₦airaland Forum

oyin44:
An ibo man shouldn't be allowed to rule this country at this time....

Cos if we allowed obi to rule a political campaign for secession might rise

"The reason why we reject Peter Obi in the North is because he never believed in Nigeria, so are his supporters...."

The federal government, in 2021, engaged the services of a US firm to recover illicit funds allegedly traced to the account of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The firm was also contracted to retrieve such funds from the accounts of Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti governor, and Musiliu Obanikoro, a former senator.

In a memo marked HAGF/AABIOLA/USA/2021/VOL.1/1 — and dated May 31, 2021 — Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), engaged Akib Abiola as the lead recovery agent to recover the funds on behalf of the federal government.

In the letter of engagement, Malami said the stolen assets are currently under forfeiture proceedings.

“Following the proposal submitted by Mr. Akib Abiola. (hereinafter “Lead Recovery Agent”) vide letter dated 9 March and 6 May 2021 respectively, please be informed that the federal government of Nigeria has engaged you to recover the funds traced to the accounts located in the United States of America and belonging to the individuals listed in paragraph 2 of this engagement letter (hereinafter illicit funds),” the letter reads.

“The scope of the engagement is for the recovery of the illicit funds traced to Mr. Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Ayo Fayose, And Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro in the United States of America.”

Abiola was given the responsibility of “instituting an action severally or jointly against Atiku Abubakar, his family and associates towards recovering the stolen assets due to the FGN from the proceeds of crime currently under a forfeiture proceeding at the United States”.

Other responsibilities include “identifying and providing information to the undersigned (Malami) about any assets subject or likely to be subject to forfeiture proceedings in the United States of America, limited to Mr. Ayo Fayose (former governor of Ekiti States) and Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro (former minister of state for defence and former High commissioner to Ghana)”.

The lead recovery agent was also mandated to negotiate settlements, sign letters, and agreements, and work in collaboration with the AGF for the purpose of recovering the funds.

The AGF noted that “where lead recovery agent and its partner solicitors 1dentifies any other assets (financial or otherwise) which may be pursued as a recovery prospect, it shall bring such information to the attention of the undersigned (Malami) for express approval before proceeding with any legal processes towards the recovery and repatriation of such asset”.

FIVE PERCENT LEGAL FEES

According to the AGF, the lead recovery agent is entitled to a “success fee” amounting to five percent of “actual recoveries made and remitted to the designated accounts” of the federal government.

“This fee shall be paid in respect of cash recovery within sixty (60) days of the collective receipt of same by the federal government of Nigeria,” the letter reads.

“The aforesaid success fee shall be deemed to cover all the expenses incurred by the lead recovery agent and any agents or associates contracted by your firm in the course of its engagement. For the avoidance of doubt, the federal government of Nigeria will not enter separate terms of engagement with such agents, associates, attorneys or sub-contractors.”

adekolaelect:
Tinubu poeple are donating Vehicles for him. Pdp supporters are donating division for Atiku to Ignore wike while Obis supporters are donating insult , hatred and prayer Matt's with picture to the Mosques to achieve their presidency .

Toluwanise247:
No one has successfully fight Tinubu and still win on Apc platform check history……. Lawan, Yemi, bakare, and others

BloomingDale:
You should have just gone through your bank or your visa/Mastercard company and requested for a refund.

A Patriotic Lagosian tackling another Lawless Lagosian with the rhymes: “One WAY on Freedom WAY” 🔥🔥🔥

🎥: yawnaija (IG) posted 2 days ago pic.twitter.com/Xlptc1QdTt

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) September 18, 2022

AntiBMC:
Atiku talking about green energy, when the generators he imports are contributing to the barrage of greenhouse gases depleting our ozone layer. Issoryt

onomeabuja:
Baba waziri de give them wotowoto
Obi miscreants make una come troll nah

"My Competitor who did not know what's Green Energy"

I dare Peter Obi to reply Atiku

"My Competitor who did not know what's Green Energy"

I dare Peter Obi to reply Atiku 😂 pic.twitter.com/pEgoXsDMEu

— Ayekooto (@DeeOneAyekooto) September 16, 2022

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George has warned that the opposition party may lose next year’s presidential election to crisis.

He said the way and manner the protracted leadership crisis is resolved will determine the fate of the platform in 2023 polls.

George, warned that PDP may be polarised and fragmented into the Northern Peoples Democratic Party (NPDP) and Southern Peoples Democratic Party (SPDP), if the national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, does not resign.

He said:”Let me declare categorically that the positions of presidential candidate and national chairman cannot come from the same zone.”

George, a Naval Commodore, spoke with reporters in Lagos on the consequence of politics of exclusion and inequality in the party.

Accompanied by his wife, Rolly, Senator Kofoworola Akerele-Bucknor and other party chieftains, the party elder advised Ayu to honour his promise to step down, if the presidential candidate emerges from the North.

He lamented that PDP has violated the principle of inclusion because the candidate, chairman and the campaign director are from the North.

George said it is desirable that the position of the national chairman should come to the Southwest to give the region a sense of inclusion, belonging, equity and justice.

To the party elder, PDP is facing a ‘clear and present danger’ that might thwart the window of opportunity for winning.
He said flawed personal interests are being sustained at the expense of party unity and cohesion.

According to him: ”We should not allow any sentiment – ethnic or religious to divide us. Unfortunately, with what we are presently witnessing, our party may lose the next presidential election if we continue to disregard or fail to address the feeling and grievances of ‘alienation’ being presently experienced by the entire Southern population of this great country. If this issue is dismissed, we cannot expect votes from them.

”We should be seen to pursue noble causes and not ethnic agenda. Ethnic groups in this country are at the precipice of collapse. It has never been this bad historically and Nigerians are waiting for us to change the situation of things for the better.

”Until this party returns to the founding fathers’ principles of unity, with equity, fairness and justice being the pedestal for any political decision taken in this party; and ensuring broad-mindedness to accommodate the concerns of all zones in this country PDP becomes vulnerable to disaster in the 2023 elections. Unless we are united, with equity, fairness and justice, our party may be fragmented before 2023.

”In May this year, we elected our presidential candidate in the person of HE. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, setting aside the principle of rotation as enshrined in the constitution of our party in the interest of peace and unity of our party. Today, we are in a situation in which our National Chairman is from the same zone as our presidential candidate.

”Some people are insisting that there is nothing wrong with this present arrangement. Some have argued that this happened during Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, where the candidate and the national chairman were from the same zone.

”Let the truth be told, there are remarkable differences in the scenario then and now. Then we had the leader of the party who was then a sitting president from the South and the candidate was from the North.

”In addition, the National Chairman, Dr Ahmadu Ali, was then on his way out. Today we have no sitting President from our party in Aso Villa so, that argument falls flat. We need to stop playing games and being zombified.”

toneroforever:
Campaigns haven't even started yet Tinubu's lifelong ambition is already up in flames. Gone too soon.
If u factor the rejection & mockery his candidacy has received across the length & breath of the country, you will agree with me that this is the most humilating & embarrassing setback any heavy weight politician has suffered in Nigeria's recent political history.

toneroforever:
I really feel pity for BAT. I wonder how his urchins sleep at night knowing that bad news awaits them each morning from now till Feb 25. It's such a bad time to be a BATist.
When they listen to the news, they keep hearing about Obi & patriotic Nigerians who want to take back their country.
To make matters worse, northerners are teaching the so called sophisticated master strategist practical lessons in Politics 101.
The only thing left for him is to minimize his losses by reducing the number of bullion vans he intends to deploy for election financing, vote buying, crowd renting & campaigns.
He was banking on northern governors like Ganduje,El Rufai etc & other heavy weight politicians across the country to support him without knowing that most of them are only out for a share of his loots while acting like they care about his lifelong ambition.
Even rigging will be highly minizeed because of BVAS.
The thought of engaging in vote buying is equally a risky proposition judging by the Osun election experience where people collect the money & vote their preferred candidate hence the slogan " vote wisely" .
With Atiku dominating in the NW & NE while the OBIdient movement resonates among the grassroots in the SE,SS, most parts of NC, christains & a reasonable number of muslims in the NW,NE as well as a large number of SW voters, where is Tinubu hoping to get the numbers from to make his dream a reality.

derecho:
Watch the videos and don't be fooled by the photoshopped pix.

Ondo were about 4000 pipu walking by the roadside.
Only TVC recorded it and shared it after 6hrs of editing.

Oyo gathered 3500 on a narrow abandoned road.
Clip is blurred at the end and lasted for about 30secs.

Very daft move

Abdu81:
The rally is a collection of about 85 haggard retirees.
No future generations, Ofcourse tinubu can't represent anything future.

GuyWise101:
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