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Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by StepTwo: 10:50am On May 15, 2016
Muhammadu Buhari seen by some as leading the battle against corruption
But worrying allegations swirl around one of Nigerian leader's close allies
Rotimi Amaechi accused of misappropriating £338m commission probing sale of state assets
Also accused of diverting £140m of state funds into Buhari’s presidential campaign



When David Cameron was caught on camera last week before an anti-corruption summit describing Nigeria as ‘fantastically corrupt’, the African state’s president rallied to the Prime Minister’s defence by agreeing with him.


But although Muhammadu Buhari is seen by some as leading the battle against corruption, worrying allegations swirl around one of his close allies.


Rotimi Amaechi, who travelled with the president to the summit, is Nigeria’s transport minister and is said to have bankrolled Buhari’s presidential campaign.


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When David Cameron *(left) was caught on camera last week describing Nigeria as ‘fantastically corrupt’, the African state’s president Muhammadu Buhari (right) rallied to the Prime Minister’s defence by agreeing with him.


In the Nigerian press he has been dubbed ‘ATM’ – the American term for cash machine – because of his ability to produce vast sums of money at short notice.


He remains in his post despite being accused of misappropriating £338million by a commission investigating the sale of state assets.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3590934/Is-Nigerian-leader-s-pal-fantastically-corrupt-Friend-African-president-accused-stealing-500million.html

Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by Trut(m): 10:57am On May 15, 2016
Buhari is corrupt

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Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by mesoprogress(m): 11:01am On May 15, 2016
Lol, Buhari is just like any other hypocrite. He fights corruption only against his political opponents. Thieves within his administration are presently all saints. He's a very vindictive person, a very wrong person to give a leadership position. Rotimi is celebrated by buhari's saintly northern Nigeria, he's their hero.

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Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by SLIDEwaxie(m): 11:24am On May 15, 2016
mesoprogress:
Lol, Buhari is just like any other hypocrite. He fights corruption only against his political opponents. Thieves within his administration are presently all saints. He's a very vindictive person, a very wrong person to give a leadership position. Rotimi is celebrated by buhari's saintly northern Nigeria, he's their hero.
even if you no go school, shebi I don pass by a school gate before...


All these allegations, where is the proof?

We see the proofs of others, show us this one na abi we must rely on hearsays as u do ni?
Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by seunmsg(m): 11:45am On May 15, 2016
This useless UK dailymail again? Instead of investigating their stories properly and getting the facts of the matter, they just copy unsubstantiated lies from PDP propaganda sites and publish to unsuspecting British public.

If any commission in Rivers state is so sure that Amaechi misappropriated £338million, the Rivers state government through the Rivers state ministry of justice should charge him to court. He has no immunity from criminal prosecution, they should charge him to court and stop making wild allegations.

Buhari is already prosecuting those who stole at the federal level, state should please join the fight against corruption by prosecuting those who stole state funds.
Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by LadyExcellency: 12:17pm On May 15, 2016
Imagine a Nigerian asking UK Guardian to investigate an open secret.

Amaechi, APC chieftains and Delegates are thieves

Investigating The Dollarization of APC Presidential Primaries

The blogosphere was inundated with reports of the excessive sharing of dollars at the All Progressives Congress which took place during the latter part of last week.

One APC supporter and Special Adviser to Osun Governor on Environment, BolaIlori had blown the scandal open after he saw the beginning stages of the dollarization in action.

He took to his Facebook page and scribbled, “Crazy things are happening here!!! Some of these cannot represent the change Nigeria is yearning for. Excessive dollarization by one of the aspirants to is to say the least obscene. I have been involved in political process for decades now, I have never witnessed this volume of raw dollarization of party primaries. I only read about this kind of things in PDP primaries. A question been asked by conscientious delegates is that whoever can be giving out between $2000 to $5000 to…delegates certainly does not represent the kind of change Nigerians want…those who contributed to the pauperization of Nigeria now revel in dollarization… majority of Ondo delegates are still standing with Buhari but have been reduced from 85% to 70% within 24 hours…the remaining has gone with dollars ooo.!!!!!”

One has to wonder how Buhari was able to win the primaries in this era of stomach infrastructure where dollars are like the Biblical manna that God sent down from heaven to nourish the Israelites as they made their way to the promised land.

Sources close to the APC with knowledge of the way the Primaries unfolded have revealed that it was Rivers State Governor, Amaechi who flew back to Rivers State and returned to Lagos on Thursday morning with enough dollars to make Benjamin Franklin blush.

It has been revealed that Atiku offered the delegates $5000 each, but Amaechi doubled it to $10000 a pop. Thus turning the tables in favour of General Buhari.


Since his adventure into the APC, Amaechi has gone out of his way to prove himself a party loyalist, always the first to shoki or azonto at the many events the APC holds, which he himself is usually the chief sponsor.

According to party insiders, Amaechi has overtaken Tinubu as the major financier of the party. One does not need to wonder why he is always at President Jonathan’s throat over misappropriated oil wells or other such business. Anything that diminishes from the State’s coffers will have a ripple effect on his funding budget for the APC.



Joe Francis wrote in from Port Harcourt.


http://www.theheraldng.com/dollarization-apc-primaries-amaehi-vanquished-atiku-saibuhari/
Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by LadyExcellency: 12:24pm On May 15, 2016
Tinubu, APC leaders jittery as Atiku wages ‘Dollar War’ at convention ground

Report at newspunch.org disposal from a reliable source direct from All Progressives Congress convention venue suggested that the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other party leaders who are rooting for the emergence of former military ruler Gen. Muhammed Buhari are jittery over move by former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s storming of Lagos Teslim Balogun Stadium, the venue of the APC congress with US dollars.

The report stated that Atiku is personally reaching out to delegates and wooing them with dollars.

With Atiku’s heavy war chest, the APC hierarchy had become jittery about the high possibility of his victory.

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As a counterforce, Amaechi ─ who is the biggest financial backer of Buhari and is heavily favoured to pick the vice-presidential slot ─ flew in a heavy “war chest” to the pro-Buhari camp in Lagos on Wednesday morning.

The strategy in the pro-Buhari camp is to match Atiku naira-for-naira and dollar-for-dollar.

“Atiku cannot just come in and pick the ticket after all the hard work we did breaking up the PDP and setting up the APC,” a southern governor told TheCable on phone.

www.newspunch.org/tinubu-apc-leaders-jittery-as-atiku-storm-convention-venue-with-us/
Re: Is Nigerian Leader's Pal 'fantastically Corrupt'?- Dailymail by fallout87: 12:38pm On May 15, 2016
Everyone knows Ameachi is a thief and Buhari's campaign was funded by thieves and corruption.

It is only the zombies that denies it then ask for proof, yet don't care about proof when it comes to jailing political opponents of APC and Buhari.

Blind hypocrites

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