Katsumoto:

An Igbo minister was caught stealing. Everyone condemned her except a majority of Ndigbo. Not only did they not condemn her, they came out in full force threatening hail and brimstone both online and offline. Some even threatened to withdraw their support for the president in his re-election bid.

When a group of people throw support for one of their own who has been caught stealing, what do we call that? Isn't that ethnic jingoism?

Would you lot be supporting a Northerner or Western minister if they were the ones involved in the scandal?

If I don't take it back, what will/can you do?

Ndigbo support corruption as long as the perp is one of their own. I said it again.

What ever happened to the meritocracy that you lot shout about? Or your belief that its Northern and Western officials who steal?

There are thieves from all over Nigeria; stop supporting a thief just because she is one of you.

Katsumoto:

An Igbo minister was caught stealing. Everyone condemned her except a majority of Ndigbo. Not only did they not condemn her, they came out in full force threatening hail and brimstone both online and offline. Some even threatened to withdraw their support for the president in his re-election bid.

When a group of people throw support for one of their own who has been caught stealing, what do we call that? Isn't that ethnic jingoism?

Would you lot be supporting a Northerner or Western minister if they were the ones involved in the scandal?

If I don't take it back, what will/can you do?

Ndigbo support corruption as long as the perp is one of their own. I said it again.

What ever happened to the meritocracy that you lot shout about? Or your belief that its Northern and Western officials who steal?

There are thieves from all over Nigeria; stop supporting a thief just because she is one of you.

Ngwakwe: @Sam_Ikenna

It is stupidity to try pleasing anyone if your conviction is all for justice and fairness irrespective of whose ox is gouged.

For your information, I have been here for more than five years and have also worked as a subordinates to a South-westerners as well as having them as my assistants. There is an inbreed hypocrisy in most of them, Naptu2 and Kats inclusive if I am to judge by the events of last two weeks which I was forced to defend Oduah based on the available information from both the whistle blowers and several agencies of Aviation Ministry however, I decided to log off for a week until this very moment to allow me to hear the her defence and that of her accomplices NCAA, FAAN and Coscharis before the various probe committees to avoid making the mistake of siding with a crime I cannot condone irrespective of who is involved.

Now, let me tell you the hypocrisy inherent in Naptu2 and Kats doctrines in this scandal. They various S/W media and their hypocritical bedfellows want to hit up the polity to force her resignation before she can even defend herself through daily propaganda and Lagos based media lynching knowing fully well that she can never be recalled even if she is vindicated after the probe.

Stella Oduah was previously accused of buying armoured cars for herself through NCAA whereas the purported documents before the public were showing a clear transaction of acquisition of assets by NCAA and secondly another propaganda was that she collected N120M as kickback from Coscaris. Haba, without evidence the Adults in Nairaland believe it, then again it changed to budget approval and other protocols. All these lynching propaganda have a sinister objective - Let's force her out before any hearing that is capable of exonerating her if any.


Now, let me clear some falsehood that were peddled here during my absent.

Falana requested for the information about the Armoured Cars bought for madam minister from NCAA invoking FOI and he was told that no such document exist. The reason for this reply was simply because the armoured vehicle were never for madam minister but are NCAA operations vehicle.

The issue of budgetry approval is not in question as the NASS can't understand the various paragraphs that supports that - too bad.

The last is the issue of approving a transaction above N100M, this is false as non of the armoured Cars have any payment up to that per annual according to the leasing agreement with First Bank as it will be spread over three years making the argument for those that understand budget implementation and spread null and void.

The summary of my sermon is, let's stop being overtly conscious of assigning motive and passing bias judgement in order to please whichever camp you openly or secretly protect.

Katsumoto:

Please go and have your snuff.

You can't read

You can't analyse issues properly

You can't comprehend

All you can do is to pontificate and obfuscate aimlessly.

Let me give you an explanation for a 7 year old

Your boss gave you 240N to buy bicycles. You spent 650N and entered into a loan with a money lender which will result in your boss paying 600N to repay 650N. The money lender and bicycle seller are your friends. So you cheat your boss out of 1,000N so that you and your friends can make a huge buck.

There is fraud, corruption, and misappropriation of funds in this case.

TerraCotta:

Not disappointed at all. You're entitled to your views and I don't think they're necessarily wrong--I do think they may be exaggerated though. In all honesty, the only reason I even logged in to read and respond is that you strike me as a man with a strong sense of integrity and I wanted to point out that Stella doesn't enjoy unanimous support from her ethnic group.

Ngwakwe: The act of manipulating people's mind through painting the pictures of alternative thoughts is symbolism of witchcraft.

Prof Corruption:
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pazienza:

Jarus, kats,Gbawe,Physics,and Naptu are well known tribalists with anti-igbo leaning ,your failure to see that can only mean one thing: you are a tribalist like them. *grins*

pazienza: Exactly. Force Stella out for stepping on Yoruba interest, get another Igbo to replace her so that people don't see it as ethnic motivated. This new Igbo person, haven seen the ordeal Oduah passed through, will not be too eager to step on Yoruba interest in the future. It's an old game the treacherous tribe from SW had mastered, any Igbo son not wise enough to see through this, deserves to be brought out in the open, and shot with a double barrel gun at a very very close range.

Katsumoto:

An Igbo minister was caught stealing. Everyone condemned her except a majority of Ndigbo. Not only did they not condemn her, they came out in full force threatening hail and brimstone both online and offline. Some even threatened to withdraw their support for the president in his re-election bid.

When a group of people throw support for one of their own who has been caught stealing, what do we call that? Isn't that ethnic jingoism?

Would you lot be supporting a Northerner or Western minister if they were the ones involved in the scandal?

If I don't take it back, what will/can you do?

Ndigbo support corruption as long as the perp is one of their own. I said it again.

What ever happened to the meritocracy that you lot shout about? Or your belief that its Northern and Western officials who steal?

There are thieves from all over Nigeria; stop supporting a thief just because she is one of you.

Katsumoto: In a court of law, we don't necessarily trust the words of a criminal because a criminal will lie through the skin of its teeth to escape punishment.

Onlytruth: Sometimes it is good to call a spade a spade.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CORRUPTION.

Nuff said.

The revelation that the Aviation Minister Ms. Stella Oduah arm-twisted the National Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to buy two armored BMW cars for $1.6 million dollars has raised a lot of questions. How we answer some of these questions will determine if we will be able to reduce corruption in our society. I will now tackle some of your frequently asked questions.

Q1. Why Ms. Stella Oduah?
Answer: Because she was caught, red-handed, if I may add.


Q2. Isn’t that what they’ve all been doing? They are all corrupt.
Answer: When a police radar clocks your car for driving faster than the speed limit and you are pulled over, that some other drivers were driving faster than you will not let you off the hook. That they all do it does not exonerate you.


Q3. Why now? Isn’t this a calculated attempt to frustrate her? Is this issue not orchestrated by the special interests she sidelined in order to carry out impressive work she is doing in the aviation sector, like the airport renovations?
Answer: Every person in authority deals with special interests. In a place where there is no transparency and standards, people in power favor some and disfavor others. This is something that following laid down procedures will save them from. Those you did not favor may be unhappy, or even be antagonistic. For every Dangote favored there is an Ibeto disfavored. They may wish that you disappear from your position, but they will not force you to spend $1.6 million to buy two armored cars.


Q4: Stella Oduah is not the first person to be caught misappropriating public funds. There is Farouk Lawan, Dimeji Bankole, why is everyone piling on her?
Answer: I went back to look at news reports of the time when major corruption scandals broke. They looked to me as if everyone was piling on those people, too. In fact, it appears as if those who complain that a particular corruption suspect is being piled on are the same people who derided another suspect in the past.

The only change that I see in Stella Oduah’s case is that Nigerians are getting more frustrated by the day. And social media is expanding the more. If you think Stella Oduah had it rough, wait until the next scandal that will break. In fact, President Jonathan complains of being the most criticized Nigerian president but my pity is with the next president- whoever that may be. It’ll be rough, rough, rough.


Q5. Are we not innocent until proven guilty in a court of law?
Answer: Yes. But that’s in a sane society. In a society where a suspected thief is lynched on the street or a police officer regularly shoots a suspect and plants evidence on him, what do you expect? Isn’t it ironic that some of the same people who are quoting the law in the case of Ms. Oduah will gladly pour petrol and light the matches on a suspected thief?


Q6. Isn’t the fact that she’s a smart Igbo woman a factor?
Answer: I hope she is not the first smart Igbo woman in government. And I hope she will not be the last. If my memory serves me right, in September of 2007, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Etteh was accused of authorizing the spending of N628 million naira (about $5 million) to renovate her official residence and that of her deputy and also for the purchase of 12 official cars. She was forced to resign by public outcry, even when President Olusegun Obasanjo was solidly behind her. I don’t remember her being a smart Igbo woman.

Onlytruth: The credibility of any allegation against the honorable Minister of Aviation comes into the highest form of dubity once it passes through the biased editorial chambers of the lead lynch mob media house by the name of Sahara reporters.

Sahara Reporters -> Mouthpiece of a lynch mob let lose on a hardworking and distinguished minister!

Prof Corruption:

am I surprised? Not at all. It does not fit into your preconceived notion that the Yoruba are working against your interests.

remark D: Mr. Kats, I asked you a simple, direct, metaphorical question ...

again: Did Stella Oduah steal?

django1: OMG NL IBO bigots are forking retarded.

Stop eating dog shiit and become a human being.

Dive-Bomber:
All these cockroaches on nairaland knocking their heads on the wall because of Stella Oduah are on a journey to nowhere. They tried it with Diezani where they shouted and rent their clothes, yet, Diezani is still there. They tried Ihejirika but met a stone wall, They turned to Ngozi Okonjo Iweala but were bitterly frustrated. Now they are calling for Oduah's head but will fail as usual

some of them try to hide their hate for the Igbo race like Katsumoto but the frustration oozing from him is so obvious. You'll should go and ccheck your BP because it might hit the roof soon.

Betterstill, go ahead and commit suicide and relieve yourselves of your misery and bitterness

ndu_chucks: Nna, there seem to be a drought of progressives in alaigbo. Even Mr. Gull and Sam_Ikenna could not rise above tribal sentiments. Odiwa terrible.

Prof Corruption:

am I surprised? Not at all. It does not fit into your preconceived notion that the Yoruba are working against your interests.

ndu_chucks: Nna, there seem to be a drought of progressives in alaigbo. Even Mr. Gull and Sam_Ikenna could not rise above tribal sentiments. Odiwa terrible.

We already know that Onlytruth is a lost cause.