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ogugua88: If this is true, then Boko Haram should take their own advice and convert to Islam first, because whatever they're doing now is not Islam at all.

BizBooks: @Dayokanu,
The agreement for Ojukwu to join the NPN was presumably reached even before he came back.

BizBooks: That is the important point. He did not have to join any political party so soon after his
return. He could have waited for a few years before entering into politics. This gives
credence to the notion that he joined the NPN under duress.

BizBooks: Can you explain further what you mean by "Political Expediency". I think it was more of a
socio-economic rather than political decision. Ojukwu would not have even won an election
for town councilor under the NPN.

By socio-economic, I mean he was able to return home a free man and in the process
reclaim his father's properties ceased by the government.

Beaf: ndu_chucks, stop pretending not to have seen my response.

Rewind...



This post is daft, foolish, thoughtless, wicked and abominably evil.

I wonder why the d!otic "power sharing" doesn't work in a party like CPC? Or why you dunces haven't taken your power sharing argument to APGA or ACN.
Do the almajiri's share this power you are talking about or are they simply allowed to multiply and fester like a running sore, while you core-Northern elite stuff your accounts with dollar loot of gargantuan proportions? Is it not the same evil-mindedness that has seen you employ boko haram as a political tool? Unfortunately for you, it is a failure and has made Southerners and Middle Belter's very wary of all core-Northern politicians. Forget about 2015, repent off evil and repair your broken and highly unequal societies.

Beaf: [b]Hmmmmm!
I will repeat, whether "APGA, ACN, CPC, PDP, LP or DPP; Urhobo, Efik, Hausa, Edo, Igbo, Birom, Yoruba, Afemai..." We don't give a damn. They MUST be called to account.

bayooooooo: What's the truth?

What power sharing arrangement? Since independence which section has been ruling? The power arrangement that made them annul the freest election in this country and killed the mandate holder? The power arrangement that made them destroyed federalism and concentrated power at the center in a multi cultural, multi linguistic , multi-everything Nigeria? Why are Igbo not throwing bombs? Why are Urhobos, Efik, Tiv not killing people? Are they not being shortchanged?

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Lawan’s aide said the police did not give any conditions for Lawan’s release from their custody.

He said, “if they had attached any conditions, we would have rejected the bail.”

But Deputy Force Public Relations Officer and Chief Superintendent Frank Mba said the lawmaker was granted conditional bail and was asked to report back to the police on Monday (tomorrow).

“Subsequently he will be expected to provide information to the police,” Mba stressed.

When asked whether or not bail terms were signed between Lawan and the task force, he said, “There is no way he can be granted bail without signing bail obligations. That is why the exercise is called bail.”
He said police were still looking for additional data on the matter before going to court. “We have to tidy up our case files before going to court. That is why we are looking for information from him,” he said.

In the same vein, the aide said Lawan’s legal team had been briefed to file a law suit against the federal government, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke and Inspector General of Police Mohammed Dikko Abubakar for violating the fundamental human right of the legislator by detaining him for more than 24 hours.

The aide said Lawan was not asked to report back to the Police headquarters. “We believe if they want to see him they will invite him, but for now they didn’t say anything to that effect,” the stated.

When our reporter sought to speak to him, Lawan declined. In the wake of the $620,000 bribery allegations involving former chairman of the House ad-hoc committee on subsidy probe Farouk Lawan (PDP, Kano), foot-soldiers of the Presidency allegedly attempted to dissuade members from attending the emergency session last Friday and frustrate moves by the House to isolate Farouk Lawan to face the corruption charges.

A senior politician of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he was in the knowledge of money being shared to MPs. [b]“Members were given N1 million each within the week ahead of the emergency session to sponsor an impeachment motion against Tambuwal and his deputy Emeka Ihedioha,” [/b]the source said.

Also, a lawmaker who said he was approached and given N1 million said the plot was coordinated by a ranking member from one of the North-West states.

“We were also invited to a meeting through text messages and some people went to the Villa for meetings at different times within the period”, the lawmaker said.

The source said but for the emergency session summoned by Tambuwal, they (Presidency) had planned to utilise this weekend to perfect their plot against Tambuwal, “so when we were called to resume on Friday, they had little time to finalise the moves. They had also planned to rent a crowd that would have barricaded the entrance of the National Assembly to protest and call for the resignation of Tambuwal and the entire leadership.”

Source

gulfer: Hmm mm, the boldened.

Beaf: The SSS have searched his house overnight and siezed a further $10,000.00 in cash; they also know that the $620,000.00 is not complete (cos its been shared). So, its a great deal if you ask me. Lol!
Let Farouk produce the money in one week or else!...

Embattled Representative Farouk Lawan returned home from police custody on Saturday but under one condition:he must produce the alleged $620000 bribe not later than this week.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Special Task Force (STF), Mr. Ali Amodu granted Lawan bail at about 4pm yesterday in the presence of one of the counsel, Rickey Tarfa (SAN).

Source

Lawan was left off the hook around 6 pm after his lawyers, led by Ricky Tarfa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), met the bail conditions, which included two sureties each for the two detained men who must be well known Nigerians without any criminal record, persons of impeccable character, and owners of landed property in Abuja who must surrender the Certificates of Occupancy of their land in the Federal Capital Territory.

It was learnt that Lawan had claimed that the bribe money was with the ethics committee of the House, which will present it to the House on Tuesday.

He is, however, to report to the police everyday.
Deputy police spokesman Frank Mbah, who confirmed the release, gave no further details.
Lawan’s release came just as Integrity Group, a pro-transparency group of lawmakers that he belongs to, threw its weight behind last Friday's resolution of the House on the bribery allegation.

Police sources told THISDAY that Lawan promised to return $500,000, which he claimed to be his share of the loot, from the House Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes on Tuesday when the legislature resumes plenary, and to surrender same to the police.
Lawan had in one of the interviews he granted before his detention said he reported the bribery incident and transmitted the money he collected from Otedola to the House Committee on Drugs Narcotics and Financial Crimes. However, chairman of the committee, Hon Jagaba Adams Jagaba, said he neither received a report about the underhand deal nor took delivery of the allegedly marked dollar bills from Lawan, as he claimed.

Sources close to the Police Force Headquarters said Lawan was at first not willing to cooperate with the team of policemen detailed to grill him, hence his detention beyond 24 hours.

naijaking1: What in the world did the judge mean by saying that the plaintiff has no locus, even a Nigerian citizen?

the CBN acts, rather that list all the million things the CBN cannot do, believe it's expedient and practical to list only the things the CBN may exercise powers over. Anything beyond those powers given is illegal. If the establishment of an Islamic Bank is beyond the provisions of the CBN's powers, then it's illegal simple as ABC.

koruji: There you go again. Justice has no meaning to you, I think.

If Otedola has done anything wrong he won't be the one to expose it publicly or call the SSS to come into his house to record the giving/taking of bribes.

Farouk seems to have only himself to blame here, and the real victim, at least in this instance, is Otedola. He was the one that was unduly being threatened with legislative power, and again at least in this case, did the right thing.

Whistle blowers are to be encouraged, not punished, unless & until it can be proved that they were perpetrators. There is no evidence of the latter in the case of Otedola here.