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Blackteeth:
@chrisbenogor. Of course we are aware of the sharia thing and all that. But like I said earlier, HE IS A RISK WORTH TAKING.

[size=14pt]Atiku Campaign Organization[/size]

Atiku In The Kangaroo Court Of Political Opponents: Ordinarily we would have ignored the report captioned “US: Atiku Abubakar In $40 Million Money-Laundering Accusation With Wife, Jennifer” carried by Saharareporters and circulated by mischief makers as it was an outright lie and obvious manipulation of information to smear the rising profile of the former Vice President and the PDP frontline presidential aspirant in the 2011 election.

First, it was very obvious from the write-up that the report was ill intended and a smear campaign against the former Vice President and his family.

These allegations are not original. They are rehashed by political enemies to smear Atiku as a formidable challenger to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan.

The U.S Congress did not charge Atiku or members of his family with any wrong doing. If these were the case, that would have led to indictment and criminal charge. We all know how the United States operates globally. America not only shares information with its partners all over the world, America can get an erring man or woman from any part of the world and subject them to criminal trial whether such persons are U.S. citizens or not.
The report has not established that Atiku made the money in question, or any money in his possession illegally or from sources of criminal origin.

Even before becoming a vice president, Atiku Abubakar had huge business interests and has global investments estimated at millions of US Dollars. Even before becoming a vice president, he was able to meet his needs in life based on his legitimate earnings from his investments.

Atiku had served under a very hostile and vindictive president and therefore, he couldn’t have taken any risks, were he so inclined, of stealing money from government when it could potentially be used against him.

[size=14pt]For whatever reasons, the American authourities seem to have problem understanding that Atiku has his own money, which he transferred to the university and some of his interests in the US and other areas.[/size]

We have provided enough explanation on this matter but for reasons yet unknown to us to the U.S Senate and from all that we know, the issues that had earlier on been misunderstood have been cleared. The family doesn't have issues with issues with the US Senate or anyone in America concerning this or any other matter. But since this is a season of politics; dirty politics for that matter, there is no way we can stop people from have continued to whip up this old and baseless story for mischief.

It is not true that the wife of the former vice president, Mrs. Jemila Atiku Abubakar, has any problem with the authorities either in the US or UAE to warrant either an investigation or arrest and repatriation to the US.

As we talk, she is still a very free citizen of the US and legally resident in Dubai. She has no plans to relocate to Switzerland.
We also not aware that the US government is pressuring the Dubai authourities to arrest Mrs Abubakar and hand her over to America for trial.

Your readers should not be taken for a ride by mischievous politicians.
Signed,
Atiku Campaign Organisation,
Abuja, Nigeria.

byrron:
Constitutionaly NO, by assasination YES. D choice is urs to make

oyb: MODERATORS I RECOMMEND BANNING OF BEAF AND HIS COHORTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN SPMMING THE POLITICS SECTION WITH UNTRUTHS FOR FAR TOO LONG.

MAYBE THEY SHOULD GO AND START THEIR FOX NEWSESQUE WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN PEDDLE THEIR DESPERATE LIES

Blackteeth:
Beaf, being a murderer and a coup plotter has nothing to do with the ability to discharge the duties the president effectively.

dayokanu:
Atiku has nothing to clear his name from What are the allegations?

Has any allegation been made in court? Or should Atiku start visiting every beer parlour and Isi Ewu joint to be clearing his name in front of drunkards?

Where are the allegations Atiku has to clear himself of?

When it was alleged that GEJ and his wife looted Bayelsa, Did GEJ bother to answer the lame allegations? Any allegation should be taken to court and not under mango trees

Thirdly for a man who aspires to rule this great nation not to be able to visit the United state of america on the grounds of fear of corruption charges leveled against him or is the Jefferson/Mody telecommunication case involving the $100.000 case over ?please inform Nigerians we want to know.at least if all was well you wouldn't put your potomac mansion up for sale just because of a simple subpoena.being a case study in America for corruption is enough for anybody to go back there and clear his name but not you rather you decided to relocate your family to Dubai.

holyeye:
This post is worrisome and shocking!
Can't believe you would contribute that.
In my opinion it is gibberish
Especially in a country where we all work hard and earn nothing
Especially in a country where our natural resources earn plenty
Especially in a country where my people go hungy
It is very sad because boys are not smiling.
Please do not utter such in defence of GEJ anymore

sulad82i:
if u are willing to direct someone, you might as well direct them to the right path e.g by giving links to news u want them to read instead of flaming with annoyance in your words, just saying

9ijaMan:
Beaf since you know a lot about terrorism tzars, abeg name just a few western countries and their so called tzars. Your comments reek so much of a dumb smug who worsens his case by simply getting drunk every day!

Always ensure you check your facts right before spewing falsehood. There are lots of contributors on this forunm who are not as dumb as you are.

blacksta:
We agree that other countries have a terrorism cszar but in the Nigerian context it wont work just like GEJ proposed a 10000 new police for Jos. You forgot to mention that other countries you are referring to have at least an enviable police unit and terrorism unit for a terrorism cszar to manage.

Please inform us what the job of the NSA is - if that is failing i bet you 100% another layered fat called Nigerian Terrorism cszar will fail.

Nigeria is a country that continuously tries to bandage a bleeding wound. What we need is a complete overhaul of the existing security apparatus and not appointing another political manager

It is just another excuse to expand the over bloated expensive government we have in Nigeria.

philip0906:
exactly my point. . .those euipments are imported and made of d finest steel,gold and technology u can imagine. . .d president/vice have 2 be safe along side his associates. . .aso rock has 2 be shielded 4rm bombs like d one we saw last week.we d masses should not worry cos they want d best 4 us by protecting themselves. . .d bombs can go o elsewhere,but not d villa/lodge. . .vision 2020 till i die

fstranger6:
You never fail to amuse me with your idiotic defenses!

lwise:
I WILL RESPECT THE NORTHERNERS IF THE CAN SHIFT THEIR SUPPORT TO BUHARI
ATIKU IS A BAD MARKET FOR THE NORTHERNERS

[size=14pt]2011: Prepare for war •Atiku supporters threaten to ‘cancel’ Nigeria[/size]
•We’re ready for Atiku, IBB - Ex-militants •Jonathan spits fire •I’m not intimidated - Atiku •SSS warns aspirants
Written by Our Reporters
Friday, 17 December 2010

THE battle for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) presidential ticket assumed a dangerous dimension on Thursday over a statement credited to former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in which he alluded to violent take-over of government.

The statement by the former vice-president has generated hot reactions, further widening the gulf between the camps of President Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Abubakar.

[b]However, in one of the reactions to Abubakar’s statement, some of his supporters from the North have declared that the office of the president of the country is North’s sole right and have threatened to unleash mayhem of unimaginable proportions on the country, if Abubakar does not get the presidential ticket of the PDP.

[size=14pt]Acting under the aegis of Coalition of Atiku Northern Supporters (CANSU), the Abubakar supporters said the crisis that would envelop the nation should Abubakar not get the ticket would be greater in proportion to the series of Boko Haram massacres that had engulfed the country.[/size]

CANSU, in a release signed on Thursday by its President, Mallam Abubakar Ibrahim and the Secretary-General, Dr Yakubu Ahmed, stated that it came to the conclusion because “Nigerians do not want a peaceful change.”

[size=21pt]“We wish to state that we support the position of our mentor, Turaki Abubakar, that what Nigeria needs is not a peaceful change.
“This is no threat. Boko Haram will be a child’s play compared with the action our members can take. We have been patient enough. And enough, they say, is enough.

“The presidency is our right. The fact that we bowed to pressure to allow a southerner, Chief Obasanjo, who has now turned to be a betrayer and a disgrace to us, to become president in 1999 does not mean we do not know what to do to reclaim our right.[/size]

[size=14pt]“We are happy that Turaki has now seen reason with us that what Nigeria needs is violent change and not a peaceful one,” CANSU said in the release.[/size]

“Some individuals, especially former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom we gave our massive support because of our mentor and patron (Abubakar), do not want to respect the wish of the North for zoning and give Turaki Abubakar the PDP ticket.

[size=14pt]“We wish to state unequivocally, without any ambiguity, that we, the Atiku supporters, are prepared for any eventuality should our patron be refused the ticket he has worked for.

“Our position remains: ATIKU PRESIDENCY ZA MU ISO WAJE KO WACE IRIN HALI (We will get there by whatever means).”[/size]

The group, therefore, warned Nigerians to prepare for the consequences of Alhaji Abubakar not clinching the PDP presidential ticket, saying “may Allah, the Almighty not CANSU (cancel) Nigeria.”[/b]

Meanwhile, the controversial zoning debate appears to have taken a new twist, as repentant militants of the Niger Delta have warned that the nation’s disintegration is imminent.

The ex-creek combatants, besides the warning, alerted that the nation “would be surprised” if their acceptance of the amnesty offer by the late president, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, was taken for a ride.

The repentant warlords, under the auspices of the Ex-MEND Commanders Forum, were reacting to a statement credited to former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, and former Vice-President Abubakar, in which they warned that “if Jonathan makes peaceful transition impossible, he should be prepared for the inevitability of a violent change.”

Babangida and Abubakar spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at the National Stakeholders’ Conference organised by the Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF).

But the ex-MEND commanders, in a statement signed by High Chief Bibopre Ajube (aka Shoot at Sight), ‘General’ Ezekiel Akpasibewei (ex-leader of the Niger Delta underdogs) and ‘Commader’ Micah Kpenfi (aka Ota 1), described the position of the northerners as “a call for coup,” hence treasonable.

The statement said “while we hold firm the belief that the freedom of expression, as enunciated in the constitution, allows individuals to express their opinion on given issues, we view, in every aspect of their intents, the statement made by the two leaders who have served the nation in various capacities as very dangerous for the survival of this nation.”

Efforts to reach the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of MEND, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), were not successful.

But his media aide, Paul Bebenimibo, who told the Nigerian Tribune that the ex-militant was in a “crucial meeting,” described the position of the two presidential aspirants as “most dangerous.”

In another development, President Jonathan has vowed to deal with any politician or political groups who threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria, saying that the government will not condone the culture of careless utterances capable of causing troubles in the country.

Apparently reacting to the statements credited to General Babangida and former Vice-President Abubakar, on Wednesday, Jonathan declared: “we will not allow anybody to take this country for a ride.”

Speaking during the decoration of newly promoted naval officers at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, in Asokoro, Abuja, on Thursday, Jonathan warned that he would not allow a situation where the improving image of Nigeria in the international community would be dragged through the mud.

“I frown on people, especially politicians, who make statements challenging the sovereignty of this nation. Government will not take this lightly. We will no longer allow that kind of culture. We will not allow anybody to take this country for a ride,” he said.

According to him, Nigeria’s rating in the international community should not be sabotaged at this time, when the nation was consolidating its leadership role in the African continent and the globe, adding that it was the military and the police that bore the brunt in a crisis.

However, Atiku has rejected allegations of escalating tension over his widely reported comment on the consequences of resisting change.

In a statement in Abuja, by his campaign organi-sation, the former vice-president said his comment at a stakeholders’ conference in Abuja, on Wednesday, was borne out of historical reality, when the late United States president, John F. Kennedy, warned against the consequences of making peaceful change impossible.

He said the statement should be taken in its historical context, in terms of bitter experiences injustice had caused around the world.

The presidential aspirant said he and his supporters would not be intimidated or deterred in the commitment to ensure that the PDP abided by its zoning arrangement, in line with its amended constitution.

Atiku said accusing him of causing tension was like putting the saddle on the wrong horse, adding that no Nigerian leader, in recent memory, had caused so much bitterness, division, suspicions and animosity among Nigerians like President Jonathan had done because of his ambition to run in 2011.

He wondered how a president that tore the PDP apart and caused so much bitterness within his own party because of his alleged ill-advised ambition could turn round and accuse anyone else of causing tension.

Meanwhile, the Imo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed a resolution rejecting the candidature of Abubakar for the upcoming presidential primaries of the PDP.

The all PDP-member state legislature also warned Igbo governors and other sons and daughters against accepting the vice presidential slot being dangled before them by the former vice-president.

In the motion sponsored by Chief Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba of Oru West State constituency and Chief Bede Eke of Ngor Okpala state constituency, the House also resolved to reaffirm its support for President Goodluck Jonathan as candidate of the PDP in 2011.

SSS warns on reckless comments
The department of State Security Service (SSS) has warned presidential aspirants against making reckless and inflammatory statements in their quest to win elections.

In a statement in Abuja, on Thursday, the SSS regretted that certain comments by some presidential aspirants had gone beyond politics and freedom of speech, as they bothered on security of the country.

Apparently referring to comments credited to General Babangida and former Vice-President Abubakar at a stakeholders conference, on Wednesday, the SSS lamented that such comments posed grave national security problem.

The statement, signed by the Assistant Director, Public Relations of the Service, Mrs Marilyn Ogar, said “for sometime now, the SSS has noted with grave concern the unguarded, reckless and divisive utterances of some prominent politicians.

“The Service has also noted that these utterances, apart from being very inflammatory and extremely inciting, are of deep and grave national security concern.

“We are, again, reminded that democracy is about dialogue, negotiation and compromise. However, a situation where some of those aspiring to rule this nation have resorted, through their utterances, to make the country ungovernable, or calling for a violent change, is very despicable and unacceptable to this service. This, to this service, is beyond politics.”

trueword:
This Jonathan is beginning to seem clueless. Is this really the solution to our security problem? Just another expansion of government that will be used to siphon away more money from treasury without any results. Why don't these people fix the setup of police in country. This is something a well organized police department can crackdown and handle.

Lagosboy:
Even when OBJ fought Atiku he did not use this nonsense strategy of accusing him of being sacked. This is the 3rd time Atiku is contesting for presidency and this is the first time this sack news is comming out, please give me a break as we are not all fools. For all i remember GEJ was a custom officer as well or he worked with the customs at the airport. What was his achievement?

juman:
Nigeria's Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said today that he was never sacked from the Customs Service as it is being insinuated from some quarters, just as he stressed that he resigned voluntarily April 28, 1989.

According to Atiku, he wrote the letter with reference number, CE/EXC/P 7370 then at the Headquarters, Ministry of Internal Affairs and addressed it to the Secretary, Customs, Immigration and Prisons Service Board, Gwagwalada, through the Director, Customs and Excise, Garki, Abuja.

http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/41587//was-atiku-abubakar-dismissed-from-nigeria-customs.html

slap1:
They must have some sort of 'Otumokpo' then.

shevchenko:
Lol sorry I meant january 3rd,unfortunately I can't edit my post.