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Uby40 (m)
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The midfielder, who also plays for Nigeria, was arrested on 24 January in his Range Rover on Fulham Road, west London, near the club's ground.
The player, 21, from Weybridge, Surrey, was found by police to be almost twice the drink-drive limit.
District Judge Jeremy Coleman also ordered Mikel to pay £1,580, at the West London Magistrates' Court hearing.
Mikel's solicitor told the court the player would not attend a drink driving course, which could shorten his sentence. Instead the player "would just like to serve it out".
'Suspicious driving'
Mikel was stopped after officers saw him driving quickly and thought it was suspicious, prosecutor Fubhanur Chowdhury told the court
"The reason he was stopped is he was driving at speed. The officers became suspicious of the manner in which he was driving.
"They could smell alcohol on his breath. There were three attempts to provide a sample and the result was positive," he said.
The player was found to have 66mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, which is almost twice the legal limit.
The court heard he had drunk four to five glasses of wine at dinner after watching his team play at Stamford Bridge.
The prosecution withdrew a charge of driving without a proper licence against him after they found he held a valid international licence.
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switch47
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very irresponsible and he wants british citizenship.
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Epiphany (m)
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very irresponsible and he wants british citizenship.
No mind the guy. Maybe he does not know that this will count against him. However, with his 'celebrity' status, he may get away with it. |
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dr.ucheGoD (m)
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the problem with this kind of problem is that it tends to be recurrent. let's hope that for his sake and the sake of Naija football, he matures with age. on the funny side, with the amount of time he spends on the bench, i'm sure binge-drinking will ease the butt-pain  |
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hackney (m)
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It wont affect his citizenship quest; Dont mind the british govt as what they look for here is mostly tax returns and footballers are top 5%ile. If you have a lot of money and live here for a while,the moment you ask for citizenship its usually easy as long you do not commit any major crime or bug the royal family like the harrods man.  |
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favcom (m)
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Double drink-driving? What an abberation for someone who's supposed to be 21 years  |
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Meldrick (m)
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very irresponsible and he wants british citizenship.
I trust you must comment negatively but if Toure or Adebayor was caught in that act, it will be very responsible. |
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feyisetan (m)
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No mind the guy. Maybe he does not know that this will count against him. However, with his 'celebrity' status, he may get away with it.
NEVER. This is UK and not Naija. |
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chidichris (m)
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in life, there are two groups of people viz; people who create history and those who read history. 1. mikel buys bently 2. mikel goes to toilet 3. mikel baths with water 4. mikel sees with his eyes 5. mikel sleeps on a bed 6. mikel has a mother 7. mikel plays with boots 8. mikel wears singlet 9. mikel eats with spoon 10. mikel laughs sometimes very irresponsible and he wants british citizenship. switch47, is there any good thing u know about mikel? and the answer is no. but can u name any of your relatives, distance or close who have achieved what mikel has achieved in his life. in all your wisdom, what is your status? what are u proud of? please tell me, if your parents have the option of choosing between a half mikel and a thousand of u, who will they choose? we all know the answer. what mikel did is what everyother star in england and other countries do on daily bases. ashley cole, rooney, gerald, ronaldinho, gascoine, and a host of other super stars get involved daily. so is not a big deal. i am yet to see anyother nigerian enjoying this high level of publicity with mikel. if i may ask, don't u all get bored discussing mikel? @poster, if mikel gets deported today, he will not have much to regret as he has definitely achieved what 90% of nigerians could not achieve in england within his 3 years in england. if u care, u can get urself another relevant topic for discussion |
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MrCrackles (m)
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Double drink-driving? What an abberation for someone who's supposed to be 21 years !  |
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tombola
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bad belle people - if you have 0.0009 percent of his money, you go don kill person out of chopping life and enjoyment.
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ofala (m)
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What he did isnt good.It is not just a question of talking for the sake of it.Do i ask who drinks and drives here and whose life is endangered.As much as we wouldnt want them over they to victimize our dear Mikel,we should take note that looking at from sane angle,the people that made that law wants every driver to drive and stay alive period.My only issue here is that this is just one of those things that so many does but we shouldnt single Mikel out here as if he had done what hasnt been done in history.
We all love and are proud of him but we want him to be alive too.
I believe this must corrected himself.
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chidichris (m)
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An international driver's licence is only valid for 12months, and from the date when a non-EU citizen becomes resident in Britain? @MrCrackles, even with your asylum/refugee status in england, u know the law more than the law enforcements agents who withdrew the charges.
this goes a long way to display your level of imbecility.
the next news we are expecting from u reporters will be mikel drink and pilot aircraft. or that mikel was confirmed drunk in his yatch. |
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philip0906
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@tombola bad belle people - if you have 0.0009 percent of his money, you go don kill person out of chopping life and enjoyment. no mind dem.thank God say no b rape charge if not Mikel own 4 don finish whether convicted or not. na only christiano ronaldo get right to rape |
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MrCrackles (m)
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@MrCrackles,
even with your asylum/refugee status in england, u know the law more than the law enforcements agents who withdrew the charges.
this goes a long way to display your level of imbecility.
the next news we are expecting from u reporters will be mikel drink and pilot aircraft. or that mikel was confirmed drunk in his yatch.
I dont have your time today and i wont be tempted into war of words with your Mikel-laden asshole!
Everytime i make a fair comment and express my opinion you pick on it, go on, you will get tired!
It pains you a lot because Mikel is responsible for your continued existence and without it, you will wither away like a plant starved of water!
Bloody lunatic!  |
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essentialB (f)
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All the fight above is it between Igbo defenders and others or between Chelsea supporters and others. Please clarify, I need to understand.
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chidichris (m)
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@MrCrackles,
since u claim to be living in england, how long have u been there? how come we don't discuss u here like we do about mikel? are u a human being as you claim? if i am not mistaken, u shld be older than mikel in england? what is your relevance to the british govt? are u existing by number only and do u want to live the rest of your live just like that?
please do something to be in the news. if u can't find any simple thing, just go and commit suicide, drop a simple note and address it to mikel and by so doing brother, your name and that of your family will e in the international news.
you know everything yet u can't get out of the british/un refugee camp.
i know u are in the british free readers association just to be informed on mikel's news.
i know your type will always tell the oyibo people that mikel is your cousin or childhood friend.
u are a glorified imbecile.
a quality gossip.
an idle mind. a weak man. a story teller. have u for once ask yourself why your name can never be on the news even if it is local news? is mikel older than u? what exactly are u doing in london since u are not a footballer? are u a disable person? can't u use your legs?
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kazman7
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@ chidi,
all these venom because you support chelsea? well i pray you live to see the day your fucked-up chelsea will lift the champions league
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OMO IBO (m)
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kezman, this is not about CFC.
those guys have different views and if you read and look closely you'd find out that they do not agree with each others opinion.
by the way, i heard you now play for some 3rd division club in turkey?
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na_so
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bad belle people - if you have 0.0009 percent of his money, you go don kill person out of chopping life and enjoyment.
Very correct talk. If and only if people can learn to subject themselves to the same standards they demand of others, then this world would be a much better place. @chidichris While I respect your views , I think this is getting too hot. your point is made and we understand that it has nothing to do with the club u support. Just let it rest. |
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HNIC (m)
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See guys
It's a public forum and one can opine whichever way he likes.
I have never been a fan of Mikeli think he is overrated
I think he's been geting into the news for the wrong reasons lately
and needs to curb this act.
It would not get him far in his football career!
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MAITEMA
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http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-265429.0.html@ chidichris, You have once again exuded your idiocy and insolence. With the garbage spewed from your bacteria infected mouth you have made it glaring that you come from a rotten home, and the society and community will continually be rotten and produce halflings like you. If you cannot live with me with me pointing out Mikel's shortcomings then submit yourself to your cannibalistic community for guillotining. @ Meldrick My career gives me ample time to browse websites on the internet (nairaland inclusive) at my spare time hence contributing when I deem necessary as I have done in this case. If you have a problem with getting your life organised then your existence is pitifully tragic.
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Ekwere (m)
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@Switch47,MrCrackle and poster:
Why can't we discuss a topic that would benefit majority of readers in this forum,it beats my imagination to see matured people discussing a youngman that is making his cool money per seconds and any issue concerning Mikel is always and believe me it would always take a different shape from his haters.
What is/are the gain(s) of this topic or is it because it concerns how quickly he is making money and playing for chelsea and imagine the statement by Switch47 that he is irresponsible,haba Switch y cant you find something important and neccessary to discuss instead of using nairaland to behave like a toddler.
This is very embarrasing to see us hating Mikel with a passion, a passion that should have been channelled to something better and let me tell you haters of Mikel something,anybody,persons or group of person that would post any issue negatively against him would be a fool,imbecile,crazy,stupid from the womb and sick in the head and would require a doctor to check out his brain to see if he/she is really in the right frame of mind.
Haba wetin dey happen with Mikel,leave this youngman alone and find something tangible to do.I believe people hating mikel are 419ers,dubious set of human beings I have ever seen on the face of the earth and one day satan go come do church for una head. I rest my case
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kshow1 (m)
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why the guy no go dey booze when him know say if the jerry rawlings man comes back he will be relegated to the bench. i beg make we leave the guy to enjoy him money, afterall we all know say the maya wey the guy take no go affect him driving.
we all know british police when it come to black stars in Britian.
Abi i lieeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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studio43 (m)
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Enemy's of progress |
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anusule (m)
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leave mikel obi alone!!! hes enjoying life.
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ayusman16 (m)
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Shayo Shayo shayo!!!
Abeg, make una leave the guy make him enjoy him pepper
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blacksta (m)
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all of you stressing yourself over a boy that buy all of you together x 5 . The last time dwight yorke was banned the guy hired a driver for his bently arnage - Now that what i call class.
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obigin43 (m)
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make una allow the young guy to enjoy his life if the people that his working for as in the chelsea football club has never complain so guys make una let him be after all na still our man oooo chop up obi at least dem never chage u for any rape act, i thnk God for that but becareful ooo enemy plenty, |
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