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For rushing to the courts against his own party in the middle of an election that had not been conclusively decided in favor of his party, how is Faleke's anti-party case any better thought out than the similarly-unfortunate adventure Yahaya Bello earlier engaged in? Didn't Faleke learn anything from the terrible mistake Yahaya Bello earlier made by going to court and campaigning against his own party before the same elections?

And to think that Faleke does not even have one quarter of the political influence/clout that Bello had? Faleke simply tried to ride on the sentiments and coattail of James Audu's demise, by unilaterally proclaiming himself Governor-elect and picking Audu's surviving son as his own deputy single handed.

These politicians will never learn. You heard it here first... Faleke's political adventure in Kogi is finished.

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Kai, wonnan odi egwu fa, oro p'esi je...

Hmm.

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Elle277:
The man is still in detention.. this was a pix when the efcc was searching his home yestr night..

Sorry, you've woken up an old thread, probably inadvertently. But, who's the man you're referring to, and where is the pix?

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Mehn, I still can't believe the erstwhile NSA along with his puppet masters could have been this reckless and irresponsible, and still throw it all in our faces...

Hmm. Anyways, Karma IS always there. And, by God's grace, this country will get straightened within this lifetime - and remain so.

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kodded:
have you also noticed that pro apc topics and anti pdp topics hit front page nowadays

while pro pdp and anti apc topics will never make the front page recently

Fortunately/unfortunately in life, what goes around, comes around.

It may yet be the turn of the current opposition again sometime to become more prominently featured on the front page for good reasons, rather than the current not-so-flattering ones.

In any case, juicy stories are the stuff of which attractive front pages are made, and the front page has to be filled at all times, abi no be so?

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I don't know how this anti-SaharaReporters army took on this much life of its own.

But, truth be told, SR has been more right than wrong with its scoops, and usually first out of the gate, especially when compared to other equally prominent media outlets; so it will be wise to give SR at least a benefit of the doubt on the subject story.

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ibadanfinest:
Am not in anyway supporting what they did, am just being objective.

Their case at best will be to jail Dasuki for misappropriation. The money was budgeted for defense but used for your boss personal use. All those advert are not tangible goods that can be return to get back the 2.1b.

Dokpesi legally has no case, wetin his lawyer talk before is not relevant but his reputation has suffered great damage but he can slowly recover.

Are you aware that everything a person/body owns can be liquidated in order to effect a judgement/recover stolen money? And that this is irrespective of whether or not the recovery can cover the amount to be recovered?

Ol'Boy, like I alluded to and said before, ignorance is no defence in the eye of the law... the receiver of stolen goods is as guilty as the thief him/herself.

In any case, let us just wait and watch/witness whether or not Dokpesi will have a case to answer on this issue.

In this respect, I'm done with you on this line of argument, and I tap out... you've won, thank you!

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ibadanfinest:
Accomplice, Dokpesi na govt official ni? or how could he possibly be an accomplice.

Must Dokpesi be a government official to be an accomplice in a financial heist against the nation State? Haba!

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ibadanfinest:
True bro, They needed a confession from Dokpesi, am sure they have no intention of jailing him. I think is apprehension is more of a strategy to nail Dasuki and others and maybe GEJ by extension.

Ol'Boy, stop dreaming... Dokpesi was clearly an accomplice, and he will be jailed if found guilty; this is no longer a Jonathan government, or business as usual.

As for the money itself, it was not legitimate money, therefore it must be recovered from him/anyone that received that stolen money. Let him/anyone go and collect such money from the other party to the relevant contract(s). In any case, Dokpesi's lawyer, Ozekhome, said categorically just two days or so ago, in response to an EFCC letter to Dokpesi on the matter, that Dokpesi did not have any business dealings or contract with the office of the NSA!

'Nuf said, my people.

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ibadanfinest:
Oga Dokpesi isn't at fault o. The man is a business man. He was called to come collect money for documentary which he obliged. It was a legitimate business deal between Dasuki and Dokpesi.

Dasuki and those involved should be in jail. Dokpesi is a free man already.

Abi what will be his offense? That he collects money to carry out advertisement, pls tell me how that is a crime.

You steal money come buy market from my hand, if they catch you, wetin be my own.

Hahaha! You this ibadan person... For this one, the thing been clear well well, say you know say na steal them steal the money wey them take buy market from you o (just like person wey buy stolen goods o.)

And if you you talk say you no know say na thief money, na him be say you be proper thief yourself na, so them must take the money back from you, and catch you too, like the original thief. Shikenan!


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What, for God's sake, should the office of the NSA ever have anything to do with campaign funding for a political party?

What was the party itself there for? What was the then president's campaign organisation there for?

I think it's becoming clearer by the passing day, that a huge chunk our patrimony/federal money was diverted and looted, and just some of it for electioneering purposes.

But, let's just wait to see where all of these revelations lead. Everything will be deeper than we've been led to believe or heard this far, for sure. Hmm.

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Dokpesi: Money I Received Was For Publicity And Media In Political Campaigns
BY THE NEWS NIGERIA DEC 02, 2015

Aeogho Dokpesi, Daar Communication (Ray Power and AIT) founder, has explained what transpired on Tuesday 1 December 2015 when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him.

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Raymond Dokpesi, AIT Chairman

In a statement signed by the management of DAAR Communications Plc, he said that around 2.00pm that day, the Ag. Chairman of the EFCC, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, through a phone call, invited him to the Commission.

On getting there, he was requested to, “shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Adviser to the former President, Malam Sambo Dasuki.”

Dokpesi explained to the EFCC officials that the N2.1 billion that he collected from the former NSA was payment for for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.”

High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi “made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions which were dutifully carried out based essentially on contractual obligations/relationship.”

The statement however did not explain how the office of the National Security Adviser became the cashier office for the payment of campaign expenses and the source of the money.

A special panel and the EFCC are probing how trillions of naira budgeted for defence were spent in the last eight years. An interim report by the panel already reported phoney contracts in excess of $2 billion.

Culled from: http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/02/dokpesi-money-i-received-was-publicity-and-media-political-campaigns

[Please note that the news item was originally reported BY THE NEWS NIGERIA DEC 02, 2015, and was simply picked up by SR]

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One should always expect Governor Fayose to talk this way on this type of issue na... he's not unintelligent, actually, so he knows how - and when - to try to cover his own backside.

After all, those who live in glass houses do not throw stones!

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Fayose counters PDP, says APC’s Audu, Sylva free of corruption charges until proven guilty

November 19, 2015
Josiah Oluwole

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Ayo Fayose, Ekiti state governor.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday disagreed on the credibility of candidates the All Progressives Congress is fielding for the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections.

The spokesperson for the PDP, Olisa Metuh, while briefing journalists in his office, had accused the APC of fielding candidates facing corruption charges, saying his party never acted that way for the 16 years it was in power.

He however cited an exception in Mr. Fayose, whose case he described as politically motivated.

Questioning the credibility of the APC candidates, Mr. Metuh argued that in other climes political parties take exceptions to candidates with corruption charges.

“We have never fielded any candidate facing corruption charge as governor,” he said.

“Elsewhere, political parties take exception to fielding people with corruption charges except if politically motivated like in the case of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state.

“No party has ever fielded corrupt individuals for political offices like the APC.”

Mr. Metuh said the APC’s fielding of former Governors Timipre Sylva and Abubakar Audu as its flag-bearers in Bayelsa and Kogi states was inappropriate.

Mr. Metuh also said the PDP was “compiling a list of all APC governors-elect and candidates that are in court facing corruption charges” and would make the list available to Nigerians.

But Mr. Fayose, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, took a different position, saying Messrs Audu Sylva remained qualified to contest the election until they are proven guilty

“I wish to state clearly that Alhaji Abubakar Audu has the right to contest,” Mr. Fayose said while debunking a statement credited to him that he queried the eligibility of the APC candidate.

He said the statement that Mr. Audu’s corruption case in court disqualified him from contesting the governorship election could not have been made by him.

Mr. Fayose further said that his statement ‎in Lokoja during the grand finale of the PDP governorship campaign rally centred strictly on the need for free and fair election.

The governor said his comment had nothing to do with Mr. Audu, his former colleague, saying in law, every man is ‎adjudged innocent until proven otherwise by a law court.

“That statement that he cannot contest was not made by me. What I said in Lokoja has nothing to do with Alhaji Audu and I am not contesting his eligibility,” he said.

‎”Alhaji Audu is my former colleague and I have a lot of respect for him. In law, every man is assumed innocent until proven otherwise by a law court.

“I equally went through a similar experience‎, I couldn’t have made such comment.”

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/193454-fayose-counters-pdp-says-apcs-audu-sylva-free-of-corruption-charges-until-proven-guilty.html

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Seunaj05:
This could be true but I can assure you of something, Fayose is not leaving that sit until his tenure expires.

Hmm... Just watch... as those supposedly to-the-core PDP members of the Ekiti state house of assembly slowly sift their options, and eventually make moves to impeach Fayose, before his term expires. And there's plenty of time yet, for that to happen. Is it not politics and politicians?

Fayose is a ticking time bomb, with penchant for eventually talking/acting himself into trouble, unforced. In the voice of Sani Abacha: "It's not just in his character, it's in his blood."

"Remember, you heard it from here first."

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dominique:
True there has been quite a number of avoidable deaths caused by this generator but outrightly banning it is a bit extreme. Stabilize power first, then those things will be history.

You started off well. But then you now added that the system should continue to allow people (who are mostly not even aware of the danger,) to die or get maimed - with their health being irreparably deteriorated - while the society awaits for public power supply to be stabilized! That ain't cool or humanly, my dear friend.

What happened to the mantra, "prevention is better than cure?"

Come on, the subject measure is spot on.

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senier007:
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http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/17/breaking-buhari-orders-arrest-of-dasuki-others-over-arms-procurement-fraud/

Mind-boggling.

Hmm.

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alcmene:
Campaign statement made without thoughts even if shallow.
If they had followed their campaign manifesto, if they had one, they would not have pushed themselves into a tight corner.

In the mean time, this 5K promise has become a noose around their necks. Let's see how they can take it off.

₦5K monthly to 25 million vulnerable Nigerians will amount to ₦125 billion per month which translates to ₦1.5 trillion annually.

the challenge would be how to identify this 25 million vulnerable in the society,any nation that has this number of vulnerable cannot be said to be doing well.

So, you're more informed/learned/equipped with facts and strategies than all this government's emerging apparatus put together for you to be this much of a sadist?

Mehn, you dey try, no be small.

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wiZbanky:
Its a start, Rome was not built in a day..Buhari is trying his best to his own ability, the onus lies on us at grassroots to support him with our intellect, dedication and service

Well said.

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This is how this Dogara man too will start frittering away his tenure and relevance on irrelevances. At the end of the day, he and his fellow travelers would end up trying to pass 1000 laws only one day before this assembly expires. SMH.

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udeagbalaC:
While it may sound and seem twisted to the ears of the average person, Ralph Uwazuruike is joyous that lives have been lost to Biafra agitations.
It gets better- as Uwazuruike also stated that if he dies in the fight to actualize the creation of a Biafran state, he’d die a fulfilled man.
The leader of the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) on Monday, urged all pro-Biafrans to remain steadfast and focused in the revolutionary struggle.
Uwazuruike maintained that he would never relent in his ambition to make Biafra a reality, adding that the struggle is for his own children who desire a free country where the security of their lives and properties can be guaranteed.
The MASSOB leader spoke through the Deputy National Director for Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, during a special meeting of Enugu West Senatorial District, in Nachi, Udi LGA.
“ACF had asked Allah to give them Boko Haram, he gave to them and they became comfortable with its outcome.
Afenifere elders had Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, fighting for social justice in Yoruba land.
“I am very happy that Biafra is being talked about all over the world and people are being killed and detained for the sake of Biafra. So, if I fail to get Biafra, then I would have failed to do what Ndigbo expected of me and if I also die for the sake of Biafra, I will be fulfilled.”
ynaija.com/im-very-happy-people-are-being-killed-over-biafra-massob-leader/

I honestly do not believe this story is genuine. Because then if genuine/true, what would be the difference between this man's mindset and that of a normal "leader" of ISIS/al-Qaeda?

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The PDP IS lucky that the current Federal security apparatus did NOT prevent these two funny PDP governors from getting into Kogi for this governorship election campaigns/rally.

Remember how the Jonathan-era Federal security apparatus - part of Obanikoro et al's Ekitigate - prevented the APC governors Amaechi and Oshiomole from gaining entry into Ekiti state for the political campaign during the governorship election that produced Fayose as governor a couple of months before Jonathan was voted out?

Nemesis - or what is more readily referred to as Karma - will surely catch up with that Ekitigate thingy in its entirety at some point, The Almighty God willing.

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simplemach:
And what if eventually Tifnubu happens to loose to Ait... that means our local Transformers are gonna be choked with haters whose last option would be to just "Take a hug"

No problem na, the two parties to the dispute will cross the bridge when they get there.

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FreeGlobe:
Now you are blaming south east governors and leaders but just
months ago, you were blaming Jonathan for all the problems in
Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they
said that you were bitter at Jonathan because you lost access
to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Actually, Father Mbaka blamed the southeast governors and leaders as well while President Jonathan was in power. At some point then, Mbaka was even reported at the time to have been at serious loggerheads with some of those governors and leaders, for the same reasons - rightly or wrongly - of perceived underdevelopment of the southeast.

So, I'm afraid, your premise is simply off. You're just looking for a needle in a haystack with which to pin Father Mbaka on this issue of the relative underdevelopment of the southeast.

The southeast - like most other regions of the country, I hasten to add - certainly deserved better than what it got back from at least the immediate past leaders. This, in spite of the human, material, and financial resources then at the disposal of such leaders.

Just call a spade a spade, and all these deliberate distortions of issues will be turned into visions that should help in the development of any entities, anywhere.

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FreeGlobe:
you are happy that he is now blaming south east governors and leaders but just months ago, he was blaming Jonathan for all the problems in Nigeria calling him bad luck and all. I now believe what they said that he was bitter at Jonathan because he lost access to him. smh. God will surely vindicate Jonathan.

Actually, Father Mbaka blamed the southeast governors and leaders as well during Jonathan's reign... I remember the news items that he was even fighting some of them directly.

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Honestly this is a pity, because, whichever way one slices or dices this latest pronouncement by Father Mbaka on the subject, it is a big blow to the Biafra movement - at least to the psyche of those at the helms and center of it. Hmm.

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This is a pity, IMO, because, whichever way one slices or dices this latest pronouncement by Father Mbaka on the subject, it is a big blow to the Biafra movement - at least to the psyche of those at the helms and center of it. Hmm.

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This is a pity, really. Whichever way one slices or dices this latest pronouncement by Father Mbaka on the subject, it is a big blow to the Biafra movement - at least to the psyche of those at the helms and center of it. Hmm.

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Whichever way one slices or dices this latest pronouncement by Father Mbaka on the subject, it is a big blow to the Biafra movement - at least to the psyche of those at the helms and center of it. Hmm.

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basilo101:
Continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu without charging him and trying him is the cause of protest. stop talking rubbish all the time

You guys are saying essentially the same thing, TBH, because if the PDP/Jonathan had won the election and remained in power when Nnamdi Kanu was making his essentially clandestine entry into Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu would probably NOT have been detained. He probably would have been helped back out if necessary or warranted anyways.

My two kobo, though.

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Whichever way one slices or dices this latest pronouncement by Father Mbaka on the subject, it is a big blow to the Biafra movement - at least to the psyche of those at the helms and center of it. Hmm.

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Seems the Protection Seeker immediately above this made an anticipatory and empty post just to book space in case this thread makes the front page, abi?

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