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PETER OBI BOUGHT £1 MILLION HOUSE IN UK IN 6 MONTHS AS ABACHA WORKER
Hear Peter Obi Boast of Buying a House In London For £1 Million, Six Months After Abacha Appointed Him Into His Government On April 24, 1996. Video is at link given below:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1267303472250041/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Read David Mark's Monday, April 11, 1994 Interview of How He And Other Military Officers Brought Abacha To Power.

He Also Claimed That He and His Colleagues Refused To Validate Chief MKO Abiola's June 12, 1993 Victory Because Yoruba Obas Wanted Full-Scale Military Rule. This Claim Was Later Debunked By Multiple Yoruba Obas and Elders, Who Claimed It Was An Excuse David Mark And His Colleagues Used To Topple The Civilian Administration of Earnest Shonekan.

Newswatch: What happened?

Mark: When we saw that things were getting out of control in the country and it had become obvious that the interim government could not hold an election and the ship of state was drifting precariously, we reluctantly decided that the military should again intervene. When we met, we considered three possible options. The first option was to give Shonekan and his team the teeth to be able to bite and conduct the presidential election successfully as was in the transition programme. The second option was to go for a short but full military regime for six months and conduct only the presidential election thereafter. And the third option was a mixed grill, a diluted military regime for no more than one year, culminating again in a presidential election.

Most of us favoured option one for obvious reasons. We believed that Nigeria at that time, was not in the mood for a military regime. People were no longer prepared to tolerate the military. In addition, most of us were acutely aware that the entire world was moving toward democracy. The dramatic effects of the last few years-the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of democratic movements around the world clearly galvanised that point.

Newswatch: How were you to accomplish this?

Mark: We were to accomplish option one by openly telling the nation that the military was strongly behind Shonekan and his team in their effort to complete the transition programme successfully. General Abacha was to make the announcement and warn the State Governments that were not cooperating that they risked being removed and state of emergency being declared in their states. We were to be emphatic and unequivocal in our support for Shonekan and his team. But surprisingly the Governors did not want Shonekan to succeed. They made Abacha's home their pilgrimage point and urged Abacha to take over power.

The second option was a short full fledged military regime for six months - we discarded this for obvious reasons, some of which I have already told you.

This option presented more problems than we could handle at that time. The problems included possible economic sanctions from the western world, head on collision with the international monetary and financial institutions; if at that late stage in our march towards democracy we returned to military government again, it would completely undermine our leadership role in the African continent. And more importantly there was the possibility of being disgraced out of office by a civilian uprising. We were not even sure that the soldiers in the barracks who had also witnessed the move toward democracy around the world, would be supportive. Why should they anyway when their condition is worse off in a military regime? And we realised sadly too that the solution to our economic and political problems could not be solved by simple military decree.

The third option, which was a longer one, was a diluted military arrangement for no more than one year. Within this one year we were to conduct all the elections from local government chairmanship to the presidential. After all, Obasanjo and Yar'Adua did their elections in one year; therefore there was no reason why we could not have done the same.

In all the three options, there were a few constants. The two political parties were to remain, although they could be renamed if the politicians so desired, government was to stop funding the political parties. Parties were to fund themselves, the parties were not to be treated as government parastatals. The parties were to refund N100 million each back to the government. Independent candidacy was to be allowed in all the elections and as much as possible each of the two political parties was to nominate a southern presidential candidate for obvious reasons.

Newstwatch: By southern Presidential candidate do you mean a Yoruba?

Mark: No not necessarily, I mean a candidate from the Southern part of Nigeria. He could be Igbo or any Southern minority.

Newswatch: You did not appear to have settled on any of the three options. What we now have bears no resemblance to all the careful calculations. What happened?

Mark: Yes we did settle on an option. At the end of a stormy debate, we favoured option one which marked the beginning of a major disagreement within the group. Eventually, General Abacha and Diya reluctantly agreed but with the proviso that Diya "would sound out the CD, CLO, Yoruba leaders of thought, the elders, and the Obas to see if option three would be acceptable." Diya confirmed that he sent Onagoruwa to meet the Ala'afin and to tell him that the Ooni was opposed to a military regime in hope thereby to get his support, since Diya knew the two traditional rulers rarely agreed on any one issue. He also added that he had discussed with Jakande who was prepared to abandon Abiola if he was offered the position of Minister of External Affairs or Finance. Diya maintained that most Yoruba leaders would settle on any other Yoruba man, apart from an Egbaman, as a presidential candidate. He eventually assured us that after an extensive consultation with Gani, Beko, Falana, Onagoruwa, the CLO, CD, the elders, the Obas, and the leaders of thought, they agreed to support total military regime for no less than five years to put the economy right. He then arranged for Onagoruwa to go and thank all those involved as well as seek the support of other eminent Yorubas.

Newswatch: Was Diya's assurance of the support of the Yoruba all you needed to adopt option three?

Mark: Yes, option three, as originally conceived, that is for one year because our concern at that state was how best to defuse the tension in the western part of the country and assure the Yorubas that there was no plan to deliberately deny them or any section of the country, for that matter, the presidency.

Like I said earlier we were also worried about the popularity and support of the CD and CLO in the Yoruba speaking area. Happily we were assured that Onagoruwa had taken care of that sector.

Newswatch: If all of you were anxious for democracy, did you consider reversing the annulment of the June 12 election?

Mark: No.

Newswatch: Why?

Mark: Because after Diya, consulted with the Yoruba leaders of thought, they unanimously and unequivocally agreed to forego June 12 and instead opted for a military government. It was at this point that Diya again raised the issue of discarding option one because Chief Shonekan would deliberately ensure that Abiola was one of the presidential candidates. He said that would be against the wishes of the Obas and the Yoruba leaders of thought.

JESU!

See money!

In 1996!

Over 30 years ago!

This man has finished this country.

No wonder he hates NADECO freedom fighters like Tinubu, who fought Abacha on the streets.

They were putting sand-sand in his garri.

CRIMINAL.

Wow you have these files and efcc still allowing Obi to walk freely…. Sometimes you guys should be applying your brains even if it’s once a week

floss:
Wow you have these files and efcc still allowing Obi to walk freely…. Sometimes you guys should be applying your brains even if it’s once a week

What’s EFCC business with what happened in the military government?

Why is EFCC allowing Atiku and other corrupt politicians like Obi walking freely now?

Obi never shy away from always flaunting his relationship with Abacha. He even stated recently that Abacha government which he served in is better democratically than Tinubu government.

Anybody can buy anything they want, if you have the money you can anything you want.

Oga, find another propaganda.

We've gone past this one since 2023.

It won't fly.

Do more research.

Moroccoguy:
Anybody can buy anything they want, if you have the money you can anything you want.

Especially if you are appointed by Abacha to head the Port of Lagos and collect bribes all day from importers of contraband goods and fake drugs.

Na today.
PROPAGANDA AGAIN.
They should dig more..
Or striped his undies

OBI REMAINS STAINLESS COMPARE TO AN AVERAGE NIGERIA POLITICIANS..

Go and VERIFY,

Kemetian:
JESU!

See money!

In 1996!

Over 30 years ago!

This man has finished this country.

No wonder he hates NADECO freedom fighters like Tinubu, who fought Abacha on the streets.

They were putting sand-sand in his garri.

CRIMINAL.

Is this Tinubu, seen ‘drinking coffee with Abacha,’ also a NADECO freedom fighter, the one who went to beg Abacha for a commissioner post?

LegendHero:
What’s EFCC business with what happened in the military government?

Why is EFCC allowing Atiku and other corrupt politicians like Obi walking freely now?

Obi never shy away from always flaunting his relationship with Abacha. He even stated recently that Abacha government which he served in is better democratically than Tinubu government.

According to you, obi looted Nigeria with Abacha, obi is walking freely while Abacha loot is recovered daily from foreign governments… make it make sense that obi that looted Nigeria during Abacha regime is walking freely ?

Sometimes be using your brain even if it’s once a week

They have never managed to tell anyone what job Abacha gave Peter Obi

And unpaid job to help decongest ports that lasted just two months

What position did he work in Abacha government??

State the Position and the Portfolio

Kushites:
Especially if you are appointed by Abacha to head the Port of Lagos and collect bribes all day from importers of contraband goods and fake drugs.

What position did he head at the Port, was he head of customs, NCAA, FAAN, Immigration??

Kemetian:
JESU!

See money!

In 1996!

Over 30 years ago!

This man has finished this country.

No wonder he hates NADECO freedom fighters like Tinubu, who fought Abacha on the streets.

They were putting sand-sand in his garri.

CRIMINAL.

What position did he work in Abacha's government?

floss:
According to you, obi looted Nigeria with Abacha, obi is walking freely while Abacha loot is recovered daily from foreign governments… make it make sense that obi that looted Nigeria during Abacha regime is walking freely ?

Sometimes be using your brain even if it’s once a week

Abacha looted some within Nigeria and looted some and stash them abroad. Obi stole those one within Nigeria.

There are actually lot of politicians that looted with Abacha that are walking freely and some deceased. Ojuku is one of them, Abacha bought him a brand new car then from the loot.

Check the top right of this 1994 news

In as much as Abacha government is far better than this SW president. What did Abacha appoint obi to do and was he paid for helping decongest the port as a businessman who was equally into importation
While obi was into guinue business. Tell us what your yoruba president was doing beside drugs in USA.Tinubu aka yoruba president is the worst president in the history of nigeria. Someone that even Buhari is far better as president

LegendHero:
Abacha looted some within Nigeria and looted some and stash them abroad. Obi stole those one within Nigeria.

There are actually lot of politicians that looted with Abacha that are walking freely and some deceased. Ojuku is one of them, Abacha bought him a brand new car then from the loot.

Check the top right of this 1994 news

What SW president has looted in just 3 yrs plus via borrowing will take nigeria to her fourth generation to pay pack.Nothing will stop him from going to jail in 2027 and all our wealth collected from his family

Streetinvestor2:
In as much as Abacha government is far better than this SW president. What did Abacha appoint obi to do and was he paid for helping decongest the port as a businessman who was equally into importation
While obi was into guinue business. Tell us what your yoruba president was doing beside drugs in USA.Tinubu aka yoruba president is the worst president in the history of nigeria. Someone that even Buhari is far better as president

Obi was never into any genuine business. I pull his his public NEXT company in the UK official record and from his taxes, that company is less than a £50k.

I don’t know how exactly he hoodwink people to believe he is a billionaire somehow from his business. If you doubt me, I will upload his tax return here on Nairaland.

That guy looted with Abacha then looted the remaining when he became governor and stash the funds in Pandora offshore while projecting himself as a modest guy while his wife spend over 50milli on jewelry and wears.

LegendHero:
Abacha looted some within Nigeria and looted some and stash them abroad. Obi stole those one within Nigeria.

There are actually lot of politicians that looted with Abacha that are walking freely and some deceased. Ojuku is one of them, Abacha bought him a brand new car then from the loot.

Check the top right of this 1994 news

Wow you knew all these and Efcc doesn’t ?

Is that why obi is untouchable ?

My dear, you no get talk, I want a situation where Efcc will have something to arrest obi with, don’t you agree ?

LegendHero:
Abacha looted some within Nigeria and looted some and stash them abroad. Obi stole those one within Nigeria.

There are actually lot of politicians that looted with Abacha that are walking freely and some deceased. Ojuku is one of them, Abacha bought him a brand new car then from the loot.

Check the top right of this 1994 news

Abacha shared brand new limousines to yoruba obas while mko was in prison. Made yoruba man diya his no 2 man. Appointed adisa, agunloye, olarenwaju in top position

nedu666:
Abacha shared brand new limousines to yoruba obasanjo while mko was in prison. Made yoruba man diya his no 2 man. Appointed adisa, agunloye, olarenwaju in top position

Yes, they all shared in his loot. Just exactly like Peter Obi and Ojukwu

floss:
Wow you have these files and efcc still allowing Obi to walk freely…. Sometimes you guys should be applying your brains even if it’s once a week

If dem write petition against am now,you go say na wizard hunt.
There are a lot of former governors that stole their states blind like Obi that have never been disturbed by EFCC.

LegendHero:
Obi was never into any genuine business. I pull his his public NEXT company in the UK official record and from his taxes, that company is less than a £50k.

I don’t know how exactly he hoodwink people to believe he is a billionaire somehow from his business. If you doubt me, I will upload his tax return here on Nairaland.

That guy looted with Abacha then looted the remaining when he became governor and stash the funds in Pandora offshore while projecting himself as a modest guy while his wife spend over 50milli on jewelry and wears.

Choi! Choi choi

LegendHero:
Yes, they all shared in his loot. Just exactly like Peter Obi and Ojukwu

Which loot? Mention the position abacha gave obi. Mention the top lgbo people in abacha govt. Yorubas were well represented in abacha govt. Yet they are forming pro democracy activist

nedu666:
Which loot? Mention the position abacha gave obi. Mention the top lgbo people in abacha govt. Yorubas were well represented in abacha govt. Yet they are forming pro democracy activist

Guy don’t even go there. Ibo people work well with Abacha to the extent that Ojuku even advised him to hang Abiola. I don’t need to debate that again coz it’s wastage of time.

Obi worked with Abacha in port and you don’t even need to hold an office to share in a loot. Diezani used some guys to move money who were never in government. Zamfara current governor is an example.

Are you denying Obi shared in Abacha loot?

computergenius:
PETER OBI BOUGHT £1 MILLION HOUSE IN UK IN 6 MONTHS AS ABACHA WORKER
Hear Peter Obi Boast of Buying a House In London For £1 Million, Six Months After Abacha Appointed Him Into His Government On April 24, 1996. Video is at link given below:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1267303472250041/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Read David Mark's Monday, April 11, 1994 Interview of How He And Other Military Officers Brought Abacha To Power.

He Also Claimed That He and His Colleagues Refused To Validate Chief MKO Abiola's June 12, 1993 Victory Because Yoruba Obas Wanted Full-Scale Military Rule. This Claim Was Later Debunked By Multiple Yoruba Obas and Elders, Who Claimed It Was An Excuse David Mark And His Colleagues Used To Topple The Civilian Administration of Earnest Shonekan.

Newswatch: What happened?

Mark: When we saw that things were getting out of control in the country and it had become obvious that the interim government could not hold an election and the ship of state was drifting precariously, we reluctantly decided that the military should again intervene. When we met, we considered three possible options. The first option was to give Shonekan and his team the teeth to be able to bite and conduct the presidential election successfully as was in the transition programme. The second option was to go for a short but full military regime for six months and conduct only the presidential election thereafter. And the third option was a mixed grill, a diluted military regime for no more than one year, culminating again in a presidential election.

Most of us favoured option one for obvious reasons. We believed that Nigeria at that time, was not in the mood for a military regime. People were no longer prepared to tolerate the military. In addition, most of us were acutely aware that the entire world was moving toward democracy. The dramatic effects of the last few years-the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of democratic movements around the world clearly galvanised that point.

Newswatch: How were you to accomplish this?

Mark: We were to accomplish option one by openly telling the nation that the military was strongly behind Shonekan and his team in their effort to complete the transition programme successfully. General Abacha was to make the announcement and warn the State Governments that were not cooperating that they risked being removed and state of emergency being declared in their states. We were to be emphatic and unequivocal in our support for Shonekan and his team. But surprisingly the Governors did not want Shonekan to succeed. They made Abacha's home their pilgrimage point and urged Abacha to take over power.

The second option was a short full fledged military regime for six months - we discarded this for obvious reasons, some of which I have already told you.

This option presented more problems than we could handle at that time. The problems included possible economic sanctions from the western world, head on collision with the international monetary and financial institutions; if at that late stage in our march towards democracy we returned to military government again, it would completely undermine our leadership role in the African continent. And more importantly there was the possibility of being disgraced out of office by a civilian uprising. We were not even sure that the soldiers in the barracks who had also witnessed the move toward democracy around the world, would be supportive. Why should they anyway when their condition is worse off in a military regime? And we realised sadly too that the solution to our economic and political problems could not be solved by simple military decree.

The third option, which was a longer one, was a diluted military arrangement for no more than one year. Within this one year we were to conduct all the elections from local government chairmanship to the presidential. After all, Obasanjo and Yar'Adua did their elections in one year; therefore there was no reason why we could not have done the same.

In all the three options, there were a few constants. The two political parties were to remain, although they could be renamed if the politicians so desired, government was to stop funding the political parties. Parties were to fund themselves, the parties were not to be treated as government parastatals. The parties were to refund N100 million each back to the government. Independent candidacy was to be allowed in all the elections and as much as possible each of the two political parties was to nominate a southern presidential candidate for obvious reasons.

Newstwatch: By southern Presidential candidate do you mean a Yoruba?

Mark: No not necessarily, I mean a candidate from the Southern part of Nigeria. He could be Igbo or any Southern minority.

Newswatch: You did not appear to have settled on any of the three options. What we now have bears no resemblance to all the careful calculations. What happened?

Mark: Yes we did settle on an option. At the end of a stormy debate, we favoured option one which marked the beginning of a major disagreement within the group. Eventually, General Abacha and Diya reluctantly agreed but with the proviso that Diya "would sound out the CD, CLO, Yoruba leaders of thought, the elders, and the Obas to see if option three would be acceptable." Diya confirmed that he sent Onagoruwa to meet the Ala'afin and to tell him that the Ooni was opposed to a military regime in hope thereby to get his support, since Diya knew the two traditional rulers rarely agreed on any one issue. He also added that he had discussed with Jakande who was prepared to abandon Abiola if he was offered the position of Minister of External Affairs or Finance. Diya maintained that most Yoruba leaders would settle on any other Yoruba man, apart from an Egbaman, as a presidential candidate. He eventually assured us that after an extensive consultation with Gani, Beko, Falana, Onagoruwa, the CLO, CD, the elders, the Obas, and the leaders of thought, they agreed to support total military regime for no less than five years to put the economy right. He then arranged for Onagoruwa to go and thank all those involved as well as seek the support of other eminent Yorubas.

Newswatch: Was Diya's assurance of the support of the Yoruba all you needed to adopt option three?

Mark: Yes, option three, as originally conceived, that is for one year because our concern at that state was how best to defuse the tension in the western part of the country and assure the Yorubas that there was no plan to deliberately deny them or any section of the country, for that matter, the presidency.

Like I said earlier we were also worried about the popularity and support of the CD and CLO in the Yoruba speaking area. Happily we were assured that Onagoruwa had taken care of that sector.

Newswatch: If all of you were anxious for democracy, did you consider reversing the annulment of the June 12 election?

Mark: No.

Newswatch: Why?

Mark: Because after Diya, consulted with the Yoruba leaders of thought, they unanimously and unequivocally agreed to forego June 12 and instead opted for a military government. It was at this point that Diya again raised the issue of discarding option one because Chief Shonekan would deliberately ensure that Abiola was one of the presidential candidates. He said that would be against the wishes of the Obas and the Yoruba leaders of thought.

tinubu is still a drug baron and cocain sniffer.

let him show us his certificate from chicago

With all una propaganda, OBI the Tsunami, is still the cleanest politician, any day, any time, not like one that began school, even before the school was established. Yeye jagaban, that can't fit win him state of origin.

Putinofrussia:
If dem write petition against am now,you go say na wizard hunt.
There are a lot of former governors that stole their states blind like Obi that have never been disturbed by EFCC.

You think Tulumbu care about any opposition if he has anything against his biggest opponent Obi?

You think Tulumbu will think twice about witch hunting if obi is a thief like you claimed ?

Like I said sometimes, try and be applying common sense and your brain when spewing those things from your mouth even if it’s once in a week …

So if I have a way to make my rival run away from the country due to corruption and stealing, I shouldn’t use it to my advantage because of how the public or his supporters will feel ?

Try and be asking yourself if you’re making sense

So obi from a minority tribe is bigger than el Rufai Abi , yet here you are talking nonsense

LegendHero:
Guy don’t even go there. Ibo people work well with Abacha to the extent that Ojuku even advised him to hang Abiola. I don’t need to debate that again coz it’s wastage of time.

Obi worked with Abacha in port and you don’t even need to hold an office to share in a loot. Diezani used some guys to move money who were never in government. Zamfara current governor is an example.

Are you denying Obi shared in Abacha loot?

Rubbish. Mention the lgbos who held positions in abacha govt. I have listed the yorubas who held positions. Also mention the job you claim abacha gave obi