Tony Spike: There is one thing I dislike about Nigerians on this forum. We are rapidly judgmental, credulous and incredibly sentimental.

[b]I'm in my office now and I mentioned this deportation story to my Kenyan colleague. To my amazement, He mentioned Chinedu's name even before I concluded the story. He told me this guy is a popular drug baron back in Nairobi, if not the most popular Nigerian. Everybody knows what He does in Kenya and He's a friend to some powerful interests in the government. Unfortunately, it seems the recent change in government in Kenya changed all His connections at the top. There are always two sides to a story, we only heard Chinedu's side of the story and everyone on Nairaland is bashing Kenya unnecessarily. It is imperative to get the true picture of a gist before we comment. Chinedu's travail in Kenya is similar that of His brother, Frank Nebolisa in South Africa. This is what you get when you indulge in shady and illegitimate business in another man's land. Unfortunately, there are many Nigerians aspiring to be the next Chinedus already embarking on such crazy journeys to Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, India, Holland and even Kenya.[/b] Afterall, I must mek am before December...

Kenyanstar: At least i can safely say that with time some reply's here are getting more sensible compared to the hostile ones that were there before... Chinedu is not a saint as most of you here are portraying him, he has been the main link of powerful Nigerian cartel of drug trafficking between Nigeria-Kenya-South Africa. The reason why he was not prosecuted and which raised eyebrows is that powerful Nigerians that he works for were always intervening on his behalf. He was a holder of a diplomatic passport thus enjoying diplomatic immunity. The deportation of nigerians involved in drug trafficking was in the works when Good luck Jonathan came for Kenyas presidential inauguration. The matter was extensivley discussed and a solution was reached that all suspected drugs dealers would be deported back to Nigeria. The deportation was done in a transparent and legal way and cut across different nationalities and not only Nigerians were involved as Chinedu tried to show. Why dont you ask yourself if chinedu was really into clean business, his wife went to court during there divorce hearing and gory images of domestic violence, drug abuse and illegal activities were part of the drama that was involved during the court hearing. Most Nigerians in Kenyan jails are mostly former Chinedu drug mules but due to their lack of money they end rotting in jail. All of the seem to mention him as a contact every time they are caught but due to his economic might he always manages to bail himself out. Instead of blaming Kenya why dont you sift through his words carefully and see the anger and bitterness with which he curses the country that provided opportunity for him for 20 years. The property he purports was disposed from him is being held in trust for his children after the divorce case ruled in favour off the childrens future. Other properties that the government repossessed were classified as government property after the law provides that any property got from illegal activity can be repossessed by the government. Most of what he calls a 5 star hotel was a conduit for Money laundering and basically lacked any facility that can classify it as a 5 star hotel. The "hotel" rooms were refuge centers for drug mules on transit to other countries. When the audit of all properties he purports to have were done during his divorce case millions of tax evasion cases were unearthed thus raising the governments suspicion that he was dealing in illegal businesses.
SO ALL OF YOU DEFENDING HIM SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT....

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Banku&Tilapia:

Big mouth eeeediot so ur country is about to do all diz n u don't enjoy constant electricity which is a basic necessity. Think before u talk u doughnut

Gbawe:


You say Nigerians are "rapidly judgmental". Are you right when the facts are inspected dispassionately? Can you shun sentiments and look at issues as someone dedicated to the law and a respect for the fundamental human rights of others?

They say he is a drug dealer. You believe them and , naturally, your Kenyan colleague will be inclined to agree because he does not want to see let alone admit his nation has done wrong. If the man is indeed a drug dealer why not prosecute him, prove his guilt and punish him? Is that not what would happen in all developed nations of the world and is it not what we should all be asking to see to ensure Africa measures up as per the respect for the fundamental human rights of everyone

How come drugs appear or is mentioned and the next action is deportation that conveniently leaves the man's asset at the mercy of scavengers who leave their own conduct open to suspicion with their disinterest in following how the law should act? Truth is that we have a long way to go as a race and as a continent.

Ironi:

You Gbawe always like to blow issues and make it look unique. You are always here trashing other nationals in trying to make Nigeria look good.

You talk as if criminal issues don't go on in Nigeria.

The land issue you talked about is true and it did not happen just because you are a Nigerian. As I speak a land I bought for about $18000 9yrs ago has almost been stolen from me. These happens a lot in Ghana and I bet it happens a lot too in Nigeria so get off your high horses in trying to make your country look good compared to others

We all know who the real criminals are in Africa.

Gbawe:


You say Nigerians are "rapidly judgmental". Are you right when the facts are inspected dispassionately? Can you shun sentiments and look at issues as someone dedicated to the law and a respect for the fundamental human rights of others?

They say he is a drug dealer. You believe them and , naturally, your Kenyan colleague will be inclined to agree because he does not want to see let alone admit his nation has done wrong. If the man is indeed a drug dealer why not prosecute him, prove his guilt and punish him? Is that not what would happen in all developed nations of the world and is it not what we should all be asking to see to ensure Africa measures up as per the respect for the fundamental human rights of everyone

How come drugs appear or is mentioned and the next action is deportation that conveniently leaves the man's asset at the mercy of scavengers who leave their own conduct open to suspicion with their disinterest in following how the law should act? Truth is that we have a long way to go as a race and as a continent.

Tony Spike:

Tell me, sir, what exactly do you know about the man called Chinedu? We don't need to endlessly go back and forth on this issue. If you know the mess some of our people have caused (and are still causing) in the Eastern and Southern axes of Africa, you'll understand why some stories are quite believable. As for Chinedu's case, I personally believe his hands were not clean; that factor alone worked against his divorce and deportation issues. Although, I do agree that some of the terms of his deportation were not palatable, it is only fair to work with the info on ground. Have you read about Frank Nebolisa's case in South Africa? These guys are well-connected to their host nation's government, and I'm sure Chinedu is also. Thanks

Banku&Tilapia:

Is ur country nigeria any better wen it cums to ethics? Loudmouth creatures u spew nonsense about other countries whiles ur hell hole nigeria is up to no good apart from housing over 100 million up and coming armed robbers .........

texaco1:
because Nigerians have refused to stay in their own country

Kenyanstar:
Most of you who doubt Kenya and east Africas beauty can check this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cxm7IWVhn0&list=PL209960290B9462B1
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Gbawe:

Not much and I do not need to know much. I only insist that he has a valid case when he said others acted in ways that made it obvious they coveted his assets. There are examples to show that this has indeed been the case in the past. What we should all insist on is that he should be prosecuted and punished of any wrongdoing if others do not have anything to hide and are not cynically just using the reputation of Nigerians to achieve a scavenging agenda.

What is easier, to abet the development of Africa and our united commitment to human rights, than we all ask for allegation against Chinedu to be proven and then for him to be punished? Do we all now become human rights abusers or endorsing of such because every Nigerian is deemed a criminal by some?

texaco1: lets get this picture straight and clear.the truth remains that very few nigerians are giving this wonderful country nigeria a bad image outside but engaging in criminal activities which their host countries do not like.
i think it is the duty of we the nigerian majority to condemm these acts of ciminaity by these very minute number of nigerias so that people outside will know that crime is not part and parcel of our culture.
we cant blame this host countries when and if they take measures to curb these set of nigerians but we can condemm them if there actions goes to the extreme of affecting law abiding nigerians in their countries

Kenyanstar:
Most of you who doubt Kenya and east Africas beauty can check this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cxm7IWVhn0&list=PL209960290B9462B1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3WGtLSv3U&list=PL209960290B9462B1
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KENYA ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Banku&Tilapia:

Big mouth eeeediot so ur country is about to do all diz n u don't enjoy constant electricity which is a basic necessity. Think before u talk u doughnut

Kenyanstar:
Most of you who doubt Kenya and east Africas beauty can check this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cxm7IWVhn0&list=PL209960290B9462B1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3WGtLSv3U&list=PL209960290B9462B1
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KENYA ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chriskwaku: The name brings memories. My sis did her service there. On the land issue believe me it could hv happened to even a native espercially if it is located in ridge.,airport or labone.

gbanikiti: A Nigerian man who is married to a Kenyan for over 18 years is now being accused of drug dealings? why didnt they find out all these years? why not prosecute him over there in Kenya? I haven't heard of someone caught with drugs and he is deported. NEVER!! The person is made to face charges and probably go to jail. Why should Chinedu's case be different?

Jenny20: Gbawe, stop waisting your time explaining to those block heads, their mind has already been program to see every Nigerian in a bad light.

Assuming the guy (Chinedu) is a drug kingpin as some of them said, so why wouldn't the govt of Kenya follow the rule of law and take him to court so could can be judged, and if found guilty, he should be dully punished and his asset confiscated by the Govt.

If we are to believe what is being said about the guy, why could the Govt of Kenya carry out a thorough investigation on him, wire tape, surveillance and so forth.

Why wisk him away in a private jet, without the course of justice taken place. There's a lot of conspiracy within the Govt of Kenya, and all this is just for them to lay hands on his assets. It is totally unjust!

Gbawe:
Man mi, I cannot speak for others but there is nothing politically correct in my submissions. Take it from me that there is no expensive lawyer that can prevent injustice winning in some African Countries. Did you not read what I wrote about a Kenyan female court judge ordering the arrest and unjust imprisonment o a Briton to take over her business? You are dead wrong saying he is "spewing nonsense about some schemes to take over his business". Notice my first contribution here was to quote what is written below:



The guy is 100% correct with that assertion. I am not here to tell you Nigerians are not involved in unsavoury business but ignore the sheer wickedness and predatory immorality of other Africans at your own peril. The first land I bought in Ghana was as far back as year 2003. My wife is of Ghanaian origin but born and bred in the UK so we naturally purchased the land in her name. We had been travelling to Ghana and Nigeria together since around year 2000 visiting family. I simply analysed obvious data/information to note that the land, in an exclusive and historical part of Accra with finite availability , was good value at $6,000.000.

Within two years the land had appreciated in value considerably and the land owner, because I had done nothing on the plot, called me in the UK and told me to put up something because many of his friends were telling him to give the "Nigerian" back what "he paid" , when the land was now worth a lot more money, and sell the land to them. That was how predatorily heartless they were willing to be. He told me they bitched about how I could have such a valuable plot when I am a "foreigner" and they were more "entitled to it" - never mind they showed no foresight or proactive interest in buying the land he had previously advertised for a whole year and told all of them about !!!

The land owner told me all this because he is a former Europe-based diasporan (Belgium) who had moved back home to set up a car dealership business and we naturally had a lot in common since I used to travel to Belgium, from the UK, to buy left hand drive cars. Had he been so inclined, he could have done what they asked (since I had not fenced the plot and it was overgrown with weed at the time) and even claimed I forged the land registry documents and gotten me into serious trouble as many innocent Nigerians find themselves in !!! Nothing would have prevented me losing the plot if the land owner had being an ill-exposed and petty individual. This is only one of many personal examples. I can tell you of a Korean business man who set up a freight-forwarding business in Ghana. To 'circumvent' certain registration obstacles, he engaged a Ghanaian couple to front the business for him. The unethical duo actually schemed him out completely once the business was thriving. Today, they have run the business into the ground with incompetence.

Kenya is far worse than Ghana in my opinion. Make what you will of the guy but do not discount his talk that Kenyan elites engaged in a deliberate conspiracy to take over what he has built. He is right in that regard and they would have taken perverse pleasure in doing it too. Believe me.

Nigerian national Chinedu finally gets the boot as unwanted and troublesome foreigners deported

Changes in Government bringing the Immigration Department under the Interior Ministry herald a new era in the ejection of unwanted foreigners. The brisk deportation of 21 foreigners this week, using ministerial powers captured in a new law passed in 2011, is a sign of this change. More foreigners suspected of involvement in crime will be forced out in action “sanctioned by the President” alongside those in the country illegally.

This is sure to rattle civil liberties activists who fear the draconian powers wielded by the Cabinet Secretary for the ministry could be abused. Already lawyer Cliff Ombeta, who represents some of the suspects removed this week, has complained that the removals were “not procedural”.

Sidesteps court
Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Githu Muigai, who is also the Attorney General, ordered the deportations under a 2011 law that sidesteps court challenges typical in such matters. The powers will fall toMr Joseph ole Lenku, who was sworn-in recently.

In the past, removals that avoided the courts were criticised as irregular, with the rendition of terror suspects in particular declared illegal by the High Court in 2010.

The 2006 ‘deportation’ of the mysterious Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargsyan, on the other hand, was criticised in a parliamentary report as an “orchestrated” escape plan. Going around the law meant some undesirable foreigners could return to Kenya and fight a fresh removal in court.

One of the men removed this week, controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu had previously been ‘deported’ in this manner under a different name, but returned to Kenya via the Busia border entry point.

The new law used by Attorney General Githu Muigai to kick Chinedu and about 20 others out of the country requires their removal if they return.

The decision to deport the foreigners was arrived at immediately after President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the Government would deal with drug traffickers and other “merchants of destruction”.

Chinedu has been accused of involvement in narcotics and was facing trial for possession of drug paraphernalia when his removal order was prepared. Uhuru told a crowd at the Nyayo Stadium during last Saturday’s Madaraka Day fete that he would not tolerate anyone who ruins the lives of Kenyan youth by selling them drugs, alcohol and other prohibited substances.

“We are resolved to deal with these merchants of destruction,” he said. He added the Government is committed to protecting the youth from injurious influences and lifestyles that compromise their health and future.Police and intelligence officers who had been watching Chinedu and at least 10 other foreigners acted, rounding up the foreigners on Sunday night. They then involved immigration officials who processed their cases for deportation. The officers had also briefed Prof Muigai, the acting Interior Minister, of their intentions.

Powers to sanction
As the acting minister in charge of Immigration, Muigai has executive powers to sanction a deportation. He approved the removals of Chinedu and five other Nigerians suspected of drug trafficking on Monday.

All were then rushed to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for removal.Police attempts to deport the six Nigerians in the past failed after challenge in court. Immigration officials say due process was followed in this week’s rapid removals. Sources at JKIA said deportees were put on international airline flights or chartered aircraft after being warned against being violent during take-off.

The Standard On Saturday established that one of them had previously foiled a deportation by becoming unruly, forcing the plane’s captain to order the officers accompanying him to remove him from the plane.

Nairobi Area head of CID Nicholas Kamwende said those deported included Ghanaian Paul Maison, who he described as “a godfather” in the underworld circles, and Sierra Leonean national Peter Sessay. The Sierra Leonean has in the past resisted deportation by turning violent and stripping naked at JKIA. Others were identified as Nigerians Antony Chinedu Igefuno, Eneke Chimeze (aka Joshua Boafo), Emmanuel Peter Inobemhe, John Peter Osinomuno, Christopher Nawengu Uche, Adebayi Oluwatosin and Toure Abubakar, Guinean Kamara Koman and Japanese national Ono Kazuo Ben. Photos of five of the deportees have been released to the media.

The names and photos of another 10 are yet to be released. Last November, Nigerians Friday Maduekwe, Emanuel Onunorah, Ogba Ajbeze, Temi Ekundayo and John Ozigibo, and Eritrean national Zemuref Zaru, who holds a Canadian passport, were deported under the same law. The deportees were believed to have been part of Chinedu’s cartel.

gbanikiti: A Nigerian man who is married to a Kenyan for over 18 years is now being accused of drug dealings? why didnt they find out all these years? why not prosecute him over there in Kenya? I haven't heard of someone caught with drugs and he is deported. NEVER!! The person is made to face charges and probably go to jail. Why should Chinedu's case be different?

the brisk deportation of 21 foreigners this week