farms boast of chinese experts. Obasanjo was busy flying presidential jets to foreign countries in the guise of scouring for foreign investment not for Nigeria but for his own selfish self. He has the biggest cattle ranch and hatchery in Africa located at Igbo ora(Oyo state). He has big fish farms in Lanlate,Ota and a big poultry in Ibogun. He procured appropriate medical facilities to insulate his chickens from the influenza pandemic that ravaged many poultry farmers years back. Other poultry farmers,however lost almost all their chickens. Their president was so selfish he only procured medical facilities for his chickens. Just like GEJ, Obasanjo also don’t give a damn about the people he govern or their welfare.

Obasanjo made good for himself and his chickens while the masses he was governing as president have been wallowing at the lowest level of the global human development index. The chickens on his farm don’t feed on raw corn rather they feed on highly concentrated mineral fortified feeds. The ordinary man on the street of Tafawa-Balewa, Tilden-Fulani, Ningi, katagum, Zaki,(Bauchi state), Ajegunle, ketu, Agege,(Lagos state), Yelwa-shendam, Farin-gada, unguwar-rogo, unguwar-rimi, Gangare, Gada-Biu, Riyom,(Plateau state) find it hardly to afford a roasted corn or cooked corn. There is no chicken in Obasanjo’s farm that can be in want of water but the ordinary man in the street of Yemetu, Elekuro, Gege, Bere, Oje,(Oyo State), Tudun-wada, Zangon-kataf, panteka,Rigachuku,Soba, Gidan-waya,Jema’a, (Kaduna State) scoop water from gutters and brooks.

HOW DID A FARM WHICH WAS MORIBUND BEFORE OBASANJO CAME TO POWER BECAME SO RICH? Obasanjo claimed that he secured a 2 billion naira loan. How on earth did a man who one of his closest minister said couldn’t boast of 20,000 naira in 1999 transformed to someone with a collateral of 6 billion naira to take a 2 billion naira loan? (Anyone conversant with the banking system knows that you need collateral of about 6 billion naira to raise a 2 billion naira loan.)
The truth of the matter is obasanjo took or should i say stole from the 50 billion naira agriculture fund approved by his corrupt government when there are millions of farmers all across the country who should have been given that loan but were denied access to the loan. They wept and cried but the government as usual didn’t give a damn about them.

Obasanjo took advantage of the Land use decree law of 1978 which he promulgated(The law stipulates that all rights to land were vested in the governor of a state who has the sole authority to issue certificates of occupancy to those who want to secure land for residential, business and agricultural purposes). He didn’t just stop at Ota, his agenda was to expand to all geo-political zones of Nigeria.

The people of Gembu village in mambilla were harassed by obasanjo using force to acquire their land. They were disposed off their farmland by their commander-in-chief who doesn’t give a damn about them. The people of lekitaba were not left also. The people of Ishasi-Akute in Ogun state and Ayetoro in Lagos state were also disposed off their farms.

Obasanjo in 2001, acquired 10,000 hectares of land from Donald Duke of Cross River for his oil palm estate. Due to his selfishness, he wasn’t satisfied with Duke’s gesture. He grabbed an additional 5,000 hectares at Kwa plantation and took over the government oil palm nursery in Ochong(Cross River state). Obasanjo tricked the people of Cross River that he was into Cross River for what he called”AGRO-FORESTRY”(a scheme that allows the growth of forest friendly crops to restore virginity into degraded lands) before the people of that community knew it, a signboard was erected that read “OBASANJO FARMS,MFAMOSONG”.

The people of that council protested but it was all in vain. Their leader, chief Daniel Asuquo who was the chairman of Akampa council was allegedly victimised. He lost his re-election bid and was detained for 18 months for alleged involvement in murder. It was only when the court ruled in his favor in 2004 that he regained his freedom. To show that he meant business, Obasanjo fixed the revival of a moribund dam in oyo state for the benefit of his farm. He also influenced the construction of a road from his Mfamosong farm to Calabar-Oban highway.

Obasanjo’s oil palm mill on his plantation has been producing 10 tonnes of palm oil per day since 2000. The factory is under the supervision of a Malaysian. Majority of his oil mill staffs where recruited from Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Reasearch(NIFOR), Evborneka in Edo state. The staff quarters are located at Kwa Housing Estate. He also built a farm house on a former property of calabar sports club on Ekorenium road. Obasanjo also has an Oil palm estate in Ehuagie, Rivers state. He also owns two fish farms in Ota Ahoada and Ogbo communities. And other choice lands at Omuotude all in Rivers state.

EDUCATION: Obasanjo gave himself licence to establish a private university, the BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. Obasanjo has always shown that he hates the poor. He dislikes the masses. Over 70 percent of students in our universities are from poor homes, students whose parents sell dry fish, leaves, vegetables, fruits, fairly used cloth(Gwanjo or Okrika). He killed our universities, he only wants private universities where fees range between 250,000 naira to 1 million naira per session.

BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY is among the seven private universities approved by Obasanjo to himself and his friends in 2005. It has two campuses, one in Ota, Ogun state and one in Badagry, Lagos. BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY has a board of trustees which is the highest ruling body of the university. Professor Isaac Adeyemi is the vice-Chancellor; Mrs Oluyemi Gbadebo is the registrar; Adegoke Omotosho is the Bursar; Clement Omagbeni is the principal librarian.

TRANSCORP: A company emerged called Transcorp. Very few people know about Transcorp. Transcorp is Obasanjo’s other treasure box which was launched 17th November 2004. Transcorp emerged from the bowel of Aso rock, founded with the collaboration and connivance of Obasanjo. General Obasanjo alone owns 200 million shares. According to late Gani fawehinmi(may his soul Rest in peace),” there is no difference between Transcorp and obasanjo, except that a few friends like Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke was brought in to run transcorp”.

I was ashamed when i saw Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke on channels TV during the capital market probe saying rubbish. In October 2005, Transcorp bought 51 percent stake in NICON hilton hotel and changed it to TRANSCORP HILTON for 13 billion naira. It bought NITEL in july 2006. Transcorp acquired not one but FOUR OIL BLOCS. They are OPL 218, 219, 209 and 220 on july 2005 under the leadership of Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke.

Obasanjo was giving his company Transcorp a preferential treatment while he was president. Transcorp got approval from Obasanjo to build a 33.25 billion naira refinery in the lekki free trade zone in lagos. Obasanjo also gave Transcorp licence to build an independent power facility. Obasanjo’s hands are in different oil deals, some of which cut across countries. He has a friend called CARL MASTERS who is his go between for his shady oil deals abroad.

To me, obasanjo is the most corrupt Nigerian ever and i will never agree with anyone who says Obasanjo is not corrupt. A man who went Bankrupt before 1999 is now the richest former head of state in africa and one of the richest former presidents in the world all in a space of 8 years he governed Nigeria.

Obasanjo has an ethanol factory at Akodo in Ibeju Lekki LGA of Lagos state. The foundation stone of the factory was laid on 5th october 2005. Very few Nigerians know of Obasanjo’s 7 billion naira presidential library. National and state’s library are dilapidated, most of the shelves are empty and the books found in few of the shelves are outdated. Obasanjo’s 7 billion naira presidential library was launched on 14th may,2005. The library have facilities like guest houses,cyber cafe,publishing resources,souvenir/gift shops,auditorium,(for seminars,exhibition,social events), amphitheatre and a museum. Others are artificial lake/stream/waterfall,garden/park,zoo,restaurant and a park.

The launch of the project was one of a kind. Mike Adenuga(Globacom/Con oil chairman) donated 350 million naira, Aliko Dangote(president Dangote Group) donated 220 million naira, Femi Otedola(chairman Zenon oil/AP) donated 250 million, Sunny Odogwu(chairman of Odogwu Group of companies) gave 200 million.

State governments were not left out in the rain of our common wealth. Each governor of our 36 states poured 100 million naira. Private sector chipped in 622 million naira, NPA gave 1 million dollars, Michael Ibru donated 50 million naira, Arisekola Alao donated 100 million naira, Sam Nwake 20 million naira, Dapo Abiodun 10 million naira, Oba sijuwade 10 million naira, Bayo kuku 5 million naira, Ernest Shonekan 1 million naira, Ogun state Obas 5 million naira, All aides of OBJ 2 million naira Obasanjo Holdings poured 100 million naira and the PDP donated 25 million naira.

All the donors of the gifts of money at the launch of the library were involved in all the scams and fraud that took place during Obasanjo’s years in office. Obasanjo connived and collaborated with them to loot our common wealth.

Follow me on twitter @muhammadsageer let’s unite and strategize on how to oust PDP out of power come 2015. GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

By Muhammad Sageer.

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Archmed: Hate Him...Curse him...Kill Him..Stone him..if possible,CRUCIFY HIM...but one thing you cannot take 4rm this man is that he's got BALLS...Jolantern has NONE.

You are very correct,,who Jah bless no one cursed,,,No man can get to any position in life without Gods permission..and Judgement belong to God,not bestowed on any man,,,Take it or leave it..,he deal with the northern domination of nigerian leadership (president is our birthright syndrom by the north) Who is GEJ? If not for OBJ...Record can show now...
To God am not OBJ follower,but let's try and appreciate some goodness in our leaders,,One day God will remember dis country as Ghana and if not us,then our childrens shall see something good in our Country...Nobody is perfect in life..but let your perfection exceed your imperfection...Time will tell.

mrkels:
Move on indeed? I don't blame you, you are the product of a failed nation. In well structured societies, people won't move on, rather they ll prosecute their past corrupt leaders, strip them of every national honour/ title, woe them, disgrace them to the fact that some family members would change their names. But here you all worship/praise them and award them titles. Nonesense

Don’t mind them OBJ was bad while in power, but today he is celebrated by fools who defend him at any slightest criticism. Some claim he has guts while power, and blame his pauper GEJ for being weak. These fellows forget that without someone like GEJ, the corruption in Nigeria will never continue the way it is increasing every second in Nigeria today. How can a boy fight someone who places him somewhere to protect and defend his interests? OBJ and GEJ is the same person. Hoping to see changes from GEJ is just like dreaming of drinking an ocean dry. Any house that fights each other is divided; the criminals in Nigeria political scene are well co-ordinated and programmed, they are speaking with one voice, they are everywhere, Churches, Mosques, Social sites, nairaland, Streets, and Markets. That is why they always bring distractions whenever important issues/topics are raised about corruption Nigeria. Anyone that celebrates OBJ is never against GEJ, because you can never hate Devil and Love Mammy Water.

When he was elected in 1999, Nigerians knew him as General Obasanjo, but members of his party called him Chief Obasanjo.

Journalists asked him which title he preferred, General or Chief.

Obasanjo said, "you can call me chief and I will answer you, because I'm a chief. You can call me general and I'll answer you, because I'm a general. You can call me engineer and I'll answer you, because I'm an engineer. But don't call me doctor, I won't answer you, because that one na dash".

He should be called Thief Obasanjo !

Smooyis: OBJ is indeed a great leader. He speaks his mind without fear. We neva be Able to appreciate him until his demise. I wish him longer years of fruitful service to humanity. Why do u think he is made observers everywhere? Think abt dis! Nigerians don't value their things or do I say we don't know good things. My heart bleeds when I read people abusing and cursing dis great man. We beta be very careful so we don't end up cursing ourselves. Instead of us to be praying to God to be as great as he is.

Why are you deliberately deceiving yourself?
It's natural to celebrate good leaders.

See how Americans celebrate their former president Mr. Bill Clinton. We people of the world also celebrate him. Mr. Bill Clinton is a true leader. He is a model for world leaders.

We don't want our leaders to be like failed OBJ.