But Atiku cannot win..
How is he gonna do it.

If the PDP sharing formula that is been shared on social media is actually true, then the little hope that Atiku might have has evaporated even before the election.

PMB till 2023.

Just ordinary running mate slot is causing brouhaha in the camp of the same people calling for restructuring.. What a penkelemesi!

But OBJ sir...

Where is the power ?

If this is true... No ward delivery in oodualand

Party Chairman. South South
President. North East
Vice president. South East
Senate President. North Central
Rep. Speaker. North West
Chief Justice. South South
Deputy SP. South East
Deputy Speaker. South West
Chief of Staff. North East.

This is not cool

BEFORE YOU SAY YOU WANT ATIKU ABUBAKAR TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT READ THIS - IT IS SCARY AND THOUGHT PROVOKING.

Ata Ikiddeh

Opinion: While I am not going to be quick to judge anyone, however I believe ATIKU ABUBAKAR has a duty to speak to Nigerians and the world about this report just released by the US Government naming him as one of the most corrupt public officers in Africa.

The United States Government have just released this damning report on Atiku Abubakar and believe me it is not for the faint hearted. It is shocking that the US Government kept this report under wraps for so long and did not warn the PDP. I believe they are trying to warn all Nigerians.

The summary of this report is taken from a 300 page investigative report on the activities of three Africans that the United States Government regard as the most corrupt individuals from the continent of Africa; the fourth is an entity, the nation of Angola.

It is scary that in a nation of 170 million Nigerians the US government singled out Atiku Abubakar as the most corrupt. This report came out in 2010 - therefore nobody can say it has been sponsored by the Buhari Government.

The People In The Report:
1) Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea: From 2004 to 2008, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, has used U.S. lawyers, bankers, real estate agents, and escrow agents to move over $110 million in suspect funds into the United States. Mr. Obiang is the subject of an ongoing U.S. criminal investigation.

2) Omar Bongo of Gabon: El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, the President of Gabon for 41 years until his death in June 2009, was long suspected of having accumulated his wealth through corruption. His eldest son, Ali Ben Bongo, assumed the office of the President of Gabon on October 16, 2009. For the ten years prior, he served as the Minister of Defense in Gabon. President Omar Bongo used a U.S. lobbyist to bring over $18 million in suspect funds into the U.S. financial system.

3) Atiku Abubakar of Nigeria: For over eight years Atiku wired over $40 million of suspect funds from Nigeria into the United States of America using his fourth wife. (Read summary of report below)

4) Angola: For many years Angolan officials have had access into US financial systems and wired millions of dollars of illicit funds.

SUMMARY OF REPORT:
UNITED STATES SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO ATIKU ABUBAKAR

PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Keeping Foreign Corruption Out Of The United States. Four Case Histories

MAJORITY AND MINORITY STAFF REPORT
PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE
RELEASED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS FEBRUARY 4, 2010 HEARING

CASE STUDY
ATIKU ABUBAKAR

USING OFFSHORE COMPANIES TO BRING SUSPECT FUNDS INTO THE UNITED STATES

Jennifer Douglas Abubakar, a U.S. citizen, is the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria and a former candidate for the Presidency of Nigeria. This case history examines how, from 2000 to 2008, Ms. Douglas helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States, including at least $1.7 million in bribe payments from Siemens AG, a German corporation, and over $38 million from little known offshore corporations, primarily LetsGo Ltd. Inc., Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., and Sima Holding Ltd.

Over half of the suspect funds, nearly $25 million, were wire transferred by the offshore corporations into U.S. bank accounts opened by Ms. Douglas. For most of the time period examined, the U.S. banks with those accounts were unaware of Ms. Douglas’ (Politically Exposed Person) PEP status, and allowed multiple large wire transfers into her accounts from the offshore corporations. As, over time, each of the banks began to question the wire transfers into her accounts, Ms. Douglas indicated that all of the funds came from her husband and professed little familiarity with the offshore corporations actually sending her money.

Bank records indicate that Ms. Douglas used most of the funds placed into her accounts to support a lavish lifestyle in the United States, paying credit card bills and household expenses in the range of $10,000 to $90,000 per month, including substantial legal and accounting bills. She also transferred funds to accounts she opened for the Gede Foundation, a nonprofit corporation she established in 2002, and the American University of Nigeria (AUN), a university that Mr. Abubakar founded in 2003, and whose name reflects its association with American University in the United States.

An additional $14 million of the suspect funds were wire transferred by two of the offshore corporations, LetsGo and the Guernsey Trust Company, to American University to pay for consulting fees related to AUN. American University officials told the Subcommittee that they understood the funds came from Mr. Abubakar and never inquired why the wire transfers were sent by unfamiliar offshore corporations. At least another $2.1 million was wire transferred by the Guernsey Trust Corporation to accounts controlled by Edward Weidenfeld, a U.S. lawyer who provided legal services to Ms. Douglas, Mr. Abubakar, and AUN. Mr. Weidenfeld explained that the funds paid for the Abubakars’ legal expenses and an account set up for AUN, and that he had assumed the funds came from Mr. Abubakar.

Over the years, questions have been raised about the source of Mr. Abubakar’s wealth. He spent twenty years in the Nigerian Customs Service, and then worked in the private sector for ten years, before serving as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. While Vice President, Mr. Abubakar was the subject of corruption allegations relating to the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund. In December 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a formal complaint against Siemens AG, a German company, that, among other actions, in 2001 and 2002, Siemens wire transferred $2.8 million in bribe payments to a U.S. bank account belonging to Ms. Douglas as part of a scheme to bribe Nigerian officials. In response to this and other legal actions, Siemens admitted to engaging in widespread bribery payments, pled guilty to criminal violations and settled civil violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and agreed to pay over $1.6 billion in civil and criminal fines.

Ms. Douglas has denied any wrongdoing, but the Subcommittee has obtained financial records showing the transfer of over $1.7 million from Siemens AG to Ms. Douglas’ account at Citibank.

Conclusion:
This case history demonstrates how, over an eight-year period from 2000 to 2008, Ms. Douglas and Mr. Abubakar were able to bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States, primarily through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations. Over this time period, Ms. Douglas opened over 30 accounts at U.S. banks, most of which were unaware of her PEP status due to incomplete PEP lists maintained by third party vendors and inadequate due diligence procedures. In one case, a bank failed to document her PEP status even after being told of her marriage to the former Vice President of Nigeria. In two instances, Ms. Douglas used her U.S. legal counsel, Mr. Weidenfeld, to help convince a bank to open an account. At each bank where she opened an account, she described herself as unemployed or a student, soon began receiving large wire transfers from offshore corporations, and explained when asked that she had little or no information about the companies sending her money, but believed the funds were being sent by her husband. At first, U.S. banks accepted this explanation and allowed Ms. Douglas to bring nearly $25 million over eight years into the United States.

Over the last year, Mr. Weidenfeld accepted at least another $2.1 million in wire transfers from an unfamiliar offshore corporation, with no questions asked. Over five years, American University accepted $14 million.

In each case, the bank, law firm, or university was told it was receiving funds from
Mr. Abubakar. Mr. Abubakar is a complex figure in Nigerian politics. His 20-year career in the Nigerian Customs Service, 10-year stint as a private businessman, and 8-year tenure as Vice President of Nigeria, are difficult to evaluate, especially in a country plagued by corruption.

His founding of Intels while a Customs official, the company’s association with powerful government officials, and its increasing economic profile, raise questions about the basis for the company’s success. Mr. Abubakar’s quiet exchange of Intels shares for Orlean shares in 2003; his use of Orlean and then a shell company associated with Mr. Volpi to run his allegedly Blind Trust; and the millions of dollars sent by corporations associated with Mr. Volpi to Douglas- related accounts in the United States, raise a host of questions about the nature and source of Mr. Abubakar’s wealth. An allegation by the SEC that Ms. Douglas received over $2 million in bribe payments from Siemens AG, intended in part for her husband, also cannot be dismissed.

Mr. Abubakar and Ms. Douglas convinced U.S. banks, a U.S. law firm, and even a university to accept millions of dollars from unfamiliar offshore corporations to advance their interests. U.S. AML and PEP safeguards require further strengthening to prevent offshore corporations from sending millions of dollars of suspect funds into the U.S. financial system.

Is this really true ?
If true... I don't get it, he said we should forget it and move forward. Ha!

davodyguy:


Atiku has more than 2. He married from all tribes in Nigeria

Atiku has 5

Lamidi baba sala... The 3 in 1 stereo.
Rest on

written007:
.. She is looking for atiku ' x change.. Does this qualify as diplomacy or corporate begging!?

It could be any of these ;
Corporate begging diplomacy
Diplomatic corporate begging or
Corporate diplomatic begging.

She could still work for atiku though

LUGBE:


This your laugh will soon turn to cry

Eyya...
This is just what I can say to you,
Eyya

I can only laugh, at least for now...



But madam what about Bureau de change?
He's got dollars you know

God bless Nigeria
God bless the person reading this
2019 let's go there!
Let us eschew hate and imbibe the spirit of forgiveness, all our bickering are all geared towards achieving a prosperous nation.

Hmmm Secondus !

What a name.

Wonders how?
Tell us how the person will turn Nigeria around, its easier said than done.
You can't just tell me you would do better than the current government without elaborating clearly how you intend to achieve such. Majority of our politicians are lacking in the basic principles of governance.
All they seek is self enrichment.

The freezing daddy

goldenceo1:
I dont feel sorry for Shehu Sani. You dont dine with the devil with a short spoon. He had the opportunity to leave like Dogara, Melaye, Saraki n co but choose to play smart by ass licking Buhari at the eleventh hour forgetting that Pa Buhari has no forgiveness in His political dictionary. Dogara was smart even though nothing was done to assault him physically, He was quick to see the handwriting on the wall and quietly moved back to PDP. Watch as APC will disgrace him on the primary.

I bet you also watched how PDP disgraced senator suleman hunkuyi at the primaries after his defection from APC.
You know what? The 3 senators from kaduna state messed up big time by always opposing El-Rufai at the slightest opportunity even to the detriment of the state's development.
The citizens are not happy with them, elrufai inclusive.

EzeJustme:

60 days? Ok, but by that time, will i be able to login?

Yh, if you have your password

Omo see orderliness !

Just my observations o

EzeJustme:
My Facebook account is under attack, please how will i reclaim it. Just find out i could no longer login, after thorough examination, i discover my name has been changed and my pictures were wiped off and be replaced with oyibo pictures.

You'll have to wait for 60 days before you can edit your name. Meanwhile try open another account so that you can continue to Facebook and tolerate the idiot guy for two months then you can have your old account back

Wish you the best.
The Atiku of kwara politics...
This man used to be the face of progressive politics in kwara state, he barely brought the then ACN to kwara state but political greed made him to abandon his belief and joined forces with Dr olusola saraki with the thought that baba oloye can help his cause... I hope he has learnt his lessons.
Sir, if you win and get to the Senate please don't forget offa 33+. They deserve justice.

Hmmm..
Absconded people's wing of PDP over to you guys.
But I thought David Mark is a retired army officer, why not reel out their names.

I wonder what they always discuss.

Behind closed doors... Make una kukuma go and sleep.

Wike =Weekend is kwankwaso's end

duduade:
Where are you in the tear gas

He was taking pictures from the top of a tree

I hope there was a tree close by

Was there any need for the protest in the first place, PDP in the state of Osun have taken the matter before the election tribunal.

Why embark on a fruitless and meaningless protest , is it to get sympathy or what. And who knows maybe they did not even obtain permit from the police.
You can do better than this.

Senseless...
After how many weeks?

By this time next week they will be at loggerheads over the outcome of the portharcourt PDP primaries.

Dead on arrival...

Tambuwal, Saraki cannot give Buhari a good fight, it will be smooth sailing for PMB.
Even the others will only try but Tambuwal ?
What are they smoking at Wadata Plaza?

Agugbadin:


Nice one, she is really an amazing woman

So amazing

Hell hath no fury..
In the midst of egocentric individuals who blinks first.

GIFTD:
[Guy it depends on the scale. I know a large scale bricklayer who owns trucks buitt a duplex and living large in my village Ozubulu for that matter. quote author=OlusegunAdedayo post=71798652]The husband is likely a Builder, Architect, Quantity Surveyor or Civil Engineer. With the daily pay of bricklayers in Nigeria, a bricklayer's wife can NEVER afford that cake!

So because the husband is a bricklayer the wife must be poor, what if she is into confectionery biz. And by the way how much is the cake worth?

On a last note... Not all bricklayers are poor

Copied from a WhatsApp group

With everything happening on the Plateau, where are....

Gen. Dr. Yakubu Gowon, GCFR.,
Gen. Domkat Bali, GCON
Rear Admiral SB Atukum,
Gen. JT Useni, CFR
Gen. JN Dogonyaro
AVM Abbas Umaru,
Air Marshal JD Wuyep,
Air Commodore B Banfa,
Gen. Jonathan Temlong,
Gen. ID Pennap,
Gen. N. Rimtip,
Air Commodore (Sen.) Dr. JD Jang,
etc. etc.

Where are...

The Gbong Gwom Jos
The Long Goemai,
The Ngolong Ngas (Acting),
The Mishkaham Mwaghavul,
The Emir of Ease,
The Ponzhi Taroh,
The Emir of Kanam,
The Saf Ron (acting),
The Long Pan,
The Long Tehl, etc. etc...

Where are...

Amb. Yahaya Kwande,
Sen. Nasiru Mantu, CFR,
Sir Fidelis N. Tapgun, CON,
Dame Pauline Tallen, OFR,
Amb. Ignatius Longjan,
Alh. Yakubu Hussaini,
Barr. M O Shittien,
Chief SG Mafuyai,
Amb. Bagudu Hirse,
Nde James Dimka,
Hon. Josephine Tapgun,
Hon. Sarah Ochekpe,
Chief SD Lot,
Chief Jethro Akun,
Prof. Dakum Shown,
Nde Joshua Waklek,
Sen. Satty Gogwim,
Sen. Victor Lar,
Hon. Leo Dilkon,
Rt. Hon. E. Goar,
Rt. Hon. J. Dabwan,
Rt. Hon. I. Mwansat,
Hon. Beni Lar,
Hon. Idris Ahmed (Maje),
Mr. Fred Durlong,
Dr. Joseph Golwa,
DIG I. Lokadang, (rtd),
DIG PL Dabup, (rtd)
Chief SD Makama,
Chief Garba Paul, (SAN)
Prof Dakkas CJ Dakkas, (SAN),
Justice I. Gofwen, (rtd),
Barr. MM Puepet,
Justice Thomas Naron,
Justice Pius Damulak,
Justice HA Othman,
Justice ASF Kanam,
Justice M. Dongban,
Justice Yakubu Idris,
Justice A. Sagai, etc.

Where are...

Dah Ezekiel Gomos,
Nde John Gobak,
Nde S J Dimka,
Dah John Hirse,
Arc. JLS Alkali,
Arc. PD Gyang,
Dr. Haruna Dabin,
Nde Jonathan Ishaku

Where are...

Prof (Mrs.) Sabina Gomwalk,
Prof. (Mrs.) Rahila Gowon,
Prof Lombin,
Prof NE Gomwalk,
Prof MY Mangvwat,
Prof SG Tyoden,
Prof JW Wade,
Prof HB Mafuyai,
Prof SG Best,
Prof DS Matawal,
Prof SJ Mallo,
Prof LE Wapmuk,
Prof AL Lannap,
Prof DL Wonang,
Prof Rahila P. Gowon,
Mnsgr Prof C T Gotan,
Prof. (Mrs). LH Lombin,
Prof SH Garba,
Prof. Rotgak Gofwen,
Prof. B. Mandong,
Prof. (Mrs) A. Miri,
Prof. E. G. Best,
Prof. Febian Puepet,
Prof. SS Maimako, etc.

Where are...

Dr. Jonah Madugu,
Nde Gideon Barde,
Amb DN Sheni,
Prof. DDD Sheni,
Chief SD Makama,
Prof JF Jemkur,
Prof. YD Izam,
Ngo Naomi Jugu,
Rev. Prof. Pandang Yamsat,
Pharm. Fati Kyari, MFR,

Where are...

Panshak "IcePrince" Zamani,
Kevin Pam,
Dorcas Nanret Bentu,
Adu Deme,
Jeremiah Gyang,
Jerry "Baruq" Pam
MI Abaga,
Jesse Abaga,
Tuface Idibia,
John Mikel Obi,
P-Square, etc. (You all owe the Jos-Plateau)

Where are the...

Community Development Associations,
Youth Associations,
Religious Associations,
Ethnic Leaderships,
The Churches,
The Mosques,
The Shrines etc.

Amongst many, many, many others!!!

HAVE WE ALL LEFT THE WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND CERTAIN TRIBES?

Where is the " Home of Peace and Tourism"?
When do we speak up and act? The enemies are fully motivated and coordinated while our intellect is behind at meeting the continuous crimes Statewide.

My name is Arc. Fentah Bankat...

I can't find myself either.

Oct. 4, 2018.

Peoples Trust ?
Who trusts OBJ?