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The Association of Fulani Chiefs and the Chariman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Ondo State chapter, Bello Garba, said during a press conference in Lagos that Chief Olu Falae, was not kidnapped by members of Fulani herdsmen....

MACBAN, says the call by the Afenifere, to expel Fulani herdsmen from the South-West was unnecessary.Garba said that even though Fulani herdsmen are known for encroaching on people's farms, no Fulani herdsman would abandon his cattle and go about abducting anybody.
He said:
“We’ve been relating with security agencies and we have never had any issue with residents before. The disagreement with farmers has been ongoing for sometime but we have mediated and settled it on several occasions.
“Most of the Fulani people that came into Ondo came in as cattle breeders and you don’t expect them to just leave their animals and be kidnapping. We have been residing in Ondo State for more than 100 years and no one has ever accused us of any heinous crime in Ondo State or caught us with weapons.

“As an Ondo resident, I condemn this act. Clearly, this is impersonation. We live with our families in Ondo. How can we engage in such an act? We are pleading with law enforcement agents to do more investigation and expose the real perpetrators.”
The Sarkin Fulani of Lagos, Alhaji Mohammed Bambado, said it will not be in the interest of the Yoruba or Nigerians to denigrate cattle breeders at a time Nigeria was trying to diversify its economy and make agriculture more attractive.

He said:“Need we remind our brothers (Afenifere) of the African Union and ECOWAS charters that give people and animals, particularly, livestock free movement within and across international borders of West African states. Such calls and actions are in direct breach of a number of international treaties and obligations regarding the free movement of persons and animals.
“Banning the movement of cattle from one part of Nigeria to another also violates the constitution of Nigeria on the freedom of movement of people and livestock. It also amounts to ethnic profiling of the nomadic Fulani.”

He, however, called on the Afenifere that rather than call on the expulsion of Fulani hersdmen from the south-west, they should all join hands with them to find a lasting solution to the encroachment problem.
The Sarkin Fulani, Abeokuta, Alhaji Mohammed Kabir, who is also the Secretary, Association of Fulani Chiefs in the South-West, said said the government needs to create grazing reserves for herdsmen so that they would stop encroaching on farmlands.
He added:

“We have appealed to the Federal Government and state governments in the South-West to help create grazing reserves.
“It is done in many advanced countries. When these things don’t exist, the herdsmen have to encroach for survival. Even before oil, we were doing this.
“God forbids that we will be importing all our cattle from overseas like our cars. This cattle rearing creates jobs for thousands if not millions of people. There is ranching in advanced countries but we can’t be ranchers because we can’t afford it.”

http://www.nairanaijanews.com/2015/10/fulani-herdsmen-deny-kidnapping-chief.html

They have annexed Kwara and it seems Ondo is next

The cowards do not care cos Igbos investments in Lagos is where they set their opolo eyes.

AFTER 11 days in the captivity of kidnappers, a 70 year old clergyman in Ikare-Akoko area of Ondo state, Japhet Obafemi has regained his freedom.

Pastor Obafemi of the Apostolic Faith, Ilepa in Ikare-Akoko was ambushed by some suspected Fulani herdsmen.

He was abducted along Augu/Akunmu express road on his way from a church engagement in Kogi State.

His son was said to be driving his KIA SUV car when his abductors numbering about 13 reportedly ambushed him

The kidnappers later called the wife Olu that her husband is with them and that the family and the church should pay N16m as ransom.

Vanguard gathered that the family and the church were able to raise N300,000 but the kidnappers insisted they can’t go below N3m.

They reportedly told the wife to sell his property and that of the church so as to pay for the ransom.

Vanguard however could not ascertain if the kidnappers ended up collecting the N300.000 or that the family and the church jerked it up.

But it was reliably gathered that the family parted with some “good money” before the Pastor was freed.

Police source said that the Pastor was seen at Ise-Akoko few kilometers from where he was kidnapped.

Narrating his ordeal, Pastor Obafemi who reportedly sustained injury on his head said that he trekked over six kilometers from the bush where he was released to Ise-Akoko.

His family members prevented him from going into details of how he was kidnapped and where he was taken to by his abductors.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had last week declared a three days fasting and prayer for the release of the abducted Pastor.

Speaking with newsmen, the chairman, Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state Alhaji Azeez Al-Amam expressed appreciation to journalists, security agencies and the state governor Dr Olusegun Mimiko for theirefforts in ensuring the release of the clergyman.

http://odili.net/news/source/2015/oct/1/310.html

Buhari should RESIGN

His gross incompetence stinks to high heaven

Change2015:
Don't be petty. The coas is indeed trying to boost the morale of the soldiers fighting and dying to defend your country. That in your rabid mind is a bad thing abi?

Shut that hypocritical mouth of yours.

Your president and his incompetent COAS are bunch of failures.

We are in for a long thing


May God save us from this turbulent reign of Buhari

Pieces of human flesh were seen on Saturday morning littering the roadside in a suburb of Abuja, Nyanya, where an explosive went off late on Friday.

The explosive was said to have been detonated at the Jikwoyi Park, Nyanya, on the popular Abuja-Keffi Expressway, claiming yet-to-be ascertained number of lives.

The late Friday incident was the third to be recorded in that vicinity

http://www.punchng.com/news/bomb-blast-pieces-of-human-flesh-litter-abuja-suburb/

freshcvvs:
These are suppose to be the re-enstated soildiers.

Una just come back don dey complain of no riffles, you must pass through another round of trainings before any gun or gadets are given to una.

Read again and tell me where it was written that they were re-instated soldiers.

Last night, Aljazeerah shared a video on its Facebook page where a man who claimed to be a Nigerian soldier shared photos of soldiers attached to the 3rd armored division training in bathroom slippers and without uniforms at the Nigerian Army Training Center in Katangura, Niger state...


The soldier who shared the photos, refused to reveal his identity for fear of being sacked.

"How can someone be training with his bathroom slippers? How could someone be training in his ordinary clothes? None of us having rifle. None of us having uniform. Majority of soldiers are hungry"he said
He accused the military hierarchy of stealing the budget of the military
"I beleive the government released the money but it is unfortunate that some people have decided that that is the only way of making their million"he said

However the Chief of rmy staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai says soldiers do not necessarily have to always train in their uniforms.
"You dont have to always train in your uniform. The ethics is been dispatched to their units for them to be relocated and to be rearmed"he said
The soldier also said that the homes where their wives and children stay lack electricity, good toilet facility or running water.

http://www.nairanaijanews.com/2015/10/see-10-photos-military-accused-of.html

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun investigation into allegations of forgery, fraudulent conversion and obtaining the sum of N400m by false pretence against Mr. Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his firm, Metropole Interproject Limited.

Ogunwusi is one of the contestants for the vacant stool of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Osun State.

In a petition written by the chambers of Rotimi Jacobs & Co. dated September 7, 2015, Messrs Sijuwade Holdings Limited stated that in 1993, it purchased a parcel of land measuring 30,000 square metres from the Ojomu Chieftaincy Family at the Lekki peninsula, Lagos, and duly obtained the Governor’s Consent to the transaction.

Thereafter, SHL claimed it entered into an agreement with Metropole Interproject Limited for the latter to sand-fill the entire parcel of land, and that upon completion of the sand filling, Metropole would be given 7,500 square metres from the land “to serve as the company’s fees.”

The petition stated that after the completion of the sand-filling, Metropole offered to develop the remaining portion of land for SHL, adding that the offer was accepted on the condition that the development would be in phases.

The responsibilities of Metropole as stated in the Development Mandate Agreement included the funding of the development and procurement of all necessary permits from the federal and Lagos State governments; as well as the funding/construction of 24 duplex units on the 7,500 square metres and this was to form the basis of Metropole’s equity in the project entitling the developer to 16 units out of the 24.

The petition stated, “Our client (Sijuwade Holdings) gave Mr. Ogunwusi the title document (which was in our client’s name), including the tax clearance of two directors to process the necessary permits required for the construction. After the completion of phase 1, our client requested copies of the approvals and consent, but Mr. Ogunwusi refused to provide them.

“Our client engaged the services of a town planner (TG Marchnata) to conduct a search at the offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority. The town planner got copies of all the documents submitted by Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole for the purposes of procuring the building permits for the construction.

“To our client’s surprise, the search revealed that Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole had forged the title documents by superimposing the name of Metropole Interproject Limited as a co-owner of the parcel of land. The signature of Professor Olawoyin, SAN, who prepared the title document was also forged by Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole.

“Mr. Ogunwusi also submitted a forged Certificate of Incorporation with the name: Metropole Interproject & Sijuwade Holdings Limited. He also forged some documents belonging to the Lagos State Government and uttered same to the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority.”

The petition further stated, “Meanwhile, before our client got to know about the fraudulent activities of Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole, our client had, in line with the agreement it had with Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole, issued title in favour of Metropole and its nominees for the units due to the company.

“Apart from the forgery earlier complained about, Mr. Ogunwusi/Metropole has also sold the eight duplex units that ought to have accrued to our client and he converted the proceeds, running into N400m, to his personal use.”

The petitioner, therefore, asked the EFCC to investigate the circumstances under which the title documents were allegedly forged.

In a letter with reference CR:3000/LS/EGC-1/VOL. 6/409 and dated September 17, 2015, the EFCC asked the legal firm of Olawoyin & Olawoyin to confirm if the agreement allegedly submitted by Metropole for the building permits was prepared by the firm.

The EFCC’s letter was signed by one Abubakar R. Madaki on behalf of the Head of Operations, and stated that the request was made pursuant to Section 38 (1) (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004; and Section 21 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2012.

While responding to the EFCC request, Olawoyin & Olawoyin stated in a letter dated September 23, 2015, “We wish to state that the agreement (a copy of which was attached to your letter under reference) was NOT prepared by our firm. We have taken the liberty to attach to this letter a copy of the actual document that was prepared by our firm and draw your attention to the following differing aspects of the agreement:

(a) The front page of the agreement attached to your letter contains Metropole Interproject Limited as a party to the agreement of sale, while in the actual document prepared by our firm, Metropole Interproject Limited is not a party.

(b) The signature on the front page of the actual document prepared by our firm is that of the undersigned, Prof. Gabriel Olawoyin, SAN, while the signature attached to the front page of the document attached to your letter is NOT that of Prof. Gabriel Olawoyin.

(c) Page 1 of the agreement prepared by our firm does NOT make any reference to Metropole Interproject Limited, while the document attached to your letter makes reference to Metropole Interproject Limited.”

When contacted to authenticate the content of the petition, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs of Rotimi Jacobs & Co. confirmed that his firm sent the petition to the EFCC on behalf of Sijuwade Holdings, but refused to comment further.

Similarly, Olawoyin confirmed his firm’s response to the request by the EFCC but declined further comments.

Ogunwusi, on his part, denied the allegations levied against him and Metropole Interproject Limited, saying he was being maliciously targeted for negative press because of his interest in the vacant stool of the Ooni.

He said, “Why are they trying to write damaging reports about me now and why not two, three years ago? The heart of man is full of wickedness. What they are saying is a lie; we have resolved it. They are using it to smear my name.

“Oba Akiolu (of Lagos) and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are aware of the issue. We have resolved it and I don’t know why they are doing this. It is a lie that I put Metropole Interproject Limited as a co-owner of the land; they are trying to expose what they are not; if they chose to fight dirty, I will meet them.”

Ogunwusi later made a conference call to a man purported to be Prince Deremi Sijuwade, who said, “I heard something about the petition and I will say it should be discountenanced. I am not sure those things written in the petition are correct; we will come up with an official statement in that regard.”

The head of the kingmakers and the Obalufe of Iremo quarter, Ile-Ife, Oba Solomon Omisakin, when contacted on the telephone by one of our correspondents, said he was not aware that a petition had been written to the EFCC against Ogunwusi or any of the contestants for the throne.

“I am not aware of such a petition. It is not to my knowledge,” he said.

Asked if the kingmakers could use such a petition to screen out the contestant, Omisakin stated, “Until I get to know, I won’t make any comment.”

Ogunwusi had on September 19 distributed transformers worth N250m to some communities in Ile-Ife, which had been in darkness for a long period due to faulty transformers.

Mr. Leke Ijiyode, who represented him at the ceremony, said Ogunwusi did not distribute the transformers in order to be selected as the next Ooni, but because he had been involved in philanthropic gestures in the community before now.

He said the contestant had been involved in assisting indigenes of Ile-Ife in tertiary institutions and other forms of humanitarian services long before the demise of Oba Okunade Sijuwade.

http://www.punchng.com/news/contestant-for-ooni-stool-in-alleged-n400m-fraud-forgery/

Weed-addicted SW urchins already exhibiting their foolhardy trademark

As the nation awaits President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list, the President on Tuesday said he would head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Buhari dropped the hint in one of the interviews he granted one of the foreign media in his hotel shortly before departing New York.

The President was in New York to participate in the 70th United Nations General Assembly.

“I will serve as the Minister of Petroleum Resources myself,” Buhari told his interviewer.

The nation’s petroleum sector has been said to be enmeshed in corruption with millions of dollars said to be missing in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

Shortly after assuming office, Buhari sacked and replaced the management of the company.

The new management had started a general reorganisation of the firm.

Buhari had on Monday said the trial of those who looted the NNPC would commence soon.

Meanwhile, ministerial list that President Muhammadu Buhari will submit to the Senate on Wednesday (today)will not contain all the members of his proposed cabinet, THE PUNCH has learnt.

Buhari was inaugurated on May 29, having defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election held in March.

Investigation by one of our correspondents on Tuesday revealed that what would be transmitted to the Senate this week would not be a complete list of nominees.

A top government official familiar with the arrangement confided in one of our correspondents that Buhari would send the names of the nominees to the Senate in batches.

“What the Senate will be getting on Tuesday or Wednesday will not be a complete list. The names will be sent in batches but quite a number will be on this first list while others will be compiled and sent later,” the source said.

The President may have decided to send the names in batches in order to meet the September deadline he set for himself rather than waiting to compile the full list and fail to beat the deadline.

Efforts made by one of our correspondents to get an insight into the list of the first batch of would-be ministers did not however yield any positive result on Tuesday.

The issue of the list has however been generating concerns among members of Buhari’s delegation to the 70th United Nations General Assembly holding in New York.

Many of the politicians on the President’s delegation who felt they might be considered for ministerial positions were getting in touch with Nigeria intermittently on the telephone for latest information on the list while they also kept making themselves visible for Buhari.

Some of them who could not hide their anxiety were heard asking Nigerian journalists if they had latest information on the list.

Prominent chiefs of the All Progressives Congress on the President’s delegation include a former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi; a former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; and a former member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa among others.

Meanwhile, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Tuesday that his leadership would not employ vendetta in the screening of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s wise men.

Saraki, who stated this in his welcome address to his colleagues at a plenary after their six-week recess, expressed confidence that Nigeria’s economy would experience a turn-around with the appointment of ministers.

He said, “As we await the list of ministerial nominees this week, I believe the presence of ministers will create the space for greater policy engagement with the executive arm of government.

“It will also enable us to begin to respond in a more systematic manner to the various economic and social challenges before us, especially through our various committees that will also be constituted soon.

“On this note, I want to urge you all my colleagues to ensure that what is uppermost in our minds as we begin the constitutional task of screening of ministerial nominees is the overall interest of our country, informed by the enormity and the urgency of the challenges before us.

“Once the list is submitted, let us ensure that we treat it with dispatch and thoroughness. We must not be held down by unnecessary politicking.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-will-be-petroleum-minister-says-buhari/

That is there trademark


Obasanjo also battered his wife and children

Wole Soyinka married a HAT-TRICK of wives but battered/divorced them all

Enough of all these show of shame.....

The office of the Inspector-General of Police has been inundated with enquires on claims by Chief Olu Falae and his family that a ransom was paid to his abductors following the kidnapping incident involving
him on 21st September, 2015 and eventual release on 24th September, 2015. As a law enforcement agency guided by rule of law and professional ethics we do not under any circumstance encourage the payment of ransom to kidnappers or other criminals as it is tantamount to rewarding crime and motivating other criminals to follow that path.

As such, the Police was not in any way privy to any arrangement that would have led to payment of ransom by the elder statesman or his family. For the respected Chief to declare that he paid a ransom for his release is therefore, a demotivating news. Our approach was a professional response to what we saw as a crime against a respected national personality known to embrace peace and who has dedicated most of his valuable life to selfless service of our Nation.


The Police under the leadership of the Inspector-General of Police deployed our unique intelligence and operational capabilities including Police helicopters for aerial surveillance. Our intelligence and operational teams comprising Intelligence Response Team (a special anti-kidnapping unit), Conventional and Mobile Policemen were deployed for rescue operation. They followed the path from the point of kidnapping at his farm at Ilado, along Igbatoro Road in Akure, Ondo State and trailed the hoodlums through bushes to Owo in Ondo State. In the process, we were able to identify the major actors and currently high level Police activities are being emplaced to apprehend and bring them to justice.


As professionals, it is our conviction that the unprecedented and massive deployment of Police resources and men to support search and rescue operations put pressure on the criminals to release the elder statesman. This is much so, that history has shown that even where ransom is proven to have been paid the life or safe return of a kidnap victim may not be guaranteed. The primary interest of the Police in this instance and granted the circumstances of the incident), was the safe rescue of Chief Olu Falae which was achieved.


Whatever the family did as regards payment of ransom was outside the knowledge and consent of the Police and at this point we wish to advice that in future families who fall victims of such acts should rather work closely with the Police component of the rescue initiative so that we can achieve the primary purpose of rescuing the victim alive instead of wittingly or unwittingly giving the impression of encouraging criminal activity by rewarding criminals with payment of ransom.


In this instance, having confirmed that ransom was paid to the abductors, the Police will be interested in widening their investigative scope with a view to exploring the lead further with regards to how payment was made and to whom such payment was made. If the payment was perfected through bank transaction the Police have the capacity to track such transactions and will be liaising with the bank to enable us trace the cash and apprehend the perpetrators. This could be an added lead that could strengthen ongoing post-kidnapping efforts of the Police.

The Inspector-General of Police wishes to reassure Nigerians of his determination to strengthening and enhancing the safety and security of its citizens while counting in Nigerians to continue to support and work in strong synergy with the Police towards the achievement of our statutory mandate.

http://www.nairanaijanews.com/2015/09/police-replied-chief-olu-falae-we-no.html

As an insider in the know, I have vowed to tell the world of the wicked hands sabotaging the efforts of Igbo land

But there effort will forever be in vain as usual

They are only being envious of Igbos exlpoits....I am happy some of us are now asking questions so as to know who are our real enemies.

otokx:
How can you say Ethiopian Airlines is substandard? If they decide to stop that route what alternative do you have than to come down to Port Harcourt.

The fact that there is no alternative airline does not mean we should be economical with truth.

Wasting our oil money on good for nothing nomads

As if the god-forsaken gambari mallams value the good things of life

just watch as it will be blown up

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested the House of Representatives to approve another tranche of $200million World Bank loan for Lagos State.
The WB had, in 2010, offered a Development Police Operation facility worth $600m to the state to be operated in three tranches of $200m per annum.

The President’s request was conveyed in a letter the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, read to members on the floor, soon after they resumed from a six-week annual break on Tuesday.

The letter explained that the request was for the DPO II.
Part of the letter reads, “I seek your support to facilitate the consideration and early approval of the DPO II loan of the US$200m to enable the state to consolidate on the gains of the second tranche of the operation (DPO) II.”
In August, Buhari sent a similar request to the National Assembly in respect of Edo State.

In the case of Edo State, he requested approval for $75m in the second tranche of the total of $225m facility the bank offered Edo State.
The President, in a separate letter read to members on Tuesday, also sought the approval of the legislature to raise Nigeria’s proposed Diaspora Bond to $300m.
However, Buhari explained that the raise was needed to accommodate the “huge amount of capital” required to bridge the infrastructure gap in the country.

He also informed the House that Nigerians in the Diaspora had shown interest in the bond.
Buhari stated, “The purpose of this letter, therefore, is to request approval of the House of Representatives to increase the amount proposed to be raised through the Diaspora Bond from US$100m to a maximum of US$300m.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-seeks-500m-loan-for-lagos-diaspora-bond/

yang:
As long as am flying home to Biafra, I am landing in Enugu

Paris Charles de Gaulle to Enugu connecting via Addis Ababa through Ethiopian Airlines

Even though it costs 400 euros more

OP as long as our people keep using the airport, the traffic will go up and the price will come down

All weapons fashioned against biafra will Backfire


Go and ask gowon and his Middle belt how fulani is dealing with them now

Umu chineke

How will the airport be made lively and atrract traffic when they are systematically chasing prospective travelers with a sky-rocketed fare??
They have deviced another strategy which is to arrest importers traveling with cash tagging them money launderers at the airport but are free to travel with such money via lagos airport.

This is indeed a conspiracy but nemesis will always catch up with them.

superstar1:
When the International Waterlogged Airport was being commissioned, they were making noise on how the Airport was going to overtake MMA in 3days, in their usual mouthy Miracle of Biafra chest beating.

Here we are, they are not patronising the same airport. They still prefer travelling to SW to board flights to obodo wherever they are going to.

It clearly shows the poverty of SE we have always been talking about,.

When an international airport does not have enough customers that can lead to influx of airlines to the same airport, jostling for the "invisible we-are-rich" people, it is eternally blessed to fail.

There is no conspiracy anywhere Mr. Y1b.o the OP. Your land lacks capacity to attract airlines because there is no sufficient customers.

People are flying from Kano, Abuja and PH and they are not complaining of any conspiracy. Point the accusing fingers at yourselves for once.

They are always looking for someone else to blame for their woes.

Bunch of clowns.

Your types are the reason why NDLEA need to confiscate more SW farmlands.

You do not just open your TRIBALISTIC mouth and start vomiting balderdash on threads beyond your reasoning capability.
What do you have to say about Enugu airport having a higher fare difference of over 50k compared to that of Lagos??.
What is the criteria of attracting an airline company to a given airport??

Uncleodi:
Seriously!!

Things are getting out of hand oh!! Issues like this is what triggers civil war...

My Grandmother's younger brother that got missing during the Nigerian/Biafran war is yet to come back till date...Let's not repeat history.

What is wrong in protesting the apparent injustice meted out on a particular region

hmmmm APC in a free fall just like the naira

Who else is observing this grand conspiracy to stop international flights and activities from Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.

Why should the igbo traders going about their legitimate business outside the shores of the country be hounded and have their hard-earned hard currency confiscated just because they used the Enugu airport.
They would prefer Igbo businessmen and women from the east flying from Lagos after long hazardous trips by road.

International flights from Enugu, which started under Odua was her main offence against the parochial Nigerian government. They have since vowed to be relentless in scuttling the flight activities in Enugu airport using dubious means.

Are there no Bureau D’Changes all over Nigeria? What about the mallams that sell cash even at street corners? How many times has useless EFCC arrested them and confiscated their money?

Why are those using the Enugu airport be compelled to pay higher than the passengers going through Lagos??
For instance, a one-way flight from lagos to Malaysia is 140k while that of Enugu ranges from 190 to 200k.
Why have the Nigerian government deliberately hiked the price of airline operating license of Enugu airport and hence chased other willing airlines from the east??

It is on record that prior to Odua's ouster as the aviation minister, many notable airlines like Lufthansa were preparing operation in Enugu airport. Why have the Nigerian government decided to cripple the activities in Enugu airport by refusing to issue licence to willing airlines??
Why is it that only Ethiopian airline(substandard) operates in an internationally certified Airport of Enugu??.

It seem that this present administration is committed to frustrating Igbo men and women business, Igbo leaders should rise to defend their people especially on this era of tagging them money launders by so called efcc with their hard earned money.

Nobody can stop Igbos. Those of us still in doubt should see why they must patronise our own and move the larger part of their businesses east.

the cowards no longer own themselves rather their masters(fulanis) do.

Imagine the treatment meted out on this octogenarian in his own village

what do you expect when all their focus is on igbos investments in lagos

Speaking to reporters at his home in Akure, Falae said the armed hoodlums threatened to kill him every 30 minutes, until they received information that the ransom had been paid. He did not state how much was paid to the abductors, who initially asked for N100 million, which they reduced to N90 million. A family member said they could raise only N2 million.

Falae, 77, said: “There were six of them with three or four guns and every half an hour or so they will say, ‘Baba we are going to kill you, if you don’t give us money we are going to kill you.

“On Wednesday, one of them said we are leaving here on Thursday morning. Since we cannot leave you here alone, if we don’t get what we want we are going to kill you.

“And they said they gave me until 3pm. I thank God that at 21 minutes before 3pm, one of them came and said ‘the money don complete’.”

Reliving his ordeal, he said: “When the hoodlums came, they slashed me with their cutlasses, they said I was not cooperating. And they dragged me barefooted into the bush.

“After dragging me around for about two hours, they stopped somewhere for us to rest and there they asked me to phone my wife and tell her that I have been kidnapped and taken out of Ondo State, which was a lie.

“About 2.30pm on Monday, we started walking with very few stops until 2am the following morning. I guess I must have covered a minimum of 15 kilometers.

“That morning, I did not take anything. So all day, I had no food, no water and I walked close to 15km. How I survived I cannot really remember. I had no food in my stomach, I had no shoes, my clothes were torn.

“At a point, one of them gave me a pair of slippers. Later, they called for a motorcycle. The motorcyclist took me away. I had no clue where we were going. Finally, they dumped me somewhere, where I was, until I was released on Thursday.

“In that place, we all slept on leaves. Unfortunately, it rained in the night and I was drenched. One of them brought a small umbrella to cover my head, but the rest of my body was not.

“They offered me bread, but I told them I could not eat it. I demanded for a bottle of coke, which was what I drank every day to have energy and to continue with the march, because we were always moving.

“They were changing locations two to three times a day. I suspect it was to prevent the police from tracing them.”

The ex-finance minister said although the confirmation of the payment of ransom was made on Wednesday afternoon, he was not allowed to go until Thursday morning.

“So the following morning, they said I should go. One of them took ropes to stitch my buba, which was tattered.

“So when I came out of the bush, I found a motorcyclist, who gave me a lift to Owo.

“The place was about 10km from Owo town. The place was between Owo and Ifon. And I walked to that place. I guess we must have trekked about 25km.

“Miraculously, I was not tired, I was not hungry and I was not afraid of them at all. Each time they said, ‘Baba we will kill you,’ I will tell them, ‘no, insha Allah, you will not kill me’.

“I did not break down, but I want to tell you that when I got back home I became completely exhausted.

“But I am now 80 per cent fit and I know in the next few days I will be 100 per cent again.”

The 77-year-old warned that such attack should not be allowed to happen again as it could result to even graver consequences.

“It is not because of me. As for me, I am a very humble person, but by virtue of what God has made me and the status He has given me, it is an insult to our race that a man like me could be abducted by a bunch of hoodlums.”

He added: “By the way, one of them told me ‘Baba, if after you leave us you talk nonsense I will come and catch you again’. That is the kind of insult I received.”

Asked if the kidnappers were illiterates, Falae replied: “Only two of them could speak some English. They were between 25 and 35. They were Fulani but they spoke Hausa.”

Falae said it was likely his ordeal was closely connected to his conflict with Fulani herdsmen, who consistently grazed on his farm.

“The cattle rearers have been giving me a hard time for the past two or three years. Because I have a dam on the farm, so they like to bring their cattle there to drink water, then they eat my crops.

“This time they ate up my maize farm. We took pictures, and it was videoed, the police went there. They were asked to pay compensation, they begged and paid half and we accepted it.

“That was about two months ago. Whether it was one of them who went to bring his brothers to come and deal ‘with this wicked man’, I don’t know. It is plausible.

“My view is that this is my home. I have not gone to farm on anyone’s territory. This is my home where I was born. I have every right to farm here and live in peace here. So, this is totally unacceptable.

“I once told the commissioner of police that if he cannot protect us and protect my farm, then I will protect myself. There will be self-help, if government fails to protect its citizens.

“It would have been unfortunate if that were to happen. The IG met me and assured me that they will give us protection.

“I hope that we in Ondo State and in Yoruba land would consult to ensure that we enhance our protection. We cannot be slaves in our own territory.”

The former SGF said he was not surprised that the police could not trace and arrest the kidnappers because of the manner of their movement and operation.

“These fellows were permanently on the move. Day and night they were walking. Through farm lands, through water, through swamps…they were scared, they knew they could be traced with GPS, that was why they were running around all the time.

“I was not surprised at all that the police could not trace them before they decided to let me go.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/falae-abductors-vowed-to-grab-me-again-if-i-talk/

65k on tokumbo laptop??

when that is enough to get yourself a brand new one and still have some change

Wailing cowards

Nellybii:
So you are fighting for igbos?
lol. Unfortunately, this is not the right forum.
I advise you go join Massob and carry placard and you die like fowl or rot in prison whilst the Ekweremadus and Anyims of this world continue to laugh at you from the corners of their rooms.MUMU na im you be.ODE

shut that rotten mouth of yours...hhmmm(spits)
Why the horrible stench oozing out of your mouth

Nellybii:
You are definitely an enemy of progress. The likes of you are the reason for the under development and backwardness in Africa.
Are you contesting for FIFA presidency? What is your own set?. You will never progress in your life if you continue like this. Anyway you won't even mind because your likes remain backward and wretched whilst pulling everything down. God will definitely punish you and your type fukking basterd.

trash.....

why then do you inbreeding homosexual descendants of awolowo(sprays baygon on his corpse) cry wolf when igbos make progress in Lagos??

Wonderful.....Igbos are truly the best


unlike in Ekiti where they can only boast of garri Emure

Considering where he comes from, I see him being a disgrace like Amos Adamu

He is definitely and probably devicing fetish and ritualistic means to catapult him to Zurich