₦airaland Forum

KnowAll:
[size=14pt]The Governors have not fear any better since 1999, makes one wonder what would be left of Nigeria after an Igbo Presidency.[/size]

~Bluetooth:
'' reprensible''.so you chose to use just one word to summarize his action because he's igbo abi.i also do think you would use the same word when the victim is a yoruba.the matter is left for the prison authority to investigate and penalise anybody found as accomplice to the crime and concerning my comment,i believe charity begins at home.happy ?

sjeezy8:
The Only places I believe have vast infrastructure potential are

1) The middle belt- esp Kogi
2) Southwest states- oyo of course, upper Ondo,  upper parts of Ogun (ijebu,sagamu,abeokuta) of course possibly osun and ekiti- if planning is right
3) some South east states- ebonyi and enugu- if planned right

basically I dont see much states being a place to live but rather a place for Gas and Oil honestly.

The south has many things wrong with it mangroves, wetlands and swamps, high population density- small land mass, land erosion, Floods - I dont see middle class families moving around those areas.

~Bluetooth:
i expected you to condemn the action of the guy but instead you attacked my comment.nigeria can't move forward with this kind of attitude.wise up!!!!

baslone:
It's just amazing! How do you know so much about this Kirikiri?

~Bluetooth:
You can do better than manipulating my post to suit your agenda and it may interest you to know that IKECHUKWU would have used the help of igbo prison wardens in the prison to accomplish his mission.as they say,blood is thicker than water,so why would he need yoruba warden when he can always employ the services of his greedy brothers.

OAM4J:
Good Nchara, can you pls give us the names 0f all the warders directly involve with Prince Eze's cell?

~Bluetooth:
there has not beem any information linking the prison management to this crime and talking about negligence and corruption on their part,i would recommend a panel of enquiry to investigate and sanction anybody found culpable.the point is that that was a hell of stunt pulled by ''IKECHUKWU'' with help from prison officials all from one part of Nigeria known for official corruption.i'm still baffled how he did.

Enjoyment1:
In all, complacency from the authorities aided, and will continue to aid the likes of Prince Eze, even in places like the Customs, Nigerian Police Force, and the rest. Until people at the top hierarchy of these organisations live up to expectations, same is bound to replay itself in them.

CORRUPTION is replicated in every sector of the economy, and every tribe in Nigeria has a hand in it. Corruption or complacency is not synonymous to any ethnic group in Nigeria. Most Nigerians are guilty of it, and it is found in all tribes, irrespective of position. It can be more in one end, perhaps, because of population, advancement in skill, or even technological know-how etc, but it does not mean, anytime such is mention, it is one tribe, while the other is a Saint. That is the greatest fallacy of all time.

In summary, when issues come up, people should boldly apportion blame to the proper channel, without fear, favour, or tribalism. In Nigeria, just as one ethnic group may be notable in area where they have comparative advantage, the same ethnic group can be seen to be notorious in another. It does not mean, because one group produces more of 419ers, they are worthless, and nothing good can be attributed to them. If I may say, can one say, since Chinese products imported into Nigeria are fake, that all Chinese products the world over are fake? Can one also say, since one ethnic group in Nigeria imports more of these fake and sometimes adulterated products, that all they know to import are fake goods? Does that also mean that other tribes do not import fake goods from the same source? The issue of 419 is endemic in most Nigerians, and it cuts across all tribes. In any discussion, I expect learned people to contribute as people that are not from Nigeria, but were born and bred here. That way, a spade will be called a spade (and not that it is from the family of shovels).

rhymz:
Enjoyment
Seriously, your arguement is very inconsistent and contradictory. At first, you won't accept the prison head had anything to with it then again you are saying he probably got some of ikechukwu's money and told his boys to do his bidding. Am confused mehn, what is actually your arguement about, are you saying he should not be blamed for looking the other way while Prince Eze perfected his scheme? Besidez, it is doubtful that a head that can collect bribe and ask his boys to make him comfortable wont be in the know of this kind of scheme cos Eze would be using a lot of his help while he hopes to get his own share when Eze eventually pulls through. Just accept it bro, your arguement started on the wrong footing am sure that is why Nchara is being harsh with his responses to you. Anyone would ve mistaken you for the likes of irredeemable heavyweights bigots like Bluetooth and dumb sjeezy.

Super crook
• Convict serving jail term inside Kirikiri dupes banker N12m
By MATTHEW DIKE
Thurday, June 24, 2010


A prisoner, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and sentenced to 15 years inprisonment in 2008 over advance fee fraud related offences (aka ‘419’), has defrauded a banker of N12million from his cell at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos.

The prisoner, Ikechuwku Ogbu (alias Prince Eze), investigations reveal, created a 419 syndicate from inside the inner recesses of the prison, with which he had been duping unsuspecting members of the public. His forte is what is known in advance fee fraud as love scam. He advertised himself as an eligible bachelor who desperately needs a wife.

Those who responded to adverts, ended up adding to the long list of his victims. However, the riddle which EFCC operatives are trying to resolve is how a prisoner managed to place an advertorial in the love links page of the Vanguard Newspapers of March 7, 2009. In the advertorial, Ogbu wrote: “I am Prince Eze, 46, from Anambra State, live in Lagos. Genotype AA, Blood Group 0 needs a working class business lady between 39-45 to settle down with on 07057928637 or 07085350598. Several women that were desperately looking for husband called these numbers.

One of them is a lady, who works with the National Assembly in Abuja. After making contacts with her proposed spouse, she flew to Lagos, to ensure that others didn’t beat her to her prospective husband.
She received the shock of her life when she landed at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja and no one was there to pick her.

This prompted her to call Ogbu, who now told her that he was actually detained in Kirikiri Prison by the EFCC over money laundering matters, whereas he is serving a jail term. He told the woman to come over to the prison to meet him. She did. On getting to the prison yard, she was accorded VIP treatment by the warders and this gave her the impression that Ogbu was an influential personality who was detained over a minor issue.

When Ogbu finally met her, he told the lady that theirs was love at first sight. He painted the picture of a blissful marital experience for the couple once he gets out of prison. The woman couldn’t believe her luck for getting a husband, a rich one at that, so cheap. While the woman was thanking God, Ogbu moved to the next stage of his plan to pull off a massive scam. He told her that he was a drug baron and that someone was sending $25 million to him from the United States, but that he was afraid of lodging the money in his own account for fear that it could be seized by EFCC.

The woman fell for the bait, and suddenly made it her business to look for an account for the fraudster. Instead of returning to her station in Abuja, she flew to Port-Harcourt to meet her brother-in-law, a manager with one of the new generation banks and told him about the business. The banker immediately flew to Lagos and met Ogbu. And the story changed. He said the person bringing the money from the US said he would not release it until he came out of prison.

The challenge now was for the banker to arrange his release which, supposedly entails bribing key officials of the prison service and the EFCC as well as the judge. He gave the bankers number to fake EFCC officials who were members of the syndicate.

They started calling the banker, demanding for all sorts of money (in millions). And he paid. At the end of the day, he lost over N12million to the fraudsters, yet Ogbu was not released neither was any payment in dollars received.
At this juncture, he realized that he had been fleeced and reported to the EFCC. The commission’s investigations revealed that Ogbu lives like a king in Kirikiri Prison. Although he was not supposed to have access to telephone, five cell phones were recovered from the unrepentant prisoner when EFCC stormed the prison last Thursday, June17. It was also discovered that he had been receiving huge sums of money in the presence of warders.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/june/24/national-24-06-2010-003.htm

Enjoyment1:
Does complacency mean another word for a Yoruba man? U must be really good at using profane and derogatory words. Gosh! What a talent! .

Enjoyment1:
I hope you will accept that, as a talent I just discovered in you.

Enjoyment1:
Surprisingly, I do not know who heads what in Nigerian Prisons (or even that of Kirikiri). I know he must be one fat man (with pot-belly), that has houses all over the states capitals in Nigeria. Let me surprise you, the man might have collected millions of Naira as his share, and ordered that, he (Prince Eze) be made comfortable. No doubt about that. Whatever tresspires thereafter, does that mean he is aware of every other stuff that happens around this Prince Eze, NO!. Does that exonerate the Prison head of not being a part of this crime, NO!. Whatever the so-called Prince enjoyed, was as a result of the Prison's head complacency!

rhymz:
Enjoyment
Are you going wake up from that phantom enjoyment your having and talk with with a reasonable amount of sense?
Are you saying ikechukwu did all that without the knowledge of the prison head? Or you are just trying to wish it away with conjectural crap? They gave him VIP treatment, he had access to not just one phone but 5, his visitors were treated lavish VIP Gestures and you sit there and try to make a case of the prison head. Sth that is a norm there? Scheew. . .abeg don't argue blindly, the whole prison management system was privy to the whole scheme,this is just a job that has gone sour. They are as guilty as ikechukwu, Period. Swallow that humble pie, no matter how humiliating it seems.

Enjoyment1:
Can I ask you a question? Can you authoritatively tell me that, all that happens in Kirikiri has the Prison's head consent?

Enjoyment1:
Irrespective of who the Prison is, does it mean that, everything that Prince Eze enjoyed came with the knowledge of the head?

Enjoyment1:
What is the difference between the warders and the Prison head? Please tell us?

This is not only 1daful, but 2daful!!! What a nice piece of skill and artistry, ably assisted by thieves on uniforms. Those warders deserve jail terms.

Enjoyment1:
@ Nchara, that was my first comment which makes you argue blindly. Whoever has anything to do in assisting " Prince Eze" as he calls himself, should dance to the music. Stop apportioning blame base on ethnicity. That is why I said, read my comments well, before rushing for the keyboard.

Enjoyment1:
Why are you arguing blindly?

I said, comment base on everyone that have assisted this guy, without having to relate it to where the person is from. If a man is a thief, call him a thief!!. Do not say, of course, he must be from the western part of Nigeria. That already nullifies anything that you have to say, becos you are already biased. Shekinah!

Enjoyment1:
Did you read my comment very well before washing your dirty linen here? I said, someone is a 419er, why not comment on that? why bring in ethnicity here? If he has accomplices as stated in the report, castigate all those involve in it, and stop discriminating. I am ashamed of your likes in Nigeria.

Enjoyment1:
They guy is a 419er, so stop politricking with the issue here. Why are you guys always biased in your thinking? Someone made N12m from Prison, how does it connects the Prison head? Even in US, it happens, and no one says, he is from California or Washington DC. Talks like this, makes me feel, we still have a long way to go.