buzugee:

right right. thats about 15 million people.  and if you are very good at what you do ? just like facebook, through word of mouth you can capture an audience of 50 million people nigerians home and abroad. you have to be extremely good though. have lots of pictures to corroborate your accusations. you may have to pay someone to be a photographer. you will be to nigerian politics what perez hilton is to american entertainment blog. can you believe that through writing a blog, this american dude named perez hilton became a household name ? its very do-able. the question is how fiery is your passion ? abi you just dey make mouth  

Remii:

All said and done, why would Guardian and Vanguard not say anything about "Cecilia Goes to Jail". Even with so much noise about "Conscience Nurtured by Truth" motto of Guardian. lol

no human being should own this much in a country where there is so much poverty. This is classical greed in all it's ramifications.

KnowAll:


I agree with this gentleman, what is the point picking up the guy/girl who do the deed and close case. When other co-conspirators are still enjoying the largesse of other people's money.

HOW MANY FEMALES ARE CEO's/MD's OF BANKS IN NIGERIA

NAME ME 5?

WHY ARE NIGERIANS SO BLIND SOMETIMES TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

DID NOT A REPORT COME OUT SOMETIME AGO THAT ALL THE MD's OF THE BANKS UNDER
INVESTIGATION WHO WERE TOLD TO STEP DOWN WERE ABSOLVED FROM CHARGES

YOU CANNOT BE A FEMALE IN THAT KIND OF POSITION IN NIGERIA AND NOT BE SUBJECT
TO HEAVY/SERIOUS SCRUTINY!!!

Sagamite:

More than oyinbo self? Wow!

I never saw it that way. I hardly or rather don't read any blog at all (well apart from BBC's Robert Peston).  I guess the reason is that I am too in love with listening to myself speak, I can't be bothered finding other intelligent people.   I get too turned on listening and marveling at my intellect to the point the ogazim is out of this world.

Sometimes when I am delivering my piece on NL, my neighbours are complaining about the strange noises they hear when I get to a climax. I am just screaming in tongues "aahh wasawasawasa, whoooooooooh, whoooooooh, sshhhhhhhhhhh, OOOOOHHHH LAAAWD, gaaaddamit, shuku shuku bam bam" as I dey come due to the sexiness of my intellect.  

Yeah, I am good and passionate, it is not just mouth.  

KnowAll:

Nigerians are illetrates, 98% of correspondence keep on harping on stealing. How could it be theft, when there are traces of how the money was spent OR apportioned, thus funds were given to individuals and companies albeit and with the benefit of hindsight,  Ibru has links to these entitites, the proper demeanour OR name for this kind of crime  is mis-appropiation, combined with gross misadventure using share-holders equity,  bordering on bad advise. Having said that,  if the deal had brought-in enough profit, the same share-holders would not complain if their diviends where larger than previous years.

There was also a bit of nepotism, double standard, conflict of interest and falling foul of Bankig rules and guidelines. Her detrator in no other person than Sanusi is a beneficiary of the same broken system, the only reason why he was able to nail Ibru and Akingbola and the Chief Executives was  becos he has what is called " inside knowledge" of the unruly and unethical banking culture that is prevalent in the Banking industry.

We must not lose sight of the fact that it takes " a thief to catch a thief". Sanusi has not done anything extra-ordinary he has only broken the secrecy in the Banking fraternity, in Yoruba language they say " o dale " which means he has broke an oath of secrecy which is prevalent in that industry.

Sanusi is just a shameless whistle blower who cannot cut it in the rough and tumble of Banking, he tried to compete,  but those guys where just not in the same league as him, what did he do,  when he became CBN Governor,  he chose  the simplest way out,  spilling the beans in the industry that to me is not bravery but cowardly.

Nigerians should see the cataclysm in the Banking Industry has a fallout of greedy and selfish men fighting over the overwhealming wealth and power some insiders within the industry have made to the detriment of sulkers like Sanusi who out of envy and jealousy result to bullying.  They say when two elephants fight, it is the grass that would suffer. We are all suffering from the ego tripping fight by these shameless Bankers.

No man of honour would go down this road of shameless perdition for a few fistful of dollars, but that is the road Sanusi chose and some of us want to follow suit. To say the Banking industry would remain in the doldrums for decades would be under-statement. That Industry is dead and buried only an act oof God would revive what today is tantamount to safe keeping houses without a focus nor a value to stir any interest from foreign investors.

I thought Sanusi came to London to hawk his damage goods not suprise there were no takers, I wish him the best of luck next time. 

Toke B.:

I know I am in the minority here but I would say this is a step in the right direction. She is not the first to do such but she is the first to go to jail. I don't care if it is just one day the fact that all her deeds were put out and she had to forfeit a huge amount of her assets is a good thing. Even in America not every criminal serves a good amount of time in jail. Alot of people reach plea bargains and what not.  Also there is judicial process, even when you know someone is guilty it doesn't mean you have hard evidence to convict of a certain crime. Example, OJ Simpson everyone knows he killed that woman but there was no hard evidence. For all we know Ms. Ibru could have given vital information that could help put other corrupt individuals in jail in exchange for lesser time. Sanusi promised in Washington DC yesterday that all former Bank MD's will go to jail. This woman is making headline news around the world, America and England are reporting it. She is finished. Before she can buy anything that requires money she would be probed long and hard. She might not be able to leave Nigeria ever again, because America and co can refuse to give her Visa. She will never be in an authoritative position ever again. Any money she spends would be looked as fraudulent even if she obtained it legally. Everyone from the woman selling her dodo can laugh at her because she is a convicted criminal. For a woman like Cecelia Ibru who used to be respected this is the lowest of low! I rather have people like armed robbers and people who threaten the lives of humans in jail over Cecelia Ibru anyday. The shame she has received and brought to her family is as bad as any life jail sentence. We can't get it right everytime, but I would at least congratulate the system for doing something no matter how little. Before someone can still such amount of money again they would think twice.

KnowAll:


There was also a bit of nepotism, double standard, conflict of interest and falling foul of Bankig rules and guidelines. Her detrator in no other person than Sanusi is a beneficiary of the same broken system, the only reason why he was able to nail Ibru and Akingbola and the Chief Executives was  becos he has what is called " inside knowledge" of the unruly and unethical banking culture that is prevalent in the Banking industry.

We must not lose sight of the fact that it takes " a thief to catch a thief". Sanusi has not done anything extra-ordinary he has only broken the secrecy in the Banking fraternity, in Yoruba language they say " o dale " which means he has broke an oath of secrecy which is prevalent in that industry.

Sanusi is just a shameless whistle blower who cannot cut it in the rough and tumble of Banking, he tried to compete,  but those guys where just not in the same league as him, what did he do,  when he became CBN Governor,  he chose  the simplest way out,  spilling the beans in the industry that to me is not bravery but cowardly.

Nigerians should see the cataclysm in the Banking Industry has a fallout of greedy and selfish men fighting over the overwhealming wealth and power some insiders within the industry have made to the detriment of sulkers like Sanusi who out of envy and jealousy result to bullying.  They say when two elephants fight, it is the grass that would suffer. We are all suffering from the ego tripping fight by these shameless Bankers.

No man of honour would go down this road of shameless perdition for a few fistful of dollars, but that is the road Sanusi chose and some of us want to follow suit. To say the Banking industry would remain in the doldrums for decades would be under-statement. That Industry is dead and buried only an act oof God would revive what today is tantamount to safe keeping houses without a focus nor a value to stir any interest from foreign investors.

I thought Sanusi came to London to hawk his damage goods not suprise there were no takers, I wish him the best of luck next time.