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| Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 8:51am On Oct 08, 2010 |
[size=14pt]Security agents doubt Okah’s Al Jazeera interview [/size] By Elizabeth Archibong October 8, 2010 04:52AM Nigeria’s security operatives have expressed doubt about the authenticity of the celebrated interview with a former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta’s (MEND), Henry Okah, by Al Jazeera, during which he said an aide of President Goodluck Jonathan asked him to implicate Northern politicians over October 1, 2010 bomb blasts, which left 12 persons dead. A security source said investigations within the security services in Nigeria and South Africa revealed that the interview with Mr. Okah might have been faked to deceive the Qatar-based news network. The source said last night that their South African counterpart confirmed 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,” he said. “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.” Al Jazeera confirmation An Al Jazzera reporter, however, told NEXT that the interview was conducted with Mr Okah. The reporter said Okah called from South Africa and he was passed on to the company’s studios in Doha. “He called me from prison on a +27 number,” the Al Jazeera staff said. “We had a long discussion about the bombs and the situation in general. Clearly, they are allowed access to fixed phone lines in SA prisons. I asked him whether he would be prepared to be go live on Al Jazeera that very instant. He said ‘yes’. “So I gave him our newsdesk number in Doha - and alerted them to the fact that Henry Okah was about to call from prison. He called, and they put him right through to the studio and live on air,” the reporter said. The Joint Task Force (JTF) for the Niger Delta has also debunked the veracity of another Al Jazeera programme featuring alleged MEND fighters in the region. The JTF said an aerial surveillance of the region showed there were no longer any militant camps anywhere, as claimed by Al Jazeera. “Al Jazeera, it will be recalled, had also during the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s health saga, staged a similar interview with the late president’s cousin, claiming that the sick man was healthy, playing with his children, and climbing 13-storey building,” a security source said. http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5628099-147/security_agents_doubt_okahs_al_jazeera.csp |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 8:57am On Oct 08, 2010 |
We must begin to ask very serious questions of what Aljazeera's motives in Nigeria are. The standing of that news outfit for all intents and purposes, is now shredded and in tatters. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 8:59am On Oct 08, 2010 |
which one we go believe now? Abeg PDP should carry their badluck and quit. SAY NO TO PDP |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 9:05am On Oct 08, 2010 |
The Joint Task Force (JTF) for the Niger Delta has also debunked the veracity of another Al Jazeera programme featuring alleged MEND fighters in the region. The JTF said an aerial surveillance of the region showed there were no longer any militant camps anywhere, as claimed by Al Jazeera From our own JTF. Now, the questions; [list] [li]Why has Aljazeera stooped to lie?[/li] [li]Why would a station with the international clout of Aljazeera believe the cheap lie that a terror suspect in custody can make calls?[/li] [li]Who is behind the deception?[/li] [li]If the phone calls to Aljazeera originated from SA, which of Okah's associates is still roaming free? [/li] [/list] |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 9:08am On Oct 08, 2010 |
jabbok: Dude, try to make sense sometimes! What has a fake phone call or the bomb blast got to do with PDP? Please stop derailing. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 9:11am On Oct 08, 2010 |
SECURITY agents yesterday picked holes in the interview conducted with the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, by the Arab Cable News Network, Al Jazeera. http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68565:security-agents-al-jazeera-didnt-speak-with-okah&catid=43:news&Itemid=799 Interesting. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 9:13am On Oct 08, 2010 |
these people keep shooting themselves in the foot how stupid can you get? unlike yardua, okah is alive and well, and can come and refute all this bs so where did all the 'you are a drowning man' gej was spouting come from? is this the sort of kneejerk reaction we should expect from the cool calm & collected pres? |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 9:16am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Faeb:In the midst of all theses confusions, one thing is certain - the bomb is a PDP bomb! GEJ,IBB,etc are all PDP and one of them has a hand in this nonsense to smear the other. All of them are suspects for now, no exemption. Save yourself some typing stress by leaving a blank comment, we already know your paymaster. SAY NO TO PDP! |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 9:20am On Oct 08, 2010 |
jabbok: What if IBB had decamped to ANPP? Because, thats what he plans to do? An ANPP top shot was murdered just yesterday. Lets approach issues with a modicum of sanity. I pity the youth and our shallow thinking. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 9:21am On Oct 08, 2010 |
oyb:GBAM! The presidency hastily responded after the purported okah interview that Okah was a drowning man. Now they are saying the interview is fake! What have OBJ gotten us into? How can we have a presidency that talks and thinks later? This is a bad omen anyway you look @ it. SAY NO TO PDP |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by edoyad(m): 9:32am On Oct 08, 2010 |
What does PDP have to do with this ? You're as petit as the people you're condemning. As for this information i will hold my comment till it has been verified that it wasn't actually Okah on the line. I suspected foul play somewhere and i hope i'm proved right, this people think they're dealing with the stu.pid old people they handled in the 80s and 90s. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 9:36am On Oct 08, 2010 |
edoyad:Look @ the bigger picture bros, we are nothing but pawns in this PDP struggle for power. How can any sensible person eliminate the PDP factor in the senseless bombings? This is a good as saying that the Pope is not catholic. With PDP out of Power, Nigeria's problems will be halved. I believe so |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by blinx4real(m): 9:43am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Asari Dokubo already told us who the caller was in his exclusive interview with NN24 two days ago; The caller was CHARLES OKAH, Henry Okah's brother! |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Igwe9(m): 9:44am On Oct 08, 2010 |
jabbok:He might have said that based on the information he'd got pending the investigation,and if he had not done that , the myopic populace like you would have taken it hook, line, and sinker. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by edoyad(m): 9:46am On Oct 08, 2010 |
@jabbok, let me inform you that virtually all Nigerian politicians are corrupt like that. See the politics in ANPP and how boko haram are tearing apart maiduguri and bauchi cos of the dirty politics used there. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 9:53am On Oct 08, 2010 |
jabbok: There is no bigger picture. You keep derailling all sorts of sensitive issues with your deslike for PDP. Is any party better? They are all useless and the same. The impression one gets from your position, is that you are running a campaign and don't really care about the issues at hand, which is the unfortunate bombing and loss of life at Abuja. ANPP lost their deputy boss to assassination yesterday, ACN is led by a drug lord; as for APGA, any objective person can see the degree of fraud and infighting they have, 47 parties have GEJ as their presidential candidate. Need I say more? The issue is not any political party; it is Nigeria and its elite; so all you are doing is sowing seeds of confusion, because your arguments are completely illogical and 100% base sentiment. Please, take some time to digest this article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by benchwest: 10:09am On Oct 08, 2010 |
lets wait till we get to the bottom line of the whole matter,hence other government is involve in the investigation,no one ill come out and say some kind of bullshit that eveything thing is being planned by nigerian govt, to my on ealier conclusion,okah himself didnt ring or made any inteview,it was faked.south afican secet agents lies too?. we have been tricked before during yardua time and same is gonna repeat again?. sincerelly speaking, some certain group of persona with special interest is working with this dame fucking arabic tv to earn goals. this is 21 centuary, nigerians are wiser than before,ibb ones said that the youths of today can not take care of the afai of the nation but i am sure he would be surprise of the response fom the youths fom diferent part of the county and aboad. so lets keep our fingers cross just like the way e did duing the sicking aren of yaradua. the tuth came out,some one is gonna lay don ashamed for all this . |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 10:25am On Oct 08, 2010 |
I wonder why it took so long to confirm with SA authorities, was it because there was no NSA? SSS reports to the NSA and Azazi was only appointed on Oct 5. That can't answer all question though, because someone must have been in charge of overall security. Was it Kayode Are? |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by edoyad(m): 10:30am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Kayode Are was acting in that capacity so we can't say there wasn't an Nsa, he being a former sss dg made him more than capable to handle that situation in acting capacity. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 10:53am On Oct 08, 2010 |
[size=14pt]I remember the Yar Adua is alive and well report. I think we should assess the veracity of the news channel's report[/size] |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by 9ijaMan: 11:22am On Oct 08, 2010 |
Here's a counter evidence to what 234next reported. 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. ---------------- That's to show how dumb the Nigerian security forces can be. They spread lies assuming their statements are not verifiable. In developed countries, a suspect remains only a suspect until strong evidences are produced to confirm their guilt. As stated above, Okah is entitled to 2 phone calls daily. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 11:38am On Oct 08, 2010 |
edoyad:I believe u. The problem is that PDP dominace is not healthy for Nigeria. We are almost a one party state. Do you guys know what that means? Let another party be elected. Nigeria can only progress if the party in power begins to feel real heat from oppositions. PDP does not have a candidate yet, but we have witnessed the arrogant build up to their primaries. They keep on telling us that their would be candidate will inevitably be the would be president of Nigeria. Can't you see the picture. Let the power go elsewhere than the PDP, am talking of progress in the long run. Nigeria will not be good overnight! |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 12:48pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
^ Start your political party and allow those who want to discuss serious issues some space. Did PDP plant the bombs?  Ridiculous. blinx4real: Chineke! Please can you provide a link to that interview?. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by 9ijaMan: 12:57pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
I suppose FAEB & BEAF are one and same person! |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by xterra2(m): 1:03pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Since from day 1,we have been fed with nothing but Lies So many confusing theories here |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 1:06pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
gej, the great polarizer |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by edoyad(m): 1:06pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
The truth must come out surely, just like who killed Dele Giwa has come out. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Bawss1(m): 1:07pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
oyb: All this just succeeds in making the president look bad. E be like say this Jonathan no dey try.  |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Nobody: 1:11pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
9ijaMan:It appears so, FAEB's emmergence concides's with BEAF demise. check his profile message and number of posts. Haha SAY NO TO PDP. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 1:12pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
9ijaMan: Will that butter your bread whichever way that goes? Just keep posting from that tribalistic piece of garbage called Daily Trust. There is no country that gives terrorist suspects a phone (as all intelligent people know), Daily Trust is only fit for recycling into toilet roll. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Bawss1(m): 1:12pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
I'm sure the OP thought he was doing camp GEJ a favor by starting this thread instead he is portraying him (GEJ) as an undecided president. |
| Re: Okahs Al Jazeera Phone Call Fake - SA and Nigerian security agencies by Faeb: 1:19pm On Oct 08, 2010 |
Bawss1: Super braindead!!!! How does the proof that someone is desperately planting false news and phone calls mean anything, aside from there are liars and their agents roaming freely? How does it mean anything other than someone is desperate to harm GEJ, but it just aint working? How does it mean anything, but that the truth is coming out (even CNN has sacked a reporter for carrying a fake "Niger Delta militant" interview)? www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6 |
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