₦airaland Forum

zenburster:
I can bet you those assembly members including Desmond Hediot,Miranda and the other co-conspirators were given the go ahead by Gbaja himself, Sanwo and the GAC.

There is no way on God's green earth that those scallywags would have had the effrontery to impeach Obasa if they didn't have strong backing and the go ahead from the top.

Gbaja is only throwing them under the bus because Tulumbu wasn't informed ab initio.

DeOTR:
Absolute BS. Corruption cases should not sentence lighter than life imprisonment, and recovering of every penny stolen with interest, but here we are serving concurrent prison sentence to a complete thief. The 75 years is actually less than 10 according to this report. What's this for God sake?

LanceO:
Read again, it is going to be served consecutively, and not concurrently.

na the aboki plan now. sabotage nnpc refineries maintenance. state capture and then wail about civil war dat, civil war this to panic people

moderator, if you take down my post, i go haunt you

NwokoloOwa:
Exactly, it was all planned. Look at how he side-stepped mentioning how he got billions of dollar at very friendly official rates which reduced drastically the burden of forex for him. Other investors never had such opportunities of such special treatment.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Director-General of Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Mustapha Abdullahi, over funds to the tune of N701 billion linked to Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), an association of All Progressives Congress (APC) governors.

In another development, a former Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh, was yesterday sentenced to 75 years’ imprisonment in absentia for money laundering and fraud to the tune of N33.8 billion.

Abdullahi was arrested yesterday in Abuja by operatives of the anti-graft agency, following his failure to honour two different invitations in respect of an ongoing financial investigation involving him.

THISDAY independently gathered that the matter might be connected to the allegations of financial mismanagement levelled against Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma.

Uzodimma’s alleged failure to properly account for the over N700 billion had caused tension among the APC governors, with some supporting him and expressing confidence in his leadership of PGF, while others accused him of mismanaging funds said to be set aside for the 2027 election campaign.

THISDAY learnt that the money might have been approved for distribution among the APC governors ahead of 2027, but it resulted in controversy over how it was disbursed. Some of the governors accused Uzodimma of misapplying the funds, while others disagreed with the charge.

About 18 of the APC governors followed up with a vote of confidence in Uzodimma.

Vice Chairman of PGF, Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, denied reports of a rift within the APC governors’ ranks, describing the recent tensions as only a “slight misunderstanding”.

But the matter is now the subject of an investigation as to how the funds were applied.

A former minister from the South-east, who resigned some time ago over forgery allegations under the current administration, was also said to be linked to the investigation involving Abdullahi.

Abdullahi’s arrest in Abuja was sequel to a warrant of arrest for him to answer to corruption allegations, a reliable source at the headquarters of EFCC told THISDAY yesterday in confidence.

According to the source, Abdullahi has been taken into custody and would be questioned over alleged fraudulent activities to the tune of N701 billion. The source stated, “Yes, we have arrested him (the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi), for alleged money laundering offences. “Operatives of the commission went after him after he didn’t honour invitation extended to him and is currently in our custody. The money is to the tune of about N701 billion.”

ECN spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, could not be reached for comments at the time of filing this report.

na big time scammer. believe him at your peril
everything kyari did was to allow him to dominate. why he wait years to tell us nnpc no get 20%?
now he don jack up pms to 1300 naira.

omoredia:
After getting cheap fx. Dangote is a scammer

drdanny:
Consecutively means he's going to spend each sentence one after the other... Total of 75yrs as against concurrent which would have made it 7yrs

drdanny:
Consecutive NOT concurrent.
He's gonna spend 75yrs

abi ooo.

if no refund, me too go steal
the man no go serve 7 years for jail. if one foolish president no pardon am.
though efcc fit don seize some assets

jericco1:
So no refund of all the monies

Bigscreen2:
I think this is too harsh

Dalohad:
Cause of death: Reckless overspending by a driver who thinks he is immortal.


The funny thing is, if you try to advise him to reduce his speed, the slowpoke will tell you off, and declare that he has been driving since 1914.

Anyway, whenever I enter any vehicle, na me dey control driver if dem try to overspeed.

Even if you get craze for head, once I give you strong warning with my baritone voice, and big body size, nobody go tell you make you coordinate yourself..

numericalguy:
This is the best response for the polytechnic certificate holders. Many polytechnic leavers thought they were being smart by taking the easy way out by avoiding university education because it is too rigorous but they later start crying of discrimination when the university graduate is reaping the benefits of his hard work