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| Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 11:16pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
[size=14pt]Okah’s interview with Aljazeera: Security operatives doubt authenticity[/size] From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja Friday, October 08, 2010 [size=14pt]Nigeria’s security operatives are seriously doubting the authenticity of Tuesday’s celebrated interview with Henry Okah, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) former leader by Al Jazeera, In the interview, Okah accused President Goodluck Jonathan of attempts to implicate Northern politicians, over October 1, 2010 bomb blasts that left 12 persons dead. A top security source disclosed yesterday that investigations within the security services in Nigeria and South Africa revealed that the interview with Okah, may have been faked to deceive the Arab cable news network, maintaining that there was a great deal of doubt about the authenticity of the telephone contact between the media organization and the embattled militant leader.[/size] The security source said last night that their [size=14pt]South African counterpart have confirmed that, “at no time did we allow Okah to make such telephone contact.” Said a top security source: “Following suspicion raised about the authenticity of the interview, we contacted South Africa to confirm its validity but were shocked to find out that at no time did such interview take place.[/size] “In fact, our contact wondered why it took us so long to cross check this information because they did not want to interfere since the issues did not concern their government directly, they have been waiting for such security inquiries from their Nigerian counterpart before revealing the veracity of the interview since the content does not concern them directly”, the source said.[size=14pt][b]These findings have further raised questions as to whether the purported interview with MEND members, in crispy military uniforms, 48 hours before the bomb blast, was also true or not. Already, the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Niger Delta has debunked the veracity of the interview insisting that after an aerial surveillance of the region, there were no militant camps anywhere, as claimed by Al Jazeera. According to the source, “Al Jazeera, it will be recalled had also during the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s health saga also staged a similar interview with the late president’s cousin claiming that the sick man was healthy, playing with his children and climbing 13-story building.” The Cable News Network (CNN), had a couple of years ago sacked one of its African correspondents, following a similar faked interview purportedly granted by Niger Delta militants. According to the security source, “The psychological warfare that has been waged against the presidency in the past week has been ratcheted up with deliberate falsehood and outright lies being served up in the media. “We have found that this was contrived and sold to Al Jazeera as a dummy. [/b][/size]These all have the discredited military style written all over them, and we are watching the situation very closely”, the source disclosed. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/oct/08/national-08-10-2010-007.htm |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 11:20pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
Faked telephone calls by okah and IBB. . .Faked interview in creeks. . .by Aljazeera. .lol The truth has only one version and is slowly coming out |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by jaygetta(m): 11:23pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
The beginning of the end. Nigeria in its final throes. First its "Psychological Warfare", disemination of false information ect. Oh,how I weep for Nigeria, |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 11:27pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
[size=14pt]South African counterpart have confirmed that, “at no time did we allow Okah to make such telephone contact.” Said a top security source: “Following suspicion raised about the authenticity of the interview, we contacted South Africa to confirm its validity but were shocked to find out that at no time did such interview take place.[/size] where are the IBB defenders,sycophants and apologists?. . .  . .how do u explain the above quote. . .  |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by kaypumpin2(m): 11:28pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
If the aim of these bombers is to distract the presidency,can we then say they've achieved their objective?The whole drama with its attendant claim and counter claim is getting strenuous and boring. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Pk001(m): 11:47pm On Oct 07, 2010 |
I had been silent on this issue due to the sentiments drawn from various factions. But I have this question to ask. Have we ever seen a suspected terrorist granted interview by a world press before investigations is concluded? If an interview is granted to a suspected terrorist in custody , what do expect the terrorist to say? Of course he will try to sell his propaganda to win sentiments all over. Is just like allowing CNN to interview Mutallab when he was arrested. What he will say will definitely shock the world. He may even claim It was even CIA that put the bomb in diaper. This is just exactly what is happening. If South African Authorities actually allowed Henry Okah to be interviewed, then their security operatives have failed. Because that will surely jeopardize the investigation. If he is saying truth, it is the duty of the security operatives to interrogate him and determine the genuineness of his claim. They can then decide to either free him or prosecute before he is granted interview. Thats how it is done. I really doubt if south African security operatives actually allowed Aljazeera to interview Henry Okah. I think I will go with this latest post |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 12:04am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Have we ever seen a suspected terrorist granted interview by a world press before investigations is concluded? Ah but according to most IBB supporters on this site,that is the way they do it in SA. . . .lol |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by chyz(m): 12:09am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Just like i said in the other thread its a fake. I hope you people who keep saying conspiracy theory this,conspiracy theory that will now leave your eyes open and shut your mouths. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 3:00am On Oct 08, 2010 |
[size=14pt]Presidency claims Okah’s Al-Jazeera interview is fake[/size] By Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja Friday, 8 Oct 2010 [size=14pt]The Presidency has cast doubts on the authenticity of Tuesday’s interview granted an international satellite network, Al Jazeera, by a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah[/size]. The interview, in which Okah claimed that a close aide of President Goodluck Jonathan called him to get MEND to retract an email statement claiming responsibility for the October 1 bomb blasts in Abuja, had been a subject of controversy, particularly relating to the 2011 presidential election. Okah, who is currently standing trial on terrorism charges in South Africa, claimed in the interview that Jonathan intended to put the blame for the attacks on Northern politicians contending for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with him. But the Presidency on Thursday added another twist to the development, which had since become a political issue. A highly placed presidential source in the presidency, who did not wish to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, [size=14pt]told journalists on Thursday that there were considerable doubts about the authenticity of the interview. The source explained that the doubts stemmed from latest findings by intelligence operatives. The source claimed that the voice in the report might not have been Okah’s own, but was faked and sold to the network.[/size] http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201010083284868 |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by 9ijaMan: 4:39am On Oct 08, 2010 |
what would you expect from the presidency? They'll claim it's fake just as they are now claiming GEJ did not exonerate MEND. Through out this bombing saga, GEJ and his bunch of clowns have been talking from both sides of their mouth. Why should I quickly jump to the conclusion that the Presidency are being truthful on this issue when GEJ's camp have consistently backtracked from every move they've taken. We are waiting and watching patiently. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by md4real(m): 12:16pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
paddy_lo: if our security system can be this dumb, i guess they will accept anything given to them Pk001:i quite agree with you. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by 1Naira(m): 12:38pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
. paddy_lo:When change is in the air, the Forces of stagnation go into overdrive. Expect more of the same.
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| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by oluite(f): 12:56pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Fingers crossed,patiently waiting for the end seems near.many will eat back thier words. Nigeria We Hail Thee. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Youngichou(m): 1:14pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
As long as i am concern Nigeria has got no intelligence agency or operatives in this country. Can you imagine all the crap they are spewing? Huu, i just dont think this country will move a step forward in the next millenium. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Donmeca(m): 1:25pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
oluite:They have already started eating their words, though secretly. U can tell by the posts on this thread dat Nigerians talk before thinking but the funny part is dat we never own up/apologize. God go catch dem |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by CareTaker1(m): 1:30pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
The game plan was childishly played. When okah said GEJ wanted to blame the north, he made the north look suspicious. Now, we know the bomb maestro in this country, Al jazeera is unreliable, and can be used. Soon the general will be invited with his high thief. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Ugeh: 1:44pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Youngichou:Why don't you get your bag and join the asrtonauts and cosmonauts about to bullet out of earth. You could still colonise your space on the moon and move google steps in five months.  |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by paddylo1(m): 1:59pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Ugeh: lol. . .now thats funny. . ha ha |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by TewMuch: 2:10pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Where are the people screaming AlJazeera is credible on the other thread? They are in hiding?They were calling us conspiracy theorists right?In the words of the resident retard.ROTFLMAO.AlJazeera, hmm.I knew their big interest in Nigeria, and how they get their news was not ordinary.The way Arabs agitate trouble any where they can is not good for their religion.Very old, tired and off putting tactics.So barbaric.Am so sorry for Okah, he go hear am.He will be the fall guy for all this shite.AlJazeera, please report on this issue of faked interview. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Nobody: 2:17pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
What happened to this statement below?: "Okah is a drowning man" - President Jonathan [size=15pt]Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Azikiwe[/size] [size=15pt]| Awolowo Belewa[/size] soon to be appended = [size=15pt]Inconsistency incorporated![/size] |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by MaziUche0(m): 2:17pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
I really think this is the end days for Naija. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by 9ijaMan: 2:36pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
TewMuch: Dude read this for a change. Curled from Daily Trust news: http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4213:bomb-blasts-saga-oghiadomhe-not-detained&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8 The Chief of Staff to the President Mike Ogiadomhe has not been detained or even sacked in connection with the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja, a Presidency source said yesterday. The source also described as fake the interview relayed by Al Jazeera Tuesday with the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Mr. Henry Okah. Okah alleged in the interview that a top aide of President Goodluck Jonathan telephoned him in South Africa and asked him to get MEND to retract its claim that it carried out the Independence Day bombing in Abuja so that the President could blame the blasts on some unnamed northerners. The President’s men immediately denied the claim but the next day rumours began to filter out in Abuja that Ogiadomhe was in fact the top aide of the President who placed the call to Okah, and that he had been detained by the State Security Service. The rumour persisted when the Chief of Staff was said not to be in the office on Wednesday. In denying the arrest, the source, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, said it was the handiwork of political detractors who are bent on causing disaffection in the system. “Yesterday it was the arrest of Oghiadomhe, today it is his sack and who knows what they will cook up for tomorrow? It is a sad way of playing politics and we encourage politicians to come out to face pure competition instead of resorting to unholy ways of pulling down political opponents. “If they think they can be president, they should go out in very civil way and not by slandering and telling outright lies that can give them the Presidency,” the source said. The source said the motives of these “political jobbers is designed to justify that Jonathan actually directed one of his aides to persuade embattled MEND ex-leader Henry Okah, to implicate northern political leaders, which the president never did. “The group is also interested in destabilising the polity with a view to discrediting the ability of the President in running the affairs of government. They are not interested in the survival of our hard earned democracy. They are evil and agents of darkness,” the Presidential source added. On the interview with Al Jazeera, the source said it was faked to deceive Nigerians. The sources said investigations within the security services in Nigeria and South Africa revealed that the interview with Mr. Okah, may have been faked to deceive the television, Nigerian and South African intelligence services. The source maintained that since his arrest, Okah has not made any telephone contact with the media organization, as the South Africa security services are said to have confirmed to their Nigerian counterparts that, “at no time did we allow Okah to make such telephone contact. “Following suspicion raised about the authenticity of the interview, we contacted South Africa to confirm its validity but were shocked to find out that at no time did such interview take place.” On why it took the government so long to cross check the information, the source said it was because the government wanted to be thorough. The sources added “the South African government has been waiting for such security inquiries from their Nigerian counterpart before revealing the veracity of the interview since the content does not concern them directly. Daily Trust learnt yesterday, the government had complained to the South African authorities on why Okah was allowed to talk to Al Jazeera while he is in detention. However, a senior security official told Daily Trust yesterday that under South African law, Okah as a mere suspect, is entitled to his phones and is permitted to make two phone calls each day. In fact, the security official said, it had been made clear to the Nigerian government that Okah could be released on his next court appearance unless the government presents credible evidence linking him to the blasts. Some rights groups in that country had already started campaigning that Okah’s rights as a suspect must be respected. Their concern was heightened by the manner of his arrest in which about 20 armed policemen stormed his home to take him into custody. Few days later his house was searched again but that no incriminating evidence was found. ------------------------------------------------ In cultured societies, a suspect remains a suspect until proven guilty. Okah may be released during the next court hearing and I'll bet he'll grant another live interview. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by youngmonie: 2:36pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
y are ppl so foolish, wht would u xpect dem to say before. What happened on oct1st was a national embarrassment for dem nd u fink dey would try to cover der ass. common ppl lets begin to think des ppl work for the government |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Kobojunkie: 2:36pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
9ijaMan: Thank you! |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by TewMuch: 2:43pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Dude, daily trust is clearly lying.Do u think a terrorist suspect is like an armed robber? That is a very serious allegation.We know Okah was denied bail, and I am sure he is under lock and key as we speak.Please tell me you have better than this retarded news paper.Not all Nigerian's are as daft as you think.Quite a ridiculous news paper if you ask me.I am only being objective here, and if it looks,walks and talks like a rat.It is a rat.Always make sure u take the time to consider all angle's well before you take a stand.Daily Trust's articles is not trust worthy at all.sorry, I am even more convinced that this was a ridiculous hoax.Their attempt at coverage such as this is even more disgusting.They must think Nigerian's have low IQ.Look around you on Nairaland first, I don't think so dude. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by 9ijaMan: 2:48pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
TewMuch: Dude, save your breath. Your conviction will be confirmed or shown to be a complete ruse if Okah gets released when next he appears in court. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by TewMuch: 2:54pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Dude, the truth of the matter is he was under lock and key at the time of this interview.Please stop posting pathetic lies and grasping at straws.Some of us know and have seen the world.Has the US granted Abdul Muttalab an interview? Errr. . .He was denied bail, if he was a suspect he would have been let go.Back to the topic,AlJazeera clearly faked the interview, and daily trust'd editors need to be fired for reporting fake news.They are now in the league of AlJazeera.I just knew something was missing.This is a case of terrorism, not dem say, dem say.I wouldn't hold my breathe on Okah getting out of this, he is in too deep.This is the end of his chapter.I hope SA has death penalty laws so he could feel the pain of death, and so could his family.Now on to what AlJazeera really knows about this saga.The FG should act quickly. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Faeb: 2:56pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
^ Daily Trust has always been a pathetic paper. They are unashamedly tribalistic and hate anything from the south with a frightening intensity. Did you not take note of their pro-cabal reports during the Yar Adua saga? Half of all their headlines were to the effect; "Jonathan is a liar", "Jonathan is a coward", "Jonathan is stealing from the North" etc. 9ijaMan: Now, this is becoming comedy central. Who releases people on whose behalf other miscreants can organise fake calls to international media houses? Wake up from that dream. Okah is a drowning man. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by onyengbu1(m): 3:09pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
9ijaMan: Even if Okah is released for lack of evidence, that wouldnt make the said call authentic. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by edoyad(m): 3:10pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
My disappointment is with the major international news stations like CNN and BBc, this is the time when they should be investigating this matter and tearing that useless Aljazero apart. |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Nobody: 3:12pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Faeb: "Okah is a drowning man" - President Jonathan OMG! This was exactly what GEJ said after the purported aljazeera interview with Okah. You sound very much like Niboro. Now the latest Presidency statement is that the interview was a fake and you are still mentioning Okah's name. [size=15pt]Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Azikiwe[/size] [size=15pt]| Awolowo Belewa[/size] soon to be appended = [size=15pt]Inconsistency incorporated![/size] |
| Re: Okah’s Interview With Aljazeera Faked: Security Operatives Doubt Authenticity by Kobojunkie: 3:20pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
onye_ngbu: Yes, you are right but there has also been no confirmation given that the calls were not placed. All we have been offered (check the language used to this point) are reasons why it is likely fake but no definite answers as to whether Okah did make the call or not from the prison or anywhere else. The statement below . . .
goes against facts available at this time confirming that south african suspects are allowed phone calls in prison . . . so, I am not certain what YOu will take away from that. |
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