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I remember he was invited but there wasn't any substantial evidence against him was why the case was resolved, remember he is maradona

well IBB was a military head of state under decree, and OBJ is under or guided by constitution I think.  lets not forget the president has a final say on who stay and who goes, but there are unknown people and unseen people under the president that helps him makes decisions as well.

and If in deed OBJ is using all this people, we will find out and he will be exposed after his tenure.  I wonder can you prosecute an ex president for crime in Nigeria or the enjoy immunity from prosecution after office as well?

well if and indeed someone send this elements to kill this guy, there are phone records that can be traced. Nigerians are tired of this ignorant killings, and the Gods and the evil is behind us on this case, this one will be solve, I saw the picture and the agony of the aging mother of the deceased and i almost cry. How do you console an elder lady that her son was brutally killed.

You never give up on your contry regardless of the situation, you never give up on your family in times of need, Nigeria need each and every one of us now. if you and I give up, then who will fix the problems?

you people in this room can crucify somebody before you know the details. there is more reasons to why she was replaced, and there are 2 side to every story, just because she succeeded in one aspect of her job does not mean she is clean as a whistle.  well maybe now she can contest for the presidency. who knows.

lets not forget this is the new police reform hierarchy that is seeking the London MP and Canadian police experts help because we lack diagnosing equipments and biometrics equipments in Nigeria, there are big names behind this murder and someone big will pay the price. the case is still unfolding.

CHi I would resign too,

Talking about immoral, was it OK for the government to give people at the Vi estate ultimatum before sending them packing last year? no this issue of OKADA operators has to be dealt with now or it will be too late. people like you have to start thinking outside the box, just because you have Okada as a job security is not the end of the world, if and when in-did okada is ban people will  secure other means of employment, how were people surviving before OKADA and cell phones? all i am saying is most of the operators i saw when I was in Nigeria are notorious. Read the tread again, it state Should Okada be Banned? not lets ban Okada.

Kudos to wiseguy for that point. people are so shallow minded, instead of looking for a credible leaders with the Nigeria best interest, they are segregating. what use is it to us as Nigeria if we have Ibo, Yoruba or Hausa president that can't lead and improve our lives?

This case will be solved with the use of biometrics device. example

" it was learnt that they said the analysis of Williams‘s eyes would reveal those he came in close contact with 48 hours before his death.

Though an ocular pathologist and optometrist at Enny Eye Care Clinic, Lagos, Dr. Eniola Ajayi, said that science had not developed to the extent of the eyes of a dead person being able to store images, a search on the Internet revealed that such scientific feats were possible.

The theory that the last images seen by a recently dead person remains recorded in the eyes (the retina, actually), gained the grounds among photochemists in the 1880s.

According to Andre Moenssens‘, the origin of legal photography, which was published in the January 1962 edition of Fingerprint and Identification magazine, one of the fathers of modern (colour) photography, Prof. Hermann Vogel, performed experiments along this line."

how intresting, that is why I like this chat room, you get to see and reason with people from different angle. so I am not the only one that think they shouild be ban> Nigeria was fine before OKADA SAGA

interesting jakumo. Every time I come to Nigeria i look in disbeliefs how they are operate

Every time i read the news I'm still baffled, IBB and Buhari want to come back and rule Nigeria, and we can't associate any achievement to either former leaders beside embezzlement and discipline. why do are they both seeking second chance?

Trust me when i say this. this case will be solve and we we all know the answer to the mystery question in couple weeks.

what leadership skills do this people have?, what is there diverse background, there are more challenges for a leader than just tacking embezzlement and fraud.

Mobile phone operators, how interesting, well as time progresses and with a centralized database, i think the mobile phone operators will degenerate and people will have to subscribe to services. i am not saying the people are all criminals, i personally think the Okada saga added to the traffic congestion in the country, and most of the operator that i observed every time I come to Nigeria are just trying to get to the destination as quick as possible. safety i think should supersede all their hasty needs.

It's not a matter of liking or not, my point, was better transportation, I wish someone can pull a poll of the death rate or accident rate associated with Okada operators. they don't obey traffic lights, they don't respect other motor operators, this is the kind of society we are breading in Nigeria, and if you are justifying their action because they have honest jobs, then Nigeria has a long way to go. Growing up In Nigeria as a kid, I dont recollect Okada rides, and we still get around from point A to Point B. We need people with vision in Nigeria.

the man is sick but not dead, and again his brother is already in control, and its gonna be the same principles, just different name.

it's not counter progressive, so you saying, Nigeria government is not capable of providing substitute work for this people? the Abacha $700 Million that was return to Nigeria could be put to good use in providing better roads and transpiration. I will rather travel safe to my destination than to get their in 5 minute handicap. People need to start thinking outside the box and that is why Nigeria is still under developed. we have the means and fun to create better housing, roads and transportation, we need good leaders, managers and people with good intentions, remember Rome wasn't build in one day.

Well people see power and political post in Nigeria as a means to enrich themselves, there has to be a better check and balance regulation in place and this people won't be so powerful. the EFCC is doing a wonderful job. they've saved Nigeria Billions since inauguration.

please, were you in Nigeria when he rule, his bodyguards were call gorillas for a reason, they were all train in Israel. this are experts. its easy to see a governor than to get close to maradona, this is the same man during his regime that will have the road close for hours before he left do-don barracks, lots of Military and police man on the roads, and all passer have to turn their back facing the road. you are not allowed to look at the street at Okoti Eboh street close to do-don barracks.

I’ve never been on one before, I’ve never been to other African countries, I wonder if they have this means of transportation as well? None of the developed nation has this means of transportation, it’s a luxury ride to have a bike in the state, and I wonder what the accident rate is with Okada. I’ve seen how they maneuver their ways around and I think they should be ban for good, and the federal government should invest heavily in transportation, good roads, and better housing infrastructure. People need to start thinking of safety and not trying to get from point A to point B.

the root of all evil, MONEY POWER AND RESPECT, well in their case, its not respect, its intimidation.  he has money, not sure if he is respected, but he want that power again.  If he is allowed to contest, my fear is he will find Way to win.  remember his name is MARADONA
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Should Okada be banned in Nigeria ?

I will suggest that the Lagos State Government should start banning them from operating in certain areas. After all, there are many estates they are not allowed in and people there do not die. It is healthy for us to walk sometimes. It is just unfortunate that Nigerians want bus stops to be in front of their houses.

Mr. IG, unless you act now, another unit like EFCC may have to be carved out of the police to tackle this menace since we have all come to the realisation that okada is here to stay. Make a show of a Commissione of Police or Area Commander or even DPO, I can assure you that you will sleep easy.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article04/020806

Abacha was the defence minister under Babangida, they were real close friends, when Babangida left, why didn't he take all his ministers and friends with him, instead he subject Nigerians to the cruel dictatorship and embezzlement of Abacha.  Imagine if he got a way with $700 Mill, what about the undetected crooks? 


The $700 million stashed away in Swiss banks by the late Head State, General Sani Abacha, and his family “have now been fully” repatriated back to the Nigerian Government, the Swiss Government said yesterday.
The country’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Pierre Helg, disclosed this at a cocktail commemorating the 715th Anniversary of the Swiss Confederation in Abuja last night.
In the words of the Ambassador, “I am pleased to note that the bilateral relations are again at their best. Some will remember that last year we had ups and downs with the restitution of the Abacha funds. But today, the whole of this money is back in Nigeria and, also thanks to the constructive and very friendly visit of President Olusegun Obasanjo to Switzerland last April, everything is over and I see on both sides a fruitful spirit of cooperation.”
Helg noted that another $7 million was, however, being held in an account of an unnamed Nigerian who had employed the services of a good lawyer to prove that the money was honestly earned.
“The total of the amount is known to everybody, it was $700 million, out of that about one percent is still frozen in a bank account which is in the hand of a
Nigerian, that is about $7 million, which he says is for the Abacha family, which they say, they could prove that it was honestly earned. So 99 percent had been repatriated so far.”
According to him, ‘the last repatriation was made in February 2006 and it was only a few millions, but then everything matters.”
He said with the rekindled mutual trust being developed between the two countries, new Swiss investors, especially in the area of special services were coming to Nigeria.
“New Swiss investors are coming, namely in the sector of services, which I regard as a tribute paid by our private operators to the current economic reforms initiated by the President Obasanjo and his team.”
He expressed his government’s commendation for what he described as “tremendous efforts presently undertaken in Nigeria to consolidate democracy, promote transparency and improve the functioning of the country. No doubt, Nigeria is promised to a bright future.
The Ambassador noted that since her foundation in 1291, Switzerland has gone through many civil wars, tensions and hot discussions on her future. ‘But since 1815, inspite of our diversity in terms of languages, cultures, mentalities and origins-currently, 21 percent of our inhabitants are foreigners-things and people have been more or less under control and our neutral country has enjoyed uninterrupted peace.”
Helg stated that the country had a flourishing direct democracy with countless popular referendums every year upon all possible issues. He stressed that because of an inclusive type of democracy, the Switzerland had democratically refused so far to join the European Union.
The incidence of looting of public money and stashing it in western financial institutions is a global problem and developing /developed countries as well as international organizations are at a loss on how to stemor control the phenomenon.  Heads of States such as “Baby Doc” Duvalier of Haiti, Ferdinand Marcos of Philippines, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, and President Suharto of Indonesia are the most publicized culprits of this global crime.  It has been estimated that hundreds of billions of dollars have been expatriated both by these persons and lesser known figures and the consequences have been grave since citizens of the countries in which the practice occurs are bereft of developmental amenities as a result of stealing public money.  President Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian Head of State, has however joined the league of the biggest culprits of this crime, as a source put the estimated amount he and his cronies stole at between twelve to sixteen billion dollars.
General Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria from December 1993 to May 1998 until he suffered a heart attack, which put a stop to his penchant for stealing public money and stashing them in Western banks.  He rose from humble beginnings and became the Nigerian Defense Minister under the regime of another suspected looter of public funds, President Ibrahim Babangida when General Ibrahim Babangida relinquished power in August 1993; he put in place an interim government, which had as head Chief Ernest Shonekan, with Abacha retaining his portfolio as Defense Minister.  Some months later Sani Abacha maneuvered himself to the number one spot, having forced Ernest Shonekan to hand over power on the pretence that hw was going to install a civilian administration.
Instead of doing this, General Sani Abacha eliminated all threats or those whom he perceived as threats as he commenced to perpetuate himself on the seat of power.  As head of state, he made corruption and stealing the basis of the Nigerian political economy and those close to his wheeling and dealing, friends and relatives, became benefactors of his dubious schemes.  He ran the Nigerian treasury and economy like a personal estate and to protect the estate, the political fortunes of the nation had to be subordinated to his whim.  By 1997, he had conceptualized an elaborate self succession plan and this meant using money direct from the Nigerian Central Bank to hire marabouts, settle hangers-on such as traditional rulers and politicians, many of whom went home with expensive car gifts for simply agreeing to keep him on as then nation’s leader.

Estimate 25 Billion naira. do the convertion and this is one project. imagine how many project is under the carpet. there are more to come on this issue, all the law makers commissioners and governor are shaking like headless chicken.

http://www.cometnewsonline.com/ekiti_elders.html

Interesting, I am not an IBB fan but I was in Nigeria when he was the head of state and this man did nothing tangible for Nigeria, He was the ring leader of 419 in my opinion, and as for Vatsa's wife, I think she has a legitimate reason to seek justice for her husband's killing, I will do the same if my wife was killed regardless of the circumstances. I personally think IBB should be ban from contesting the election, he ruled Nigeria for over 7 years and i can recollect any thing tangible we as a nation benefit under his regime.

Don't this people have any morals? how can they continue to loot the and deprive every Nigerian a good life and still continue to act as if they haven't committed any crime?

Not at the extent of innocent lives. the master mind behind this gruesome killing will be exposed. The Nigeria today is not the same Nigeria of yesterday. the 1st mistake the assassins made was to leave behind the murder weapon, and trail marks. someone big is behind this killing and they will be exposed. this will send a clear message to a politicians to be. No mercy for the mercyless. who ever is behind this killing will be hang high

Blind politicians that can't read but all they worry about is how to embezzle. they make the law I wonder what they all doing any law can be revise.

Damn he does look like a Fulani man too.