jp philips:

you condemn corruption in its entirety not comparing it with a bigger one.
i wasnt suprised you missed his point.

the jobless praise singer abayomi is passing off fati abubakar as an icon worthy of emulation forgetting that we know she sealed her lips and folded her arms while her husband rewound our destiny by a decade.

jp philips:
Fati hero indeed, what role did she play at a time her husband was the looter in chief of our treasury?

Abiyamọ: Da Don, you've said it all As for Flora Azikiwe, I was just mentioning examples that came to my mind in the write-up, you see I didn't even remember Victoria Gowon or Esther Obasanjo. Me I didn't know that forgetting to mention a name na crime o....lol! Thanks a lot for adding further clarifications, you've said it all, in a very concise manner

donroxy: ahahaha that is Nairalanders for you ::::::: They would consider even letter ''A'' from Tribalistic view before concluding tis just an Alphabet !!!


,Sincerely,I adore the name ''Iyaniwura'' though I always appreciate the personality behind both Moniker ::::::::


Iyaniwura is gentle and meek,Only pass the views and ensure it is well concieved while could go to any length to defend and protect her children and Heritage!!!

Does the above have anything to do with ur change in moniker,is it cuz u wanna be more assertive than how ''Iyaniwura'' conveyed the messages thus metamorphosed to abi Oja gborogboro !!!

Dudu_Negro: , there's an end of year appreciation in Nairaland Politics Section to people who have contributed most positively to the forum. We vote and nominate top three best contributors. So far at half point in the year, you have won my vote as the best contributor for the section this year.

We love to beat down on our leaders, you bring balance by giving to us a side of them we did not know. Great job and God Bless you.

donroxy: Yes,Yes and Yes ::::::: It is not hyperbolic to tagged Hajia Fati Abubakar a Heroine

Ok,U asked why ?

Here I go ;

Since Babangida's Regime turned the Firstlady to one of the most prominent,Influential and powerful personality in Nigeria even with Office and what I may tagged Portfolio via His wife,Maryam Babangida ,We have always had power-drunk and Power-intoxicated FirstLadies most especially wives of the Military Generals and C-In-C namely Maryam Babangida (The most influential of all firstladies) and Maryam Abacha (The powerful woman) ::::::::::::::: despite their Husbands being Illegitimate leaders .


The two Illegitimate firstladies mentioned above despite their Husbands administering Illegitimate Government were Highly powerful and Influential ,they were power-drunk and their Elegance is outa the world !!!



Hajia Fati Abubakar despite being the wife of a Dictatorial also having the largesse and facilities to Operate as the aforementioned firstladies,she was reclusive,she was unique :::::::: She knew Her Husband Occupied an Illegitimate seat,she was an agent of the Law,she even knew the Office of the Firstlady is Unconstitutional (despite having the power to reason otherwise and conveyed herself like the rest) !!!


And To the wives of the democratic presidents,they should also be criticised too cuz they are occupying Illegitimate Office ;Stella Obasanjo;Turai Yar'adua( the most powerful democratic FirstLady in Nigeria) and Now Madam Dame( also influentia though lost a parcel of land to Turai's manhood) ahahaha


Could our democratic Firstladies conveyed themselves as Hajia Fati :::::.Hell No !!!



That is why gave Kudos to Hajia Fati,that is why she was eulogised !!! And Yes, She deserved to be eulogised !!!

"The military government headed by General Abdulsalami Abubakar in 1998 recovered some funds from Abacha’s family and two former ministers that had apparently been appropriated in a fraudulent buy-back of Russian-held debt, but there were no prosecutions. Nor was there a full disclosure and accountability with respect to the monies recovered".
http://serap-nigeria.org/escrs-corruption-in-nigeria/

"Mr. Abubakar’s share of the illicit bribe funds, a total of $37.5 million, was wired to him through accounts in the American Express Bank Annex at the Towers World Financial Centre, New York, the Seaway National Bank, Chicago, and the Bank of New York.

Mr. Abubakar, who served as military ruler after the death of General Sani Abacha, operated several bank accounts that period included A/C No 187765 Chips VID 250517 (in the name of Maizubi Holdings, Minna), A/C No 0074952045, Routing Number 071001216, Foundation Inc., A/C No 9800263826 Swift/Sort Code GHBAGRAA001 and A/C No 0039342923-21 Routing Number 052001533.

The bribery deals were overseen by Jeffrey Tesler, a lawyer and dual citizen of the UK and Israel who served as a consultant to KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton that sought to secure construction contracts worth $6 billion. Mr. Tesler was arrested in the UK in 2009. In 2011, he struck a plea bargain with US authorities that sent him to jail for 21 months. In addition, he forfeited $150 million to the US government."

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/halliburton-bribery-scam-million-dollar-bribes-were-wired-abdulsalami-abubakar-julius-berg

SOME top Nigerian officials in the regimes of the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, his successor, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar have been linked with large scale fraud by the United States (U.S.) government.

Information filed by the American government under seal at a U.S. District Court in Houston, Texas shows that these Nigerian functionaries and their foreign collaborators siphoned N21 billion ($180 million) from the treasury through the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trains and projects valued at N696 billion ($6 billion). According to records before the court, the bribery scandal ran for a decade, 1994 to 2004.

Although the names of former and current Nigerian functionaries, who shared in the bribe have not been released by the U.S. government, the stage for the prosecution of their cohorts has been set by an American oil company official, Mr. Jack Stanley, who last week pleaded guilty to the crime.

U.S. sources said that the bribery scandal involving topmost levels of the Nigerian government officials started in 1994 and continued till 2004 on the contract awards for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services in the building of the LNG trains.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/...b%20LNG%20scam

Abiyamọ: Good question. And clarifications have to be made so the proper context of the answer will be comprehended. During the First Republic, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the inimitable Owelle and Great Zik of Africa was Nigeria's first (and ceremonial) president from 1963-1966 but he was, I must emphasize, a ceremonial head of state. That is one. Two, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria from 1960-1966, and he was the head of government (not state) and had real powers. As a matter of fact, in 1964, when there was a tussle between the Balewa the PM and Azikiwe the Presido, only Balewa had the powers and authority to issue commands to the military.

Now, it gets dicey because some will ask that, shebi Azikiwe was the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces so why will Balewa be the one in control of the army. Well, another fact comes up again: after we gained independence in 1960 from the Britikos, Azikiwe was acting as the Governor-General (in other words, representative of the Queen) until 1963 when we became a republic. But from that 1960-1963, Balewa had already formed a government (actually as early as 1957)and was already the Chief Minister (later Prime Minister upon independence in 1960) and he was re-elected again in 1964, and it was not until 1963 when the Republican constitution was amended that Azikiwe was 'deemed to have been elected as the President and C-in-C', emphasis on the word 'deemed'. So between 1960 to 1966, we had two leaders as we were operating a parliamentary democracy in which one person was heading the government (Balewa) while the other was the ceremonial head of state. In government buildings, the portraits of both of them were placed on the walls (Ojukwu ordered them removed at a time).

That was the only time we had that kind of system of government. So if I am to write on all the wives of Nigerian leaders from 1960 to date, there is no way I will not include Flora Azikiwe and the four spouses of Balewa: Jumai, Umma, Zainab and Laraba. The only thing I must do then is to make the clear distinction between the two parties regarding the functions of their husbands, shikena. Today, we use a presidential system of government so it is neater and cleaner unlike those days of Balewa and Azikiwe. A president under a parliamentary system is not the same as a president under a presidential system, I think that is where the misunderstanding is emanating from.

And if I am even to base the articles on the figure with real power (like in Israel where Shimon Peres is the President (and ceremonial figurehead) but Benjamin Netanyahu is the PM with real powers, I will be mentioning only Balewa's wives as First Ladies, however, that is not the goal, the aim is to discuss all the wives of Nigerian leaders, be it PM, President or khaki boy, they are all Nigerian leaders). I hope this helps.

Abiyamọ: I wanted to respond to you because I thought you knew what you were saying but I had no option than to stop when I saw you wrote General Abdulsalami is a fugitive on the run from American justice...lol! Anyways, the post is on Fati. You can keep digressing if you wish.

Isiterere: I really wish our dear president's wife could borrow a cue from her; she still continued her profession despite the elevation of her husband.
TBH,is it really true na fish Dame patience Jonathan dey sell b4?

Matadaz: @

a very interesting and educative write up.
pls,don't be discourage because we are expecting
more of these kind of write up from U.

takia

berem: Can't some people just learn how to be civil for once? what's with the insults and calling of names? smh

@ , am reading the thread for the first time. you have won my heart with your interesting and educative posts. Am still expecting more of your threads. God bless you!

Andro Blaze:

She'll get my vote too.

Dudu_Negro: , there's an end of year appreciation in Nairaland Politics Section to people who have contributed most positively to the forum. We vote and nominate top three best contributors. So far at half point in the year, you have won my vote as the best contributor for the section this year.

We love to beat down on our leaders, you bring balance by giving to us a side of them we did not know. Great job and God Bless you.

dmj_shyne: AAA.....I double-sight u.....
Keep 'repping'

jp philips:
1. you are better off not using words you don't know their meaning, because she lived quietly in opulence fraudulently obtained makes her unique?

2. are you ok? do you know what unique means in ENGLISH? I thought has insulted our intelligence enough.


3. As a woman who watched her husband grow from a mere military employee to an overnight multibillionaire, refused to ask the right questions and you put "Unique" behind her name in a sentence?

donroxy: U see Jp,

English Language is a great problem to you, also u lack basic logical reasonings.

Let me show you where u erred and teach U how to be objective in life ::::::::

Denotative meaning of UNIQUE ; Unusual;Rare;Being the only one of its kind :::::::: simply put ; Different from the rest!!!!


When u compared issues,events,situations and conditions et all across board,the one(s) that stand out (distinguished/distinct) from normal/usual (expected) occurence can be said to be UNIQUE !!!

Therefore,Unique as used by seemed to be beyond your level of intelligence as well as knowledge of english language words, denotatively and contextually, simply because u believed Unique is only used to judge the BEST while u do not know we could have a ''Unique thief'' , ''Unique land'' , ''Unique water '' Unique whatever :::::: it only implied something(quality/quantity) is just different from others !!!! Someones or something,its way of operation differs !!!


Jp phillips, u would easily fail synonyms and antonyms cuz u would never considered the contextual usage of words in a sentence !!!


So,Jp phillips, Unique as used in describing Hajia Fati Abubakar doesn't make her the best woman Nigeria has ever produced neither the best military wife nor the most ''ideal'' FirstLady :::


Unique was only used to describe HER simply because she was reclusive,she deviate from expectation which is quite unusual judging from what has transpired during the years of those before Her (Since IBB) !!!


Ur problem, JP phillip, is; U did not know UNIQUE is only used to distinguished an unusual occurence;deviation from usual expectation;rare occassion !!!!


Next time Jp phillips, before u tonguelashed a fellow,get ur fact right as no human has monopoly of Knowledge,we are all learners ::::: and also,let insult be the last tool u would ever used in butressing ur points !!!


Also,a man could be devilish all through his entire life,but if he did even an atom of Goodliness,such deserved to be acknowledged!!! Thats how to be objective !!!



This thread has nothing to do with General Abdsallam Abubakar But Hajia Fati Lima Abubakar !!!

should not be insulted simply because UNIQUE was used in describing Hajia Fati !!!

Now,U shd be able to know who is Ok and NOT Ok between us !!!

donroxy: U see Jp,

English Language is a great problem to you, also u lack basic logical reasonings.

Let me show you where u erred and teach U how to be objective in life ::::::::

Denotative meaning of UNIQUE ; Unusual;Rare;Being the only one of its kind :::::::: simply put ; Different from the rest!!!!


When u compared issues,events,situations and conditions et all across board,the one(s) that stand out (distinguished/distinct) from normal/usual (expected) occurence can be said to be UNIQUE !!!

Therefore,Unique as used by seemed to be beyond your level of intelligence as well as knowledge of english language words, denotatively and contextually, simply because u believed Unique is only used to judge the BEST while u do not know we could have a ''Unique thief'' , ''Unique land'' , ''Unique water '' Unique whatever :::::: it only implied something(quality/quantity) is just different from others !!!! Someones or something,its way of operation differs !!!


Jp phillips, u would easily fail synonyms and antonyms cuz u would never considered the contextual usage of words in a sentence !!!


So,Jp phillips, Unique as used in describing Hajia Fati Abubakar doesn't make her the best woman Nigeria has ever produced neither the best military wife nor the most ''ideal'' FirstLady :::


Unique was only used to describe HER simply because she was reclusive,she deviate from expectation which is quite unusual judging from what has transpired during the years of those before Her (Since IBB) !!!


Ur problem, JP phillip, is; U did not know UNIQUE is only used to distinguished an unusual occurence;deviation from usual expectation;rare occassion !!!!


Next time Jp phillips, before u tonguelashed a fellow,get ur fact right as no human has monopoly of Knowledge,we are all learners ::::: and also,let insult be the last tool u would ever used in butressing ur points !!!


Also,a man could be devilish all through his entire life,but if he did even an atom of Goodliness,such deserved to be acknowledged!!! Thats how to be objective !!!



This thread has nothing to do with General Abdsallam Abubakar But Hajia Fati Lima Abubakar !!!

should not be insulted simply because UNIQUE was used in describing Hajia Fati !!!

Now,U shd be able to know who is Ok and NOT Ok between us !!!

donroxy: U see Jp,

English Language is a great problem to you, also u lack basic logical reasonings.

Let me show you where u erred and teach U how to be objective in life ::::::::

Denotative meaning of UNIQUE ; Unusual;Rare;Being the only one of its kind :::::::: simply put ; Different from the rest!!!!


When u compared issues,events,situations and conditions et all across board,the one(s) that stand out (distinguished/distinct) from normal/usual (expected) occurence can be said to be UNIQUE !!!

Therefore,Unique as used by seemed to be beyond your level of intelligence as well as knowledge of english language words, denotatively and contextually, simply because u believed Unique is only used to judge the BEST while u do not know we could have a ''Unique thief'' , ''Unique land'' , ''Unique water '' Unique whatever :::::: it only implied something(quality/quantity) is just different from others !!!! Someones or something,its way of operation differs !!!


Jp phillips, u would easily fail synonyms and antonyms cuz u would never considered the contextual usage of words in a sentence !!!


So,Jp phillips, Unique as used in describing Hajia Fati Abubakar doesn't make her the best woman Nigeria has ever produced neither the best military wife nor the most ''ideal'' FirstLady :::


Unique was only used to describe HER simply because she was reclusive,she deviate from expectation which is quite unusual judging from what has transpired during the years of those before Her (Since IBB) !!!


Ur problem, JP phillip, is; U did not know UNIQUE is only used to distinguished an unusual occurence;deviation from usual expectation;rare occassion !!!!


Next time Jp phillips, before u tonguelashed a fellow,get ur fact right as no human has monopoly of Knowledge,we are all learners ::::: and also,let insult be the last tool u would ever used in butressing ur points !!!


Also,a man could be devilish all through his entire life,but if he did even an atom of Goodliness,such deserved to be acknowledged!!! Thats how to be objective !!!



This thread has nothing to do with General Abdsallam Abubakar But Hajia Fati Lima Abubakar !!!

should not be insulted simply because UNIQUE was used in describing Hajia Fati !!!

Now,U shd be able to know who is Ok and NOT Ok between us !!!

"Also,a man could be devilish all through his entire life,but if he did even an atom of Goodliness,such deserved to be acknowledged!!! Thats how to be objective !!!

jp philips:
Lol
Please forgive my ignorance