The countries who are able to use CCTV successfully have laid the major ground work for this system to work.
1. They have competent security forces, able to respond to emergencies.
2. They have constant power on demand.
3. They have the staff to maintain the equipment.
4. They have the technological know how to change and adapt any equipment as need be.

Nigeria does not have any of these and the government even if they have seen these things work in other countries, have no will to emulate them. For them to expend any money to buy any equipment or invest in tecnology transfer, it means there will be no money to steal!

The fact is CCTV is not realy high tech, but it needs constant power anda data bank of recognizable faces for it to work effectively. In the USA, you can buy and install it in your house very easily.
Our people also needs the education of becoming criminal intent free and ready to provide information which will arrest any person or criminal act.

This brings us to the police. For an effective security of people and property, you need a good competent, well trained and adequately equiped police force. The countries who are able to gather information and monitor closed caption TVs, have laid this ground work already and this is why it works for them.

Nigeria, does not enjoy a society of maintainance and good management of equipment. In the whole of Lagos, how many traffick lights still work? and it they work atall, who obeys the signals?

It is easy to talk up a simple solution to what we see work in developed nations. what we need to remember is their citizens are very conscious of working in concert with their governments and take pride in ownership of a working society.
Our people need to be educated that if things work well, it is for the benefit of all. Our people will look the other way when they see someone vandalizing a utility pole or some other public property. Instaed of taking action, they may ask for a pay off!
This will not happen a developed country. They will have called the police before you even know you are being watched.

For us to start dreaming of lofty goals, lets start from the simple basics of having a good infrastructure conducive to advancement.

That Ibori already had his money, was only a mith.
PLS read the folowing:

Cover Story : Ibori's Loot
Posted by admin on 2007/11/19 11:13:17 (5076 reads)
Details of former Governor James Ibori’s financial scams and the ways he went about them in Delta are mind-boggling

By Ademola Adegbamigbe

As Reverend God-do-well Avwomakpa, the Delta State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, reads this story, he is bound to experience some psychological trauma. This is because, as he would find out, his action will go down in history with the same infamy as some European chaplains who, apart from building places of worship at slave camps, accompanied and blessed ships that sailed to Africa, carrying human cargo to the United States and the West Indies, from where they brought molasses in their triangular trips back to Europe.

Avwomakpa, on 1 October 2007, presided over the thanksgiving service held at Government House, Asaba, the Delta State capital. It was in commemoration of the “victory” of former Governor James Ibori in his legal tango with a United Kingdom court over the former governor’s seized, illegally acquired assets. The subject of this religious service had, for eight years, turned Delta into one huge ship, the hull of which was filled with his subjects, living under slavish conditions, even as he appropriated their common wealth through a panoply of tricks and multifarious proxies.

The service was attended by Ibori’s first cousin and successor, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan; Mr. Olisa Imegwu, Speaker of the state House of Assembly; Ifeanyi Okowa, Secretary to the State Government, SSG; Professor G.G. Darah; Chief Ighoyota Amori; Chief Paulinus Akpeki and the Delta State Executive Council members.

At the occasion, Uduaghan said with eclat that Ibori was a wealthy man before he became governor of the state, adding that his 8-year tenure actually stalled his business interests. Ibori’s accusers, according to his successor, were only out to cause confusion in his political camp, which he had nurtured over the years. The Governor maintained that Ibori’s victory at the London court was not only for him but the entire people of Delta State.

A Southwark, London Crown court had earlier ordered that Ibori’s seized assets be immediately released. In a suit filed by Crime Prosecution Service, London, on 2 August 2007, the same court ordered the prevention of Ibori, Erin Aviation and others from having access to their assets in that country.

The benediction by Avwomakpa at Government House notwithstanding, Ibori’s victory ship hit an iceberg on 2 November. That day, the Federal High Court in Benin set aside the suit filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Federal Government by the Delta State government. The case was initiated to prevent the Commission, its Executive Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa from investigating the state’s finances, confiscating its accounts and arresting and investigating present and past officials of the state, especially Ibori.

Justice Gloria Okeke, the presiding judge, ruled that the EFCC Act gave the Commission wide powers. Thus, the court could not prevent it from investigating economic and financial crimes. By extension, the ruling meant the nullification of the interim order issued by the same court on 9 October, stopping EFCC from probing, arresting and detaining Ibori and other officials, past and present.

Moreover, the interim order was as a result of EFCC’s request that the Delta government supply it with information on documents relating to the state’s security votes, all contracts above N50 million, loans and contracts through irrevocable standing order or payments.

With this development, the EFCC has a load of allegations against Ibori for which it has vowed to dock the former governor.

Details of Ibori’s real estate acquisition could make the Egyptian Pharaohs turn in their tombs. Above all, the strategies the former governor adopted in siphoning the money would provide invaluable material for a Ph.D dissertation on illegitimate wealth acquisition. Indeed, Ibori is a record breaker.

What EFCC has against Ibori, after thorough investigation, are legion. First, Ibori, like a mafia boss, liked using a honeycomb of fronts in the form of blood relations, his officials and their companies, to milk his state. The Commission found out that Onovin Nigeria Limited, owned by Vincent Uduaghan, Governor Uduaghan’s younger brother, wired large sums of money to the account of Ibori’s sister, Christine Ibie, at HSBC London.

Onovin, the EFCC found out, was awarded a contract in December 2004 for laying of tartan tracks at Oghara Stadium. Ibori hails from Oghara, a town he has extensively transformed from a rustic settlement to a city well-appointed. The tartan track project gulped N142.9 million. Rather than execute the project directly, however, Onovin secured the services of BSW Postfach 1180, Deutscheland, a Germany-based firm.

Ribadu’s men stumbled on a strange coincidence at the period when Onovin wired 284,000 euros to the German company for the job. An equivalent of N77.8 million from the contract sum was transferred to the account of Ibori’s sister at HSBC. As a conduit pipe, Onovin proved that it was not made of plastic but galvanised materials. Between 2002 and 2007, the company siphoned a total of N350 million, which came in lodgements of N5 million and N7 million Delta State Government cheques.

When EFCC asked Vincent’s men what the lodgements were meant for, they claimed they were for payments for the supply of fuel to the Government House from Total Nigeria plc depot in Benin, Edo State. The Commission, however, revealed that Total, “which equally had the same contract for the supply of fuel to the Government House, denied having any dealings with Onovin Nig. Ltd, ”

The Commission further stumbled on another conduit pipe, in person of one Udoamaka Okoronkwo, Ibori’s mistress.

A total of N140 million, through three Assurance Bank drafts, was discovered transferred into her HSBC, London account. Her accounts, especially Sagicon Nigeria Limited, Rivbbed Agro-Allied, Saagaris Properties and Global Little Drops at Oceanic and Zenith banks showed many deposits of Delta State government cheques in the region of N2 billion. Out of the amount, N1.3 billion made a dramatic exit between May and December 2006.

Ibori’s private secretary, Ede Ogoro and Delta State Chief Accountant, Charles Isiayei, were discovered by EFCC to have received over N400 million through their personal and companies’ accounts. The Commission revealed that it further discovered other cash lodgements running into billions of naira made by the duo in concert with some bank officials into the accounts of Koln Nigeria Limited, Silhouette Travels, Prime Chambers, MER Engineering Limited, Bainenox Limited between 2001 and 2007.

They were, as the Commission explained, “purely drawn from the security votes of Delta State under the permanent secretary, Government House, Asaba.”

Investigations by the anti-corruption agency further revealed that Prime Chambers, owned by Professor Utuama, the present Deputy Governor, who was the Commissioner for Justice during the Ibori administration, was one of the beneficiaries of billions of naira cash lodgements. It was further discovered that Bainenox Limited’s account in the United Bank for Africa was operated by Chiedu Ibie, also a director of MER Engineering and Koln Nigeria Limited, allegedly owned by Ibori.

As Ibori scratched his chin and salivated over what he stole, he needed to soar beyond his fellow Deltans, far from where their eyes could see. With this eagle mindset, he needed a $25 million aircraft. His men entered into a transaction with Wings Aviation Parabola International Corporation, a Mauritius-based company owned by one of Ibori’s Zambian sidekicks, and Copex Management Service. The latter, another Mauritius firm, was engaged in the negotiation and received payments on behalf of Evin Aviation, Pamaron Oil and Gas and others.

Apart from a sum of $1 million paid by Paramon Oil and Gas Limited from Fidelity Bank to Arlington Sharmas, the UK solicitors, EFCC further found out that the transaction was made on the order of Bi-Courtney Limited, through another company, Flodan. The two firms which allegedly moved money for Ibori, using another company, BIADOXE Limited as a disguise, were, as the anti-corruption agency revealed, owned by the same person.

When EFCC investigated the acquisition of the National Fertiliser Company of Nigeria, it uncovered more irregularities. An example was how O-secul Nigeria Limited, owned by Mike Orugbo, bid for and acquired NAFCON in 2005 for $152 million. During the bid process, EFCC revealed that “Orugbo sourced for and paid $2 million to the company’s liquidators with a New Nigeria Bank cheque for the sum of N280 million issued sometime in August 2005.”

Despite the non-existence of any banking relationship between O-secul and Oceanic Bank, the latter, according to the Commission, raised the remaining money on behalf of O-secul for the acquisition of NAFCON. Ribadu’s men wondered why the bank “felt comfortable in granting the large facility to the company.”

It was also discovered that Oceanic Bank received $46 million via a certificate of capital importation from Copex Management Service. It was the same company that wired money to the UK solicitors on behalf of Erin Aviation. In the new deal, it wired money on behalf of Notore Mauritius for the acquisition of 39 per cent of NAFCON, which was renamed Notore Chemicals Industries Nigeria Limited.

Although Notore Mauritius claimed to be a group of foreign investors mainly from EMP, a US-based firm, and Egypt Fertiliser Company, EFCC found out that the two were “brought into the investment by the same UK solicitors, Arlington Sharmas, which also participated in the Ibori aircraft transaction. It was the legal firm that also handled the purchase of Ibori’s property at 42 Great Ground, Shaftbury, Dorset, U.K.

Another payment of N4.4 billion, as the anti-corruption agency found out, was received by Oceanic Bank from Brisbane Limited, through two Intercontinental Bank Manager cheques for acquisition of 13 per cent of the fertiliser company.

Henry Imasekha, owner of Berkeley Group of Companies, also owns Brisbane. When EFCC investigated the origin of the money paid to Brisbane, it found out that in 2001, Imasekha used Bromley Limited to “secure a loan of N2.2 billion from New Nigeria Bank without any collateral or evidence of previous banking relationship with the bank and purchased 10 per cent of Econet Nigeria Limited (now Celtel).”

A few weeks later, however, Delta State Government purchased 5 per cent of Econet (Celtel) shares from Bromley Limited for N2.5 billion via a Standard Trust Bank (now UBA) bank draft which he (Imasekha) used in settling the New Nigeria Bank facility. In 2006 when Celtel took over V-mobile, Bromley sold the remaining shares to Celtel and from the proceeds, it acquired 13 per cent of NAFCON.

Further probe of the Ibori government revealed that N5 billion share placements in Nigerian banks and companies from Delta State’s accounts in Oceanic and Zenith banks were diverted for the purchase of Afribank shares for Ibori. EFCC maintained that the fraudulent transactions were perpetrated through the use of 14 fake companies. Some of them were Double Dip Nigeria Limited, Arusha Nigeria Limited, Abajim Nigeria Limited, Lugba Nigeria Limited, Mombassa Nigeria Limited, Limpopo Nigeria Limited, Zaragoza Nigeria Limited and Sandton Nigeria Limited.

Fortunately for the Delta people, EFCC was able to stop the transaction and return the money to the state coffers.

Ibori also allegedly used his front, Imasekha, to divert funds to acquire Wilbros Nigeria Limited, a multinational oil servicing firm in Port Harcourt in 2006. Imasekha bought it for $155 million, using his new company, Ascort Offshore Nigeria Limited.

The Commission was also able to establish other massive fraud and theft of public funds against Ibori. He allegedly did this in collaboration with the state House of Assembly, “using supplementary budget as disguise,” EFCC maintained. The Commission revealed that supplementary appropriation was sent to the state legislature for approval of over N40 billion between 1999 and 2005. This, it revealed, was “accompanied with executive letters, all dated 2004, signed by Chief Ibori for requests. The proceeds of this massive fraud are currently being traced.” Worse still, EFCC found out that several billions of naira, meant as “security vote” for the Delta State Government from 1999 to 2007, were “diverted by Ibori and his collaborators.”

One of Ibori’s major proxies, his wife, Mrs. Theresa Nkoyo Ibori, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 1 November 2007 when she wanted to board a Virgin Atlantic flight to Lagos. Her arrest, according to the Metropolitan Police, was in “connection with an on-going money-laundering enquiry.” Although she was released on bail, she has a date with the British police in January 2008. But the Delta State liaison officer in Lagos, Michael Ujiagbedion, lamented that after two years of investigation, which has produced no evidence against Chief Ibori, “the utterly embarrassed British authorities have now resorted to humiliating a law-abiding British citizen (Nkoyo Ibori)”.

Ujiagbedion maintained that it is noteworthly that Nkoyo Ibori who owns properties and has lived in London for decades has never had any brush with the law. “She was never declared wanted or had her movement restricted. Her home in London is known to the police who should have ordinarily invited her if a need arises for such invitation,” Ujiagbedion argued, declaring that the woman is innocent of any crime.

Essentially, EFCC affirmed that Ibori declared when he became governor that he owned only four properties, valued at N100 million, which he acquired between 1995 and 1999. He also claimed that he owned seven plots of land which he acquired between 1983 and 2000 and put their value at N5 million. However, all these have paled into insignificance, considering all the properties owned by the former governor in Nigeria, United Kingdom and United States.

Saharareporters, an internet investigative outfit, detailed the assets of Ibori all over the globe. In the UK, the former Delta governor owns the $2.3 million property on Number 7 Westover Hill, London. Its title number is MX 2078021. The UK land registry revealed that the building was registered to Haleway Properties Limited, registered in Gibralter by BC Centrum, a company based at 788 Finchley Road, London. Haleway, the investigators found out, is owned by Ibori and his wife.

Another property, worth $750,000, with title number NGL 699019, situated at 20 Abbey Road, London NW89BJ, is owned by the former Delta governor. After an initial payment of $157,000 in 1999, Ibori made another settlement of $90,000 on 12 April 2000 and $70,081 on 25 July 2000.

If Saharareporters thought it had unearthed Ibori’s stimking can of worms, it was mistaken. It would later stumble on some catacombs full of rattlesnakes. Ibori allegedly used another front company, Telaton Quays Limited, to acquire another real estate investment at 42 Great Ground, Shaftbury, Dorset SP78FF. Registered with title number DT 32 G978, the $298,995 property was negotiated by Mr. Bhadresh Gohil of Arlington Shamas Solicitors. James Ibori made the payment through Udoamaka Okoronkwo, his mistress, on 20 July 2005.

For her effort and for delivering a child for Ibori, the politician bought her the property at 71 Mayflower Lodge, Regent Park Road, London N33HX. Abbey National Building Society received the mortgage through an HSBC current account number 21228420.

The former Delta governor’s sister, Ibie Ibori, lives at 76 Woodhill Crescent, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 OLZ, a $475,000 property which belongs to him.

In spite of his kleptomania, Ibori believes in the motivational talk that money should work for its owner. With regard to this, he and Theresa, his wife, own Boyd, a property company in London. It is managed by BC Centrum of 788 Finchley Road, London, the investigators revealed.

To enable him have a firm grip on the company, the former governor, on 23 March 2004, appointed his mistress, Udoamaka, to act on Boyd Properties Limited. She was, the investigators maintained, given authority “to sign documents relating to sales and purchases of assets by the company.” The company allegedly paid $388,077 to Peter Brown, solicitors, to acquire the property at 36 Hunter Lodge, Calton Gate, Maidavale, London W9 3TQ through an HSBC account number 91310801. Saharareporters maintained that Adebimpe Pogoson, who “was hired by Ibori under the name of Miss Bimpe Faloye in 1997 while he was the publisher of Diet Newspaper, is a player in Ibori’s real estate deals.”

When EFCC was tracking down Ibori’s immovable investments, Bimpe moved from her 58 Uphill Drive residence to Flat 39, Barons Court, owned by Ibie Ibori, the investigators added.

Ibori also has properties in Nigeria. He allegedly bought the 21 Idejo Street property, off Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island in the name of his sister, Ibie. There are also a twin-duplex at 21 Probyn Road, off Bourdillon, Ikoyi, which the former governor purchased from G Cappa, a construction company; the property at 18A Adeyemi Lawson Road, Macpherson Avenue, Ikoyi and the one at 10A, B&C Turnbill Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Adebimpe Pogoson, according to Saharareporters, issued a N20 million Assurance Bank cheque on 9 December 2003 to Diya Fatimilehin and Co for part-payment of Plot 5 Block 4 Layi Ajayi Bembe Street, off Turnbill Road, Ikoyi.

Ibori’s real estate conquest extended as far as the United States. He, according to Sahararareporters, invested through HFA Development Group, making use of Citibank account numbers 3200056255 and 266086554. The bank is based at 1600 Coral Way, Miami, Florida.

Primi LCC is another company that Ibori relied on for his money laundering. His conduit was the Bank of America through account number 003677025981. One Segun Fawora who lives in a $750,000 seaside mansion on Aventura Avenue, Miami, was (and still is) the coordinator of Ibori’s Florida estate.

The former Governor, the investigators unearthed, owns Bond Technologies which, on 8 December 2003, received a transfer of $74,000 from Ibori’s KOLN account number 109091012 at Gulf Bank in Nigeria.

To further authenticate Ibori’s loot, Paul Gardner, a financial investigator, accredited by the Director of Asset Recovery Agency, swore to an affidavit, a copy of which was provided by Saharareporters at Crown Court, Southwark, UK on 30 July 2007.

Gardner revealed a number of companies that have links with Ibori, describing Telethon Onaye Limited and Erin Aviation as “investment vehicles for Ibori”. The former governor is also the owner of Stenhope Investment Limited, Polynesia and the Julex Foundation, Panama. Although Ibori ceased being a director of MER Engineering company in 1999, Gardner said “funds from the company continued to be transferred to accounts owned and controlled by James Ibori”. The British financial investigator added that Ibori is the beneficial owner of Parabola International Corporation, Mauritius.

Gardner further exposed how Ibori spent 406,000 euros to buy a Mercedes Benz vehicle, VRM XC05 AAM. The payment was made by Stanhope Investment. “This vehicle was armour-plated and was subsequently transported to South Africa,” he asserted.

Keeping tab on these cross-continental investments, at a time when money launderers are haunted like rabbits, needs some subterfuge. And Ibori’s proxies have such in dump trucks. Tinuola Faloye, as revealed by Saharareports, sent an electronic mail to Bimpe Pogoson (nee Faloye) on 13 July 2005, detailing how some bank officials helped Ibori to destroy records of financial transactions.

Tinuola explained a delay she encountered because officials of Citizens Bank had been reluctant to reprint them for her “as this will require recalling the files we told them to get rid of back into the system.” She claimed to have held a meeting with Ibie Ibori, Davidson and David Edevbie, Delta State Commissioner for Finance and Ibori himself over the EFCC affair. She counselled: “There is no point trying to hide a connection between the companies, as these people (EFCC) have most of the information. Some people seem to be of the impression that we were simply too careless, ” Tinuola was trying to explain why it was no longer possible to keep Ibori’s links with all these individual and corporate proxies secret any longer. Rather, she attributed their exposure to multiple areas of carelessness.

First, she revealed that there were some cash payments to some people: Banke, Koln, Alcac, Harefe, Emma Okafor and Bola. “Oga’s Econet (now Celtel) bills,” she lamented, “were paid with Koln cheques, establishing a link with Oga (Ibori).”

She complained further that payments were made from Charter House to Alcac which may entail the invitation of Alcac Platinum and Bay Projects, companies that were linked to Ibori. Tinuola added that if EFCC or international investigators looked for Koln and Harefe in NNB, it would lead to more accounts being called up.

Tinuola bemoaned the fact that Ibie and she were “signatories to all these accounts, [which] just complicates things”. She added that it was fruitless trying to “sort out,” as Charter House from Abuja “as they (EFCC) have the incorporation documents.”

Tinuola was unhappy that in their foolishness, Ibori’s fronts did not pay cash for all transactions, but cheques which might require that many accounts be called up. She mentioned some companies like Silhouette and Paulina which might be traced to Ibori through the process.

Tinuola, however, assured Bimpe Pogoson that there was still some hope. In her words: “I was in NNB for a few hours yesterday and I went back there today. Davidson and Chinedu think there is no point but were able to get some things deleted from the statements and I will continue trying.” She assured Pogoson that she would soon meet Ibori with bank statements of Harefe, Alcac, Koln, Charter House and Bay Projects and would report back on what transpired.

Alcac, as the investigators revealed, is a company registered in Nigeria (RC 380602) which claimed to manufacture exercise books. Harefe, on the other hand, is Ibori’s printing press.

Is it possible for Ibori’s men to delete all bank transactions involving him? Absolutely not, his critics argued.

In its 23 February edition, Insider, a weekly magazine, revealed how Ibori used an account (PB1001) with a new generation bank to defraud his state. The account was found to be in deficit of N1billion, but it was discovered to be a smokescreen. The bank actually, according to the report, “permitted these withdrawals as up-front commission payments to Ibori in return for lodging a portion of the statutory allocation of Delta State from the Federation Account.”

Here is how. Whenever the monthly N5 billion allocation of Delta was released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, it was deposited at another first generation bank where, in line with the former governor’s instruction, N2.5 billion would be transferred to the special account PB1001. Not only that, Ibori was alleged to be in the habit of fixing the transfer for three months, the interest proceeds of which he used to offset his usual N1 billion overdraft at his special bank.

Beyond trying to delete bank transactions, Ibori has been adopting a lot of stratagems to evade justice. For instance, when the Southwark Crown court froze Ibori’s over $25 million assets in the UK on 2 August 2007, the former Delta governor used his influence with the President Yar’Adua government to get off the hook.

Swiftly, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, who seems to enjoy stirring controversy, wrote a letter, reference number IFT/JAT/316533, on 4 August, claiming that there was no record that Ibori “has been charged to any court of law in Nigeria in respect of any offence relating to money laundering or any offences in connection with his acts and activities whilst in office as governor of Delta State between 29 May 1999 and 29 May 2007.”

Aondoakaa’s gesture attracted flak from the critical section of the Nigerian society. According to Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Attorney-General’s letter must be investigated. The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, considered it a hidden agenda by President Yar’Adua to “cover up the monumental graft which is the metaphor of the past administration.”

But Aondoakaa defended himself that he wrote a letter, replying to a request by Ibori’s counsel, Lam Timlin and Julie Thrower of City Dispute Resolution Solicitors London.

Another strategy adopted by Ibori to evade justice was, according to critics, his huge investment in the election of President Yar’Adua. But the new Nigerian leader disappointed Ibori, who has since voted with his feet.

One of the worst mistakes Obasanjo made, was not probing IBB.  IBB undoutedly is the godfather and man who institutionalized corruption.
Obasanjo also carried it to a crescendo under his misrule.

The EFCC to become more effective, has to become more independent and removed from the control of the presidency.

BigB1, I hate to burst your bubble, but the only person IBB cares about in himself, not the people of Nigeria.

One of the worst mistakes Obasanjo made, was not probing IBB. IBB undoutedly is the godfather and man who institutionalized corruption.
Obasanjo also carried to a crescendo under his misrule.

The EFCC to become more effective, has to become more independent and removed from the control of the presidency.

BigB1, I hate to burst your bubble, but the only person IBB cares about in himself, not the people of Nigeria.

Nigeria no longer has any good image to protect. We have told the world in no uncertain words and action, that we are a country of rouges. The topmost elite are worst vagabonds we have.
The fish they say, rots from the head down. even our presidential jet was used to launder money to buy frivolous things in the US.

The AGF is talking out of his butt, to impress people who are gullible and operate based on misplaced plride and patriotism.
Lokk, our several governments have proven time and again, they have no inkling how nor the will to stop the wholesale corruption which permeated the very fabric of everything we know and cherich. If something is broken, what you do is to ask for help.

Nigerian thieves should not be protected by the Nigerian government. Instead they should be allowed to be tried and jailed in the countries where they have stached our monies.
Whether we agree or not, the foreign governments knbow and see what we lack and what ails us. They have been condussive in helping to steal our money in the pasr. Now that they are coming forward to help prosecute these mega thieves, we should help them in every way we can, no hinder the process.

This AGF has not been a friend of the government, he has proven to be a friend and abler of the thieves instead!!!!!!

Before you talk of any gadgets, low or high tech, we have to have a competent police force. The way the police have been neglected, ill-trained and poorly paid, leaves no room or incentive to do a good job.
It has also been rumoured that the police themselves are sometimes the bandits and or rent their duty weapons to the bandits.

Until you have this well paid and trained officers, all installed gadgets will end up at Alaba markets.
Our Nigerian officers have only been good at collecting money at toll gates or harasing innocent civiilians. A lot of the bad eggs have to be let go, and a lot of new well educated, motivated and well trained officers enlisted.

I once asked a high ranking Nigerian Police officer, if they could hire Nigerian law enforcement officers overseas, to help with taining, aumenting and boost morale among their officers, and I was told that Nigeria will only hire officers who went to their police college only.

In the USA, any police/sheriffs' deputies can go to any city and get employment. Some have even been known to go to different countries and were immediately hired as officers. This hasto do with quality training given at the academies. Besides, officers have yearly in-service training and have to shoot qualify quaterly. The officers are well paid and equiped to do their jobs well.

If Nigerian police officers are trained half as well, better equiped and well paid, they will become better able to perform a credible job in protecting the security of the people.

Installing security cameras with no experts (polise)to monitor, patrol or have the incentive and morale to do a good job, will amount to putting the cart before the horse!!!!!!!!!!!

It is barbaric to try and incacerate a girl who already suffered the humility and trauma of rape.
This is part of the inhuman treatment which Islam meets out to its people. THe doctrine of Sharia was a man-made ste of rules and laws, designed to subjugate woman, suppress, oppress and enslave the ordinary men. It is a doctrine un like the cast system in India, which was designed to keep the darker skinned people, termed the untouchables!

The fact is Saudi Arabia (the foremost Islamic Nation) is a country ruled by a select group of people (extended family of King Faad) His family hold all positions of power and will go all lenghts to protect the statu quo!. They rule by intimidation and use the powers of coersion to suppress their citizens. This is why they have achaic laws to rule over the people.

Bush (American president) has a special relationship with the rulers of saudi Arabia, which is basaed purely on greed, oil and money. It has nothing to do with the American people (who will not condone barbarism by anyone).
The reason terrorism seems to be synonymous with Islam, is the way they are treated in their own country.
Rapes and homosexuality are very commonplace and prevalent among muslims.
It very common among the Nigerian moslems in the North also. The major reason is that sexual expression and practise is suppressed and seen as a dirty thing. Women are regarded as chartel to be owned, bargained and traded at the whims of men, especially the more powerful among them.
This is why you will notice that only the people of lesser means end up on the receiving end of arbaric and unfair rules and laws.

We as a people should condemn and reject was is basically unfair and against the priciples of human rights and dignity!

The last time I looked, it is the PDP government, an extention of Obasanjo kleptocracy.
Government of looters, by looters, for looters.
Need I say anymore

Three gbosas for Nigeria's mega thieves and clueless Umaru Yar'Adua!!!!!!!!!

If its PDP (people destroyer party) you've got your eyes and heart on, that's easy.
All you have to do is go to Otta farms, crawl on your knees, pucker your lips and start smooching on Obasanjo's black and crocro (Eszema) infested buttocks.

Promise him that you will loot, kill, burn, rig and cause general mayhem. Not only will you be registered, you are garanteed to win political office!!!!!!!!

Only a thief can walk in or trace the footsteps of another thief on bare rock.
The prophecy has come true for Alams, who is now complaining of his property being stolen by a relative he had instructed to help hide the property from the prying eyes of the EFCC and Ribadu.
Who say GOD no dey

PLs read on:

LOOTED! Ex-gov Alams battles cousin over missing assets
•Cash, fabrics, gold involved
By PATRICK ASONYE & CHRIS IKWUNZE (Port Harcourt)
Sunday, November 18, 2007

The tale of woes of former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, may not have ended afterall.
Just when it seemed he could savour a new lease of life, falling back on what he acquired before becoming governor, the Ijaw politician is having another battle on his hands. This time, it is on the home front.

Though he has settled issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his next headache is how to retrieve some of his valuables from a cousin he gave them for safe keeping at the peak of his problem.
The lady that is Alamieseigha's present nightmare in one Miss Preye Okosi, a Port Harcourt-based businesswoman.
The assets in question include raw cash, share certificates belonging to his children and fabric, trinkets and raw gold belonging to his wife (Margaret) said to operate top-flight boutiques in Lagos.

Already, she has returned some exotic cars to the governor including a Hummer Jeep.
Having been stripped of his known properties including balance and buildings valued at billions of naira by EFFC recently after a plea bargain, the former Bayelsa governor must have banked on these assets for life-line.

Said to have been arrested and later released at the instance of the former governor, the lady has since gone underground.
From her hiding, she has petitioned the Inspector General of Police and Chairman of the EFCC (a copy of which Sunday Sun has) through her lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo.
Her petition is entitled “Victimization of Miss Preye Okosi by D.S.P Alamieyeseiagha on account of properties concealed from the EFCC”.
In it, she raised an avalanche of allegations against Alamieseigha including harassment, intimidation and threat to her life. She also alleged how some of those properties were ill-gotten wealth, which she only got to realize much later.
Preye narrated how she, acting on Alamieseigha's instruction in 2005, helped to evacuate valuables such as exotic cars, clothes, documents and trinkets from the former governor’s private residence in Port Harcourt for safekeeping.

Then, the former governor had just been granted bail by a London Court over the money laundering case.
According to her, done with the evacuation, she promptly handed over the house keys to one Tombra Alamieyesiegha who continued to stay there until he finally relocated to the United States of America.
When Alamieseigha completed his case in Nigeria, Preye said, she returned his valuables in her possession.

However, matters came to a head on November 1, as she was reportedly picked up and detained at the old GRA police station in the Garden City.
She also claimed that the police had similarly detained her aged mum over the same matter.
Contacted Friday night, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr Felix Ogbaudu confirmed the story but declined to give details. He merely said: “We are investigating the matter. It is true we arranged a meeting between Mrs Alamieseigha, Miss Preye and their mutual relation, one Mr. Patrick. I can tell you we're investigating the issue.”

But Sunday Sun investigations pointed to the fact that there is more to it than Preye’s petition.
For instance, a dependable police source said the lady was detained for alleged theft and later released, describing her as "an ingrate whom Alamieyeseigha rehabilitated.”

“I can tell you that Alamieyeseigha made that woman comfortable by employing her at the Bayelsa State Liaison office in Port Harcourt. It is heartless for her to turn round and betray someone who was really nice to her while he was governor. He even caused her to be paid as much as N400, 000 per month. And when she thought the man had insurmountable problems, she tried to play smart. Can you imagine that?
"Can you imagine, when we raided her residence where we were able to recover some items, we discovered that this lady had dashed out some of Alamieseigha's household items like cutlery to the gate-keeper. Apparently, she never imagined in her wildest dream that Alamieyeseigha would come out of his trouble alive.

“This is a lady that carried Alamieyeseigha’s property to the Bayelsa State Liaison office in Port Harcourt rather than keep them in a private place. If she didn’t have a hidden agenda, was that the best place to go keep them?”
The police source further informed Sunday Sun that in the course of investigation, the lady in question once went on her knees pleading with Mrs. Margaret Alamieyesiegha to forgive her.
Sunday Sun findings weekend was to the effect that the house - 3, William Jumbo Street, Port Harcourt —from where the lady reportedly retrieved the said property is the private home of the Alamieyesieghas pre-governorship days.

Comment:

Now Alams knows what it feels like to be violated.
boohoohoo
No man shall go whithout punishment, one way or another.

still running around like a thief in the night, looking for ingeneous ways to rob the State and the people!!!!!!!
what do you think??

yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

No matter how good he is (which he is working hard to prove), the fact remains he was ushered in under an illegality and a sham election.
This has to be addressed notwithstanding. I don't feel sorry for him, he knows full well his mandate is tainted.
Rights done under an illegitimate mandate becomes negated and sullied, no matter the good intentions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

almondjoy:

Sweetheart, Pray tell me what is left in you to humiliate?

You cannot even differentiate between crimes and misdemeanors. All you can say here in your 1 kobo, cyber cafe, yahoo vocab is that "offence is an offence"? Please go and empty your coin meters at your cyber cafe in Ijesha before your attendants rob you blind!--while you self-service off on your okada!

a beg o, make una do sofly o. plis allow de smal pickin nak di only english wey im sabi nao. abi na wetin.
e say me a bi liar wey nefer rish obodo america befor. na onle im dey for america.

desgiezd:

Wonders shall never end, please can anyone tell us the roads constructed or rehabilitated by the FG during Obasanjo's regime that they claimed they spent a whooping N450billion. Did they construct any road in your village or lacality?

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200711160255895

me! me! me!. I have the answer to this riddle. The roads leading to Otta chickens farms. All the roads inside are all tarded also.

When the Oba of Otta saw this wonder of the oyinbo man, he exclaimed, "ki pa yen, oyinbo npa titi laro"

Since this is the only tarded roads in Otta, the Oba was so incredulous that he exclaimed that oyinbo people even dye the roads black. A big riddle of what happened to 450 billion Naira!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By law anywhere in the USA, a man has the right to defend the sanctity his home with deadly force.
Anyone who participate in an illegal action, where there was loss of life, will be held responsible for that loss of life. The survivor was unlucky to have lived through the burglary and home invasion.
There is nothing racial about this, that is the law. His action was precedent to the loss of life!!!!!

babasin:

ok. So IBB must past, past, paste tense?

May be you read your news upside down.

OBJ is life chairman of PDP

a wonda o!!!
Only a person who trying to play somantics, trying to confound or trying to be clever by a fraction, would pretend not to know the even of present days have very much to do with the repudiation of Obasanjo's illegality and misrule.

He changed the PDP constitution to make himself life BOT chairman. His days are numbered and he knows it.
Some of his friends can see the handwriting on the wall and are trying to distance themselves from the Otta sinking ship!!!!!!!!!!!!

babasin:

I know repeated traffic offenders, who go their licence revoked and taken to court.

They are no allowed to drive for two years and this was inserted into their criminal records as 'dangerous to public'

As said, they need to provide the 'official judgement' and we can see if she stands to be senator or not.

This is what is called a habitual traffick offender, and it is criminal. It becomes criminal and caries a prison sentance.

nigeria1:

Bankole you are a lier, you are only just trying to set Iyabo obasanjo up,

Like I said before, I was on the same airplane with Iyabo Obasanjo to the USA. And she could not have entered the USA if she had criminal record. The USA law does not allow it. The Judge can go to the USA embassy in Nigeria to verify this information, stop the lies.

If you doubt my story that she enter the USA. It was a KLM flight and KLM can confirm my story. I could take the pain to get the date if I could find a copy of my ticket.

So bankole your lies are over,

Hahahaaaaaaaaa. I don't dispute your being on the plane with Iyabo.
In what ways was I trying to set her up?? You've got me confused man!!!!!!!!

ojimbo IV:

@bankole01

save the feable comment at the end of the article, there is nowhere obasanjo appears in the article. i wonder why you are insinuating nyarko to be one of objs oppressor because he happens to be his friend. obj's past tense now my man. move on.

On the contrary, Obasanjo is still very relevant today as he had been the past eight years. His hand writing is still all over the country. His cronies still hold sway. Until all his misrule and evil deeds are corrected, there is nowhere to move on to. Without correctinh wrongs done and perpetrated by this man and his cronies, we cannot move on, for we will only be compounding wrongs done to Nigeria. This has been are problem, glossing over wrongs which should be openly addressed.

As to feable comments, it may appear so to someone who see, hear and speak no evil in Obasanjo.
Even if Obasanjo was not mentioned in the article, the discerning person can tell it is all about his and his house of cards. "Unless God builds the house, thet labor in vain who work, "

As for me, "a go shout o, a go hala patapata"

nigeria1:

mrpataki , traffic offence are NOT A CRIMINAL offence in the USA, canada and britian. It is only when you have an accident, then it goes from a civil to criminal case. you can call any lawyer in the USA. And they would tell you. And bankole. It look like you have never stay abroad before,

Not only do I live in USA, I grew up here and have been for twenty-eight years (28) years not to count three years in Britain.
Dear brother, I am also a law enforcement officer, who is very conversant with American law!

McKren:

Why should it have anything to do with OBJ not Atiku

One was President and the other was Vice President

Unless you are trying to be corny Mckren, you know full well who was in charge in Nigeria. Obasanjo had full sway over everything, including the powers of coersion which he used to his satisfaction, to the chargrin of Nigerians and to the detriment of his enemies.

Atiku even though the vice-president, fell among the enemies of State, where he was perplexed to the max!. he was houneded at every turn, not even allowed to have aides or security!, not to talk of being allowed in his office.

The buck stopped with Obasanjo, therefore this is about him and only he!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is the brutality of Isalam and the Saudis, we are witnessing. The supporter of APC is supported by Saudi Arabia to witness brutality on darker skinned Africans, who also happen to be Christians.

This is the same way Arabs were at the fore front of rading villages,capturing and selling black Africans into slavery!!!!!!!!!!!!

Traiffic offence can fall into the realm of criminality if is done with just reclessness that it cauces grievous harm to another.
Eluding police in a chase falls into felonious act.
A habitual traffick offender becomes a felon in the his/her criminality. If you don't understand law or are a law enforcement officer, do not dabble into things you have no knowledge of.

That being said, Iyabo Obasanjo is just another illegal product in a rigged mandate, perpetrated by Segun Obasanjo.
Whetther or not she won her mandate in a fair and free election, remains to be seen. I guess we will never know if she is not challenged!!!!!!!!!!!

McKren:

Murtala Nyako is still very much the popular candidate in Adamawa

A reason Atiku will prefer the Judiciary to Usurp the duties of INEC by pronouncing Baptel winner rather than go through re-election.

While the call for free election by the Tribunal is a demonstration of adherence to rule of law because they claimed "INEC erred in Law" by disqualifying Baptel. It has nothing to do with the popularity or otherwise of Murtala Nyako.

This is not in the least about Nyako or Bapetel, nor does it have anything to do with Atiku.
This is all about Obasanjo, Iwu. His illegality and sham elections.
Obasanjo misruled Nigeria, imposing his will on hapless Nigerians. The elections were judged worst ever!. What we are seeing now is the repudiation of those lawless days.

Nyako just happens to be another one of the privileged friends Obasanjo used to frustrate and oppress Nigerians.
The hurricane (Adedibu) he unleashed on Oyo State is still running amock doing whatever pleases him.

The house of cards the evil lord of Otta built, is crumbling around him, and I say good riddance to the rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can understand why Maurice Iwu is still the INEC chairman.
In view of what has been happening at the tribunals, why haven't this shameless man who helped to inflict so much pain and disenfranchisement on Nigerians quit?
What is his relevance when the whole world has condemned his sham elections, calling it the worsst in Nigerian if not African history

Will Yar'Adua allow him to conduct new elections into the overturned offices, knowing his precedent??

Hmmmmm me wonder what Umar is waiting for before he shows Iwu the way out!!!!!!!!!!!

Yet another knock for Obasanjo 16/11/2007

WWW.TheNationonline.com
By Bunmi Ogunmodede

IF unfolding developments in the nation’s legal system are anything to go by, then of a truth, the evils that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), arguably Africa’s largest assembly of politicians do are here catching up with the party.
Yesterday’s voiding of the election of the PDP Governor, Murtala Nyako, retired Naval Admiral, by the Adamawa Elections Petition Tribunal made it six in a roll of the rule of law establishing its supremacy over the might of a political party.

The five-member tribunal led by Justice Oluwole Akinwalere faulted the April 14 governorship election which produced Nyako. Its reason was that the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), erred by shutting the door against the Action Congress (AC) candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Bapetel. The AC standard bearer was prevented from participating in the election on trumped-up charges that he had been indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His disqualification was announced by INEC on the eve of the April election.

But confident that such last-minute disqualification smacked injustice, Bapetel approached the election petition tribunal for judicial redress. And yesterday, judgment day came. The judgment offered him another opportunity to take a shot at the Adamawa State House, which Nyako had occupied illegally for the past 171 days, going by the ruling of the Justice Akinwalere-led panel.

Since June 14, exactly 17 days after the baton of leadership passed on from one tenure to another across all 36 States’ Government Houses, PDP Governor in Anambra State Andy Uba got a quit notice from the Supreme Court. The apex court ruled that the April 14 election, through which he became the state helmsman, was conducted in error by INEC, since incumbent Peter Obi had not yet served out his four-year tenure as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate. A valid governorship election could be conducted only in March, 2010, after Obi must have enjoyed his mandate.

Also on October 10, Kogi State Governor, Ibrahim Idris, who was on holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia on Lesser Hajj, had his election upturned by the tribunal.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu had approached the tribunal to challenge what he called unconstitutional denial to contest the election by INEC.

Ten days after, judicial hurricane was in Kebbi State, where the tribunal gave a similar ruling against PDP Governor, Saidu Dakingari after considering the ANPP’s petition, which said the electoral umpire unjustly excluded its governorship flag bearer from participation.

Rivers State had its own dose of the pill on October 25, when the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling sacked Celestine Omeiha from the Government House.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who lost his ticket ahead of the April 14 election to Omeiha due to high-stake politics within his party, the PDP was declared the beneficiary of the PDP victory.

The apex court in its ruling said Amaechi, and not Omehia, was the authentic flagbearer, having emerged winner at the December 9, last year primaries.

In times past, a directive from the PDP was all that INEC needed to either ban or unban based on phantom indictment of the EFCC. The party may have had its way, but Nigerians, with unflinching faith in the rule of law and course of justice ,are having their say.

Curiously, all those who have had their victories upturned through the judicial process are of the ruling PDP.

With volumes of petitions yet undecided by the various tribunals, only time would tell the number of those occupying elective offices on borrowed time. But from whatever angle the latest ruling from the Adamawa tribunal is viewed, it is yet another knock for the PDP, which could no longer manipulate the system with the posturing of President Umaru Yar’Adua on the rule of law.


Comment: Before long, we may see Obasanjo in shackles, being led to prison where he belongs. The man who thought he knew God's mind, is now feeling like one of his chickens.
Jimoh Ibrahim (Obsanjo's frontman in the stealing of NIcon) is now crying foul and labeling the country and the AG as lawless!. When he and other Obasanjo acolyths divided up and stole Nigeria's choise properties, he thought Bayo Ojo was good AG. Now that Nicon has been repossesed, he is crying foul.

The shoe is on the other foot now and it hurts. BOOHOOHOOOooooooooooo

Nigerians memories are very short indeed. It seems Obasanjo has joined the masses suffering from myopia!

WWW.Independence newspaper.com

Efe Ebelo, Reporter
Tue, 23 Oct 2007


While former President Olusegun Obasanjo held sway in the Aso Rock seat of power, it was not a secret that many Nigerians were not pleased with his style of leadership. There were discontentment and complaints in various quarters which invariably led to crises in various parts of the country. Obasanjo implemented various economic reforms that did not yield any meaningful dividend till he bowed out of office last May.

It was therefore a surprise to many when Obasanjo recently said that Africa’s developmental challenges and insecurity issues are direct results of bad governance.

He chose the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva to make the assertion at a seminar for current special and personal representatives and envoys of the UN Secretary General,

Observers are surprised that Obasanjo is making a turn around barely four months after he left office and his administration rated as one of the worst the nation has experienced in its history.

Comment: Obasanjo is in need of prayers or a good doctor (not honorary please) the old Otta dictator is loosinng his mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is trying times indeed for the maximum ruler cum emperor of Otta Farms.
His fortunes lately have been turning for the worst.
The Supreme sacked his errand boy (president plane money launderer) Andy Uba, as governor of Anambra.
At present count, three other PDP rigged governors and a host of other politicians are being turned back by the various States tribunals. His lady friend and ex-hairdresser turned Speaker of the House, was unceremoneously booted out, after being labeled corrupt and outrageously incompetent!
A new Speaker from Ogun State, was elected by members (mostly PDP) in defiance of Obasanjo and his clique.
It seems the PDP is trying to scheme the Otta non-performer out of his coveted BOT chairman-for-life position.
This will not augur well for the man who wants power at-all-costs. (It will be a 'do-or-die battle to the fishish)

The installed puppet government of Yar'Adua, seems to be growing some balls, refusing to meddle or help out the increasingly frustrated lord of Otta. IBB and other Northern enemies of the Otta toothless bulldog seem to be gaining relevance with inconsequential puppet president.

To rub salt into injury, the crook Jimoh Ibrahim, installed as the Nicon head (by you guesses it, Obasanjo) is about to be shown the door and probably the prison cell where he belongs. The Federal government has just decided to take back the stolen loot of Nicon from the Obasanjo front-man. Jimoh is acting and talking tough, but without the powers of coerscion of the Otta emperor, he is just another Nigerian ex Obasanjo thief, thrown out with the dirty water!


Not to worry though, Adedibu is still running Oyo State to the Otta lord of chickens delight. He can kill, burn,and cause chaos as he chooses. Akala the figure-head governor dare not say a word.
If all else fails, Maurice Iwu is still the INEC chairman. The man who supervised the worst Nigerian elections ever, could still called upon to do his magic. The man latelt has been using new terms like, 'party democracy, law of the land etc.
It seems the INEC chief is not happy with PDP comgresses and ward elections, because they did not inform him and INEC. He has not been given the mandated 21 day notices. There the sceduled part convention planned for DEC 8 is to be cancelled. All these, more than 60 days before the planned convention and hierchy elections is to take place in Abuja.

Who is fooling whom? Maurice Iwu, the man who shamelessly conducted the worst election in African history and rigged people in with abandon, now wants to rest on legalistics? Why is he still the INEC chairman?
Is Obasanjo so desperate, grasping at straws and out of weapons that he has to resort to using the spent Iwu to come out and try to fool us again? This time around trying to sound like a reformed democrat!

Enough is enough Obasanjo. "GO GENTLY INTO THY NIGHT" Try to sleep if the ghosts of the innocent and murdered Nigerians will let you lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nigeria already has too many non-viable States. The fact is we need to scratch them out of existence not create more avenues for klepto-governors.
If you guys will just put your ethno-centric subcultural nationalistic sentiments to rest, we can all work together to grow a new strong Nigeria.

if e no make oath, how okija high priest go chop. a beg hurry go for okija shrine jo
ask all the dis-honorables for Abuja, all na okija alumni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We shall see. We will be waiting for him and his merry band of thieves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!