₦airaland Forum

docadams:
The thief runneth when no one pursueth. They are afraid of their shadows.”

Fayose should be taken into protective custody ASAP

lextube:
That's not vote buying. That's like stomach infrastructure, because money was shared before the election. Apc did the same thing by giving out free fuel to Ekiti indigenes in some part of Ekiti which nobody is complaining about. Aside the bribery and vote buying perpetrated by APC on the day of election, the result was still doctored to give Fayemi the lead.

Doctored on a random sheet of paper with no INEC logo and official stamp? Doctored when all the results from polling boots and LGAs are electronically transmitted to INEC? Doctored when all party agents signed the results from each location? Pls tell me something else.......

emperorzz:
I am ashamed of the Ekiti people who in all these are saying nothing. They are probably proud of themselves that they made some peas out of the election, they allowed politicians to pay them for their votes. They will have no right to complain when they start paying back for it in the future.

Why exactly are you ashamed of Ekiti people? What's you stake in Ekiti? Why take panadol for another man's headache.......

....but that aside, Ekiti people had been complaining, but Fayose turned a deaf hear. His political structures had been complaining but Fayose was adamant. It is disrespectful to the Ekiti people to think only Vote-buying undid Fayose. Me thinks vote-buying prevented Fayose's ace moves only

fantastic1:
PDP is evil we all know. But I thought APC came to fight corruption. So to fight corruption, you have to practice it because the other party is practicing it?

Unfortunately in this case scenario, options were limited. Fayose had played the Ekiti populace into a sort of psychological imprisonment. When he doles out monies to NRTWA and area boys, yet owes civil servant's salaries since December.......you cannot preach "don't buy votes" to people who are hungry.

Let's assume APC did not use the strategy, was Fayose not guaranteed to buy votes? What about the story that Wike & Udom funded Ekiti Campaign?(Except Fayose is more wicked than imagined, where did he get monies to buy votes and could not have paid....even if his half-salary?)

obowunmi:

Kundagarten: :
It's now money politics and in the administration of Mr Integrity, I laff in Lokoja.

Is Fayemi a billionaire? Where did he get those monies from?

Fayemi will steal from Ekiti people to pay the money back plus interest.

Heard Chief Arthur Eze borrowed him 7 billion.

If true, then Chief Arthur Eze must be d.a.f.t throwing that kind of useless investment. Even in your East, we are apprised with stories of godfathers who "invest" in their prodigies only for such to "bone" the godfather

EVILFOREST:
EKITI PEOPLE shouldn’t storm Nairaland complaining of non payment of salaries when due.

They shouldn’t engage in SUICIDAL exercises as well

Why will they storm Nairaland, does Nairaland have any credibility beyong the flurry of bigots and hatred perpetrated here? Meanwhile, Ekiti people had no been paid since December 2017, so what's your point?

Oblang:
Vote buying is an act we should do away with but the question is can PDP swear that they didn't buy votes too or did votes buying starts today in Nigeria.

What kind of question are you asking? PDP started votes buying in the same Ekiti in 2014. PEJ-backed Fayose had access to over N4b used to presecute the election. Why are they crying wolf now?

engineerboat:

GavelSlam: :


He said it.

Watch the YouTube video.

Do you watch the whole explanation
Listen to the youtube very well

He explains himself better.

Listen to it over again

That video itself is a more demonstration of SCAM. If you are a christian, you will know that is a "Smart-Alec" way of trying to have a safe haven. ....... but that aside, It is disingenuous and dishonest for the "Apornstar"'s spokesman to say Apostle Suleman never made the prophesy, when Suleman himself alluded in the video that he did.

lextube:
If you have any proof that PDP bought votes, why don't you post the video here.

PDP already did us the favour by scoring "an Own-Goal" in that regard. The tweet says they will never buy vote yet posted a picture where they were doing exactly that

8stargeneral:
bro why been sentimental

Sentimental is to ask for evidence? Bros, I should have asked why you being delusional or denial? but I won't

8stargeneral:
Expectations my foot,am not pdp or apc,but let face d reality, things I mentions are they not evidence enough to nullify d election

Without evidence? Hell NO

Blue3k:
Weird how Nigerians can't follow simple instructions. You want to land in military base but dont want to follow rules. Its crazy how all this noise is over simple paper work they would have expedited.

However, at about 5pm on 16 July 2018, the NAF was verbally informed that there was a need to change the aircraft for which permission had already been issued, reportedly because the aircraft had developed snags. The NAF, therefore, asked for another written request, in line with the established procedure. As at date, the NAF Headquarters is yet to receive a written request for the replacement aircraft with Registration Number 5N-IZY to land at its Base in Makurdi.

Front Page: Lalasticlala

Are you not surprised the rate our media rushed to publish the initial lies without authenticating from the FG or NAF?

8stargeneral:
evidence are many bro,wht about d burnt ballot box in d present of security men they did not react,u send 30,000 security men to intimidate and harrash d opposition are we for war,wht about sharing money to buy voters,datz federal might

Where are the evidence of this?

I understand you want to vent your frustration as things went against your expectations, but we're talking about hard facts here

Cjrane2:
I love this!

They lawyers should first
1. Request the voters register for INEC
2. Number of Accredited voters in each polling station
3. Number of votes cast in each polling unit
4. Number of valid votes vs rejected votes in each polling unit
5. The final results INEC announced and get forensic expert to check the ballot papers
6. Note the alterations made in result sheets


Those that believe they will merely forge numbers in Abuja and announce themselves as winners should get ready for expose!

Bros,

Unfortunately all this peddling of fake news will do you no good.

This is Inec official video of INEC's declaration of the result and Channel reportage on the declaration - https://www.channelstv.com/2018/07/15/inec-announces-ekiti-governorship-election-results-full-list/

Where did you get this your printed result from, no INEC endorsement on it and you want us to believe this is what you will present as evidence? Keep deluding yourself.

CilicMarin:
He should call up the elite Biafran Navy Seal for counter offensive.

Did you see the Biafran Armoured tank and fighter jet that guy developed?

8stargeneral:
allrigt, we shall see

There is nothing else to see. You people have not made any tangible, concrete, evidential alibi to discredit the integrity of this election. All we see are noise and hearsay. Pray tell! what evidence is Eleka taking to court? Lemme guess, that Ekiti people did not jubilate?

erico2k2:
So you think 9ja Airways is all of a sudden going to slash cost to Lagos.
As we speak my flight tkt from London to PHC was £680 for the month of November, this is Lufthansa a non govt owned Airline. The Airport we have atm can not be even managed to acceptable standards here we see a govt providing another means of embezzlement you lot are here glorifying these people. Go back and check why Richard Branson pulled out of the Virgin Nigeria deal, corruption, they where asking far too much from the man and he did the honourable thing pull out..A country where private Int Airliner do not last more than a year and you think a National Airline will stand. Look we been here B4 with the Virgin Nigeria. It was not any cheaper, we had Belview, same shyte even worse.
We should improve our Airport to allowed more airline land here and establish good competition.

I am afraid you just started a flawed and not well articulated assertions.

1. I never said the national carrier will slash cost. It only makes logical sense that when a big competition comes into the market, relative-lower pricing is one of the "attack-strategies" to capture market share. Pls I am less interested in your isolated and no-context related Lufthansa flight ticket, I am interested in the fact that we have a BASA quota that is currently "enjoying" ZERO utilization. Competition you say, what is competition when the game is tilted almost 100% in favour of foreign owned airlines.

2. On the state of the Airport, the logic is that the development of the business of a National Carrier is holistic. You said The Airport we have cannot be managed to acceptable standard....I guess you're bling to the fact that concerted effort are being made on our airports, especially the international ones. Are you aware of the some of the interventions of the VPs office to stimulate improvements in our airports because of ease of doing business. People like you just complains without profering any solution. Let's say atm our airports are bad. What did you submit to be done?

3. If you are truly familiar with the Virgin's story, and you had proper understanding, then you will know that was not a national carrier but a fake contraption/SPV to push business OBJ-Branson's personal business. What was government stake in that entity compared to what govt got in the deal? How did VirginNigeria develop our local aviation business or take our brand international?........You people just form opinion based on preconcived and lazy "Nigeria killed it" narrative.......but let me not bore you with my personal misgivings on that OBJ's fake deal. Read the investigative report on that deal below

OBJ/Branson’s Virgin Nigeria: (2004) – Our Failed Attempts

Conceived by President Obasanjo and the CEO of the Virgin Group, Richard Branson in 2004, Virgin Nigeria was the 7th attempt to float a replacement national carrier for the liquidated Nigeria Airways. After the theatrical Villa presentation of the miniature aircraft bearing the insigma of Virgin Nigeria by OBJ and Branson, the Memorandum of Mutual Understanding (MOMU) was signed and the concept formally came into being September, 2004. However, it was not until July 2005 that the airline commenced operations. To facilitate the operation of Virgin Nigeria, the government agreed to terms that stunned all discerning Nigerian aviation professionals and even the global aviation industry. Under the terms, the Virgin Group led by Branson was given a free hand to design and determine the structure of the airline even when its equity was to be 49% against Nigeria’s 51%. The Group had the right to lease all aircraft, manage the airline, determine the roadmap, the routes and its focus. Also Branson’s Virgin Nigeria was given the right to all Nigeria’s 64 BASA then and first option of choice on any new BASA. In addition, Virgin Nigeria would operate all its domestic flights from the international terminal of MMA where the “E” Wing was redesigned for Virgin Nigeria. The objective was to facilitate easy transfer of Virgin Nigeria passengers booked for international flights onto Virgin Atlantic; the Group’s flagship in which Nigeria had no interest. Although, the then Aviation Minister – Isa Yuguda, had taken responsibility and had dragged Rewane of Financial Derivatives as Financial Advisor into it, all the planning processes were entirely the affair of Branson and his Virgin Group. There was no Board, the entire Management was drawn from the Virgin Group, emoluments were fixed by the Group and the only Nigerian brought into the Management on a façade was Larry Agose, one of the best Public Relations Professionals that ran Nigeria Breweries public relations. But until then, he had no exposure in aviation. It is also true that UBA was both the Airline’s Banker and a Co-investor; the bank had no scintilla of knowledge on airline matters and therefore had no input in the direction of the airline. The Ohiwere-led Board was a development that came after all major decisions had been taken for commencement of operations. The entire industry from AON, groups and individual professionals protested the embarrassing anti-patriotic terms given to Branson to no avail. Even letters written to the President received very non-positive responses. One such response which came from Profession Ahionbare, Special Assistant to the President, stated inter alia, “I assure you we will do what is in the best interest of Nigeria.” An aviation activist, Capt Jerry Agbeyegbe went to court, seeking to stop Virgin Nigeria, but four days to the case coming up, Agbeyegbe was murdered in cold blood, a murder that remains, unexplained and unsung till date. In spite of all these, the airline commenced operations July 2005 around its strategic plan to be a feeder/distributor of passengers to Virgin Atlantic as well as an instrument to combat British Airways dominance in Nigeria. The airline built one of the best infrastructures for airline operations and easily achieved dominance on the domestic and West Coast routes where it was easily the first choice airline. But in keeping with its roadmap, in spite of the government’s pressures to operate international routes which it had no intentions to do, the Virgin Group though, started flights to London, Dubai and Johannesburg, it ensured that these routes were shoddily operated with a rickety B767 as against the modern A330 it was using for Virgin Atlantic. Again, in the case of London, it transferred Virgin Nigeria flights from Heathrow to Gatwick which was second rate to Heathrow. Thus, the Virgin Group deliberately created conditions for poor patronage, poor revenue and operational losses, all of which it used as alibi to pull out from all the routes pleading loss-making. It is informative to recall that Virgin America floated by Branson made a loss of US$250million between 2007 and 2009 in its first 2 years, yet it continued and now thrives. Right from the first year of operation, Virgin Nigeria went into heavy borrowing from its bankers – UBA. This was predicted as the start-up fund, was paltry and was irresponsibly used by the Virgin Group managers of the airline. Between December 2005 and March 2006, UBA approved a four-month bridging loan of US$20miilion as working capital, financing and aircraft guarantee. This was followed with another US$40million in 2006 and yet another US$100million zero coupon bond issue. There is also the US$100million facility from Cairo-based AFREXIM Bank, obtained by UBA ostensibly on behalf of the airline. When the burden of debt became excessive to UBA, the Virgin Group managers sought a facility of US$15miilion from GTB in a manner that was so unethical and unbecoming of a Group whose global perception is that of a bench-marker. As at the time that the Virgin Group sought the facility, all the assets of Virgin Nigeria were encumbered in an unperfected “All Asset Debenture” instrument held by its bankers – UBA as security for the US$200million loans it granted the airline. The Virgin Group managers of the airline, not only concealed this fact from GTB, but presented some of the same encumbered assets to the bank as collateral for the US$15million facility. Immediately the facility was granted, UBA perfected the “All Asset Debenture”, which included uncalled capital, thus rendering GTB’s US$15million absolutely unsecured. This criminal act of deliberate concealment, never experienced before in the banking history, and perpetrated by an otherwise perceptively reputable foreign investor-group, left GTB no option than to head to the court to force payment. The US$15million is today part of the unsecured N35billion debt stock of Virgin Nigeria held by AMCON, which Nigerian tax payers have to liquidate. However, more contributory to the indebtedness and eventual failure of Virgin Nigeria were the lease terms of the aircraft the Virgin Group acquired for the airline’s operation, particularly the seven Boeing 737s. From records available, the lease terms were inexplicably at variance with all known global standards and even the Virgin Groups standard. Against global standards of 3 years lease tenure, Virgin Nigeria leased for 5 years. Against global standard of monthly lease term of 120 block hours, Virgin Nigeria’s was 200 block hours even when actual utilization was between 100 and 130 block hours monthly. Yet, the unutilized hours ranging between 70 and 100 block hours were paid for even when the aircraft were out of service due technical (AOG). Further investigations showed that as against the standard monthly lease rate of US$125,000, the Virgin Group managers paid US$181,000 in addition to US$151,000 monthly maintenance reserve, bringing the total monthly expenditure for each of the seven B737s to US$332,000. Thus, annual payment for each aircraft came to US$3,984,000 and US$19,920,000 for 5 years tenure per aircraft and US$139,440,000 for the seven B737s for the 5-year tenure. Adams Oshiomhole Industry projection is that Nigeria lost over US$60million to this murky lease arrangement; an amount that became part of the N35billion debt of the airline. By 2007/2008, the Virgin Group had started complaining of its “loss-making” Nigerian venture. Consequently, it took a decision to exit having seen the imminent collapse of the airline it ran. UBA Capital had planned an IPO, which it projected would fetch them US$450million but the then Board led by Mr. Ohiwere saw through the “hidden agenda” in the plan, headed to court and botched the IPO. The Virgin Nigeria got its bankers to arrange a 2-year convertible bond of US$100,000. Once the sum was available, UBA took US$20million upfront as interest and charges, the Virgin Group took US$35million (US$24m+US$11m, ostensibly to cover respectively its equity contribution for its 49% stake in the airline and for brand royalty fee for Virgin Nigeria’s use of its brand). The Group claimed it was for lease rental payment. Once Virgin Group took this money, having more than recovered its investment, it withdrew from Virgin Nigeria, recalled the entire Management, all of whom were the Group’s staff (CEO, Conrad Clifford on June 18, 2009 and others on July 4, 2009) and demanded, under a threat of litigation that its brand be immediately taken off from the airline. This exit left the entire burden of the airline on UBA which provided all the funding with the exception of the US$15million from GTB. The irrefragable fact is that, no matter the Virgin Group pretences, they ran the airline aground; collapsed it and left unscathed. Thus, Virgin Nigeria, which the then President, OBJ, presented to Nigerians as in the best interest of our nation; an airline which the CEO, Conrad Clifford told the National Assembly in 2008 that by 2010, would acquire 40 aircraft and employ 6000 Nigerians collapsed, leaving an operational debt of N35.5billion in three years; an operational debt profile which Nigeria Airways did not incur in the last 10years (1992-2002) to its unfortunate liquidation. Worst still, the Virgin Group left without adding any value to the industry, no trained manpower, no assets; aircraft or structures. The airline left us with so many lessons; it was a victim of low capitalization, well masterminded immediate returns to the Virgin Group, incredible faulty financial engineering based on quick gain aspirations, internal stakeholder-wrangling and distrust, continuous non-application of due diligence in all deals, deception bothering on fraud, high profile impunity and opacity as well as utter disregard for indigenous professional patriotic advice. In all, it is a classic lesson of how not to hand over our patrimony, without a national oversight, to a foreign investor whose ulterior interest is not known. In fact, Virgin Nigeria was not a national carrier by its equity structure, as claimed by its owners but a private Nigerian flag carrier put together by a two-some with a foreign investor and a façade of involvement of some selected few. It was an appropriation of our common wealth, simpliciter.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/national-carrier-how-nigeria-fell-to-grand-deception/

8stargeneral:
Fayose will not lose d battle

He has lost the war

Oblang:

Wiseandtrue: :
Why is INEC panicking

They should briñg their evidences to the court!

They don't need to dare Eleka, Eleka already knows what to do!

Nigerians are watching!

Lol. Panick indeed.. Inec should bring evidence or Eleka should bring evidence that the election was rigged?

Do you mind the thing? That is how they live in denial and stand logic on the head

activistjohnny:
you can talk often, but at the end of the day, you will blame yourself for talking. Apc thugs were allowed freely to shoot and snatch ballot papers, police was on ground, but at the end , they didn't do anything. so what is that one displaying. don't you know that if you blind your life with false, one day will be one day, the truth will surface. Apc members should be jubilating, i don't know why they are still panicking. let the court judge the case. may be you are the judge that will precide on the case.

Can you back this up with evidence (Links, videos, reports etc) that specifically said ballot boxes were snatched and burnt

arsenal33:

erico2k2: :

What is the National carrier going to add to our values?

silly question.

d.a.f.t... question

els0nm0rali:

bigpicture001: :
..plz sir,woth all due respect explain to me how this is a good move..?

Oh you mean taking steps to having our own national carrier isn't good?

Nigeria is perhaps one of the very few African countries without a national airline.

At the very least it will provide jobs for Nigerians and create a source of revenue for the nation.

let me help you sir........

so @bigpicture001,

1. Nigeria signed a BASA agreement with other countries (US, UK, South Africa, Ethiopia etc) that allows them to direct flight to our country and back.....same for us. While these countries sufficiently utilizes their quota, we hardly. Is it not good if govt backed-private partnership National carrier come to take up the quota that the likes of Arik et al have failed to do?

2. We run a sub-par local air travels. Is it not good if govt backed-private partnership National carrier come into the local scene and boost the business in that regard?

3. Consider the "robbery-rates" these foreign airlines charges us, especially in summer simply because there is no alternative........

4. Consider what this national carrier will do to us on the soft side - our Image, our pride, our reach, the ability to further develop our aviation industries, Air connectivity to states etc

Firefire:
The failed government policy led to the recession.

What Polic(y)ies exactly? Can you state them and articulate how they led us to recession? Can you tell what could have been done differently?

els0nm0rali:

Firefire: :



Buhary should start one meaningful project of his own and complete same. Stop claiming others Glory is plagiarism.

Please please don't be silly. Government is all about continuity.

Do you even know what the word "plagiarism" means?

Smh.

aside from the question, I wonder what his age and level intellect is @?

Firefire:

PassingShot: :

Not this government.

The licence they have says they must not have managerial and control interference in the management of the Airline. Otherwise, the licence becomes void.

We are a serious government unlike those before us. grin grin grin

What about the promise to convert the presidential jets to national airline, whose permission do they need to effect that immediately?

Unfortunately in your ignorance, you are just mis-yarning. So to you, a simple conversion of presidential jet is all that is needed to have start a national airline? SMHFU

PassingShot:

adisabarber: :
They will still ruin the airline with complimentary tickets like they did to Nigeria airways.

Not this government.

The licence they have says they must not have managerial and control interference in the management of the Airline. Otherwise, the licence becomes void.

We are a serious government unlike those before us.

Typical of people like Adisa to pass stereotypical comments, yet bereft of the knowledge of the details of this current deal

smellingmenses:
It was an election for the highest bidder

So why did Fayose bid lower?

Tunagee:
Baba e at I Iya re opolo won to daru. Your Dad and Mum's retarded brains abi?

You just proved me right

PearlStreet:
You see nothing wrong in an industry leader losing its place to a smaller budgeted competitor within 3 years?

I

Absolutely. It's competition. You win some, you loose some. It's your reaction, fight-back, recovering and market-space capture that counts.

Ezniteadin:
Buharideen spotted. I was expecting a herdsman to refute the analysis

Welcome.

I hope you are enjoying your loots before we kick you and your Buhari out in 2019?

Psychotic, who let you loose?

janvier27:
Boss, I'm sure you agree with what I said. I hope we change our ways in future.

Nope. I don't.....

Lagos Transport Model (BRT) tells me otherwise.....

nairaman66:
Silly talk, she sounds like she doesn't mind when "Booty Calls"!

You give all the juice to RMD.......then carry the left-overs to the "father of your kids".......Oluwa ma ko ju e si "in care" mi. Amen