A man with a questionable past is today addressed as Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he could bear any name from his weird past such as Yekini Amoda Ogunlere , Hameed Sangodele , Yekini Amoda or even Bobo Chicago. Ever since his inglorious eight years rule as Governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007 on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), to date, he has more or less served as the chief looter who has unleashed the most egregious corruption and reckless looting on the treasury of Lagos State. Even as he hides under the guise of championing democratic principles, various frauds including financial crimes have been linked to him such that he can only be summed up as a perpetrator of diabolical deeds.

PointB:


This pretty much summarizes the article for me. Let me laugh in sophistication. hehheehhehehe

1. That in 2009, Fashola gave N250 million to the Rotimi Akeredolu-led executive of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) for the NBA conference held in Lagos, at a time when Lagos teachers and doctors were on strike for improved welfare package.

2. The Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) government within six months, January to June 2009, spent N420 million on the hiring of private security – to guard who? – despite his heavy investment in the Police Force through the State Security Trust Fund.

3. BRF spent N1.5 billion to demolish the Bank of Industry (BOI) building, paying a company introduced by one Tunji Olowolafe in cash transfer, only for him and his cronies to claim the land adjacent to it.

4. The BRF government awarded a part of Western Avenue (Funsho Williams Road), about two kilometres road for N7.7 billion, just between Abalti Barracks and Costain. And without the construction of any bridge, the project was carried out by Julius Berger. This project must certainly be investigated.

5. Between January and June 2009, the BRF government claimed to have fuelled 225 vehicles in his office alone with N135 million. These figures amount to about N800, 000 per day at a time that petrol was sold for N65 per litre. The government always got fuel cheaper, but BRF claimed to have bought it at N85 per litre.

6. Between January and June 2009, BRF’s Chief of Staff and Personal Assistants expended N290 million in sending text messages and phone calls on their lines.

7. It is also very sad to know that the BRF government awarded the construction of a road and drains inside Gbagada General Hospital for over N1.8 billion to the same Tunji Olowolafe’s company (DEUX Projects Limited).

8. The sum of N1.5 billion of un-appropriated funds, without approval, was claimed to have been spent on the demolition of Oshodi.

9. The Helicopter Deal was a big fraud. The helicopter was not built for any kind of emergency evacuation, rescue or to even combat urban fire. Over N5 billion has been spent on the two helicopters. And the seal of Lagos State is not on it, and it is not even in Lagos but in the Niger Delta making money for some private people in government. The whole helicopter deal stinks to high heavens; it constitutes the biggest governmental fraud of all times and confirms the rot in the State. See THISDAY December 19, 2009.

10. The Senior Special Assistant , SSA (Media) to BRF spent N183 million in six months on press coverage and editors outside the approved budget but funded directly from the Governor’s Office.

11. In a State where children are sitting on the floor in classrooms, where unemployment is rampant and poverty pervasive, BRF paid the wife of a controversial pastor over N600 million in two years for Christmas decorations for about six streets in Lagos.

12. In six months, between January and June 2009, BRF spent monies on several faceless organisations, subventions, grants and donations such that they quickly pocketed N2 billion.

ndu_chucks:

This is not only a ofemmmanu tragedy but a Nigerian tragedy. You are laughing at your own calamity there. dolo

Pastor Kun:

I got the story from www.naijahottestgist.com and it's a web site owned by a Yoruba man. That aside must you people always put a tribal slant to everything you discuss in this politics section Tribalism is a major part of what is wrong wih Nigeria and you are a part of it. And before you start throwing tribal slurs at me, kindly note that i am a Yoruba man as well. I just abhor tribalism.

joeyfire: Nuff respect sir. Fact is that tinubu and company pay these social media hacks to continually launder their image on the internet. Unfortunately once there is any criticism of their employer they tap into powerful and despicable tools like tribalism. These people exploit distrust between ethnic groups especially yorubas and igbos to divert attention from the issues in discussion. Either by starting an e-fight when they hurl invectives to call out igbos or just plain label you a pdp member because they know people of the south west hate the pdp with a passion.

I was a card carrying AD member in 1999 in my university days but when tinubu paid his thugs to pelt the late honourable gani fawehinmi at igbosere high court i discovered the kind of man he was.

2. The Tinubu administration awarded the construction of City Hall for N2.3 billion. BRF only changed the floor tiles to marble tiles and increased the contract sum to N5.2 billion. This project was increased by 126 percent.

blink182: Long and boring write up. Who cares if they are stealing, the peoples lives are being affected positively. With all the stealing from the federal government, what is on ground.

Poster definitely does not realize nigerians are easily satisfied. Create jobs, good infrastructures and steal all you want, only a handful of watch dogs will make a noise. Have it in mind though that most states have almost zero infrastructure and in working for the people, there is little money left to be stolen.

One day eventually, our president will leave office and the parasites flocking around him will move over to the next president and he would be left alone to see how he failed the country. No one will be around to develop propaganda for him and no one to defend his lying claims.

ndu_chucks:

This is not only a ofemmmanu tragedy but a Nigerian tragedy. You are laughing at your own calamity there. dolo

ndu_chucks: One day go be one day, when both perpetrators of these crimes and the shameless sycophants who are defending them will pay dearly. Clock is ticking.

KwoiZabo: Wole Soyinka don't see such things maybe when it comes to issues like this his microphone doesn't work

KwoiZabo: Wole Soyinka don't see such things maybe when it comes to issues like this his microphone doesn't work

NaijaFlow: If you have been searching for the definition of coward just check Lagosians, na dem mumu pass and na follow follow dem do, anything Saint fashola and Holy tinubu does is right and they finds no fault in it especially our yoruba brothers but whatever a non yoruba does is very wrong. Hypocrisy runs in their veins except for a few who tells the truth as it is.

@ NaijaFlow: If you have been searching for the definition of coward just check Lagosians, na dem mumu pass and na follow follow dem do, anything Saint fashola and Holy tinubu does is right and they finds no fault in it especially our yoruba brothers but whatever a non yoruba does is very wrong. Hypocrisy runs in their veins except for a few who tells the truth as it is.

ibot_jaycob: Everyone knows Tinubu has been stealing from Lagos since 1999, the truth is that no one, not even the president can bring him to book, they are all cut from the same cloth, so my brother, write all the article in this world, it can't change anything, they'll continue stealing from Lagos till Jesus comes. Not that I support what they do, but these folks are untouchable, it takes divine intervention for us to get justice.

joeyfire: Nuff respect sir. Fact is that tinubu and company pay these social media hacks to continually launder their image on the internet. Unfortunately once there is any criticism of their employer they tap into powerful and despicable tools like tribalism. These people exploit distrust between ethnic groups especially yorubas and igbos to divert attention from the issues in discussion. Either by starting an e-fight when they hurl invectives to call out igbos or just plain label you a pdp member because they know people of the south west hate the pdp with a passion.

I was a card carrying AD member in 1999 in my university days but when tinubu paid his thugs to pelt the late honourable gani fawehinmi at igbosere high court i discovered the kind of man he was.

PointB:


Sharrap half-brother. Do you have to mention 'ofenmanu.' Keep your bigotry in check, it's monday morning for crying out loud!