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Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by ak47mann(m): 11:46am On Sep 14, 2011 |
‘mark, Bankole Got $30m Monthly Kickback From Nnpc’ Senate President David Mark and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole were monthly receiving $30 million each from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) during the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s administration, a leaked confidential US diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks said. The cable quoted Nigerian former Ambassador to the United Nations Maitama Sule as saying that Yar’Adua turned down approximately $60 million which had been offered to him by the NNPC as the President’s personal “share” of the nation’s monthly oil. Sule, according to the cable, alleged that the NNPC, right from Obasanjo’s administration, allocated USD 1.00 per barrel of oil sold as a type of personal payment or “kickback” to the President. “While Yar’Adua ordered his “share” to be deposited into the nation’s treasury, First Lady Tura’i Yar’adua pocketed her husband’s reported share, while Senate President David Mark and House Speaker Dimeji Bankole pocketed USD 0.50/barrel (e.g., $30 million)” the cable quoted Sule as revealing. “In light of the possibility that Obasanjo could have stolen billions of dollars under this arrangement, Sule told PolOff that Yar’Adua told him that he may use this information, perhaps one day in the near future, to indict Obasanjo for corruption. “The problem however, according to Sule, rested in the fact that Yar’Adua recognized that if he were to pursue Obasanjo, he may unwittingly subject his wife and close advisers to greater scrutiny, and risk his own political survival”, the cable added. When contacted by Daily Trust to comment on the allegation that he told the American intelligence cable in 2008 that former President Obasanjo had one dollar for every barrel of crude oil produced in Nigeria as kickback, Sule said he “could not remember having said so”. He said he did not say so “since I know nothing about oil industry because I did not work there and have no business whatsoever with Nigeria’s oil sector”. Sule, who now holds the traditional title of Danmasanin Kano, added that it is only those in government that could know government secret and how things are being run there. Reacting to a leaked confidential US diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr Levi Ajuonuma told Daily Trust on phone that the allegation was nonsense and ridiculous. “No Senate President or Speaker has ever received anything as kickback from the Corporation. It is just concocted and baseless”, he added. Senate President David Mark yesterday denied reports credited to the Wikileaks that he and some other top government officials received the sum of $30m monthly as kickback from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in 2007. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Kola Ologbondiyan, Mark said he could not believe that Alhaji Maitama Sule, an elder statesman, would have made the statements ascribed to him by the United States of America (USA) former Ambassador, Robin Sanders, as contained in the Wikileaks. He described the allegation as “malicious, spurious, wicked and mere fabrication of a mind that is fertile in mischief. “I have no knowledge of any kickback or proceed from the NNPC neither did I, at any time, in concert with the late President Umaru Musa YarAdua; his wife, Turai and the former House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Dimeji Sabur Bankole, engaged in corrupt practices or receive kickback of $30 million.” http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27734:mark-bankole-got-30m-monthly-kickback-from-nnpc&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8 |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Gbawe: 1:49pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
The same NNPC (the clearing house of corruption) GEJ has now handed our refineries to ? "Fresh air" indeed. I really don't know when Nigerians will understand that functional Nations are not built on 'goodluck' . |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by jamace(m): 2:35pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Wow!! |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by dustydee: 3:07pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Gbawe:But hardwork. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by CyberG: 3:16pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Maybe the $57 M with which Yaradua bought the election at the Supreme Court was taken from this $ 60 M? Otherwise, what will make Yaradua directly withdraw money from NNPC? |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Gbawe: 4:14pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
dustydee: Indeed, my brother. Everything has to be predicated on merit and "hardwork". We are being unambitious and recidivist when we concede the future of our children , and generations unborn, into undoubtedly mediocre hands. Prayers or blind hope will not turn a mediocre politician , who could not make a mark as a Governor, into the President Nigeria really needs. We have seen this already with Yar Adua. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Pukkah: 4:20pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Unfortunately, these stories are just hearsay and could be denied by anyone. Nonetheless, the accounts of NNPC should be thoroughly investigated and audited. It is not possible to dish out such sums every month without leaving a trail. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Gbawe: 4:35pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Pukkah: I too doubt the amount touted . Nonetheless, and without any shadow of doubt, the NNPC is hideously corrupt. This is why most view it as the clearing house of corruption. One has to wonder , other than a desire to satisfy AGIP buddies like Otedola, why GEJ would direct the NNPC to turn around our refineries in 24 months !!! Who would ask a stark illiterate to teach their child applied physics for a very important must-pass examination? |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by jjjkkkooo: 10:52pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
How will Sule now says he cant remember saying all that as if its a small issue? |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by 144(m): 11:04pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
this is serious |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Beaf: 11:18pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
Pukkah: It damn well is! This is the way it went in the past; [list] [li]Shell drill's Bleep barrels of oil[/li] [li]Nigeria id!ot official "asks" Shell, "how many barrels did you drill?"[/li] [li]Shell replies yyy (and with a wink, "there's also a ship filling up on the high sea's, you could send some barrels too you know")[/li] [li]Shell passes brown envelope under the table[/li] [li]Nigerian official collects and calls his oil bunkering gangs to proceed with "business"[/li] [li]Everybody is happy, while the masses groan in penury[/li] [/list] Perhaps, you will now understand why people are so ready to derail the current govt with boko haram and whatnot, the bitter fight against Deziani Allison Madueke etc; its because their cosy pipes for sucking the nations blood have been broken forever. Today, every last barrel of oil is accounted for, accounting practises and security have been tremendously beefed up at all lifting stations. It will take years and concerted effort to clear the hoodlums out of powerful places in Nigeria. GEJ has his job cut out. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by mitofag: 11:23pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
“The problem however, according to Sule, rested in the fact that Yar’Adua recognized that if he were to pursue Obasanjo, he may unwittingly subject his wife and close advisers to greater scrutiny, and risk his own political survival”, the cable added. [size=18pt]When contacted by Daily Trust to comment on the allegation that he told the American intelligence cable in 2008 that former President Obasanjo had one dollar for every barrel of crude oil produced in Nigeria as kickback, Sule said he “could not remember having said so”.[/size] Either this guy is a coward or he is phocking lying. Maybe he watches too much Nollywood and couldnt separate fact from fiction. Anyway, very hilarious cable. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by VoodooDoll(m): 11:25pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
I understand NNPC's accounts have never received a clean audit report and no one truly knows what the balance sheet looks like. Plenty of unreconciled accounts and black holes. Only God can save us in Nigeria oh, As we've chosen to re-select PDP! |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Beaf: 11:40pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
VoodooDoll: Lol! ACN's Ikuforiji surely didn't need PDP's help to steal a whopping N7billion from a single state, did he? CPC's Hassan Lawal is in court for embezzling a tectonic plate moving N75.5billion! Lets try not to make corruption into a partisan issue, or it will defeat us. Its the mentally lazy step to take in our fight to move forward. It is a whole class of politicians that cut across (and indeed hop across) party affiliations that is the problem. We need to uproot every last one of the phuckers on a case by case basis so the country can remain stable; some we can uproot roughly, others we will need to employ caution for religious and ethnic reasons. Whichever way it goes, we must remain steadfast and committed, its the sad nature of our country that we are in this mess. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by VoodooDoll(m): 11:42pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
^^^^^ Totally agree, All the parties are totally corrupt, just in case you thought I was an ACN/CPC supporter. "The Beautiful ones are not yet born" |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by ASANIGBO20(m): 11:50pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THIS MONEY? |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by babaowo: 11:53pm On Sep 14, 2011 |
how this politicians they enjoy all this bar sef? Haba too much bar go let person turn to were ooo. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by vaLasce(m): 12:21am On Sep 15, 2011 |
NaWa O! |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Nobody: 12:58am On Sep 15, 2011 |
They are thievish leaders! Their posterity will not go unpunished! Stupid Morons! |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by rolchi(m): 1:28am On Sep 15, 2011 |
Wikileaks Very soon, it will become irrelevant, it is really a beer parlour gossip! |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Nobody: 1:41am On Sep 15, 2011 |
hahahahahah, Nigerians, keep smiling while your government loots your country to shams, HAHAHAHAHAHAH, Docile Nigerians. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by aloyemeka1: 1:51am On Sep 15, 2011 |
If Bankole made $30M/month during his tenure, he would have bought Audi motor corp by now. Big lie. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by seanet02: 2:54am On Sep 15, 2011 |
No wonder Bankole have 1 billion dollars in his domiciliary account. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Ilekokonit: 3:41am On Sep 15, 2011 |
The Amounts Stated are completely possible Flashback to 2004 and I was having lunch at KFC in Central London and 2 Naija Chaps (unknown to me) enter the KFC restaurant, order their food and sit at a table near me. They start gisting about their Uni days in Naija and it transpires that they both went to Uniben. Mr A asks Mr B what he is now into and Mr B replies that he comes to London 3 times a year to make some money as a Security guard and then disappears back to Naija until the coins run out. At some point, I ask for permission to join their converstion as a fellow Nigerian. Mr B then asks Mr A what he is into and Mr A says he works at Chevron in America at which point I ask him how he got the job and he says his Dad (a director at NNPC) pulled some strings from Naija to get him the Chevron job in America. In our conversation, it turns out that Mr A (a young chap - late twenties as at 2004) was in London for a year to study for his PHD in a Petroleum related field (at one of the Top 5 UK Universities) on a study leave fully sponsored by Chevron America. Additionally he had a house of his own in the states and also in the UK and the UK house was purchased outright (with no mortgage) for £250, 000 as at 2004. He also told us that he had 2 houses of his own in Lekki Phase 1 (one of the most expensive places in Lagos). At this point Mr B (his classmate) was visibly overawed. I then managed to steer the conversation towards the corruption in Nigeria and Mr A replies that we should just forget about tackling corruption in Nigeria because the whole systemin Nigeria is corrupt and the corruption is supported by the so called expatriates. He gives the example of his Dad (a director at NNPC) who was offered a bribe of 1.5 Million dollars by some Shell or Chevron expatriate in Nigeria in order for his Dad to bend some rules to the expatriates favour. He did not tell us whether his Dad took the 1.5 Million dollar bribe or not but your guess is as good as mine (seeing that Mr A got his Chevron USA job by his Dad pulling strings from Nigeria !!) The final straw for me was when Mr A told us that Nigerias oil is divided into 3 and only a third is reported to Opec. Mr A said the remainder goes to Obasanjo and the Army Generals and he then finalised by telling us that $9 million dollars enters Obasanjo's private bank Account on a daily basis from oil revenue. Eventually, we departed the restaurant and Mr A & B went their own way while I reluctantly went back to my employers premises to complete the days work. While I did not have any proof that as at 2004 $9 million dollars was entering Obasanjo's private bank Account on a daily basis from oil revenue, I also did not have any reason to doubt Mr A's sincereity even though that was the first and last time I set my eyes on him. There was no reason for him to rope his own Dad into the fray if there was no iota of truth in his statements. As I reached my office desk, my thoughts then turned to my children and I started thinking that Obasanjo has marginalised our Parents, Iyabo Obasanjo has practically marginalised us, Mr A on completing his PHD in a Petroleum related field coupled with his stint at Chevron USA (courtesy of his Dad's long leg that extends from NNPC to USA) will come back to Nigeria and get a job at NNPC that an ordinary but dilligent Nigerian can not get. I then start praying that instead of me to see Iyabo Obasanjo or Mr A's kids oppress my own kids, I will rather let them continue living in London where they at least have more chances even if I decide to relocate to Nigeria alone (which I did b/wn 2006 and 2008 although it did not work out as all my 5 cooks and other staff at my Restaurant in Ikeja were thieves). Coming back to the Mr A story. On getting back to my office desk, I could not concentrate anymore on my database work and I started racking my brain as to a way out of that perpetual feeling of being oppressed financially by the likes of Obj in Nigeria (and even though I was not living in Naija at the time, my heart had already left London). After 7 extra hours of unfruitful staring at my computer screen, I decided in desperation to stake £1,000 on the National lottery that night in the hope that if I won, then no Obasanjo kid or NNPC Director's kid can opress me any longer. Suffice it to say that I did not win the National Lottery and only got £800 back (making a loss of £200). That was to be the second time Naija's lootocrats have pushed me to my limits of financial endurance, the first time bein a year earlier in 2003 when on a visit to Naija, I saw a house advertised on the notice board of Ikoyi club for £2 million pounds at Old Ikoyi and was told by someone that a purchase would snap it up in Nigeria for £2 million CASH. On getting back to London, my brain started working and I realised that even the Prime Minister of Britain (at the time Tony Blair) does not have £2 million cash and had to combine his salary with that of his wife before they qualified for a mortgage (loan) to buy their Central London private house. There was even a time a newspaper poked fun at Tony Blair's Shoes saying that he could not afford to buy a replacement for the shoes as he had bitten off more than he could afford in the hefty morrtgage repayments. And don't forget that Tony Blairs wife was a QC (Queens Counsel - a Top Barrister) and yet her salary combined with that of her Prime Minister could barely afford their montly mortgage repayments let alone buy a £2 million house with cash in Old Ikoyi which "some people" in Nigeria could afford easily. So on getting back to London, disturbed by the numerous stories of immense wealth controlled by a few people in Nigeria, I switched to "he who dares wins" mode and for the first time I staked £1,000 on the National Lottery (without my wife's knowledge) but onlyabout £800 came back to me i.e I lost roughly £200 just like the second time I described above after meeting Mr A from Chevron USA. And that was the end of my lottery career. Now I only play maybe £1 or so every 6 months. So to those who think $30 million dollars to Bankole and David Mark monthly from NNPC is beer parlour gossip, I beg to differ as my account above of hearing similar stories in 2004 from Mr A whose father was a Director in NNPC further solidifies the fact in my mind that Nigerian leaders are corrupt beyond redemption. But it never seems to pain me that some people seem to have 2 heads in our Nigeria and they are feeding fat to the tune of billions at our expense. And it is supposed to be our commonwealth. God help the 150 million downtrodden masses. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Ilekokonit: 3:42am On Sep 15, 2011 |
The state of our Nation is enough to give you Insomnia |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Gbawe: 4:07am On Sep 15, 2011 |
Beaf: When will you stop this silly attempt to portray GEJ and his team as virtuous saints here to right all the wrongs? From everything we can see, you obviously are blind to, they are only the latest corrupt lot in power. Get this , and get it right: GEJ and his appointees are doing things exactly as has always being done in the past , i.e very shadily, so save Nairaland your continous and patronising diatribe about everyone fighting GEJ's Government because it wants to end "business as usual". GEJ's Government is "business as usual". Allison-Madueke is the same person that shed Crocodile tears at the state of Nigerian roads only for her to realise no impact after swearing that the road will be repaired !!! She is corrupt, arbitrary and lawless. Pretty much like everyone in GEJ's Government but we trust you to play Ostrich while patronisingly attempting to make saints of sinners. http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5721486-146/story.csp Oil minister, her jeweller and their sweetheart deal |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Beaf: 4:18am On Sep 15, 2011 |
^ Lol! The discredited crap from anti-reformists to fight a govt bent on sweeping them out of circulation. Dude, try harder. Reform is here to stay and all the former thieves have lost power and access to our commonwealth forever. Please post your next link from Sahara Reporters to complete the circle of shame. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Akainzo(m): 6:58am On Sep 15, 2011 |
Beaf: For my education and not particularly about this thread, I would love to know some policy changes that have been instituted since GEJ took over. I'd like to be able to let people know that things are not business as usual. So please help me out. |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by itiswell1(m): 7:18am On Sep 15, 2011 |
ASANIGBO20: Wetin den dey do with money? |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by ideylaff: 8:44am On Sep 15, 2011 |
It damn well is! Deziani Allison Madueke is worse than all of them put together, na small small boys wey dey wire the woman + original boyfriend GEJ dey chop all the money now, NNPC and the Pet Ministry stinks like no other parastatal, why do u think people like Otedola in a space of 4 years became a Billionaire and many more like that, Now Otedola and Deziani are doing power show 4 each other, one dey ball Oga, one na oga good friend. ITS AN OPEN SECRET IN ABUJA, @ beaf we are not dumbos, GEJ is as corrupt as the lot, Thanks @ Gbawe, we all know Deziani aint no saint, we know people with no base office and within a month of oil allocation are swimming in Dollars, so this allegation is easily possible, just look at it in a cut per barrel of oil and then you will understand Now Deziani is rich she now wants to try and do face face to close up the loop hole she chopped from why wont there be resistance to that, anyway she is only playing to the gallery and doing lip service for the cameras.that i know |
Re: Mark And Bankole Got $30m Monthly From NNPC? by Ibomade1: 10:06am On Sep 15, 2011 |
The amount of money seem to be too huge but this is 9ja. |
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