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seanet02:
Hope he does not include Kidnapping and Human Eating in the Curriculum

man f off here

a nigerian language is growing and all u have to say is this rubbish

ndigbo nice one, i mean for once acknowledge the SE they have tried

OP

can u remove my name from ur post

thanks

gidson12:
and a monarch recently raaped a female corper in one of the western states, Osun state, its shocking too
www.naijan.com/osun-state-monarch-arrested-for-allegedly-despoiling-a-female-corper/

can i ask how this relates to the thread or topic

this is where we fight oo

OAM4J:
^Dont worry, just forget it's password.

ok bro

lastly, is it posible to delete my monker alj harem

i don't mind

^^^^^^^

sorry but i was just really pissed off

i respect u, but the way this people do like is life and death is unbelievable

i am tried of heaing igbo this igbo that, really i am tried

they are the only group on nairaland that insults all nigerians without themselves and ones u give them a taste of their medicine, they start crying and cursing like bunch of babies

i am sorry, i will cool off for some days, sorry for the stress

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I must say, i find it very disturbing the way some ideeiot (of igbo extract) try to look pathetic.

I remember last year, while reading a post of one of our beloved Nairaland Bawolomo,

i recall someone cursing him on this site because his views were differnt and next thing he die

alexleo, among other are not even fit to discuss with on "PUBLIC FORUM"

please mods do something about this before it gets out of hand

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RoadStar:
My point is not if he is Asiwaju or not.
My point is, do the yorubas really need as Asiwaju, should they continue in their old ways and attitudes which almost always leads to a disaster of some sort.

Times have long changed since the days of Awo, we should be able to learn from the mistakes of the past and not keep reliving them.

hhmmmm words

[quote author=dem_people link=topic=686061.msg8482477#msg8482477 date=1307568198]You apparently couldn't wait! You were of course salivating for some bad news from the south east or something before you begin your pointless arguments here. How someone would be elated by such sad news about people's mishaps amazes me.
Remember when I said sometimes your brain needs a rest to recharge and tune it to normal. Well, this is one of those occasions. Your sister Ileke-Idi will soon land here. I very much expect her to continue from where you stopped while you rest the white matter.[/quote]but she is from the south east

youngmonie:
Heyyyyyy Nigerians and their rumours, From wer i would know  the poster is lying, TVC is not owned by Tinubu it is owned by ERASTUS AKINGBOLA!!!!,    its no news to Nigerians, [color=#006600][/color]liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!!

pleas do some more research before u dismiss the truth

@op

according to my sources, he is not yet the asiwaju of yorubaland

2 you are absolutely correct about tinubu, area father

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good development

kl2020:
nigeria is a great country, keep the flags flying

keep deceiving urself

emmatok:
@  alj_harem

Another PDP agent

I know you are angry with Tinubu because he singlehandedly sent PDP parking from the SW.

Look here, the EFCC has been hunting Tinubu since OBJ regime and they are yet to arrest him .

He even turn the EFCC man into his house boy.

He is smarter than you all.

me PDP agent, u must be joking.

tinubu is sure smarter than I , which is the truth but i also think he is smarter than all south westerners combined

the writing is on the wall, just read it,

how can a man impose imself like he is a king and impose his family like they are the ruling class

i dey laff, oooo

i really hope sw will not regret this all in the name of tinubu personal interest

chai, what a scary silly way of thinking

Eko Ile:
Again, defending Tinubu and asking you to prove any wrong doing on his part are 2 different things and not the same.

Like you, I'm all for getting corrupt people off our streets, but I'm not into peddling rumors like many of you, it's nothing but a waste of time.

Our moribund justice system convicted and jailed Bode George, so why not Tinubu? He left office almost 12 years ago and he has no immunity protecting , so, with all the enemies and gang up against him and the fact that the same enemies controls the EFCC and have access to his financial activities, why is it difficult to arrest him for the things that you people are alleging?

Abeg get real,

after bribing nuhu ribadu with presidency

his files are with ribadu

ribadu in stu.pidity hoped to be the president when buhari was there, just as tinubu planned it

[quote author=EzeUche! link=topic=685487.msg8480998#msg8480998 date=1307551917]Tinubu went from a taxi cab driver in Chicago to a billionaire. Dreams do come true. [/quote]don't be an ideeiot

olabukola:
Malu what is your problem with Yoruba matter. Are u ok?

yoruba matter or national matter

u must be sick in the head

kasiem:
if u are defending tinubu cos our moribund judicial sector have not convicted him, then be ready to defend obj ,cos uptill thisday no court of law has been able to nail him down.

gbammmmm
and ibb

Flyboy Zee:
Even if Tinubu owns it, whats bad about that. At least he didn't take the money out of the country (Capital Flight). He invested it in Naija to cr8 jobs, provide infrastructure and improve our moda fokin' economy. If all oda theiving Politicians had done this, I guess by now a lot of us won't be falling for job scams lyk the one unfolding in Imo State, where U have to buy a form or card to get a job (abi na JAMB una wan write?).

SMH , so where does the profit goes

is it to Nigeria or tinubu

oboy, think like a person not a spam

more

http://www.nationalstandardmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71:their-perverted-lordships-&catid=1:latest-news

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THE OTHER FACE OF LAGOS - Land Scams in Lagos Involving Gov. Fashola and Ex-Gov. Tinubu

Written by GBENGA THOMAS

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We are concerned citizens of Lagos who have brought to your attention various cases of
corruption and abuse of office by former Gov Bola Tinubu and Gov Fashola in our previous
publications.
In this publication, we bring to your attention once again monumental cases of corruption and
abuse of office involving land matters in Lagos State perpetuated by the duo.
Over the past 10 years, both Tinubu and Fashola have been involved in various land scams
including outright conversion of Lagos land for personal use, and given out state land and
buildings to their cronies, political
associates, public officials, members of security agencies, politicians and members of the
various arms of the judiciary to achieve one interest or the other at the expense of Lagos tax
payers. Tinubu in particular is the number one landlord in Lagos and has turned Lagos land
worth trillions of naira into his personal possession to be used freely or given away unaccounted
for.
Even after he left office, Tinubu still continues to steal Lagos land under the watch of Fashola.
He is still giving out Lagos land to curry political favours, signing C of O and backdating them to
period he was in office. Gov. Fashola has photocopied Tinubu’s land grabbing style as he is
also acquiring land for personal and political purposes.
These brazen acts of corruption by the duo have been with the active collaboration of select few
public officers who have gotten obscenely wealthy at the expense of Lagos taxpayers. Most
notable are Gbenga Ashafa-formerly executive secretary and now Permanent Secretary, Land’s
Bureau since 2001; Mrs Awofisayo-formerly Permanent Secretary and now Special Adviser,
New Town Development Authority (NTDA), and a relation of Bola Tinubu from Iragbiji, Osun
state who has been in charge of NTDA since 1999; Hakeem Muri-Okunola-PA to former Gov
Tinubu and now Executive Secretary, Land’s Bureau; Mrs Nike Animashaun-Director, Land
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Services and known to be close to Bola Tinubu and Tunji Olowolafe. These people are arguably
the wealthiest unelected public servants ever in the history of Lagos state. They are major
wheelers and dealers of prime land. We mentioned in our earlier publication that the Land’s
Bureau at Alausa stinks of corruption.
We catalogue below a few brazen acts of stealing and corruption committed by both Fashola
and Tinubu on the good tax payers of Lagos. For ease of reference, we categorize these acts
into two parts: the direct theft of prime land and properties and the use of Lagos land and
properties to buy favours or pay off public officials at various levels.
A. Direct Theft of Lagos Land and Properties
Tinubu’s greed and primitive acquisition tendency knows no bound. In fact, it is believed that
Lagos land personally converted by him is worth over N500 billion and growing because he
hasn’t stopped. A few of them are listed below:
1. 4 Oyinkan Abayomi (formerly Queens) Drive, Ikoyi. A 5 bedroom detached house on 1 acre
of Land, which was a Lagos State Governor’s guesthouse since 1979 now belongs to Bola
Tinubu. The C of O was signed and released to him by Fashola in 2007 shortly after he
assumed office. The property is valued at N450million
2. Tinubu’s residence at 26 Bourdillon road, Ikoyi was initially falsely presented as Oando Plc
guest house. Later, he purportedly bought it from Oando, and used public fund to rebuild and
renovate it. Recently, the Lagos state government bought the property and paid undisclosed
sum to him and thereafter gave the property back to him under the bogus Pension Bill he signed
to law shortly before he left office in 2007. The property is worth over N600 million
3. The annex of the Lagos State Guest House in Asokoro, Abuja was bought by the State
Government in 2006 for N450million purportedly to protect the main house from security breach.
Shortly after he left office, the property was transferred to him under the pension plan he signed
into law before he left office.
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4. The 250 hectare land valued at about N35 billion strategically located at the Ajah junction on
Lekki Road which was initially meant for a General Hospital for the people of Eti-Osa local
government was stolen by Tinubu and handed over to Trojan Estate Ltd- a company owned by
Deji and Wale Tinubu to develop as Royal Garden housing estate at the expense of the tax
payers of Lagos.
5. The 1,000 hectares of land valued at about N75billion located at Abijo at Ibeju-Lekki LG and
given to LCC which is part owned by Tinubu and Fashola and being developed as golf course
and housing estate by Assets and Resource Management Ltd (ARM) as ADIVA project
6. The prime land of 157 Hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront valued at about N10 billion
and stolen by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki LG
and given to Ibukun Fakeye-his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no
compensation to the villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20 million (N3billion) out of public
treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released
additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.
7. The 1-Acre Parkview Ikoyi Estate foreshore land valued at N1 billion reclaimed by Lagos
State Government is now owned by Bola Tinubu.
8. While in office, he allocated to himself the former Strabag yard beside the Lagos state
secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja.
9. Also the choice property at Lekki-Epe road on which he built and owns the multi-billion naira
Oriental Hotel and the extension of multi-storey car park beside it. Also the multi-level recreation
centre by Mobil in Oniru Estate on Lekki-Epe road jointly owned with ARM and Tunji Olowolafe.
All these assets valued at over N25billion were obtained without paying a kobo to the Lagos
State Government.
10. Tinubu and Fashola sold the following prime Lagos properties to their personal friend and
front-Prince Dipo Eludoyin at very ridiculous prices:
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The 3.8 hectares of land of Lagos State Fisheries office in VI (beside the Institute of
Oceanography ) valued at N3 billion
The Fishery landing jetty at Badore (where the Ilubirin fishermen were to be relocated) valued at
N500 million
The entire Ogudu foreshore scheme initially earmarked for low cost housing scheme valued at
N5 billion.
The Ilubinrin housing estate (which used to house Lagos state civil servants and judges up till
2007) valued at N2.5 billion.
The former Julius Berger yard at Oko Orisan, Epe valued at N450 million
11. Tinubu raised a loan of N4.7billion on Eko Akete Project for which nothing was achieved
before he turned around to sell the property to his Chagouri friends of C & C and Hitech
Construction Ltd at ridiculously low price at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.
12. Tinubu expended over N5billion of Lagos tax payers’ money on the bar beach shore line
project and no further work has been done by the concessionaire to develop the Atlantic City
project which was claimed to have been over-subscribed. We suspect the N5billion will soon
become a complete waste given the temporary nature of the shoreline protection. The Federal
Government in 2005 offered to handle this project at no cost to Lagos but Tinubu refused
because of his personal interest and greed.
13. Tinubu applied to personally purchase the Federal Secretariat building while in office. When
he couldn’t get to buy it, he directed Fashola to stop the eventual owner of the complex to
develop it. The complex is presently wasting away courtesy of the Lagos State Government.
14. It took several months of horse-trading and underhand payments before Gov Fashola could
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allow the new owners of 1004 flats to redevelop the complex.
15. Several other buyers of Federal Government properties and developers of properties in
Ikoyi, VI and GRA Ikeja were forced to succumb to the outrageous demands of Tinubu,
Fashola, Commissioner Abosede and other officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning
Ministry and were made to pay ridiculous amounts to private accounts before their
redevelopments were approved. Those who refused or are unable to pay could not develop
their properties. This is a major economic strangulation of property developers and has
contributed largely to the sky rocketing rent in Ikoyi, VI and Lekki axis.
16. Tinubu converted all the plots of land where Lagos Polytechnic was located at Ikosi near the
old toll gate. He chased away the polytechnic in 2006 and went ahead to locate the choice plots
to himself, his cronies and political associates. The headquarter of Television Continental (TVC)
which is owned by him is located there. He deprived the youths of Lagos of decent education
because of his greed.
17. Tinubu single handedly sold the prime land on Aboyade Cole, VI that was recovered from
some allottees, to UACN Properties Plc. The amount of proceeds was shrouded in secrecy
B. Use of Land and Properties to buy favours from public officials
This is an act of using Lagos prime land to buy favours and corrupt public officials. This act was
perfected by Bola Tinubu as governor and now inherited by Gov Fashola:
Several prominent Nigerians in the judiciary, police, INEC, and other sensitive agencies have
obtained prime land from former Gov Tinubu and Gov Fashola over the years without paying a
kobo. Many of them had turned around to sell the land to third parties at substantial profit.
Many top officials in the police, INEC and the judiciary who participated in the 2003 and 2007
elections and tribunals in states where Tinubu has interest were compromised with parcels of
free prime Lagos land and cash. If the Lagos State Land ’s Bureau could publish the names and
identities of beneficiaries of land allotees from year 2000 to date, the scandal that will result is
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better imagined. Gbenga Ashafa and Mrs Awofisayo are the conduit through which these acts
are being perpetuated. Both are also personally involved in various dubious land transactions
on their own.
Prime land and properties have been used to pay off public officials who are personally close to
Tinubu and Fashola for ‘job well done’ or for being privy to sensitive information:
(a) Dele Alake, former commissioner for Information and Strategy was sold a whole house on
Alexander road, ikoyi where he lived as official quarters at a giveaway price.
(b) Rauf Aregbesola, AC Osun State governorship candidate and former commissioner and
Muiz Banire, still a serving commissioner got detached houses at Ladoke Akintola st, GRA Ikeja
for the “good job” while serving under Tinubu.
(c) Yemi Cardoso and Wale Edun both former commissioners were sold houses on Iru close,
and other location in old Ikoyi at giveaway prices by Tinubu. The list is endless.
Gov Fashola was Tinubu’s Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2007. He was a part of these scams
running errands for his boss to perpetuate these corrupt acts. He has since taken over as
governor and has continued with these acts
Gov Fashola in the wake of the petition against him presented by “The True Face of Lagos” to
the House of Assembly has succeeded in buying his way out of trouble temporarily by bribing
each of the 40 members with cash and prime state land at Abijo GRA off Lekki-Epe road. In
addition, he bought a N40million bullet proof jeep for the speaker in a desperate bid to ward off
investigation by the assembly.
These corrupt acts have deprived the taxpayers of Lagos billions in revenue, which could have
been used for public projects. Indeed, the prime land stolen from the Lekki axis is enough to
build the Lekki-Epe road without burdening residents and other taxpayers with a 30-year
concessional toll road.
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Tinubu recently came out with a full page advertorial in several newspapers to deny allegations
against him that he influenced the President of the Court of Appeal on the on-going Sokoto
State governorship case. We call on him and Gov. Fashola and all those whose names are
mentioned in this publication to come out and deny or explain these allegations against them.
The public would no longer take their silence as ‘golden’
We wonder why Lagosians, particularly the educated elites stand by while these men are
depriving the good taxpayers of Lagos. Recently, in Delta state, eminent Deltans led by Chief
Edwin Clark wrote a petition to EFCC on the various acts of corruption of former Gov Ibori,
which caused the EFCC to make another move to charge him to court again.
Where are the elders of Lagos? Where are the elders of Island club, Yoruba Tennis club, The
Metropolitan club, Lagos Lawn Tennis club, Eko club, The Association of Lagos Indigenes,
Oriwu club, and a host of others? Where are the popular commentators on corruption?
Where are the human rights activists? Where are the NBA and the NLC? Where are the vibrant
civil society groups? Where is the powerful and vibrant Lagos media? Where are the social
crusaders? Where are the religious leaders? Where are the traditional rulers, the kabiyesis and
chiefs particularly in the Lekki-Epe axis whose ancestral lands have been stolen and who have
been deprived of their means of livelihood?
Why is there a conspiracy of silence by those known to be dogged fighters of corruption? Why
are they watching as these men fritter away our collective wealth meant for future generation
and us?
We should not expect any protection from the House of Assembly whose Speaker recently
advised the group ‘The True Face of Lagos’ that leveled allegations of corruption against Gov
Fashola to confront him with these allegations. What manner of Speaker?
We Lagosians should take charge of our own destiny. Let us join hands in the collective effort to
call on the anti-corruption agencies, and in particular the EFCC, to act now and move into the
Land’s Bureau and the State’s Treasury Office at Alausa to conduct a thorough investigation on
Land matters from year 2000 to date. We assure the public that if this is done transparently, it
might be possible to recover trillions of naira stolen from the tax payers of Lagos.
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The Lagos Progressives is determined to continue to expose corruption and abuse of office
prevalent in Lagos state. We have done three previous publications and have called upon the
EFCC and ICPC to act and we hope this fourth publication will trigger the necessary actions
from these agencies.
We thank the numerous members of the public who have responded with mails of
commendations, moral and financial support. We want more of this from you and feel free to
contact us by email lagosprogressives@yahoo.com. And those who think they can intimidate us
with their scare tactics, they have failed woefully .
We make bold to say that our organization will not relent in our efforts to expose corruption in
Lagos State Government and we still have many more releases for members of the public in the

pro01:
Is it true that Tinubu also owns the Oriental Hotel and the sprawling GET Arena both on the Lekki expressway (in addition to Alpha Beta and Hitech Construction? I need someone to confirm or refute these 'rumours'.

very true my brother

http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5734:bola-tinubu-has-16-foreign-accounts-while-serving-as-governor&catid=48:corruption-reports&Itemid=69

isuomo:
Guys just STFU Tinubu has nothing to do with the airline and this has been 4 pages of vituperating vapour. I find it very annoying that someone here is calling me a Tinubu agent just because i told him the truth Tinubu does not own Firstnation now you can choose what you want to believe. My company sourced the financing from as far places as Ukraine and when i read what pple are writing i surely now know when they say ignorance is a disease. Haba!!!! telling you the truth but choosing to believe a lie. O ga o

can u shut up already

tinubu is the owner, finito

keep decieving urself, some ideeiot would also say tinubu does not own fashola

abeg carry go