lepashandi:

i have it on good authority that Ndidi Onyioke (onyuike) wants to fukc Obama - this is the fact.

let Mrs Obama descend on you Nigerians.

You will know the meaning of the New Yorker cartoon.

McKren:

Stop kidding yourself

You are no Northerner

This is not about North vs South.  Its about a President who should be a custodian of the law selling the country to outlaws

Why is that when southerners commit crime, they are always innocent and pitied by the south?But when the northerns are yet to commit crime, hell is let loose.
This woman is just an advanced igbo fraudster (419) with Phd. She is a bloody psycophant that thinks obama is obasanjo. She has not finished tarring the road to her village she is busy raising funds for obama with the stock excange money. Abeg she should be seriously probed not only for this but trannscorp, Nitel and others.

Having read through much of the posts on this thread I must say that not only am I shocked at some of the posts by supposedly educated young Nigerians but I am disappointed that the moderator of this forum has decided to do nothing about some of the inciting,foolish and idiotic write-ups posted here.

It is a shame that a bunch of so called educated young Nigerians could be so stupid and idiotic that they cannot differenciate between 'an invitation for questioning' and 'an arrest', even after one or two of the few reasonable ones on this forum has pointed out quite clearly the obvious difference.

Surely this only points to the oft repeated saying that if you want to hide anything from a black man, nay, a Nigerian you just put it in writing.

Moderator do something! You have an axe,I think you should learn to wield it when necessary.

Having read through much of the posts on this thread I must say that not only am I shocked at some of the posts by supposedly educated young Nigerians but I am disappointed that the moderator of this forum has decided to do nothing about some of the inciting,foolish and idiotic write-ups posted here.

I[b]t is a shame that a bunch of so called educated young Nigerians could be so stupid and idiotic that they cannot differenciate between 'an invitation for questioning' and 'an arrest', even after one or two of the few reasonable ones on this forum has pointed out quite clearly the obvious difference.[/b]

Surely this only points to the oft repeated saying that if you want to hide anything from a black man, nay, a Nigerian you just put it in writing.

Moderator do something! You have an axe,I think you should learn to wield it when necessary.

I am not sure you can blame people that much because some of the Newspapers actually used
he term "arrest" and not "invite".

lepashandi:

i have it on good authority that Ndidi Onyioke (onyuike) wants to fukc Obama - this is the fact.

That is really mean of you.


The poor woman ought to have known better, a venture like this is inimical to social projects here in Nigeria. I really wish she comes out of this unscathed.

misplaced priorities.

cola:

this is my fear for this country!

young 'educated' nigerians not being able to show clear understanding of the difference betwen 'invitation for questioning' and 'arrest'.

portends danger for the future

, and these same youths make noise about current 'leaders'

as bad as they are (current crop of leaders), I hope they wouldn't turn out to be better than many of these ignorant and sensation-seeking 'future leaders'.

By no means is this a generalization,

my respect to those Nairalanders that are very discerning.

"Invitation for Questioning/Arrest" Whichever

10million Bucks for a Dinner

Ten tables there would build a modern Primary School In her village

mide312:



"Invitation for Questioning/Arrest" Whichever

10million Bucks for a Dinner

Ten tables there would build a modern Primary School In her village

God Bless you Jare.
Its amazing people can even defend her or the fools who attended.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!!!

GOODNIGHT!

cola:

young 'educated' nigerians not being able to show clear understanding of the difference betwen 'invitation for questioning' and 'arrest'.
as bad as they are (current crop of leaders), I hope they wouldn't turn out to be better than many of these ignorant and sensation-seeking 'future leaders'.

odzgem:

Having read through much of the posts on this thread I must say that not only am I shocked at some of the posts by supposedly educated young Nigerians but I am disappointed that the moderator of this forum has decided to do nothing about some of the inciting,foolish and idiotic write-ups posted here.
It is a shame that a bunch of so called educated young Nigerians could be so stupid and idiotic that they cannot differenciate between 'an invitation for questioning' and 'an arrest', even after one or two of the few reasonable ones on this forum has pointed out quite clearly the obvious difference.
Moderator do something! You have an axe,I think you should learn to wield it when necessary.

@cola, I assume you did not check the link supplied by the original poster, if you did, you'D have noticed that ''invitation for questioning'' wasn't mentioned anywhere . Our responses here are based on the word ''Arrest'', hence, your heap of insults and name calling should be directed at the media and not people who are merely responding to things that they read. In future, I suggest you take more time to read and digest before you spew insults.

@odgzgem, don't you even sound more idiotic than the supposedly idiotic people your post is aimed at? I'm sure if there's an axe to be wielded, it would be in your direction.

Here is an excerpt from the news page, for your perusal:

EFCC Arrests Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, D.G., NSE
August 20, 2008 18:51

Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, over her role in the controversial N100million fundraiser, which she and her group claimed was meant to support the candidacy of Barack Obama, US Democratic presidential hopeful.

Onyiuke was arrested in Abuja today, following a petition written to the EFCC by the authorities of the SEC. She is currently under the custody of the EFCC.

Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, confirmed arrest

http://thepmnews.com/2008/08/20/efcc-arrests-ndi-okereke-onyiuke-dg-nse

its so annoying this coming from a woman who claims she has Nigerians at heart, we have millions of graduates roaming the streets jobless, the poverty stricken Nigerians,homeless Nigerians,Nigerians who need serious medical attention, etc and there you are saying you want to sponsor the presidential campaign ofObama whocan succeed with or without your money, isn't that crazy, and annoying, another Patricia, These women should look up to DORA AKINYILI, she is a an IDOL

chai, water don pass garri

Yar'adua and his govt is a total failure
full of nepotism and tribalism.
why is efcc only arresting money launderers 4rom south east and south west?
are there no such cruel thieves from the north or are they all angels of mohammed.
soon he will replace her with a northener.he only appoints them indiscriminately and never cared to know how they operate.
that guy is a wolf in sheeps klothin.
okereke has done nothing wrong as she did not force anybody to raise money 4 her
besides it is never a public fund.
waziri should not be carried away,or allow her self to be manipulated.
waziri where are the popularly known money looters?or are u going to disgrace us that soon.
foooooooooooooooooooooools,
every body beware arewa is koming back.




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She is just an example of the typical Nigerian leader,obsolete,archaic,obese and stupid.They just take up space and have nothing to offer us and they wont die,they wont fade away,they won do anything just sit down and take up space in Nigeria,obstacles in the wheels of progress.They don't have anything to offer us in Nigeria,arents assets just liabilties,withou an iota of shame or dignity,they just keep on giving us headaches and mental cramps.
I don't like Obama but he was right in dissassociating himeself from her.It is an embarassment.Its like taking food from the mouth of a baby and eating it.
who needs the money more Obama,or Nigerians,but since she is so stupid,she can't see past her sycophantic and elephantine breast of greed and foolishmess.
Nigerian Leaders make me sick to my stomach,they are just a waste,people like Sam Edem dancing naked in the graveyard and burning 270 million naira for juju,dashing babalawo 870 million while the militants keep on holding nigeria hostage.
The militants should fight those type of people and no bother expatriates because the bigger thief is their brother.
Or Imoke with his degrees and his shamelessness,how can he even proudly say say he was a former minister of power and steel and yet within his tenor there wasnt light.He should be hiding his head,but no this is Nigeria,where all sort of charlatans just come out of nowhere and destroy the future for their instant gratification
I just wish all these obese and avaricious "leaders"will just die at once one day.I respect the boys who dabble balls in soccer fields to all of these stupid thieves.

They even sieze her international passport so that she no go run away.

That woman don enter --adu-a soup

xpagnol:

Yar'adua and his govt is a total failure
full of nepotism and tribalism.
why is efcc only arresting money launderers 4rom south east and south west?
are there no such cruel thieves from the north or are they all angels of mohammed.
soon he will replace her with a northener.he only appoints them indiscriminately and never cared to know how they operate.
that guy is a wolf in sheeps klothin.
okereke has done nothing wrong as she did not force anybody to raise money 4 her
besides it is never a public fund.
waziri should not be carried away,or allow her self to be manipulated.
waziri where are the popularly known money looters?or are u going to disgrace us tha
foooooooooooooooooooooools,
every body beware arewa is koming back.


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You are the failure since u can't see beyond your twisted nepotistic ideas.All that ribalism is so old.So because she is a southerner she should be above he law.
The Ribadu that everone is shouting about wasnt he a Northerner,and Fulani.If u don't have anything to say,go back to your triabalistic and racist shell and stop vomitting verbal garbage

They even sieze her international passport so that she no go run away.

That woman don enter --adu-a soup Smiley

MY GUY, SHUN THAT YARNS THEIR ARE PROCEDURES WEN ONE IS BN INVESTIGATED BY EFCC
OUR PRESS IS TOO LOUD 4 CRYING OUT LOUD.
4 EFCC TO COME TO FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION SHE IS NOT MEANT TO TRAVEL OUT
IMAGINE, THE DAILIES WROTE QUIZZES HER, ILLITERATE NAIJA PEOPLE COINED IT TO BE ARRESTED
AND DETAINED.[ QUIZ-2. interrogate somebody: to subject somebody to sustained close questioning]
MY BROTHER I HAVE COME UP TO STOP THE MENACE OF MY FELLOW NAIJA 4 DESTROYING PERSONALITIES
WITHOUT UNDERSTAND WAT THE LAW IS ABOUT OR THE DICTION USED BY OUR LOCAL MEDIA

wamby:

MY GUY, SHUN THAT YARNS THEIR ARE PROCEDURES WEN ONE IS BN INVESTIGATED BY EFCC
OUR PRESS IS TOO LOUD 4 CRYING OUT LOUD.
4 EFCC TO COME TO FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION SHE IS NOT MEANT TO TRAVEL OUT
IMAGINE, THE DAILIES WROTE QUIZZES HER, ILLITERATE NAIJA PEOPLE COINED IT TO BE ARRESTED
AND DETAINED.[ QUIZ-2. interrogate somebody: to subject somebody to sustained close questioning]
MY BROTHER I HAVE COME UP TO STOP THE MENACE OF MY FELLOW NAIJA 4 DESTROYING PERSONALITIES
WITHOUT UNDERSTAND WAT THE LAW IS ABOUT OR THE DICTION USED BY OUR LOCAL MEDIA

This is not an english class or a sematics competition.Whatever it is Interoggation,arrest,jail.I like it,AND ITS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.HER TIME WAS LONG OVERDUE,THE SAYING GOES,THE PERSON THAT THE GODS WANT TO DESTROY,THEY GIVE HIM MADNESS FIRST.

This is not an english class or a sematics competition.Whatever it is Interoggation,arrest,jail.I like it,AND ITS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.HER TIME WAS LONG OVERDUE,THE SAYING GOES,THE PERSON THAT THE GODS WANT TO DESTROY,THEY GIVE HIM MADNESS FIRST.

PEOPLE LIKE U ARE PEOPLE I'M TRYING TO STOP FROM CARRYING FAKE GIST
DAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND A STORY BUT FAST TO GAIN CHEAP POPULARITY
DAT FEEL THE ARE SO MUCH AWARE OF WATS GOING ON.
BELIEVE ME OR NOT, NDI OKEREKE, IS NOT GUILTY OF ANY CHARGE
ACCORDING TO THE EFCC ACT. SHE HAS NO CASE TO ANSWER
TRY TO GET SCHOOLED UP A LITTLE. PEOPLE LIKE YOU
ARE THE WANS THAT I BELIEVE THAT MISINTERPRETS ISSUES
OUR MEDIA IS OUT TO MAKE MONEY ONLY THE WISE UNDERSTAND
THE PRESS SO WELL
I PRAY LET ANY OF THESE DAILIES INTERVIEW YOU, U WLD BE MUCH SURPRISE
U DIDNT SAY ALL DAT.
HAVE A NICE DAY.

@cola, I assume you did not check the link supplied by the original poster, if you did, you'D have noticed that ''invitation for questioning'' wasn't mentioned anywhere . Our responses here are based on the word ''Arrest'', hence, your heap of insults and name calling should be directed at the media and not people who are merely responding to things that they read. In future, I suggest you take more time to read and digest before you spew insults.

@odgzgem, don't you even sound more idiotic than the supposedly idiotic people your post is aimed at? I'm sure if there's an axe to be wielded, it would be in your direction.

Here is an excerpt from the news page, for your perusal:

EFCC Arrests Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, D.G., NSE
August 20, 2008 18:51

Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, over her role in the controversial N100million fundraiser, which she and her group claimed was meant to support the candidacy of Barack Obama, US Democratic presidential hopeful.

Onyiuke was arrested in Abuja today, following a petition written to the EFCC by the authorities of the SEC. She is currently under the custody of the EFCC.  

@candy,
Miss,the fact remains that some of posts here have been simply idiotic and I'm sure you are one of those guilty of such posts otherwise you wouldn't be so touchy about the above critiques.
Even if the person who started the post used the word "arrest",I believe that as educated folks we ought to do some research on the matter before posting riotious comments on the matter and this includes those that try to defend her and those that want to execute her.
My point is,let us not scandalise an issue without finding out the true position.In other words, was she really arrested or was it just an invitation to profer an explanation?
On the issue of who sounds idiotic and who does not,I think our individual posts clearly show the depth of our intellect.
         "A wise man says sommething when he has something to say; a fool says something because he thinks he should say something" -(not my words)
Hear what the punch had to say:



Okereke-Onyiuke’s passport seized
By Oluwole Josiah and Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja
Published: Friday, 22 Aug 2008
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passport of the Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Prof. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke.

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Onyuike Okereke

The action came barely 48 hours after the commission quizzed her for her role in the fundraiser by a group, ‘Africa for Obama’, in support of the presidential ambition of Senator Barack Obama of the Democratic Party in the United States.

The group reportedly raised about N100m during its dinner/concert in Lagos on August 11, 2008.

A source told one of our correspondents in Abuja that Okereke-Onyiuke’s passport was seized to prevent her from travelling abroad without the knowledge of the anti-graft body.

It was gathered that the travel document was collected from her on Thursday when she reported at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC as requested on Wednesday.

Our source said, “ When she honoured our invitation on Wednesday, she was interrogated by our team and she has written a statement. We have collected her international passport from her. But I don’t know if she would go home today(Thursday).”

The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Babafemi, confirmed that Okereke-Onyiuke was at the commission’s office on Thursday.

THE PUNCH had on Tuesday exclusively reported that the Obama campaign organisation had distanced itself from the fundraiser by ‘Africa for Obama.’

On August 14, 2008, the Security and Exchange Commission reportedly demanded explanations from Okereke-Onyiuke, fearing that her role in ‘Africa for Obama’ was capable of affecting the country’s image abroad.

But the NSE chief had consistently maintained that the money raised by ‘Africa for Obama’ was not meant for Obama.

The British Broadcasting Corporation had in its report on Thursday quoted her as saying, “We never said we were going to donate money for the campaign.

“We paid for the hall and the entertainers and the surplus we said would be spent on advertisements aimed at persuading Nigerians to tell their relatives in America to register to vote.

“There is not one Nigerian who doesn’t have a relative or friend in America. Our aim was to encourage those people to tell their families who have the right to vote in America to vote for Obama.”

She added that the accountant for Africa for Obama had not finished counting the proceeds of the dinner/concert.

However, in newspaper advertorials on Thursday, the President of NSE, Mr. Oba Otudeko, said Okereke-Onyiuke’s action was in order.

According to him, individuals and institutions are free to express their opinions on any issue in whatever manner considered fit.

Otudeko said, “The Nigerian Stock Exchange does not get involved in partisan politics and no member of its staff is allowed to be registered card-carrying member of any political association.

“However, as private citizens they are at liberty to spend their time and financial resources as deem necessary.”

Also in Abuja, the US said that the Speaking Tour of Nigeria by its former Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Walter Carrington, was neither a campaign for Obama nor the Republican Party presidential candidate, Mr. John McCain.

The clarification was made at a joint news conference on Thursday by the US Embassy and the Ken Nnamani Leadership Centre for Development on Thursday in Abuja.

The Embassy’s Counsellor for Public Affairs, Ms. Atim Enaida George, said the US would not support any tour that was partisan.

Carrington will speak on the US electoral process and domestic politics in Abuja on August 28.

According to Atim, Carrington‘s lecture will focus on the US electoral process with the view to sharing his experiences with Nigerians.

On the fundraiser by Africa for Obama, Atim said she would not make any comment on it.

Also speaking at the event, the Executive Director of Nnamani Centre, Ambassador Joseph Ayalogu, said there would be a lot to gain from Carrington’s speaking tour of Nigeria.

He said, ”We want to learn from others, and you will agree with me that Carrington has a lot of experiences with Nigeria, having being an ambassador here in Nigeria.

”We watched the primaries and we saw how their electoral system works, that‘s how they do their things, and I hope that we could get some lessons from this at the end of the day.”

Meanwhile, the Conference of Nigerian Political Paries has called on the EFCC to prosecute Okereke-Onyiuke and others for raising about N5bn through Corporate Nigeria to fund former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s re-election.

“For the sake of sanitising our polity, we challenge the EFCC not to stop with the Obama scam, but to clear the Augean stable, by prosecuting Okereke-Onyiuke and her cohorts for corrupting the Nigerian electoral system through a nebulous association called Corporate Nigeria,” the CNPP said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Osita Okechukwu.

It added, “It is our considered view that it is crime against the nation, which they nearly exported overseas. “Nigeria is yet to recover from this heinous crime, that today no electoral ward in the country can boast of electing her councillor.

“The unfortunate outcome is that, for sowing this sordid seed of discord; Okereke-Onyiuke and her cohorts were rewarded withTranscorp, NITEL, oil blocs, Hilton Hotel, Abuja, duty waivers and national honours.”


Femi Babafemi, EFCC spokesperson, confirmed arrest

@candy,
Miss,the fact remains that

MR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
I Lost concentration after ur first 3 lines.
incase u didnt get my drift,i am glad she was arrested, she is guilty by association and by conduct.
Time will tell sha,

I STAND AND SOLICIT 4 THE ACCUSED AS U PUT IT
SHE IS NOT GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION OR BY CONDUCT
BUT OVER WHELMED AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO IS CONTESTING 4 UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT.
THERE IS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, TO EXPRESS UR FEELINGS TOWARDS AN ISSUE
AS YOU ARE EXPRESSING YOUR EMPTY FRIVOLOUS ARGUMENT IN PUBLIC
I COMMEND MR. ODZGEM, 4 CORRECTING WHO PRESENTED THE TOPIC
WE ARE FIGHTING OVER 4. USING THE PHRASE ARREST AND NOT PROPERLY
DOING HIS HOME WORK, WE HAVE BN FIGHTING OVER.
MISS EHIE, MY CONTRIBUTION WASN'T TO OFFEND PEOPLE LIKE YOU
BUT RATHER TO ENLIGHTEN YOU ON THE WAY TO TARNISH A WOMAN WIT A HIGH
PERSONALITY DAT HAS BN CONTRIBUTING IMMENSELY ON OUR STOCK EXCHANGE MARKET
4 THE SAKE OF THE SO CALLED UNITED STATES WHICH IS SUPERIOR TO YOU.
THE NORMS GOING ON IN NIGERIA SHOULDN'T UPSET YOU NOT TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE
UR ANGER FROM A MOTOR PARK PERSON WHO CAN NEVER TALK POSITIVE.
AS I SAID EARLIER ON, ACCORDING TO THE EFCC ACT, THEIRS IS NO PROSECUTING ACT
BINDING ON HER.
EFCC IS ONLY TRYING TO PROTECT OUR IMAGE-NIGERIA TO THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
WHICH U AS A NIGERIA IS ALSO FUELING.
LETS COME TOGETHER TO GET THINGS RIGHT
IF THINGS GO WRONG WE COME OUT BOLDLY AND SAY IT ALOUD
NDI OKEREKE IS A DUAL CITIZEN THAT EXPRESSED HERSELF.
SORRY 4 WAT EVER, MY GRIEVANCE GOES TO MR MAN DAT CAUSED THE BIG FIGHT
THE MEDIA AND ,

@odzgem,
It's quite unfortunate that your grasp of things generally is rather limited. You have your own story/source, the poster has his. His source says ''Arrested'' and we are responding accordingly! Your story is dated 22/08/08 while the story we are currently debating here is dated 20/08/08. Has it ever occured to you that your story--coming two days after the poster's story--might just be an update on the whole Ndi Okereke saga?.
I suggest you start your own thread on the seized passport as that appears to be the bedrock of your story. PS, while you are at it, I suggest you edit your post and quote me properly-- it's a mess as it is.

@xpagnol
Use your brain very well now!.Wasn't a south-westerner there for 8yrs as a president?did u send any petition against any northerner?Don't sit in your home & think this is a tribal war,some former northern governors undergoing trials nko?Be more Objective next time abeg!
@Ehie
When did u see Timi Alaibe go to d cemetary?or where did u get d news?

@Moderators/Administrator

I really do wonder if some people here are 'untouchables'. I went through the rules of the forum and i can say what has been happening on this board for example is a far cry from the expected guidelines and yet we don't hesitate to condemn our leaders just because they don't follow the rules. I have seen this topic dragged out of line by some religious fanatics and personal attacks have been the order of the day.

@Back to topic

Do we really want OBAMA to be seen as been 'BLACK'? This is what in my view the Ndi and her likes were trying to portray when they came up with this fundraising stuff. No wonder McCain is leading OBAMA presently. I do not think Africans in America need to be sensitized or educated on the need to vote for OBAMA. Where the hell was Ndi when it was a case of OBAMA n Hillary Clinton? I just wish they haven't ruined his chances of winning the presidential race just yet.

What she did was in my own case morally wrong and by God she has every right to do what she can with her money and can even go ahead to buy him a jet but at what cost? Food prices have been soaring, roads are in a comatose, some people can barely feed once in a day and infrastructures are way off the grounds yet a whooping $100m was raised during an event for someone who doesn't even care if they exist.

@Some posters

The issue of inviting for questioning and actual arrest if i may add depicts the level our media houses would go just to sell their papers. Would a header titled EFCC ARRESTS NDI not make a better impression and effect than EFCC INVITES NDI FOR QUESTIONING? of course it would. So either its questioning or arrest doesn't matter as long as their newspaper sells.

@ Others

She must be prosecuted but i say based on what? Raising of funds for an event? Crippling the NSE? Obtaining money under false pretenses? We have loads of politicians and ex-gov who have been accused of corruption point blank with overwhelming evidence and yet all EFCC could brag about is Ndi?

Well to me i do not think what she did was out of order cause like she said she did not put a gun on anyones head to donate money and she has a right to do whatever she likes BUT for me i think she acted like most leaders, simply unpatriotic. She would have been better off going back to her home town to develop different projects that would not only affect lives alone but would make her an icon and someone people who look upto in that area.

@That hausa guy

Well i think you must be educated at least to be able to come on nairaland to air your views but please do so with caution and regards for other people. I do not care if Yar' dua cites 10million base stations in the North cause at the end of the day it really would make no sense to the common northener who's only concern is to find someone to feed him.

dear nairalanders,
is it not stupidness on her part?
See Nigeria wallowing in poverty.she never contribute to d UPLIFTMENT,REFURBISHING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA OR RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS NA 2 RAISE MONEY FOR OBAMA,
Nigerians sef never cease 2 amaze me.
dem never cook food 4 dr own house but dem dey raise money for family when dr 100th generation own don better.
i no blame her at all.
see graduates roaming d street.Y she no raise money to train dem in vocational skills, support those desirous of entrepreneurship na OBAMA na him be her CONCERN.
A WOMAN MOTHER FOR THAT MATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SORRY 4 NIGERIA N NIGERIANS BIG TIME B/C SOON, EVEN THE CHILDREN OF D RICH NIGERIAN WHETHER DEY SCHOOL IN HEAVEN OR, WILL BECOME SLAVES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IF NOTHING IS DON.
IMAGINE GRADUATES as drivers,gardenersteachers in private nursery school(even preferably postgraduate) ,etc EVEN IN NIGERIA, HABA!!!
WHICH WAY NIGERIA?

@Fellow
why re u talking with both sides of ur mouth?You started by tasking d mods & admins,at d end u took a personal swipe at d hausa guy!
You claimed Ndi is morally wrong but later what she did isn't bad!Na wa o!some people need to learn how to even argue?tsk

ndi okereke is a mad woman, that is all i know, she is more englighten than to do that rubbish she did,

This bash ali character is funny o, now where has he gone to?

c33b33:

@xpagnol
Use your brain very well now!.Wasn't a south-westerner there for 8yrs as a president?did u send any petition against any northerner?Don't sit in your home & think this is a tribal war,some former northern governors undergoing trials nko?Be more Objective next time abeg!
@Ehie
When did u see Timi Alaibe go to d cemetary?or where did u get d news?

It has all the characteristics of a Nollywood visual enamoured script. Even if it is, it paints an eccentrically spectacular movie picture bound to subdue home video faithfuls. Yet, it is not a make-belief offering. It is a true story still unfolding.

The gist is that about N1million was invested in a voodoo project by a government official in a country where more than 80 percent of the population lives below poverty line. At the centre of the storm is Mr. Sam Edem, a former diplomat and chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), an interventionist agency saddled with the responsibility of ameliorating the dehumanizing living condition prevalent in the oil rich region.

As the story swirls, Nigerians fired a tangle of questions. Could this be true? Where did he get the money? What manner of man would engage in juju at this age of religion explosion? What moral lesson does it teach? Indeed, what does the revelation say of Nigerian leaders?

To be sure, Edem has not denied making such huge investment. Also, the voodoo practitioner, Perekabowei Ogah alias Mathew Sanoma, the 34-year-old native of Bomadi, Delta State, has confessed that Edem paid a hefty sum of money to him. The bone of contention is why the money changed hands.

The NDDC chairman claims that he is a victim of devastating confidence trickster masquerading as a spiritualist and who mounted savage attacks on his pockets.
Addressing newsmen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Monday, August 4, the American-trained diplomat admitted that Ogah, who he described as an illiterate who could not even write his name except to thumb print, collected money running into hundreds of millions of naira from him.

He said that when the scale fell from his eyes, he petitioned the police. He lamented however, that the police responded very late to the effect that by the time Ogah was arrested and detained at the Zone 5 Police Headquarters, Benin City, he had emptied the account where the money was lodged.
According to Edem’s lawyer, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko, “as at the time we made the report, there was about N350 million in the suspect’s account. We showed them the hotel built by the suspect from the fraud money. There were many cars that the police should have confiscated, but they never did that and the illiterate suspect was not detained even for a day.

“If the police had frozen the account, the money would have been enough to defray my client’s loss. But they only froze the account after the money was withdrawn down to N10 million.”
In a handwritten statement to the police, Edem volunteered: “The amount of money the fraudster collected from me through the hypnotic spell is about N800 million. The extortion spread over months.”
On his part, Ogah claimed that he was paid to do a job, which he did to the best of his ability and was compensated accordingly.

Then he opened a can of worms. In his statement to the police published by Newswatch magazine, he claimed that Edem contracted him to eliminate or incapacitate, by diabolical means, Mr. Timi Alaibe, Managing Director of NDDC and Governor Godswill Akpabio as well as “work on the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan so that he can always obey him (Edem) and always support him if there is any plan to remove him from office.”

Ogah threw a bomb. He said: “It is important to say here that the petitioner used his hand to burn the sum of two hundred and seventy million naira (N270, 000, 000) while he was naked in a burial ground in Port Harcourt.”

On Edem’s allegation that he cast a spell on him, having disguised as a pastor, he said: “I did not at anytime tell the petitioner that I am a pastor, neither did I promise to offer him prayers, but the only thing is that I bathed him with good luck and fast luck which worked out for him. It is not true that I cast him with a spell in order to drain his money.”

In the beginning
Now, how did it all begin? Ogah explained that he met Edem through one Kakas Amgbari who took him to the former diplomat’s house in Port Harcourt sometime late last year. Purpose? To offer spiritual succour to Edem who perceived that he was on the verge political and economic downsizing.
Hear Ogah: “On getting there, the petitioner asked me if I could help him get back his job, that he had been relieved of his appointment, NDDC having been dissolved. I told him that I could do it, but it was going to be very difficult. He then asked me not to worry, that he would not mind whatever it would cost him to get it done. On that note, I listed the items required for the sacrifice to cost the sum of fifteen million naira which he subsequently paid into my executive savings account, which I have with Oceanic Bank, Ughelli.”

He said that when he delivered, as promised, an impressed Edem gave him further assignments concerning Jonathan, Akpabio and Alaibe. “Based on the seriousness of the task he requested for,” Ogah remarked, “I charged him N570 million.” He disclosed that his client gave him N310 million, leaving a balance of N260 million.

How the bubble burst
The relationship between Edem and Ogah became sour when the latter could not execute the new assignment to the satisfaction of the former. Is it that the hunter is unskilled or the prey is smart?
Ogah attributed his inability to live up to expectations to the client’s refusal or inability to follow instructions to the latter as well as circumstances beyond his control.

“After the expiration of the period within which the said Timi Alaibe was to die, the petitioner came to ask me to ask why the charm did not work and I told him that his (Alaibe’s) spirit is too strong. On that note he grew annoyed and asked me to refund the money he paid for Timi’s work. I told him that I was not refunding anything and that he was still owing me to the turn of two hundred and sixty million Naira (N260, 000,000).

There and then, he said he was not going to pay anything again,” he explained.
He added: “Before then, the petitioner had a very bad relationship with Governor Akpabio, who does want to see him again. In order to bring them together, I worked it out for both the governor and the petitioner to meet in his house. I told him clearly to use the charm I gave to him to touch Apabio’s drink and after which he should use the charm to touch the ground. But after his discussion, the governor kindly awarded a contract of road construction to the tune of seven million Naira to him. After the departure of the governor from his house, the charm affected him, and was subsequently flow abroad.
“The petitioner was afraid that the governor would die, so he came and told me that he forget to use the said charm to touch the ground. In order to secure Akpabio’s life, I told him that the work will cost him the sum of fifty million naira (50,000,00), which he paid.”

It was when the 58-year-old NDDC boss got tired of the endless payments ,as it were, that he went to the police to spill the beans. Or as he puts it, “by the time God rescued me from his spell, this criminal and his cohorts had drained me financially, emotionally and psychologically. I have equally come to realise that he stole my photograph and used it for his nefarious diabolical activities. It is impetrative to state here that throughout the period of my dealing with this man, I was not in control of myself.”
Edem said that the extortion game run from November 2007 till April 2008, with dangerous threats to my life, my family members and staff.”

Expectedly, the NDDC chairman has denied the allegation that he put a price on the heads of his political rivals, namely, Akpabio and Alaibe. He claimed that the development has a political undertone.
Hear him: “The whole show has a lot to do with 2011, which they think I will contest the gubernatorial election. But I had told the governor that I will be one of those to lead him back to the government house in 2011. I will be a fool to try to destroy the governor who I helped to bring to power. I don’t believe in pull-down syndrome. Akwa Ibom should rise as a group and condemn this syndrome. There is a campaign of calumny to smear my name. I can’t start now at 58 to plan killing somebody.”

The Goodluck, Alamieyeseigha connection
Following the complaint lodged with the police by Edem regarding the failed deal, a search was conducted in Ogah’s house. The item recovered included a government House, Yenagoe staff identity card and a Bayelsa Government House plate number: BYGH 43. How did the items come into the native doctor’s possession?

“The Government House, Yenagoa staff identity card recovered from my house by the police was issued to me by ex-governor Alamieyeseigha when I was his spiritual godfather during his tenure and that of ex-governor Goodluck Jonathan. The Bayelsa Government House plate number for Peugeot 504 assigned to one Bobo 2pac, a younger brother to Alamieyeseigha. Sometime in the year 2000, I used the vehicle and had an accident along Biama Road. At the moment, the vehicle is in Bayelsa State government house. I kept the said plate number in my house by mistake,” Ogah told the police.
Taken by his words therefore, Ogah has been doing business with government people for long.
Saturday Sun gathered that some of those involved in the juju scandal tried to cover it up before the stench reached the window.

Government by jujumen
Nigerians are outraged and scandalized that at this age, the country’s leaders remain avid patrons of juju practitioners. Not too long ago, the people were treated to a macabre drama when then godfather of Anambra State, Chief Chris Uba told a bewildered nation that pursuant to making Dr. Chris Ngige governor of the state, the latter was made to take an oath at the notorious Okija shrine. Ngige initially put up a feeble deniable, in the face of incontrovertible evidence, saying that his pastor implored him to attend the juju feast with holy water and Bible.

Lagos lawyer and public affairs advocate, Mr. Chukwuanugo Ejikeme views the juju saga as a sad commentary on the country’s leadership content. “What manner of leaders do we have in this country?”, he asked rhetorically.

According to him, “it is indeed a tragedy that in this age where contest of ideas make the difference, those occupying offices in these parts pander to the queer. It is even more confounding when you consider the fact that many of the juju patrons are educated people, enlightened people who ought to lead the way. It is regrettable to say the least.”

Ejikeme contended that considering the hefty sums of money being mentioned in the juju transaction, there is no gainsaying that the country has been ripped off somewhere by someone.
In the same view, Princess Ukachi Ohalete, a marketing strategist, reasoned that the image of the country is being rubbished in the process.

“This is not the best way to market a country. At a time when we should be talking about rebranding the country in terms of sprucing up her image, some charlatans in the corridors of power are working to the contrary. It shows that their education and exposure has no value,” she submitted.

The Presidency steps in
Worried by the scandal the voodoo report has caused, the Presidency has ordered a thorough investigation. President Umar Yar’Adua has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Sir. Mike Okiro and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to dig into the matter.
Saturday Sun gathered that the Federal Government wants the police and the EFCC to find out how the NDDC chairman made the kind of money he allegedly lost to the sorcerer. It was gathered that the Presidency reasoned that if Edem could spend such amount, it means he has much more money than that.

The EFCC, it was learnt, has already started work on the Edem scandal. Sources at the anti-graft agency say that when investigation was concluded Edem would be picked up. The source said that the NDDC chairman would not be invited yet to make a statement until the EFCC is convinced that he has a case to answer.


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ndi okereke is a mad woman, that is all i know, she is more englighten than to do that rubbish she did,

plz, a foolish friend of mine used my system to contradict me.
she is a gem

@GbomoJ:

maybe them don catch am! its been about 4days now since he ran away from the mental institution.

is it that ndi-okereke onyuike does not have better things to do?

getting herslef involved in this kind of thing is really amazing.

she should knw wht's up by now.

wish the best