₦airaland Forum

Electoral fraud , corruption and criminal forgery has become a recurrent phenomenon among rogue politicians seeking public office in Nigeria since the advent of this nascent democracy and very often the culprits go largely unpunished to the general discomfort of law abiding citizens .

Irked by the impudence of politicians who give bad name to politics, former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a recent outburst attacked the National Assembly as being populated by armed robbers who perhaps forge their way through to the top. Politicians aside from lying effortlessly under oath and committing criminal perjury, has also perfected the act of forgery and fabrication of anything forgeable such as birth certificates which alter their age to suit their fancy, academic qualifications , election result sheets and documents kept under lawful custody
Most of these dirty and indecent acts are perpetuated under the guide of lawyers who were supposed to be servants in the temple of justice. These lawyers want to win at all cost either by crook or by hook. Need we remind ourselves that we are a nation governed by law and that incurable falsification , fabrications , forgery of official documents and lying under oath undermines the very foundation of our justice system and that taking judicial notice to curb the impunity of crooks in high places is an essential step to be taken if we must safeguard our liberty and democracy.

Rather than attack former President Obasanjo for characterizing some legislators robbers , the question is how do we purge our politics with dubious politicians? What manner of service will a rogue politician provide to hapless citizens other than serve his and her own selfish interest?

The latest entrant in this infamous saga of forgery and falsification is Lady Margery Okadigbo , a claimant to the Anambra North Senatorial Seat. The Anambra North Senatorial seat has been in contention since after the April 2011 general election living that senatorial district as the only zone without a Senator and representation in the 7th Senate, a painful anomaly which has taken a toll on the socio-economic fortunes of the people of the zone.

The judiciary has not helped matters in the Anambra North debacle as different courts has churned out different orders and often contradictory judgments that threw up winner at a different winner at every turn of the twist. The court of Appeal towards the end of December 2011 in a judgment that was wrapped in controversy ordered the leadership of the Senate and the Senate President to swear in Lady Margery Okadigbo as winner of the Senatorial Zone. The jaundiced judgment did not only throw politicians in the zone into confusion , it also proved political pundits wrong. Everyone had expected that either of Senator Alphonsus Igbeke , the immediate past Senator of the Zone who had a High Court judgment in his favor as the PDP candidate or Prince John Okechukwu Emeka whom the Election Petition Tribunal affirmed as Winner will emerge winner and representative of the zone. Before the surprise ruling of the Appeal Court Lady Okadigbo was never a contender nor a serious part of the equation. The question on the lips of observers was, what formed the basis of the Appeal Court judgment, was the Appeal court jazzed , compromised or merely hood winked?. How did an interloper become the victor?

Emerging and disturbing facts are that Lady Margery Okadigbo had approached the Appeal Court with a 183 page bundle of cooked documents containing ‘Affidavits of Facts’ purported to have been sworn to at the Registry of the Otuocha Judicial Division of the Anambra State High Court by the respective 183 persons whose names appeared on each page of said document. Lady Okadigbo it is now alleged, proceeded to convince the judges of the Appeal Court that the fictitious names on the cooked documents are delegates to an ‘imaginary’ primary in which she was purported to have won. The Court of Appeal made no attempt to verify the authenticity of her claims and genuineness of the documents placed before it but went straight in awarding the now controversial judgment that declared Lady Okadigbo as winner thereby further compounding the Anambra North Senatorial crisis and deepening the credibility and integrity crisis bedeviling the judiciary. Majority of the citizens of the zone who had spoken on the issue believed judgment was doled out to the highest bidder.

Mrs. EN Ezeanyika , the Assistant Registrar of the High Court Registry, Otuocha , Anambra Judicial Division the supposed originator of the toxic documents has since distanced the Registry from it because according to her, the documents bear no receipt numbers that will enable one trace the authenticity. To quote her own words in a letter published by the media ‘ there is no receipt number on any page of the attached bundle of documents (each titled ‘Affidavit of Facts’) each showing that they were paid for, or where they were paid for . To qualify as affidavits duly sworn to by such individuals , they ought to be paid for and the receipt number written on them , but there is no indication on the face of the documents showing that this was done. Accordingly there is nothing on the face of the document to enable me confirm them as affidavits of facts sworn to at the Registry of the Otuocha Judicial Division of the Anambra State High Court.

Also in a separate letter denouncing the 183 documents which Lady Okadigbo presented to the Appeal Court as falsified, Mr Obadiegwu whose name and signature had appeared on the falsified documents as the Commissioner for Oath vehemently denied the documents in strong terms and words, ‘the signature and stamp that appear on the 183 page bundle of document are not mine and are therefore forged. The dates appearing on the said documents tend to suggest they were sworn to in January 11th 2011 at which time I held office as the Assistant Chief Registrar and Commissioner for Oaths in the Otuocha Judicial Division of the Anambra State High Court. I have gone through my records in that Registry and could not find any document of that nature as emanating from the Registry’.

Mr Obadiegwu went ahead to back his position with a sworn affidavit deposed to on the 11th of May 2012 , including volunteering statement to the police under caution.

But for the allure of power , what will make a mother and widow of a revered statesman to engage in the indecent act of forgery , perjury and lying under oath . If this is not robbery as Obasanjo had suggested in his public statements , what then is robbery? Is forgery no longer a crime punishable by imprisonment under the law of this country? Are we operating two separate set of laws in Nigeria- one for the poor and another for the high and mighty? Why will the Police and also the Attorney General charge Senator Igbeke for the forgery of PDP state election primary results , believed in some quarters to be an illegal primary and then look the other way in the case of Lady Margery Okadigbo who obviously forged court documents, falsified signatures of judicial officers and including illegal fabrication of court stamp and seal?

Ironic is even the fact that Lady Okadigbo was among the most vociferous that urged the Federal Government to harass and prosecute Igbeke for alleged forgery only to turn around to now perfect one of the most grievous of fraud- forgery of court documents

Me thinks , the right place for Lady Okadigbo at this time ought to be in the dock and behind bars and not jostling between the Supreme Court to assist her gain a dubious entry into the red hallowed chamber of the Nigerian Senate.

As the people wait breathlessly for the final judgment of the Supreme Court which will finally decide between Senator Alphonsus Igbeke, Prince John Emeka and Lady Okadigbo who represents the zone at the 7th Assembly of the Nigerian Senate, one wont but say that the outcome of the drama will go a long way to reinforce, stabilize or truncate and destabilize the people’s trust in the credibility of our politics and justice system . Needless to say that the credibility of the present government has greatly been dented and hampered by the spate of criminal fraud , forgery and corruption in high public places , thus bringing to the fore the issue of selective justice which seems to be the mode of dispensing justice between the affluent, influential and well connected and the common people. The high and mighty who claim affinity to the presidency and corridors of power always go free despite the gravity of their offences while the commoners bear the brunt of judicial vehemence.

However on this matter, the Police and the Office of the Attorney General has task in its hand to wade into this scandalous allegation , conduct its findings and to take appropriate actions regarding any crime that may have been committed against the state.

At this point in time in the nation’s history , crime fighting agencies are what Nigerians look up to , to live up to their statutory billings and save the nation the continued embarrassment that aiding and abetting crime and corruption has foisted on her.

If they like merge all the parties they will still not defeat P.D.P.

@ABGOR-MAN TRUE POINT. people dont want to pay electricity biils and execept constant power .When they go round to cut off the elecricity for non payment of bills , They call an electrician to connect it back or bribe the phcn people for them not to cut it. how can we move forward.then you have the people who connect their electricity without pchn approval causing overload on the transformer.

people forget that we are playing away and there is no easy game these days. forget about glory old days .For me a draw is good enough for me.

In any plane clash around the world .one of the first things emergency services are after is the black box. i guess not in Nigeria.

Just watching close-up clips of the crash on TV.

In our (ignorant) enthusiasm to help victims of a disaster, we do some very bizarre things in this country.
In the absence of any organized and coordinated rescue effort, good-minded(?) civilians practically took over everything scampering all over the still burning wreckage, holding and directing water hoses at the flames and digging around.

There are no cordons, no tapes, no controlled movement, just a press of people.

Are these people really helping or risking themselves more? Are they helping or hindering? If they see the 'black box' would they recognize it?

Final question: When will we start being civilized in Nigeria starting with govt providing basic rescue infrastructure?

air hostess on the flight.

Three children lose their parents in Dana Air crash. They were sent on an errand by their parents and returned to meet their flat destroyed.

Its points that matter not fancy football . i really dont mind how they play so far we win. barcelona with their fancy footbll did they win champions league.

This is why our football will never move forward. Why don't they give Keshi free hand .




Cold war is brewing between the national team Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, and the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) Technical Committee headed by Barr Chris Green over the list of players released for the last friendly international against Peru.

Daily Sunsports can authoritatively reveal that the romance between the coach and the technical committee went sour when the coach released his list of invited foreign-based professionals for the Peru invitational to the media without the knowledge of the Technical Committee. A member of the Committee was reported to have quickly sent an e-mail to his colleagues, pointing out the irregalarity, wondering why the Press will get a list of the invitees Thurdsay and the Technical Committee Friday.

He said it should be noted that it was the same type of pride that preceded Siasia’s fall. When a coach believes he is all knowing and refuses to share his thoughts with his colleagues, it could be counterproductive.

“If he had shared that list with us, we would have pointed out to him that Yobo was injured, and saved him the embarrassment. As it stands, we cannot even face the Press to explain why certain players were on his list because he did not care to inform or educate us,” the member complained. The Chairman of the Committee, Chris Green, who was away in Ghana said that he was equally taken unaware, adding that he would address the issue when he returns home. Members of the committee were also told to endeavour to stay awake to watch the Peru invitational broadcast by 2a.m Nigeria time to share ideas. They were, however, not happy over the issue.

One of them said “ …I regret staying awake to watch that rubbish. I thought that match was to prepare us for the World Cup qualifier against Namibia and Malawi. If not, when are we going to see the squad that we will use for the three important matches in June?” Asked whether the committee was no more committed to the gospel of raising a formidable home-based team, the member replied … “ Far from it. In building a team, we have to pursue a gradual and careful plan of elimination by substitution. I am sure millions of Nigerians will agree that we are yet at a stage, where we can say we have discovered 11 home-based players to face the world.

“ In the second half of that match, you could see that when even the fringe foreign-based players he invited came in, the match took a turn for the better. We have good players out there, we are in a position of dialoguing with him on them, while the responsibility of accepting our views or not, lies solely with him”. When some members of the Technical Committee met in an ad-hoc capacity in Abuja last week, some of them blamed the chairman for the unbridled freedom given to Keshi akin to that of Siasia era. “ When we recommended Sisaia for sack, we did say that we gave him too much autonomy and did not interfere in his duties, but that in the case of Stephen Keshi, we will be interested in everything he does and will be ready to ask questions along the line. How come we have allowed him to invite players at will without input from the committee?”

The members noted that the NFF Statutes that set up the Technical Committee, it is the responsibility of the coach to explain the reasons for inviting certain players and leaving out others as well as the strategy he intends to adopt in winning matches, yet it is on record that Coach Keshi has not submitted a single technical report of the matches he has played so far, making it impossible for the Committee to assess and evaluate him so far.

The Technical Committee has also resolved that with regard to Namibia and Malawi, victory scorelines of fewer than three will be unsatisfactory given all the moral and financial support that had been given to him since he assumed duty.

The Chairman of the Committee is even reported to have sent a memo to him in this regard just as some officials of the NFF believe that assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi, who is fighting a disciplinary battle of his own should be held responsible for the sudden arrogance on the technical bench of the Super Eagles.

The goal!!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_vCrvEm9Xs&feature=player_detailpage

macob: do u know dat David Alaba of Bayern Munich is a Nigerian? Alaba was born in Vienna to a Filipino mother (a nurse) and a Nigerian father (a DJ and former rapper). i seriously think he should make d list. hehehe

he has already capped for Austria

Yakubu and Osaze should have made the list.

This is a guy who has given back to society so he deserves all the honours.

The bottom line Nigerians love titles

i think it would have been better if they didnt say anything at all .

The lesson here is never leave any high value items in your main luggage. most regular travellers know this. i have never had anythig stolen Thank God. i cant beieve people put cash in their luggage.

I went back home in 2003 when an uncle wanted me to head a company he was going to set up. after i arrived . six months down the line he still had not set it up he eventually told me he had changed his mind . i was gutted . i decided to job hunt rather than go back. i went for a few interviews. I eventually landed a job in port harcourt. about a year after i arrived. I worked there for about eight months . I resigned due to fact that my salary was never paid on time empty promises were made to me. I got another job about two months later.I was happy with my job but the only thing that the whole place me uncomfortable due to the deterioring sense of security. This was the period of high levels of kidnapping and crime. Due to nature of my job i had to wine and dine with militants on two occasions i had a gun pointed to my head i even had death threats to my life .It was a very terrifing experience for one who had lived in the u.k. most of my life. It got to a point i needed tablets to sleep. it was at that point i decided it was time to come back after five years(2008). The only good thing that come out of my five years there was i met my wife while working in p/h. The truth is when i arrived back here it was a huge relief . dont get me wrong i love my country and i will still go back one day but not any time soon.I have been back twice on hols since i came back. my advise to anybody planning to go back. Have a plan before you go and be very security conscious.

WHY DO CRIMINALS HOLD POLITICAL POSTIONS IN NIGERIA? HOW DO WE PUT A STOP TO THIS TREND

Watch this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QBj6X7qJYA

Is there a zoning formula?

This was in the paper today in the u.k.

"so the Finance Minister of Nigeria ,Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is being suggested for the position of president of the World Bank.Hilarious Nigeria home of prolific scammers is in political and economic turmoil. Time to put your money back under the mattress."








source: The Daily Mail

This was in the paper today in the u.k.

"so the Finance Minister of Nigeria ,Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is being suggested for the position of president of the World Bank.Hilarious Nigeria home of prolific scammers is in political and economic turmoil. Time to put your money back under the mattress."

I said it then and i say it now. OBJ did not ask for third term. It was his loyalist pushing for it.

why are people hell bent in tarnishing this woman.

remember when Abacha ban British airways they are the same people that came to beg. B.A cannot afford to lose Abuja and Lagos route cos they will lose so much revenue.I have said this before the Lagos/Abuja - london route a five and half hour journey is the most expensive in the world . Its is pure explotation. They do it because they can get away with it period!!!

Total scam - The Russian company is genuine if you check their website the address and phone no. is diffrent from the one here. The address is a residential address in Moscow.

he should go for orientation. he can arrange something with Z.I.

Cybercrime costs the world an estimed £70billion a year more than the black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined.

An estimated £6 biilion is lost by victims of the 419 email scams globally a year.

Nigeria is ranked 3rd in the world for cybercrime perpatrators only the U.S and Britain have more.

I believe the guy has become born again.