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Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 11:48pm On Dec 21, 2010 |
An account of the role played by aides to Goodluck Jonathan in trying to convince Heny Okah to dump the blame for the Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja on “Northern elements” are emerging, just as Mr. Okah's lawyers received the news of a January 4, 2011 date to appeal his denial of bail application which has enabled his continued detention in South Africa. Last month, he was denied bail by a South African magistrate after the judge said "The accused was untruthful and he lied to the court" . Saharareporters has obtained a confidential report which might a major role in the trial that details calls made to Okah by several key Jonathan aides the night after the bomb blasts, at a time MEND was claiming responsibility for them. Those named in the secret report include Jonathan's former ADC, Moses Jituboh, a police officer whose current designation is “Personal Security Officer to the president;" the Minister for the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe; and Tony Uranta, the same Jonathan operative who was recently named in the $50,000 bribery of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG). The secret document shows that four calls were traced to Mr. Orubebe, and several calls as well as a key text message were traced to Mr. Uranta, who used telephone numbers: +2348075407801 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +2348075407801 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, +2347084961205 and +2348069280206 to communicate as he acted as an intermediary between Mr. Okah and President Jonathan up to the night after the Abuja bombing in October. The document shows that after the bombs went off, Uranta sent a text message to Okah, saying, "Please get JG to withdraw claim," ["JG" being the shortened form of "Jomo Gbomo", the mysterious but widely-known email name used in MEND releases] but Okah responded by text, saying , "Don't even think about that". Mr. Uranta responded with another text message to Mr. Okah, saying the critical words, "Govt will blame bombing on Northern elements." That was the last text message before Mr. Uranta joined a delegation of Niger Delta delegates which “commiserated” with Jonathan over the bombings. Meanwhile, as Jonathan possibly thought the deal to blame the blast on "Northern elements" had sailed through with Mr. Okah, he announced publicly that MEND was not responsible for the bombing even as the MEND had already claimed responsibility. As was exclusively reported by SaharaReporters, Mr. Okah's house was ransacked by the South African police the day before the Abuja bombings, and his phones and laptops—as well as those of his children—confiscated. The search had been initiated by the Nigerian government, having been tipped off by Western security agents about the impending blast. MEND had also issued press releases announcing its intentions prior to the blast. The confidential document revealed that Jonathan called his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa to have Okah arrested to "prevent" the deadly blast. In turn, Zuma directly asked South African prosecutor, Shawn Abrahams, to get a Magistrate to issue a search warrant and an arrest warrant for Okah's arrest. Two South African Magistrates, Nonhle Jadezweni and PJ du Plessis, were contacted to issue the search warrant and warrant of arrest. Both initially refused to comply, for lack of sufficient information or disclosure of course of action, but Mr. Du Plessis was told by the prosecutor that it would be in the interest of the Nigeria-South African bilateral relationship. As Du Plessis was contemplating the next course of action, Mr. Abrahams put a man whom he said was President Zuma on the phone to tell the judge how important it was to issue an arrest warrant for Okah. The prosecutor then went ahead to produce an Interpol "Red Notice" which was issued in 2007 on Okah. On the part of Magistrate Jadezweni, a search warrant was issued to the effect that Okah was a violent criminal with stockpiles of arms in his Johannesburg mansion. A search into Okah house did [not] yield any arms. Dumisa Ntsebeza SC has now joined Okah's defense team and will be with him at the South Gauteng High Court in Johanessburg in two weeks to try and secure his bail. Okah's legal team is requesting the magistrate records as a way of proving that his arrest and detention was orchestrated politically because of his refusal to be used by Jonathan to endorse his candidature as president in the upcoming 2011 general elections. If Okah's trial proceeds as planned, revelations from his team will ultimately reveal the extent of the Nigerian government’s involvement with Okah at the highest levels. The involvement of President Zuma and the Johannesburg Magistrate, Heine Louw, were attributed to pressures on South African business interests in Nigeria. Mr. Louw is due for promotion to the South Africa High Court system. Meanwhile, MEND sources said they are planning series of attacks that would cripple Nigerian oil production between now and January 2011. Chevron has already suspended production due to recent pipeline sabotage. A MEND source told SaharaReporters that their sabotage campaign would affect as much as 500,000 barrels per day. MEND's threats follow the disappearance of four militants from Port Harcourt prison a few days ago. Our source said they fear that Tamuno Tonye Kuna, known as "Commander Obese", who recently surrendered to the Joint Military Task Force, may have been killed by JTF operatives along with the four missing militants. “Commander Obese” was reportedly lured out of the creeks by Farrah Dagogo with his fighters and made to turn over some hostages. Said a MEND source to SaharaReporters, "President Jonathan promised Obese N500 million and a second Amnesty, but they arrested him as soon as he surrendered his forces." http://www.nigerianpaperstoday.com/2010/12/21/henry-okah-trial-in-south-africa-uncovers-role-of-jonathan%E2%80%99s-aides-in-abuja-independence-day-bomb-saga/ Is this the end of GEJ?? |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 11:53pm On Dec 21, 2010 |
Saharareporters has obtained a confidential report which might a major role in the trial that details calls made to Okah by several key Jonathan aides the night after the bomb blasts, at a time MEND was claiming responsibility for them. Those named in the secret report include Jonathan's former ADC, Moses Jituboh, a police officer whose current designation is “Personal Security Officer to the president;" the Minister for the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe; and Tony Uranta, the same Jonathan operative who was recently named in the $50,000 bribery of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG). Orubebe and Uranta again? These two were implicated earlier this month in the Bakare-Jonathan Bribery Scandal . Make someone tell em say make dem go wash head ooo . . . This one pass coincidence . . . ROFLMAO! |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 11:59pm On Dec 21, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: i actually don't believe its possible for him to recover from this. the north are barely on speaking terms with him at the best of times and now this GEJ: RIP 21st of December 2010. He came, he saw, he bungled. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Beaf: 12:06am On Dec 22, 2010 |
appletango: Who gives a flying fck about Ciroma like creatures? "North" this, "North" that! You bloody scarecrows do not represent Northerners, neither do you control fck all. Bring it on, lets know who feeds who and how many weeks you can last. Fcking ethnically bigoted bastar'ds. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 12:08am On Dec 22, 2010 |
[size=13pt]An account of the role played by aides to Goodluck Jonathan in trying to convince Heny Okah to dump the blame for the Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja on[b] “Northern elements”[/b] are emerging[/size], just as Mr. Okah's lawyers received the news of a January 4, 2011 date to appeal his denial of bail application which has enabled his continued detention in South Africa. Last month, he was denied bail by a South African magistrate after the judge said "The accused was untruthful and he lied to the court" . ROFLMAO!!! |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 12:11am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Beaf: i can tell by your tone that you know it's over |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 12:13am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Is this real? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIgerianWorldForum/message/39845 Tony Uranta <tonyiurantapp01@Yahoo.com> |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Osama10(m): 12:18am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Am impatiently awaiting the end of this whole independence day bombings. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Beaf: 12:26am On Dec 22, 2010 |
appletango: Yes, it is over for the tribalists, vultures and neanderthal cabals that have been holding Nigeria back. You have been outflanked, outmaneuvered and within a month, you will be binned. Lets see what you've got and who owns what. [size=14pt]Fresh Air 2011![/size] |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by jumobi1(m): 12:28am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Guess I have to support Buhari now. Hope this isnt true |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Beaf: 12:35am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Saharareporters has obtained a confidential report which might a major role in the trial that details calls made to Okah by several key Jonathan aides the night after the bomb blasts, at a time MEND was claiming responsibility for them. Those named in the secret report include Jonathan's former Who gave them confidential reports in South Africa? Have Sahara Reporters carried their Dugbe market fake news and rumour mongering to SA now? Na wa o! I de laf oooooooooooooo!!!!!! |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 12:36am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Beaf: hmmmmm, speaking of your "fresh air": President Goodluck Jonathan is pitching his candidacy on a “breath of fresh air” but revelations from a 2006 Joint Task Force on fighting corruption has shown that the man whose bid for the 2011 presidency has polarized his party has a filthy past. http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/goodluck-jonathan-bola-tinubu-bafarawa-gbenga-daniel-made-false-declaration-assets-2006 |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 12:39am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Beaf: it didnt turn out too well for you the last time you tried to deny a SR story. anyway, i'm gonna stop arguing with you; you're man is finished. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 12:41am On Dec 22, 2010 |
[size=13pt] Jonathan’s assets in 2007[/size] http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5573484-146/story.csp >> In 2007, the then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan bowed to public opinion and released details of his assets totalling N295, 304, 420. The declaration took place before Muktar N. Dodo of the Abuja High Court on May 30. Mr Jonathan had no foreign accounts or assets. [size=13pt]>> The total worth of Mr Jonathan’s private residences was N67, 990,000 according to that declaration. The buildings include a four- bedroom duplex in Kpansia, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, valued at N15 million; a four-flat storey building extension of the family house in Yenagoa valued at N10 million and his seven bedroom village home at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, which was bombed days before his inauguration as Vice President, valued at N18 million and a five-bedroom personal residence in Gwarinpa, Abuja valued at N24, 990,000. >> Under vehicles and household items, Mr Jonathan declared assets worth N41.8 million. They include a BMW car in Abuja valued at N15 million, generators, electronics, air conditioners, furniture, kitchen utensils and others in Kpansia, Yenagoa and Gwarimpa, Abuja valued at N26 million. The car was declared as a gift while the other items were declared to have been procured from savings. >> Jonathan also declared vacant and undeveloped plots worth N60.538 million. They include five undeveloped plots of land in Bayelsa State, two undeveloped plots of land in Cadastral Zone BO2 and AO6 in Abuja. He disclosed also a yearly income of N62, 072, 200. These comprise investments in stocks in 16 Nigerian blue chip companies managed by City-Code Trust & Investment Company Limited. His investments also cover four 16-seater passenger boats which he hires to companies and other agencies. The Vice President’s total cash in Nigerian banks (Bank PHB, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, UBA and others) is put at N58, 984, 123. He stated that the total income includes personal savings and income from his investments including performing stocks and hiring of the boats.[/size] https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-519299.0.html |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Ibime(m): 12:51am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Let's get one thing clear. . . Tony Uranta was not involved in the SNG bribery scandal. Bakare called Uranta (an SNG member) to return the money to GEJ. Uranta did not give nor receive any bribe. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 12:53am On Dec 22, 2010 |
“We headed to our hotel and called Mr. Tony Uranta to come up with us. We then called Orubebe and put him on speaker to let him know that we are returning the money through Uranta back to him and to the president. Mr. Uranta then said that he appreciated our integrity. ”http://saharareporters.com/news-page/jonathan%E2%80%99s-50000-bribe-another-sng-delegate-provides-more-details-orubebe-issues-denial
http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/14094-jonathans-man-offered-us-50000-bribe-bakare-i-didnt-bribe-bakare-others-orubebe |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Beaf: 12:55am On Dec 22, 2010 |
appletango: Why do Atiku people have such low IQ's? Did it go badly for me like this? Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days. I de laf oooooooooo!!!!! |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by appletango: 12:58am On Dec 22, 2010 |
Ibime: errrr, he did more than that. he was one of those denying the rumours: The confirmation came in the midst of denial of earlier report by Tony Uranta, one of Jonathan’s political operatives. anyway, that's neither here nor there and i'd say that he has more pressing matters at the moments, no? like a court date in SA perhaps |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by debosky(m): 11:58am On Dec 22, 2010 |
This isn't anything new in my opinion, Okah already said as much that people close to GEJ were putting pressure on him to get MEND to retract it's claim over the bombing. While I do question SR's credibility at times, the level of detail in this particular report indicates they have gained access to some confidential information. I keep hearing Uranta described as a 'GEJ operative'. Does he hold any official position in the government or is he just an unofficial hatchet man? The funniest bit here is Beaf - when we get confirmation from other sources, he will start backtracking like Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk. SR got the SNG bribing scandal information correctly, there is little reason to doubt the account they've produced now. That said, if Uranta is an unofficial GEJ assistant, he offers the president plausible denial of the goings on. Orubebe on the other hand is a minister and could pose a serious problem, though there's no hard evidence on his involvement beyond alleged phone calls. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Xfactoria: 12:47pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
I am beginning to doubt SR or maybe the authenticity of these claims. The whole thing does not just add up! First and foremost, anybody could get the numbers displayed in this write up. Journalists have a way of reaching government aides for clarification of infos and do have such aide's numbers. I do not think attaching numbers to this write up lends credibility to it. At least Kobojunkie just supplied a website where Tony Uranta's number were displayed. Anybody could quote numbers. Secondly, why would Jonathan want to prevent the bombings at all cost by soliciting the help of SA authorities to effect the arrest of Okah some days before the bombings and yet have plans to blame "northern elements" for the bombings? We were reliably informed of how the British intelligence had briefed the Presidency of Okah's plot days before the bombings. The intelligence report also has details of how much (millions of dollars) was wired to Okah by IBB via Dokpesi when he visited SA some 2 weeks before the bombing. So when Jonathan spoke to absolve MEND and rather blamed some unscropulous elements in Nigeria being aided by collaborators abroad, he was speaking from an informed position albeit naive and undiplomatic. GEJ also knows the implications of saying the much that he knows about Okah and his backers because if it turns out that there are no concrete evidences to nail them, it would be a political goof that he will not recover from. Thirdly, why would GEJ want the support or endorsement of a criminal on the run to win an election? Is it that Okah on his own can win a ward election in a free and fair contest in Bayelsa let alone the whole of Nigeria? It is still not clear to me how Okah will genuinely help GEJ become president in 2011. Lastly, it could be true that some of GEJ's aides who are Niger Deltans like Orubebe might have contatced Okah to drop his plan to topple GEJ's government on the grounds that GEJ represents the hope of all Ijaws which Okah claimed to be fighting for. That would not be out of place and Okah being an associate of Lucifer could turn everything against them just to survive the indictment of masterminding the bomb blasts. One thing is sure, Okah was behind the bombings and we should not be led into a state of confusion on this. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by debosky(m): 12:55pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
X-factoria: The motivation is very clear - Arresting Okah, claiming it was IBB who sponsored him absolves ‘MEND’and reinforces the idea that the amnesty program has succeeded. This puts GEJ in good light in the ND and puts the blame squarely on the North and paints them as desperate for power.
I don’t know much about this so called ‘intelligence briefing’ so I’d like to see a link if you have one. Secondly, the issue of IBB wiring money via Dokpesi appears to be a lame attempt by GEJ to ‘eliminate’ a rival.
He should simply have shut up - absolving one group smacks of desperation. If it was truly MEND, it shows GEJ as weak and unable to control his own zone. Because he was so afraid of this happening, he went ahead to make that hasty statement.
Okah helps GEJ by allowing him to blame IBB and ‘unscrupulous elements’ and not MEND as explained above. If the amnesty is working, then MEND should be ineffective.
Anything is possible, but this is highly unlikely. These individuals appear to be quite close to GEJ and it would be very surprising to find them working against him.
There is no such ‘sure’ thing. Despite the ransacking of his home in SA, no evidence was found as such. All the ‘evidence’ has been from the SSS in Nigeria, and they are simply tools in the hand of GEJ. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 12:57pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
X-factoria: Dude, your post above is filled with a lot of conjecture and false claims. Do you mind at least providing some back up for any of the claims you make above? I mean it is too much Google work to verify even one of your statements. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by blacksta(m): 12:58pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
The demise of PDP + GEJ + ATIKU is the begining of hope for Nigeria - I believe SR 100% |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by dapachez: 1:04pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
@ appletango n debosky gbosa 3x for u jare. U hit the nail on d head GEJ is not a saint so y r sum people calling him an angel. Atiku aint the worst thief ever there are those worse than him so they are all corrupt why are we now thrown insults. Is okah worst millitant? Mscheeeeew,i hiss in yoruba,hausa and ibo |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by AbikeOla1: 1:08pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
It's high time we queried the integrity of GEJ in the bombing. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Xfactoria: 1:09pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: http://www.pointblanknews.com/News/os3981.html http://www.transparencyng.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2410:abuja-blast-latest-efcc-traces-20m-to-dokpesis-account-sited-in-south-africa-two-weeks-ago&catid=86:law-crime-a-judiciary&Itemid=151 https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-526001.0.html |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by debosky(m): 1:13pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
^^ No account numbers, no mention of the banks, nothing? Why have the originators of the transfers not been arrested? Where is the evidence of onward transfer to Okah? Another weak attempt to rope in Dokpesi at all costs. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 1:19pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
X-factoria:No mention of the name Dokpesi in that in that whole article. Even the name of IBB was only to point out that he was among those not affected by the blast. X-factoria: No mention of the name Henry Okah, and no mention of Dokpesi wiring any amounts to Okah. You are also informed, at the end of the article that the SSS released Dokpesi after questioning. Ogbeni, how did you now link IBB, Dokpesi to Okah? The articles you have above make no such connections, so how did you arrive at that one? |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Xfactoria: 1:20pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
debosky: Check this: http://www.pointblanknews.com/News/os3981.html |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Xfactoria: 1:22pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
Kobojunkie: Madam, you really want to be spoon-fed? I can't get the details of the intelligence report but several sources both in the press and the various intelligence sources reiterated the involvement of these guys. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Nobody: 1:27pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
Desperate minority.i used to think they are just militants,now they have turned terrorists. Let's wait and see how this whole thing falls on jonathan head. |
Re: Jonathan’s Aides In Abuja Independence Day Bomb Saga by Kobojunkie: 1:28pm On Dec 22, 2010 |
X-factoria: You posted links that do not, in anyway, verify any of the claims you made earlier, and you think I am the one to be spoon fed here? Come on!!! Where are your "several" sources? Where are they? Provide links so we can all see for ourselves. The very articles you posted tell you that the SSS is no longer holding Dokpesi, and IBB has not been connected to date, but you somehow want us to believe they have just cause you say so? |
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