[size=13pt]Lagos Probe: Fashola In Trouble As EFCC Arrests Olowolofe Olatunji[/size]


San Francisco April 23, (THEWILL) – THEWILL can authoritatively report that Mr. Olowole Olatunji, a close associate of Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, was arrested this evening in Lagos by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC following its investigation into allegations of financial crimes leveled against the Lagos State governor, by a group known as the 'True Face of Lagos.'

THEWILL source at the agency said Olatunji, the owner of Deux Projects Limited, a company which was allegedly used as front by the Lagos State governor to execute inflated contracts was arrested after investigators discovered that 27 contracts were awarded the company from the state Ministry of Health while 3 came from the Ministry of Education.

So far, Deux Projects Limited has collected more than N10 billion naira from the state coffers, according to the source.

The source said investigation was still ongoing and that many more arrests are likely to be made in the coming days.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has also instituted a probe into the allegations of fraud and misappropriation of state funds made against the governor by the group.

Sadly, Fashola is seen as one of the governors delivering on his campaign promises. He is building infrastructures and gradually transforming the state into a modern city.

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Read 'The True face Of Lagos' Petition Against Fashola That Instigated the Probe.


We are taxpayers residents in Lagos who are desperately desirous of accountability since taxes have recently become major revenue of Lagos State government. In the developed societies where a similar revenue regime operates, associations such as ours have acted as Government Watchdogs, which is why some of us have decided to take up the gauntlet of championing the cause of taxpayers in the state. After all if we don’t pay our taxes, government can charge and eventually jail us.

In the last ten years, tax revenue has come to constitute about 75 per cent of government revenue base, yet, the government never bothers to render account to tax payers in Lagos . In the last three years alone, a colossal sum of 1.1 trillion naira was budgeted by Fashola’s government with the government itself affirming that it has consistently recorded a minimum of 75 per cent of budget performance out of which 80 per cent came from Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). This is 30 per cent more than the entire budgets recorded by successive governments between 1992-2007-a period spanning 15 years.

Today, the total tax revenue of Lagos on a monthly basis hovers between N14 and N17 billion naira while federal allocations come to N6 billion Naira monthly. This is more than the revenue of seven states put together on a monthly basis. But how has the governor been spending the money? While we note the heavy investments in roads and environmental infrastructure mainly and commendably so, there is the need to question some of the ways the governor has been expending tax money which in our opinion reflects financial recklessness, mismanagement, gross constitutional violations and abuse of office.

Set below are some of the expenditures which the government claimed to have incurred on behalf of 'Lagosians' and which we feel were mere avenues to corruptly enrich some privileged individuals in and out of government and to which the state House of Assembly under the tutelage of ‘governor emeritus’ otherwise known as the Lion of Bourdillon has become an accomplice covering up a lot of misdeeds on the part of the executive. Just last week, it was alleged that each member of the House was given a sum of 20million naira through a lawyer member of the House from the Lagos west senatorial district, the constituency of the governor emeritus himself. When this was about to be leaked to the press, the Lion of Bourdillon used his powerful media contacts through two of his former aids who are media chieftains to suppress the leakage. Were this not to be the case, we would have otherwise sent these complaints to the House of Assembly. But since we no longer trust this pliant House of Assembly, we have decided to go public with the following:


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na wao; Wole should answer his fathers name and cease from dragging Fashola down the mud with him.

1. Last year, Fashola (BRF) gave N250 million to Rotimi Akeredolu led Exco of 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 BRF government within 6 months, January to June 2009 spent N420 million on 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. BRF government awarded part of Western Avenue ( Funsho Williams Road ), about 2 kilometres road for N7.7 billion just between Abalti Barracks and Costain. And without the construction of any bridges, 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 and government always get it cheaper, but BRF claimed to have bought it at N85 per litre.  

6. Also between January and June 2009, BRF’s Chief of Staff and PAs expended N290 million in sending TEXT Messages and phone CALLS on their lines.

7. It is also very sickening 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 1.5 billion naira of un-appropriated funds, without approval was claimed to have been spent on 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 SSA (Media) to BRF spent N183 million in 6 months on press coverage and on 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 a lady wife of a controversial pastor over N600 million in 2 years for Xmas Decorations for about six streets in Lagos.  

12. In Six months between January and June 2009, BRF spent on several faceless organizations, subventions, grants and donations and they quickly pocketed N2 billion.        


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THE RIPPING OFF OF LAGOS – ESSENTIAL DETAILS

1. The BRF government recklessly increased and paid over 60% increase on the LASU – IBA road awarded by the Bola Tinubu government for N6.2 billion but was jerked up to N10 billion less than 2 weeks that BRF came on board.

2. Also, 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%.

3. Publishing of INDICATOR Magazine, is falsely presented to the public as a private magazine but is actually co-ordinated by Tunji Olowolafe and Hakeem Bello, SSA (Media) to BRF with government money.

4. BRF recently gave a media-related Permanent Secretary, and some others the sum of N100 million to do a soap opera on himself. They are presently in London recording the film.

5. The BRF government has failed woefully in the area of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in three years. Yet, BRF is paying the PPP boss in Lagos State N2 million per month in violation of the Constitution, when even commissioners recognized by the Constitution are receiving N300,000 per month. The PPP guy is the highest paid government official presiding over a non-performing and failed parastatal.

6. The Beautification Programme of Fashola administration is reeking with corruption. In a State where there is no water, where over 90 per cent of the road in Lagos is in a deplorable state of disrepair, he is spending over N13 billion on planting grass and flowers. Most of the money was spent to import Palm trees from Niger Republic , a sahel region when Lagos is in the rain forest, which explains why most of them have dried up,

7. Also, it is important to note that the renovation of classrooms of usually 12 blocks plus one which was done for N26 million by the Tinubu administration up till 2007 was increased to N53 million with the collaboration of the housing commissioner who is supervising projects in the education ministry.

8. CCTV project was awarded to BRF’s relation who claimed to be acting for CISCO. The contract was awarded for $62 million dollars, while the rejected quote for the contract was $30 million. It is important to note that this is only a pilot scheme.

9. BRF’s wife travels abroad once bi-monthly and takes N30 million per trip from the State coffers, apart from her monthly running cost.

10. The mother of all rip off is the award to DEUX PROJECT LIMITED, a company owned by the powerful Tunji Olowolafe 11 out of 19 contracts in the Lagos State Ministry of health between January and August 2009. Out of N5.6 billion naira contract in the Ministry of Health, Olowolafe alone collected N5.1 billion worth and was paid 70% upfront in cash.


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OTHER QUESTIONS


1. Why did BRF divert N1.85 billion in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to a project that was not originally provided for in the budget and promptly awarded to Olowolafe?

2. Why is Lawyer BRF’s administration illegally deducting funds from the statutory allocation of the Local Governments in Lagos State?

3. Why was the Mayegun Scheme, which was sold, to Olowolafe and other friends and cronies against public interest without any independent valuation by relevant agency of government? Why is the size of the scheme shielded in secrecy? Why was N5.2 billion for which the land sold untraceable?  Where is the over N2 billion loan borrowed to sand-fill the place? What is the fate of the Tourism and Art-craft sellers chased away from the place?

4. Pinnacle – why did the governor and his cronies engage in questionable transfer of 400 hectares of land to Pinnacle, South Africa, when it is known that the company is almost bankrupt and the ABSA Bank now owns over 60% of the Company. What nature of PPP is this? The world is watching! 

5. Why was the illegal sand-filling of about 1 km in the Badagry – Marina awarded for N1.5 billion out of which N700 million has been paid and yet the contractors and the Tourism Ministry have completely destroyed all the historical relics and artefacts in the area? It has also created an environmental disaster for West Africa because of greed. And it appears the Commissioner has been settled.


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FASHOLA AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS


1. Flagrant and deliberate disregard for the Appropriation law passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly, in violation of Section 120 of the 1999 Constitution.

2. Criminal diversion of funds without due approval of the Lagos State House of Assembly, in further violation of Section 120 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.

3. Indiscriminate award of contracts without due process, without following the laid down financial regulation as well as the public procurement guidelines. The payment of such contracts is in violation of Part (E) Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

4. Most Ministries, Departments, Parastatals sometimes do not know when contracts are awarded in their names and for what purpose, they only find out later. And they don’t know when payments to contractors are made by the State Treasury Office. This is in further violation of Section 121(2) of the 1999 Constitution.

5. Illegal and unwarranted deductions from the statutory Allocation of the local governments. This is in direct contravention of Public Revenue Provision of the 1999 Constitution and in violation of Section 162 sub-section 6, 7 and 8.

6. Opening of illegal and unconstitutional Dedicated Accounts which is contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution and which Revenue Monitoring Agency is unaware of. This act is in direct violation of Section 120(1) of the 1999 Constitution.

7. Office of the Chief of Staff which is unknown to the Constitution has more staff than any other Ministry in Lagos State . This violation is very grave as it is in direct breach of the Governor’s Oath of Office in the 7th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution Section 13 and a gross violation of Sections 192, 193 and 208(2d) of the 1999 Constitution.

8. Indiscriminate borrowing by the Ministry of Finance without legislative approval, which the Finance Commissioner calls Bridging Loans, is a grave assault on Fiscal Federalism, a coup against Financial Regulations and a shameful and criminal violation of Section 120(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution.

9. Concentration of over 70% of Lagos State Government contracts in the hands of one Tunji Olowolafe. This is the clearest indication of the betrayal of trust by Governor Fashola, it is against the Oath of Office he swore to, it is a violation of Sections 14(4), 15(5) and 17(2a) of the 1999 Constitution on which social objective of a just, free and equitable social order is founded.

10. Arbitrary use of Special Expenditure Vote for activities not originally provided for under the Appropriation Law. This is a further betrayal of Fiscal Federalism and a violation of provisions of Section 120(3) and (4), and Section 123(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution.

11. Payment of 70% up-front to persons and cronies for contracts not yet executed. Similarly, this is a contravention of Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.

12. Giving arbitrary donations to selective professional associations and faceless organizations for acting as sycophants without appropriate authorization by relevant constitutional bodies. This is a clear violation of sections 120(4) and 123 of the 1999 Constitution   

13. The fraudulent purported acquisition of 2 Bell 412 EP Series Helicopters from a Canadian firm constitute a flagrant violation of Section 123(1) and (2) and Section 120(4) of the 1999 Constitution.

14. Furthermore, the award of contract of courts and other Judicial Infrastructure as well as procurement for the Judiciary in Lagos State by the Attorney-General, Tunji Olowolafe and Governor Fashola is in gross violation of Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution.

In all these aberrations, the Lagos State House of Assembly has kept mute, and the House has become inept, achaic, drab, docile and inefficient. All the noise by Mr. Speaker about accountability and probity be only to enable house members line their pockets and feed fat on the sweat and toil of the people of the State?
Is it also true that they have been given their own share of the loot, they are maintaining undignified silence over the report of the ad hoc Committee set up to look into the books and activities of the Lagos State Government pursuant to Section 103 of the 1999 Constitution with powers expressly provided in sections 1a, b(i) and (ii), as well as Section 129 1 a b c and d.

We are aware that the report has been submitted since November 2009, so why is the Lagos State House of Assembly still sitting on the report? This is just a tip of the ice berg of financial recklessness by the Lagos executive led the seemingly performing governor Fashola! More soon.



culled from

THEWILL

Where is Babapupa to come and defend these charges against his messiah?

Aloy+Emeka:

na wao; Wole should answer his fathers name and cease from dragging Fashola down the mud with him.

Did the state open this investigation? I would like to know how many of the projects were actually completed, or worked on. N10 billion of tax payer money is a lot of money.

the sad but true fact from what i have seen of lagos and nigerian politics is that as long as the cost of political campaigning in nigeria is that hight and exhorbitant there will be coruption.
as long as the filthy lucres and unaccounted funds and power are not curbed then there will always be corruption.
unless we are being delusional,fashola and is cronies are more or less like the rest,he has to raise the billions of naira for his campaign re election fund somewhere
he has to raise the funds for his own personal account,political jobbers have to be settled including the godfather tinubu e.t.c
everybody know this,and people are only hailing fashola not because he is seen as deaing above board,but because he is at least better than the rest and worst of his ilk.
i can bet you that this case will go the way the others for some of the following reasons
1.the head of the probe agaist fashola in the state house,was on his (fashola's)entourage just this last foreign trip he got back from, meaning they are at least seeing eye to eye, obvious biase
2.jonathan cannot risk dealing with too many heavy weights all at once,with the ibori debacle going on,halliburton staring him in the face embarrasingly the ex ministers,ogbulafor and governor's forum e.t.c he needs all the good will he can garner right now and especially need tinubu and fashola's support.

I don't agree that Jonathan cannot handle the job. He had, according to some people, just been a for show VP for the past, almost 3 years of this administration. He had essentially been A BOY BOY with little responsibility for so long. It is his time now to do his part, as he is still part of the Yar adua ticket we got back in 2007. As for him needing Tinubu and Fashola, I doubt that. If he tries to stop or hamper this probe in anyway, I think he will be engineering his own doom.

Only asswipes like KOBOJINX open duplicate threads to prove their point/s . . .

Are u Femi Pedro or Jimi Agbaje in disguise?

Tinubu is a BATSTARD

In Nigeria, whoever controls the press controls public opinion and the national debate. . .


When this Fashola brouhaha came out, e been be like joke. . . . now slowly, Fashola's detractors are cornering public opinion.


If Fashola's supporters dont speak up for him, na so these enemies of progress go dey spoil him name small small until they finally finish him with a big EFCC suit.

Ibime

are u 4 real? This probe might just sound political death knell for Tinubu!

How would the detractors succeed against a govt thats been hounded cos it refused Tinubu's looting Lagos dry?

Kobojunkie:

I don't agree that Jonathan cannot handle the job. He had, according to some people, just been a for show VP for the past, almost 3 years of this administration. He had essentially been A BOY BOY with little responsibility for so long. It is his time now to do his part, as he is still part of the Yar adua ticket we got back in 2007. As for him needing Tinubu and Fashola, I doubt that. If he tries to stop or hamper this probe in anyway, I think he will be engineering his own doom.

as much as he wants to do his part,the problem lies partly in the bobby trapped presidential seat he is occupying.after all we are told that all it takes is for the law officer of the federation and enough money to bribe to prove that he is not qualified yet to wield some of the powers he s using presently.
the boat of the nation is wobbly right now and his priorities are stabilising the country,while doing enough good works for nigerians to look at him favourably concerning 2011.he has to sort out the iwu problem,efcc and the security implication of the army chiefs acting funny.while not mentioning the ever present vultures including obasanjo and the others trying to take advantage of his weakness.
tinubu and fashola might not have a nationwide political influence and appeal,but it is really easy for tinubu especially to upset the applecart as it were.he is rich,generous with the looted funds and has nothing to lose. look at what he did in the south west pdp controlled states, he pushed his commissioners to the southwest states,to cause trouble even against the might of incunbent governors by contesting and then pumping enough money

GODSON2009:

as much as he wants to do his part,the problem lies partly in the bobby trapped presidential seat he is occupying.after all we are told that all it takes is for the law officer of the federation and enough money to bribe to prove that he is not qualified yet to wield some of the powers he s using presently.

The seat might be b**by trapped, but I am unwilling to believe, without evidence, that he is not part of the creation of the trap.

GODSON2009:

the boat of the nation is wobbly right now and his priorities are stabilising the country,while doing enough good works for nigerians to look at him favourably concerning 2011.he has to sort out the iwu problem,efcc and the security implication of the army chiefs acting funny.while not mentioning the ever present vultures including obasanjo and the others trying to take advantage of his weakness.

Why do we need him for 2011? I am not certain Nigerians want that. The Iwu problem ought not to be a problem at all? This administration has had ample time to review other candidates for the position. 

GODSON2009:

tinubu and fashola might not have a nationwide political influence and appeal,but it is really easy for tinubu especially to upset the applecart as it were.he is rich,generous with the looted funds and has nothing to lose. look at what he did in the south west pdp controlled states, he pushed his commissioners to the southwest states,to cause trouble even against the might of incunbent governors by contesting and then pumping enough money

See, this is a problem I have with the way we sometimes choose to tackle/analyze politics in Nigeria. Tinubu ought not to be in the picture at all. That is the problem here; He, in my opinion, is the reason why Fashola is dealing with this right now. If Fashola had put Tinubu in his place, from the start, some of the current problems would be non-existent. All he would have had to focus 100% on is ensuring he makes himself accountable to the Taxpayers.

The EFCC case not necessarily because of the issue taxpayers have with the governor being mum about opening up on use of tax money for contracts. Because of his attempts to ignore his (Fashola’s) “DETRACTORS”, he has essentially shut out the taxpayers, and that, is a problem. Not necessarily an illegal one, but a problem.
In the last couple of years, there have been rumors that this administration has been diverting contracts to Tinubu’s companies, and people, are concerned about those rumors and want to know what the case really is. We are speaking of a state in which over 75% of the revenue generated comes from private pockets, the pockets of residents/businesses. People want answers, regardless of what personal issues the govenor may have with his long time friend, Tinubu. I mean politics should be devoid of sentiments, it is nobody's father's property, and so should not be treated that way.

^^^^

we are no fools

fashola should speak up!! i think there are lots of stuff hidden; this isnt rocket science;

@aasog

Your opinion of the poster is irrelevant. If you can't address the issue without an ad hominem then it's best not to reply.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

aasog:

@Kobojunkie

People like u will always hide behind keyboards. And so will all your supporters.
If every governor in Nigeria are good crooks like BRF, I'm sure you wont run out of your country and be in Ohio USA right now.
You are just a paid Hack doing a smear job and I hope selling your intergrity for some handful of cash will save you from all your life troubles. [b]Because you talk about all these rumor incidents as if you were there and as if they've been established.
If we start probing every governor in Nigeria, Fashola will look like a saint. At least, he's got a lot to show for the billions unlike Tinubu/ your PDP Sponsors.[/b]

As much as Fashola is a role model to many of us i don't think any man, both and living and dead should be above questioning. Charges have been brought forth, what he should do is answer them and prove his innocence.
Attacking the people bringing such charges will not do any good cos if you don't want to be investigated then DONT SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE.

for not sharing money among the owners of lagos, fashola is very guilty.
for working for the betterment of this country at the detriment of a few, fashola is very guilty.
for being outstanding among other govs, fashola is very guilty.
my only concern is that kobojunkie and co have refused to tell us what has been happeing to lagos funds all these while we have not been seeing changes in lagos state.
at the end of the day, the only gov that is doing things that we are seeing will become a criminal while those who send states' funds abroad will become saints and will forever remain in power.
nigeria is such a stupid country and the land of never-do-wells

We need to look at the "probe" with some positive sides, if the guy is above board he would come out stronger. Performance should not be and excuse for lewdness. Clear conscience need not fear accusation.

FALSE ECONOMY!!!

this is what you get when the states are on the dole.
money is spent to release the money from the federal government and more is spent trying to chase shadows when it disappears.

This is not about the so-called money from your FALSE source. This is about money from taxpayers. Those who have seen fit to file this petition with the courts sure do have a greater understanding of their place as citizens as they seem to have taken it on themselves to question their government for answers. I am not sure why others feel they need to be shut down.