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lenny!! oya now dis suspense is too much.

i am a yoruba man and i support BB. . .

singing. how many people soldier go kill ooo!! how many people soldier go kill!! eeeee dem go kill us taya eee oo dem kill us taya. how many people soldier go kill!! d pdp(Nigerian) police force is at it again oo. i will go with my phone let me see the hediot that will stop me.

And you want to tell me that the debate to be organised by BON will be credible?

That is not for him(aliyu) to decide.

Mar 3, 2011
Presidential poll: Posers
for Ribadu
By SIYAN ADEOLA
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Ribadu
Politics, as usual, makes
strange bedfellows. The
Action Congress of Nigeria
(CAN), has at least
demonstrated its lack of
depth by fielding Mallam
Nuhu Ribadu, the former
Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), as its
presidential candidate.
Few people would have
imagined they would ever
see the day when Ribadu
and Czar of ACN would
ever walk the same side
of the political divide. But
desperate and drowning
individuals always need
company.
Just four years ago, it was
not always so. To the
proprietor of the ACN and
his associates, Ribadu was
once regarded as public
enemy number one. In
due course, it will become
apparent why and how
the AC and Ribadu are
trying desperately,
attempting to rewrite
history. For now, the most
urgent task is to present
the unwritten stories of
Ribadu ’s summersaults
and deliberate
concealments of
extremely important
matters involving public
interest.
Because most Nigerians
are very forgetful and
because the Jonathan/
Sambo administration has
been magnanimous,
Ribadu is walking about
Nigeria today declaiming
about corruption even
when he still has the
problem of accountability
and transparency hanging
on his neck at the EFCC
which he left without
being courteous enough
to summit a hand over
note till today, in a
flagrant disregarded for
the ethos of public service
everywhere in the world.
Nigeria will recollect the
valiant, but futile effort of
the incumbent EFCC
Chairman, Mrs. Farida
Waziri, to get Ribadu to
come and render the
account of his
stewardship. He left some
unresolved riddles which
started to unfold in 2007
and remain with us till
today.
Perhaps in his bid for re-
appointment to a second
term, the government of
Olusegun Obasanjo led us
to believe that the EFCC
under Ribadu recovere $5
billion. The People’s
Democratic Party (PDP),
was so delighted with the
“ achievement”, it made
that achievement part of
its campaign in 2007. But,
soon after the sleight of
hand, Ribadu went on
record, after the elections,
to announce that only
N53 billion was recovered.
Given an exchange rate of
N130/$1 in 2007, $5
billion would have meant
N650 billion. The
discrepancy between
N650 billion and
N57billion remains
N579billion. Till today,
Ribadu had never thought
it fit to tell Nigerians how
much was actually
collected. That was bad
enough.
Worse still was what the
Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), told Nigerians.
Fortunately, Prof.
Chukwuma Soludo is still
alive. He was then the
Governor of the CBN, he
revealed a truth which
should have stunned
Nigerians, if we were not
totally immune to shocks,
that the apex bank had
not received a kobo of
either $5billion or
N53billion. That should
have prompted the
National Assembly to
institute an inquiry into
where the loot was/is
kept. The law prescribes
that all monies collected
on behalf of the Federal
Government must be paid
to the CBN.
The most important
questions then and now
remain the same. Where
was/ is the money kept?
If in banks, other than
CBN, on what terms? Lack
of accountability and
transparency is itself the
beginning and the end of
corruption. Any man with
real as opposed to
“ media”, integrity, should
have answered in 2007
the question raised, but
then, Ribadu was an
untouchable in 2007 and
the frenzy of election
allowed him to get away
with what was probably a
major dereliction of duty –
if not an indictable
offence.
Everybody should also
recollect Ribadu ’s roles in
the Chief Bode George
saga. First, Ribadu
announced, with the usual
fanfare that the EFCC had
filed multiple charges
against George. Later,
Ribadu, with less publicity,
quietly withdrew the
charges. When challenged
by the media, the former
EFCC chairman asked
anyone who had any
evidence against George
to come forward with it.
What then did he take to
court in the first instance?
The story developed
another twist when the
new EFCC chairperson re-
opened the case and
obtained a conviction.
Ribadu, from far away
United States, sent a
statement to news media
in Nigeria claiming credit
for the result. Haba! Can
anyone tell us where the
integrity in this is?
On March 26, 2009,
Ribadu, in a hand-written
witness statement
submitted to the London
Metropolitan Police
accused Bola Tinubu of
diverting the proceeds of
the sale of V-Mobile shares
belonging to Lagos State
Government. Tinubu was
forced to take out
advertorials in several
newspapers to defend
himself. Clearly, somebody
was lying. Did Tinubu
fiddle with Lagos money
by diverting funds from
shares sales or did Ribadu
submit a false deposition?
Either way, something
stinks. Again, can anyone
point to anything
honourable in all these?
Yet, these are not
exceptions to the rule. On
the contrary, they
represent a fair rendition
of what the Ribadu years
at the EFCC were all about.
The real Ribadu and media
Ribadu was a mirage
foisted on the public.
These are irrefutable facts
which demonstrate that
“ Mr. Integrity Ribadu” is
probably the greatest
myth ever created in this
country. But, let us end by
reminding our people of
one incident forgotten so
soon. The Federal
Government in 2007
allowed appointed
officials occupying
government houses to
buy them. The former EFCC
chairman, like others,
applied to buy his own
official residence.

i really don't understand d ethnic sentiments dat dis GEJ supporters have. are u guys blind?

LWKMD @poster pls continue, i am so loving this, hilarious!

Something very strange happened to my T.v when d programme was on, d audio and colour simply went off only to resume immediately after d "interview" i guess even inanimate objects are revolting.

as i type dis, i can guarantee 2 more votes for the BB ticket i.e my secretary and my boss' wife. they both registered but weren't going to vote cos according to them their votes won't count anyways. more and more people are joining the team; i forsee victory at the polls.

thank you guys so much for your suggestions and comments, really appreciate you.

Is there going to be a lagos rally? When? I need answers i wldn't miss it 4 anything.

Great minds think alike.

GEJ? Amadioha forbid! RIBADU? tnx but no tnx, he's cool though. BUHARI? Mos def!

Henry46:
I'm a GEJ supporter, but after going through d 'facts' given by BB supporters here in NL n how confident they'r in BB. Hmmm i'm 101% confuse.

i'm sure u mean convinced.

Biscuits? Is dat wat am worth? Watchout for a stampede during the sharing of the biscuits. And don't blame those who will go and line up 4 dis, dats wat happens wen 75% of d population live in abject poverty. Vote BB.

In the words of baba iyabo, I DEY LAFF.

So the goldsmith (akala) is a toothless bulldog afterall, hmn. BB all d way jor!

Even if my father was contesting against buhari, i will choose buhari over my father any day. Not because my father is not a goodman.

Clueless GEJ nd his henchmen sha. Why are they so afraid of change? Those who refuse to be blown by d wind of change are swept away by d hurricane of it, BB all the way!

i will be immigrating to the US very soon through DV Lottery and i would really love to hear from people who have been down that road before, how much did u spend?, how is d standard of living? how easy or hard is life over there in d U$ how re u coping with folks back home, is it really worth it? etc. your contributions will be highly appreciated, thanks

As much as i wld like to see buhari become president, i am begining to fear for his life,cos lets face it, he has become larger than life and therefore a threat to pdp's ''do or die'' style of politics. I hope they wont make an attempt on his life cos dat will spell doom for us as a nation, BB all d way!

wow! dat was quick, tnks a billion. rily apreciate.

@OAM4J, pls i wld rilly appreciate it if u culd 4ward a copy 2 me @yahoo.com tnks in anticipation.

@poster; pls do not judge a book by its cover, i suggest u take ur time to go tru buhari's record and his manifesto then when ure done wit dat u can let us know wat u still think about d man, as 4 me, its BB all d way. fine or worwor

dis doesn't make any sense, GEJ shld just admit dat he has a chicken liver nd stop playin on d intelligence of sensible rascals in nigeria. a debate will afford any contestant who knws his onions a chance to prove dat he has what other aspirants dont have, BB all the way! 2 gap toothed honest men 4 d price of one.

rasputinn:
What is BB2011,is that the latest model of the Balckberry??

no, dat is d latest model 4 change.

did u see dat man who wants to build houses without cement, lmao @ dat gbagaun. and baba randle; i felt sorry 4 him.

for those of u who think buhari is a religious fanatic, it might interest u to know dat fanatical muslims don't shake women. which is exactly what buhari is doing in dat picture.

it's really not been easy. my entire household is 4 BB nd most of my frnds dat were formerly 4 ribadu av joined d bandwagon, most people i talk to are not very conscious politically.

@topic: u're a beautiful girl nd there is certaintly no doubt about dat nd i am sure u must av heard all d lines in d book, so y dont u just tell me d one u like most or d one dat works 4 u nd i'll use it, or my favorite; using big vocabs dat will make her feel like she does not understand english.