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chocolateme:
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I have good news today!! My mom has been released so thank God with me. Just like I narrated the last time about all I knew about the case, I want to let u all know the latest development and full details of what happened. I told you the last time that I only said the least I know and one of you advised me to leave Lagos and go down and see her and also know if there is more to the case.

I travelled home on Wednesday (3 days back) after getting permission from my workplace.

My mom was released on that Wednesday around 6pm one full week from the Wednesday she was arrested. In fact 20 minutes after my younger brother brought her in, I entered the compound. I'm really happy and sad too because of her condition of health, of course you guys will understand me. She looked very horrible, lean, frightened, vulnerable and weak. Dark circles all over her eyes, suddenly she looked older than a 47 years old woman. Well, it's well. I lack words to tell you all about her situation because it brings dark clouds to my heart.

First signs she was exhibiting was over consciousness of her environment, at any door sound or loud voice, she seem to jump out of her skin and terror fills her eyes and she will start shaking, we managed to make her feel at home but it wasn't working, she wasn't able to eat yet. The truth is that my mom has this childish part of her life that still amazes us till now. We, her six children 3 boys and 3 girls all out of university believe that it was her early marriage at 15 that made her that way. She cries if you don't call her on phone for one week and pouts a lot. She is also a very strong mother, I don't know how to make you understand that my parents can never defraud anyone with the kind of hearts they have.

She ate only twice there so she lost all will to eat and till today, she still drinks only malt and water. But she is been taken care of by the family doctor, she will be fine. I have two phases of details to tell you people, 1: how she was released and 2: the full details of the case. Tnx for your patience on this.

THE FULL DETAILS:
I called my dad to narrate exactly what's up because I really don't know everything in details and this is how it happened; for those that knows main market Onitsha, you will understand this, my dad among other traders was among the people that bought over shop allocations then in one of the locations where shops building projects was going on then, a certain politician then, a woman though can't remember her name was involved in the project. They were building those shops and by then everywhere had been bought over even before the completion and all of them has their ownership and validity documents at the LGA. My dad said that the project later entered into political whatever and they halted the project, meanwhile , that was the documents that was used for the collateral. He banks with Union Bank over the years and funny enough, they have issued loans on 3 different occasions to him without collateral based on trust and it was later paid back. So on this issue, the bank contacted these property evaluation office to go and evaluate the property then. This may sound odd and unbelievable but that's the truth. The woman contacted by name "Naomi " (not real name just to call her that )went to our head office in Bright Street where my mom stays and met her on that fateful day and narrated why she came, my mom welcomed and gave a seat. She had to wait for my dad to come so they can both go the property for her job.

My mom said that after some time while they were just talking about business and stuff, she got up to go complaining that she is too busy and the weather was hot, mom urged her to wait but she left and few minutes later she came back and told mom that there is nothing really much on why she came that its just a procedure, that she will just take a picture of our shop and complete her work that its nothing though since they will repay the loan, she brought out her work camera and took snapshots of our shop and then left and that was the last time she came. Forwarded to this year now that the bank came, mom showed me photocopy of the letter she wrote to the bank concerning how she can be able to pay up that money and even the time frame was included, so they can grant her request. She is yet to receive a feedback from the bank before this thing happened.

They asked for collateral this time because of the setback on my parent's business, if you know No. 7 Bright street main market, u will know what happened there few years ago.
I found out as i got home that It was not even the Bank Manager that arrested my mom though I don't know if he has a hand in it from the background.

The bank went to the LGA for confirmation and then went to the property but found it not active and non existing, they summoned Naomi based on her evaluation evidence not been what they see now, she later called my dad to impose accusation on him that the day she came that he shouted her down and asked her to leave and that was the last thing I know my dad will do, my dad became very surprised and asked her if she can recognize him on sight, that was she not the one mom said that took pictures of our shop the day she came, she cut the phone. I heard she told the bank manager to give her few days to sort out the mix up that she wants to go to the LGA to clarify something, I don't know what happened but I think the bank found out what she did and then started having issues with her.

That was how SARS came and took my mom, it was at their office that we found out that her report says that my parents are frauds and she denied been the person that came for the evaluation on that day, she said it was the youth corper that served in her office then that came for it.

But the thing is that my mom heard of her name and knew that it was the same person that came to the shop that day. Well my friends, she was the one that called SARS for my parents, she instructed them to focus on my dad and that the family will hurriedly run around and pay the money. Even the day they came to the house, mom refused to allow them enter the house without a search warrant but they pushed her violently to the ground and one of them twisted her fingers. So concerning the shop I narrated on the other thread, it was an alternative shop of my parents but the bank refused it that it won't fetch that amount.

The actual amount loaned is 2.5 million and the interest is 6 million not 7 , my mistake. That's all. Another thing is that despite the fact that they have mom, they kept looking for my dad everywhere asking us to provide him. They were really hell bent on catching him courtesy the woman's request. She actually used SARS so that they will manipulate the situation so my dad can pay up the money and I don't see how it's her business for the money to be paid. Ok enough here.

HER BAIL:
I don't really understand the type of lawyer they had been using on this case, seems lawyers differ, his own was to file case to Federal court before mom comes out, very sluggish man though young and with family. Wednesday and she was still there, all the people my dad contacted were told by SARS boss that its fraud and they kept stretching the case. So my youngest sister contacted her friend in Abuja to talk to her dad, she mounted pressure on them that Wednesday, later a call came from State CID Awka to SARS that a person with a so so case at their custody should be brought to Awka with the case file that morning. They put my mom in the back of her Hilux and took her to Awka, they met the man and my mom told him everything as it happened, the man was shocked on hearing that she even stayed up to 48 hours in SARS custody not to talk of one full week hmm! He then asked for the complainant to report to Awka, they called her and she said she was at Asaba that she was coming, 3 hours later, she didn't arrive, they called and she said she was almost at Awka. 3.45pm she has not been seen and the man said he won't conclude on any decision until the woman comes, she stopped answering her calls and switched off her phone. Unknown to them, she went straight to SARS office to see her people, they put a call to Awka for my mom to be brought back! Meanwhile, the man in charge has gone out, I don't know what they call that his rank again, weda CPO abi IP whatever.

My mom noticed what was about happening and started begging an officer for his phone to make call, he dialed my sister's number, she already knew the source where the call came from through them. She told her what happened at Awka that they want to take her back to SARS, hmm!! My sis started her lamentation calls again and as God may have it, the man called and told them to wait for him, on arrival, he got to know that the woman never reported and went to SARS office, the man then made called to SARS department and gave some instructions and sent someone with them.

He told mom that she should not panic that whether the complainant surfaces or not, that he will send her home but she still has to make another statement, all these were done and they took mom back to SARS and bailed her with 50k, the woman has long left the office before they got there and nobody has heard from her since then till now. The lawyer asked for 300k to file the case, he was not even aware that my mom has come out, my brother called him that day and he said that all these TO and FRO movement is not yielding anything until he files the case, he was given half of the money so we can gather the rest. But that's for only filing the case fee, I don't understand him and he has not even come to the house to see mom and find out how she got bailed. They said she should report to SARS on Monday for their routine check.

My mom was actually in their cell 2 where other 27 women were, no space on the floor to lie down, she is actually suffering from the daily habit of them shooting young guys dead anyhow after which by midnight, they gather the bodies and go and dispose them, no one can avoid seeing those bodies and even hears shots when they were been killed, it's a small place so everything happens around them there. I even heard they sometimes uses this nylon bags to cover their heads before strangling them with iron chords, she is really more traumatized and frightened by what she had been seeing there than her condition.

She said the place is just like another world. Jungle justice. But all the same, thank God for my mom, she said that her greatest gift of all from God in this case is that her husband was never caught because if he was ever taken there hmm!! Who knows what the turn out of events would have been by now. So that it, I have told them to get another lawyer for this issue.

It's ok if you find these details lies or with some hidden informations, but thats everything there is to it. I understand most of you that called my dad names believing he is not man enough to face it, I agree but let my parents be complete and alive for us. Thanks everyone.

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I am really happy for you. Your family will eventually overcome this challenge. Our country is a real jungle. I am particularly disturbed that SARS at Awkuzu are still carrying out extrajudicial killings. I wonder if the Commissioner of Police is aware. I would like to know if the commissioner was made aware of your mom's case. Even if it is a fraud case, I don't think SARS has any role to play there.

R.I.P. DJDola. You are in a better place. May God grant your family the strength to bear the loss.
And to the TeHN crew, may God bless you all for your selfless service. I am truly impressed.

coogar:
you are behind the curve.....
read my comments that followed the one you quoted.

Seen it. Scratch my comment. That lady and her family messed that guy up for life. It's good he told his story so others can learn from his mistakes.

goofyone:
Divorce will cost him a lot. I don't think he was ready for that.
Prenup, prenup, prenup....you keep telling these guys!!

Actually he could have made out well with a divorce if Texas law on divorce is similar to New Jersey's. If you can show that your spouse is cheating, you can ask for half of spouse's assets.

coogar:

what a stupïd brainless husband.
will exposing the wife undo the ikworikwo that already happened? i am starting to think majority of the nigerian men in the USA are serial wänkers.

If you really listened to the audio and still feel this way about this man then you need deliverance. I feel for the man. That woman really messed his life up. She is lucky that he is the educated and enlightened type. If he were one of those barely educated ones with menial job, she would have been history.
That woman is a devil incarnate. I wonder why he didn't leave the marriage earlier. God forbid.

chocolateme:
nothing is missing here.. They confirmed from the local government concerning the shop and it was valid. Besides, he did not run away, it's true his help that the whole situation has been under control now. What else has been the excuse except that we refused to pay up the amount, even the police lawyer is processing her release now. It was learnt that she was never supposed to have been there for more than 24 hours.. A SAN has been consulted and Its taking another turn now. She was unlawfully detained beyond the limit she stayed. I will still update you all on how the matter was handled. I also thought there was something else involved but at the end of the whole thing, it's still the fact that my parents couldn't pay them just yet.

Thank God its turning out better. Our country is a jungle. I'm happy your family now has an experienced lawyer on the case. Do keep us updated so we can all learn. God bless.

josite:
call police pro on 08038375855.luckily he is IBO and a lawyer. explain yourself truthfully.

Thanks for this information. She should also go to the Nigeria Police website and get the phone number for the Commissioner of Police Anambra State.
SARS has no business with debt collection.

victorazy:
Is a criminal case

How?

cjrane:
Even the worst critics of GEJ like me admit he has done very well with the economy. This is in spite of some northern politicians sponsoring a terror insurgency against him.

And those unpatriotic elements who were sabotaging the country now want us to vote them in. People should open their eyes.

bushdoc9919:
All those achievements were made possible by one thing....the rise in oil prices during this time.

If oil prices had been below $50 per barrel for the last five years.....none of the ''great strides'' would have happened.

Of course you are right. They need money to make the progress. Don't you think so? With oil prices poised to even go lower, we are in for a rough ride going forward. If GEJ wins, he will need to fortify the economic management team. And they should stop bowing to pressure from selfish politicians. Okonjo Iweala wanted to save more of the excess crude money but the politicians frustrated that move. Some of those politicians are among the people chanting change. Who is fooling who?

WisdomFlakes:
Let's be fair; Soludo has practically destroyed whatever is left of this administration's credibility with respect to its management of the economy in the last four years. GEJ's economic team needs to act fast lest he goes down in history as Nigeria's worst administrator.

Only a Nigerian living abroad and only reading opposition news media will think of GEJ's administration as the worst. As Mr. Ohuabunwa wrote, this administration has achieved a lot under difficult circumstances. The average Nigerian is hardly objective nor open minded. Though they improve with education.
If you disagree with the position of the article, please write a rebuttal.

Orikinla:
[size=18pt]This is Femi Aribisala's problem and it is affecting his marriage.
He should focus on making his wife Prof. Karen King-Aribisala happy and get over his bitterness against GMB.[/size]

We all have family issues. So let us not go there. Just provide a rebuttal of the points he made. I think he did a great job of listing GEJ's achievements. I want continuity. I don't want a reversal of the privatization of PHCN. I want complete removal of petroleum subsidy. And of course I want implementation of the recommendations of the National Conference. If we have a true federal system in place, every other things will fall in place and real progress will start in Nigeria.

God bless you Pa Adebanjo. I hope more voters from the south west heed your wise advice. We need to be fair to all the different sections of Nigeria. Thank you sir, for the enlightenment.
Nigeria has a better future with a Jonathan win.

bankylan:
I am from the South west, and I believe there is a gang up aginst the South south people because whoever emerges the President will see over the license renewals of the oil blocks that are due in 2016.......I am not a fan of Jonathan, but I will support him for re election. The generals backing Buhari only want the nothing but the oil....they want to maintain their grip on the oil and Jonathan is being seeing as an obstacle....The insurgency was intensified to discredit this administration.........Thank God oil is not in the North, the whole Nigeria would have been enslaved.,,.......But I think we all need to let the North know that they can't continue Ato dictate for all Nigerians......

My sentiments exactly. It's really a gang up. And it's unfair. I hope more Nigerians understand that.

Iamsynord:
This people never said he was not running the university well or charged him for Embezzlement Oo..Pure hate..How can someone be a Prof without having a PhD first

For your information, you can be a professor without getting a PhD.

kennydee05:
Wish to see the overrated Ngosi Okonjo and Oby Ezekwesili debate on economic issues with international economists as moderator

Oby Ezekwesili is not an economist. I believe the debate she is talking about is between Okonjo Iweala and Soludo.

omenka:
I read every single word. This is a cutting edge masterpiece! I haven't the slightest of doubt Abati and co would do all they can to ensure Jonathan doesn't lay his hand on the paper. It might make him question all the things he's been told from day one because as it stands, the man seems completely detached from reality, dancing in the rain while his house is on fire.

One thing I know for sure is that Buhari will reduce to the barest minimum the cost of governance. He will do away with all those aircraft Jonathan secured for the presidency for God-only-knows which cost billions annually to maintain. He will free up more funds for capital commitments by ridding the executive of the retinue of needless aides, assistants, and advisers and senior special advisers.

There are just too many means of cutting costs and freeing up more funds to finance capital projects but believe me, it might backfire should Buhari mention some of those things on his campaign. So for now, I'm in support of him limiting his manifesto to what he's been telling us, the stakes are just too damn high to make any daredevil pronouncements at the moment.

Sounds good, but if he does not say what he would do if he gets in, how else do we know.
And I don't think it will hurt his chances if he explains how he intends to realise a campaign promise.

domack99:
If only PDP stop pushing all the irrelevant allegation on APC and focus on main issue that is bothering the country, APC has been busy defending several false allegations labeled on them by the opposition party.

This is a nice write up, in fact a great one, but I wish Soludo is not sitting on the fence at least so far we know those that try to campaign on issue base and has a manifesto similar to what he outline

Great objective piece by Prof. Soludo. I believe he is not really on the fence. As a top notch intellectual with fans on both sides of the political isle, he would not want to appear to be on any side.

discusant:
I just de laugh at these born-just-yesterday Southwesteners who believe that Buhari north shall hand over power to Osinbajo any time Buhari is leaving office. Truth is that if ever Buhari becomes president, any time he is leaving office, a soldier from Buhari clan shall take over in a palace coup.

You understand Nigeria better than most. I still believe that the Buhari/Idiagbon coupé happened not because of the level of corruption during Shagari regime but to keep power in the north.

Mopolchi:
My aunty and her little son were in the crushed bus. My thoughts are stuck on them. Thinking of the great pains they felt and the unrealized hope of people extricating them they had before their demise. Not just that, she was the livewire of the family with her petty trade at Mile 12 market since her husband is suffering from or only recovering from a long term stroke. I feel for the children and the husband, my uncle. God gave and He has taken. He knows why? I won't question Him. I will only pray that He rests them in His abode. Aunty, your thoughts will be in my heart. Its an honour having known you. Jee nke oma!

My heartfelt condolences to your family and the other affected families. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

ishiamu:
They tryna force dis fulani man on us... we will resist them no matter how they try to intimidate us

I hope the clueless ones that want to vote Buhari are reading this. You guys might unknowingly be digging your own graves. As Americans would say, be careful what you pray for because you may get it.

HNosegbe:
The General seems to think the coup was in order, and on that point I disagree with him. It is an undisputable fact that the coup set us backwards. We can agree that the Shagari regime was corrupt, but what about the state governors? Lateef Jakande? Aper Aku? Olabisi Onabanjo? Melford Okilo? Sam Mbakwe? Adekunle Ajasin? Were they corrupt too? Some of these governors were driving development at the grassroots, delivering tangible "dividends of democracy" to their people, but their administrations were also cut short!!! Worse still, they were replaced by totally inept "military administrators" who knew next to nothing about how to run a state!!! Was that progress or retrogression?

The 1983 coup, like that of 1966, was a terrible mistake that set us back by decades.

Agree with u 100%. If the military did not come in, the democratic process would have taken care of the situation by people voting out the corrupt NPN. Shagari almost lost re-election to Awolowo.
It would have taken a miracle for NPN to have won the next election then. And I still believe that that was one of the reasons that Buhari and his boys struck: to keep power from slipping away from the north.
I believe Nigerians are a little wiser now and would not allow anyone in uniform taking over govt without going through election.

orbis:
Northern Nigeria doesn't have oil so what do you expect. ..

Pls be informed that there is oil in the north. It's just that commercial drilling has not yet started. Thanks.

kross01:
same people clamoring for low pump price are same people that will occupy naija if subsidy is removed today but then you can't ask for such low prices without deregulating the petroleum products market and allowing the forces of demand and supply determine products prices and thus private refineries can come on board

Don't mind them. You know, the masses are generally clueless, even in the USA. That's why the founding fathers of USA never allowed the masses to elect the president. Instead their presidents are elected by delegates.
And the people here are generally sentimental. Analytical thinking is a rare commodity with us.

dguy4:
Op pls get ur facts right before you post anything, America is not an oil producing state, you just can't compare them with us when it comes to crude oil, u compare your stats. with an oil producing state.

Hello there! America actually produces more crude oil than Nigeria.

That's by the way. What we really need is for the govt to completely deregulate the petroleum sector. The subsidy needs to be removed. Allow those with the capacity to import. Encourage private refineries. As long as we continue to import refined fuel, price will stay high. We should remember that the naira keeps falling in value.

dguyindcorner:
FAYOSE IS KNOWN TO BE A TOUT SINCE 2007, NO BE TODAY.

SAI APC

Well if what I observed today is anything to go by, Ambode and his group are no better than Fayose. I had to go to Kofo Abayomi in Apapa, oblivious of the campaign rally. The whole place was full of fierce looking touts/area boys. Most of the shops closed for fear of being looted. A lot of people got their phones snatched. Not pick pockets. They just snatch it as you are making call. Some of the touts were brandishing knives. Some vehicles were vandalized. It was scary. This is a sign it would be violent on election day.

KwoiZabo:
Let me answer for GEJ

1. Question one is not relevant because whether he promised OBJ or any group of people to run for one term or not, he did not promise Nigerians except OBJ want to tell us that he is greater than 170 million Nigerians.

2. What does OBJ mean by question 2? He should tell us what GEJ told him. As far as i am concerned GEJ has handled BH in the most civil way possible. If the Army kills at random, they will be charged wit human right abuse and Nyako would have been right in his letter.

3. External reserve and SWF were shared among the governors, in fact that is the main quarrel btw Amaechi led Gov. forum and GEJ, Amaechi wants it shared Okonjo-Iweala insisted on savings so it was shared with pressure from governors and we can see what FG has done with theirs (Loko-oweto bridge, Lagos Ibadan road, 9 new Univs etc) ask your Governors what they do with theirs

4. The security companies owned by former militants is part of the Amnesty programme which Yar'adua initiated, the militancy in the ND degenerated (escalated) during OBJ's tenure and what did he do about it? but these militants are not acting foolishly like BH (killing their own people and burning their villages).

5. Mr. OBJ question 5 is laughable. US would have arrested Kashamu when he was trafficking the drugs, why allow him till he became a political force in the SW before writing a letter. OBJ is also free to charge him to court meanwhile Kashamu is a mobilizer for the SW PDP and OBJ can hug transformer.


Meanwhile GEJ till Buhari knows the difference between Surname and Othernames

I swear if na Buhari be the only candidate, I go burn my PVC

APC trying hard to package the illiterate mallam since 8th Dec. 2014

I think you did great with your answers. Obasanjo is just playing to the gallery. He is responsible for our predicament. I believe he deliberately picked a pair, Yaradua/Jonathan, that would not out- shine him.
Having said that, I am repulsed by how Jonathan romances with people of very questionable characters: Buruji Kashamu, Tompolo, Asari Dokubo etc.

obioraval:
We are voting for APGA's Candidate. Engr Ernest Ndukwe for effective representation

I thank God we have a credible candidate like Engr Ernest Ndukwe also running. So people have a decent choice. I don't think an Anambra citizen in his or her right mind would vote for Chris Uba, a thug and illiterate.
For Anambra PDP to nominate somebody like him for the senate shows that something is seriously wrong with the party.
And if he had the support of the president, then I would really be disappointed. I can see a pattern here, with the president's support for Buruji Kashamu too. It puts to question the president's moral. I can see why he had no problem pardoning the former governor of Bayelsa state.
God forbid. Tufiakwa. Chris Uba representing Anambra.

adaybayor:
pls tell them...dont know what the complaints are about

Don't you think it is inappropriate for the governor and his team to enter the church with their caps on? If a christian governor had gone to a mosque with shoes on while the muslim members took off their shoes, will it be ok with you?
They come across to me as arrogant which is typical of us.
I don't know why they went to the church but I hope it is not part of campaign for a political position. They cancelled the positive gesture of attending church with their perceived arrogance.

morganist99:
For your Nokia lumia problems...pls post here to get solutions and softwares,upgrading,games...e.t.c

Well, I am getting frustrated by my Lumia 630. It keeps switching itself off. I have missed a lot of calls because of this. I have done hard reset but the problem is still there. I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

2undexy:
hmmmm...i should have known that not all men have 'common' sense cos their are some who have 'rare' sense...**** **

Geez!. I wonder who is lacking common sense here. So let us know what advise you gave your friend. A girl tells you she can only marry you if your mom is dead and you still want to have something to do with that girl? I think your friend deserves some serious flogging to help him get back his normal sense. Are you for real?