₦airaland Forum

discusant:
Olanipekun knows that the Chief Justice of Nigeria Airowola has already ruled on Forefeiture as punishment for crime, so he resorted to beating about the bush finding solace in outdated Constitution and outdated rulings of ancient Supreme Courts.

This US judgement unfortunately wasn't registered in Nigeria and even if so, the fact that BAT got the US embassy to say he wasn't under any investigation was a smart move ahead of time. He claimed he helped them transfer funds home to Nigeria and didn't know the origin of those funds. Unfortunately, he was able to hide under the law.

I just feel bad LP weren't able to prove this case very well.

sultanofpigs:
So he was so wise that he said that an expired passport nullifies citizenship? When you try to sound smart and hail stupid actions, you confirm that SW is the bedrock of foolish statements.

I am happy your raised this. Either you got him wrong or your just followed what lazy traffic seeking social media bigots posted. The citizenship in question was an honorary citizenship not naturalization whereas you are asked to swear an oath of allegiance. Most countries offer that honorary status to captains of industry and important people. Tony Elumelu is an honorary citizen of the Bahamas. Basically, you can't contest in that country but can enjoy many other benefits. It's just a tactical way to use those people to help your economy either by them investing and also bring you investors. Just like giving a chieftaincy title to someone who is not from your village. He's a chief but can't attend any village head meetings and all. Even Late Harry Akande was honorary citizen of Swaziland. Same with Dehinde Fernandez. So Wole was right on that. Don't confuse the two. Thanks.

Remove subsidy without a plan, then wanting to share money, then talking about 500k hectares for farming, then 35b for judges and 70b for legislators...

I expected so much more than sharing money without a concrete plan for productivity. This was the mistake Buhari made that led half the country into poverty. BAT is a capitalist and he should know better. After raising prices by over 200%?. I'm so very disappointed

Emir8:
Idiot. Is BOLA not a female name?

Fool Bola is a unisex name. Hammed, Kunle, Bayo, etc all are male names exclusively

Femi, Seun, Tayo, Tumi, Lanre are not...ever seen a woman called Charles or Henry before??

FreedomfromtheT:
Please the above question is not meant to be an insult.
But the question arise over my observation here on nairaland.
It was reported that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the 2023 presidential election has questioned as to whether president Bola Tinubu is actually the one who attended Chicago State University and also did his NYSC or one female by name Bola Adekunle Tinubu
Instead of the Emilokan supporters to face the person who is dragging or trying to disgrace their candidate in the open space, they have as expected, been attacking Peter Obi and his supporters.
Obviously, the Emilokan supporters have been seriously instructed never to respond to Atiku's vicious attacks.
From every indication, president Tinubu's supporters have been briefed to always turn every issue against Peter Obi and his support base.
From the forgoing, are Emilokan supporters cowards afraid of abokis or mere hypocrites?

Adekunle has never been a female name in Yoruba land. Dead on arrival!

Isn't it even stupid that PDP submitted a so called Bola Adekunle Tinubu and claimed it's a female. Does any Yoruba names their female child Adekunle? Dead on arrival abeg... The Bola would have been a better name. I just hope the so called witness won't end in jail if this is found out to be bogus because the said certificate carries a sworn affidavit allegedly o

Actually the OP posted the wrong article. There is an article also where the INEC claimed the documents requested are not available. This was a different story

This is not journalism but an OBIdient at work trying to claim patriotism. How can this article make sense to anyone? The writer is just a bias and confused person.

Yari bawo?. The same man who left Zamfara as the poorest state, most out of school children and worst WAEC performance? Yet a Muslim. Are we saying all 4 top positions will be occupied by Muslims now?

I was in Kano days ago and I can tell you Ganduje is right. The new govt that's not up to a week old has started pulling that public structures. Even if they had issues on those places, how will pulling them down and allowing Almajiri to loot everywhere be a solution..I learnt someone lost 500 brand new motorcycles. I am so disappointed in Kwankwaso right now. What he did is stupid. Refuse dumps everywhere in Kano but markets and hospitals is what he's interested in destroying all in the name of Ganduje sold those government lands to private investors

So Agu matter finally enter newspaper. Even though he's Igbo by birth Nigga is a purebred Ogudu boy. Son of a landlord in the area. This happened the night Brighton drew Man city. The argument was over #200 extra. It was bloody that night I will never forget in my life. The dead guy was only around from PH and this is what smoking and cultism has led all of them to.

I'll say I'm impressed though the 500k still won't really do much but better indeed than 10k.

As much as I understand those who believe Tinubu rigged due to violence in some polling units. They also need to understand that rigging or violence didn't happen in all 176k polling units nationwide. Tinubu's election may not be perfect but where in the world has a ruling party come third in an election before?

A ruling party will either win or come second. The truth is PDP failed by been carried away by money. All they believe was to get someone rich enough to face APC in the elections with money, reputation or integrity doesn't matter... and they allowed their greedy delegates ruin their chances. PDP has always lacked strategy. They are too controlled by money they can exploit from a candidate. If not for money Gov Adeleke would never have won in Osun. But trust PDP, it is always who had more money that they believe would make a better leader. Hopefully they've learned the hard way but I know they wont

You believe Nigeria can't be saved but still think Peter Obi can reverse her bad fortunes. What you may fail to understand is that integrity or personal conviction isn't what NIgeria needs. No former Nigerian President was as less corrupt as Buhari but we've all seen how a worse disaster he became. The truth is Peter Obi himself would get overwhelmed. Remember same Peter Obi even as governor made many moves that has bigotry tune. He would have probably done worse because his kinsmen would frustrate his efforts just like they did Buhari. Buhari started well with initial gra gra but got overwhelmed. Same fate would have befell Obi.

I am convinced only crooks and mad men like Atiku and BAT could have really made the chances that is if they are willing to sacrifice personal greed as they both promised. Nigeria need a practical and realistic person to handle this nation. Forget the idea of been a perfectionist. All we can do is hope that BAT won't allow his personal greed.

Obi2saveNigeria:
Nigeria is dying a natural death but you all keep deceiving yourselves. I have checked all indeces, made analysis, extrapolated and projected forwards, and all I can see is a dead end.

Peter Obi probably could have have helped to reengineer the country but that opportunity was missed. Instead what should have been a rallying moment turned into a disaster.

Charles Darwin's theory is playing out on Nigeria and you can't save something that can't be saved.

No wonder Nigerian journalists have remained local champions. What a weak and useless defense. I can show him hundreds of softwares that would show ringing alongside. Our journalist can never conduct decent investigate journalism. This one looking to make a name for himself. What nonsense.

XerXers:
It is real but you will "protect the source".? Can such argument fly in court?

In law, journalists and lawyers have a right to protect their sources.

apache4:
Over my dead body will Tinubu become my President

Let god take my life on the day of his shameless inauguration

What? E don reach that level? I don't even understand why y'all thinking Peter Obi has any ideas not to mention solutions to NIgeria's problems. Indeed serious reorientation is needed in this nation. Too many idiots claiming to be sane.

Anambra...the state of our President reject?? I guess the level of illiteracy here must be alarming. The people doing this to a grieving mother?. So how has the state become the eldorado we were told if they are still so sick in the head?.

lhordspy:
Maybe we should leave political sentiment asides. We all know Peter Obi made some extreme religious political moves during the presidential campaign period by manipulating, exploiting and exploring our religious diversity to his own advantage. But the thing is no matter how interesting the latest finding is and no matter how fulfilling it is for we the progressives. I think it is time we start asking questions about the supposedly 'exclusive-findings' of gazetteNGR of recent. With this latest one clearly violating the section 37 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of N8geria which state that:

''The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondence, telephone conversations and telegraphic communications is hereby guaranteed and protected.''


Even though i dont know how these things work entirely. But i have seen some crime movies (for example: TheWire, Sopranos, Power etc) where even the law enforcement agents/agency will have to acquire something like a court-warrant or court permission with enough reasons; a very convincing motives, to be able to secretly wiretap phonecalls of a criminal or any other person during investigation. You have to convince a judge to the fullest before the warrant or permission is granted. Failure to secure the warrant and going ahead to carry out the action make it illegal, a crime with serious consequences which also render the voice-conversation gotten from such unauthorised secret-wiretap inadmissible in court as an evidence.

I think the labour party camp should drag gazetteNGR to court and whoever published that voice conversation should be made to testify as to the real source of the wiretap under oath. Somebody need to start paying for these illegal acts carried out all in the name of investigative journalism. We cant keep operating as a lawless country.

Today it is Peter Obi, it can be anyone tomorrow. I don't even feel safe making phonecalls anymore.

Except Gazette is also protected by law. They are bound not to disclose their sources just like lawyers too. The fact is that Obi was careless. All politicians should expect their phones, offices, cars and even bedrooms to be bugged. This is a game for the mad people alone.

All these emotional blackmailing of judges will not work. We've seen judgments in Nigeria that we may not like but you must understand that the judges must follow the law. The problems of losers is that when it doesn't favour them it is bribery but when it does judiciary is good.

Many of Peter Obi's petition had been laid to rest in many judgments before it, all thee respondents have to do is make references to those judgments. I am sincerely disappointed in many Pastors and Lawyers who are clearly partizan and refused to listen to alternative arguments. They are setting up themselves for more heartbreaks.

Just like in Osun, we knew common sense will prevail but the same common sense and law will also prevail in the presidential petition and I don't see how Peter Obi will win this. Unless the laws of the land are changed.

He did say yoruba's are political rascals. Although he may not have meant it and could have been a gaffe but if Tinubu had said that I know the country would have burnt by now. Clearly the Igbos were led into believing that Christian yorubas wouldn't vote BAT because he doesn't have a Christian VP. Yorubas are too sophisticated for religion to divide us.

Comments on this section finally made me realize how many idiots we really have in Nigeria. Their percentage especially amongst internet users must be alarming.

Someone went about spreading fake news without evidence and the personality he lied against petitioned him and was arrested but what I'm seeing here in blame Soludo and calling a liar a hero.

This is so shameful. How can people be so stupid not to understand simple facts??

Bunch of jokers and painful losers...even PDP that came second is acting sane.

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ebufa:
by breaking people's skulls...........something has changed in the air , there will be consequences !

In all fairness, how many polling units did you see anyone's skull broken in Lagos?? Lagos has close to 15,000 polling units. How many did you hear incidents?

The truth is Igbos have always made bad political choices out of sentiments. When Zik could have become a PM, he jettisoned it to become an ordinary ceremonial president because he hated Awolowo, forgetting Lagos gave him his first seat in parliament.

When we voted GEJ and Igbos dominated that govt, what did their people gain? Olisah Metuh alone had to return 400m.

Yorubas even gave Atiku a whole state. We were strategic, y'all got carried away thinking SE and SS alone would vote abi? Ekiti is the largest christian state in SW with almost 90% been Christians, they still voted BAT against the propaganda that he chose a Muslim ticket. We dwell on facts and not lies. No doubt the Yoruba played the tribal card. Same thing Igbos played to support GRV. APC only had a better strategy. Forget every other nonsense.

Mustaphaarome:
How can you rule a country which you not wildly accepted in the whole country?

Whether you believe it or not, across the 6 northwest state peter obi can never get 10% vote even if you conduct election 100 times, state like yobe, Maiduguri,gombe jigawa and bauchi too, then come to state like kogi,Niger,Kwara totalling 14 state..
Then minus 13 from 37 then you have 23 state remaining

There is no how you win Nigeria presidential election which just 23 state ...

Peter has really done enough, he just need to work more on his wins and work towards 2027 and find his way through the core northern state at least 5 of them , then he can win,,, for now if truly he believes in the betterment of Nigeria as he claims then let him work with, and if tinubu open arms for him while he showcase what he plan for Nigeria...

Sellah

Apart from Lagos he won't get 20% anywhere in the SW either. Take it or leave it. Igbos voted him based on tribe and wouldn't have any other tribes vote their own? They can deceive you with the Ojukwu contested story but Sowore also contested in 2019 and Yoruba didn't vote him.

The only reason I supported Peter Obi was because based on equity I think a Ibo man should have it also to show they are incorporated but instead of forming and pushing for alliances they were pushing religious sentiments. They felt the SW wouldn't vote BAT because of his running mate. Ekiti is almost 90% christians in SW and Tinubu won in a landslide. Yoruba won't voted based on sentiments but trust. The more they can understand that the better otherwise they'll just be bitter.

Folks looking to trend online. I can really see how delussional and foolish social media has made some people.

Even those who were not in the country during elections believed rigging happened??

You mean the same Igbos who attacked Oore without provocation until the Yoruba army dealt with them?. The same Igbo whom only the Yorubas returned their properties back after the needless civil war, why are Igbos so fixated on Lagos?. Say what you will we voted LP in numbers which y'all couldn't do with another party in the presidential elections and if you mention one nonsense Ojukwu be reminder that we also didn't vote Sowore a Yoruba man 4 years ago. In 2011 we voted GEJ. But when a visitor aspires to take over your house and spit it to your face, you'll fight back. APC had a strategy to campaign based on sentiments and it worked. Why are you guys angry ??

Fut9ure:
Who is else is celebrating like me already

About the suffering and killing About to continue in Nigeria after what we experience in Buhari's tenure

I will continue to celebrate 🍾 until we start stepping into the polling unit without sentiment and tribalism


Tell me one region in Nigeria never guilty of tribalism??

Since you all want to be sick

Let the sickness go round
This nation doesn't deserve pity

Mention a region in this country that's not guilty of tribalism?

BOLATINUBU01:
shut up, Iwo was never an empire, it's just an enclave of slave by ibadan warriors

How does that warrant shouting shut up?

Mind you Iwo was established by a prince of Ife, the current Ooni from Geisi ruling house are cousins with the Iwo royal families. Iwo had no links to slave camper unlike Ibadan. Iwo was established by Luwo Gbagida, the only female Ooni till date and her son Giesi established the Giesi ruling house of Ile Ife.

How exactly does Osun campaign funds concerns a Northern vice chairman if nor for deceit and trying to cause commotions.

Wiseandtrue:
So them get artificial paramount ruler

These traditional rulers keep putting themselves in a place of ridicule

They use to role models before

Iwo also used to have an empire but rather very tiny one unlike the old Oyo empire which transcend beyond Nigeria. He's just probably want to be known