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CharlesCNG:
Nigeria’s opposition politics has developed a convenient judicial system: allegations against government officials are treated as convictions, while allegations against opposition favourites are dismissed as lies, bitterness or political vendetta.

Consider the cases of Peter Obi and Femi Gbajabiamila.

Kenneth Okonkwo alleged on Channels Television that Peter Obi and the NDC South-East leadership demanded ₦10 million from House of Representatives aspirants and ₦20 million from senatorial aspirants. He later released what he described as receipts and WhatsApp conversations supporting his claim. However, the aspirant at the centre of the controversy, Obunike Ohaegbu, denied telling Okonkwo that Obi personally demanded the money or compiled a candidate list. Obi has denied the allegations and filed an ₦8 billion defamation suit. No court has found him guilty.

Now consider Gbajabiamila.

Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly operated a fictitious government agency, claimed connections to the Chief of Staff. Gbajabiamila denied knowing him and reportedly alerted the police after discovering that his signature and official documents had allegedly been forged. Adeyemi and others now face criminal charges, while President Tinubu has ordered the ICPC to investigate everyone—including any public officials—who may have enabled the scheme.

Yet some opposition voices demand that Gbajabiamila be treated as guilty merely because his name was mentioned.

Very well.

Should Peter Obi also step down simply because Kenneth Okonkwo accused him?

Should “Go and Verify” now become “Accuse and Convict”?

Of course not.

Both allegations deserve investigation. Neither man should be convicted by headline.

But justice cannot operate on the Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale , where accusation is conclusive evidence against an APC official but malicious propaganda when it touches Peter Obi.

That is not accountability.

It is partisan opportunism wearing the borrowed robes of justice.

The standard must be simple: investigate everyone, follow the evidence, prosecute the guilty and vindicate the innocent.

If an allegation is enough to condemn one man, then it must be enough to condemn the other. If one deserves investigation before judgment, so does the other.

Justice cannot be like a traffic light controlled by party colours—green for your allies, red for your opponents.

The law must be a straight ruler, not a rubber band stretched to fit political convenience.

Anything less is not justice.

It is hypocrisy wearing a judge’s robe.

jmoore:
This data bot that was activated this year for propaganda is working 24/7 for his pay.

Peter Obi is telling Kenneth to come to court and prove his allegation.

For the ghost agency, a wise person will ask for the person that put the ghost agency into the budget..

AMINDA:
All his articles and replies to posts are A.I generated. Engaging him is the equivalent of debating with a bot.

Noblechykk:
I hope you are handsomely paid for this or did you volunteer as SSA to the president on Peter Obi affairs. Just because you have the ability to coin one or two grammar to make a fantastic sentence doesn't mean you have sense. If you have an iota of sense laced with a little shame even if it is as small as a mustard seed, you would have been tired in your consistent effort to defend monumental corruption under this government. But like I said earlier, I hope you are handsomely paid for it.

ratcock:
The op deserves pity.
He is just hustling for his pay.
The deal is the more you attack Obi the more your pay increases.

1vandragon:
How was a budget for a supposedly non-existent agency prepared under the office of the presidency?

Mind you, the 'fake' DG of that agency was in police custody at the time the budget was prepared. In fact, as at that time, there were already suspicions about the whole thing, yet a budget was prepared under the presidency...

Who prepared the presidency budget?

How can a president not know the offices directly under him?

What was the SFG doing when the fictitious agency was included in the budget prepared for the presidency?

PO is not a poster boy for anyone, in fact, he might just be as bad, but the issue here is holding those who control the nation's commonwealth to accountability.

Let party members of whatever party PO is in call for his suspension or removal, that is thier wahala.

CharlesCNG:
You are completely confusing the issue.

Nobody said the budget scandal should not be investigated. Nobody said the Presidency, SGF office, Budget Office, National Assembly committees, civil servants, approving officers and any political enablers should not be questioned.

They should be questioned thoroughly.

The question is different: **does the existence of a suspicious budget item automatically prove that Gbajabiamila personally collected ₦400 million?**

That is where your argument is collapsing.

You are moving from institutional failure to personal conviction without evidence. That is like seeing smoke in a building and immediately arresting the landlord’s cousin for arson because you dislike his family.

Yes, ask: who prepared the budget?
Yes, ask: who inserted the agency?
Yes, ask: who processed the documents?
Yes, ask: what did the SGF, Budget Office and National Assembly know?
Yes, ask: how did a fictitious agency travel through official channels?

Those are accountability questions.

But when you now say “therefore Gbaja is guilty,” you have left accountability and entered political witchcraft.

Holding people accountable does not mean convicting them by mention. Accountability means investigation, evidence, due process, prosecution where guilt is established, and punishment where guilt is proven.

That was my point.

If accusation alone is enough, then Peter Obi should also be treated as guilty based on Kenneth Okonkwo’s allegations. But you don’t accept that. You demand proof, denial, context and court process for Obi.

Good.

Then apply the same standard to Gbajabiamila.

You cannot say “investigate Obi before judgment” but “convict Gbaja because the scandal is big.”

That is not justice.

That is Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale.

1vandragon:
How was a budget for a supposedly non-existent agency prepared under the office of the presidency?

Mind you, the 'fake' DG of that agency was in police custody at the time the budget was prepared. In fact, as at that time, there were already suspicions about the whole thing, yet a budget was prepared under the presidency...

Who prepared the presidency budget?

How can a president not know the offices directly under him?

What was the SFG doing when the fictitious agency was included in the budget prepared for the presidency?

PO is not a poster boy for anyone, in fact, he might just be as bad, but the issue here is holding those who control the nation's commonwealth to accountability.

Let party members of whatever party PO is in call for his suspension or removal, that is thier wahala.

CharlesCNG:
You are completely confusing the issue.

Nobody said the budget scandal should not be investigated. Nobody said the Presidency, SGF office, Budget Office, National Assembly committees, civil servants, approving officers and any political enablers should not be questioned.

They should be questioned thoroughly.

The question is different: **does the existence of a suspicious budget item automatically prove that Gbajabiamila personally collected ₦400 million?**

That is where your argument is collapsing.

You are moving from institutional failure to personal conviction without evidence. That is like seeing smoke in a building and immediately arresting the landlord’s cousin for arson because you dislike his family.

Yes, ask: who prepared the budget?
Yes, ask: who inserted the agency?
Yes, ask: who processed the documents?
Yes, ask: what did the SGF, Budget Office and National Assembly know?
Yes, ask: how did a fictitious agency travel through official channels?

Those are accountability questions.

But when you now say “therefore Gbaja is guilty,” you have left accountability and entered political witchcraft.

Holding people accountable does not mean convicting them by mention. Accountability means investigation, evidence, due process, prosecution where guilt is established, and punishment where guilt is proven.

That was my point.

If accusation alone is enough, then Peter Obi should also be treated as guilty based on Kenneth Okonkwo’s allegations. But you don’t accept that. You demand proof, denial, context and court process for Obi.

Good.

Then apply the same standard to Gbajabiamila.

You cannot say “investigate Obi before judgment” but “convict Gbaja because the scandal is big.”

That is not justice.

That is Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale.

1vandragon:
You lack objectivity because your reasoning is clouded by a failed effort to excuse institutional incompetence and push a 'him too' agenda.

Was PO accused of attempting to corner government funds? No. As such, let his party members hold him accountable. No one is excusing him for anything.

The other person was accused of attempting to corner government resources, so it is only proper the Nigerian masses ask questions.

And if you are talking about due process and all what not, why are the security agents bent on arresting the supposed fake DG while the CoS walks freely? Shouldn't your logic also apply in this case? Or you are too jaundiced to see the flaw in your thinking?

Your whole position is not only flawed, but exposes a lack of basic reasoning ability commonly associated with supporters of bat.

CharlesCNG:
My obidient friend, this your “Nigerian masses” line is funny. Just say Obidient outrage caucus and rest.

You are pretending to speak for the Nigerian masses, but the selective anger is too obvious. The only reason this particular “fake DG” has suddenly become your anti-corruption hero is because his allegation touches Gbajabiamila. If tomorrow the same man accused Peter Obi, you people would remember due process immediately.

Now let us deal with your point.

Nobody said Nigerians should not ask questions about how a fake agency entered the budget. I have said repeatedly: investigate the Budget Office, SGF channels, Presidency approvals, National Assembly committees, civil servants, memos, signatures, and every person who enabled it.

But investigation is not the same as declaring Gbaja guilty because your bias obidient anti-tinubu political appetite wants him guilty.

You asked why security agents are after the fake DG while the CoS walks free. Simple question back to you: why is the “fake DG” running?

Gbajabiamila reportedly complained about forged documents and impersonation since last year. Your Fake DG hero has been arrested, charged to court, and is reportedly jumping bail. So what exactly should security agents do? Beg him with soft drink?

If a man has been charged and he refuses to face the court, he becomes a fugitive. That is not persecution. That is criminal procedure knocking on his door.

And please, stop pretending the allegation against Gbaja is strong simply because the scandal is big. The accuser reportedly said he never met Gbaja, never video-called him, spoke through a dead intermediary’s phone, and cannot show a clean payment trail directly linking Gbaja to ₦400 million.

That is why VDM asked basic questions and you people have now turned against him. he is now APC Paid agent!

My reference to Peter Obi and Kenneth Okonkwo was not “him too.” It was to expose your selective outrage. When Obi is accused, you ask for proof, context, denial, receipts, court process and investigation. Correct. But when Gbaja is accused, suddenly accusation becomes conviction.

That is not objectivity.

That is Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale.
You call it Nigerian masses, but the anger is wearing Obidient jersey and chasing only one man

DatNiggaDaz:


You don't even have shame. You wake up everyday looking for who to blame for the corruption and failures of your messiah and you are failing woefully at that. You csn see yourself how the failure of your gaslighting PO, Obidients falls everyday like a Pack of cards.

You are just decieving yourself data boi. If you think that most Nigerians are not aware of the corruption under your messiah to the extent of creating Oluwole agencies to loot the resourced of the country is a matter of Obidients or politics, then you are dwelling real deep in the coven öf mandate snatchers and grabbers

Hiw do expect that writing epistles to protect and absolve the crook as a resukt of institutional failures Shows the height of your self deception

You are wasting your time defendinf the thief of staff and his faaaake certttifficcate employer

CharlesCNG:
My obidient friend, this your “Nigerian masses” line is funny. Just say Obidient outrage caucus and rest.

You are pretending to speak for the Nigerian masses, but the selective anger is too obvious. The only reason this particular “fake DG” has suddenly become your anti-corruption hero is because his allegation touches Gbajabiamila. If tomorrow the same man accused Peter Obi, you people would remember due process immediately.

Now let us deal with your point.

Nobody said Nigerians should not ask questions about how a fake agency entered the budget. I have said repeatedly: investigate the Budget Office, SGF channels, Presidency approvals, National Assembly committees, civil servants, memos, signatures, and every person who enabled it.

But investigation is not the same as declaring Gbaja guilty because your bias obidient anti-tinubu political appetite wants him guilty.

You asked why security agents are after the fake DG while the CoS walks free. Simple question back to you: why is the “fake DG” running?

Gbajabiamila reportedly complained about forged documents and impersonation since last year. Your Fake DG hero has been arrested, charged to court, and is reportedly jumping bail. So what exactly should security agents do? Beg him with soft drink?

If a man has been charged and he refuses to face the court, he becomes a fugitive. That is not persecution. That is criminal procedure knocking on his door.

And please, stop pretending the allegation against Gbaja is strong simply because the scandal is big. The accuser reportedly said he never met Gbaja, never video-called him, spoke through a dead intermediary’s phone, and cannot show a clean payment trail directly linking Gbaja to ₦400 million.

That is why VDM asked basic questions and you people have now turned against him. he is now APC Paid agent!

My reference to Peter Obi and Kenneth Okonkwo was not “him too.” It was to expose your selective outrage. When Obi is accused, you ask for proof, context, denial, receipts, court process and investigation. Correct. But when Gbaja is accused, suddenly accusation becomes conviction.

That is not objectivity.

That is Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale.
You call it Nigerian masses, but the anger is wearing Obidient jersey and chasing only one man

1vandragon:
Attaching labels does not help your case. It only exposes your bias and efforts to use such subjective attachment as a crutch.

You are introducing fairy tales about providing excuses for PO. While that may be so in some areas, I for one have no issues with him being dragged in the court of public opinion.

But the difference is this, PO's alleged malfeasance occurred within his party. Let his party members hold him to account. They can even take him to court.

But in the case of the fake DG, it involves not just government finances, but speaks to the heart of accountability for the commonwealth of the masses. Or is it only 'obidients' that pay taxes?

Has any of Gbaga's kith or Kin's home being invaded and questioned by the security agencies the way the fake DG's father was?

Anyway, you don't have it in you to express any form of logic as is common amongst those who support a man with questionable history and comfortably surrounds himself with ex-cons and bagmen.

CharlesCNG:
Nigeria’s opposition politics has developed a convenient judicial system: allegations against government officials are treated as convictions, while allegations against opposition favourites are dismissed as lies, bitterness or political vendetta.

Consider the cases of Peter Obi and Femi Gbajabiamila.

Kenneth Okonkwo alleged on Channels Television that Peter Obi and the NDC South-East leadership demanded ₦10 million from House of Representatives aspirants and ₦20 million from senatorial aspirants. He later released what he described as receipts and WhatsApp conversations supporting his claim. However, the aspirant at the centre of the controversy, Obunike Ohaegbu, denied telling Okonkwo that Obi personally demanded the money or compiled a candidate list. Obi has denied the allegations and filed an ₦8 billion defamation suit. No court has found him guilty.

Now consider Gbajabiamila.

Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly operated a fictitious government agency, claimed connections to the Chief of Staff. Gbajabiamila denied knowing him and reportedly alerted the police after discovering that his signature and official documents had allegedly been forged. Adeyemi and others now face criminal charges, while President Tinubu has ordered the ICPC to investigate everyone—including any public officials—who may have enabled the scheme.

Yet some opposition voices demand that Gbajabiamila be treated as guilty merely because his name was mentioned.

Very well.

Should Peter Obi also step down simply because Kenneth Okonkwo accused him?

Should “Go and Verify” now become “Accuse and Convict”?

Of course not.

Both allegations deserve investigation. Neither man should be convicted by headline.

But justice cannot operate on the Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale , where accusation is conclusive evidence against an APC official but malicious propaganda when it touches Peter Obi.

That is not accountability.

It is partisan opportunism wearing the borrowed robes of justice.

The standard must be simple: investigate everyone, follow the evidence, prosecute the guilty and vindicate the innocent.

If an allegation is enough to condemn one man, then it must be enough to condemn the other. If one deserves investigation before judgment, so does the other.

Justice cannot be like a traffic light controlled by party colours—green for your allies, red for your opponents.

The law must be a straight ruler, not a rubber band stretched to fit political convenience.

Anything less is not justice.

It is hypocrisy wearing a judge’s robe.

CharlesCNG:
Nigeria’s opposition politics has developed a convenient judicial system: allegations against government officials are treated as convictions, while allegations against opposition favourites are dismissed as lies, bitterness or political vendetta.

Consider the cases of Peter Obi and Femi Gbajabiamila.

Kenneth Okonkwo alleged on Channels Television that Peter Obi and the NDC South-East leadership demanded ₦10 million from House of Representatives aspirants and ₦20 million from senatorial aspirants. He later released what he described as receipts and WhatsApp conversations supporting his claim. However, the aspirant at the centre of the controversy, Obunike Ohaegbu, denied telling Okonkwo that Obi personally demanded the money or compiled a candidate list. Obi has denied the allegations and filed an ₦8 billion defamation suit. No court has found him guilty.

Now consider Gbajabiamila.

Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly operated a fictitious government agency, claimed connections to the Chief of Staff. Gbajabiamila denied knowing him and reportedly alerted the police after discovering that his signature and official documents had allegedly been forged. Adeyemi and others now face criminal charges, while President Tinubu has ordered the ICPC to investigate everyone—including any public officials—who may have enabled the scheme.

Yet some opposition voices demand that Gbajabiamila be treated as guilty merely because his name was mentioned.

Very well.

Should Peter Obi also step down simply because Kenneth Okonkwo accused him?

Should “Go and Verify” now become “Accuse and Convict”?

Of course not.

Both allegations deserve investigation. Neither man should be convicted by headline.

But justice cannot operate on the Obidient Selective-Outrage Scale , where accusation is conclusive evidence against an APC official but malicious propaganda when it touches Peter Obi.

That is not accountability.

It is partisan opportunism wearing the borrowed robes of justice.

The standard must be simple: investigate everyone, follow the evidence, prosecute the guilty and vindicate the innocent.

If an allegation is enough to condemn one man, then it must be enough to condemn the other. If one deserves investigation before judgment, so does the other.

Justice cannot be like a traffic light controlled by party colours—green for your allies, red for your opponents.

The law must be a straight ruler, not a rubber band stretched to fit political convenience.

Anything less is not justice.

It is hypocrisy wearing a judge’s robe.

CharlesCNG:
You have simply invented a convenient two-tier standard.

When allegations touch Obi, you say: “It is an internal party matter.”

When allegations touch Gbajabiamila, you say: “It concerns the commonwealth.”

No. Allegations involving bribery, candidate selection and political corruption are also matters of public interest, especially when the accused seeks the presidency.

My argument has never been that the fake-agency case is unimportant. It is serious and must be fully investigated.

My argument is that seriousness does not equal automatic guilt.

Investigate the forged documents, public funds, officials involved and every alleged beneficiary. If evidence implicates Gbajabiamila, prosecute him.

But your inability to extend the same presumption of innocence to political opponents exposes the selective outrage I described.

And ending with insults about Tinubu’s supporters does not repair the logic.

It merely confirms that when your double standard is challenged, abuse becomes the emergency exit.

Dalohad:
My good friend.

Your submission holds no water and your logic falls like a pack of card when subjected to a test of objectivity.

Peter Obi and Gbajabiamila are incomparable if ethics, incorruptibility, impeccability and honor are factors of determinants for leadership in our politicosphere

About 15 years ago, Gbaja was reported as a Fugitive who scammed a woman of her legal fees in the US, ran to Nigeria and became Tinubu's political godson. He was debarred in the USA.

There is allegation against Tinubu that seems to be true- If you are not a crook or a fraud, he cannot work with you in politics. We have looked around, and many people associated with him seem to have questionable characters. Gbaja appears to be one of them, and the Adeyemi PFIPC scandal seems to have brought to the fore many underhand dealings that have orchestrated by Gbaja under the Tinubu administration.

Now compare that to Peter Obi's records. All the allegations against Peter Obi emanated since the 2023 elections when he contested elections and won majority of the votes in Southern Nigeria. Where were those allegations before he declared to contest elections?

Before contesting elections, PO took all his documents, file and walked to the EFCC asking them to scrutinize and investigate him. How many of your pro-Tinubu acolytes can do such?

Your campaign against PO is political propaganda and witch-hunting and holds no water. On the hand, Gbaja has a documented international reputation as a fraud and a crook who ran away from the US after swindling an old woman of her legal fees.

Apples and Corn 🌽

ogolemati:
bye

1vandragon:
How was a budget for a supposedly non-existent agency prepared under the office of the presidency?

Mind you, the 'fake' DG of that agency was in police custody at the time the budget was prepared. In fact, as at that time, there were already suspicions about the whole thing, yet a budget was prepared under the presidency...

Who prepared the presidency budget?

How can a president not know the offices directly under him?

What was the SFG doing when the fictitious agency was included in the budget prepared for the presidency?

PO is not a poster boy for anyone, in fact, he might just be as bad, but the issue here is holding those who control the nation's commonwealth to accountability.

Let party members of whatever party PO is in call for his suspension or removal, that is thier wahala.