jay bee:

What parameters are we supposed to use in defining crooks?
Like i said, i know dis dude very well and went to school with some of his kids.
I hope you know IB is a very small city in terms of facts

thameamead:

Him and Rotimi Williams own lot's of properties in Ibadan especially in Bodija, he owns Lister as well, a flour mill in Ilorin and an oil field, he was friends with Abacha before Abacha became President so Abacha must have given him huge contracts, apparently in Abacha days he use to go to Abuja every Friday to pay with Abacha in Aso Rock, he's also generous to his children's friends according to a reliable source.

jay bee:

I'm not disputing the fact that he is a very generous man.
Anyhoo, i don't think anyone deserves to have his/her children kidnapped.
Nigeria is just a failed state

JJay1:

Let me also let you know that most families we see as progressives in Yorubaland loves and respect Arisekola to high heavens. The Awolowos and Abiolas were big beneficiaries of his benevolence.

I did my youth service in Monitor Newspapers (now rested) which is owned by Arisekola, I know for a fact that at that time Tribune Newspaper group owned by the Awolowos was broke and going into extinction. It was Arisekola that allowed them to  stay afloat buy letting them print for free and would even give them rims and rims of paper for free without charging a kobo in his Ring Road based outfit, a competitor for that matter! The present crop of business men would be too glad to see their business rival die (eg Dangote & Otedola)

A lot of his businesses stopped being profitable because of negative economic policies that has virtually killed most manufacturing businesses in Nigeria but the man made sure he was paying his staff so they can feed their families, despite the fact that there was no job for them to do

Im not saying the man is a saint but please give him the respect he deserves, or at least shut the eff up on matters you dont have facts on!

hbrednic:

Crook or no crook, the kidnappers must release the kid unharmed,
nobody deserves to be kidnapped.

JJay1:

Let me also let you know that most families we see as progressives in Yorubaland loves and respect Arisekola to high heavens.[s] The Awolowos and Abiolas were big beneficiaries of his benevolence.
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I did my youth service in Monitor Newspapers (now rested) which is owned by Arisekola, I know for a fact that at that time Tribune Newspaper group owned by the Awolowos was broke and going into extinction. It was Arisekola that allowed them to  stay afloat buy letting them print for free and would even give them rims and rims of paper for free without charging a kobo in his Ring Road based outfit, a competitor for that matter! The present crop of business men would be too glad to see their business rival die (eg Dangote & Otedola)

A lot of his businesses stopped being profitable because of negative economic policies that has virtually killed most manufacturing businesses in Nigeria but the man made sure he was paying his staff so they can feed their families, despite the fact that there was no job for them to do

Im not saying the man is a saint but please give him the respect he deserves, or at least shut the eff up on matters you dont have facts on!

~Bluetooth:

stop spweing rubbish.how did Abiola and Awo benefitted from him ? do you know what it takes to be the Are ona kakanfo of yorubaland ? Do you know when Abiola started making money ? I guess you are just writing to impress some novice here.abeg try again.

~Bluetooth:

stop spweing rubbish.how did Abiola and Awo benefitted from him ? do you know what it takes to be the Are ona kakanfo of yorubaland ? Do you know when Abiola started making money ? I guess you are just writing to impress some novice here.abeg try again.

JJay1:

Thank God the boy has now been released.

For those jubiliating on the kidnapping, remember he has a wife and a baby! Should they also suffer because of sin they did not commit? The wife is from the Belgores of Ilorin, is it a crime to marry the guy? She the entire Belgores suffer because of some offence they did not commit?

I insist no man deserves to be kidnapped because of percieved enemity of an uncle

JJay1:

Keep your eyes on fact rather than making rude comments. I have just gave an example of the Awos if you are close to ANY employee of Tribune Newspapres that has been there for at least 13 years you may confirm if what I expressed is right or wrong, you might also want to contact Kola Abiola if you want to get his opinion on Arisekola, but if you are grown enough he expressed it in some interviews he granted around 1999 circa.

Concentrate on how to make something of your life rather than hide behind a faceless forum castigating people who have made some of theirs. And by the way it takes a homo sapien to be Are Ona Kakanfo, but not empty ones!

Silence remains best answer for your type though!

~Bluetooth:

Kola granted an interview and you make it sound like Arisekola made Abiola a billionaire ?
i was actually thinking you have something to come up with not this newspaper report you are presenting.In any case,Abiola has been successful years before Arisekola.I don't need to contact kola cuz it's a fact I know not some junkie.

JJay1:

You obvioulsy lack attention to details! Ignorance is a major syndrome. Get cured!

Oloko Nla:

@ bluetooth, i think you are either a misguided or you are not smart @ all. how can you claim that abiola wa sa business man when we all know now that he was a very failed government contractor unlike arisekola alao. what does abiola have that remains, please tell me and i will point out to you tonnes of investment that arisekola still has that is alive and doing well

what the hell do you think aare onakakanfo means? do you know the politics behind his accenting to that title? by the way, who gives a flying rats arse about it but since you mention it, it doesn't mean jack rats poo! he took that title as the first non oyo man to hold it just to prove some silly point, besides alaafin needed the dough and benevolence of unwise abiola so before you spew junk, think twice or thrice in your case

favouredjb:

Wow at all the stories

talking about ibadan here filled me with nostalgia,though am not from there but i have loads of frnd there,esp in bodija

thank God the guy has been released,the money Arisekola has,his entire generation can't be poor and btw,he is mutallab's inlaw

p.s this people shouldn;t bring this kidnapping madness to lagos or the southwest as a whole,pls abeg.
Abeg how much did the kidnappers collect? The thing no waste time at all

~Bluetooth:

Next time,do your research before typing rubbish !Arisekola made his money from Abacha's regime supplying police kits and other stuff and not the so called investment he's known today for.Abiola has made his wealth since the 70's.

Oloko Nla:

@ bluetooth, i think you are either a misguided or you are not smart @ all. how can you claim that abiola wa sa business man when we all know now that he was a very failed government contractor unlike arisekola alao. what does abiola have that remains, please tell me and i will point out to you tonnes of investment that arisekola still has that is alive and doing well

what the hell do you think aare onakakanfo means? do you know the politics behind his accenting to that title? by the way, who gives a flying rats arse about it but since you mention it, it doesn't mean jack rats poo! he took that title as the first non oyo man to hold it [/size][color=#990000][/color][size=8pt][/size][size=8pt][/size][size=8pt]just to prove some silly point, besides alaafin needed the dough and benevolence of unwise abiola so before you spew junk, think twice or thrice in your case

dayokanu:

Arisekola has been a rich man before Abacha came into govt.

He didnt make his money from Abacha.

~Bluetooth:

i hope you dont mind telling me what he was doing in the 70's and how much he's worth when Abiola was successful as vice

president of ITT ?

Ramon2:

Yoruba have since graduated from gbomogbomo to real time kidnapping. All Igbo kidnappers are Yoruba brought ups. Imagine Yoruba people kidnapping and killing Igbos in the midst at a time Igbos were not even involved in kidnapping.

*Cougar*:

distributing datsun cars to the whole west african region. he was also into estate and properties. he bought abacha his first car when abacha was doing his military service in ibadan in the early 80s.