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fergie001:
Una go write tire.

Peter Obi wouldn't even participate in the Primary sef 😂

Tinubu should prepare to contest against Atiku

All these Peter Obi this, Peter Obi that is just some distraction

A Nigerian couple, Luciana and Femi Akanbi, have been jailed in the United Kingdom for orchestrating a large-scale fraud involving the stolen personal data of Transport for London employees, in a case described as the ‘worst’ data breach in the agency’s history.

According to a report by KentLive, the couple were each sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment after defrauding the UK tax authority through false rebate claims.

The report said Luciana Akanbi, 38, who worked in the human resources department of Transport for London, accessed sensitive personal information of her colleagues, including passport details, National Insurance numbers and bank records.

Prosecutors told Woolwich Crown Court that the couple used the data of at least 40 employees to submit 139 fraudulent tax rebate claims to HM Revenue and Customs.

The fraud, carried out between September 2021 and January 2022, resulted in losses of over £433,000 to the public purse, although the total value of claims submitted was close to £650,000.

Delivering judgment, Judge David Miller said the case represented the most severe data breach in the history of the transport authority.

Judge Miller said, “TfL suffered their worst ever data breach. It meant they had to change their systems.

“It affected their morale, I am told, and staff performance. You acquired and used the personal details of 40 employees in relation to making the claims for tax rebates, but accessed the details of 107 employees.

“There were 139 claims in respect of 40 employees by self-assessment accounts being set up by you and others, using 38 computer devices from your own home and others. The effect was that there were 139 claims for tax rebates totalling just under £649,000.

“The money lost to HMRC amounted to just over £433,000. That money was almost instantly dissipated in a complex money laundering scheme.”

The court heard that Luciana Akanbi, who had been employed by TfL since 2017, used her position to access the personal records of 107 employees, which were subsequently exploited for fraudulent claims.

Prosecutor Andrew Evans described the operation as sophisticated, involving extensive preparation and a large number of victims.

“The fraud was sophisticated in nature, required significant planning and involved a large number of victims,” he said.

He added that the proceeds of the fraud were rapidly moved through a complex money laundering network.

Evidence presented in court showed that about £66,000 was traced to Femi’s bank account, while £16,000 was linked to his wife, although the court held that their total benefit from the scheme exceeded those amounts.

The court further heard that financial pressures contributed to the crime, with Femi reportedly struggling with a gambling addiction following illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judge Miller said over £50,000 of the stolen funds had been paid into various gambling accounts.

He also noted that Luciana, a mother of three, initially attempted to deflect blame by suggesting that a relative working in the IT sector may have been responsible for the data breach.

The judge, however, ruled that both defendants were central to the scheme, stating that the fraud was only possible because of the access granted to Luciana as a trusted employee.

“You, Luciana Akanbi, had been colleagues with some of these people who were extremely badly let down.

“That is damaging; to have your credit ratings impacted, to deal with HMRC and to have to rearrange your finances. There was immense damage to third parties,” the Judge said.

Judge Miller added that no compensation order would be made, stating that the couple had no recoverable assets.

Following the ruling, a representative of Transport for London said the organisation had strengthened its internal data protection systems to prevent a recurrence.

“We take any cases of fraud extremely seriously and welcome the court’s sentencing of these two individuals.

“This crime meant that hundreds of thousands of pounds was unable to be reinvested elsewhere to the wider public benefit, and involved working closely with HM Revenue and Customs to secure a successful prosecution,” he said.

A spokesperson for HM Revenue and Customs warned that the agency would continue to pursue individuals who attempt to exploit the tax system.

The court also indicated that the couple could face deportation proceedings after serving their sentences

seunmsg:
Atiku doesn’t mean well and they all know it. They just want power back in the North. We shall ensure the presidency stays in the south for 8 straight years.

Let me correct this impression.

What Tinubu and his supporters are really saying is not that power should remain in the South for eight years , it’s that power must remain with Tinubu.

Get that distinction clear. They are not the same

Tinubu is representing personal interest, not Southern interest. It’s “Emi lo kan,” not “Awa lo kan.”

He has worked against Southern interests for years. It was evident in 2015, when he and his allies helped truncate what could have been an unbroken eight-year tenure for the South.

buhariguy:
did atiku share money to the northerners that are now in his grip or did he reduce their suffering in any way?

Are the northerners in Tinubu's grip

Nigerians campaign slogan to the Tinubu led APC is Total rejection

I Never Thought This Will Ever Come From Me But I Trust Atiku I Believe He Mean Well—Bashir El-Rufai

‎In a recent statement via his official X account, Bashir El-Rufai, the son of former Kaduna State governor, has stated that he never expected himself to express trust in Atiku Abubakar, but admits that his views have changed after watching the recent interview on Arise TV.



‎"I never thought these following words would ever come from me but I do trust @atiku. I believe he actually means well. Especially this time. Stakes are too high," he wrote.

‎In his post, El-Rufai explained that despite past doubts, he now believes Atiku has good intentions for Nigeria, he stated that his confidence in Atiku is not casual, but based on what he observed in the interview.

‎He stated that he believes the former vice president truly means well, especially at this critical time in the country and added that the situation Nigeria faces today requires serious leadership and sincerity.

‎He stressed that the stakes are very high and that the country cannot afford wrong decisions at this moment and suggested that leaders must act with the interest of the people in mind, noting that the challenges facing Nigeria demand urgent and honest solutions.

‎He stated that his trust in Atiku comes from a belief that the former vice president understands the urgency of the moment and suggested that Nigerians should pay attention to leaders who show readiness to act in the interest of the nation.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Obi no get level and you are talking about Obi when the thread is about Ameachi

That's to show you how confused they can be

With how Tinubu has turned out, a huge disaster, anybody could beat him.


We need a watertight ticket, a combination that gives Tinubu no chance.


An Atiku/Obi ticket is the real deal. That pairing would give Tinubu nightmares, he’d have no option but to start drafting his concession speech before election day.

Atiku–Obi Combo.

Coupled with the fact that Tinubu has lost significant northern support, the over 5 million votes he secured there in 2023 are no longer guaranteed, they’re now firmly in Atiku’s grip.

Tinubu’ have no mass appeal. His performance has been woeful, marked by deepening hardship, rising hunger, and worsening insecurity across the country.

Nigerians are eager to see him go cos another four years of his regime is unimaginable and scary

Atiku is Tinubu's nightmare

BATified2023:
I know u understand what I said but I will break it down to u

If obi is on the ballot, he will not get 90% in d south east like he did in 2023


The plan isn't to make obi lose the south east but to reduce his numbers drastically which is what tinubu is doing

The governor's and other political office holders and the city boy movement will do wonders.


Oh I forgot that in the obidient dictionary

Kwankwanso can give a million votes in kano but a governor in south east only have one vote

You’ve just admitted he won’t lose the South East if he’s on the ballot… what’s the argument, exactly?

BATified2023:


See this one


It's like u are still living in delusion, since 2023 election just name one candidate obi supported that won the election?

Even in Anambra state, did his candidates win?


Now that city boys have spring up with major influencers and governor's associating with it, do u think obi votes is still intact?

If only kwankwanso votes can mean millions of followers, so u mean the governor's vote in the south east is just one vote right?

Are you implying that if Peter Obi is on the ballot, that he will lose the south east. Is that what you are implying?

The only person who’s going to learn is Tinubu.

Bayo Onanuga the 70 year old senior domestic servant should ask his boss who truncated the power rotation in 2015

Atiku has nothing to lose at this point, but Tinubu has everything to lose. And as it stands today, Atiku is the only candidate , northern candidate with the structure and resources to actually defeat him and he will.

Too much is already working in Atiku’s favour.
Tinubu’s support is shrinking across the country, especially in the North. The same North that gave him over 5 million votes in 2023, thanks to key allies like El-Rufai has seen those alliances fall apart. Those numbers are not guaranteed anymore.

And with Atiku on the ballot, the APC can’t sell that power will return to the North in 2031 when power can realistically return there in 2027. That argument collapses immediately.
He can't also sell that it's the turn of the south, he will be reminded of his role in truncating the opportunity for the south to have an unbroken eight year tenure in 2015 during the Goodluck Jonathan regime

Then there’s performance, Tinubu hasn’t helped himself. The record in office has been disasterous, inflicting untold hardships and hungry, worsening insecurity electricity blackout across the country. He has no mass appeal and many Nigerians are already saying one term is enough.
Another four years will be unimaginable and scary. it’s a risk Nigerians aren’t willing to take.

This is 2027, not 2023

Nigerians are up against a notorious drug bárón who is ready to sink this country, and the only candidate who currently matches Tinubu is Atiku.

With the growing rejection of Tinubu across the country especially in the North, a northern candidate is more likely to galvanize those votes. Tinubu received over 5 million votes from the North in 2023, largely due to key allies like Elrufai, today they are no longer with him.

With Atiku on the ballot, the APC cannot campaign in the North on promises of a 2031 handover when the region can reclaim power in 2027.

Finally, Tinubu’s performance in office has been a disaster. He possess no mass appeal, and many Nigerians want a change.

BATified2023:
u people are just too empty to understand politics

Obi only bloc vote is in the south east which has been highly decimated, just yesterday atiku made it clear that kwankwanso is a light weight n is only popular in kano


So tell me how the 2 of them can get nationwide vote against tinubu

U people are delusional

Who decimated Obi's vote in the south east

In 2021, APC had over 40 million members, today they have miserly 13 million members

It is obviously a testament of the fact that the party is much more depleted and weakened than it were in 2021, people have left the party because it iis now a one man show, run much more like a criminal drug gang which is a deviation from the progressive ideals of the founding fathers

Nigerians will fight the worst regime in the history of this country

Wike’s Federal High Court judges those he gifted houses and land have jurisdiction over party affairs.

Lanretoye:
The original ADC convention is comming up,they will adopt Tinubu as their consensus candidate for presidential election.

The horse has already bolted. The convention is done and dusted.
David Mark is the authentic National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Whatever Nafiu Bala and his rogue group, alongside collaborators from the Tinubu administration are doing has absolutely nothing to do with the ADC.

ADC is not the PDP

they are talking convention here,this one carry lamentation come overtake lane…e sure say your preek no Dey rise again self since 2023 and na so e go Dey till 2031 and even beyond.

Your comment makes it obvious you lack the capacity to comprehend. I was responding to a Nairalander, not the subject matter

DomPerignon:
I have since written that the SE and Muslim north will be all out trying to prevent the restructuring of our polity.

Your Obi has said several times that he has no problem with the 1999 Constitution and even pledged before a gathering of northern elders during the build up to the 2023 elections that he will do everything to safe guard and ensure the 1999 constitution as it is, is not tampered with if elected.

You see, Tinubu's reforms are indirectly restructuring Nigeria and giving more powers to states.

Its the old guard of rent seekers that accessed FX for next to nothing from the CBN to then form a parallel black market that are angry with his currency reforms.

Same rent seekers that made a fortune from the fuel subsidy scam.

Same rent seekers that are angered that Niger Delta states now can generate energy with their gas reserves which has cut them off from the free loading gas and oil lifting license they used to get for free from the Presidency.

In so many ways, Tinubu's reforms are indeed restructuring Nigeria and her states to sit up and manage the resources at their disposal.

You won't be celebrating that mediocre dwarf in Abia who is now for the first time able to give Abians descent roads even though overhyped and overpriced if not for Tinubu's reforms.

As I said, this strange alliance is not new. After all, SE legislators since 1999 have been alligning with the north in the NASS to deny resource control or an increase in oil revenue to oil producing states.

You can play your Judas role all you like but that won't stop the reforms.

If I may ask, will your Giringori return to subsidy and peg the Naira as was the case prior to this govt?

The only reason the evil alliance exists is because there is now a windfall of cash streaming into the FG coffers and these band of crooks and rent seekers want a big share of it.

Tinubu is the evil alliance

First and foremost, let’s be clear: there is no “restructuring” going on. What Tinubu calls reforms are, in reality, harsh and draconian policies disguised as economic solutions, policies that have inflicted widespread hardship and hunger on Nigerians.

The country is deteriorating.

On security, Nigeria was ranked 8th globally in insecurity when Tinubu took office. Today, we are among the top four countries most affected by terrorism and insecurity worldwide and number one in Africa. That decline happened under this administration.

On poverty, the rate stood at 41.6% about 88 million Nigerians according to the World Bank when he assumed office. Today, it has surged to about 65%, meaning over 140 million Nigerians are living in severe poverty. At this rate, give it another four years under Tinubu, and nearly 180 million Nigerians could be trapped in extreme poverty.

On debt and subsidy: Tinubu removed fuel subsidy, claiming the government could not afford it. Yet, despite ending subsidy payments, public debt has ballooned to over N200 trillion, up from about N88 trillion inherited from the Buhari administration,which was still paying subsidies.

And we haven’t even touched on unemployment.

By every major indicator of development, this administration has performed abysmally, woefully and spectacularly

DomPerignon:
You will buy fuel at the current market rate.

The naira will no longer be artificially pegged.

You will seek other ventures rather than importing fake substandard trash with scarce FX which your region contributes zilch to in the first place.

You will be weaned off free Federal government gibs and will soon get full state fiscal autonomy which will make you focus on your inept and thieving governors instead of the daddy FG.

The Zikist centrist system that robs Peter to pay Paul has come to an end.

Are you listing what Tinubu has done or will do next term

Tinubu should prepare to meet Nigerians at the polls.

Sending Akpabio to the opposition to stir confusion and crisis won’t save him.

Instead, he should explain why he deserves reelection after failing woefully, inflicting hardship, worsening insecurity, and breaking his promise on stable electricity. By his own words, Nigerians shouldn’t vote for him.

DomPerignon:
This is why you Obidients should never be trusted with any form of power.

The tyranny and dictatorship running through your cult will be limited to your village.

So there’s no tyranny under this NADECO wannabe, now presiding over one of the most wicked and draconian regimes in this country’s history, with the support of you and your ilk?

Thunder ⚡🔥⚡🔥⚡ you there

We may yet see a parallel government, just as APC once threatened under Jonathan.

After all, legitimacy comes from the people.

And Nigerians, pushed to the brink by hardship, hunger, insecurity, blackouts, and economic collapse, under the Tinubu regime won’t follow the same government that put them there.

anonimi:
Is it useless because it is factual or because it is false

Is this supposed to counter Tinubu, the NADECO wannabe now stifling democratic space and silencing the opposition?

Nigerians have been scammed.


Thoughtless policies under Bola Ahmed Tinubu have made people poor, yet he blames it on the old tax law

And this made front page. Smh!

Another useless tweet from a Tinubu supporter and his fellow hoardes of supporters will just run along with it

Sccarrr:
Mumu finding views...u can do better

Is Nigeria in a terrible situation under Bola Ahmed Tinubu? Yes.


Focus on that

Tinubu is a scammer

Are you just realizing that

Well organized


Nobody got tear-gassed.

Didijiji:
They are all stealing from the government or are mad

Those are the 2 criteria to support tinubu

Absolutely 💯

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Thunder 🔥⚡ the 70 year old senior domestic servant