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AcuraZDX:
Urchins are very funny.

Crying more than the bereaved.

Tomorrow is Akwa Ibom rally. You're free to wail till after next year's Election.

Alex Enumah in Abuja

Justice Ijeoma Ojuwku of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday found Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, guilty of receiving over N200 million cash from former National Security Adviser (NSA). Col. Sambo Dasuki.

Justice Ojuwku in a judgment held that the action of Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) violated the Money Laundering Act.

While stating that the Act provides that no individual or organization shall receive any sum above N5 million and N10 million respectively without passing through a financial institution, the judge held that “there is no evidence that the money passed through a financial institution”.

According to Justice Ojuwku, the NSA was not a financial institution, adding that even if the president was said to have authorized the funds, he did not say that the money must be paid in cash in violation of the money laundering Act.

Consequently, the court held, “I find the first defendant, Dr Doyin Okupe guilty in count 34, 35, 36…… 59.

The judge however found the defendants not guilty in counts 1 to 33 on the grounds that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of money Laundering and criminal breach of trust and corruption against the NSA.

In counts 34 to 59 upon which Okupe was convicted, he was accused of receiving various sums ranging from N10 million on different occasions from 2012 to 2015 when he was SSA to president Jonathan.

The said sum according to him were expended on running the office, payment of staff and image laundering of the former president and his administration.

But the court however held that receiving such amounts in cash violated the Money Laundering Act.

Shortly after his conviction, his lawyer Mr Francis Oronsa

LegalWolf:
This is sad. Did PO not vet him? Was he not aware of his pending cases in court?

OLAADEGBU:
"How can I know if I am going to heaven?"

1 John 5:13 says that we can know we have eternal life. Continue reading at http://ow.ly/RZNi50KoYvl

absingle:
Please tell me

Nefort:
I am not an expert in politics and I wish Peter Obi would win but when I look at all the northern states ruled by APC as indicated with light blue in the attached image, it gives me a feeling Tinubu has an advantage in the north and will likely win most of the northern votes. The south West votes plus the little scraps he would get from the south-south and south-east might be enough to seal his victory.

Most of the uneducated voters are in the north. They don't know anything about Peter Obi because they don't follow the news media or social media where his ovation is loud. These are the kind of voters that can be scammed using religion or one stupid thing or the other. These are the kind of voters that gives Tinubu a chance. The fact that APC governors rule those states is enough to influence those voters to vote for APC/Tinubu.

If Tinubu eventually wins the election it will finally prove our problem is not about having bad leaders as many will always say, but having a large pool of uneducated voters who outnumber the educated ones. And these uneducated voters end up voting for bad leaders.

nlfpmod:
https://twitter.com/sbmintelligence/status/1603367064273670146?t=L2v1MQn-RHzRJAL8FupqAg&s=08[/quote]I agree with all except Osun state. That PDP won Osun doesn't mean Osun people will sheepishly vote for Atiku like they did for Adeleke.
Also, the APC faction that supported Adeleke and tilted the result won't do the same in the presidential election, and Adeleke's brother won't open his vault this time around to secure a victory for Atiku.

Gossipninja:
Stand down for what?

I thought your Tinubu is winning already even with Obi in the race?

The fear don dey catch you already

SmartPolician:
You focus more on destroying Obi instead of promoting Agbado because you know he's not electable. What a shame!

Tsolutionjoseph:
Obiano has denied this edited oluwole paper, rather Obiano met Debt, beside if he is not foolish why leaving so much money in account instead of using to execute more projects for the states

Great2017:
You can vote for Tinubu for all you care but I can never vote for him. My reason is not far fetched. I cannot cast my vote for an individual who lacks accountability and transparency.

Tell Tinubu to release his handover note to Fashola like this one below. Then, I will change my opinion about him.

If you fail in accountability and transparency, what then do you have to offer?

Manofnaija:
Those pictures were taken before the campaign began. All in effort to discredit LP.

OLADD:
These are the shocking pictures from the ongoing APC Presidential Campaign in Kaduna which their supporters would definitely not be proud of.

From aerial and other diagonal views, it's obvious Kaduna would not go the way of APC in the next presidential elections no matter the contrary narratives.

SIONKPO1:
Why are you now scared,ogbeni face your face.
Tribalism has killed Nigeria.

Munamu:
By 2038, the quiet marginalization of xtians would have been completed. It will not be Islamization as xtians are thinking, but total domination. Xtians are being killed and nothing is being done, all because the security hierarchy is dominated by the same faith. All these are provided for in the Quran. Think before u vote.

derecho:
"I would rather lose doing what is right than win doing what is wrong"
-Peter Obi 2022

yashau:
Daniel Amokachi love for Ashiwaju 100%

ItsTutsi:
Ahead of the 2023 election, Isaac Fayose, younger brother to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he will start supporting Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that according to Fayose, being a Yoruba, he finds it “stressful” backing a presidential candidate of Igbo extraction considering people from that part of Nigeria ‘do not trust him’.

“Supporting Peter Obi is so stressful for a Yoruba person.

“The Igbos don’t trust themselves so how do I even expect them to trust me.

“I gave my hotel, time, money, sometimes my food bank and my space they still abuse me everyday,” he wrote on his known Facebook page

Following this post, a Facebook user accused him of secretly supporting Tinubu and working against Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to which he replied: “I will start supporting Tinubu now….He is my Yoruba brother.”

http:///3b956d4c221211en_ng?link=1&client=news

ganisucks:
Clown, Chatham house invited Tinubu as a way to arm twist Obi into meeting with them. President Obi was their target all along; but he didn't want to meet with them. So they cleverly used the desperate gullible old man to force a meeting with Obi. Immediately after Tinubu finished his charade there, the British HC quickly denounced him. That was because Obi had agreed a meeting with them.

Majesty2:
Christian faithful across 11 local government areas of Ibadanland have endorsed Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, for the 2023 presidential election.
Led by their leaders, under the banner of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), they converged on Ilaji Resort, Ibadan, on Saturday to pray for Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima, to emerge victorious at the poll.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was sponsored by Chief Dotun Sanusi, the Otun-Apesinola of Ibadanland, and the Chief Executive Officer of Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resorts.
NAN reports the event featured special prayers for Nigeria, Oyo State, and the APC presidential candidate.
Sanusi said that the Christian faithful had come together to pray for Nigeria, Oyo State and take a
fundamental step in the endorsement of Tinubu as the president comes 2023.
The convener, represented by Mogaji Nurudeen Akinade, said that they could no longer afford to sit on the fence because they are traditional or religious leaders.
According to him, if we decided not to participate in what they are doing, then suspected criminals will
rule us.
Sanusi said he believed in development, progress, economic emancipation, social justice, religious tolerance, political stability, and adequate security of the country.
The convener said that he could not, as a successful entrepreneur, fold his arm to see the country derailing from the path of progress.
“I have sacrificed millions of naira as an employer of labour. My likes won’t be here and be playing to the gallery on who becomes the political head of this country.
“The only person we have that can move the country forward, ensure adequate security and bring economic stability to this country, is Bola Tinubu. He has done it before, I have confidence in him,” he said.
In his remarks, Rev. (Dr) Titus Morakinyo, the General Coordinator, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Ibadanland, said they were invited to the programme by Sanusi.
Morakinyo said, “as Christians and Pastors, we are fathers to all the political parties.”
He said that there was no crime in the Yorubas demanding the presidency, adding, “politics in Nigeria has been between the North and South.”
According to him, it has to come to somebody’s turn.
If you look at Nigerian politics, it’s being North and South, there is no problem. If the North has done it, it
has to come to the South.
“Once it is coming to the South, it is not criminal for Yorubas to aspire for the seat since they are part of the South,” he said.
The cleric urged the people to pray fervently for God’s mercy to have a violent-free election and smooth transition of power.
Also, Pastor Olusoji Adediji, the Olubadan Palace’s Chaplain, said they were at the event to endorse and pray for Tinubu’s victory.
“Today, we are all here to endorse and pray for Bola Tinubu to become Nigeria’s President comes 2023,” he said.
Commenting, an APC Chieftain, Dr (Mrs) Ronke Carew, described Tinubu as the most competent of all the presidential candidates and generally acceptable across the six geo-political zones.
Carew appreciated the Christian faithful for coming out en masse to endorse and pray for Tinubu, urging
them to also vote en masse for Tinubu’s victory at the polls.


https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/can-leaders-in-ibadanland-endorse-tinubus-aspiration-for-presidency/


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