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The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, in an interview with This Day newspaper last June said the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola tinubu, is under investigation over assets declaration.

Mr tinubu’s source of wealth has been the subject of controversies with many Nigerians calling for his investigation.

Although the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, denied any plan to investigate Mr tinubu, a copy of a letter from the EFCC to the Code of Conduct Bureau demanding copies of Mr tinubu’s asset disclosure form had circulated on social media.

According to The Peoples Gazette, an online news medium that broke the news, the letter dated 6 November, 2020, was signed by the then Lagos zonal head, Mr Bawa, who is now the Chairman of the EFCC.

Mr tinubu has been accused of having interest in alpha beta Consulting and diverting Lagos State cash through the company.

In a 40-page document submitted to a Lagos high court in 2020, Dapo Apara, a former managing director of the company, accused Mr tinubu and Akin Doherty, a former commissioner in Lagos, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and several other corrupt practices.

Deji Adeyanju, the convener of Concerned Nigerians, on 25 October, 2019, had also petitioned the EFCC to probe Mr tinubu about the source of money delivered in bullion vans to his Ikoyi home on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.

The EFCC had over the years dismissed media questioning regarding Mr Adeyanju’s petition against Mr Tinubu’s.

AlafinofEnugu:
I just laugh all u Obidient
It Baseless dragging anything with followers of a political refugee

ElSudani:
He wants to be my president by deploying myopic bots like you to litter our media space with lies. It is my responsibility as a citizen to make sure that not even a single one of the lies is allowed to go unchallenged.
Yes, we are watching 24/7.

Mummiesboy:
E pain am

GodPrince:
God punish you

ElSudani:
You all keep repeating the same lines as if you are all programmed in a laboratory.
The campaigns are about to start, nobody will need to tell you that Obi is going nowhere.

AlafinofEnugu:
This propaganda no hold weight
U can do better

ElSudani:
But you are very smart for supporting someone who failed as a governor against someone with unassailable record of accomplishments?
Either you are crazy or blinded by ethnic loyalty.

ElSudani:
You can even say he was never the governor of Lagos state. But he is your next President.

BATified2023:
I didn’t bother to read it but hope u know d reason y reno omokri posted d blogger full name?

Just for us to know who she is n what she n her people are capable of doing

Validated:
Tinubu has already lost the elections, courtesy of:
>Muslim-muslim ticket
>Health issues
>Drug lord issue
>Background checks issue
>Educational foundational issue
>Frauds in Lagos
>Alpha Beta issue
>Bullion van issue
>Killing during #Endsars issue
>Association with Thugs and agberos
>APC and Buhari poor performance

FirstSon01:
Obi-ism sounds like imbesilism.

Validated:
Tinubu has already lost the elections, courtesy of:
>Muslim-muslim ticket
>Health issues
>Drug lord issue
>Background checks issue
>Educational foundational issue
>Frauds in Lagos
>Alpha Beta issue
>Bullion van issue
>Killing during #Endsars issue
>Association with Thugs and agberos
>APC and Buhari poor performance

AlafinofEnugu:
Obi-ism sounds like a dangerous virus
I believe turns ppl zombiedient

GodPrince:
but all muslims are Terrorists

mycar:
Moderator kindly do your work

KingKO22:
Pandora
Labor in vain

Ibadanpikin:
Me and some of my collegues,travelled to some local governments in plateau state namely Bokkos,Barkin ladi,Bassa,Mangu,Qu'apan,jos south and east,Mikang and Pankshin.We went for some works in many remote villages in this LGAs and 90% of this villagers say the will vote for Obi.We ask them how the know about Peter Obi,the elderly and old ones among them say the know and hear about obi through there children,churches and some said the hear through their people in towns or cities. But here on nairaland,APC and PDP supporters always disturb us here on nairaland,that there votes will come from remote villages. The believe that the villagers are morons who don't know there left and right,but not knowing the are the most foolish ones.

BATified2023:
nobody

If u igbos can declare buhari dead cos u hate him,wetin remain?

Softmirror:
i

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Jonathan, has claimed that the awareness movement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, across the nation and Nigerians in the diaspora was causing goose pimples in the camp of his enemies.
Speaking in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Monday, Jonathan noted that Peter Obi is the only candidate enjoying genuine goodwill from Nigerians.

The PDP chieftain berated those verbally attacking the Labour Party presidential candidate and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.

According to him, Peter Obi has received widespread support and goodwill from millions of Nigerians because of his agenda of rebuilding the country’s economy.

Jonathan said current happenings in the country show that some powers that be and some candidates in the 2023 presidential elections are not finding it easy with the rising popularity and acceptability of Peter Obi.

He noted that “this is a result of the many attacks on the Obi/Datti presidential awareness movement by candidates of other political parties and their faithful. Despite all these attacks, Peter Obi and his running mate continue to engage Nigerians with possible solutions that will take Nigeria out of its present state of quagmire. This is unlike other candidates whose antecedents are against the tides.

"Among all the presidential candidates in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi is about the only candidate who is enjoying genuine goodwill from Nigerians who are disposed to donate their hard-earned incomes in support of the actualisation of this project as against other candidates with expectations to have better Nigeria where everyone will enjoy comfort of life like most of the western countries.”

Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Rev. Peter Chukwu, yesterday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to prosecute those allegedly using him to Islamise Nigeria.

According to him, “that is why the government is helpless to combat the problems.”

Addressing journalists after the inauguration of the Catholic Media Practitioners Association, CAMPAN, Ebonyi State branch, the bishop added that rational people are no longer comfortable with what is happening in the country.

On the issue of insecurity, Chukwu stated that “We have lost faith in the current government to restore security,” adding that Nigerians are already disappointed with the APC-led Government, following its inability to combat crimes and criminality in the country.

According to the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese: “We have lost so many Priests in the North and also in the southeast and it is so worrisome but I am not surprised because Priests and Prophets are always the victims of persecution throughout church history. It shows what the Priests represent and stand for, and what we preach is pricking them in their conscience, and instead of repenting, they decided to fight back by killing, kidnapping, torturing, and destroying our churches.

“But I am consoled by the statement of Christ in Matthew 16 vs 35 that no gates of the underworld shall ever prevail against the church. The church comes out strong when you push it to the wall.

“It will be unfair to say that the church as a body has compromised. Many individuals who work for the church and feel that they are very friendly to the government are no longer holding the government accountable but if you listen to what is preached in the different dioceses, you will see that no Priest is comfortable when any government is not doing what it is supposed to do for the masses and we are also vocal about it and we are always critical about it.

“But we want to be constructive in our criticisms; no Priest who has been well trained can feel comfortable in the face of all the terrible things that have been happening around.

“When Buhari was campaigning for the Presidency, he was coming with his credentials as a former military leader who was an anti-corruption crusader who did not tolerate any corruption or nonsense. They promised to nip in the bud, all cases of Boko Haram attacks. Unfortunately, when he took power, he failed to prosecute those people using him to Islamize Nigeria and that is why the government is helpless to combat the problems.

“If you look closely, you will see that all the leaders of our security apparatus are from the core Fulani North. It has never been like that in the history of Nigeria. There is an imbalance in the appointments of the Leaders of the security architecture. It is so lopsided that they will always execute their agenda without much opposition.

“Come to think of it again, a lot of people have lost their voices because what you say will come after you but despite that, rational people are very uncomfortable with what is going on. It is unfortunate. We have lost faith in the current government to restore security.

“What we are praying for is a peaceful, free, and fair election that will usher in God’s chosen leaders who will solve the problems of this country, and if that problem is not solved, the continued existence of Nigeria as a corporate entity is under a very serious question mark.”

jumper524:
lienus. This old lame lies since inception. Buhari wan islamize everything islamize is the political Propaganda used by fake Christians and yahoo pastors to cash out from guilible mumu.
Getat.

Searches on Google Trends from Monday, August 1 to Wednesday, August 31, show some dynamics that might play out in the next election.

Obi slightly beat Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed behind them.

Recall that in August, the three presidential candidates alongside chieftains of their political parties and statesmen were in London to hold meetings.

The London meeting prompted social media conversations about the candidates as all of them trended on Twitter for days.

But while social media conversations about the candidates were largely pushed by their supporters to promote them and berate other candidates, Google Trends offer insights about the public’s interest in the candidates; why they are searching about them, and where they searched from.

In July, Pulse reported that Obi topped the list of searches by Nigerians on Google Trends in the first half of 2022.

However, a comparative analysis of searches about the candidates on Google Trends from Monday, August 1 to Wednesday, August 31, indicated some dynamics that might play out in the February 2023 presidential election.

During the period under review, the search term, Peter Obi has a higher number of searches than the search terms Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.

For instance, the public’s interest in Obi had a 100 percent surge on Saturday, August 13.

A check by Pulse showed that the increase in the number of searches about Obi was due to his claim that Sambisa is twice the size of Israel.

Expectedly, many Nigerians criticised the presidential candidate as the statement was fact-checked to be false.

Tinubu also had a spike in the number of searches about him on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The surge is attributed to the statement by his campaign management warning Obi to caution his followers on social media.

However, while searches throughout the month were largely about Obi and Tinubu, the search term, Atiku Abubakar recorded the highest number of searches on Monday, August 29, 2022.

The only explanation for the spike in Nigerians’ interest in the former Vice President at the time was due to his visit to Kano State where he received the former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, who dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Another noteworthy point from the myriad of information on the search engine is the location of the searchers.

The bulk of the search interests on Obi emanated from the south-south and the south-east region of the country.

In the North, he had a significant percentage of searches in Kogi, Plateau Sokoto, Benue, and Kwara state.

But in Lagos and Ogun, he trailed behind Tinubu, whose search terms recorded 40% and 47% respectively during the period under review.

For Tinubu, the six states in the South-west including Lagos and some states recorded the highest search volume for the former governor of Lagos State.

In the North, searches about Tinubu in Bauchi, Kebbi, Zamfara and Gombe state dwarfed Atiku’s search term.

Tinubu also shared some significant search percentages with Atiku in Nasarawa, Kano and Kaduna state.

Interestingly, in Jigawa state, it seems Atiku is the only candidate in the race as both Tinubu and Obi recorded zero percentage of searches in the state.

Atiku also has a higher search percentage in Yobe, Adamawa, Kebbi, Sokoto and Kano state.

His search term also recorded some significant numbers in Borno, Gombe, Kaduna, Ekiti and Kogo state.

To some extent, this data confirms the narrative that the 2023 election may turn out to be a tribal contest among the frontline candidates.

madridguy:


I just dey laugh make Tinubu matter no make some people enter market. I don't know maybe the OP is yet to upload the video him dey talk because I see another thing for the video.

PlayerMeji:
Are you GOD

Are you GOD

Please stop all these nonsense!