According to Dr Andy Uba, David Mark is one of the best thing that happened to Nigeria. Given his antecedents - Communication Minister ( Telephone is not for the poor), rape of June 12 historic election - does he deserve the encomiums bestowed on him by the "patriotic" Andy

A little history of andy Uba, for those who are not : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Uba


Andy Uba (born 14 December 1958) is a Nigerian politician and is the former governor of Anambra State. He was sworn in on 29 May 2007 and was told to vacate the office on the 14th of June 2007.The Nigerian Supreme Court ruled that the election that brought him into power was illegal and should never have held.In essence he was never elected a governor. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Andy Uba was a special assistant on domestic matters to the former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2006. He is the brother of PDP chieftain and moneybag, Chris Uba and also of Ugochukwu Uba, a senator in the upper legislative house of Nigeria. Dr Andy Uba 'won' the April 14 gubernatorial elections in Anambra State with over 70% of total votes cast despite having entered the gubernatorial race just 6 months earlier. The elections were described as a charade by international observers.

In 2006 the Nigerian investigative journalist, Omoyele Sowore uncovered a case of money smuggling levelled against Andy Uba by the FBI. Andy Uba was accused of smuggling $170,000 to the United states aboard the Nigerian presidential jet without declaring the money to the United states authorities. The FBI was alerted to the activities of his proxy, Loretta Mabinton after a series of suspicious deposits into her bank accounts. On investigation it was discovered that Mabinton bought a Mercedes-Benz SL car worth $97,000 for Uba and shipped it to Nigeria. The car was subsequently returned to the United States. $45,000 was also used to purchase farm equipment for Nigeria's president Obasanjo's farm in Otta, Nigeria. After a long investigation, Uba agreed to settle the case out of court and forefeited $26,000 to the United States government. [1]. [2]

He claims to hold a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, an M.Sc. from California State University and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biological Sciences from the unaccredited Buxton University, UK. However, his academic qualifications are in dispute; there is evidence that he was enrolled at Concordia University, and California State U., but no evidence that he graduated from any of the schools. In addition, the degree from Buxton University was one based on Correspondence.

In a landmark ruling delivered by the Supreme court of Nigeria on the 14th of June 2007, Andy Uba was told to vacate the office of governor of Anambra state with immediate effect and the former governor, Peter Obi was re-instated and is to serve as governor till March 17 2010. The supreme court further stated that INEC erred by conducting elections in Anambra state when the serving governor still had over 2 years left to serve. the verdict of the supreme court carried out two meanings because according to nigeria constitution, the supreme court has no juridistion to attend election tribunal. what the supreme court rule was peter obi has to complete his tenur as it is protected by the nigeria constitution and the supreme court has no jurisdiction to rule that the 2007 election was null and void. andy uba recently is still going to claim his tenur as he has been sworn in by chief judge of anambra state and he was also the governor of anambra state base on the 2007 election he won.and he is still in court to claim his tenur which will be started in 2010


Those anyone know the outcome of this case? This will be interesting come 2010.

David mark, It is more than 20 year his opinion would have change. when you are young sometime you say stupid thing, when you get older you learn.

happy birthday too.

And i really do no not see why some needs  Phd to serve is fatherland. phd just mean, you want  to be a teacher. do we all have to be teacher.

there some area yes, but in most no need. that what may push andy into it. because of what the society want. but some with phd is likely most time like nigeria poor.

you want to do some that make you have money and not books. if you have money. you can own a university lika atiku, if you have no money . slowpoke would employ you.