This EFCC will become another NPF if care is not taken

Internal Crisis Rocks EFCC As Aggrieved Staff Petition President Buhari

There is perceived internal crisis in the EFCC as aggrieved Civilian Course one operatives of the Commission have petitioned President Buhari over alleged attempt by the Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu to stagnate their career and "Policize" the Organization.

In a leaked petition to the President, the staff claimed that Magu has refused to grant them promotion even after spending five to six years on the same level. They explained that the move was intended to bar them from heading the Commission while perpetually ensuring that Police officers continue to flood the Commission.

The staff also claimed that police officers in the Commission are interfering with investigation as they usually interface with suspect, advise them on what to say, tamper with evidences, steal exhibits and even disclose official information.

They also complained that Magu has brought their juniors from the police to head operation units established in most states even when they are more qualified and trained to handle such units

They added that the untrained police officers would continue to affect the operations of the Commission unless something is done.

They appealed to the President to investigate the matter and address the issue if he truly wants to fight corruption

Court Freezes N350m Traced To Patience Jonathan

Posted By: Joseph Jibueze


The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted an order temporarily freezing N350million allegedly traced to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

The money is in an account domiciled in Stanbic IBTC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said.

Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari granted EFCC’s ex-parte application filed by its lawyer Mr Rotimi Oyedepo.

The commission said the money was allegedly transferred to a company’s account while Mrs Jonathan was serving as a Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa State between 2012 and 2013.

The commission alleged that the former first lady “unlawfully enriched” herself with the money.

In a supporting affidavit to the application, an investigating officer at EFCC, Musbahu Yahaya, said the commission received “a cogent, direct and positive intelligence report” that a company, AM-PM Global Network Limited, was in possession of proceeds of the unlawful act and retained it in an account.

He said, between June 20, 2012, and November 15, 2013, the company fraudulently received N1,206,950,000 via its Diamond Bank account, numbered 0026718889.

EFCC said the money was “proceeds of unlawful enrichment derived by Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan who was then a Permanent Secretary appointed by the Bayelsa State Government.”

According to the deponent, in a bid to dissipate the funds, the company opened an account numbered 0016971559 with Stanbic IBTC.

“Out of the alleged proceed of unlawful enrichment of Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, the respondent transferred the total sum of N350million from its account in Diamond Bank to the account sought to be attached (Stanbic IBTC) in a desperate bid to dissipate the funds.

“We have traced the said N350million to the respondent’s (AM-PM Global Network’s) account sought to be attached and the order of this court is needed to instruct the bank to attach the account to prevent the dissipation of the funds.

“The respondent is making frantic effort to dissipate these funds,” the deponent said.

EFCC said unless the application was urgently heard and determined, the company would tamper with the account.

“It will serve the course of justice to grant this application,” the commission said.
Justice Hadiza decided the application as prayed.

She granted “an order directing Manager of the Stanbic IBTC Bank to in the interim freeze the account pending the determination of the investigation and possible prosecution of this case.”

EFCC, however, did not state in the affidavit who owns the company.

Two other judges of the court, Justice Mohammed Idris and Justice Mojisola Olatoregun-Ishola, had earlier frozen Mrs Jonathan’s accounts.

Justice Idris froze her accounts with $15.5million. Mrs Jonathan is praying the court to unfreeze the accounts.

The EFCC, however, urged the court not to unfreeze them because the money was suspected to be “proceed of crime”.

Justice Olatoregun froze Mrs Jonathan’s account $5.7million. EFCC is seeking permanent forfeiture of the money.

The judge, on April 26, made an interim order forfeiting the money to the Federal Government.

Justice Olatoregun also ordered the temporary forfeiture N2,421,953,522.78 found in an Ecobank Nigeria Ltd account numbered 2022000760 in the name of La Wari Furniture and Baths Ltd.

The commission said the money also belongs to Mrs Jonathan.

Justice Olatoregun stayed proceedings pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the temporary forfeiture of the $5.7million.

Also yesterday, Justice Idris refused an application by a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Jonathan on Domestic Affairs Dr Waripamo-Owei Dudafa to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Dudafa, through his lawyer Mr. Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), urged the court to order the release of his international passport to enable him travel abroad to treat spinal cord injury which he claimed to have sustained while in EFCC custody.

But, Oyedepo urged the court not to grant the application on the grounds that the EFCC had written to a Lagos State government hospital to examine Dudafa’s health and to determine whether he could be treated in the country or abroad.

Justice Idris faulted Dudafa’s application, saying that a motion of such nature ought to be backed by hard evidence that the problem cannot be treated in Nigeria.

“I find it difficult to grant this application. I hereby dismissed it,” Justice Idris ruled.

EFCC Discovers N6bn Hotel In Abuja Linked To Patience Jonathan


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced a magnificient architectural edifice of an uncompleted eight-storey building in Abuja to be allegedly owned by wife of former president of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan.

The building, which is valued at N6billion, is located within the Central Business District, between the National Mosque and the Federal Secretariat.

It was alleged that the property was bought through her foundation known as Aribawa Aurera Reach Out Foundation.

In a document, which has been attached to a court application, the anti-graft agency said it had written to the Corporate Affairs Commission to get the identities of the directors of the foundation who are believed to be fronts for Patience.

The commission further stated that it had written to the Abuja Geographical Information System to get the history of the property and how and when it was bought.

The anti-graft agency has also written eight banks: Skye Bank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, Union Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa and Unity Bank.



Recall that the EFCC had frozen tan account belonging to the Aribawa Aurera Reach Out Foundation with account number 1222014221 in Ecobank with a balance of N479m.

The document read, “Plot 1350 Cadastral Zone A00 CBD which was allocated to Ariwabai Aurera Reach Out Foundation in 2010 and Certificate of Occupancy issued in 2011. The plot bears an eight-storey building still under construction.



“Inference may be drawn from investigation that the suspect’s (Patience) last known official position was permanent secretary in Bayelsa State. Hence, there is no way such magnificent architectural edifices could have been built within a short space of time.

“There is a high probability that it could have been built with the proceeds of crime. It is evidently clear that it is a case of money laundering but there is a need to do more investigation.”

The commission had also sealed a five-storey hotel, belonging to Patience, believed to be worth about N3bn located near Setraco Construction Company beside Mabushi Kado Expressway.

The property, which has not been officially opened, has between 50 to 100 rooms, a gymnasium, a fountain and other amenities.

Patience has been under probe since May 2016 when the commission arrested a former Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa.





Patience laid claim to about $15m found in bank accounts allegedly belonging to Dudafa’s domestic servants.

She later sued Skye Bank Plc and the EFCC after which the commission, through a court order, froze her personal account with a balance of $5m.

However, in the case of the alleged N2bn hotel, the Anti-graft agency, it was learned, had proceeded to court to obtain an interim forfeiture order for the hotel and a N6bn plaza.

The document read in part, “In view of the foregoing, I request for an interim forfeiture order on the two properties amongst others linked to the suspect and believed to have been acquired from the proceeds of crime.

“This is particularly very important because attempts to mark the properties were resisted and even the portion that was successfully marked was later cleaned off by the agents of the suspect.”

In a similar development, the anti-graft agency has also traced three other properties in Abuja to Patience in Karsana, Wasa and Idogwari areas of the Federal Capital Territory.

According to documents from AGIS, the three properties were bought in the names of two companies – Finchley Top Homes Ltd. and AM-PM Network Limited.

The bank accounts of Finchley Top Homes Limited, which have been traced to Patience, were frozen by the commission a few months ago.

The accounts include: Account number 1102001996 in Ecobank, with a balance of N226,376,700.23 and a fixed deposit of N1,099,511,484.88; a Skye Bank account numbered 1771731336, with a balance of N14,173,848.85; Fidelity Bank account numbered, 4011019539 with a balance of N1,800,494,000; Stanbic Bank account numbered, 0016901361, with a balance of N40,594,12.88; and Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a balance of N39,418,712.12.

In his reaction, Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), said he was not aware of the fresh attempt to seize more of his client’s properties.

He, however, said it was sad that the former first lady had become a victim of a witch-hunt.

Adedipe said her client had dragged the EFCC to the Court of Appeal over the freezing of Mrs. Jonathan’s account while a harassment suit had been filed against the anti-graft agency before a Federal High Court.

The senior advocate said, “I am not aware of any of these but we are in court over the freezing of her accounts and that case is at the Court of Appeal level and we have a fundamental human rights case against them in court.

“My thinking is that the EFCC, which says nobody is above the law, should have waited for the judiciary to finish its process. In my humble opinion, it appears they are abusing judicial powers. When you file something today, tomorrow you file another. Why not put everything in one pot? That is why they lose cases.

“Why are they focusing on Mrs. Jonathan who was neither a minister nor a government official? I’m not saying people should steal but it may seem she is being persecuted wrongly”.

THIS IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0m6N3f40Bg

Ishilove:
Caseless do you have our girl's number? I lost it when my phone had issues

PrecisionFx whatcha think of that my last video clip?

9jaDoc:


The IPOBIans never look at such things. In fact they never look at anything.
America wrote this not Nigeria:

The minorities viewed their leaders in Biafra high command as traitors. And without the minorities, Biafra would be landlocked and most likely, unviable as a state. More so, their vast oil and gas resources were the reason they contemplated secession in the first plac

The masterstroke was to give the minorities identity. This actually shredded the mosaic of their enclave and has frustrated the possibility of a less complex disintegration. Gowon was smart at that.

9jaDoc:


You may have a point, somewhat. But in the particular case of the war, it was not his fault. All he really wanted was secession of the East or alternatively a federation with a weak center. He truly was hoping Awo would also secede. Which was why he chose Banjo, hoping he would communicate with fellow Yorubas and have them secede also.
PrecisionFx what think u?

I'm sure the warlord wasn't looking for a "weak center", he was just being selfish.

The unitary setup was brought about and advanced by his his kinsman, Aguiyi ironsi. Why must all if us suffer for what his own brother did?

9jaDoc:






You also have to remove unviable power supply, hospitals, schools, infrastructure, water supply, waste disposal, drainage system, building inspection, collapsing buildings, dillapidated housing, drug inspection, food inspection, clearing and forwarding, mental health, handicapped empowerment, legal system, judiciary, banking system, monetary system...

In short, Nigeria is a mess.

(PrecisionFx will ENTHUSIASTICALLY agree to that statement )

shift make I faint. No even resuscitate me

9jaDoc:


Like I said, it s entirely possible FG gave NK money to disappear.

9jaDoc:


whatcha think of that my last video clip?

why do you quote that post?

9jaDoc:
This EFCC will become another NPF if care is not taken

Internal Crisis Rocks EFCC As Aggrieved Staff Petition President Buhari

There is perceived internal crisis in the EFCC as aggrieved Civilian Course one operatives of the Commission have petitioned President Buhari over alleged attempt by the Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu to stagnate their career and "Policize" the Organization.

In a leaked petition to the President, the staff claimed that Magu has refused to grant them promotion even after spending five to six years on the same level. They explained that the move was intended to bar them from heading the Commission while perpetually ensuring that Police officers continue to flood the Commission.

The staff also claimed that police officers in the Commission are interfering with investigation as they usually interface with suspect, advise them on what to say, tamper with evidences, steal exhibits and even disclose official information.

They also complained that Magu has brought their juniors from the police to head operation units established in most states even when they are more qualified and trained to handle such units

They added that the untrained police officers would continue to affect the operations of the Commission unless something is done.

They appealed to the President to investigate the matter and address the issue if he truly wants to fight corruption

magu sef

Caseless:
The masterstroke was to give the minorities identity. This actually shredded the mosaic of their enclave and has frustrated the possibility of a less complex disintegration. Gowon was smart at that.

It wasn't Gowon's doing at all. Long before that the minorities (esp. Ijaws) had been mildly agitating that they were not part of Nigeria or Igbos. The aagitation became more heated once they knew oil was there.
So it wasn't Gowon. Most minorities never wanted any part if Biafra from the begining. See story of Adaka Boro below.

Wiki on Adaka Boro:

He formed the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, an armed militia with members consisting mainly of his fellow Ijaw ethnic group.
They declared the Niger Delta Republic on February 23, 1966 and gallantly battled the Federal forces for twelve days but were finally routed by the far superior Federal firepower.
Boro and his compatriots were jailed for treason. However, the federal regime of General Yakubu Gowon granted him amnesty on the eve of the Nigerian civil war in May 1967. He then enlisted and was commissioned as a major in the Nigerian army. He fought on the side of the Federal Government but was killed under mysterious circumstances in active service in 1968 at Ogu (near Okrika) in Rivers State.

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9jaDoc:


It wasn't Gowon's doing at all. Long before that the minorities (esp. Ijaws) had been mildly agitating that they were not part of Nigeria or Igbos. The aagitation became more heated once they knew oil was there.
So it wasn't Gowon. Most minorities never wanted any part if Biafra from the begining. See story of Adaka Boro below.

well, you can check the state creation by Gowon , the pattern it took and what it was meant to achieve.

9jaDoc:
Wiki on Adaka Boro:

He formed the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, an armed militia with members consisting mainly of his fellow Ijaw ethnic group.
They declared the Niger Delta Republic on February 23, 1966 and gallantly battled the Federal forces for twelve days but were finally routed by the far superior Federal firepower.
Boro and his compatriots were jailed for treason. However, the federal regime of General Yakubu Gowon granted him amnesty on the eve of the Nigerian civil war in May 1967. He then enlisted and was commissioned as a major in the Nigerian army. He fought on the side of the Federal Government but was killed under mysterious circumstances in active service in 1968 at Ogu (near Okrika) in Rivers State.

who else should take the credit for acting smartly, if not Gowon? Adaka boro was fighting for ijaw, the whole of SS is not ijaw, you know.

If the ijaw had arm struggle, other minorities in the region didn't.

Caseless:
well, you can check the state creation by Gowon , the pattern it took and what it was meant to achieve.

But the minorities were agitating for their own region, as in midwest from west, long before that. Point is the minorities didn't want to be part of Biafra BEFORE states were created.

9jaDoc:


But the minorities were agitating for their own region, as in midwest from west, long before that. Point is the minorities didn't want to be part of Biafra BEFORE states were created.

and somebody made this a reality. There's a difference between what you want/ or don't want and , making a reality. A visible line was drawn between them and the east and this they love. I'm in the SS right now, I had a discussion with a native this morning. He told in clear terms how he does wanna have anything doing with the Ibo.

To pacify the Catalans , they were given semi-autonomy (even though they're asking for more now). I think this is what Gowon did kind of...a sense of departure from being lumped with the igbo to begin tagged with a region they could call their own and it's wholly theirs.

Caseless:
who else should take the credit for acting smartly, if not Gowon? Adaka boro was fighting for ijaw, the whole of SS is not ijaw, you know.

If the ijaw had arm struggle, other minorities in the region didn't.

Nobody should take any cradit for minorities not wanting to be a part of Biafra. Ken Saro Wiwa was not Ijaw but he and his folks also didn't want any part of Biafra.
Did u miss this part of the write-up:

But the Biafrans knew that their vulnerable line was along Ogoja, Ikom, Calabar, Port Harcourt, and Yenogoa. Support from the six million people making up the Eastern minorities was very much unsure.

The minorities viewed their leaders in Biafra high command as traitors.
And without the minorities, Biafra would be landlocked and most likely, unviable as a state. More so, their vast oil and gas resources were the reason they contemplated secession in the first plac

Caseless:
I'm sure the warlord wasn't looking for a "weak center", he was just being selfish.

The unitary setup was brought about and advanced by his his kinsman, Aguiyi ironsi. Why must all if us suffer for what his own brother did?

Aguiyi Ironsi's setup wasn't unitary as such. If it were, the East would not have been able to even talk of secession.
Ironsi simply continued the system he met, unlike today when all power is at the center.

As for Ojukwu, he sincerely wanted the Aburi accord followed. It was Gowon and FG that reneged.

Caseless:
shift make I faint. No even resuscitate me

I forgot to mention Fulani herdsmen and military and aviation and seaports (Apapa)

Caseless:
why do you quote that post?

You mean this. Don't u think it's shocking that there is so much evil?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0m6N3f40Bg

9jaDoc:


Nobody should take any cradit for minorities not wanting to be a part of Biafra. Ken Saro Wiwa was not Ijaw but he and his folks also didn't want any part of Biafra.
Did u miss this part of the write-up:

But the Biafrans knew that their vulnerable line was along Ogoja, Ikom, Calabar, Port Harcourt, and Yenogoa. Support from the six million people making up the Eastern minorities was very much unsure.

The minorities viewed their leaders in Biafra high command as traitors.
And without the minorities, Biafra would be landlocked and most likely, unviable as a state. More so, their vast oil and gas resources were the reason they contemplated secession in the first plac

this is like you telling me you don't like your husband/BF(with belief I'm talking to a lady), if I want to come in , I'd build on the existing gap and give you reason why you shouldn't stick with him.

We knew there was not much support from the minorities , but we couldn't have ruled out possibility of an alliance if biafra had succeeded.

9jaDoc:


Aguiyi Ironsi's setup wasn't unitary as such. If it were, the East would not have been able to even talk of secession.
Ironsi simply continued the system he met, unlike today when all power is at the center.

As for Ojukwu, he sincerely wanted the Aburi accord followed. It was Gowon and FG that reneged.

did you hear when Gowon came out last time to blame ojukwu?

9jaDoc:


You mean this. Don't u think it's shocking that there is so much evil?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0m6N3f40Bg

of course, it is.

9jaDoc:


I forgot to mention Fulani herdsmen and military and aviation and seaports (Apapa)

the list is ever endless.

Caseless:
this is like you telling me you don't like your husband/BF(with belief I'm talking to a lady), if I want to come in , I'd build on the existing gap and give you reason why you shouldn't stick with him.

We knew there was not much support from the minorities , but we couldn't have ruled out possibility of an alliance if biafra had succeeded.

Here is a better anology:

(I'm assuming u r a man)
I live with my husband. We never liked each other and live in different rooms. Say my husband is having a big quarrel with you. You now announce that my room would henceforth be called by my name, my husband's room by his name. Don't u see it will have minimal effect

Caseless:
did you hear when Gowon came out last time to blame ojukwu?

Well u.can surmise who is telling the truth. Gowon said he became ill and couldn't make the announcement as agreed (lol)

Femi Adesina is a one-Nigeria man, a Buhari man.

Here's his take on it (note the bolded):

Federal Government's Violation Of The Aburi Accord Led To The Nigerian Civil War - Femi Adesina

(Femi Adesina is currently the special adviser on media and publicity to President Buhari.)

"The meeting held on January 4 and 5, 1967, and came out with what is popularly known today as the Aburi Accord.

The agenda of the meeting consisted of three crucial issues: (i) Reorganization of the Armed Forces (ii) Constitutional agreement (iii) Issues of displaced persons within Nigeria.

The two-day meeting reached consensus that were acceptable to both sides... This was something akin to federalism, even under a military government...

What does this mean again in simple language? Equity, fairness, true federalism.

Matters like the holding of an ad hoc constitutional conference, fate of soldiers involved in the January 15, 1966 coup, rehabilitation of displaced persons, etc, were also amicably resolved, and the conferees returned happily to Nigeria. Only for the Federal side to deliver a blow to the solar plexus: The Aburi Accord, Gowon said, was unworkable, and he reneged on all the agreements".

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Caseless:
and somebody made this a reality. There's a difference between what you want/ or don't want and , making a reality. A visible line was drawn between them and the east and this they love. I'm in the SS right now, I had a discussion with a native this morning. He told in clear terms how he does wanna have anything doing with the Ibo.

To pacify the Catalans , they were given semi-autonomy (even though they're asking for more now). I think this is what Gowon did kind of...a sense of departure from being lumped with the igbo to begin tagged with a region they could call their own and it's wholly theirs.

And I'm telling u that attitude was there long b4 Gowon created states. If you want to know the genesis of it, here is a hint:
King Jaja of Opobo, an Igbo boy, came to ss as a SLAVE.
Yet within a few years he became a powerful king right under the nose of the native people.
Multiply such feat many times over with other Igbos who came to ss.
It is also the same reason Ahmadu Bello said this (long b4 the civil war):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSosECbcmM