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darkenkach:
Little Dare is a hero..

What? Are u well?

Ciscogod:
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Anyim Pius Anyim unilaterally acquired the multi-billion-dollar Centenary City on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, Abuja, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief alleged yesterday.

PDP’s National Vice Chairman (Southsouth zone) Dr. Cairo Ojougboh said he was ready to face the ex-SGF in court to prove his sole ownership of the controversial housing estate.

At a media briefing in his Abuja home late Monday, Ojougboh, reacting to what he described as “the show of shame”, which he said Anyim sponsored against him on Monday, accused the former SGF of acts of desperation “to cling onto his loot and spoils of office without putting into consideration the millions of Nigerians he is depriving of the dividends of democracy”.

Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe transactions relating to the Centenary City, Ojougboh said Anyim persuaded former President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the Centenary City documents without the ex-president reading the contents or consulting his advisers.

The Centenary City project is sitting on a land area covering over 1, 500 hectares, the size of three districts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The PDP chieftain has petitioned President Buhari, stating the facts relating to the transaction and the role played by Anyim in what he described as “a scam” perpetrated by a United Arab Emirates company, allegedly operating as a front for Anyim.

Ojougboh said: “Yes, the former president signed the papers as presented to him by the former SGF. He was not properly briefed because of vested interests.

“I can defend him; he was not part of the fraud. If Jonathan had been properly briefed, he would not have approved the project, let alone going to perform the ground breaking.

“The former President thought that the Centenary City was for the good of all Nigerians because of the centenary spirit. Unknown to him, it was the private project of the former SGF and his cohorts.

“I am calling on President Buhari now to revisit the centenary city project and he will be shocked that the project is owned by a private individual, but procured with government funds”.

According to Ojougboh, the original landlords demanded compensation from the Federal Government, “but the sponsors of the project used a private firm to pay them N1.2 billion. He asked: Where did they source that money from?”

He continued: “How can an individual still serving in the government get such a huge sum to pay compensation without government knowledge?”.

Ojougboh alleged that the money was paid into a private company’s account.

He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari should direct the Department of State Services (DSS), the police, the Directorate of Military Intelligence as well as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into the matter.

“The President must insist that each of these security agencies should carryout independent investigations so that the depth of the matter would be reached. I am available to offer the much I know from my independent quests on the matter”.

Ojougboh, a medical doctor, insisted that the project was a scheme used to defraud the Federal Government in taxes, stressing that the Free Zone status given to the multi-district estate was a fraud.

Ojougboh also quoted Anyim as saying that the project was worth $4 billion, adding that the process violated the rules guiding the granting of free trade zone status by the Nigerian Export Processing Zonal Authority (NEPZA).

The PDP chieftain, who was chairman of the board of NEPZA during the project’s conception, said the board did not approve a free trade zone status for it.

“I can categorically attest to the fact emphatically and unequivocally, that the board did not approve the grant of the status of free trade zone to centenary city.

“Centenary city cannot be a free zone because it is purely a residential estate within the confinement of the Federal Capital Territory and it is implicit that those who live in the free trade zone will require re-entry visa for ingress and egress.

“I make bold to say that the Federal Government has no equity in the Centenary City project and that Senator Anyim Pius Anyim is the sole owner of the 3000 acres of land owned by the Centenary City, Abuja.

“This is against the tenets and spirit of the Public Service rules for a public servant to own such a business whilst in government,” Ojougboh said.

The party chieftain stated that his attention was first drawn to the scam by the Anti-Corruption Network, and that he had voiced his opposition to the anomaly.

“It was meant to give import duty to the owners through the back door. The consequence was to rob Nigerian masses of their land, revenue and retard the industrial growth of the nation.

“Therefore, for every one job the project creates today, it robs the nation of over 10 jobs in taxes and industrial development”. Ojougboh stated.

Ojougboh raised some questions for Anyim:

Does the law establishing the FCT allow for a free zone? Is it in the Abuja mater plan?
How did Pius Anyim obtain the N1.2 billion resettlement fees?
In whose custody is the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) of the Centenary City?
Anyim’s media aide, Mr. Sam Nwaobosi, declined comments because, according to him, the matter is in court. In a telephone conversation with reporters in Abuja yesterday, Nwaobosi said Anyim would not take up issues with Ojougboh.

Said he: “Senator Anyim has gone to court to sue him for defamation on the previous press conference and interviews that he granted in which he accused Anyim of almost all these things you said he is saying now.

“So, the matter is already in court and Senator Anyim does not wish to take up issues with him on matters that are already in court.

“Since he feels aggrieved by what Cairo (Ojougboh) has been saying and writing against him, he is pursuing a very civilised cause by going to court to plead his case.

“So whatever Ojougboh is saying, he will have an opportunity in court to explain and then plead his case.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/pdp-chief-anyim-tricked-jonathan-to-sign-n1-2b-deal/

so d man no dey read documents b4 he sign? don't tell m3 dt d story dt he was always drunk is true

dokiOloye:
U r spreading false allegations against a tested and trusted man of God,U will suffer greatly ooo,better repent and ask God for forgiveness from this night.
Have U ever heard of a Catholic priest who owns property in his personal capacity?
Do U know that every pin they own including their clothes revert to d church on their death,what impetus does he have to go and steal since he doesn't also have children or a wife?
Stop running around behaving like a thug online,U mustn't comment on everything.

True talk bro, bt are u saying dt bro Jo didn't share money to d so called men of God prior to election? How can a true man of God open his mouth and say dt war against corruption shld stop? No wonder sin is multiplying with speed in d world.

zicoraads:
It doesn't matter who has done what. It is wrong for people to go around snapping pictures of citizens who have a contrary opinion on any issue or policy of the government to try and paint them black. I am not holding brief for anyone, but the Bishop is about the most upright man you can find in this country. This cheap blackmail is wrong. This form of blackmail smacks of all forms of dictatorship. It is a ploy employed by dictators to silent their critics. The APC should learn how to accept criticism in good faith.

If there is no evidence that the Bishop collected money from President GEJ, then this cheap blackmail is totally wrong. Besides, there is no way in hell those two properties are worth 1billion naira...Lai lai!

Upright man who's against war against corruption? Pls stop DT. When one tarnish his image he must not blame another person. I'm not supporting d poster bcs d house above is not worth 1billion as he estimated. Bt pls stop d upright stuff as far as he still want d war against corruption to stop.Our money must b recovered from d hands of few greedy individuals.

neurologist:
Dis world don spoil finish..which one is babymama again

NOWADAYS WRONG IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG..God help us

Baby mama is d baptismal name for concubine. Concubine means LovePeddler.
Lol @ ugegbe oyibo chinedu. y did chinedu leave his ugegbe and impregnated another woman? Maybe he called her ugegbe oyibo too. Spoilt brats!!! Bt this girl, did chinedu okoli tell u dt u are his? He'll soon impregnate another ugegbe oyibo while you're there claiming him as yours. Malife nwata!! Beautiful girls seldom have brain. They only think with their legs
spread wide apart.

neurologist:
Dis world don spoil finish..which one is babymama again

NOWADAYS WRONG IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG..God help us

Baby mama is d baptismal name for concubine. Concubine means LovePeddler.
Lol @ ugegbe chinedu. y did chinedu leave his ugegbe and impregnated another woman? Maybe he called her ugegbe too. Spoilt brats!!!

neurologist:
Dis world don spoil finish..which one is babymama again

NOWADAYS WRONG IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG..God help us

Baby mama is d baptismal name for concubine. Concubine means LovePeddler.
Lil @ ugegbe chinedu. y did chinedu leave his ugegbe and impregnated another woman? Maybe he called her ugegbe too. Spoilt brats!!!

BuddahMonk:
There no elevator but water run up the entire building.

The most difficult thing to see in East is a house without borehole, virtually all the houses have borehole and water is connected to an overhead tank that supply to the entire building

Guy that's a lie. Water doesn't run upstairs as u said in Onitsha. u can hardly see an upstair dt have water running upstair. That's a minus in Onitsha I'm looking forward to b redressed. Anambra water board should start working forwards dt

[quote author=buygala post=35817386]Riverbank buildings inhabited by fishermen are still mostly the same today .... Take a stroll along the Niger bridge or Lokoja bridge to see for thyself
Poster, when last did u visit Onitsha? Onitsha have developed more than you're imagining.

u made d withdrawal despite d fact dt faac didn't approve d withdrawal? Woman u have a case to answer.I won't defend u.
I don't want to b reminded dt I once warned u dt gej admin will either make or mar u.

Rawani:
Our secret police has never been as politicised as it was under the last administration, with the brazen show of partisanship which led to their invasion and raid of an office belonging to the opposition party at the time. Ogar also made several unsavory comments about the APC and it's leaders.

What's happening in the DSS is the restoration of order, it's not about the regularity of the promotion process but if the promotions were merited and the basis upon which they were given.

what's d name of dt river state commissioner of police dt was made an AIG within 4 years? when will he be demoted? I'm looking forward to his demotion.

SSPX:
What is grace, and what grace is bigger than giving birth to God?

stop dt.who gave birth to God? Mary gave birth to Jesus not God whose name is Jehovah. Jehovah God is an uncreated creator so no one gave birth to him. No what you're saying pls. look at how Moslems are laughing at u. haba!!!

SSPX:
What is grace, and what grace is bigger than giving birth to God?

Giving birth to God? Pls stop. My God is uncreated creator. No woman gave birth to him. He is almighty. His name is Jehovah. That's his name not Jesus.art gave birth to Jesus not Jehovah.

DIOSHEYI:
Please can u point where it is in the bible................?

Is Mary not dead? y d question?

jnrbayano:
Take for instance,

If I have the fore-knowledge of a plot to assassinate someone on Monday en route to work (I eavesdropped on the plotters) and advised that target should either stay put at home or take another route, if he heed and thus remain alive:

I delivered him from that danger. No?

Somehow yes. Somehow bcs it's God dt made u to stumble on d plotters not ur making. bt u helped deliver him. Don't forget dt u did this cos you're alive unlike Mary. Bt bros y bow to her image? That baffles me.

SHARIAREPORTERS:
Its a conspiracy
Wen dhe probe her and she starts to confess, even Buhari himself no go safe
Let's allow sleeping dog to lie

This is why Nigeria will never progress. In order not to implicate buhari the case shld b swept under d carpet? So how will d corruption ever stop? Is it not better u don't contribute to this discussion at all?

SweetJoystick:
True, potential lone voice in the next senate speaking, if only others would join him, then these lucrative politics career ambition would cease or reduce

Bros, he's not a lone voice. Dino melaye is with him. and there must be others too.

white lie. Contract he gave to berger to build and maintain for years. see lie out of 300 million they've spent 10 billion or is dt typo error?

Sloan:
Tony Okoroji still praising the convicted felon war monger Onjukwu as king in Iboland? Well, that is only in Iboland that a king lost a war with 3 M dead and he still respected? In the days of the Great Oyo Empire of the Yorubas, the titans to the West, the Crown Jewel, even if a commander lost a handful of warriors in a mission, he was as good as dead. Never mind that the Yoruba Generals must never come home after losing a war: he just had to win or die trying! All these, while leading from the front and actually fighting all the way till he wins with his army or dies and the next in command takes over and must complete the mission. On the other hand, a mere lieutenant colonel Ojukwu sequesters himself in a small bunker and was hiding from Enugu to Anambra, never leading an offensive for even 10 minutes and he is the ibo king?

Well, the story today justifies why you folks are where you are. Jonapafuka will appoint Adolf Hitler and Stalin if if will help him come close to winning and he doesn't care about any silly opinion about Fani Kayode and of all reasons, that he banged Bainca the ambassador to Spain doesn't mean shaite: she can blame herself. For Fani, OBJ summed it all up when he said Fani is his boy, give him some food and he will sing for you. Now, how much singing will Fani do for N 500 M+ corruption he is trying to escape from, courtesy of the EFCC Jona is killing to ensure Fani and corrupt Nigerians escape? Stealing is not corruption as per the dumbass president!

I hope you're ready for d e war between Yoruba and igbos you're instigating? Which yoruba king fought a war as big as Hausa and yoruba against him? Cowards that's what u ppl are. Its Igbo dt made ojukwu their king so how does dt concern u? mofo!!!

Bros,why dnt u tell gej to start taking right decisions? Y accept what previous govts rejected? Is it bcs his govt is govt of extortion of d ppl? Y sell scratch card to d army of unemployed graduate? Y is he too insensitive? I remember,HE DNT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT D PPL!!!

emmysenior: Don't forget that it was accepted initially, and besides why must it be now?

Plus another basic reason why I had to conclude like that was because of the comparison that was made between the previous leaders and the present.

Technically, it was aimed at discreditting GEJ... Logically though. Or what do you think?

Bros i can tell u dt okija does nt have an igwe since a long time now. Anambra govt knows this. I'm frm okija and i'm sure of this. The man arrested is an impostor. The man dt masterminded his arrest and other impostors arrest is just trying to make sure dt okija have igwe just like other communities. We all are strongly behind him in sanitizing okija of these evil men laying claim to what is nt theirs.

bros856: In the North police can not arrest an EMIR but in the South police can arrest any traditional title holder without respect for his position. Without arrest police can go on investigation if found guilty, the people strip him of his title before arrest. This is our traditional head police must respect not the person but the people's title.

If u know d politics of south east,u'll know dt its pdp dt has bn controlling d whole of south east until anambra rejected pdp and accepted apga. Till then apga have nt grown till okorocha joined apga and won imo. Now he'v gone to apc and made apga to b controlling even less state and house of assembly members. Do u know dt there is no apga senator frm anambra?i dnt know about imo. Lets see whether in november apga will grow or diminish more.

manny4life: Stop being ignorant, I stated the reasons why such party should NEVER be allowed in the east. Any party except APC can try but APC should be rejected outright because the one of the co-founders of the party supports terrorism... Period. That's my opinion, if you don't like it, deal with it.

The top six positions are: president,vice,senate president and its vice,speaker and party chairman.

untainted: I think the above claim is totally misleading though he did not define what six key positions he meant.
I believe only the Yorubas in the country today (among the big three) have the right to claim marginalisation: I also think it is their strategy of building opposition against GEJ in their region because for eg, they fought against therir own becoming Speaker.
The Hausas may cry wolf too because of "zoning" but to say this governemnt has not favoured Igbos is a barefaced lie by Rochas.
People I know even call this govt Biafran Govt.

Bros u're on point. The chairman was awake when d gov contracted some civil service works of some ministries. Its now he's crying. Maybe he's just waking frm slumber. And he's chairman of health workers too? Only him? No wonder we're nt feeling d impact of NLC here in anambra.

Noneroone: The labour chairman don collect money begin dey decieve workers.

I stay at onitshamawada. We all know dt obi's performance is in d area of road construction. I praise him for dt bt with both d state and LG allocation,y can't he cbuild good roads?
On d city being clean,i cry and pity u. So dumping refuse on d road and near where ppl leave is being clean to u? The whole of owerri road is refuse dumpmare u aware of this?
It may b dt power supply in ur area is ok bt for christ sake its frustrating in my area. Immediately its 6pm,they'll take d light to bring it in d midnight and take it again very early in d morning to bring it by 8am. So pls tell me how its second to none? Tell me about obis's performance in water supply in d state?in sports?in education?agriculture?youth development?job creation?tourism?health?rural development?

I give obi 30%. He try.

ifechez: obviously u don't stay in anambra state. I don't know the last time u were around. in the last six months, ezeiweka, NEPA, oraifite, ekene dili chukwu roads etc have been built. bids and okwei roads around main mkt are under construction as I write. obodoukwu road, okpoko junction road and edeh road all in okpoko have been completed and a lot ongoing. more than eight roads have been built in fegge housing in the last six months. even idemmilli in ogbaru is not left out. Onitsha is relatively cleaner now although its still a work in progress. electricity supply in Onitsha is second to none in this country and I want u to take it to the bank. in the area of security, that one na old news. onitsha is as safe as any where and as insecure as anywhere in this country. tanz

Bros wake up and stop dreaming. Its 2pm and u're still sleeping and dreaming. As i said,river niger have nt bn dredged. I got d info frm d ppl working at d port as part of d security. I doubted it bt i was askd y no journalist have nt bn allowed to come into d complex and y journalist were nt allowed to video gej when he was doing his so calld commisioning. Have u ever seen a ship berth there?

lygn19: D port has been completed,what's left is for it to be concessioned,d reason y they've not done it is bcoz they want oguta and kogi port to be ready,so dat they can be done d same tym, to aid in its integration

Which Dangote are we talking about? Is it d one i know dt made his money by enjoying monopolistic market created by succesive govts? If i'm giving monopoly to import cement for a big country like nigeria,y wont i b rich? Even witches and wizards cannot stop me. He imports everything banned by d govt starting frm cigarrete,cement,sugar,uranium,etc.

Frm d priciples he talked about,i believe only luck bt luck in this country full of ethnic and religion sentiment? He's just lucky dt its his brothers hausas who have bn rulin this country and lucky dt he'v always bn close to them,helping them to make money by them giving him license to bring in all d banned items.

I still dnt believe dt Dangote have what it takes to advice one one how to make money instead i believe his advice shld b how to b closer to d powers dt b and how to convince them to ban some items and give u license to import d banned items thereby enjoying a monopolistic market.

Envious of him?yes i am. I want to be even richer than him. Am i nt a human being like him?

okechukwu2013: Millions applied the above principles and worked even harder than Dangote without making 2% of what he attained. I respect him so much but I strongly believe that without golden LUCK and Gods FAVOUR, man will only labour in vain!

Thank u my brother. U know it. What beats me is y all these nitwits,myopic men ruling us havent realised dt.

Obj played politics with us by doing ground breakng for 2nd higer bridge which he knew he'v nt awarded. GEJ came with Obi to commission onitsha river port assuring us dt in weeks d port will start operating. What they'v refused to tell us is dt they're nt willing to develop anambra nor onitsha. Are u aware dt d niger have nt bn dredged? Nt to talk of d machines dt will be used to work in d port?
Anambra is d worst victim of this demcracy.

asha 80: only that onitsha river port would bring out the full potential of onitsha.

Tell me bro,y do u trust peter Obi? Have he fulfilld all his electoral promises? Where is d airport he promised us? Where is d seaport? I'm nt talking about d show he invited GEJ to come and perform in onitsha d other time in d name of commisioning. I mean real operational port?

Tell me whats so special about onitsha u're inviting ppl to come and see? The dirt in all d major roads in d city? Insecurity in d city and mostly at upper iweka? Is it d mushrooms calld govt schools? Just tell me what u're proudly inviting ppl to come and see here.Is it d bad roads in d streets?worst road at awada despite d amount their paying as tax and building rates? Is it d water thats flowing everywhere?poorand epileptic power supply?noise polution? Definitely,u dnt know what development is all about?

AWKA_MADE_GUN: Why can't you see any good thing for once. I sense bad blood.

Its not Anambra that is building it, its WATC! Anambra may contribute by throwing in the land and enabling environment. And why do you think Obi is not dynamic and proactive? Obi is not a noise maker, he believes in doing things that we have its needs and not for political gains.

Development is not about painting just the state capital, it goes beyond that. Obi is working in all the corners of the state and not just the major cities. Have you been to Onitsha recently? Am sure if you do you will stop this senseless comments of yours because it smacks of frustration and bitterness.

Of course you will be disappointed and proved wrong big time, when the edifice will stand like the ones in Dubai and Asian Tigers, just like Obi has always done to people like you.

WildOne: I don't want to believe that these people have sidelined us just like that.

its simply sis. We have insincere governor ruling us. He dnt want to employ anyone nor conduct LG election. Just like LG election which he's conducting at d tail end of his admin,he'll issue appointment letters on d last month of his admin too. I was in a bus with civil servants in d state and they where lamenting about d man ruling us. Acc to them in other states,if u're in grade level 8,u'll b collecting salary as big as if u're in level 10 bt in anambra,level 10's salary is like dt of one in level 8. They praised him though for doing well mostly in road construction bt they cursed him for maltreating anambra civil servants.
U see d man ruling us and d man u all are waiting for?