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Wendell Simlin: American woman accuses Reno Omokri of identity theft


Mr. Omokri allegedly used the pseudonym, Wendel Simlin, in the article circulated to bloggers and journalists but the document digital signature was identical to previous documents Mr. Omokri had sent to PREMIUM TIMES.

The Califonia- based woman, Deborah Campbell, told Sahara Reporters in a series of emails and telephone conversation that her son, based in Hercules, California, is the real Wendel Simlin.

She explained that she is married to Mr. Omokri’s brother-in-law and that the president’s aide exploited the relationship to perpetrate forgery.

“I am the true Wendell Simlin’s mother here in the States. Appalled to find out my son has been a victim of identity theft, judging from the articles I recently read in your newspaper. Reno met my son after I married his wife’s brother,” she said in an email.

“There are pictures on my facebook of Reno’s wife, kids and my ex-husband Godwin Melle. He is Reno’s wife’s brother.”

Mr. Omokri, who was based in the United States before coming to Nigeria to work for Mr. Jonathan, may be soon be facing criminal charges as Ms.Campbell has promised to involve U.S. authorities if her son’s name is not cleared.

Mr. Omokri could not be reached to comment for this story. Calls to his known telephone number did not connect, and he is yet to respond to a text message sent to him.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/174113-wendell-simlin-american-woman-accuses-reno-omokri-identity-theft.html

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#BBCtrending: The mysterious case of Wendell Simlin



A team of online sleuths claim to have exposed an attempt to smear the former governor of Nigeria's central bank.

Lamido Sanusi - who is widely respected in the international community - was suspended from the bank last month after accusing the government of corruption.

A few days later, a number of journalists were surprised to receive an email from an unknown man, Wendell Simlin, which linked Sanusi with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group is believed to have killed thousands of people in a string of brutal attacks since 2009. But a handful of digital activists who obtained the email say it was actually written by one of the president's aides, after they found his name in a Word document attached. Reno Omokri - social media advisor to President Goodluck Jonathan - is listed as its author in the document properties.

"We just did a simple right click on the document and looked at the 'properties'," says Feyi Fawehinmi, one of the team who carried out the investigation. They also contacted a newspaper to cross reference the email with previous messages sent from Omokri himself, and the metadata seems to be a perfect match, they say.

Sanusi was suspended from the bank by the president after alleging that $20bn (£12bn) in revenue had gone missing from the state oil firm, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.


https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-26481508

biafranation:
Any SS or SE that think this port will ever materialize is an idiot...a compound fool. Ask yourself why is Onne, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Warri and Onitsha not functional? Even Yorubas don't want any of these ports to work. It means all the money going into Lagos state will now go to these SS states. Have Yorubas agreed for oil companies to be relocated to SS? Yorubas are the cancer of the evil going on in Nigeria. These people have absolutely no conscience...zero! Believe me, we/Biafrans are not the same people with these people. Biafrans naturally have conscience and will never support evil against other people but Yorubas? They naturally support and condone evil.

MrMoney55:
I'm yet to see anyone support Buhari without sounding stupid

Emvico34:
External reserve this external reserve that. Yet there is hunger in the land and the zombies will open their dirty mouth to tell us that "wailers will still wail". How much do you have in your account? The bitter truth is, nothing good will come out of a lifeless being.

onubijoe:
PDP will win election no two ways about it

Gandollar:
I'm yet to see a buhari supporter who doesn't sound stupid.

Tinubu was docked and bribed his way out. The chairman of CCB then admitted it himself during sarakis trial that the judgement that set Tinubu free was faulty. Do you need me to dig up this confession for your lazy ikebe?

neezar:
So Mr dullard has finally admitted that he smuggled looted funds into the country

Mr Integrity indeed

olajizz01:
PDP is no match to APC in everything, only thing PDP knows best is stealing of public funds.

HallaDaTruth:
Remove Igbos from your mind

obonujoker:
You are just a very wicked Yoruba Muslim... So you write all this stuff against Ambode, and yet you still support Buharo??

germanized:
Oodua tókàn tókàn l'emi ooo. Toba wun e, lo gbe megaphone nitori Tinubu baba awon agbero, ko kan mi.

germanized:
I look forward to the day people like Tinubu and his cohorts will also be chased like the criminals they are.

wiskana4re:
Guy he is number 91 on the list. Just Google it if in doubt but keep arguing will not help u and your master

ChiefAlex:
You’re mad. If they’re living fine, why is there no cinema, mall, kfc, dominos? Because anambra Na village

Keep deceiving your fellow yeebos wey never comot south yeast

Deadvalley001:
Lol We Have Home Theatres, there are cinemas too, we just dont act as our lives depend on them, this shows how uncivilized u guys are, boasting abt cinemas, lol, oyo is truly cursed, their level of poverty nobi 4 hia.

Deadvalley001:
Lol, Guy u dnt av sense.

Deadvalley001:
Ogun Has Suddenly Disappeared From The Chart Again?

Here are the top 5 richest states in the country

https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/nigeria-here-are-the-top-5...states-in.../yengk7z

Deathslater:
The day i stop taking these boys serious is when one they told me ibadan is better than rivers and anambra state, wtf, who dash monkey banana, a place filled with slums and occupied by old looking houses dating back to 19th century? thats not civilisation, thats backwardness. i dnt wanna sound like a tribalist, this is just the plain truth, there is no where u could place ogun above rivers and anambra, industries aside, mostly owned by foreign companies, ogun state is just like any other south west state very empty and dry, unlike in anambra state where there are bigger economic activities, local and foreign companies working perfectly, every where is densily populated, filled up estates. same cant be said about ogun, working class people are living fine in lagos, nt every yoruba i knw would like to live in ogun, houses in lagos are more expensive unlike ogun, ogun is just the 2nd option for people who couldnt afford house rent in lagos, use your brain next time its simple to grasp.

Konki:
Check the names of those [Mainly southerners] favored to be wasted by Boko and read the full meaning of Nepotism.!

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/nepotism-mother-corruption/amp/

PDP appoints Dino Melaye spokesman of Atiku’s presidential campaign council


Senator Dino Melaye has been appointed as the spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council.

PDP announced Melaye’s appointment at the inauguration of its presidential campaign council in Abuja.

https://atikulatecandidates.com/pdp-appoints-dino-melaye/

BuhariLooter:
Some people will die of heart attack on February 19 when pdp must have recorded resounding victory in KATSINA state and all through Nigeria.

lol @ lame ipob comedy..