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Android17:
I already said here in the past that I suspect BAT laundered narcomoney but he was not a drug baron. My aim is now is to show that the DOJ still felt it was plausible to earn that amount of money based on his occupation.

FYI I know truck drivers who earn $120k per annum. Imagine telling that to Nigerian truck drivers and see if they will believe you.

Now we are on the same page.

Android17:
This is my issue. I thought people queried why an "innocent" man will forfeit 460K? Where was this logic then?

1. If the money was proven to be from narcotics, he not only would have forfeited the 460k he would have done jail time, agree?

2. If they could not tie the money to narcotics even when they knew it was impossible to make the money from his occupation, why still withold that part?

I am referring to the 460k part that was "forfeited".

I see what you are doing but I won't take the bait.

We are not referring to the 460k here. We are asking where the 1.8m came from. Do you have any idea or you agree with BAT that it came from salaries and bonuses

Olowunl01:
Egbon Dayo - abeg call for backups naa Yall should leave my Bro alone ooo...

Backup has arrived

Android17:
Yea, when I said "believe" I was speaking colloquially. My point was that they did not think it implausible to have that money from his occupation. Are we on the same page?

No, they know its impossible but cannot conclusively tie the money to narcotics

We are not on the same page.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Sharp guy

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Hahaha

I no get strength abeg

Android17:
Correct me if I am wrong but did BAT not adduce that as justification for the money in the account that was flagged for money laundering? The DOJ had to have believed him because they witheld 460k for issues on tax penalties and remitted $1M+ back to him abi?

They don't need to believe him before returning the money to him.

You do know that having probable cause to believe the money was from narcotics is not the same as proving it was from narcotics.

Skimpledawg:


This kind opportunity dey Canada?

What do I know? Up until this night, I didn't know such exists in the US

BlueRayDick:
If u’ve ever seen egbon held by his “koropon “ on Boateng’s matter by airmark and egbon wriggle his way out, u won’t be surprised egbon can wriggle out of any difficult situation and argue his way out.

I'm kuku not surprised

Shey you wan japa, now you know what country to go, the course to study and the company to work so you can get 850k bonus

Don't say I did nothing for you

raumdeuter:
I dont know just like I don't know everything and me not knowing does not make it the law.

I have heard rumors that Saudi Aramco for example pay people $1m after 10yrs with them, I have never worked there and can't verify of its true or false

Smh

izzou:


[color=royalblue]Everybody wear Pampers for here naa
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In Oasix voice, mi o ni so nkan kan

raumdeuter:
Where did you see $1.8M from

Its not a regular salary, he claimed its a bonus. You bonus can be anything

In the interview with TheNews Magazine, Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, claimed he had a salary deposit of about $1.8 million while working with Deloitte and Touche.

www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/more-troubles-for-tinubu-as-deloitte-denies-having-records-of-his-employment/amp/

So how many accountants do you know in the US who make that kind of money

raumdeuter:
Why not? The money he claimed he made from Delitte was a 1 time payment not consistent salary.

The thing with this egbon is there's nothing he can't defend. So Tinubu made 1.8m dollars from his salary and a one time payment.

You live and work in the US. How many accountants do you know who make that kind of money in 2022?

BlueRayDick:
His current spat with Obi is normal politics . It’s obvious Soludo and Obi don’t agree on a whole lot of issues ; Soludo has reservations about Obi (whom I’m sure Also has some reservations about Soludo ) .

Just like others have pointed out, Soludo is setting himself up against his own people . Only time will tell if he can actually put his words into action. Make e no go be like Buahri wey we don reason say he go pick us out of the Abyss Jonathan and his goons plunge us; we no know say Bubu go even worse .

We were lamenting Chibok school girls kidnap and other acts of Boko Haram under Goodluck, now see us listening to news of bandit attacks , Fulani herdsmen attack , ISWAP attack , IPOB/ESN attacks on security agencies , etc all under Buhari like that’s the new normal .

When you have time, visit this thread, it will give an insight where the feud started from

https://www.nairaland.com/7433995/2015-exchange-professor-chukwuma-soludo

Theflint1:
Both, his attack on Peter Obi means the people will hold him to an even higher standard than he'd have been held to.

They won't. Six months after BAT has been sworn in, it will all be forgotten

BlueRayDick:
I believe if he doesn’t perform his people will not spare him when he’s due for reelection. Let’s leave that to the people of his state who will be in the best position to judge him after 4 years

Then it will be more about the performance and less of the current spat with Obi

liveLongNprospa:
If soludo does a good job then by all means baba will be reelected

Exactly. The current noise will blow over

BlueRayDick:
Soludo just put himself on the spot unnecessarily. I've not had time to go through his posts fully but I've seen snippets of it on whatsapp statuses here and there, social media accounts etc.

First I would like to state that I've not been to Anambra either when Obi was a governor or now that Soludo is the governor, so I'm sure not in the best position to assess what Obi did then and what Soludo is doing differently now.

Why I said Soludo just successfully put himself on the spot is this;Obi might lose this election, he will lick his wound and move on to other things. Soludo on the other hand has about 3 and half years to govern the state, a period in which everything he does will be under total scrutiny by both Anambra indegenes and supporters of Obi. The smallest case of financial misapproriation under Soludo's administration ( even if it's done by a councillor sef will be weaponized against him). He's going to have the same poverty index revisited towards the end of his tenure ; he's going to have people mention the number of schools that still need rehabilitation, in fact the major issue of security will be brought to the fore and those of us that have no dog in the race will be interested in knowing how he's fared.

But then, it's actually amusing that nobody is petitioning EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Tribunal and other similar agencies to investigate Obi's tenure for financial misappropriation; not even his successors have come out to level allegation of stealing public funds or inflating contract sum. I mean even Fashola the starboi was dragged by his successor for drilling 2 boreholes for N139m and building a website for N78m. Even Orji Uzor Kalu was jailed for the surgical operation he did to Abia's funds with the aid of his comapny SLOK.

Is it that Obi's successors can't pin such allegations on him? If they can, won't it be more rewarding for them to petition the relevant authorities instead of trying to play the tribal/regional card?

Nigerians have short memory. All of Soludos "sins" will soon be forgotten.

Donjazet2:
Sooo na my parlour picture dey cause all this wahala.

Wetin arinze no go see for nairaland.

I'm having my fun somewhere else on nairaland. Haters begin change am for me.

Why the over seriousness over trival nonsenses?
Do any of us know any of ourselves here?? So where is all these rubbishes from?

At the end of the day, we're all strangers across the internet. The only currencies we have on this thread are our opinions. Nobody knows anyone outside here if not nihilist will be dead by now. I remember when an online fight he had with someone years ago and it got Soo bad that they both wanted to gun him down in London. He lives for this shit.

Imagine being soo triggered by nothing that you have to go and track pictures posted online by someone you definitely do not know.
Omo*50.

It would have been easier to just snap the pictures na. All these stories ko necessary

Kingzeez10:
Unfortunately, Tinubu is the only one in APC with organic structure that can compete with Atiku's PDP.

He could have deployed those strictures to support someone else.

sod09:
Same here
But the image was cropped

Good observation. Maybe the original version was too large and would not upload on nairaland

seankafor:
says a child parading fake pictures as his own

I went through the twitter thread and I can't find the picture donj posted

Soludo hitting the nail on the head

As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him. I told him during his courtesy call that my prayer is that himself or Prof Umeadi of APGA would win, why not? That is from my heart, but I also told him that my head and facts on the ground led me to know that it’s probability is next to zero (what I cannot say before you, I won’t say behind you). So I already told him my opinion. Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even near the third position. Analysts tell him you don’t need “structure” to win. Fantasy! Of course, LP won governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun on social media and via phantom polls, while getting barely 2,000 votes on ground. Creating a credible third force for presidential election in Nigeria requires a totally different strategy and extreme hard work

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Amaechi, Osibanjo, Ahmed Lawal, Okorocha, Umahi etc go just dey look @ the APC delegates.

una sure we go win dis presidency?
Una sure say dis man wey dey avoid media go lead us to electoral victory?

It's a sad one that Tinubu is the best APC was able to give us. Ditto for PDP. This is why the election does not excite some of us.

StarchAndBanga:
So Deloitte and Touche Tinubu mentioned he worked for is different from Deloitte of today?

I think even after a merger, they don't burn/shred details of previous employees.. Or do they do that in the US?

TrebleChamp:
Stop being emotional jare, Ronaldo told everyone when he returned that his interview would be out. Did he lie about the rot in the club? Did you read where he wrote that his son died and Liverpool shown more care than United? Did you read where he said that his daughter was sick and he could return for pre-season, yet no support from the club and maybe the manager. His beef with ETH started during the summer, i have said here that their was a power tussle between both of them..

He is not bothered about the rot in the club. He's only pained he's not playing. Did he just arrive at the club? Why did he not say this under Ole?

eph12:
Okay read and understand this. There's no better time to release these kind of interviews.

If he had waited till he left the club, he will still be called coward. So when is the best time for this?

When he would have been able to face the consequences with him completely frozen out of the team.

If he had stopped at the issues within the club you would have had a point but since he dragged his coach in the mud throwing tantrums like a kid, he should have released it when the interview was done.

Remember Lukaku? That's what men do

eph12:
I agree with you. He should have waited till he died before speaking out

Always read to understand.

liveLongNprospa:
Speaking out keh, interview that has been done since.
And he already gave heads-up to everyone that he will speak way before now.

So unless you were blind to all that

So why was it not released since? You would think the moment he stormed out of the pitch was the right time to release it.

He knew the consequences and was too scared to face it so he waited till the last match before the WC was played. Hopefully it will all blow over before December and by January he can run as fast as his old legs can carry him to a new club

FBS:
Not my favorite player - never really liked him but why is it that when athletes say what they think /getting "confrontational" they are labelled unprofessional? Are they paid to be dummies - zombies?
Is it fair that the media invented stories (true or not) but becomes a crime when he speaks out? seeing that the club didn't really back him up?

Irving is going through his own wahala. Say one thing and gbagaun - drama guaranteed.

Only problem I have is this one is actually a coward. Waited till the last match before the WC before "speaking out". I'm sure that interview wasn't conducted yesterday

Possible1805:
Media’s are liars

I'm sure you've conducted your own independent research. Share the result with us

OasisX:


..... when we tell you guys that most Obi Supporters are dumb, it may seem we are abusing them, whereas we are simply saying fact.

PDP that has sued the APC for less is suddenly writing stories on twitter on a more serious issue.

The question is why not the court this time. I'm sure we all know the answer

Ellexy:
That's their business. They've been docile for a long time as the opposition party. I imagine what Apc will be doing if this drug scandal was Atiku's.

Regardless I expect APC to retaliate soon possibly with receipts on any dirt they have on Atiku. The game is heating up.

Last last e go reach everybody including PO