I Was Handsomely Paid To Protest Fuel Subsidy Removal As Student Leader By Oil Marketers - Mr Labaru Maku

The Minister of Information, Mr Labarun Maku has revealed that his participation in protests against subsidy removal as a student leader was done ignorantly. Maku who was reacting to allegations in some quarters that he had derailed from his activism stated that he remembered vividly how agents of 'some big men' came to his hostel room to drive him to a hotel in town where he was given 'good' money to mobilize the student body against subsidy removal. He stated that as a young, ignorant and poor man looking for quick money, he jumped at the offer even when he did not what subsidy was all about.

The Minister, who hosted a few friends at the weekend said if he knew what he knows now, he would never have protested the subsidy removal. He appealed to Nigerians to be paitent with the Jonathan's administration saying that the youths protesting on the streets are helping the cabal to mortgage their future and enslave them (the youths) forever. He said that the youths were just being used, but that they should be forgiven 'as they do not know what they are doing'.

Is this not the same thing jonathan is busy doing to garner support for subsidy removal now ? bribing everybody including governors ?

Shameless coming frm d mouth of a man.If he cud b easily bribed as he claims when things very ok for nigerians then,its likely its d same bribe he's getting frm govt now to say all d rubbish things he's saying now.Minister of dis information

if the minister of information truly said this then he should resign or be sacked immediately. collecting bribe is a punishable offence both then and now so in a sane country, he is going straight to jail. this man is an idi ot

Whichever way you want to look @ Maku from d above statement it shows that he is not a man of integrity either then as a bribe-taking student leader or now as a minister.

This maku guy is an idio.t and big disappointment

Maku is just an a . .hole for all i care, he wants to demonise the NLC leaders so we would believe they had been bought and why didn't he name those who paid him if his assertion was true? Loser

;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

Those of u castigating Maku for collecting money to protest against subsidy removal are just bin hypocrital.how many of u will turn down such an offer as a hungry,naive and common student?how many students and youths actually know what they are doing?talking abt bribe;billions have already exchanged hands.d oil marketers,as always,are not leaving anytin unturned.

Shameless info minsister, no wonder he said Jonathan brought FB to Nigeria.
A final year varsity student and Students Union leader not knowing anything about subsidy.

By the same token, how can he convince us that his new stand is also because of some personal benefits?

I disagree my dear, all stories

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So for Labaran it was never Aluta continua, it has been and remains a looter continues,

What a shame!

Maku!!!!!!! your name sounds m0ronic. why do they need to bribe you?

they make 138- 65 during subsidy

without subsidy, they can sell at any price.

why do they need to bribe you?

Shut up propagandist Maku
That's d same reason your GEJ govt paid 1000naira each 2 touts 2 invade Labour HQ in Abuja.

Labaran,

You are an id[i]i[/i]ot!

The 1987 riots in which you participated as the SUG President of UNIJOS was against the hardships of SAP, not fuel subsidy.

How much money does a man have to be paid to lie against himself and his family? How in the world do we have such ba[i]s[/i]tards as Labaran Maku as ministers?  

to the poster-------------kindly give source

I watched a tv talk he made but did not say  the bribe part of your story.

lets remember 2 t wrongs cant make a right.

lets beware-----------

See d kind minister we get,started collecting bribes since his skul days,what will stop him now and the ingrate is not ashamed to say this.tufiakwa

seems this guy got a bigger offer then support the highest bider lol

lol in Nigeria anything can happen

It's funny how money change a situation - Lauryn Hill (from album miseducation)

Can you imagine the statement coming out of a minister's mouth, damn!, these guys deserve to be shot!

OGA, WHO BRIBED YOU?

abi them too na cabal?


gej how did this man pass screening

offtopic, story is prolly false. only shows up on nl in a google search.

no need to lie. we already know team gej is a band of men of no character

A leopard cant change its spots.this man should go with the subsidy

Honestly speaking, this man should be sacked then jailed!

The weak minded and greedy like Labaran Maku cannot be the leaders Nigerians have been praying for.

@OP

Don't news this days have source? How can we all comment on a statement that is not confirmed or unfounded?

Maku is shameless for saying this. If he has accepted bribe b4, he should not hold any public office in life. In America where we borrow the unethical practice, cannot allow you run any office because you are a corrupt individual.

It is because 2/3 of our leaders, if not all are corrupt hence they cannot prosecute the s called cabal. This translate that the governemnt is weak. They can only convict someone who stole goat or chicken but will celebrate the elites that dry the nation dry.
Where is Bankole and his likes? Why can't you prosecute OBJ since you say he has a case t answer? Reason, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.That is their code of office. Join them.

see d kind of f.o.o.lz jona surrounds himself wit and he expects to b taken seriously! maku is a man who has just told d world dat he knows nothing about integrity. am sure he does not remember d likely consequences of his unguarded statements in d future. just thinking, how much has he been paid dis time to sell his future? perhaps, a loaf of cassava bread and a bowl of N3m soup. lol.

Check this out, sum country ar feeling d heat, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-09/oil-recovers-from-one-week-low-on-iran-nigeria-supply-concern.html

Nigerian government officers are highly disgusting!!!!