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Wait, I just hope it is not true...I just hope!!!

BushidoBlue:
No I have not ooo...
Lemme do my daily blaming.....


Oga Jonathan!!!!!
Why are you so wicked!!!!!
Why you add so many kurukere waka inside our budget?


Abeg na leave us to enjoy our dollar naaa

Haba Jona?!!!!!

Okay....next pictures pls


***polishes his shoes & irons his clothes for the evening clashes***


#PresidentOfPictures...#POP

What have you achieved since you resumed Media hype is not working: do something to change the style of doing EFFC business!

mrvitalis:
All this small countries wanting to put there problems on our head should please chill we have enough problems to solve now

Just imagine oo...very soon Seychelles go come!

Buu-buu, Ebola eeeeeee! ***scampers for safety***

Turn to the nairalander below you and say, "mate, have you blamed GEJ today?"

The Buhari administration is out to weed, sweep, blow and stamp corruption and financial crimes out of the country (though we now see that it is only Buhari that feels so). However, an idea was once muted that they ('convicted' looters) should "vomit" the loot (or a huge chunk of it) & like Jesus would say, 'go and sin no more'. This plan was implemented for one of Buhari's friends...anyway, the idea is called plea bargain.

A plea bargain is an agreement between the prosecutor and the accused person in a criminal trial. The prosecutor will give the accused person the opportunity to plead guilty to a lesser charge or to the original charge with lighter sentence. Although plea bargain has become a global means of achieving results in prosecuting criminal offences, most countries including Nigeria have refused to codify it or create a legal frame work for its use and thus has led to various abuses. A plea bargain can also ocur when prosecutions and defense lawyers come to an agreement on a certain case and defendant. The defendant agrees to plea guilty to a charge in order to avoid a court trial.

The case of Lucky Igbinedion has opened the eyes of Nigerians to many puzzles on plea bargain as practiced by the EFCC. Among the puzzles are
(i) was it a good bargain for the commission to compress and reduce 191 - count charge to one - count charge?
(ii) was it a good bargain for the commission to accept N500m and 3 houses and allow Lucky Igbinedion to keep N2.4b and other properties?
(iii) was the option of fine a part of the plea bargain or it was imported into the judgment by the presiding judge?
(iv) was it a good bargain for the commission to charge Lucky Igbinedion on a mere non-disclosure of an account with GTB when among the 191- count charges there were weightier and more serious count charges on corruption and embezzlement?
(v) was it a good bargain to enter into an oral agreement with Lucky Igbinedion in the circumstances of the case?
(vi) was it a good bargain to let Lucky Igbinedion off the hook on a N2.9b fraud with an understanding not to prosecute him again when there was a N25b fraud pending against him?

Plea Bargain however have some merits, thus:-
1. Plea bargains take away the stress and questions that surround a trial by jury. The anxiety that is involved with not knowing if you will be found guilty or not is completely removed.

2. Cases are closed much quicker when pleas are involved. This is great for society because it de-clogs the court systems for more serious cases.

3. The person who has taken the plea, often pleads guilty to a lesser charge than what they would have normally been tried for. This ultimately translates into a lesser sentence or punishment.

4. From a prosecutor’s point of view, plea bargains are a God send. They allow them to have an open and shut case, that still always results in a prosecution.

5. When a person takes a plea bargain, they no longer have to go through trial. This means that other crimes that may have been committed and any damning evidence will not be discovered.

6. The biggest reason that many people take a plea bargain is the fact that you cannot receive the maximum sentencing for you crime.

7. Prosecutors will often roll other conditions into their plea agreement. Often it is that the defendant will testify against a co defendant, which may aid larger cases in a prosecution.

8. If all criminal cases actually made it to a trial by jury, then the justice system would not be able to sustain itself. Courts would be backed up by months, if not years.

Plea Bargain is loathed for the following reasons:-
1. Innocent people will often take a guilty plea bargain. This is done out of fear of being found guilty by a jury in a trial.

2. The victims, people affected by the crime, or the general public may be very angered by a plea bargain. Especially if they fee the crime deserves to be punished with the full extent of the law.

3. Defendants are often pressured into taking a plea bargain because it is simply easier for everyone involved. Even if they do not really want to admit guilt.

4. Plea bargains have caused quite a large amount of “shotty” investigations to occur. Investigators and prosecutions begin to slack, thinking a plea will be reached anyway.

5. The biggest disadvantage of a plea bargain is that you have to admit that you are guilty, even if you are not. This can cause turmoil for a very long time in someones life.

6. If you are a victim, or a victim’s family member then a lean punishment may be very painful to take.

Plea bargain can never be sustainable. It encourages more corruption, as it sets the stage for an uneven operating ground for us. People can go ahead, embezzle money and then invest it well. The profit can then be submitted back to the government when "needed". What then happens to the fame, positions, fanfare, cronies, investmemts, etc that were gained by the looter/theif before the prosecution?

Plea bargain is subtle, and doesnt really portray the heinious nature of stealing public money.

#JailAllYamEaters

#RemoveEveryBudgetGatePublicOfficialNow

The devil that suggested this to you must rot in the lowest, hottest part of hell!!!

oyinkinola:
what are you see to my solution tat all the looted money be refunded in dollaar and be changed in parallel market
if $=#1000
if we recolected $1mn=#?

Will Buhari listen to us?

My own is that I didn't even see any tangible program or proposal for directly helping the youths! For the line items you talked about, they r called "miscellaneous"


#Budgetgate indeed!!!

If we keep watching it go down, we might soon have the kind-of-Fashola borehole ooo

Jokes apart, we are in trouble oo...for those that can read in between the lines!!!

I didnt even recall that this boko haram leader is still alive!!! EFCC, ICPC, ICC, are you still waiting 4 petition before whisking him off

Good one...hope they can do it for small businesses?

Why should this be on frontpage, huh?

This one is even dead on arrival! Can this government probe Obasanjo & Hell-rufai? Okay, we are watching...

Hian! U get money..wahala: u no get...kasala

SamJed:
Hmm news to distract us from budget...all the ones efcc has been going after have they achieved anything Dokpesi, diezani, metuh even dasuki sef everything just dey end like dat...abeg make i hear word...no dey distract us from una budget of yams

Gbammm! They want to feed us with indomie!

My Uncle went to APC Presidential Primaries,& came back...still in shock!! Atiku, Rochas, Rotimi, etc were the leading spenders!!! But nobody'll ask questions o

NobleAngell:
Mama Peace there's fire on the mountain. I hope say no be only u waka come o. Inform your fellow widows.

Lol...u r a clown

helpee:
This is becoming nauseating. Everyday we are just kept busy with EFCC stories while the economy is nosediving. Ironically, it is a PDP senator in the name of BEN BRUCE that is trying to lead the economic revolution or at least a semblance of it. I wonder why people are not tired of all these charade everyday . The dss started with kashamu laying siege on his house for days and he is still senator till date. several cases followed since then practically everyday and till date not a single conviction has been achieved and youths that are mainly affected by this economic shutdown will come here and start saying they must vomit some stupid yams. There is no law yet in Nigeria that says parties must disclose their source of campaign funds so which one is this that EFCC want to know the source of PDP campaign money. Who will probe the source of APC campaign fund? This is what morsi and his islamic party was busy doing in Egypt and the rest they say is history. Pls, Buhari, save the future of Nigerian youths. we know you are too old and may no longer care about tomorrow but please, support BEN BRUCE to lead economic revolution for nigeria and put a stop to all these propaganda and media fight against corruption that is so far ineffective as reflected in the BUDGET OF YAMS prepared under your nose, , SHAMELESSLY PRESENTED BY YOU ONLY TO BE STOLEN BY YOU SIR. This my president is the height of corruption

If only they have an "audioscopic" ear to hear us out!!! All my efforts @ raising a farm is falling apart bcause of inaccessibility of funds!!!

Donald3d:
I will not say he is wrong or right by doing what he did or saying what he said , the question is you said "Why should people be caged from showing love when God himself is love ? From a female friend" ask your self this question can you show that kind of love if Jesus was standing in front of you ?, i am not saying i am holier than everyone here, but i will keep saying these if you lack the Holy Spirit has a christain you will always be confused on what is wrong and what is right ,start fellowship-ing with the Holy Spirit . #Peace

I've been reading...keep it up, ooo

...& so what? Must we keep living in this our neo-colonial attitude?

safarigirl:
oh please! Whatever happened to artistes like Dare, Simi, Timi Dakolo, Waje, Asa and Bez.....it's not as difficult as you lot like to spread to find quality artistes in Nigeria. If the American White people Grammys have refused to acknowledge them because they only see Angelique, doesn't mean we do crap music. Angelique is the safe choice that they're used to

Save for Wombolombo, Angelique is mostly not on the airwaves, not every white endorsed thing should be worshipped.

That's your thought, your opinion! Can you mention the criteria for nominating artistes for Grammy's?

...& you kno i'm so angry, & u de tell me "oh please!"

Lovely news...Buu-buu, what do you say?

That is what happens wen u do things with right motives, & not wat we see here in our music industry, where everybody plays to d gallery...& all for the dole!

Caseless:


I just de look you.

...or you de look im face, wen b like, "Aphta I phinis funishn dzis kwuruft pholitishans...nobwody will eva kwundone any of dzis again!"

I kinda like dze man though

Buu-buu's face though...

Wow! So inspiring!!!

I always wish that leaders will find time to ask their pple wat dia problems are, & not just believing that they are on the right track all by themselves...basking on the fleeting euphoria of acolades by their aids!!!

Fine, it's a good move...good rapport with our trading partners! But the youths r yearning, they r watching & will keep waiting for those moves that directly assist them to get help & grow

mynd1:
lol. Ok d man is good. Feel better now?

No, i dont...because i'm born to make people angry!!!

***collapses***