9ijaMan:


Are you kidding me? Thousands of news paper articles around the world, Nigeria inclusive always use phrases such as: 'a source', 'our source', 'the source' etc etc. This is the lamest and most ridiculous excuse you can ever give. You are doing a terrible job at attempting to spin this news. Go and ask those who are more experienced amongst you GEJ supporters to come to your rescue.

Pharoh:

I doubt that b[b]ecause he was not the one even managing the page [/b]and he asked those same aids to compile the whole engagement on the facebook page. The same aids that would have been responsible in contacting the students. See dipo was the group leader and owner of the project with the other guy called ade, they have not in any one day have any contact with sahara reporters so is it not clear that it is oladeji that has been contacting them. Sahara reporters are now trying to spin it as one source and anonymous source, that guy is a die hard buhari fan so how will that same person be contacting goodluck for a security project. Is that not hypocrisy, he was the aggressive member described in that group and i know all of them involved personally. I just spoke with dipo on the phone, the ade is a pastor and deji is a business student. They are all there on my facebook friend list and very soon the truth will come out because trouble is already brewing between them.

debrief08:

So he is lying after all claiming he is the one who operates the page and pretending to be the one talking to Nigerians. Thanks for confirming that the president is indeed lying

Pharoh:

Who would have been the source if not the students?.

Pharoh:

What is wrong in given the comments to his aid to post on facebook or what is the job of media assistants to the president. When odumakin gives a press conference is he speaking for himself or on behalf of buhari?. He is talking to Nigerians because those post where his and he only needs assistants to post it for him where he can read the comments later also or some of hos assistants.

Pharoh:

There was absolutely no lie because what was written in that book was the actual truth that transpired. Like i said there was misunderstanding within the group and one of them who has a personal grudge to grind with the president was the one that caused all this mess. I just talked with the leader of the student group and the actual guy that had the main project and all has been revealed to me now.

Pharoh:

[b]What is wrong in given the comments to his aid to post on facebook or what is the job of media assistants to the president. [/b]When odumakin gives a press conference is he speaking for himself or on behalf of buhari?. He is talking to Nigerians because those post where his and he only needs assistants to post it for him where he can read the comments later also or some of hos assistants.

9ijaMan:

Abeg go and continue to play with sand. Your reasoning is really suspect.

Kobojunkie:


WOW . . . all has been REVEALED to you Now . . . . Now, how do we trust you?

debrief08:

The difference is Odumakin signs his name he does not make a statement and and signs Buharis name. You have exposed your man as a liar. very funny

Pharoh:

They are all my friends in real life and also on facebook, one of them also passed out from my university.

Pharoh:

So you want them to be signing facebook status updates? 

Kobojunkie:

The president claimed on more than one occassion that he actually takes time to read and respond to the comments on Facebook. He also quoted some of the comments on Facebook in HIS book. If what happened on Facebook is to be blamed on the aide, are we then to assume the book is not Jonathan Goodluck's work as well but that of the same aide??

Kobojunkie:

That is a no brainer and does not answer the question or the claims you made.

Pharoh:

Off course he manages it too when he has time but the bulk of the workload falls on the shoulders of his aids. The claim in the book was that they were invited for consultation which was with dipo but the deji of a guy who was already an outcast is the one that has been contacting sahara reporters to make all this claim.

Pharoh:

It is not compulsory you trust me, i have said my part and they are from first hand communication i am having with the students involved. When this blows beyond the present stage then everything will come out in the open. The guy deji was for goodluck initially but later moved to buhari and ribadu, he is also a member of the save nigeria group. He is busy everyday abusing goodluck on his facebook page and at the same time negotiating for project contract with the president.

One set of Nigerian students based in Finland said they were shocked to learn that Mr. Jonathan prominently used their names in his book based on exchanges on the president’s fan page. In the book, the president acclaimed the students, Dipo Daramola, Oladeji Ikuesan and Adewale Adeyemo for proposing ways of combating crime in Nigeria.

The Finland-based students Dipo Daramola, Oladeji Ikuesan and Adewale Adeyemo stated that there was no contact whatsoever from Mr. Jonathan’s office to further discuss their proposal   on how to address the nation’s kidnap crisis.

On July 21, 2010 Mr. Daramola and his friends, who are studying business information technology in Finland, had written on Mr. Jonathan's facebook page that they were working on a project called the GPS gate, GPS trace, and Google Maps on a mobile device to trace the location of mobile devices. They suggested that their research could enhance security in Nigeria and curtail crimes by deploying satellite positioning. The three students told Mr. Jonathan that they did not want to be part of the brain drain from Nigeria, but wished to return to serve in Nigeria provided his government was “ready to support our visions and goals for our great nation.”

On July 23, in a response to the three students, Mr. Jonathan commended Mr. Daramola and his friends, adding, “I am proud of the work he is using his intellect to achieve.” Then the president promised that somebody would be in touch with the students “to explore the possibilities of deploying this technology for use by our security agencies.”

A few days later, Thisday newspaper picked up the report http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-to-invite-finland-based-stu,  The Punch also wrote a feature highlighting President Jonathan's engagement with Nigerians on Facebook.

But the students said they were dismayed that they never heard from any of Mr. Jonathan’s aides. One of them said they felt “used and dumped by the president to promote his Facebook activities.”

Another of the students told SaharaReporters that a fellow named Reno Omokri informed them, after their fruitless waiting to hear from Jonathan, that he (Omokri) had recommended Mr. Daramola’s post to one of Jonathan's special advisers, whom he did not name. But Mr. Omokri later asked the Finland-based students to send a message to Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s senior special assistant on research and strategy. They said they never heard back from Mr. Douglas.

Omokri works with the American political strategist, Joe Trippi. Mr. Trippi is a consultant to Mr. Jonathan’s presidential campaign.

After months of silence from the President’s office, the students in Finland heard that Mr. Jonathan had published a book about his Facebook exchanges. “We were very surprised, if not shocked, to learn that we were featured in the president’s ‘Facebook’ book where it is claimed that the Finland students were ‘promptly invited for consultations’. It never happened,” said a source.

Mr. Omokri admitted that, based on his knowledge of what transpired behind the scenes, he did not think that the assertion in the book was accurate.

One of the students, who spoke to SaharaReporters anonymously, said none of them was ever invited to present their proposals. Mr. Omokri said he washed his hands off the issue and had asked the students to contact Mr. Douglas directly.


Mr. Omokri also said he was worried that Mr. Daramola's colleagues were slightly desperate and could have orchestrated a negative campaign against the president over the issue. But one of the students denied the charge, describing themselves as young patriotic Nigerians who were drawn to the idea that Jonathan was sincere in asking Nigerians to engage with him on Facebook to find solutions to the nation’s crises.

When SaharaReporters reached Dipo in Finland, he said he wasn't willing to speak regarding the issue claiming he had a deep personal issue to deal with at the moment.

Kobojunkie:

When did Deji become an outcast? I mean you just said the two guys are friends, now are you saying the two friends are not telling the same story in this?

Pharoh:

Yes they are not telling the same story, dipo and ade are the owner of the projects and it was a school project they were working on for a lecturer in their school. Goodluck was talking about the kidnapping issue on facebook when deji posted a comment about the project. The aids of the president contacted him and from there he got an invitation to make an interview with thisday newspaper. No one knew how possible the deji of a guy fitted his name into the thisday publication. There was trouble about that episode but because they are all friends so they let it slide in other not to shame him. He was the aggressive member disturbing the aids to work on the project and he is definitely the one that contacted sahara reporters anonymously that they have not been invited when the book was launched by the president.

Pharoh:

You can see from the story that sahara reporters contacted dipo and he said he is not interested so all those stories written there was not from him and definitely not ade who is a pastor. All this troubles resurfaced some three days ago because deji was the one who gave sahara reporters the phone numbers to call dipo and ade. There are three students and there is no way anyone who have spoken for them or acted as a source in this whole mess. Dipo said it clearly that he is not having a discussion about the matter and also the ade guy has not said anything.

Pharoh:

Look at it very well, sahara reporters has been saying one students, anonymous source and another of the students. They have been in contact with the three students so let them state clearly who said this and that instead of using those claims.

The Finland-based students Dipo Daramola, Oladeji Ikuesan and Adewale Adeyemo stated that there was no contact whatsoever from Mr. Jonathan’s office to further discuss their proposal   on how to address the nation’s kidnap crisis.

But the students said they were dismayed that they never heard from any of Mr. Jonathan’s aides. One of them said they felt “used and dumped by the president to promote his Facebook activities.”

Mr. Omokri admitted that, based on his knowledge of what transpired behind the scenes, he did not think that the assertion in the book was accurate.
Mr. Omokri also said he was worried that Mr. Daramola's colleagues were slightly desperate and could have orchestrated a negative campaign against the president over the issue. But one of the students denied the charge, describing themselves as young patriotic Nigerians who were drawn to the idea that Jonathan was sincere in asking Nigerians to engage with him on Facebook to find solutions to the nation’s crises.

After months of silence from the President’s office, the students in Finland heard that Mr. Jonathan had published a book about his Facebook exchanges. “We were very surprised, if not shocked, to learn that we were featured in the president’s ‘Facebook’ book where it is claimed that the Finland students were[b] ‘promptly invited for consultations’.[/b] It never happened,” said a source.

monkeyleg:

Shocking absolutely SHOCKING. Scandelous. I wonder what other wolrd leaders would think of our president, making false claims in his book? Is this how we are going to rebrand and clean up our act?

Anyway, I am not surprised, his best friend and fellow PDP crook Governor, was busy deceiving Deltans that Asaba airport is open for business, so I would say I am surprised. It is in the PDP blood

Pharoh:

Who is this student contacting sahara reporters and speaking for the group when after sahara reporters already got the whole story. They contacted dipo to confirm if the story is true and he said he is not discussing the story with them because of personal issues. So why was his name included in the students that denied the claim that the president has contacted them?.

Pharoh:

Who is speaking for oronto douglas, is it himself or one of the students?

Pharoh:

They were invited for consultations through facebook and is that not the reason why they have been waiting to hear from the aids of the president?. What is the lie there that they were invited for consultation or are the students denying that?   This was goodlucks response to him which has been followed up because they sent the invite to dipo only and not the other students from my conversation with him some hours ago.

So, if according to you, Dipo and Ade own the project, and they both claim they were never contacted, and Mr Omikri confirms that by his knowledge, they are telling the truth, but it then turns out that the same Dipo and Ade are again mentioned in Jonathan's book as having been contacted and what not. What does that tell you?

Correction --- he did not say that. If you read the report, he mentions he has deep personal problems to deal with -- I don't think that translates into what you claim there ooo!!! Shocked

Again, READ THE ARTICLE to see what is being said please. I don't see what you see ooo. I see a story speaking of how two boys whose names were attached were not really contacted, even though the book and facebook claims they were.

Stop bickering about SaharaReporters and read the report please to understand how your version of what happened can only be considered a super twist of what is contained in the article itself.

Pharoh:

Dipo and ade never held any correspondence ever with sahara reporters, he only gave the interview to thisday and he has been in contact with oronto douglas by email. It was the same deji that has been in contact with sahara reporters which they have been spinning as anonymous source and one of the students. It was the same him that gave them the contacts of the other two guys and you can see that dipo has never contacted sahara reporters before developed this story.

Dipo was in contact with douglas and he has personal issues so he did not give sahara reporters any story before they published this news and also he has never been in contact with them in the past either as one of the students or anonymous source. I spoke with him on the phone about the sahara reporters part so i know what transpired between them.


I know for sure because it is deji that has been in contact with sahara reporters and not dipo so why all the twist of one student and anonymous source.

Dipo and ade never held any correspondence ever with sahara reporters, he only gave the interview to thisday and he has been in contact with oronto douglas by email. It was the same deji that has been in contact with sahara reporters which they have been spinning as anonymous source and one of the students. It was the same him that gave them the contacts of the other two guys and you can see that dipo has never contacted sahara reporters before developed this story.

There was never a follow up, even though in the book it seemed there was --- that is what they are trying to tell you,  . . . READ . . .  READ . . .  READ  . . . .  Cry Cry Cry Embarrassed Embarrassed Embarrassed .

Since you earlier claimed you actually spoke to one of them, why not write to correct the paper then if you are confident you did. That way you can make the paper retract it's story in time.

Pharoh:

I have spoken with him and he has never contacted them up to the call them gave him in that report.

Pharoh:

Douglas contacted dipo and why should i do that for them or do i look like dipo and co that are in this mess?  
Madam i go soon go sleep, i know those guys and if care is not taken the case might escalate soon and they will spill it all out.  

Kobojunkie:

Seriously, your story is so out of whack . . . I have no place to start self. Could Deji be their lawyer? It is possible, but I find no head of tails with what you keep coming up with . . . since you claim you spoke to the guys, why not contact Saharareporters with this version of your own.

Kobojunkie:

ESCALATE IT  . . . I double dare you to!!! I challenge you!!

texazzpete:

Finally, I'm extremely annoyed that Pharoh constantly misspells the word 'aides' as 'aids'. Dude, this is kinda shameful.

Pharoh:

Deji is no lawyer but they are not in good talking terms anymore so whatever dipo does with  douglas is separate from what deji is doing with the omokiri of a guy. So it was dipo's part that went finally to the book while deji part was the one that went to sahara reporters. Deji went to sahara reporters without even consulting the other guys and gave them their phone numbers but they declined audience only for sahara reporters to still go ahead with the story from only one party and claimed as if it was three of them that gave them the story.

Pharoh:

Anyway i will call it off here but i will tell the guy to give sahara reporters a reply or tell oronto douglas to give sahara reporters a reply to clear everything up.

Pharoh:

Please dear me for something better like being a presidential aid so i can have access to the national cake ooo.  

Kobojunkie:

Again  . . . story story . . . you could be the one lying to us -- it is not your first time.

Pharoh:

Please i don't tell lies on this forum and i am not making anything up but i have to go and sleep.

We are on a different timezone so it is getting late over here hence my reason for calling it a day.

Kobojunkie:

As far as I am concerned you made up your story on Dipo, Oronto etc  They are all desperate lies told by you to discrete a story you are unwilling to stomach !

Pharoh:

So until i give you the recorded call between me and dipo before you will believe me?. You can draw up any conclusion that seems right to you but i know where i got my story from.

Anyway madam i need to hit the bed, hoping the whole truth comes out in few days time but stop thinking of me as a liar which am definitely not.

Kobojunkie:

I can tell you the sky is green today. Unless i provide some form of proof, I bet you won't believe my words either. So, you know what you can do to substantiate your claims, else, it all a lie as far as I know.

I don't have to be in Libya to know people are dying there. I have evidence from the media to support their claim that people are dying there. What do you offer me? Ramblings on a forum? lol

Pharoh:

I understand your point but this is not my case so there is no point for me going the extra mile to prove anything but anyway the case is closed on my side.

When did you changed to lol?, i though you would have been rolling on the floor laughing your backside off?. roflmao