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Hisbah, checking whether the condom is in the correct position or not.

Haaaaaah, resign because of not constructing road in the north?

Now, you know how SE people about government.

To be fully accepted by Buhari, you must rant, kick, and kill as many "Ipob" as possible.

If everything fails, accuse your enemies.

Why so much hair splitting by biased and paid internet trolls about corruption during Gowon era is a surprise, but being Nigeria, always expected the impossible.

Gowon had the opportunity to lead Nigeria, lay a lasting foundation, and carry the nation forward, but he didn't. The guy knew his administrative limitations as a young military officer, he brought in Awolowo, promised to hand over after a few years, but what did he do? He reneged.

Shame on anybody who's arguing that because he went to UK from Ethiopia, he didn't carry Nigeria's wealth with him. Even by appointing, and allowing corrupt people around him, Gowon was guilty. Whether he carried a plane load of naira notes, or he transferred it gradually over the years, the effect is the same. It shouldn't even be a point of dispute, but here it is.

A young officer who went around telling people that Nigeria's problem was not money, but how to spend it should have looked back and apologized for some of his grandiose statements, but no, he has uninformed trolls spewing thrash on his behalf.

Whether Gowon is defended by a million paid trolls or not, the result remains the same today: Nigeria did not lay a good foundation for its future - thanks to Gowon, Jack.

BreconHills:
Please think. Think.

Exchange rate at the time was £1 to 80k and the naira was 100% convertible at better rates than most European countries. How is this man not ranked as more wealthy than Bill Gates, Bezos and Musk? Nigerias reserves in the 70's were humongous and the currency was partially backed by Gold.

It sounds exciting to imagine a man flying plane loads of loot abroad but just think.

The UK has extensive property registers going all the way back to forever. Why is this man not able to locate just one. It only takes a few seconds on a mobile device.

I have to believe that this man is either a public school tw*t ( He did attend St Pauls) or was grossly misinformed and uber trusting of his Nigerian informant ( it happens - racist exceptionalism)

Whatever may be the case, the idea of one man hauling off half of the CBN at those favourable exchange rates and then going on to live like a monk is a drunks comic book.

Wow!
You're shooting at a mirage with both hands, not knowing the target is right behind you.

Ever heard of figure of speech?

Why do you think that the only way Gowon could have moved assets to UK was by filling boxes and bags with cash in his own name?

At basic intelligence level, which this guy has access to, it's easy to see what assets belongs to who and who, whether it was declared or not.

Attacking the guy for attending St. Paul is the usual Nigerian method of confusing and attacking messengers and not the message. You're in UK, you can do better than this.

jeffoe:
While some brit are corrupt. It is a deep shame to be caught in the act of corruption or be alleged to be corrupt. People resign and their political career destroyed. Corrupt people don't get presidential pardon in the UK. Unlike Nigeria where corrupt people are celebrated given honorary titles etc.

They have systems although not perfect that makes corrupt practices difficult coupled with very strong institutions.

Can the Nigerian government make bold to say that their are corrupt assets of UK politicians in Nigeria. UK corruption does not impoverish it citizens unlike it Nigerian counterparts.

As regards the accessory to theft part. I am a layman but I know that there are processes that is why UK is not a dictatorship they can't just go about seizing people asset.

It takes the cooperation of two sovereign Nations to tackle cross-border money laundry. Nigeria government would never corporate when it involves member of it government. The only reason Abacha loot was recovered was because of the corporation of obj government and that is because Abacha was dead and obj was only avenging his imprisonment.

Thank you
Gowon-apologizers will bend over backward, without reason, and filled with bias to justify his action. Many countries will simply do a case analysis, and see where mistakes were made, and where successes was achieved, no not in Nigeria!

Next, some people will make excess for Gowon, because he was young, inexperienced, and finishing a war. They failed to read history of other nations.

Babanah:
Gowan was overthrown why attending the OAU summit in Kampala Uganda and not Ethiopia.

In those days member states took turns to host OAU summits.

Gowan later left for the UK to study political science at the university of Warwick. From Bsc to phd.

He was pictured queuing for food at the university cafeteria. Which drew the aire of the new government in Nigeria at that time.

So much for someone who looted the CBN.

So, because he was overthrown while on a conference in Kenya?
Did it mean he had no money in the UK already?
Oh, he didn't have time to collect his Ghana must go full of naira in Lagos?
What a shallow and childish understand.

Corruption was one of the reasons Murtala Mohammed overthrew him.

Praxis758:
Don't lay claim to what you don't have evidence of.

I've never heard of a single financial graft allegation against General Gowon after 45 years out of power.

I'm not saying he's a saint o, but we can't compare his integrity to those of Obj, IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalam.

A British intelligence officer with access to information is saying what he knows, he is neutral. not Biafran, not Yoruba, not Hausa, and has nothing to gain by lying on this issue, and you still ignorantly sit there and say, 'wait, I am not quite convinced '

RenaissanceGuy:
Let's not be emotional about this. Yakubu Gowon was in Ethiopia attending a meeting when he was overthrown. So how did he then move half of CBN? Did he come back to Nigeria to tell the new military govt to give him half of the CBN treasury? Impossible. Bring up your own "superior" logic.
The guy said the man LEFT NIGERIA with half of CBN money. Actually, Gowon went to the UK FROM ETHIOPIA after he learned of his ouster. So it doesn't add up.


MODIFIED: For all of you quoting me misunderstanding my logic, it's the lawmaker who didn't use the right words. He said Yakubu 'left Nigeria with half of CBN' meaning the looting was after he was overthrown and was done at once. He should have said "Yakubu stole half of the CBN while he was the head of state".

Poorly educated Nigerians fighting with semantics, confusing themselves, and hoping to confuse others too.

So sad. May her soul RIP.

Finnese001:
Akwa ibom don turn SE abi

Wow, sorry oh!
You're headache begins anytime you hear whatever sounds....ibo?
The rat poison will help your suffering.

rossniti:
I've never seen where people are massacred, and not one single relative of ANY of the victims cries foul, or lodges a complaint or lawsuit.

No distraught mothers?

No angry dads demanding justice?

No sisters, brothers, aunties, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, grandmothers, grandfathers, saying anything?

In a democratic dispensation?

It's unheard of in human history.

Not even in the infamous Tiannamen Sq massacre in China, where the relatives of victims defied the brutal Chinese dictatorship to demand justice for their loved ones.

So what is the deal with this Lekki situation, and why have DJ Switch and CNN failed to bring forward even ONE relative of any of the persons they claimed were massacred, to confirm their assertions?

It is a real mystery, and lends credence to the FG's insistence that the Nigerian army did not kill anybody in Lekki.

Oga Lie Mohammed, how is the lying business going?

US already carried out a military action in Nigeria: when they imposed Buhari on us.

Fighting corruption with nepotism.

BigBabyJesus:
eagleu, the Secret Service are called in to investigate mail fraud and other counterfieting schemes.

They are on this case and yes they do have powers to distribute and authenticate ballots since their mandate involves investigating counterfeiting.

Seethe more

Which has invited the secret service?
GA?
Which one. Trump can't order them to rush to GA or Arizona without invitation from the state . You can't get out of the hole you put yourself in.

silentoperator:
This write up is just lies and meant to deceive people. I live in Austin Texas. Election machines and election papers are individual state issues and they are not obtained from the same vendor. The have different security features that varies from manufacturer to manufacture. Don't be deceived.

I have since given up arguing about American system with people living in Onitsha or Lagos. I live in NYC.
How do I explain to a blind man that the election system is not like in Nigeria where candidate Buhari appoints family members to INEC, and INEC runs the whole election from top to bottom, and you expect Buhari to loose?

If the secrete service ran the US elections like these uniformed people argued, then Trump would have had no real need to campaign in the first place. He will simply make a phone call like Buhari, and whaaam the result is announced in his favor

BigBabyJesus:
Secret Service are mandated to distribute ballots just as they are meant to tackle all other cases of counterfieting and mail fraud.

Those guys are the ones who pledge unfledging loyalty to POTUS and so are given the task of ensuring the distribution of ballots for every state.

You think the Secret Service is limited to the WH?

Another illiterate noise maker for Trump.
Educate yourself if you can read:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3056

18 U.S. Code § 3056.Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service
U.S. Code

(a)Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect the following persons:
(1)The President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President), the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect.
(2)The immediate families of those individuals listed in paragraph (1).
(3)Former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, except that protection of a spouse shall terminate in the event of remarriage.
(4)Children of a former President who are under 16 years of age.
(5)Visiting heads of foreign states or foreign governments.
(6)Other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad when the President directs that such protection be provided.
(7)Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses of such candidates. As used in this paragraph, the term “major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates” means those individuals identified as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security after consultation with an advisory committee consisting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and one additional member selected by the other members of the committee. The Committee shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
(Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their children who are under 16 years of age, for a period of not more than six months after the date the former Vice President leaves office. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to direct the Secret Service to provide temporary protection for any of these individuals at any time thereafter if the Secretary of Homeland Security or designee determines that information or conditions warrant such protection.
The protection authorized in paragraphs (2) through ( may be declined.
(b)Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secret Service is authorized to detect and arrest any person who violates—
(1)section 508, 509, 510, 871, or 879 of this title or, with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal land banks, and Federal land bank associations, section 213, 216,[1] 433, 493, 657, 709, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1907, or 1909 of this title;
(2)any of the laws of the United States relating to coins, obligations, and securities of the United States and of foreign governments; or
(3)any of the laws of the United States relating to electronic fund transfer frauds, access device frauds, false identification documents or devices, and any fraud or other criminal or unlawful activity in or against any federally insured financial institution; except that the authority conferred by this paragraph shall be exercised subject to the agreement of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall not affect the authority of any other Federal law enforcement agency with respect to those laws.
(c)
(1)Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, officers and agents of the Secret Service are authorized to—
(A)execute warrants issued under the laws of the United States;
(B)carry firearms;
(C)make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony;
(D)offer and pay rewards for services and information leading to the apprehension of persons involved in the violation or potential violation of those provisions of law which the Secret Service is authorized to enforce;
(E)pay expenses for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security and accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and
(F)perform such other functions and duties as are authorized by law.
(2)Funds expended from appropriations available to the Secret Service for the purchase of counterfeits and subsequently recovered shall be reimbursed to the appropriations available to the Secret Service at the time of the reimbursement.
(d)Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in the performance of the protective functions authorized by this section or by section 1752 of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(e)
(1)When directed by the President, the United States Secret Service is authorized to participate, under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the planning, coordination, and implementation of security operations at special events of national significance, as determined by the President.
(2)At the end of each fiscal year, the President through such agency or office as the President may designate, shall report to the Congress—
(A)what events, if any, were designated special events of national significance for security purposes under paragraph (1); and
(B)the criteria and information used in making each designation.
(f)Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secret Service is authorized, at the request of any State or local law enforcement agency in conjunction with an investigation, or at the request of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to provide forensic and investigative assistance.
(g)The United States Secret Service shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the Department of Homeland Security and shall not be merged with any other Department function. No personnel and operational elements of the United States Secret Service shall report to an individual other than the Director of the United States Secret Service, who shall report directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security without being required to report through any other official of the Department.

OP is out of his mind.
Trump state department don't conduct elections locally, like here in GA.
Crazy for him to say that they placed markers on the ballots, nonsense!
GA secretary of state did everything, so also in other states. Stop reading Q-Anon conspiracies, it turns your brain into coconut like Oyakilome and FFK

Destroy alcohol during daylight, and take money from alcohol at night.
Which false god are deceiving?

Sharia spreading to Lagos

ogododo:
https://www.channelstv.com/2020/11/06/656m-needed-to-complete-lagos-ibadan-railway-amaechi/amp/

Which country do we go to next, to borrow the money?
Ghana?

Blakjewelry:
I am referring to the other tribes that reside around the lower niger

Ignorant or mischievous?

Why now?

This stupid stolen private part stories started as Hausa folklore, now people's life is being placed in danger by such unfounded unscientific, and primitive allegations.

Waiting to hear from MURIC, and other Yoruba muslims.

Arrewa:
Una sure?

You might even learn a few things by getting out of your Arewa comfort zone.

leksite120:
Wait, is it a crime to condemn when you're faulty, I think it's inferiority complex that makes people bahave like that, so buhari is why u don't have tolerance

Tolerance is not a word that is acceptable in your religion.

Politicians who profit from tribalism will not showcase a citizen like Ms Ali, instead they will focus on how their tribe is better than the rest.

michelz:
You guys never cease to amaze someone. You're indirectly supporting this destruction on properties yet when the same is done to you,you'd be everywhere screaming and foaming in the mouth. These are Igbo people in Enugu o .What was their crime? Now imagine the kind of destruction you must have wrought on Rivers that forced Wike to start clamping down on these extremists. Just continue. The world is watching.

The world has been watching since Buhari brought religious intolerance to the land.

Rugaria:
There are no churches in Saudi Arabia.. while I was doing my youth service in a remote part of Kano, when we requested for a place to worship as Christians, the sariki or so, gave us a very useless old hut that was biult on top of the place the community used as garbage dump! We were forced to use that and whenever we come for worship, the locks are broken and evidence of all sorts of vices done there while we were away litter every nook and cranny of the whole place. ..it was so dehumanizing..
Could be that you guys are trying to inflame passion, but to what end? Islam is alien to the east. There is a wide gulf between the two and that's not changing anytime soon..

When was the last time an approval was given for church building in Kano?

Hint: white man was still ruling us.