EXCLUSIVE:Nigeria's President, Buhari Dump $182M Halliburton Bribe Scandal Report...Conspiracy of Retired Army Generals prompt Aso Rock back down*IBB, OBJ, Abdusalami Angle* “We're probing Jonathan's Govt”-Presidency*“Probing my govt witch hunt"-GEJ

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, discipline and avowed commitment to fight, name and shame corruption had never been in doubt since Nigerians have high hopes in his administration to ‘fight corruption among the elites’, in a bid to free Nigeria’s economy from Kleptomaniac. As it is a fad that “when you fight corruption, surely corruption will fight back,” aptly captures the trending conspiracy of few Nigerian Army Generals (retired) and former Heads of State who allegedly prompted Buhari to ‘let-off’ his earlier, intentional investigation of $182million Halliburton bribe scandal, so he may continually ‘govern Nigeria in peace’.



CNN iReport gathered that few weeks before Buhari made his maiden visit to United States, words reached him that few retired Army Generals who were erstwhile Heads of State were allegedly not happy with the planned moves by the no-nonsense disciplinarian to re-open the Halliburton scandal, with the sole intention to expose, disgrace and prosecute some of culpable generals and other highly-placed Nigerians whose hands may have been ‘soiled’ by the cookie-jar of corruption in Bonny Island Liquefied Natural Gas Project.

As such, after General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), a former Nigeria’s Head of State received a phone call from from General Olusegun Obasanjo, also a former Nigeria’s president where he brought the attention of IBB to the fact that they way Buhari was going about corruption-fight, he would eventually probe the majority of past administration, including IBB era. This position was echoed by another Nigerian Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar; which prompted a conspiracy theory to ‘place Buhari in order’. Abdusalami had visited IBB in his Minna Castle in Niger State, there it was concluded that IBB should stylishly pass on their position to Buhari to halt his earlier intended probe of his predecessors.

In a press statement issued by IBB through his media adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, it reportedly reads: “On General Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition to take up issues with his colleague former president. But, for the purpose of the record, we are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou-attitude. He is a one-time minister of petroleum and we have good records of his tenure. Secondly, he also presided over Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which records we also have. We challenge him to come out in clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. General Buhari should be properly guided.”

CNN iReport gathered when intelligence report reached Buhari on the position of these retired Army Generals and former Heads of State, and bearing in mind how mean they can fully engage him in ‘dirty-fight’ which may ridicule him in the eyes of Nigerians and expose his stewardship then as Minister of Petroleum in 1976 that led to the mysterious disappearance of a whooping US $2.8 Billion from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC account in Midlands Bank, United Kingdom allegedly under his watchful eyes, Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.

For the records, Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum in 1976 under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration. Not much is known about any scandals that occured during his tenure as Minister, but there are rumors of the mysterious disappearance of US$2.8 Billion from the NNPC account in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom, during Buhari’s stewardship. Now that IBB has threatened to expose him, it lends a certain credibility to the rumors indicting Buhari of grand graft.

As if Jonathan knew that this would happen. In the last days of his administration as president in Aso Rock villa on May 27, 2015 during Federal Executive Council valedictory session witnessed by big-wigs of Peoples Democratic Party, he said “Some people are even calling for the probe of the government, but I think in Nigeria, there are a lot of many things that will be probed, very many things, even debts owed by states and debts owed by this country from 1960 up to this time. They say it is Jonathan’s administration that accrued these debts,” Jonathan said.

“I believe that anybody that is coming for probe must also ensure that this probe is extended beyond the Jonathan administration. Otherwise, to me, it will be a witch-hunt. If we are very sincere, it is not only the Jonathan administration that should be probed.”

CNN iReport investigation showed that Jonathan administration may have been singled-out as ‘corrupt government’ due to the fact that he was a minority-leader from Niger-Delta and obviously not a military, but a civilian leader. There are feelers from some Nigerians that this probe may not have happened if Jonathan had been a retired Army General.

For Folu Adewope, an undergraduate of University of Texas Arlington, UTA, her words: “This is obviously a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation would not have happened if Jonathan had hailed from the North and had been a retired Army General. Why can’t Buhari open the Halliburton scandal, and openly prosecute Obasanjo, Abdusalami, Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigeria’s Vice president and every other corrupt Nigerians named in the scandal. As Nigerians, we are interested in this case.”

Recently on his Facebook wall-page, Femi Adeshina, special aide to the president on media and publicity, said: “It would be a distraction for the President to begin digging into all former administrations, but for a proper take off of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, there is need to look into the immediate past government (Jonathan’s). We are interested in investigating Jonathan’s government to recover stolen funds”.

International Community watch in Disbelief
As at the time of going to the press, members of International Community, particularly the United States government is shocked that Buhari ought not to leave any stone unturned in fighting corruption no matter whose ox is gored. The Halliburton bribery scandal is seen by members of international community as a litmus test for Buhari to prove his desire effectively to combat corruption among the elites in Nigeria.



Source:

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

summarize biko




shut

OK

we are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou-attitude.

[size=15pt]The fear of Obasanjo[/size]
CNN, please look no further

Culled from CNN but could post a link to the CNN page where it was culled.
Anyway I like the propaganda springing forth , it will keep PMB on his toes

Please send the CNN link for this write up. The link you posted is an unknown blog. we need CNN link.

EroticAngelina:
summarize biko





sh ut

Devil

Splashme:
[size=15pt]The fear of Obasanjo[/size]
CNN, please look no further

This is not CNN. The poster should send the CNN link. we will read it directly from CNN. outside that this will be considered a bear palour gist

Splashme:
[size=15pt]The fear of Obasanjo[/size]
CNN, please look no further

Exactly. Ain't no one gonna probe the cabal.

We need the source link on CNN website, not the link on a blog

Hehehe...they can't take the heat already? C'mon, GMB hasn't even started. He is still warming up.

PMB should please probe all of 'em with a view of retrieving public funds hitherto stolen. He should even probe himself. He should probe his tenor as GMB and as petroleum minister and PTF chair. Anybody found guilty should be made to face the law, and that should include him..would love to see ibb,Abdusalam, obasanjo and GEJ in jail though..and if after 4-8 years PMB too is found guilty, then he wear the blue and blue prisoner's uniform.

Realdeals:
We need the source link on CNN website, not this jibiti blog

Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

CNN ireport cannot be fully considered as facts since CNN cannot verify the story.
But the story may be true or false or a mixture of both.

But come oo..where is the link on CNN home page..i have been searching and searching

tobimillar:
But come oo..where is the link on CNN home page..i have been searching and searching

Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

CNN ireport cannot be fully considered as facts since CNN cannot verify the story.
But the story may be true or false or a mixture of both.

atbu1983:


Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

So somebody wrote an article posted it on his/her blog and then cc CNN just to be able to quote CNN later..annoying bloggers

Source: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

Where is the change?!!!

Mynd44:
Source: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

Where is the change?!!!

Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

CNN ireport cannot be fully considered as facts since CNN cannot verify the story. The story is not from CNN. Anyone can post anything on CNN ireport.

But the story may be true or false or a mixture of both.

Liar.
Why such claim not on CNN web page.
Ur link is trash.

Cooked up theory.
Anyone can post anything on CNN i-report
Of which CNN always not accountable for such unverified post
U have said nothing new

erunz:
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, discipline and avowed commitment to fight, name and shame corruption had never been in doubt since Nigerians have high hopes in his administration to ‘fight corruption among the elites’, in a bid to free Nigeria’s economy from Kleptomaniac. As it is a fad that “when you fight corruption, surely corruption will fight back,” aptly captures the trending conspiracy of few Nigerian Army Generals (retired) and former Heads of State who allegedly prompted Buhari to ‘let-off’ his earlier, intentional investigation of $182million Halliburton bribe scandal, so he may continually ‘govern Nigeria in peace’.



CNN iReport gathered that few weeks before Buhari made his maiden visit to United States, words reached him that few retired Army Generals who were erstwhile Heads of State were allegedly not happy with the planned moves by the no-nonsense disciplinarian to re-open the Halliburton scandal, with the sole intention to expose, disgrace and prosecute some of culpable generals and other highly-placed Nigerians whose hands may have been ‘soiled’ by the cookie-jar of corruption in Bonny Island Liquefied Natural Gas Project.

As such, after General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), a former Nigeria’s Head of State received a phone call from from General Olusegun Obasanjo, also a former Nigeria’s president where he brought the attention of IBB to the fact that they way Buhari was going about corruption-fight, he would eventually probe the majority of past administration, including IBB era. This position was echoed by another Nigerian Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar; which prompted a conspiracy theory to ‘place Buhari in order’. Abdusalami had visited IBB in his Minna Castle in Niger State, there it was concluded that IBB should stylishly pass on their position to Buhari to halt his earlier intended probe of his predecessors.

In a press statement issued by IBB through his media adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, it reportedly reads: “On General Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition to take up issues with his colleague former president. But, for the purpose of the record, we are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou-attitude. He is a one-time minister of petroleum and we have good records of his tenure. Secondly, he also presided over Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which records we also have. We challenge him to come out in clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. General Buhari should be properly guided.”

CNN iReport gathered when intelligence report reached Buhari on the position of these retired Army Generals and former Heads of State, and bearing in mind how mean they can fully engage him in ‘dirty-fight’ which may ridicule him in the eyes of Nigerians and expose his stewardship then as Minister of Petroleum in 1976 that led to the mysterious disappearance of a whooping US $2.8 Billion from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC account in Midlands Bank, United Kingdom allegedly under his watchful eyes, Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.

For the records, Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum in 1976 under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration. Not much is known about any scandals that occured during his tenure as Minister, but there are rumors of the mysterious disappearance of US$2.8 Billion from the NNPC account in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom, during Buhari’s stewardship. Now that IBB has threatened to expose him, it lends a certain credibility to the rumors indicting Buhari of grand graft.

As if Jonathan knew that this would happen. In the last days of his administration as president in Aso Rock villa on May 27, 2015 during Federal Executive Council valedictory session witnessed by big-wigs of Peoples Democratic Party, he said “Some people are even calling for the probe of the government, but I think in Nigeria, there are a lot of many things that will be probed, very many things, even debts owed by states and debts owed by this country from 1960 up to this time. They say it is Jonathan’s administration that accrued these debts,” Jonathan said.

“I believe that anybody that is coming for probe must also ensure that this probe is extended beyond the Jonathan administration. Otherwise, to me, it will be a witch-hunt. If we are very sincere, it is not only the Jonathan administration that should be probed.”

CNN iReport investigation showed that Jonathan administration may have been singled-out as ‘corrupt government’ due to the fact that he was a minority-leader from Niger-Delta and obviously not a military, but a civilian leader. There are feelers from some Nigerians that this probe may not have happened if Jonathan had been a retired Army General.

For Folu Adewope, an undergraduate of University of Texas Arlington, UTA, her words: “This is obviously a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation would not have happened if Jonathan had hailed from the North and had been a retired Army General. Why can’t Buhari open the Halliburton scandal, and openly prosecute Obasanjo, Abdusalami, Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigeria’s Vice president and every other corrupt Nigerians named in the scandal. As Nigerians, we are interested in this case.”

Recently on his Facebook wall-page, Femi Adeshina, special aide to the president on media and publicity, said: “It would be a distraction for the President to begin digging into all former administrations, but for a proper take off of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, there is need to look into the immediate past government (Jonathan’s). We are interested in investigating Jonathan’s government to recover stolen funds”.

International Community watch in Disbelief
As at the time of going to the press, members of International Community, particularly the United States government is shocked that Buhari ought not to leave any stone unturned in fighting corruption no matter whose ox is gored. The Halliburton bribery scandal is seen by members of international community as a litmus test for Buhari to prove his desire effectively to combat corruption among the elites in Nigeria.

Culled from CNN
http://www.chidinmaonyejiuwa.com/cnn-investigates-why-buhari-dumped-182-halliburton-bribe-scandal/

Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

CNN ireport cannot be fully considered as facts since CNN cannot verify the story.
But the story may be true or false or a mixture of both.

Actually, if he eventually dropped that scandal, it is expected.

That scandal involves too many high profiled individuals. take it or leave it, it can never be probed.

if u like, cry foul... even the USA knows that there are so many discrepancies that were swept under her own carpet.

No comment because I can't verify the authenticity or otherwise of this story.

kenonze:
Liar.
Why such claim no on CNN web page.
Ur link is trash.

Cooked up theory.
U have said nothing new

Yes you are right. The story is not from CNN. Somebody pasted it on CNN Ireport because CNN ireport is like nairaland forum.
Dont mind the blogger. He or she created the story and then posted it on CNN ireport to deceive the gullible that it is from CNN!!

Actually i have checked. this is the CNN link
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

But however, there is disclaimer by CNN on the story before they started the story stated below:

"CNN PRODUCER NOTE CNN iReport is the network’s user-generated news community. The stories here come from our audience and are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. If you think this iReport violates our community guidelines, please tell us by clicking on the "This is Inappropriate" button below. You can learn more about how iReport works on our About page."

CNN ireport cannot be fully considered as facts since CNN cannot verify the story.
But the story may be true or false or a mixture of both.

His hypocrisy of selective prosecution is gradually being exposed

kenonze:
Liar.
Why such claim no on CNN web page.
Ur link is trash.

Cooked up theory.
U have said nothing new

I can't quite tell whether you people who have such faith in Nigerian politicians are cognitively challenged or have been financially compromised. Why is it so hard to believe that a man who proclaimed the innocence of Abacha may deliberately overlook some corruption? Do you think he got to power via the mickey mouse donations some of you made?

The best you can hope for is that his tenure will be less corrupt than his predecessor's and with GEJ that is a low bar indeed.

I really find it hard to comprehend why anyone thinks our political system will produce an incorruptible government. It's the triumph of hope over logic, evidence and basic common sense.

Probing the $182million Halliburton bribe scandal will unsettle his administration right now.
He should concentrate on delivering his campaign promises

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182 or 182million?

He will not want to probe his fellow awusa men yet he wants to probe Jonathan ??
Retardinho.

Because he is transparent..