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Army promotions are governed (at least on paper) by length of service, courses, examinations and aptitude. Officers are normally required to attend certain courses and pass promotion exams prior to being promoted. The Nigerian Defence Academy has been given degree awarding status so that officer cadets who successfully complete its full 4 year regular combatant training course and get commissioned into the military are awarded a degree on completion.

Mid-level ranks have to attend courses at the Command and Staff College (for promotion to Colonel), and senior ranks usually have to attend the National Defence College before becoming Generals.

initiate:
quote maxsiollun : Also we have to properly assess the brilliance of men whose enemies were weary, hungry and ravaged by famine. I don't know how much credit to give for fighting an "army" consisting of shirtless, barefoot, hungry teenage boys carrying one shot rifles.

in my opinion the criteria for a "great army general" would be impressive strategic performance leading to victory; i wonder which nigerian general exhibited this. from the quote above, the Nigeria army deserves no medal for winning the civil war.

apart from this war they had many escapades in Liberia sierra Leone but at the end of the day the rebel leaders over there still triumphed.
Nigeria army never conquered any territory for the country, even bakassi was taken away. what is the glory of Nigeria military self? apart from harassing civilians.

another thing that baffles me is this. how do they promote in the army? is is just by spending time in service and finding favor among superiors? a lecturer cant become professor without adding to knowledge in a university. likewise i would have thought a general should be made after exploits in the battle front, but in Nigeria you rise in the military by politicking and corruption. please educate me if I'm wrong.

the best organized political party in Nigeria is the military. cant remember who said this but i believe he is correct!

Ibori wins FG's N40bn agric contract-Punch, Lagos
Sunday, 05 July 2009 09:00 By Jide Babalola

Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori's company, Notore Chemical Industries, is set to emerge the top beneficiary of the Federal Government's N200billion agricultural interventionist scheme, SUNDAY PUNCH findings have shown.

Our correspondents found that Notore has been strategically positioned to supply N40bn worth of fertiliser under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme established jointly by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources to boost President Umaru Yar'Adua's seven-point agenda.

[B]The assurance of participation of Ibori's company in the FG's scheme came as many firms hoping to also participate in the supply of fertilisers to the scheme complain of inability to meet the stringent conditions allegedly attached.[/B]


This, however, may have given rise to speculations that Notore was being positioned to reap bountifully from the scheme as a way for Yar'Adua to compensate the former governor for allegedly bankrolling his campaign in the 2007 presidential race.

Ibori was largely believed to have substantially supported the president's bid two years ago, a suspicion which many believe was behind the goodwill being enjoyed by him in the Yar'Adua's administration.
Many have equally accused the authorities of soft dealing with Ibori in his ongoing trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for corrupt practices.
Media aide to the minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Olu Lipede, denied that Notore was being favoured under the scheme simply because the company belongs to Ibori, even as he submitted that the former governor had a right to win government contracts.

"Ibori is a Nigerian and he has every right to do business; why should anyone infer that it is Ibori that is pushing Notore to do the business.

"The Ministry (of Agriculture and Water Resources) is a part of the Federal Government of Nigeria and government cannot refuse to act because of one individual," Lipede stated.

Also, a spokesman for the former governor, Tony Eluemenor, said he was unaware that Ibori's clout was considered in awarding fertiliser supply contract to Notore, which was formerly known as National Fertiliser Company of Nigeria.
"I do not know about the link with Notore but I will ask him (Ibori). As the former NAFCON, Notore should be a big player in the fertilizer business and have its own clout.

"However, I do not want you to take these as my official reaction as I will give you a response by 3.00pm," Eluemenor told our correspondent on Friday.

The implementation of the CACS scheme is being steered by a Project Management Committee comprising representatives from the CBN, the National, Commercial Agriculture Development Programme, participating banks, Federal Ministry of Finance, the Large Scale Farmers Association and the Debt Management Office.

The Executive Director of NFRA, Dr. Salisu Ingawa, who spoke with SUNDAY PUNCH in his office on Friday evening asserted that from all indications, Notore would be one of the foremost private sector players in the CACS scheme's implementation, adding that the federal and state governments were to expend N20bn each to subsidize the N100bn national fertilizer procurement requirements for 2010.

Ingawa, however, admitted that there were some flaws already in the implementation of the scheme but assured that attention was being paid to correct the flaws.

"At the beginning, the modalities for disbursement were not right and it would have resulted in the money going into a few hands without due process of ensuring what they would do, but, now, that is being resolved," he said

Major General Oluleye passes on
From BOLU-OLU ESHO, Ado-Ekiti
Friday, July 3, 2009
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Former Military Governor of Western and Mid-Western states, Major General James Oluleye (retd.), has been reported dead. The former member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) during the regime of the late General Murtala Mohammed was said to have died of natural cause on Thursday.

Survived by his mother, Oluleye, who was simultaneously the military governor of old Kwara, Western and Mid-Western state during the regime of General Yakubu Gowon, was reported to have breathed the last around 3:00am in his country home, Efon-Alaaye-Ekiti.

Oluleye, who was also the minister of Finance during General Muritala Mohammed regime, was the author of Military Leadership in Nigeria: 1966-1979 and Archictecturing In Destiny- an autobiography.
Prof. Dipo Kolawole, the vice chancellor of University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD), described the late Oluleye as an asset to Ekiti State and Nigeria in general.

He added that the late general was an honest man with a shinning legacy worthy of emulation by the present and future generations. “Baba was a very honest man, who lived an honest life. His puritanism, integrity and honour remained unassailable. We would have loved him to live with us forever, but then, death is an inevitable end for all humans. We are going to miss him,” he said.

Chei, dis na by force now? I must post every link on every forum simultaneously?!

Bialegend:
Max Siolun, you are a member of this forum.

http://kanoonline.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=c96e905356a88fb95bf761cf9f88a3bf&board=1.0

But, i didn't see you post this United States Government Memo On Biafra   on that forum so they can comment on it. Why not bros? You posted here and also posted at cybereagles.com where i knwo that you are also a member. Why not on that awusa forum?

Dede1, not sure what you mean by "out pace" myself? Please clarify.

Dede1:
@Max

I pray you do not out-pace yourself. I guess the doubts have been erased about the perpetration of federal government institutionalized marginalization of Ndigbo in the jungle called Nigeria.

It should be what sources DON'T I use! I rely on both oral and written accounts of the dramatis personae and witnesses. I also talk to witnesses/people close to these key events.

bawomolo:
no problem. keep up the good work. what sources do you use for your work?

Thanks Bawomolo. Do let me have your thoughts on it too after you have read it. I want reader feedback.

bawomolo:
good job max. i plan to get your book soon.

Some of this does not make sense. If Ibori was involved in the killing of Maj-Gen S.M. Yar'Adua, then why is he so close to Yar'Adua's younger brother - the current President Umaru Yar'Adua? Would you be friends with someone who killed your brother?

Ogundipe was no coward. He tried to take over after Ironsi's dissapearance but could not do much because northern soldiers refused to take orders from him. He gave an order to a northern Sergeant in the Federal Guards, and the Sergeant bluntly refused the order and replied "I do not take orders from you until my (northern) captain comes". The Captain was of course Captain Joe Garba.

www.state.gov/documents/organization/53889.pdf

5 August 1969
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Nigeria: The Federal Military Government's War
Aims vis-a-vis the Ibos
I . The Federal Government's War Aims
1. The federal government's immediate war aim is to
establish federal control over Biafra. The federal authori-
ties are willing to negotiate an end to the war, but we see
no indications that Lagos would be satisfied with anything
but a settlement on its own terms, including a renunciation
of secession by the Biafrans and the establishment of federal
authority--probably in the form of federal occupation forces--
over the whole of the former Eastern Region. The federal
government almost certainly would not accept General Ojukwu
in any leadership position, and many Nigerians might well
demand his death or imprisonment. There are no indications
that Lagos would consider granting the East-Central State
any special status in the federation. There is a remote
possibility that the Nigerians would consider adjusting the
East-Central State boundaries--possibly even to include a
seaport at the expense of the Rivers State.

2. Probably the most important long-range goal of those
now in control of the federal military government is that
of ensuring that no single tribe ever again dominates poli-
tics at the federal level. [/b]Since the military coup of July
1966, power has been held by minority tribal elements from
the "middlebelt" area--the southern part of the former
Northern Region. At the time of the July coup, [b]the middle-
belters had the support of the Hausa-Fulanis but this was
primarily because the coup was directed against the then
Ibo regime. The present aims of the middlebelters and the
Hausa-Fulanis coincide, but the minority tribesmen remain
determined to prevent domination of the government by the
Hausa-Fulanis. In our view, an end to the Ibo problem
would almost certainly mark the beginning of serious poli-
tical differences between the minority tribesmen and the
Hausa-Fulanis.

3. The minority tribesmen now in control of the federal
government are not bent on genocide against the Ibos, and
the top leaders, like General Gowon, will probably take
great pains to prevent the massacre of Ibos if the federal
forces ever do overrun the Biafran enclave. It is almost
certain, however, that a federal victory would result in
anti-Ibo atrocities by front-line troops. [/b]The extent of
these would probably depend on the manner in which the
federal victory was achieved. [b]The war has already gone on
for so long and so much bitterness has built up on both
sides, however, that during the first few days after the
"liberation" there would probably be a fair amount of
retribution particularly against Ibo soldiers and probably
also against civilians. After this, Gowon and his senior
officers would probably be able to contain the atrocities.

II. Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba Intentions Toward the Ibos
4. There is of course no love lost between the Hausa-
Fulanis and the Ibos, and even before the first military
coup in January 1966 there was much pent-up anti-Ibo senti-
ment in the north. Over a million Ibos lived in the former
Northern Region, and because of their education and ambition,
they held the best jobs. The Hausa-Fulanis regarded the
Ibos as pushy, arrogant, treacherous, greedy, and of course
pagan. The depth of the anti-Ibo sentiment was demonstrated
during the September-October 1966 riots in the Northern
Region during which at least 7,000 and possibly twice that
many Ibos were killed.

5. These anti-Ibo feelings have probably become more
intense since the war, and especially as it has become
more and more difficult to explain the federal government's
inability to win a military victory. [b]Left to themselves,
many, perhaps most, Hausa-Fulanis would probably punish
the Ibos severely for the secession, and given the means,
many northerners might well undertake a bloodbath of major
proportions. [/b]Senior Hausa-Fulani officers would probably
try to avoid this, however, and Gowon and the army leaders
from the minority tribes would probably be able to contain
the northern troops who would come into contact with the
Ibos in the event of a federal victory. It is probably
worthwhile to note that thus far in the war there have
been no examples of what would happen if northern troops
gained control of areas of heavy Ibo population, because
the Ibos have evacuated their towns in the face of advancing
federal troops.

6. The Yorubas are also basically anti-Ibo. The
Westerners see the Ibos as rivals for the better jobs and
as cultural inferiors. Most Yorubas, however, probably
feel much closer to the Ibos in education and background
than to their northern brothers, and probably quite a few
Yorubas sympathize with the Ibo attempt at self-determina-
tion. We do not believe the Yorubas would engage in any
significant amount of atrocities against the Ibos.

III. The Ibo Elite
7. We do not believe that the military leaders intend
to eradicate the Ibo elite, but neither do we believe the
Ibos will be permitted to play any meaningful role in the
federal government for the foreseeable future. T[b]he federal
leaders almost certainly would not entrust any responsible
federal positions to the Ibos. [/b]All the Lagos government
has so far promised is that Ibos would control the East-
Central State and that Ibos would be represented on the
Federal Executive Council. We believe representation in
the latter would probably be at best token, and that
although Ibo civilians might be permitted to hold posi-
tions in the state government, the federal government would
probably insist on federal occupation forces in Biafra.

8. It is difficult to see any peaceful resolution of
the problem of the Ibo elite if the federal government
regains control of Biafra. Federal leaders appear firmly
committed to the division of the former Eastern Region
into three states--a factor which has won considerable support
for Lagos among the Eastern minority tribes. If the Eastern
Region is so divided, the Ibo elite would be confined to a
very small, essentially rural area. These Ibos would not be
accepted with ease in the other two eastern states or the
Midwest State, and they would probably be afraid to move to
the northern states. The Western and Lagos States already
have a relative abundance of trained manpower among the
Yorubas. Under the best of circumstances the confinement
of the majority of the Ibo elite would provide significant
problems for neighboring states, and under the circumstances
which would prevail after the war, this situation would
probably be a continuing source of serious trouble.

http://maxsiollun./my-book/

http://maxsiollun./2009/06/25/yar%E2%80%99adua-may-pardon-coup-plotters/

True. In the heat of impending war, famine and blockade, classical musical composition was probably not a high priority.

ezeagu:
Well there was one that I heard and I though I was listening to a Scandinavian countries national anthem. For a region which is so talented in music I would have though they would add a cultural element from that region to the anthem, but I guess the national anthem was the last thing on their minds as Biafran towns were getting strafed.

, how so?,

ezeagu:
Its very 'European' isn't it?

For those interested, the Biafran national anthem is posted here:

http://maxsiollun./biafra-videos/

Otokx, yes Nigeria Airways was still flying back then. The good old days! ;-)

Russellino, thanks for the kind words and support.

You are right, the annulment was after June 12 itself, but so was the hijack,

Does anyone remember this? This is one of the forgotten episodes of the June 12 election chaos. In the midst of the annulment crisis, remember that some Nigerians calling themselves the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy (MAD!) hijacked a plane in protest at the annulment? This is their story…

http://maxsiollun./2009/06/22/the-june-12-plan-hijack-the-untold-story/

We can all individually make tiny positive contributions to Nigeria, which if pooled together, can be massive. e.g. why not send your children's old school textbooks, pens, pencils anc calculators to your local village school in Nigeria? Donate clothes, all these are small steps that can help those who are less fortunate.

We can all individually make tiny positive contributions to Nigeria, which if pooled together, can be massive. e.g. why not send your children's old school textbooks, pens, pencils anc calculators to your local village school in Nigeria? Donate clothes, all these are small steps that can help those who are less fortunate.

But Ibori had corruption scandals swirling around him too, and he was under investigation by the EFCC.

Was Ojukwu correct in seceding in 1967? Could/should he have delayed secession or negotiated a peaceful settlement? A few facts to ponder:

1) Ojukwu knew as a military man that the Eastern Region had absolutely no chance of victory in a conflict with the federal government. Yet he declared the secession of the Eastern Region which he governed, in the knowledge that federal troops would invade immediately after the secession.

2) Would Ojukwu have saved many lives by delaying secession until such time that the Eastern Region was economically, politically and militarily self sufficient? Secession placed Igbos in a worse position than they started in.

Abiola was no firebrand political reformer and he was unlikely to rock the boat or risk confrontation. In many ways, he was part of Nigeria's corrupt elite. A government led by him would have continued with business and corrupt dealings as usual. His emergence was predicated on his membership of the corrupt elite.

In the end, the same military Leviathan which Abiola sponsored ended up devouring him.

General Martin Luther Agwai is currently the commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur, and Lt-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor is the Military Adviser to the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations at U.N. headquarters in New York.

Agwai has Degrees in Public Administration (with distinction), and National Resource Strategy, while Obiakor has an MSC in Strategic Studies.

, and Marwa responds,

http://www.saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2973:attempt-to-link-dr-marwa-with-dele-giwas-death-callous-a-rejoinder&catid=116:sr-readers-letters&Itemid=393

Attempt to link Dr. Marwa with Dele Giwa's Death Callous-A Rejoinder
Thursday, 11 June 2009 07:20 By BAYO S. YUSUF
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The attention of the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Dr. Mohamed Buba Marwa, OFR; has been drawn to an interview granted by one dismissed Prof. Taiyemimo Ogunade to an online publication in which he made spurious allegations against Dr. Marwa.
Without mincing words, it is obvious from the claims and statements credited to the so called Prof. Ogunade that he is a hireling on a desperate mission to impugn on the image of Dr. Marwa.

It is certain, based on Ogunade’s own claim that he was dismissed from the City University, New York, that he must be of a questionable character whose words cannot be trusted or believed.

In as much as the statements of characters like Ogunade should not pose any threat to the personality of Dr. Marwa, it is necessary to put the records straight for the benefit of millions of unsuspecting Nigerians who may stumble on the libelous story of Ogunade.

It is on record that between August 1983 and August 1986, Dr. Marwa was away in the USA at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Harvard for post-graduate studies. Upon his return to Nigeria in August 1986, he was posted to take command of 233 tank battalion, Azare in Bauchi State. That year, 233 tank battalion was the only battalion selected in the entire Nigerian Army for the annual battalion test exercise (Exercise Gwada Karfi – an exercise in which the combat capability and battle worthiness of a battalion with full complements and in all phases and operations of war are tested, under the direct supervision and control of Divisional and Army Headquarters). The entire exercise period ran from September to November, 1986.

It is therefore absurd and unimaginable that Ogunade will link Dr. Marwa, who was leading a training exercise for his battalion in far-away Bauchi to the death of Mr. Dele Giwa in Lagos State. Where was this Professor without honour these past twenty plus years after the unfortunate death of Dele Giwa? Why did he not come forward since then with information at the tribunals, courts or indeed testify at the Oputa panel? His is a wicked story and only a character in the mould of Ogunade can peddle such deliberate falsehood.

Besides his futile attempt to link Dr. Marwa to the death of Dele Giwa, the so-called Professor went ahead to also narrate how Dr. Marwa allegedly signed a $30 million contract with the City University, New York, on behalf of the Nigerian government for a spurious masters degree programme for military officers.

Again, for the benefit of Nigerians, Dr. Marwa has NEVER met Ogunade or John Muyiwa Amodu of City University, New York; neither did he sign any such contract with the University. City University, New York, still exists. These facts can easily be verified. If any contract was signed, Ogunade should produce the papers. As such there was no basis for sharing any money that never existed. This is absolutely a fabrication by a man that has no conscience.

On Albarka Airline, it is on record and Dr. Marwa has said this in the past, that the airline was financed by loans from banks and financial institutions like the African International Bank/African Export-Import Bank, Cairo, Egypt etc. The airline was later capitalized to a Public Liability Company (PLC) in 2002. How or where Ogunade came up with a figure of $250 million that was shared is absolutely as unfathomable as it is ludicrous.

In another spurious claim, Ogunade said Dr. Marwa confessed to money laundering in his statement to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This again, is another falsehood. Dr. Marwa never confessed to any money laundering to anybody. This can be verified with the EFCC and if he had done that as Ogunade claimed, what could have stopped the commission from charging him to court? The EFCC never established any case against Dr. Marwa and that was why he was cleared to run for the Country’s Presidency in 2006.

Ogunade’s unashamed self confession that he was dismissed from the City University, New York, certainly tells much about his credibility and lack of honour. As such, his fabricated lies cannot tarnish the image of a distinguished Nigerian like Dr. Marwa who has worked hard and diligently over the years to build a name.

Dr. Marwa, an officer and a gentleman, has had an unblemished and meritorious public service record during his military career, both in the barracks and as a humane and performing Governor of Borno (1990-1992) and Lagos States (1996-1999) which earned him both admiration and several awards including the Distinguished Service Star (DSS) of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the national award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).

Dr. Marwa, a firm believer in the rule of law, has already briefed his lawyers.



BAYO S. YUSUF

PA to High Commissioner

Write them in the comments section at the bottom of the post,

Due to popular complaint I have posted a list of 10 new EASIER questions! , as well as the answers to the previous 12 questions. Let’s hope we can do better this time! :-)
http://maxsiollun./2009/06/09/how-well-do-you-know-nigeria/

Another day, another shocking revelation. Democracy is really encouraging people to speak up about the taboo subjects from our past. There is (so far) no evidence to back up anything said in this interview. So we should not take it as fact for now.

Test yourself with this quiz,

http://maxsiollun./2009/06/09/how-well-do-you-know-nigeria/

“Mohammed Buba Marwa delivered the letter bomb that Killed Dele Giwa” -- Dr. Taiyemiwo Ogunade
Monday, 08 June 2009 21:11 Saharareporters, New York

On Sunday, Professor Taiyemiwo Ogunade gave a bombshell interview to the NATION newspaper in which he made startling revelations about those who killed Dele Giwa in 1986. In a subsequent chat with Saharareporters, he spoke specifically about the role of former military administrator of Lagos State Buba Marwa in the assassination of the journalist.

Dr. Ogunade disclosed that soldiers loyal to the slain General Mamman Vatsa identified Marwa as the person who delivered the parcel bomb that killed Giwa, the Newswatch magazine founder.

He said the revelation came from a confidential discussion he had with one of the military boys who came to the City University of New York (CUNY) to press the college to train Nigerian military officials in “Peace and Conflict Resolution”. He said that Vatsa gave a four-hour long testimony to the military tribunal that tried and later sentenced him to death for a phantom coup plot against former military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.

Saharareporters: Do you know who delivered the bomb that killed Dele Giwa?

[b]Ogunade: I believe that Buba Marwa did it. Some Mamman Vatsa boys told the full story in New York during a visit to my college to lobby our college to accept to train Nigerian military officers. Ambassador Olusola was on that entourage. [My informant] told me Dele Giwa was killed because he was in possession of a tape containing Vatsa’s testimony before the military tribunal. For four hours, Vatsa requested to tell the full story about how the Babangida regime was operating and his knowledge of the workings of IBB’s mind. He pointed out that after Halilu Akilu and Col. A.K Togun of the military intelligence prepared the parcel it was handed over to Buba Marwa to deliver to Dele Giwa. Marwa is a well–known “IBB boy”. [/b]But I was the one who gave Dele Giwa the tape.

Saharareporters: How did you get the tape?

Ogunade: Vatsa had a copy made by his friends in the tribunal and smuggled out to me and I “loaned” it to Dele Giwa who got on the case immediately. I still don’t know how Dele Giwa found out that I had the tape till this day.

Saharareporters: Do you still have a copy?
Ogunade: Yes, but you know I left Nigeria hurriedly after the death of Dele Giwa. I left [the tape] with my aged mother, who did not know the value then. I won’t say more, let the military release that tape to the Nigerian public.

Saharareporters: Did Dele Giwa return the tape to you?

Ogunade: Yes, he returned it after 24 hours. Don’t forget that I loaned it to him; I think he went and played it to Babangida’s people and they eliminated him after they heard the tape.

Saharareporters: What about Gloria Okon? It’s been said that Dele Giwa’s discovery of her was the reason he was killed?

Ogunade: Gloria Okon is actually Chinyere, that’s her real name. She married Charles "Jeff" Chandler, the fellow who killed Nzeogwu and was killed a day later. Chinyere, Maryam and Princess Atta were young friends who hung out together. They all married into the military, because the military was a proud and respectable profession then. Charles Chandler, who was Tiv, married Chinyere who I think is from Imo State. IBB married Maryam from Asaba and Mamman Vatsa married the princess. So Chinyere became a widow and resorted to trading between UK and Nigeria. And then she was caught with drugs; Mamman Vatsa was the person who put Chinyere on the next available flight from Kano to London – and then claimed that she was dead by parading a dead woman picked out of the mortuary. Dele Giwa later found out that she was in London having delivered a baby by another man. He sent a French photographer to the place and they saw Maryam Babangida at the event. Kayode Soyinka brought back the photographs.
Dele was sitting across the table from Kayode examining the photos taken of “Gloria Okon” (Chinyere, Richard Chandler’s wife) at the naming ceremony in London. Maryam Babangida was there. And then a letter parcel was delivered to him and he said excitedly that it must be from “Mr. President” referring to the discussions he had with IBB days earlier. The bomb exploded and severed his lower abdomen; he died a few hours later.

Saharareporters: Did you ever meet Marwa again? And did you ask him about his involvement?

Ogunade: Yes, Marwa was very active in the Nigerian embassy in New York. For a long time he was the “military attaché” to the Nigerian mission in New York while I was a professor of Black Studies at the City University of New York. He came to my college to sign a $30 million contract with the college so that members of the Nigerian military could attend a “Peace and Conflict Resolution program” and then be awarded a masters degree upon completion of the program. I fought bitterly against it, but the chair of the department, John Muyibi Amoda, badly wanted the money. I kept fighting and one day the college authorities acceded to my request. When I got home the college had dismissed me, but also I got a fax message saying the $30 million had been returned to Marwa. But between Marwa and Abacha they never returned that money to the Nigerian treasury. They shared it. I heard between him and Abacha, over $250 million was laundered through an account used by the New York mission of the Nigerian embassy. Marwa later set up an airline with his share of the loot. When he showed up to run for president I was the one who petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate him. He confessed to money laundering in handwritten statements to the EFCC, but today he is the ambassador of Nigeria to South Africa. The police officer that investigated him, Ibrahim Magu, is permanently suspended from the police force after he was humiliated by the EFCC. It is a shameful country.

Saharareporters: What else did you do?

Ogunade: We helped start the Obama phenomenon in Chicago.

Saharareporters: How?

Ogunade: We fought and exposed Carol Mosley-Braun who was Abacha’s agent in the US Senate. She was removed from the US Senate because she took $5 million from Abacha to help cover his tracks in the US. We exposed her, which was how it became possible for the brilliant Obama to become the US president today. We set the stage for it.

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