₦airaland Forum

Thank God na Igbo people dem catch again, na Igbo people dey fall law pass us

I trust Nigerians to always put up this holier than thou crap as attitude. Ranting and wailing about how much 'crime' this LEGEND of a guy committed; but if you check their fathers' small wealth very well, a substantial part came from cutting corners and deals here and there, kickbacks, inflated contracts, profiteering, criminal nepotism, and so on - regardless of whether they worked in a government agency/ministry, or in a bank, construction firm, private business, wherever. And now the offsprings of these hypocrites have gone to school (probably abroad) with their parents' illegally earned wealth and now have big mouths to condemn others' so-called 'crimes' here on NL and elsewhere. SMH.

I have a hard time being a hypocrite in such matters. Show me a so-called successful man or wealthy man in this country of God forsaken hypocrites and I'll show you a terribly corrupt fool whose exploits haven't yet been uncovered, and who as such deems himself to have earned(?) his money through 'dint of hard work'. I bet the likes of Erastus Akingbola and Cecelia Ibru and their brainless, spoilt, Ivy-league educated children would have been the first to denounce Tobechi and other 'fraudsters' as 'never do well' criminals that give Nigerians a bad name. Imagine the konkonbility (apologies to Chiwetalu Agu).

In any case I have never really considered 'yahoo yahoo' and scams like Tobechi's to be egregiously bad; so long as no blood is spilled and no physical tortue is visited upon anyone, I cudn't be bordered. I remember how violent cultism reduced drastically in my school and many schools in naija at the peak of 'yahoo-ism' as the bad boys learnt to channel their raw energies towards making money online and doing 'big boys' in school rather than look for who to kill, maim, despoil, and traumatize. I remember being grateful for that kind of 'positive' effect the 'yahoo yahoo' craze brought about.

Let us take care of the countless murderers, ritualists, occultists, embezzlers, and other such characters that dot our socio-political and economic landscape before bordering our heads with small 'yahoo yahoo' boys who prefer to use their brains (rightly or wrongly) than resort to armed robbery which is infinitely worse for the rest of society. Any oyinbo that is FOOLISH enough to fall for scammers fantastic antics should privately lick his wounds, rue his gullibility, and hope the authorities nab the culprit and recover his money, rather than raise hell about how scammers are the worst category of evil people in the world. In Tobechi's case, it was the banks that were FOOLISH enough to allow loop-holes which he and his crew impressively exploited, and that's why the banks have to reimburse the 'victims' to the last penny.

I'll be the last to condemn Tobechi, heck, I commend his (admittedly infamous) ingenuity! If the violent blood-gangs of the mafia and drug-mobs have been serially idolized in popular culture and movies time and time again, across the world, why would any fool single out Tobechi and his 'innocuous' felonies for hypocritical excoriation of the highest order? Even the Americans themselves that were scammed and the FBI that busted his crew are awed by his ingenuity. But trust Nigerians to be full of hypocritical fury at the drop of a hat.

I would never ever put scammers like Tobechi and the other yahoo boys in the same league as murderers, armed robbers, ritualists, violent criminals and the likes. You better be careful what you wish for; wait until you endure the trauma of being visited by armed robbers: your sister (or wife) violated by 4 gang members in your presence, your dad shot dead, and your two legs shattered with bullets (God forbids!) before you know that it is not the same thing as stupidly falling for one scammer's fantastic schemes. Violent crimes are the ultimate crimes, and I'll happily choose to experience non-violent crimes rather than violent ones if either were inevitable. As an aside, if the US government was given the option of immediately releasing Bernard Madoff from jail (despite his $50b ponzi scheme) in exchange for capturing Bin Laden, don't you think it'll be a no-brainer?

Life is one big battle of wits, everyone is trying to outsmart the other in one way or another everyday; scammers only take this template a notch higher. Anyone that has the misfortune (whether through his own stupidity and gullible greed or through systemic loop-holes like the Tobechi 'victims') should just hope the law catches up with the culprit(s), rather than wishing to have been stabbed in the chest and clubbed to death instead (people should really be careful what they wish for). Of course every crime or misdemeanour has its penalty, and anyone caught commiting any crime should face the due penalty. But that does not mean that one shouldn't recognize the 'opportunity cost' as it were between non-violent scams on one hand, and violent crimes that leave behind imprimaturs of sorrow, tears, blood and death.

still backward? go and hide in the bush you were born in, filth

the illterate can be taught, the diseased can be cured, hoewever an igbo will always be an igbo, an ignorant and crude bushman, tell your brothers crime does not pay and when you stop celebrating criminals in your villages maybe then opinions change

igbos admire criminals? whats the logic in defending this dirty igbo thief

Damn! Sharp and devilish Igbo boys painting our country black. I will go look for this boy in Abia!

Despite all the proceeds from his criminal activities, this dude couldnt stop himself chei na wa 4 some people ooooo

As if your people would have turned Nigeria into Dubai if they have been at the topmost position of leadership ? Huh
osisikanku,your kin will have the same excuse to give to God;blaming obj for his wayward live.

the same crap we keep hearing every now and then to cover the criminality of ibos.check the homepage and you'd fing three threads dedicated to ibo and their fraudulent activities.rubbish

you can never know how bad it feels to be scammed until you become a victim.Ibo are always representing in that area.mschew

As usual,na ibo man.

mschew

He has tasted the good life, there is no way he is going to be content with village life

Yea thats me kinda of chick, IBO womens loook like men anyways.

They have mustcach Angry (no ofeinse)

op imagine your self how u guys met. Dont expect too much from Strangers. l'll regard her as a stranger, hoping to find u as the son of gej but was disappointed(may be) with the way she found u and hence resulted to go see someone else