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what does Islam say about people who steal government money?

Behead them.

This is one reason why protests may not work everywhere round the globe, when it goes sectarian.

Its now sunni versus shiite. This goes come complicated than the Tunisian/Egyptian protests.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110216/ts_yblog_thelookout/texas-man-wrongly-put-away-for-decades-denied-compensation-after-legal-glitch


A courtroom technicality has cost a wrongly convicted Texas man the compensation that would otherwise be due him for the 18 years he'd served in Texas prison--14 of which he spent on Death Row.

Anthony Graves would have received $1.4 million in compensation if only the words "actual innocence" had been included in the judge's order that secured Graves's release from prison. The Comptroller's office decided the omission means Graves gets zero dollars, writes Harvey Rice at the Houston Chronicle, even though the prosecutor, judge, and defense all agreed at trial he is innocent.

So how did this happen? Cory Session, a Texas Innocence Project policy director and one of the architects of the 2009 Tim Cole compensation law for exonerated prisoners, tells The Lookout that the Brenham prosecutor's office decided to dismiss the murder charges they originally filed against Graves, instead of retrying him all over again and finding him innocent. The compensation law provides $80,000 per year in prison only to claimants explicitly found innocent in a retrial or who are granted a pardon. Neither status now applies to Graves.
Session says he has no idea why the Brenham prosectors neglected to explicitly say in the court order that Graves was innocent. By simply dropping the charges, prosecutors could always retry Graves for the same crime if new evidence surfaced. Double Jeapordy rules would not apply, because the original charges against him have effectively disappeared.

Graves's lawyers are now pointing fingers at Burleson County District Attorney William Parham, who "declined to sign an order asking District Judge Reva Towslee Corbett to amend Graves' order of release to include the words 'actual innocence,'" according to the Brenham Banner Press. Parham said last month he also believes Graves is innocent, but that "actual innocence" carries no strict legal meaning; he also said he made no recommendations on the compensation case. Parham's office informed The Lookout he was not available for comment on the Graves case.

Session says Graves could now sue under federal civil rights law on the grounds that he suffered cruel and unusual punishment. Judge Corbett could also rescind the original order and add the words "actual innocence." If Graves sues the state of Texas in civil court, tort laws there limit any compensation to $200,000.
Meanwhile, Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry won't be able to rectify the other judicial technicality that's blocked his qualification from the state compensation fund: Graves is not eligible for a pardon because he is no longer accused or convicted of any crime.
The Tim Cole Act is named after Session's brother, who was exonerated of a rape conviction after he died in prison. Session says he plans to lobby to amend the law and close the loophole Graves slipped through.

"It's obvious to us that under the spirit of the state legislation passed in 2009, Graves deserves compensation," The Houston Chronicle editorialized. "No one disputes the fact that the man is actually innocent. And the $1.4 million payment that he's due according to the state's formula hardly makes up for the loss of freedom for most of his adult life. The state has paid more than $30 million to 67 wrongfully imprisoned Texans. Graves should be the 68th."

"I need some help," Graves told The Chronicle in a video before the decision. "It doesn't feel good being a 45-year-old man and having to depend on your family just to make sure you eat. It's kind of embarrassing. But right now, this is my life."
For more background, Pamela Colloff at Texas Monthly has a fascinating chronicle of the crime, reconstructing how Graves was falsely accused.
(Graves: AP.)

rebranded:
You sound very confused @ OP

you use an ID saying againstGEJ yet you keep trying to put other candidates down. .confusion of the highest order

When has it become a problem again with the name people use on a public forum? If I like, I call myself Ribadu and speak against him. How is that what you should eat panadol on? I am confused. Let me be, I am sure you cant help. So, whats the point? People should try mind their own business.

Eziachi:
No you carry on where you left off, it suits you better in your world of lunacy.

A lunatic is someone who shouts and goes mad un provoked. Calm down. Leran to take criticism without resorting to insults. It shows a nut is loose somewhere.

Eziachi:
You forgot to add that we will no longer be able to sleep with our wives with Buhari in power.
Elections should be won on who has the best plan to tackle peoples problems, not who had the most ridiculous rumours and spread of fears going.

You can add that to it if it pleases u.

1025

You can make a point without insults, abuses and curses.

Come on, why cant you be civil for once? Who is the imbe-cile now? You or who?

Sorry, this is un called for.

Eko Ile:
Of what relevance is this post? Waste of bandwidth.

Why will you know?

Remember Decree 4 of the Buhari/Idiagbon era? Through the use of the decree, Buhari clamped down on the media, and the other sectors of national life. He jailed Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor, two journalists with The Guardian newspapers for running foul of his regime‘s contentious Decree No 4 of 1984. Main thrust of the decree was that it was an offence to publish anything that would offend public officers; that such publication was the truth was not a defence under the decree.

Therefore, if he wins. Expect something similar to Decree 4 which will nail SR, 234, NL etc.

Really.

A man leads a coup to oust an elected government - slams the President and Vice in jail, and few years after, finds out the Shagari has only one house and says Ekwueme was not corrupt. So, why did you annul the elected government?

In 2011, they are now strange bed fellows:

Any hope in these people?

http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/7867-efcc-moves-stop-corrupt-governors-fleeing-ribadu-vows-prosecute-tinubu.html


EFCC moves to stop corrupt governors from fleeing - Ribadu vows to prosecute Tinubu, Kalu, others
Semiu Okanlawon, Musikilu Mojeed, Rasheed Bisiriyu and Seto Olatuyi


Governors indicted for corrupt practices are in for fresh trouble as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has initiated moves to stop them from fleeing the country at the end of their tenure on May 29, 2007.

The commission’s Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, also told journalists in Lagos that Governors Bola Tinubu(Lagos); Orji Kalu(Abia); and Ibrahim Shekarau(Kano), would be prosecuted for alleged corrupt practices.

Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, a source in EFCC said the commission decided to take steps at averting the escape of the indicted governors following information that most of them were making secret moves to leave the country.

He said the EFCC had learnt its lessons from the “disappearance” of the former Plateau State Governor, Chief Joshua Dariye, and his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr. Ayo Fayose, after they were removed from office.

Apart from Tinubu, Kalu and Shekarau, the EFCC had on September 27, 2006 said that 20 other governors were being investigated for corruption.

Governors Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu); George Akume(Benue); and Sam Egwu(Ebonyi) had on February 9, 2007 been dragged to the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The three governors had been accused of owning properties that far outweighed their legitimate income as public officers.

By the provision of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, the indicted governors cannot be arrested since they enjoy immunity.

But the EFCC source said that none of the indicted governors would find his way out of the country.

He disclosed that the commission had, in conjunction with the police, the Nigerian Immigration Service and the State Security Service, put the governors under watch.

The movements of the governors’ family members, associates and friends, according to the official, are also being discreetly monitored by the agencies.

He added that the bank accounts of the governors, their family members and friends were under scrutiny by the Financial Intelligence Unit of the EFCC.

According to him, the commission has also discouraged foreign embassies in the country from issuing visas to the affected governors.

Besides, the anti-corruption agency has drawn the attention of the global regulatory body on money laundering issues, the Financial Action Task Force, to the matter.

The source explained that even if any of the governors succeeded in fleeing the country, the EFCC would rely on the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement between Nigeria and other countries that had subscribed to the FATF treaty to repatriate him.

He said that all that the EFCC needed to do was to ask the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to contact his counterpart in a country in which such a governor might be taking refuge to ask for his repatriation in line with the MLA Treaty.

The officilal added, “I can assure you that we will not allow any of the corrupt governors to escape. Fortunately for us, the FATF has categorised people like them as politically exposed persons.

“Since they are under watch, they can easily and constantly be monitored. We are doing everything within our powers to stop them from leaving. If other security agencies cooperate with us, there is definitely no way out for the affected governors.

“We want to make sure they are prosecuted for their corrupt deeds. I can assure you that some of them will go to jail.”

The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Osita Nwajah, confirmed that the commission was making efforts to stop indicted governors from fleeing.

Although Nwajah did not give details of the efforts, he told one of our correspondents on the telephone that the anti-corruption body was collaborating with the police, the SSS and the NIS on the matter.

He said, “It is in the interest of Nigeria to prevent anybody from fleeing after committing a crime. So, the EFCC will do whatever it can to stop the governors from escaping from the country.

“But we will have to work with other relevant agencies to achieve that objective. As you know, the police, the immigration and the State Security Services are very relevant to this matter.

“What we are trying to do is a wholly Nigerian aspiration. Anybody who has committed any crime should not be allowed to run away and find a haven elsewhere.”

Also on Sunday, Ribadu said that Tinubu, Kalu, and Shekarau would be prosecuted following their indictment by an administrative panel of enquiry.

Ribadu, who spoke with newsmen at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, said that the commission decided to single them out because they were the only governors seeking fresh elective positions.

He said, “Tinubu and the rest (other governors) should consider themselves as very lucky.

“They ought to have been where Dariye, Fayose, Alamieyeseigha are today.

“They cannot escape. It is a matter of time. They have the protection of the law. They enjoy immunity.

“We are after them because they still want to rule us again. The constitution is against indicted people. After their tenure, they will be prosecuted. They remain indicted and are not fit to hold public positions.”

Ribadu dismissed the insinuation that the commission was focusing on the opposition.

He said that the prosecution of the indicted governors would come as soon as they left office on May 29.

He accused some indicted political aspirants of wanting to hide under the cover of the opposition to get back to power.

The EFFC boss said, “We have investigated a lot of people. We are not focusing on the opposition. You probably will see that 80 per cent of those investigated are in the Peoples Democratic Party.

“We know the antics of bad people in this country. They do 419 and commit other forms of fraud and then use democracy as a vehicle to continue with their fraudulent activities.

“These people have to answer for their misdeeds instead of giving the impression that they cannot be dealt with.”

Ribadu also faulted Tinubu’s challenge to the EFCC to produce incontrovertible evidence of his alleged corrupt practices.

He said Tinubu had merely engaged in an “empty boast.”

In his reaction, Tinubu said he sympathised with Ribadu over what he described as crisis of credibility.

He said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, that president Olusegun Obasanjo had made it clear that the EFCC was merely an instrument for harassing opposition groups in the country.

Tinubu said, ”We recall that the President alleged that a former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Rahman Mimiko, mismanaged his office and that he would soon send the EFCC after him.

“We also note that the feeble defence offered by Ribadu in his interview with The Guardian on Sunday is that he cannot control what the President says.

”For us in the opposition, we can see through the hypocrisy behind the so-called anti-corruption crusade.”

He added that he had never been afraid of a proper investigation and prosecution either now or after his tenure.

Kalu, in his reaction, said the EFCC had failed to tell Nigerians what offence he had committed.

The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Udeala, said, ”Kalu is not afraid of being tried. But any trial must follow the due process.

“If the EFCC has its facts, why not? But as I am talking to you now, the commission has not told Nigerians or even Kalu himself, for what offence he would be tried.

”Let the commission tell Nigerians what offence he has committed.”

rob you? How?

Ribadu had in the hollow chambers of the Senate while briefing the lawmakers of his Commission’s anti-corruption activities on September 27, 2006 indicted Tinubu of corruption by describing him as a looter with international dimensions.

Now Ribadu is romancing with Tinubu and even funding his campaign. Can this man be trusted?

"Our ACN administration will move promptly to diversify the energy mix and invest in decentralized renewable energy such as wind, solar and biomass especially in rural areas, with limited grid access.

We will also provide fiscal incentives for private developers by employing clean technologies in areas like coal power generation. Through a vigorous consumer education programme, we shall also promote the most efficient use of energy."


Where will you get the billions that will make these a reality? Another wild talk?

In the cities with industries and factories, how will you improve the power? No clue.

http://www.saharareporters.com/article/our-nation%E2%80%99s-journey-begins-mallam-nuhu-ribadu


Bring out the points that will take Nigeria to the promised land.

Save the insults, abuses and curses in your pocket.

I am against GEJ, but poster. What is it with all the falsehood in the opening paragraph? where is the proof that he is building with inflated budget and that his budget will build three power stations of superior something?

Even Ribadu, Buhari plans to build more power stations. If you want to campaign, do it with facts.

The same Ribadu that cleared Patience Goodluck of money laudering. What are you shouting for?

http://www.myondostate.com/myondostate/newssend.php?id=461

http://www.saharareporters.com/article/our-nation%E2%80%99s-journey-begins-mallam-nuhu-ribadu

No explanation anywhere:

This is why it is easier campaigning than actually governing. He only mentioned the quoted paragraph.

Become

Thats not true. Do you want Buhari's speech of 1983?

True or false?


Save your insults, curses and abuses in your pocket.

"As we are all gathered here, in the service of love, the service of our people, and the important service of restarting the agenda that makes democracy meaningful in the lives of citizens, let us put one point in mind: if we fail to urgently realise the vision of a modern Nigeria, the echoes of currently muted, but potentially destabilizing, change will soon consume our land."


Save your insults, curses and abuses in your pocket.

To increase the vitamin and protein intake of our leaders of tomorrow.


"We are committed to evolving a system of providing an egg and a glass of fruit juice or one glass of fresh milk to each child in school by 2014, in order to increase the protein and vitamin intake of our leaders of tomorrow.  This programme will have the multiplier effect of encouraging increased production of these food items with attendant manufacturing and service sector activities that, in turn, will create wealth and jobs."

Well done sir.


Save your insults, curses and abuses in your pocket.

Instant change or gradual change.

Nigerians seems to want instant change. Overnight. 20000mW, in 30 days. Employment in 30days. Better police in 30days. Strong Naira in 30days. Food everywhere in 30days. Can Nigerians wait for gradual change from any of these two or will they continue to propose instant change for Nigeria in just 6months? Are these people capable or will they go the same way of others before them?

Beside, why do Nigerians think Buhari, Ribadu etc are saints and reflects the desired new Nigeria? Have they not been part of the problem at a point in time? Questions, questions, questions.

Save your insults, curses and abuses in your pocket.

BUHARI who destroyed democracy and gave birth to IBB and ABACHA that deform and defame Nigeria, is again seen as the new messiah. Why are my people self destructing?


Save your insults, curses and abuses in your pocket.