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Was Sule Lamido imprisoned as a result of June12 activism?

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No, **Sule Lamido was never imprisoned for June 12 activism**. His legal troubles were related to corruption and money laundering allegations during his time as governor of Jigawa State (2007–2015), not for political activism.

### **June 12 Background:**
- June 12, 1993, was the date of Nigeria’s historic presidential election, widely believed to have been won by **Moshood Abiola**, but annulled by military dictator **Gen. Ibrahim Babangida**.
- Pro-democracy activists (like Abiola, Gani Fawehinmi, Bola Tinubu, and others) faced arrests, exile, or persecution under Gen. Sani Abacha’s regime (1993–1998).

### **Lamido’s Role in June 12:**
- Lamido was **not a prominent figure in the June 12 struggle**. At the time, he was a diplomat (Nigeria’s ambassador to **Romania**, 1984–1988) and later a **foreign affairs minister** under Abacha (1993–1995).
- Unlike pro-democracy activists, Lamido **worked within the military government**, so he was **not targeted for June 12 activism**.

### **Conclusion:**
Lamido’s legal issues came much later (2015–present) and were tied to **financial corruption cases**, not June 12. If you’re looking for figures jailed over June 12, key names include **Moshood Abiola, Frank Kokori, Beko Ransome-Kuti, and Olusegun Obasanjo** (briefly under Abacha).

Would you like details on any of these activists?

How much debt did he however leave for his predecessor?

press9jatv:
Wow Peter Obi saved here

The same INEC Chairman that did not rig Lagos abi?

You should Subject your assertion on the last election to logic especially when the pdp votes were split between Labour and PDP.

LagosOrigin:
Always talking like a drunk

You claimed that you know road but Peter Obi humiliated you in Lagos so much that it took the help of the INEC chairman to rig the election to save you shame

INEC should conduct a free and fair election and see if Peter Obi won't defeat tinubu before 2pm

You are right!

But the tax element in is not up to $1bn

Ernchibyke:
Omoh
Money dey this country o...

$5b in tax from shell...

We've not talked about how much is been realized from the exorbitant import duty, crude money, citizen tax etc...

We re not poor in country. We have enough to go round.
I just can't figure how Nigeria still is in a mess, give all this riches

Hello,

do you still do loans?

Some persons have tried sending mails to me unfortunately I can't see the contents of the mail I don't know why. Please reply this thread and I will get back to you guys.

Sirchiboy:
I am finished

Don't be discouraged. Keep grinding. Keep looking for opportunities.

Whenever you wake up, is your morning- Igbo Adage

Obi is also a political prostitute. This should be his 3rd party so far....No principles whatsoever...

Dogalmighty17:
Does Obi owe Okupe anything? Okupe was a well known political harlot who had no principles but goes to anywhere his bread is buttered. Remember that he was the so called 'attack dog' that Jonathan brought in during his administration to rage against and insult Obasanjo and the emerging opposition (Buhari, Tinubu and Tunde Bakare) then.
Okupe has never been loyal to anyone. That's why even Tinubu kept him at arms length. No one keeps a backstabber in the camp. You keep them outside.

Reno Omokri is a fool. Peter Obi owes Okupe nothing.

I think people should reread this. He did not say he would blow up the country, and this kind of sensationalisation is not professional at all.

jmoore:
Nyesom Wike in a televised media chat yesterday threatened to blow up the whole country if militants blow up pipelines.



https://www.arise.tv/wike-dismisses-threats-over-fubaras-impeachment-says-heaven-will-not-fall/

Indp3nt an average of 5k daily on generator before fuel price increment and Band A tarrif change. This year, i have not spent a dime on my generator. I have nearly 24 hours of light at averagely 2,500 daily....

SalamRushdie:
Putting Yoruba politicians in power is the worst thing you can do as a nation, they lack empathy and are only interested in extorting the people, from Fashola to this man they have hiked electricity fees over 7 times without any single improvement in electricity supply or production, the claim there is a subsidy in power sector which non of them can explain ,who is subsidizing who , how are their cronies in the power sector able to buy many jets despite their claims they are not making money?

Your 216 to $1 cost us over $16bn every year with nothing to really show for it other than more exposure...

Ojuntana:
216 to $1 was an abomination in 2015
1500 to $1 is a great achievement in 2025
Just ten years!! Mouth don change
Agbado logic can't make sense

Can this go for 5.8m?

You took this right out of my fingers

Tjra:
Nwannem, you forgot to take your medication today.

I listened to the DG of NAFDAC who confirmed that they are not done checking all the stores. How do you want the market to open when ongoing investigations are ongoing?

I do not think we should ethnicise this thing.

It has been done in other places. Late Professor Dora Akunyili did the same thing then.

People die needlessly as a result of fake drugs...

Rebuker:
What he is actually saying is that those involved in or caught dealing in illegal or fake drugs should be decisively dealt with within the confines of the law. Only the shops belonging to those culprits should be marked for closure, rather than closing the entire market and punishing innocent people who are conducting legitimate business.

Most especially in this economy, it will negatively impact the livelihoods of others doing lawful business in the same market.

In summary, close down the shops of those caught in illegal drug activities and deal with them, but do not shut down the entire market. It’s like punishing innocent people for a crime they know nothing about🙂

List out the raw materials....are the machines imported everyday?

ezugegere:
'produced' in Nigeria but most of the raw materials/components, machineries, etc are imported

This is a very sick and uninformed comment...

rock003:
When will your common sense condemn EFCC for invading people's homes in the dead of the night like armed robbers?

And that's enough to murder someone?

madridguy:
I disagree with Mr. Reno on this. It is obvious to every sane Nigerians that things like this will surely happen. Immediately the EFCC operatives started operating like the banned SARS anyone with a functioning brain will know someday casualty like this is bond to happen.

Years ago during the era of C.I.D, there used to be a man in our street who is a trafficker, he trafficked young fine girls to Europe, anytime the C.I.D are coming for the man, at times they dress like old people, while some will dress like refuse collector and they will be in our area for hours, anytime the man get is open they will go inside and raid them.

They will never shot a single bullet, infact some times the man boys will jump fence, run they won't because of that shot a single bullet. We always sees professionalism in the Nigeria Police of C.I.D teams in those days.

But now, we have seen series of video evidence of EFCC breaking into peoples home at midnight, beating the suspects, beating their wives and even injured them. A video circulated online months ago when they raided a hotel and they went into the manager's office, beating her and other ladies there and the most embarrassing things they even stole ladies wigs.... How do you expect the citizens to like you or support after watching all this...

You went for a midnight raid with just two officers, how can a two men officers went for a midnight raid? The EFCC chairman must coordinate his boys to avoid situation like this in the future.

Please mention prominent Igbos that were murdered during the coup...

A nation that is ready to heal will confront her errors...

franchasofficia:
They have started again.


The coup was not carried out by only Igbos. There was Yoruba, Middlebelt, and today Niger Delta soldiers among the coupists but you unscrupulous elements always make it look like it was just done by only Igbos soldiers.


You guys also intentionally ignore to tell the world why Michael Opkara the Eastern Premier at Enugu at that time was spared; Archbishop of Canterbury visited him that day and the coupists didn't want to attract British wrath, so they spared him.


Nnamdi Azikiwe the President was marked for killing but unfortunately as it was, his cousin, Ifeajuna who happened to be among the coup leaders leaked the coup information to him and Zik sneaked out to the Carribeans on health vacation grounds.


You guys also forgot to tell the world that Akintola was told about the coup weeks before and he communicated to Sir Ahmadu Bello his best friend whom he aligned with to persecute Obafemi Awolowo which was the main thing that even angered the young soldiers to carry out a coup to stop the political turmoil in Western Nigeria today Yoruba region between Awolowo and Akintola in which they unjustly jailed Awolowo that angered most of the young soldiers that carried out the coup.



Go and read "Why we struck" by a gallant Yoruba soldier that was part of the coup planners and leader.


When Akintola learnt about the coup, he said went and purchased a pistol swearing to kill anybody that near his residence thinking it was a child's play while Ahmadu Bello laughed it off believing his juju would save him.


Tafawa Belewa was not marked for killing because the young soldiers liked him, they only believed that Ahmadu Bello and Akintola were misleading Belewa but when the coupists discovered that the coup was already failing in parts of Nigeria like Enugu, etc, they angrily shot Belewa, a very huge mistake they made cos Belewa was a nice man




The coup was a military affair but they made sure it was turned to an Igbo people affair even when civilian Igbos were never carried along nor consulted.



And why will Igbos who controlled most sectors of Nigeria carry a coup; Igbo man was the President though with less power which he did willingly by allowing Belewa to become Prime Minister after winning the election while he became President which has more foreign influence while PM ran the day to day activities of the nation, Igbo man was the Senate President (Nwafor Orizu), Igbo man was the Chief of Army Staff (Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi), a man loyal to the Igbos, who also came from Eastern Nigeria then was the IG of Police, Igbo man was the documented richest man in Nigeria then (Sir Louis Ojukwu, Ojukwu's father).


Igbos dominated even Northern civil service because they were the most learned and qualified then which made Bello to issue a statement that they will stop hiring Igbos and start hiring foreigners if they can't find Northerners to fill the position, and also made Awolowo to start free education in Western Nigeria to enable them catch up with Igbos occupying virtually all positions including in Western Nigeria.



So there was no need for Igbos to carry out coup, the coup was entirely carried out by young, naive soldiers of which majority were Igbos from today Southeast and South South/Niger Delta in their foolish effort to rescue Nigeria from the hands of corrupt Nigerian politicians the British people handed power to.



But due to the already brewing envy against Igbos for cheerleading in most sectors in Nigeria then by the Hausa-Fulanis and Yorubas, the coup was conveniently tagged an Igbo coup just as Yorubas conveniently tagged Peter Obi an Igbo Presidential candidate despite Obi winning massively outside Igbo states including in Lagos, Middlebelt, Northeast and Abuja.


Una go tire sha.



We will keep exposing you guy's lies and hatred for Igbos, all thanks to social media and Internet, so gone are the days of spreading dangerous propaganda against Igbos using Lagos-Ibadan expressway brown envelope newspapers

Anything short of a death sentence would be a miscarriage of justice...

You are so uncouth...

snowball11:
This thing is also a president?

What rubbish!

It will never be well with that idiotic party called APC for projecting back to back the two idiots!

Facts?

I can't help you. So sorry

Zico5:
What's defarmation? Go and read the man's book then u will see that Dele backed it up with facts.

If Pa Afe Babalola was your dad, would you have asked him to let defamation like this go?

Zico5:
I'm now very sure that what Dele Farotimi wrote was true. They are fighting tooth and nail just to make sure the man go down cos he is saying the truth.

He probably just came from hell..he'll... Elerede.

chrisdking1:
Lol
U’re going to have to get to hell first to solidify this comparison.

Note the deliberate use of words- ''teenagers''...

They need to conduct an autopsy for us to know what really happened....

Please use your head once in a while na...

maxiuc:


So Mr Herbert wigwe was eating alone all this while without involving his siblings that's always the problem with all this wealthy people they care about themselves and family alone forgetting their siblings so when they died their poor siblings see it as an Avenue to grab whatever they lay their hands on

From what is happening it seems Mr Herbert wigwe chopped alone

Is this talking about on-grid requirements or total requirements?
If it is talking about total requirements, then the total generated will be more than 4800MW
For instance, most major manufacturers have their own power-generating systems, and some of them even sell and provide for their communities.

Yes.

Just as he rescued Anambra as governor

Antoeni:
He's the Most Competent Candidate to Rescue Nigeria from Perennial Wastages

Did you read through the news item at all?

SpatialKing:
Where are all the so called IGR generated by Ogun state?
They claim Ogun IGR is higher than the entire south east region..Ogun state should have save Nigeria from this international shame and embarrassment.

Why did Tinubu go ahead to purchase not one but 3
Three jets knowing fully well the situation of Nigeria economy where did the money come from?

Finally what's the essence of still maintaining diplomatic or slavery relationship with western countries like France and USA ? Why can't we cut ties with them like Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad have done?

This shows that USA have something damaging against Tinubu and they are using it to control his government like puppet..

Yet again APC government a Yoruba/Hausa/Fulanis party has brought shame to this country...

who is funding the operations of the NLC? Is it the members (through dues) or is it the government?

The answer to this question will determine stakeholders' right to interfere...

Obviously, you do not know anything about FRSC and its establishment.

It is also clear that you did not know he was not on salary as FRSC boss.

Again, try to be circumspective in your comments and positions.

Rumors do not necessarily translate into facts

KEVIND:
This is how Ibrahim Babangida shut Soyinka up & bought him over by appointing him FRSC corps marshall, when he was busy making noise during the then military govt.

This cash activist & cunning man doesn't want to speak because he is eating from the same table with the oppressors.

Table manners, you don’t talk while you’re eating 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Clace? I don't know what that is..

But Soyinka is more honourable than anyone in your clan.

vowiski:
Clace person.

A tribal bigot, who we all thought was a role model not knowing would be a road block once his tribes man was rigged into office.

Being a Nobel laureate doesn’t mean one has integrity or empathy for humanity. For some like Wole, it only masked their wickedness and egocentricrism.

That mask has fallen off and his true identity has been revealed like an exposed blukos.