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SleekAboki:
Why your foot and not your slimy fingers? Run to romance section and go drum support for your mates.

you must be thinking too big of yourself. When I was in romance section, I held my ground and I came to politics section , and I'm still holding my ground . This goes to show you my strength.

I'm doing this for a friend and this is what humility demands... I'm way older than you are , go figure.

zicoraads:
Forget Seun, na wash

Hahahahahah...

Na you sabi. I no dey o. That dog-loving man can be funny at times

zicoraads:
No even try am. It's Mim.zy. Make I call you now sef

Caseless, sorry. This one is a no no. He is a brother

the last time I checked, we are not bound by our relationship to vote a candidate. You have wooed , possibly , my own brothers to vote your candidate too.

We have over 2 million nairalanders, go for them and not those I've gone for

magabounce:
Do me a solid,
Give me a run thru on the voting process.
Thanks

you are the best. The name is ivyy. When voting starts tomorrow, I will hit u up.


Thank you!

Trapping:
@OP, no matter how you guys try to pull fayose down, I tell you he will have the last laugh.

Just know that the senate has written to the U.S. State dept asking them to clarify which Aisha is been referred to in the Halliburton scandal. UK just voted to leave EU, A silent revolution is gradually taking over the world. By November we will have a new and radical POTUS. You guys will soon understand what's been cooking for Nigeria, only that by time you wake up IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

story!

SleekAboki:
Well orchestrated by the forces or whichever entity that wished to deal with fayose. The timeline and unfolding sequence of events is likely to consume Fayose if he doesn't have a strong strategic team to counter and roll back this impending offensive.

I wish to see more sophisticated sublime moves from all parties involved. Aisha strength of a woman is likely to rattle and tip the balance against Fayose save he brings in his prophtess wife to counter Aisha.

I'm lovin this as a neutral. May the most strategic win.

neutral my foot!

Annybens1993:
Me sef confuse.. Lol.

I tire for the guy.

Anny, you are beautiful and deserve to be among the contestants contesting miss nairaland 2016. Since you are not contesting , i'd suggest you suggest you vote another cool girl like you in the name of ivyy. Pls, I need your vote for her. When voting starts tomorrow, I'd give you a mention.

Thank you!

– Governor Fayose unknowingly erred with his allegation against Aisha Buhari

– Fayose confuses the Halliburton scandal of 1994 with the Jefferson corruption of 2005

– The Hallibuton bribery scandal and the Jefferson bribery cases happened at least 11 years apart

A report on Premium Times has shown how Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state unknowingly mixed up the Halliburton scandal of 1994 with the Jefferson corruption of 2005 in his allegations against the first lady Aisha Buhari.



Both cases came to public awareness again after Governor Ayodele Fayose relived the controversy on Monday, June 20, stressing the role played by the first lady Aisha Buhari in the messy Halliburton scandal.

The governor’s outburst came after his personal account in Zenith Bank was frozen by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to Fayose, his rights have been trampled on by the anti-graft agency.


In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose said President Buhari was far from being a clean man.

“Even the President cannot claim to be an angel,” the governor said, in reaction to the freezing of his Zenith Bank account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“The estate he built in Abuja is known to us. His wife was indicted over the Halliburton Scandal (sic). When that American, Jefferson, was being sentenced, the President’s wife was mentioned as having wired $170,000 to Jefferson. Her name was on page 25 of the sentencing of Jefferson. We can serialize the judgment for people to see and read,” the statement added.

Fayose repeated the claim in a statement he released on Wednesday, June 22, by his chief press secretary, Idowu Adelusi. He said Mrs. Buhari refused to travel with the president to the United States because of her involvement in the scandal.

He said: “It is on record that the President has visited USA three times and his wife did not travel with him. Equally, she ought to have visited the USA last year September to chair a United Nation programme but she sent wife of the Senate president, Mrs Toyin Saraki to represent her.”

However, Premium Times’ fact check has shown how Governor Fayose erred in his allegation against Mrs Buhari.

According to the media platform, Fayose’s had clearly confused the Halliburton scandal with Jefferson corruption case when he said “Buhari’s wife was indicted over the Halliburton Scandal.”



William Jefferson case

Although, he cited the Halliburton scandal in his allegation against Aisha Buhari, Fayose was actually referring to the William Jefferson case of 1994.

Jefferson, between 2000 and 2005, used his position as member of the U.S. House of Representatives to offer illegal services to private companies for cash rewards.

However, investigations into the Jefferson bribery started in 2005 after an investor alleged he paid $400,000 in bribe through Jefferson, for him to help persuade top government officials in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon approve the use of a Kentucky-based technology company, iGate’s two-way broadband technology.

It was gathered that Jefferson and his family, according to US authorities, received the mentioned amount through his firm, ANJ Group, for services rendered to iGate, an American broadband technology provider.

On 30 July, 2005, FBI agents videotaped Mr. Jefferson receiving $100,000 in $100 bills in a leather briefcase at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Virginia.

He was also recorded telling an investor Lori Mody, who was acting undercover for the FBI that he needed to bribe former Vice President Atiku Abubakar with $500,000, which he described as a “motivating factor” to secure the broadband contract for iGate in Nigeria but unknown to Jefferson, Mody was wearing a wire.

In August 2005, FBI agents raided Jefferson’s home and
congressional office and part of the documents found mentioned that an Aisha Buhari transferred $170,000 to him through a proxy firm.

“Government Exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire transfer from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary),” the U.S. Government Sentencing Memorandum said on page 22.

Jefferson was subsequently sentenced to 13 years in prison for the bribery on November 13, 2009 and will be released from prison in 2023.

Halliburton Scandal

There is every possibility Fayose had mistaken the Halliburton scandal to Jefferson’s case due to gravity of the fraud in the latter which is said to be the “Biggest Scandal in Nigeria’s History.”

The Halliburton bribery scandal dates back to 1994. It concerned the payment of over $182 million to senior Nigerian officials, including, allegedly, past heads of states, by officials of an American firm, Halliburton, to secure a construction contract for a liquefied natural gas plant in Bonny Island in the Niger Delta.

The Halliburton bribery scandal was so large that even the former US Vice president, Dick Cheney was indicted by Nigeria and cleared after Halliburton worked out a $35 million settlement.

The Halliburton scandal also named publicly top Nigerian dignitaries in connection with the scandal.

Several foreigners involved in the matter have been prosecuted and some jailed in their home countries, but there has been no action on the Nigerian side.

In June 2015, soon after he was sworn-in, President Buhari promised to reopen investigation into the scandal.


https://www.naij.com/870748-unbelievable-fayose-commits-big-blunder.html

tonio2wo:
u forget arase came in under gej.

and how many security chiesfs appointed by Gej were fired by BUHARI? This goes to show that Arase case is an exception.

koboko69:
U get plans

Just mention me tmr in case

Hahahahahah. I no get plans ooo.

Thank you , bro. I appreciate it.

dustmalik:
.

Malik, i'd need you to support me on something. I need u to vote ivyy in the miss nairaland contest tomorrow pls.
I'm going to give you a mention when voting starts .


Thank you.

2BB4CB3E:
First reasonable person I have seen tonight
Well said!

only sensible person can see a sensible comment. Don't mind those ethnic jingoist .


I need your support , bro. I'd need you to vote for ivyy tomorrow in the miss nairaland contest tomorrow. I'm gonna give u a mention when voting starts so you can come and vote for her.

Thank you very much!

koboko69:
Sure. Ivyy na ur babe?

No!

She's a friend...and also a friend of the progressive.

We go need ur huge presence , bro.

magabounce:
I actually thought he was a clinical business man.
After collecting 2k from me on several occasions to watch a movie. Plus 8hunz popcorn!!!
And u still collect loan of 11bn..
Broz!! Ur sense has been discommoned

nice dp , bro!

I'd need your generous help , bro. I'd need you to vote ivyy in the miss nairaland contest tomorrow. When voting starts, I'd give you a mention.

Thank you very much

koboko69:
Are u among the lost tribe?

Kob, tomorrow, I go need your help abeg. I'd need u to help me vote ivyy in the miss nairaland contest.


Thank you and God bless!

Balderdash!

day" but the Remain camp called it a "catastrophe". The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 as the markets reacted to the results.

This dollar sef!

Comedians!

Pavarottii:
In this life, u learn a lot as u grow, am a young guy still growing. I won't deny d fact that I Av learnt something from Ayodele Fayose. And the fact that his son was my next door roommate back den in Uni. Him and his son are 2 diff characters.

God bless you Fayose. I know u r not perfect, no one is perfect. God help u through ur trying times.

youngman , what are you saying?

nnachukz:
[s]If Buhari without certificate is not bothered then Fayose shouldn't be bothered he has his senior school certificate until that person who sent EFCC after him but refused to first clear his name on major fraud charge against him before running after others.[/s]

#stale

Progressive01:
Hehehe. Reminds me of those years in secondary school: when you commit wey dem arrange you in front of assembly to flog you as a recalcitrant "bad boy". As dem give u ten strokes, na so you go dey form Odeshi so dat babes go trip, while guys go respect. Meanwhile, d tin peper you wella!!

But do we expect to see him crying??

Wetin dey worry these iPod yeasts sef?? Make una kuku carry am go be d prime minister of Uganda na. Hain!

tell them...

What do you expect him to do, cry in public?


We know when he's alone (even though he's not the type that sits , think about things and reflect) , he will be picturing what it will be like after he leaves office.


Fayose is in trouble!

My heroes!

midolian:
but at least an apology letter to Fayose for all to see...and not Zenith staff kneeling like primary school pupils.

even if they're zenith bank staff or not, my worry is, why would a governor accept kneeling down for any reason?



I don't like fayose ; he's so disrespectful and uncouth.

Sai baba!

PRYCE:
So na tie you use differentiate Zenith Bank officials and posers? What if those with the red ties are not in any way bank officials and are there for an entirely different thing?

Zombies sha!

it's not what they're doing or why they're doing it that's the matter now, but kneeling down before a supposed democratically elected governor is what is of concern to discerning minds.

Until I see the CEO, Zenith Bank kneeling in front of Fayose, every story regarding this remains a story from Ekiti.

you're waiting for this to happen?


SMH!

BlackSeptember:
After all the eulogie he still employed a NORTHERNER

a notherner was sacked to bring arase on board . When BUHARI came, he could have sacked him and brought a notherner , can you do anything? He allowed him to finish his tenure, and here you're talking about who replaced him .

BlackPeni5:
Well...This is my first time back on Nairaland after a lengthy ban for talking sense to someone like you. In this case I'll pass. But don't be a pusssy and report me to the moderators when I start with u.

I engage intelligent people in a discussion.

You think I'll be here and throw tantrums, no! I'm not a kid.

I don't have for that bullsh1t...

“Arase told the president it was very strange for him to have been invited for a farewell dinner, because, what we know in Nigeria, is that, you are sacked on the pages of newspapers.”

Those name checkers who look at everything with the eye of the north should come and tell us why he did this.

Because arase is from the south?

Mimexy:
SO immunity does not cover a siting governor from being investigated

listen to yourself...

Immunity also cover governors from investigation , right?

BlackPeni5:
This government is destroying Nigeria faster than all the rest combined.

2019 elections would be the most violent and the most rigged Nigeria will ever see. This is because, PDP and other opposition parties would want to take power at all cost to protect its members from further harassment while APC would want to keep power at all cost to prevent it's members from being investigated.

If PDP wins...APC is on deep poo.

shut up!