For eight years, General Olusegun Obasanjo sustained a devilish desire to strengthen his own hand as a chicken farmer while exploiting the power of his office to mortally destroy his competitors and impoverish ordinary citizen.

Less than ten years ago, his poultry business was grasping for breath. The Owiwi commercial hatchery in Abeokuta was leased out as a result of his incarceration in jail. His farm at Oluyole in Ibadan was leased out to an Israeli firm. His chicken farm at Alomaja in Ibadan to Avian Specialties between 1993-2004

He employed all his power and might to place a ban on any importation of chicken and other related product to pave way for his products.

Obasanjo’s desire to be the richest farmer in the country is not in doubt. His government banned the importation of “grandparent stocks,” a variety of chickens, so much that his farm has the sole franchise for them. Obasanjo is the only one with authority to import and sell them to other poultry farmers in the country and his farm makes an average of N30 million a month or N360 million per year.

When he became President in 1999, Obasanjo could only boast of farms in Eruwa, Ota and the nondescript one on the Mambilla. By 2007, however, he has developed farms in Ibadan, Iseyin, Lanlate, Igbo Ora and Ibogun, each of which boasts many Chinese experts.

Apart from the President’s cattle ranch and hatchery at Igbo Ora, Oyo State, the biggest in Africa, he has big fish farms in Lanlate, Ota and a big poultry in Ibogun.

You will recall that Mr. Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, procured N200 million worth of day-old chicks for his controversial poultry projects from Obasanjo’s farm.

As if these are not enough, he forcefully acquired lands from owners for his selfish projects.

Given his multiple income streams, Obasanjo is guaranteed a lush life out of office. The only trouble is, many Nigerians have become poorer during his eight-year rule.

Sigh!!

I think it is high time we let go of Obasanjo!

so what are you saying? saying what to you or others is the obvious does not make any meaning.

how do we let obj go?
a man who practically fix his own confidants in every sensitive position in the polity of nigeria.
a man who is invinscibly controlling the country in his inordinate ambition to get a third term bid.
is it not obvious that yar adua can not offend obj because the scene is set to remove him with ease as was the case in anambra when Chris Ngige(the then Gov) refused to play along with the requirements of his godfather (chris Uba) and it took nothing but a self confession of the self accliamed godfather that he personally rigged the election. Ngige was removed with nothing happening to chris uba.
yar adua obviously knows the game plan. been things as they may, we have to continue with obj symdrome till the end of this tenure when yar adua if possible will source for his re-election himself and before then obj must be removed from the seat of chairman bot of pdp.
people shld start thinking like human beings. the chairman bot is practically the final decission maker in the party and this party in question is the party in power so one will be right to say with his experience in the political setting of nigeria obj remains in power while you call for us to let him be.
you shld tell obj to let nigeria be. he is the one who has refused to sleep without powers.
perharps you are no aware that he is afriad of been probed.
he has been dying to have ribadu as the chairman of efcc and who is saying that ribadu is the only righteous man in nigeria. how can one drop the constitution of a nation for the dictates of a a single man.
pls tell ur obj to let us be.
he has ruled as a military president and two terms as a civilian president and in a normal setting, that will be more than enough for a human being.

@Danmasani ,

I think it is high time we let go of Obasanjo!

yeah very good.

time to let go:
ibori
bode
Kanu
Annenih
atiku

Danmasani:

I think it is high time we let go of Obasanjo!

Has OBJ allowed Nigeria to go? If he hasnt, why then should we let him go? What is happening in the House of Reps shows clearly that OBJ has not allowed Nigeria to go and as a result we wont rest on our oars until he is made to pay for his misdeeds.

chidichris:

is it not obvious that yar adua can not offend obj because the scene is set to remove him with ease as was the case in anambra when Chris Ngige(the then Gov) refused to play along with the requirements of his godfather (chris Uba) and it took nothing but a self confession of the self accliamed godfather that he personally rigged the election. Ngige was removed with nothing happening to chris uba.

Haba! Something happened to Chris Uba now, he got a seat on the Board of Trustees of PDP as his reward.

desgiezd:

Has OBJ allowed Nigeria to go? If he hasnt, why then should we let him go? What is happening in the House of Reps shows clearly that OBJ has not allowed Nigeria to go and as a result we wont rest on our oars until he is made to pay for his misdeeds.

LOL LOL LOL

You won't rest? You and the other 5 like minded people? By the power of the internet.

We will not let go of him. Infact we shall not go to bed with our 2 eyes closed on him. If we allow him go he will still continue his doing his evil right from Ota. If we have allowed him go, he would have had his ways in Etteh's case long ago. All eyes must be on this evil man.

He is evil?? More evil than those before him and after him?? We have been whining about men like this for decades, when are we actually going to get up and do something about it ?

By the way, does this mean that chicken is cheaper in Nigeria now?

I pray we go back to Abacha regime; it's like a lot of people didn't experience it

folahann:

I pray we go back to Abacha regime; it's like a lot of people didn't experience it

you must be seriously insane


and as for that dude that said we leave obasanjo alone all i can say to you is that the blood of thye oppressed should fall on your back then

Anyone have any inside information on Obasanjo farms and how well it is doing ?? Seems most of these companies do not have information available for the public to peruse online except what is recorded on the fancy website. http://www.obasanjofarms.com/

Elendureports.com can now reveal, according to documents in our possession, that on August 18, 1973, Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo, the then Commandant of Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers, registered Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. On October 1979, Gen. Obasanjo retired from the Nigerian Army after ruling the country for three years, following the assassination of Gen. Murtala Mohammed. By 1979, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. started commercial operations with fifty million naira (N50,000,000.00). Given the exchange rate in 1979, the Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. commenced operations with more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000.00).

Until 1979, Olusegun Obasanjo had spent his entire professional life in the Nigerian military. The natural question is how did this man who is reputed to have been an honest soldier float a multi-million dollar company without partners? Who bankrolled Obasanjo Farms, Ltd.? What collateral was provided for loans, if financing was raised through a bank?

Under duress from the public, following allegations of corruption against Pres. Obasanjo, his spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode, declared that Obasanjo Farms, Limited, headquartered at the Agbeloba House on Quarry Road, Ibara Abeokuta, Ogun State generates a monthly income of about thirty million Naira (N30,000,000.00)

Obasanjo Farms Ltd. is a success story. Yet, it is not an ordinary success story in the sense that it does not follow the normal patterns of rags to riches; the staple from which typical success stories are made. Elendureports.com was reliably informed that Gen. Obasanjo’s pet project as Head of State, “Operation Feed the Nation,” was set up as a front to divert resources for the funding of Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. Obasanjo Farms, Ltd., is listed as being engaged in poultry and pig farming, which employs about 3,000 people.


The allegation is that money, heavy-duty machinery, and other materials meant for Operation Feed the Nation were diverted to Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. right from its inception. Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. has a huge abattoir at the back of General Hospital in Otta, Ogun State.

In direct contravention to the Nigerian Constitution, Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo still retains the title of Chairman, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. This allegation is supported by documents in the possession of Elendureports.com. Other members of the top executive of Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. are Elder Daniel W. Atsu, who is the Managing Director, and Bolarinwa Atilade, who is the Financial Controller. WEMA Bank is the company’s major account provider, while it maintains accounts in several other local banks.

Ironically, some elected Nigerian public officials have been dragged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for operating their businesses while in public service. Recently, the President also warned civil servants to desist from engaging in private businesses.

Soon after the Abacha junta imprisoned Obasanjo on trumped up coup charges, Obasanjo Farms, with operational bases in Owiwi, Igboora, Lanlate and Ibadan, started experiencing a down-turn in fortunes. There is speculation that the Abacha regime discouraged people from patronizing the farm. However, after Obasanjo was released from prison and his subsequent drafting to run for president, the farm saw a resurgence of income. Since 1999, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. has acquired more assets. For example, the President showed off a huge teak farm to one of his close friends some years ago.

Elendureports.com was authoritatively informed that Obasanjo deposited checks worth millions of Naira meant for his Presidential campaign into various company accounts. There are claims that he did not make this money available to his campaign. As at the time of filing this story no audit of his 1999 campaign organization account has been conducted. A source very close to Pres. Obasanjo said, “Money just flowed in and Baba was just using it as he wanted.”

Just recently the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Audu Ogbeh, revealed that Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo and his bosom friend, Anthony Anenih, have yet to account for forty billion naira (N40 billion) raised for his 1999 Presidential campaign. Ogbeh insisted that the President, through his Legacy Campaign headquarters, was responsible for appropriating the campaign funds.

Also, Lagos lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, in recent Court submissions regarding the seven billion naira raised for the Obasanjo Presidential Library, presented evidence linking the President to Bells University and Bells Educational Services, a multi-million dollar institution, wholly owned by Obasanjo Holdings, Ltd.

Contrary to popular belief, President Olusegun Obasanjo has yet to publicly declare his assets. In addition, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has yet to publish its findings regarding allegations of corruption made against the President by Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. While Nigerians may disagree on almost everything else, it is reasonable to expect that the unanswered question on the minds of the citizenry is: Is the President’s anti-corruption war for real or a charade designed to attack opponents, deceive Nigerians and the international community?

The Joint Development Zone (JDZ) is currently the proverbial money tree for the President. The JDZ is a joint venture owned by Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe. This venture is supposed to manage the large deposits of oil in the Gulf of Guinea. The company managing the mapping of the JDZ is PGS, a company whose Nigerian subsidiary is managed by the father-in-law of Obasanjo’s second son. Obasanjo’s cronies, Emeka Offor and Wahab Folawiyo, also have business interests in the region.

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All I can say is that baba must be made to pay for his misdeeds - one way or the other. And finally, after reading the list churned out by EFCC on what Ibori amassed to himself, I fully agree that he must be made to repatriate all the ill-gotten wealth.

I like the title of this thread though.