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 Politics › Re: Reno Omokri Endorses Atiku & Peter Obi For President 2023 by 00FFT00(m): 8:57pm On Apr 23, 2022 |
WesternOligarch:And Tinubu is also in the south  . 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: 2023: Corper Donates Allowance To Tinubu (Photo) by 00FFT00(m): 5:35pm On Apr 23, 2022 |
West1side:Which Tinubu family get money. Tinubu family get money na him e de do boy boy for Adegboyega Akande in Chicago. Abi you think say some of usbe small boys like you wey noo know wetin sup?. Your man na thief and gbana dealer from before before. We wey been dey Chicago northside know wetin been dey sup unlike you wey dem bor inside Egbeda, an you still dey Egbeda dey talk nonsense. Igbo dis, Igbo dat Igbo kee you dere ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ judgement in the case of United States v Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, in which Bola Tinubu was charged (along with other defendants) in a case of massive drug trafficking and money laundering. This judgement directly relates to (and further documents) the September 16, 2008 “How U.S Federal Agents successfully Linked Bola Tinubu to drug Trafficking Ring in Chicago” report by OsunReporters Snippets of the case and subsequent judgement are presented below. The complete document (VERY LARGE pdf file – 4mb) can be downloaded at the end of this report. The United States of America, by its attorney, Michael J. Shepard, United States Attorney for Northern District of Illinois, for its verified complaint of forfeiture, states as follows: 1. This is a FORFEITURE action under 21 U.S.C , ss88 and 18, ss 981….. 2. The DEFENDANT funds are located in the above-described accounts and were SEIZED pursuant to PROCESS ISSUED BY THIS COURT…. … 4…. beginning as early as 1998, Adegboyega Mueez Akande, WITH OTHERS OPERATED a organiszation (sic) which DISTRIBUTED WHITE HEROIN, a controlled substance under Title 21 of the United States Code. 5…. this DISTRIBUTION OPERATION was conducted on a LARGE SCALE and the PROCEEDS of the operation SUBSTANTIAL. The defendant funds represent proceeds of this OPERATION of property involved in MONEY LAUNDERING. 6…. the defendant funds represent proceeds of NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING … and … MONEY LAUNDERING….. the funds are therefore FOREFEITABLE to the United States…. JUDGEMENT: j… Neither a claim nor answer has been filed on behalf of the defendant funds …. accordingly, it hereby ORDERED that the funds in the AMOUNT of $460,000 in account…. in the name of BOLA TINUBU represents proceeds of NARCOTICS or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C ss 1956 and 1957 and therefore these funds are forfeit to the United States….. Revealed: U.S Federal Agents Link Bola Tinubu to drug Trafficking Ring in Chicago Facts have emerged that the erstwhile Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may have been involved in a white heroin trafficking network which operated in Chicago and some parts of Indiana and led by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande between 1988 and 1993. The source of the white heroine was identified as one Mr. Lee Andrew Edwards who was incarcerated for attempting to murder a federal agent while the agent was executing a search warrant on him. According to the Verified Complaint for forfeiture in case No. 93 C 4483 which was filed on July 26, 1993 before the Hon. Judge Nordberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Government urged the Court to order the forfeiture of funds in accounts Nos. 263226700 held by First Heritage Bank in the name of Bola Tinubu, funds in accounts 39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400220, 39936404 and 39936383 held by Citibank N.A in the name of Bola Tinubu and funds in accounts 52050-89451952,52050-89451952, 52050-89451953 held by Citiban Heroin k in the name of Bola Tinubu because there was probable cause to believe that the funds in Tinubu’s bank accounts represented proceeds of narcotics trafficking or were monies involved in financial transactions in violations of 18 U.S.C, sections 1956 and 1957 and therefore, was forfeitable to the U.S Government. However, in a tacit defense of the ownership of the funds, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu averred in Court that the funds belonged to himself, his wife, K.O Tinubu and his surrogate mother, Alhaja Mogaji and warranted that they had exclusive right, title and interest to the funds. In an affidavit sworn to by Kevin Moss, a Special Agent with the United States Internal Revenue Service, criminal investigation division in support of the verified complaint for forfeiture of Bola Tinubu’s moneys held in various Bank accounts, the agent gave a vivid account of how he came to the conclusion that the funds were proceeds of narcotics transaction in violation of the U.S law. Mr. Moss averred that prior to and during 1988; the government became involved in the investigation of a white heroin trafficking network operating in Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The investigation disclosed that an individual known as Lee Andrew Edwards was a source of white heroin. The government sources provided information about Lee Andrew Edwards including the identity of a telephone number which activated in electronic pager. This pager according to him was to be called to place an order for white heroin. According to Mr. Moss, this pager was subscribed to by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande who at that time was a resident of Chicago. Mr. Moss further averred that during February 1988, an individual named Abiodun Agbele arrived in the U.S from Nigeria and during investigation by the government, Agbele disclosed that Akande was his uncle who provided him an apartment in Hammond, Indiana. According to Agbele, Mr. Akande returned to Nigeria in1990; however, before he left, he instructed Agbale to serve as a source of white heroin for Mr. Lee Andrew Edwards as a result of which Agbele sold white heroin for Lee Andrew Edwards on numerous occasions. Following a tip off, Agbele sold one ounce of white heroin to a law enforcement agent undercover on November 28, 1990 for $7,000 and was subsequently arrested. After his arrest, Agbele agreed to cooperate with the law enforcement agents regarding the white heroin distribution and network of Akande. According to Agbele, Akande controlled the operation of white heroin from Nigeria in conjunction with other individuals in Nigeria and the U.S. One other individual who worked with Akande according to the affidavit was identified as Bola Tinubu who later became the governor of Lagos state from 1999 to 2007. The investigation also revealed that in December 1989, Akande took Bola Tinubu to First Heritage bank where Bola Tinubu opened an individual money market. In the account opening application, Tinubu, gave his address as 7504 South Stewart, Chicago, the same address used previously by Akande and his company, Globe-Link. This is the same address used as the drop-off point for packages from Nigeria that contained the white heroin. According to bank records, Bola Tinubu also opened a joint checking account in his name and the name of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu. Mrs. Tinubu had previously opened a joint Bank account also in the same bank with Abdrey Akande, the wife of the heroin kingpin, Adegboyega Mueez Akande. Upon opening the account, Tinubu deposited the sum of $1,000 in traveler’s check. However, five days after opening the account, specifically, on January 4, 1990, Tinubu deposited the sum of $80,000 into the account. According to the federal agent, in a credit application dated January 6, 1990, Bola Tinubu disclosed that he resided at 7504 South Stewart and that Mueez A. Akande was his cousin. Tinubu further stated that he was an employee of Mobil Oil Nigeria Limited, Fairfax, Virginia and his take home pay was $2,400 per month. Additionally, Tinubu stated on the application that he had no other sources of income and listed his wife, Oluremi Tinubu as co-applicant for the application for automobile loan. The loan was secured with the certificate of deposit in the amount of $10,000 which Tinubu had purchased with a withdrawal from the $80,000 deposit in his checking account. According to the federal agent, Bank records from First heritage Bank disclosed that in 1990 alone, Bola Tinubu deposited $661,000 into his individual money market account and in 1993; he deposited the sum of $1,216,500 into the same money market account. The agent further avers that in 1991, Tinubu began opening accounts at Citibank in the section known as the world-wide personal banking unit where he transferred the sum of $560,000 from his money market account at the First Heritage Bank. This development prompted the Federal agents to interview representatives from Mobil Oil regarding Tinubu’s employment status and his take-home pay. The Mobil Oil representatives confirmed to the investigators that Tinubu was employed by the Mobil Oil as a treasurer. Mobil Oil further told the federal agents that this position did not involve the transfer of large amounts of money between banking institutions. Mobil oil representatives also stated that under no circumstance would Tinubu be permitted to retain money belonging to Mobil Oil in accounts bearing Tinubu’s name. Finally, Mobil Oil confirmed that the corporation never had any accounts in banks in the southern suburbs of Chicago. On January 10, 1992, the federal agents obtained a court Order freezing Tinubu’s accounts at First Heritage Bank and Citibank respectively. Thereafter, Tinubu contacted the First Heritage Bank to transfer money from his accounts and was advised that the accounts had been seized by the U.S Treasury. On January 13, 1992, Mr. Moss, the Federal agent contacted Bola Tinubu in Nigeria by phone using a number provided to the First Heritage Bank by Tinubu himself. Mr. Moss averred that during the course of the interview, Bola Tinubu confirmed that he knew Mueez Adegboyega Akande. Tinubu further admitted during the interview with the federal agent that he had wire transferred $100,000 to Akande’s bank account in Houston and that the $80,000.00 of the funds used to open the account at First Heritage Bank had come from Akande. Tinubu further admitted that he had other accounts in Fairfax, Virginia and London. Concluding his affidavit evidence, Mr. Moss stated that with all these evidence, there was probable cause to believe that the funds in the accounts held by First Heritage Bank and Citibank, N.A in the name of Bola Tinubu represented property that was involved in narcotics transaction in violation of the U.S law. He therefore, urged the Court to issue an order of forfeiture of the funds. After a protracted litigation in which Bola Tinubu claimed that the monies legitimately belonged to him, his wife, Oluremi Tinubu and his surrogate mother, one Alhaja Mogaji, Bola Tinubu finally opted for a stipulated settlement with the U.S government. According to the settlement Order dated September 15, 1993; Hon. Judge John A Nordberg ordered that the sum of $460,000 held by Bola Tinubu in The First Heritage Bank account be forfeited to the United States Government. The Court also ordered the release of the funds held in the Citibank account and any money held in excess of $460,000 at the First Heritage account to Bola Tinubu in line with the agreement and stipulation reached by Tinubu with the federal agents. Ironically, this case came up at the peak of the struggle against the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election by the Gen. Babagida-led military junta during which time Tinubu as a member and one of the leading financiers of the National democratic Coalition (NADECO) made several “pro-democracy” trips to the U.S ostensibly to press for U.S sanctions against the Nigerian junta. It is, therefore, doubtful whether most of those trips were actually connected with the June 12, struggle after all. 1 Like |
| Romance › Re: Does Sex Actually Reduce One's Grace And Favor? by 00FFT00(m): 4:00pm On Apr 23, 2022*. Modified: 6:53pm On Apr 23, 2022 |
Milli10:YES! But only to the extent that you forgot that sex was supposed to be completely free in the first place. If you then allow entitled and commercialized Nigerian girls to waste the time you needed to be productive and be useful to yourself, na you know. Them go still match you bill join on top the time wastage sef. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 3:00pm On Apr 23, 2022*. Modified: 3:33pm On Apr 23, 2022 |
simpleseyi:So, that's a fair intervention brother. I share the same concern regarding what I considered the Asiwaju's age-related health decline and wished he rightly remained a statesman, but also, his reputation outside our borders with regards to his past legal troubles in the United States remains a source of worry to me. Surely, you and I will agree that we cannot afford to have a president who may be amenable to blackmail by foreign interests. Now, Ahmed Bola Tinubu is also without blame for the calamity named Buhari that has befallen Nigeria. To put the above statement into context, without Ahmed Tinubu and Chibuike Amaechi, there will be no Buhari in Aso Rock today. Therefore, this two gentleman also bears the blame for the state of play in the lives of Nigerians as we currently experience. That being said. I am obviously a Peter Obi supporter. I think our country urgently needs a man who is unencumbered in any sense. An Efcc-less president if you will. Peter Obi is competent, having privately grown and successfully managed a number of companies. He has sat on boards of top Nigerian companies including banks. Peter was a two-time governor of unarguably the most difficult state to govern in Nigeria, Anambra State. Anambra State is the only State to my memory, so beholden to cabal interests that a sitting governor, the current federal minister of labor, Dr. Chris Ngige was kidnapped in broad daylight and held hostage inside the trunk of a car. This was the state of play when Mr. Peter Obi became the governor in a state bereft of the most rudimentary and basic infrastructures. It was so bad that the man operated from his father's house as governor. The first order of governance for the new governor was to streamline government business and to organize state structures and finances so that the people's business can begin in earnest and flourish. To do that, he needed to step on very big toes. Peter Obi was twice impeached by these same vested interest groups, and he fought back to regain his mandate and successfully consigned these enemies of the people to the dustbin of history so that Anambrarians can breathe again. This is one of the capacities most needed in today's Nigerian president if he is to successfully discharge his duties to us. Today, and thanks to Peter Obi, Anambra State has some of the best road networks inter-connecting every nook and cranny of the state regardless of what Chris Ngige the Fulani stooge just told you. Peter Obi built well over 800 kilometers of rural roads to open up virtually every community in Anambra State. He even had to reconstruct federal roads with state funds in keeping with his determination to deliver governance to the Anambra people and the refunds are still pending. Mr. Peter Obi sanitized, repositioned, and quickly catapulted Anambra State's education sector and its students from a very low and unacceptable 24th position in the waec and neco index to 1st position for 3 consecutive years. Below, please find some of this man's achievements as a partial list below: 1. Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts, I left the equivalent of $500 Million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds. 2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as the United States, Britain, Russia, the European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, and Canada, among others, visited the State. Before his tenure, Anambra was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners. 3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, the European Union, etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra State started working with the State. Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the best states in development partnership and commitment to reforms for good governance. 4. He was recognized as Best Governor by the Millennium Development Goals Office (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in the implementation of their programs in Nigeria. 5. The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria. In spite of visible and measurable achievements recorded in various sectors, the State under him did not borrow or raise bonds for her various projects. 6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most financially stable state in the country. 7. The State’s ground-breaking return of schools to their original owners – Voluntary Agencies (Churches) on 1st January 2009, and subsequent partnership with the Agencies in Education, saw the State move from 24th position out of 36 States to Number One in National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for three consecutive years. This made the World Bank to commission a study, led by the renowned Prof. Paul Collier of Oxford University, on this revolutionary partnership and phenomenal achievement. 8. The State also entered into a strategic partnership with the Churches in the Health sector. This symbiotic relationship resulted in a tremendous boost to health care because of the services offered by health institutions owned by Voluntary Agencies, while the State restored grants to the agencies and made available to them more than 50 Million Dollars in various types of support. 10. Through a partnership with the Church in the Health sector, governor Peter Obi's Government funded the transformation of -: a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi; b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala; c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha; d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and e: St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu. His Government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph, Adazi-Nnukwu, where heart operations are now being performed. 11. His Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 Million dollars) as the best-performing state in immunization in the South-East. With complementary funding from our Government, they used the money to build 10 Maternal and Child Care Centres across the State, particularly in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches. 12. The State was the first to procure and distribute more than 30,000 computers to secondary schools, including 22,500 from HP. The Managing Director for Personal Systems Group HP Inc, Mr. Fabrice Campoy described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle East and Africa. 13. Anambra State Government provided Microsoft Academies to more than 500 secondary schools, which the Head of Microsoft in Nigeria (Mr. Ken Span) described as the biggest such deployment in Africa so far. 14. The State provided Internet access to more than 500 secondary schools, which the CEO of Galaxy Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) characterized as incomparable to any in the country. 15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government. 16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State. 17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State. 18 As part of the efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a number of companies were attracted to build their facilities in the Anambra State. A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in the world, which built its first Green Field facility in the State, which is today one of the most successful facilities they operate globally. 19. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged by our Government; a good example is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which Governor Peter Obi's government purchased more than 1,000 vehicles. 20. Anambra State for the first time started close collaboration with recognized government security agencies (the Police, Army, Navy, Department of State Security, Civil Defence, among others), offering them various types of support including the provision of more than 500 security vehicles. The improvement in security was phenomenal, such that the former IG of Police (Abubakar Mohammed) lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any bank robbery in my last three years in office. 21. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well as various organizations such as markets and Churches. 22. Governor Peter Obi's administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Awka. 23. Peter Obi's government commenced the planned development of the Igbariam Campus of the ChukwuemekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu University, including the fencing, construction of internal roads, electrification, construction of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of Agriculture, Management Building, among others). 24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion – National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) – to Anambra State. 25. Governor Peter Obi's government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of his administration's poverty-alleviation strategies. 26 His Government, for the first time, undertook the aerial mapping of Awka as well as the production of Structure Plans for Awka Capital Territory, Onitsha, and Nnewi. 27. During his tenure and with his Government’s support, Anambra State became an oil-producing State. 28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State. 29. His government commenced the development of the ‘Three Arms Zone’ comprising Government House/Governor’s Lodge, Legislative Building/Speakers Residence, and Judiciary Building with Chief Judge’s Residence. 30. By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health institutions, including two hospitals, had secured accreditation; when he took off in 2006, no health institution in Anambra State was duly accredited. 31. Anambra State was the first to undergo national peer review, which scrutinized State Governments for good governance, through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the DFID. As a macro and micromanager, a bank CEO, Peter Obi understood the importance of SMEs to an economy. He quickly set about empowering this sector to help grow the state economy. As has been outlined above, ne of the many results of this forward-thinking is Innoson motor manufacturing in Nnewi. Governor Peter Obi made a 5 billion naira down payment to purchase all government vehicles from this indigenous manufacturer way before a single bolt was screwed into a body panel. Today the success story that is Innoson motors in knowledge to every Nigeria, and that is just if of the many startups whose success is directly attributable to Peter Obi's foresight. To assure prudence and eliminate wastage in public expenditure and stay in conformity with the country's constitution, governor Obi promptly abolished the office of the first lady in the state. The security situation in Anambra State when governor Obi resumed work in Awka can be best described as miserable. Anambrarians did not sleep with even one eye closed. Governor Peter Obi quickly convened and entrenched a new State security architecture that allowed every community to have government-paid and equipped security operatives. The peace and security enjoyed today in Anambra was Peter Obi's brainchild because as he has said himself, you cannot prosper economically if people's lives and properties are not secured. As I stated earlier, Anambra state is a relatively new entity with next to nothing in terms of governance structures and infrastructure cannot be compared to a former federal capital, and in fact still a commercial capital with a massive and ongoing federal presence, Lagos, Mr. Peter Obi as he would like to be called, a man with absolute humility and goodwill across all states of this country, succeeded in bringing Anambra State forward, entrenched order and security in an environment of crass lawlessness, grew the state IGR by plugging loopholes and providing an SME friendly environment, sanitized the education sector. He connected the most remote community to the state's road network just to mention very few of this man's lofty achievements in a state where next to nothing except criminality and godfatherism was functional when he resumed office as an unprepared state governor who had to take over at a moments notice. I am super excited to see what a more matured and experienced Peter Obi will do achieve president of Nigeria. It might be beneficial to note that in all of this, governor Obi paid all retirement benefits. Pensions and gratuity benefits of all Anambra State employees were settled. All salaries were paid and on maturity. Governor Obi succeeded in building a fallback purse for the Anambra people in the amount of 156 million US dollars and 75 billion naira respectively. These funds, the 156 million dollars are still bonded in 3 Nigerian banks where they have now grown to over 180 million dollars assuming successive governments made no additional contribution to the original lodgement. Let us remember that this is a country where governors not only boldly embezzle State government funds but also abuse the funds of the third tier of government, the local government. These governors go on to assume foreign debts they have no reasonable means to repay. This was the reason president Olusegun Obasanjo withheld Lagos State funds because the governor at the time, Ahmed Bola Tinubu was accused of this infringement. Mr. Peter Obi never took a loan as governor of Anambra State. All states projects were executed within the confined of the state's statutory allocation and internally generated revenues, yet on valediction, he left the people of the state a whopping surplus. This is in the same state where we are now told that the new government inherited a 300 billion naira debt profile. I was once told that a minimum of 60 percent of all containers imported through Lagos ports went east. We need to understand what this means in terms of economic value and conjuncture. You can't wake up and build a port in Nigeria unless the relevant federal interests say so. The southeast has cried their voices sore asking for the Niger river to be dredged. Lagos did not build Apapa and Tincal Island ports but immensely benefits from both in terms of direct revenue and macroeconomic value. What would Peter Obi do with a fully functional river port at Onitsha or Ulasi?. To summarize for lack of time on my part. If we are to enumerate this man's suitability for the job he now told us he would wish to assume if we give him the opportunity over his peers will require a lot more time and space which I, unfortunately, can hardly spare at the moment. Lastly, suffice it to say that Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu operated in 2 completely different systems and environments. If we dispassionately analyze the odds against these men when they operated in the capacity as governors, it will be fair to say that Mr. Obi had the shorter, way shorter end of the stick, yet succeeded immensely. The question we ought to be asking ourselves is, what would Peter Obi have made out of Lagos with its already established and enabled environment?. In contribution to the comment regarding ESN, my feeling is that ESN unfortunately is a necessary evil. Evil in the sense that acts unconnected to the original intent if its establishment is now accusatorily ascribed to it. But all of these are still allegations because if one looks critically at the antecedents of this Fulani government, it will be difficult, if not impossible to arrive at a conclusion that it is not contrived to disparage and lay to waste, the many gains of these brave men who successfully dislodged its anointed foot soldiers, the Fulani jihadist murderers from all across the southeast and parts of south-south geo-political zones. Folks can go to farms again and sleep with both eyes closed in these places, unlike the carnage and sorrow that continues to befall our people in the middle belt where mass graves and bloodshed have become a common happenstance. To that, I say a very hearty kudos and thank you to ESN, and the Fulani rulers of Nigeria can decide to call off both their clandestine siege of the southeast in the name of unknown gunmen and regular troops paid for with our taxes and natural resources to which their brethren contribute nothing. I apologize for deviating from the topic, but who can blame anyone in today's Nigeria for becoming emotionally subsumed in the face of what we are now faced with. I submit!. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 6:46am On Apr 23, 2022*. Modified: 3:50pm On Apr 23, 2022 |
dwas:A Very good morning to you my brother. First, can I thank you for a very mature, concise, and elaborate response to my inquiry?. This is a stark departure from the divisive ethnic vitriol that has become the order of the day on this platform, a welcome dose of fresh air for me, and directly represents the type of conversation we ought to be having as concerned citizens of our dear country regardless of our diverse tribal affiliations or political convictions. I will respond to your well-articulated intervention in due time because I'm one foot out of the door as I write. Duty calls. Please permit me to get back to you on this same subject, and my response at this time only serves as a placeholder. I'll be back. Thank you. Continuation... @ dwas. I have to mention you to call your attention back to our discussion. I responded to a gentleman on a very similar thread and I thought that my response is germane to the issues raised here so my response would have been the same anyways. I replicate that intervention below almost verbatim and hope that It answers even if intrinsically to your inquiry: So, that's a fair intervention brother. I share the same concern regarding what I considered the Asiwaju's age-related health decline and wished he rightly remained a statesman, but also, his reputation outside our borders with regards to his past legal troubles in the United States remains a source of worry to me. Surely, you and I will agree that we cannot afford to have a president who may be amenable to blackmail by foreign interests. Now, Ahmed Bola Tinubu is also without blame for the calamity named Buhari that has befallen Nigeria. To put the above statement into context, without Ahmed Tinubu and Chibuike Amaechi, there will be no Buhari in Aso Rock today. Therefore, these two gentleman also bears the blame for the state of play in the lives of Nigerians as we currently experience. That being said. I am obviously a Peter Obi supporter. I think our country urgently needs a man who is unencumbered in any sense. An Efcc-less president if you will. Peter Obi is competent, having privately grown and successfully managed a number of companies. He has sat on boards of top Nigerian companies including banks. Peter was a two-time governor of unarguably the most difficult state to govern in Nigeria, Anambra State. Anambra State is the only State to my memory, so beholden to cabal interests that a sitting governor, the current federal minister of labor, Dr. Chris Ngige was kidnapped in broad daylight and held hostage inside the trunk of a car. This was the state of play when Mr. Peter Obi became the governor in a state bereft of the most rudimentary and basic infrastructures. It was so bad that the man operated from his father's house as governor. The first order of governance for the new governor was to streamline government business and organize state structures and finances so that the people's business can begin in earnest and flourish. To do that, he needed to step on very big toes. Peter Obi was twice impeached by these same vested interest groups, and he fought back to regain his mandate and successfully consigned these enemies of the people to the dustbin of history so that Anambrarians can breathe again. This is one of the capacities most needed in today's Nigerian president if he is to successfully discharge his duties to us. Today, and thanks to Peter Obi, Anambra State has some of the best road networks inter-connecting every nook and cranny of the state regardless of what Chris Ngige the Fulani stooge just told you. Peter Obi built well over 800 kilometers of rural roads to open up virtually every community in Anambra State. He even had to reconstruct federal roads with state funds in keeping with his determination to deliver governance to the Anambra people and the refunds are still pending. Mr. Peter Obi sanitized, repositioned, and quickly catapulted Anambra State's education sector and its students from a very low and unacceptable 24th position in the waec and neco index to 1st position for 3 consecutive years. Below, please find some of this man's achievements as a partial list below: 1. Anambra was the first State to commence Sub-Sovereign Wealth savings, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. At a time many other Governors were leaving huge debts, I left the equivalent of $500 Million Dollars in investment as well as local and foreign currency, including $156 million in Dollar-denominated bonds. 2. For the first time in the history of Anambra State, Ambassadors and High Commissioners of notable countries such as the United States, Britain, Russia, the European Union, South Africa, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, and Canada, among others, visited the State. Before his tenure, Anambra was practically a pariah state blacklisted by the Diplomatic Corps and international development partners. 3. Development partners such as UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID, the European Union, etc., which hitherto were not in Anambra State started working with the State. Anambra was consistently adjudged one of the best states in development partnership and commitment to reforms for good governance. 4. He was recognized as Best Governor by the Millennium Development Goals Office (OSSAP-MDGs) and the UNDP in the implementation of their programs in Nigeria. 5. The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) rated Anambra as the least indebted state in Nigeria. In spite of visible and measurable achievements recorded in various sectors, the State under him did not borrow or raise bonds for her various projects. 6. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria rated Anambra State as the most financially stable state in the country. 7. The State’s ground-breaking return of schools to their original owners – Voluntary Agencies (Churches) on 1st January 2009, and subsequent partnership with the Agencies in Education, saw the State move from 24th position out of 36 States to Number One in National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for three consecutive years. This made the World Bank to commission a study, led by the renowned Prof. Paul Collier of Oxford University, on this revolutionary partnership and phenomenal achievement. 8. The State also entered into a strategic partnership with the Churches in the Health sector. This symbiotic relationship resulted in a tremendous boost to health care because of the services offered by health institutions owned by Voluntary Agencies, while the State restored grants to the agencies and made available to them more than 50 Million Dollars in various types of support. 10. Through a partnership with the Church in the Health sector, governor Peter Obi's Government funded the transformation of -: a: Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi; b: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala; c: St Charles Borromeo Hospital, Onitsha; d: Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha; and e: St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu. His Government also built the Joseph Nwilo Heart Centre in St. Joseph, Adazi-Nnukwu, where heart operations are now being performed. 11. His Government won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (1 Million dollars) as the best-performing state in immunization in the South-East. With complementary funding from our Government, they used the money to build 10 Maternal and Child Care Centres across the State, particularly in rural communities, in partnership with the Churches. 12. The State was the first to procure and distribute more than 30,000 computers to secondary schools, including 22,500 from HP. The Managing Director for Personal Systems Group HP Inc, Mr. Fabrice Campoy described the deployment as the biggest of such projects in the Middle East and Africa. 13. Anambra State Government provided Microsoft Academies to more than 500 secondary schools, which the Head of Microsoft in Nigeria (Mr. Ken Span) described as the biggest such deployment in Africa so far. 14. The State provided Internet access to more than 500 secondary schools, which the CEO of Galaxy Backbone (Mr. Gerald Ilukwe) characterized as incomparable to any in the country. 15. More than 700 buses were provided to secondary schools in the State by our Government. 16. Boreholes were provided in schools all over the State. 17. Numerous classrooms were built in all the 177 communities of the State. 18 As part of the efforts to turn around the economy of the State, a number of companies were attracted to build their facilities in the Anambra State. A case in point is SABMiller, the 2nd largest brewery in the world, which built its first Green Field facility in the State, which is today one of the most successful facilities they operate globally. 19. A number of other companies followed the SABMiller initiative and were all supported and encouraged by our Government; a good example is INNOSON Motor Manufacturing Company, from which Governor Peter Obi's government purchased more than 1,000 vehicles. 20. Anambra State for the first time started close collaboration with recognized government security agencies (the Police, Army, Navy, Department of State Security, Civil Defence, among others), offering them various types of support including the provision of more than 500 security vehicles. The improvement in security was phenomenal, such that the former IG of Police (Abubakar Mohammed) lauded Anambra State for not witnessing any bank robbery in my last three years in office. 21. To further enhance security, Anambra State provided at least one security vehicle to each of all the 177 communities in the State as well as various organizations such as markets and Churches. 22. Governor Peter Obi's administration conceived and built, from scratch, the first state-owned Teaching Hospital, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Awka. 23. Peter Obi's government commenced the planned development of the Igbariam Campus of the ChukwuemekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu University, including the fencing, construction of internal roads, electrification, construction of the Faculty of Law, Auditorium, Administrative Block, Faculty of Agriculture, Management Building, among others). 24. His Government attracted the World Bank support on erosion – National Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) – to Anambra State. 25. Governor Peter Obi's government was the first to do Poverty Mapping in Nigeria, as a guide for the effective implementation of his administration's poverty-alleviation strategies. 26 His Government, for the first time, undertook the aerial mapping of Awka as well as the production of Structure Plans for Awka Capital Territory, Onitsha, and Nnewi. 27. During his tenure and with his Government’s support, Anambra State became an oil-producing State. 28. He built the first Secretariat Complex to house State Government Ministries that were hitherto scattered around the State. 29. His government commenced the development of the ‘Three Arms Zone’ comprising Government House/Governor’s Lodge, Legislative Building/Speakers Residence, and Judiciary Building with Chief Judge’s Residence. 30. By the end of his tenure in 2014, more than twelve (12) health institutions, including two hospitals, had secured accreditation; when he took off in 2006, no health institution in Anambra State was duly accredited. 31. Anambra State was the first to undergo national peer review, which scrutinized State Governments for good governance, through the State Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM), an initiative of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in collaboration with the DFID. As a macro and micromanager, a bank CEO, Peter Obi understood the importance of SMEs to an economy. He quickly set about empowering this sector to help grow the state economy. As has been outlined above, ne of the many results of this forward-thinking is Innoson motor manufacturing in Nnewi. Governor Peter Obi made a 5 billion naira down payment to purchase all government vehicles from this indigenous manufacturer way before a single bolt was screwed into a body panel. Today the success story that is Innoson motors in knowledge to every Nigeria, and that is just if of the many startups whose success is directly attributable to Peter Obi's foresight. To assure prudence and eliminate wastage in public expenditure and stay in conformity with the country's constitution, governor Obi promptly abolished the office of the first lady in the state. The security situation in Anambra State when governor Obi resumed work in Awka can be best described as miserable. Anambrarians did not sleep with even one eye closed. Governor Peter Obi quickly convened and entrenched a new State security architecture that allowed every community to have government-paid and equipped security operatives. The peace and security enjoyed today in Anambra was Peter Obi's brainchild because as he has said himself, you cannot prosper economically if people's lives and properties are not secured. As I stated earlier, Anambra state is a relatively new entity with next to nothing in terms of governance structures and infrastructure cannot be compared to a former federal capital, and in fact still a commercial capital with a massive and ongoing federal presence, Lagos, Mr. Peter Obi as he would like to be called, a man with absolute humility and goodwill across all states of this country, succeeded in bringing Anambra State forward, entrenched order and security in an environment of crass lawlessness, grew the state IGR by plugging loopholes and providing an SME friendly environment, sanitized the education sector. He connected the most remote community to the state's road network just to mention very few of this man's lofty achievements in a state where next to nothing except criminality and godfatherism was functional when he resumed office as an unprepared state governor who had to take over at a moments notice. I am super excited to see what a more matured and experienced Peter Obi will do achieve president of Nigeria. It might be beneficial to note that in all of this, governor Obi paid all retirement benefits. Pensions and gratuity benefits of all Anambra State employees were settled. All salaries were paid and on maturity. Governor Obi succeeded in building a fallback purse for the Anambra people in the amount of 156 million US dollars and 75 billion naira respectively. These funds, the 156 million dollars are still bonded in 3 Nigerian banks where they have now grown to over 180 million dollars assuming successive governments made no additional contribution to the original lodgement. Let us remember that this is a country where governors not only boldly embezzle State government funds but also abuse the funds of the third tier of government, the local government. These governors go on to assume foreign debts they have no reasonable means to repay. This was the reason president Olusegun Obasanjo withheld Lagos State funds because the governor at the time, Ahmed Bola Tinubu was accused of this infringement. Mr. Peter Obi never took a loan as governor of Anambra State. All states projects were executed within the confined of the state's statutory allocation and internally generated revenues, yet on valediction, he left the people of the state a whopping surplus. This is in the same state where we are now told that the new government inherited a 300 billion naira debt profile. I was once told that a minimum of 60 percent of all containers imported through Lagos ports went east. We need to understand what this means in terms of economic value and conjuncture. You can't wake up and build a port in Nigeria unless the relevant federal interests say so. The southeast has cried their voices sore asking for the Niger river to be dredged. Lagos did not build Apapa and Tincal Island ports but immensely benefits from both in terms of direct revenue and macroeconomic value. What would Peter Obi do with a fully functional river port at Onitsha or Ulasi?. To summarize for lack of time on my part. If we are to enumerate this man's suitability for the job he now told us he would wish to assume if we give him the opportunity over his peers will require a lot more time and space which I, unfortunately, can hardly spare at the moment. Lastly, suffice it to say that Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu operated in 2 completely different systems and environments. If we dispassionately analyze the odds against these men when they operated in the capacity as governors, it will be fair to say that Mr. Obi had the shorter, way shorter end of the stick, yet succeeded immensely. The question we ought to be asking ourselves is, what would Peter Obi have made out of Lagos with its already established and enabled environment?. In contribution to the comment regarding ESN, my feeling is that ESN unfortunately is a necessary evil. Evil in the sense that acts unconnected to the original intent if its establishment is now accusatorily ascribed to it. But all of these are still allegations because if one looks critically at the antecedents of this Fulani government, it will be difficult, if not impossible to arrive at a conclusion that it is not contrived to disparage and lay to waste, the many gains of these brave men who successfully dislodged its anointed foot soldiers, the Fulani jihadist murderers from all across the southeast and parts of south-south geo-political zones. Folks can go to farms again and sleep with both eyes closed in these places, unlike the carnage and sorrow that continues to befall our people in the middle belt where mass graves and bloodshed have become a common happenstance. To that, I say a very hearty kudos and thank you to ESN, and the Fulani rulers of Nigeria can decide to call off both their clandestine siege of the southeast in the name of unknown gunmen and regular troops paid for with our taxes and natural resources to which their brethren contribute nothing. But I completely agree with you, sanity must now return to the Southeast, and the sure way to achieve that will be to find a political solution to the Nnamdi Kanu situation. I apologize for deviating from the topic, but who can blame anyone in today's Nigeria for becoming emotionally subsumed in the face of what we are now faced with. I submit!. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Crime › Re: My First Ugly Experience As A Police Officer by 00FFT00(m): 11:30pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
meedoLock:Scary story. But, pray tell, how many times and how much in bribes and extortion have you pocketed in your service time?. |
| Crime › Re: Rituals: Married Woman Carve-up By Boyfriend In Ondo by 00FFT00(m): 10:38pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
Omodua:Your entire family are cases! |
| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 9:28pm On Apr 22, 2022*. Modified: 10:37pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
simpleseyi:Who be your brethren?. Oga answer question wey I ask jor. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: Bola Tinubu At Jumma’at Service Today In Abuja Today by 00FFT00(m): 8:02pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
trutharena:He is still stealing Lagos and Osun state's taxes. A whopping 10 percent of it monthly, and that is just the beginning of a very lengthy kleptomaniac criminality this man is well known for. 1 Share
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| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 7:55pm On Apr 22, 2022*. Modified: 7:25am On Sep 21, 2022 |
dwas:He who charges must also prove. Can you enumerate for us what Tinubu achieved as a two-term Governor in Lagos?. I am aware that Lagosians can not drink water from taps powered by their government, nor do they have succor from filth and traffic gridlock. Please, list them. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: BREAKING NEWS: Peter Obi’s Cell Phone Stolen At Val Ozigbo’s Father Burial by 00FFT00(m): 7:36pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
DSS on the beat?. |
| Crime › Re: Rituals: Married Woman Carve-up By Boyfriend In Ondo by 00FFT00(m): 7:33pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
AmazingELixir:Please do not disturb my evening rest. Some of us do have full-time jobs. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Bola Tinubu At Jumma’at Service Today In Abuja Today by 00FFT00(m): 7:29pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
trutharena: |
| Crime › Re: Rituals: Married Woman Carve-up By Boyfriend In Ondo by 00FFT00(m): 7:10pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
AmazingELixir:Should we conduct an English language lesson on Nairaland?. |
| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 6:43pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
oursnail:How many Nigerian know Peter Obi Name? Peter Obi is a well-known personality in southern Nigeria and his name recognition is exponentially growing by the day, and now even more so in the north. How many leaders did Peter Obi build? Peter Obi Invested in people. The number of people, young people especially who now have hope of a secured life because of this man's personal engagements bears witness to both his benevolent nature and fore-sighted leadership quality. How many states in Nigeria Peter obi have link? Peter Gregory Obi is well known in Nigeria. As a serial entrepreneur, a Ceo, his investments in the banking sector and management of same, he has built a massive network of associates and partners as he touches lives across the nation. When Did Peter Obi. Start his political carrier? Peter Gregory Obi, born 19 July 1961 is both a politician and businessman, was a two-time governor in Anambra state from 7 March 2006 through 3 November 2006, and from 9 February 2007 through 17 March 2014. He was also the vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general election under the People's Democratic Party (P.D.P). He is currently a presidential aspirant for the 2023 Nigerian general election. Who have achievement better achievement? How many international leaders know Peter obi ? Peter Gregory Obi is well known and connected outside Nigeria having lived, studied, and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has traveled and partnered with business partners and associates in over 33 countries of the world. Mr. Obi studied various courses in schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. He was awarded the Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester, Pope, and Marty. This order is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as Head of State of the Vatican City. He is currently partnering with the Vatican to establish the Pope’s Scholas Ocurrentes Foundation in Nigeria. Who's among the duo is worldwide accepted? This is not a choice that will be hard for Nigerians to make. Mr. Peter Gregory Obi enjoys a statesman-like reputation all over the world, while Bola Tinubu is a convicted money Launderer and pled no contest to charges relating to drug trafficking in the united states. Now, notice that I took the time to attend to your concerns. A few very simple questions from me still, and they are: 1. How is Bola Ahmed Tinubu 70 years old and his biological daughter is 61? 2. Where was he born? 3 Who were his biological parents? 4. Who was his alma matta in both primary and secondary schools, and when?. 5. Can you concretely state how Ahmed Tinubu changed Lagos since the state still does not have pipe-borne water a good 15 years after he left as governor? Thank you for your anticipated response in the manner I did above. 1 Like
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| Politics › Re: Peter Obi Vs Tinubu's Educational Qualifications by 00FFT00(m): 5:25pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
SlyDev:Good. But, still post Tinubu's academic history. We jus wan check something. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Health › Re: I’m Pregnant With A Sickle Cell Baby - Help by 00FFT00(m): 3:59pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
Djriri:Why did he run. Did you impregnate yourself? Both of you are simply irresponsible. And you want us to become co-conspirators in the sin you already decided to commit  . 6 Likes |
| Crime › Re: Rituals: Married Woman Carve-up By Boyfriend In Ondo by 00FFT00(m): 3:43pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
bomb24:She escaped death by whiskers after her yet to be identified boyfriend, suspected to be a ritualist butchered her?. Like seriously?. Nigeria journalism. I give up. 44 Likes 3 Shares |
| Family › Re: I Am Tired Of My Marriage by 00FFT00(m): 3:40pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
janejjjjj5000:Just tell us that you want to sample other life's servings and quit blackmailing a good man. You married a man at age 19. Now 33 you believe you made the wrong choice. Women and selfishness. And you have no fault in the reason he flares up right?. Just apologize to that man for bringing his good name to disrepute even if you think you are exalting him by saying he is a good man. 1 Like |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Should I Accept The Job Offer From Him Or Not? Pls Help! by 00FFT00(m): 3:30pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
Islandlady:I'll be brief. NO! |
| Crime › Re: Who Knows This Young Lady She's Been Roaming Around Inside Trade Fair by 00FFT00(m): 3:28pm On Apr 22, 2022 |
jahmielbless:Look at all the features you listed. And you forgot the price?. |
| Politics › Re: Orji Kalu: At 62, I'm Happy I Gave My All To Abians As Governor by 00FFT00(m): 10:47am On Apr 22, 2022 |
3exe3:You dey mind the thief?. |
| Politics › Re: Supporter Releases Video Of Massive Crowd At Yahaya Bello's Declaration by 00FFT00(m): 10:46am On Apr 22, 2022 |
onojaintegrity:So, this is the fanfare this ape faced Kogi failure was is doing with Kogi civil servant's salary arrears?. And he now seeks to nationalize this same irresponsibility?. |
| Politics › Re: 2023: My Ambition Driven By Younger Generation's Interest - Peter Obi by 00FFT00(m): 10:00am On Apr 22, 2022 |
Animegirl:May I ask, how exactly did you come to that conclusion?. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Northern Christian Leaders Back Tinubu, Declares Him As A True Friend by 00FFT00(m): 12:26am On Apr 22, 2022 |
shigishege:Can I suggest that you please shut it. I am a Nigerian citizen, therefore entitled to discuss who rules the country that affects my life. |
| Travel › Re: Man Mistakenly Sends 130k To Bolt Driver Instead Of #1,300 (pictures) by 00FFT00(m): 10:10pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
N200k in a week?. Bolt sef na scam. 5 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Northern Christian Leaders Back Tinubu, Declares Him As A True Friend by 00FFT00(m): 10:06pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
Let me hazard a guess. N2 million per nose quickly assembled these semi fraudsters to a universe press conference. That Tinuubu campaign attaches their principal's name to fraudulent schemes like this shows their lack of professionalism as a campaign, and also showcases the depth of the rot their principal is willing to descend to be president. The question that must continue to cross any sane mind is, is this man mentally and morally fit to be president?. |
| Politics › Re: How Will Someone Pay 100m To Secure A Job Of 56M In 4yrs? by 00FFT00(m): 9:45pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
Mooh247:Mr researcher, what exactly is the correlation between the nonsense you wrote above and a political party basically telling us that you have to be a thief to vie for an office on their platform?. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Dariye, Nyame Pardon Will Not Derail Buhari's Anti-Corruption War - Garba Shehu by 00FFT00(m): 7:14pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
And some of you don't understand what this is all about yet?. |
| Phones › Re: Equiano: Google’s Second Subsea Cable In Africa Arrives In Lagos (Pictures) by 00FFT00(m): 6:53pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
OyeofIkoTuN:These Tinubu people no go kill us  |
| Politics › Re: We Are Ready To Fight War For The Second Time.................... IPOB by 00FFT00(m): 6:49pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
Prinxzona10:Well spoken Nwannem!. I actually saw through his antics. I knew he is an efulefu Igbo, and there are a few of these lost souls who are willing to disparage their parentage for a bowl of porridge, or whatever it is worth to them. Thanks for your kind words and please keep the faith. |
| Phones › Re: Equiano: Google’s Second Subsea Cable In Africa Arrives In Lagos (Pictures) by 00FFT00(m): 6:38pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
Nigerialabalaba:Since you went through all this trouble just to praise your lord and savior thief Tinubu, you forgot to educate the uninitiated to the effect that Olaudah Equiano alias Gustavo Vassa was not a Nigerian. He was an Igboman born in Igboland in 1745. There was no Nigeria in 1745. I thought I'd bring your intentional amnesia back to your attention Mr revisionist. 9 Likes 2 Shares |
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