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Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by DICK4UCKPUSSY: 6:41am On Sep 03, 2015
The police in neighbouring Niger Republic
have arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros
(N1.05bn) in cash. The man was arrested at
the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the
capital of Niger, en route Dubai in the United
Arab Emirate.
The Nigerien police said they suspected that
the man was fleeing with the money in order
to avoid being caught by the administration
of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has
been prosecuting an anti-corruption
campaign since assumption of office on May
29.
They also expressed worry that there had
been an upsurge in the number of Nigerians
trafficking
huge sums of money in cash through the
neighbouring country.
The police in Niger are already working on
the suspicion that the money traffickers have
accomplices in the country.
The arrest of the Nigerian has been a big
news item in the Nigerien newspapers and
television stations.
Curiously the authorities here on Wednesday
claimed ignorance of the money seizure in
the neighbouring country though the
Customs officers in Niger were already
kicking against repatriating the cash to
Nigeria.
A media report in Niger on Saturday said the
National Union of Customs Officers at a press
briefing “denounced the request of the
Nigerian authorities” to return the seized
money.
The Customs official said there had been
several similar seizures in Niamey from
people trafficking money from Nigeria,
putting the amount that had been so seized
in several billions of naira.
They said the seized money had been mainly
in dollars, euros and pounds sterling, asking
the Niger authorities to allow the Customs
officials to do their job without interference.
When contacted, the Senior Special Adviser
to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr.
Femi Adesina, said he could not speak on the
development because his brief was to speak
for the President.
He therefore referred one of our
correspondents to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
“I speak for the President. On this kind of
issues, I will advice that you speak with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” he said.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
officials denied knowledge of the seizure in
Niger Republic. The ministry’s spokesperson,
Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, said the ministry had
not received official communication on the
arrest of any Nigerian.
“I am hearing about this incident for the first
time from you, we have not received any
communication on the matter from any
quarters,” he said over the telephone.
PUNCH reports that calls to the Public
Relations Officer of the Nigeria Immigration
Service, Emeka Obua, did not elicit any
response. He also did not respond to text
messages to his mobile telephone on the
issue.
The Nigerien embassy in Abuja could not be
reached for comment on Wednesday as calls
to the mission’s phone lines failed to
connect.
The spokesman for the Nigerian Customs
Service, Mr Wale Adeniyi could not be
reached for comments as text message and
repeated calls made to his mobile line were
not replied as of the time (8.30pm) of filling
this report.
But a senior official of the Service told one
of our correspondents in confidence that the
issue had yet to be brought to the attention
of the agency.
The official said since the matter was a
diplomatic issue, there were protocols that
must be adhered to before the customs
could step in.
The official said, “As we speak now, the
matter hasn’t been drawn to our attention.
This is a diplomatic matter that has to be
treated with caution in order to avoid
diplomatic row between both countries.
“The identity of the person in question has
not been established and it is the Nigerian
embassy in Niger that would verify that.
“After that is done, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs will be notified before other security
agencies would be invited on the matter.
“So, it is not something that the Customs will
jump into and start investigating because the
Customs in Niger don’t report directly to us
in Nigeria.”


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Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by DICK4UCKPUSSY: 6:41am On Sep 03, 2015
Nawa oo
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by ORACLE1975(m): 6:41am On Sep 03, 2015
One thing I dislike no name mention here!

So no news here.

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Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by BeeBeeOoh(m): 6:44am On Sep 03, 2015
As in 1 billion Naira in physical cash, I wanna know??




I don't believe that Op is another Liar Mohammed

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Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by 175(m): 6:46am On Sep 03, 2015
Hmmmmmm
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by tuoyoojo(m): 6:46am On Sep 03, 2015
I dey suspect this news source!

Kuma no picture to back up d claim !
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by donholy28(m): 6:48am On Sep 03, 2015
I bet he's not running from buhari as this news says.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by Orjioorji(f): 6:48am On Sep 03, 2015
the man don't have a name ? why am I feeling this is a lie from some people to promote a dullard government to look like active one, we know this people can lie.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by 48noble(m): 6:51am On Sep 03, 2015
Some honest men have become victims in their effort to feed their families
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by yorke1: 6:53am On Sep 03, 2015
Propaganda. Shame on APC. Running away from Daura Dullarpo my feet.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by kamair237(m): 6:54am On Sep 03, 2015
bring him back!!!!
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by anthony86(m): 6:57am On Sep 03, 2015
Propaganda 101
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by buharisambisada: 6:58am On Sep 03, 2015
You need more lies to keep the propaganda going because everything is slowing grinding to a halt,failed and broken promises.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by bugzbunny: 6:59am On Sep 03, 2015
Body language. Govt
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by Nobody: 6:59am On Sep 03, 2015
The moniker of the op and the source of this news says it all. Fake news.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by ademega(m): 7:00am On Sep 03, 2015
very hard to believe
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by RockMaxi: 7:01am On Sep 03, 2015
The only truth about this post is propaganda, even the source.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by Taiden: 7:01am On Sep 03, 2015
How true is dis report?
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by SeverusSnape(m): 7:02am On Sep 03, 2015
donholy28:
I bet he's not running from buhari as this news says.
Don't mind the propagandists, they just want to hype dullhari.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by frodobee: 7:10am On Sep 03, 2015
Frodobee :

Body language news.
The odour is felt in faraway Niger, while it gets BH boys on top of their game with crazy swag on the home front.

Abeg Buharia clean my nyash joor. Ndi ara.
For all I care, that could be BH sponsors sourcing for arms, or a businessman trying to bypass the stifling economic policies of CBN lately.

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Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by sammyj: 7:22am On Sep 03, 2015
Imagine how the past administration allowed stealing that a man will want to go out with the sum of amount!!!
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by iamboody(m): 7:30am On Sep 03, 2015
To PDP wailers everything is propaganda they have lost their common sense. They keep asking for the name of the person in possession of the cash rather than them seeking for who might own the money. The money will definitely be moved by a random person. This is a prove of how corrupt Jonathan Government was, thank God Buhari has formed healthy alliance with our neighboring countries so it won't be difficult to repatriate the cash. At the end of the day it will be owned by one of Jonathans officials.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by tinkinjow: 7:37am On Sep 03, 2015
Now the ghost has no name. It's only Oduah and Dezieni that have names to even think that nothing is found on these two left for allegations
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by DaBullIT(m): 7:51am On Sep 03, 2015
Ok ,


I don hear
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by drss(m): 9:02am On Sep 03, 2015
The person cought with the money na buari cousin.
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by Splashme: 9:05am On Sep 03, 2015
[size=13pt]Stewpid propaganda
just to bolster Buhari's image.

No name mentioned, fake source that is not opening
[/size]
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by shizzy7(f): 9:19am On Sep 03, 2015
YOUR moniker will never let me even read your story talk less of BELIEVING...
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by patrick89(m): 9:21am On Sep 03, 2015
DICK4UCKPUSSY:
The police in neighbouring Niger Republic
have arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros
(N1.05bn) in cash. The man was arrested at
the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the
capital of Niger, en route Dubai in the United
Arab Emirate.
The Nigerien police said they suspected that
the man was fleeing with the money in order
to avoid being caught by the administration
of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has
been prosecuting an anti-corruption
campaign since assumption of office on May
29.
They also expressed worry that there had
been an upsurge in the number of Nigerians
trafficking
huge sums of money in cash through the
neighbouring country.
The police in Niger are already working on
the suspicion that the money traffickers have
accomplices in the country.
The arrest of the Nigerian has been a big
news item in the Nigerien newspapers and
television stations.
Curiously the authorities here on Wednesday
claimed ignorance of the money seizure in
the neighbouring country though the
Customs officers in Niger were already
kicking against repatriating the cash to
Nigeria.
A media report in Niger on Saturday said the
National Union of Customs Officers at a press
briefing “denounced the request of the
Nigerian authorities” to return the seized
money.
The Customs official said there had been
several similar seizures in Niamey from
people trafficking money from Nigeria,
putting the amount that had been so seized
in several billions of naira.
They said the seized money had been mainly
in dollars, euros and pounds sterling, asking
the Niger authorities to allow the Customs
officials to do their job without interference.
When contacted, the Senior Special Adviser
to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr.
Femi Adesina, said he could not speak on the
development because his brief was to speak
for the President.
He therefore referred one of our
correspondents to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
“I speak for the President. On this kind of
issues, I will advice that you speak with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” he said.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
officials denied knowledge of the seizure in
Niger Republic. The ministry’s spokesperson,
Ogbole Ahmedu-Ode, said the ministry had
not received official communication on the
arrest of any Nigerian.
“I am hearing about this incident for the first
time from you, we have not received any
communication on the matter from any
quarters,” he said over the telephone.
PUNCH reports that calls to the Public
Relations Officer of the Nigeria Immigration
Service, Emeka Obua, did not elicit any
response. He also did not respond to text
messages to his mobile telephone on the
issue.
The Nigerien embassy in Abuja could not be
reached for comment on Wednesday as calls
to the mission’s phone lines failed to
connect.
The spokesman for the Nigerian Customs
Service, Mr Wale Adeniyi could not be
reached for comments as text message and
repeated calls made to his mobile line were
not replied as of the time (8.30pm) of filling
this report.
But a senior official of the Service told one
of our correspondents in confidence that the
issue had yet to be brought to the attention
of the agency.
The official said since the matter was a
diplomatic issue, there were protocols that
must be adhered to before the customs
could step in.
The official said, “As we speak now, the
matter hasn’t been drawn to our attention.
This is a diplomatic matter that has to be
treated with caution in order to avoid
diplomatic row between both countries.
“The identity of the person in question has
not been established and it is the Nigerian
embassy in Niger that would verify that.
“After that is done, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs will be notified before other security
agencies would be invited on the matter.
“So, it is not something that the Customs will
jump into and start investigating because the
Customs in Niger don’t report directly to us
in Nigeria.”


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This is a pure propaganda period. The name is withheld because, the culprit has access to power, imagine if the person is igbo... The man wanted to go and buy arms for Bokoharam...
Re: Nigerian Caught With N1bn In Niger Republic Trying To Run From President Buhari by Captainswag225(m): 9:22am On Sep 03, 2015
Buhari, dis is getting boring now. Same old lies and propaganda. No achievements in 100days. This are signs of worst times ahead.

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