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Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by sweetgala(m): 12:24pm On Feb 12, 2015
femliany:
yes.they are illiterates but you are uneducated...you are confused..literacy means ability to read and write
You my friend are truly an illiterate , to be uneducated formally is not a bad thing as it doesn't mean one can not read and write.

However the true definition of literacy is the ability to read, rigjt but most importantly comprehend (understand)

Patience Jonathan is an illiterate my grand mother was not formally educated past primary level 6 but reads writes and understands, can you comprehend that !
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by fydence: 12:24pm On Feb 12, 2015
clevvermind:
apc is full of illiterate people. it is a pity.
ahn ahn... No now.. They have 'chicagoand toronto' cerpitkates..
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Nobody: 12:26pm On Feb 12, 2015
adbokus:
olodo amukunmeko!...
and he said adbokus is a waste....thats what AIaT said
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by 9jatatafo(m): 12:28pm On Feb 12, 2015
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Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Nobody: 12:29pm On Feb 12, 2015
Olamitisoji:
Very True Mr. President, synonyms of stealing, breach of trust, bribery,
bribing, crime, crookedness,
demoralization, exploitation, extortion,
fiddling, fraud, fraudulency, graft,
jobbery, malfeasance,
misrepresentation, nepotism, on the
take, payoff, payola, profiteering,
racket, shadiness, shady deal, shuffle,
skimming, squeeze*, unscrupulousness,
venality.
Antonyms: decency, honesty, honor,
truthfulness, wholesomeness.

This is for people that still thinks stealing is corruption.

GEJ till 2019.
Are you sure you went to school? if you did, did you learn anything at all? Do you not realize that all you wrote as synonyms of stealing all fall under corruption?
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by clevvermind(m): 12:31pm On Feb 12, 2015
fydence:
ahn ahn... No now.. They have 'chicagoand toronto' cerpitkates..
gringrin
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Olamitisoji(m): 12:37pm On Feb 12, 2015
naijadeyhia:
Are you sure you went to school? if you did, did you learn anything at all? Do you not realize that all you wrote as synonyms of stealing all fall under corruption?
Are you sure you went to school also?? Synonyms of stealing: abduct, appropriate,
blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat,
cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle,
heist, hold for ransom, hold up,
housebreak, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot,
make off with, misappropriate, peculate,
pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize,
plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove,
rifle, rip off, run off with, sack,
shoplift, snitch, spirit away, stick up,
strip, swindle, swipe, take, take
possession of, thieve, walk off with,
withdraw
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by englishmart(m): 12:40pm On Feb 12, 2015
Pennyways:
shut your teeth, daft idioot. for the fact that you couldn't understand doesn't mean you should interrupt others learned individuals
based on the emboldened, it's apparent you are a bastard illiterate.... Carmelia
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by horlarkunle: 12:41pm On Feb 12, 2015
ShowYourCertificate:
This is what happens when an opposition is illiterate and without certificate. How can you say stealing is corruption? So it means armed robbers are corrupt? SMH

EFCC prosecutes those who steal while ICPC prosecutes those who are corrupt. It's a simple knowledge but our certificateless Buhari find it hard to comprehend grin

[size=25pt]#BuhariShowYourCertificate[/size]
i swear if your stealing is not corruption government had spent much time looking for chibok girls than buhari's certificate...maybe they would have seen them by now!
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by jsunex(m): 12:45pm On Feb 12, 2015
Nah wa ooo, nah only for NAIJA u go see way person steal 1bn dem call am corruption and person way steal 5 naira call thief
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Nobody: 12:45pm On Feb 12, 2015
Olamitisoji:
Are you sure you went to school also?? Synonyms of stealing: abduct, appropriate,
blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat,
cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle,
heist, hold for ransom, hold up,
housebreak, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot,
make off with, misappropriate, peculate,
pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize,
plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove,
rifle, rip off, run off with, sack,
shoplift, snitch, spirit away, stick up,
strip, swindle, swipe, take, take
possession of, thieve, walk off with,
withdraw
Let me help you. I will also paste synonyms of the word corruption here. Please let me know if any word there looks familiar ok? I have highlighted some words from your quote for you.

corruption
kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
noun
noun: corruption; plural noun: corruptions

1.
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
"the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places"
synonyms: dishonesty, dishonest dealings, unscrupulousness, deceit, deception, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, lawbreaking, crime, criminality, delinquency, wrongdoing, villainy;



From my post you can see that corruption is a crime and so is stealing. Stealing is also a dishonest dealing, it is a misconduct and fraudulent. Like i said i wonder if you got to learn anything in school
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Nicklaus(m): 12:47pm On Feb 12, 2015
Hoba007:
Educated fool! if you like go and a buy the front page of newspaper just to insult, common sense is far from guys like you, if this is kind of comment you get from being educated, i want to know the school you graduated from but anyway........ there are no courses in our tertiary institutions on common sense, it would have really helped you. I know you are one of those PDP social media thugs, you have sold your soul because of money.
Go AND A BUY huh IF THIS IS KIND OF COMMENT huh And u think I should keep quoting you with this kind of blunders huh Well I suppose not, if u can't type correctly how would you understand what someone else typed. And buddy, better to be a pdp thug than to be an APEcian, or haven't we had enough monkeys for president in this country ? Well we have, you solecistic punk! Join the yellow fever team.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by femliany(m): 12:52pm On Feb 12, 2015
[quote
author=sweetgala post=30660326]You my friend are truly an illiterate , to be uneducated formally is not
a bad thing as it doesn't mean one can not read and write.

However the true definition of literacy is the ability to read, rigjt
but most importantly comprehend (understand)

Patience Jonathan is an illiterate my grand mother was not formally
educated past primary level 6 but reads writes and understands, can you
comprehend that ![/quote]your line of justification is wrong..
your premise,claim,arguement and conclusion are totally contradictory
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by adbokus(m): 12:53pm On Feb 12, 2015
sod09:
I'm waiting don't let me force u
if u are so taken by your morbid depravity, you know 1000ways to do it. Don't you?!...
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by XRAY21(m): 12:53pm On Feb 12, 2015
sod09:
wen d clueless one is still d president.....
stealing is not corruption
this man no day think b4 opening his mouth
like husband like wife grin
brain washed mumu did you read what he said ? If you read it and still wrote this you problem no come from here o
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by femliany(m): 12:54pm On Feb 12, 2015
femliany
post=30655009:

yes.they are illiterates but you are uneducated...you are
confused..literacy means ability to read and write
clevvermind, you are not all that clever afterall you ve a confused mind
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by XRAY21(m): 12:56pm On Feb 12, 2015
Hoba007:
Ops, You are just as stupid and clueless as your president, the question you need to ask yourself what is the meaning or definition of the world 'corruption', which means 'dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery', what is the definition of 'stealing' it means; taking (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. All these babbling and mumbling of the sadistic bastard just to safe face isn't working. There are only three types of people that would vote for the clueless one, the hypocrites, their types have being with us for centuries, God didn't speak well of the hypocrites, the Evil doers, those ones are the corrupts politicians, corrupt Nigerians, the drug dealers they know if buhari becomes the president is longer business as usual for them and lastly, the stupid ones and they constitutes 90% of the people supporting the clueless one, reason a state governor would say he knows the president has done nothing for his people but he would still vote for him. If you sat down and watched the rambling of the clueless one on Tv yesterday and you are convince about what he said about differentiating corruption from stealing, then you are part of that 90%.
smh and you went to school
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by adbokus(m): 12:56pm On Feb 12, 2015
kallmemrB:
and he said adbokus is a waste....thats what AIaT said
now i see what condition it is. Paranoid schizophrenia or better, delusions of grandeur...
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by sweetbaby22(f): 12:57pm On Feb 12, 2015
ccaramel:
To steal is to be morally corrupt.
When you are in power and you steal/ embezzle funds. That is corruption plain and simple.
To steal in govt, bribery, forgery, theft is always involved.
Giving out contracts to dud companies or friend/ relatives who will certainly give a cut ( bribe)
Govt money can never be pulled out of the bank or stolen directly by a person in power.
Stealing in govt is done by awarding contracts, excessive expenses eg private jets, limos, exotic cars and hotels.
Bottomline stealing= corruption.
Brilliant explanation darl. However, "stealing= corruption" totally wrong even corruption=stealing is wrong too.

Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
Stealing is taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it

They are both distinct but might work hand in hand, like stealing through a corrupt means. E.G Manipulating the law in other to acquire a property not yours. Nevertheless, you could say stealing is part of corruption grin.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by XRAY21(m): 12:58pm On Feb 12, 2015
phollybee:
and who said this Foolish man deserves a second Term?
me jona is bad but buhari is evil so which do you want bad or evil
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Nobody: 1:04pm On Feb 12, 2015
adbokus:
now i see what condition it is. Paranoid schizophrenia or better, delusions of grandeur...
oh...no wonder when he was explaining stealing he said adbokus is ole in Yoruba...
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by sod09(m): 1:08pm On Feb 12, 2015
adbokus:
if u are so taken by your morbid depravity, you know 1000ways to do it. Don't you?!...
I'm glad u know wat to do..
Piss off
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by sod09(m): 1:10pm On Feb 12, 2015
XRAY21:
brain washed mumu did you read what he said ? If you read it and still wrote this you problem no come from here o
Slowpoke pls explain wat he said.....
Bunch of clueless id.iots
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by adbokus(m): 1:10pm On Feb 12, 2015
kallmemrB:
oh...no wonder when he was explaining stealing he said adbokus is ole in Yoruba...
u na da real thief na, pretending to have the grasp of a situation you obviously have no clue about...
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by adbokus(m): 1:14pm On Feb 12, 2015
sod09:
I'm glad u know wat to do..
Piss off
have it ur way then. enjoy ur tym in the hereafter, vacant meat!...
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by smsdigito: 1:15pm On Feb 12, 2015
Hoba007:
I use to get angry a lot when i read comment form guys like until i was told that the Govt pay people like you to be on social media like this but some of you are just filled with so much hatred they can use their brain effectively. If you haven't listened to the infamous presidential media chat which your president said ' corruption is not stealing' you should try and do that, he said and i quote 'Over 70% of what are called corruption offences, even by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but COMMON stealing.” I can go on and on about this but i know is not gonna make any difference to you, we should all continue with what we are doing but you should know we all live in this country directly or indirectly the Govt ineffectiveness will affect us all.
Why starting with blackmail ? So i wont have to say my mind when you say yours right? Govt. pay people like me? you are funny. That is the same problem we have in this country, people derail from the core of the issue and attack persons?
If i am paid by Govt to be on social media for them, then explain why i shouldnt believe the opposition paid you to be here for them too?

In any case, GEJ has come out to explain further what he meant in his statement, and those who are reasonable and non-partisan now have a better understanding of what he meant and have accepted he was right, and not those like you who when you believe something you dont leave room for criticism or any other persons' opinion.
In other words you dont imagine whoever you believe in will ever be wrong or make a mistake after you have been brainwashed and enslaved to believe him. If he says go ahead and even kill, he is right no matter the circumstance.
I still have brain i dont believe the way some of you do, i can still think and disagree where i feel the concept is not correct.
Believe whatever you believe but dont come here and show ignorance and lack of tact thinking you are well informed.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by sod09(m): 1:18pm On Feb 12, 2015
adbokus:
have it ur way then. enjoy ur tym in the hereafter, vacant meat!...
common be a man coward
Do d needful nd fuc.k off
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Hoba007: 1:23pm On Feb 12, 2015
Nicklaus:
Go AND A BUY huh IF THIS IS KIND OF COMMENT huh And u think I should keep quoting you with this kind of blunders huh Well I suppose not, if u can't type correctly how would you understand what someone else typed. And buddy, better to be a pdp thug than to be an APEcian, or haven't we had enough monkeys for president in this country ? Well we have, you solecistic punk! Join the yellow fever team.
You 've been paid to do this, you have all the time in world to reply me, unlike the rest us that really have a 'real' job. May we all reap the fruits of our labour.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by Hoba007: 1:30pm On Feb 12, 2015
smsdigito:
Why starting with blackmail ? So i wont have to say my mind when you say yours right? Govt. pay people like me? you are funny. That is the same problem we have in this country, people derail from the core of the issue and attack persons?
If i am paid by Govt to be on social media for them, then explain why i shouldnt believe the opposition paid you to be here for them too?

In any case, GEJ has come out to explain further what he meant in his statement, and those who are reasonable and non-partisan now have a better understanding of what he meant and have accepted he was right, and not those like you who when you believe something you dont leave room for criticism or any other persons' opinion.
In other words you dont imagine whoever you believe in will ever be wrong or make a mistake after you have been brainwashed and enslaved to believe him. If he says go ahead and even kill, he is right no matter the circumstance.
I still have brain i dont believe the way some of you do, i can still think and disagree where i feel the concept is not correct.
Believe whatever you believe but dont come here and show ignorance and lack of tact thinking you are well informed.
Like i said in my reply, we should all continue with what we are doing but you should know we all live in this country, directly or indirectly the Govt ineffectiveness will affect us all.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by SirPedro001: 1:33pm On Feb 12, 2015
Hoba007:
Ops, You are just as stupid and clueless as your president, the question you need to ask yourself what is the meaning or definition of the world 'corruption', which means 'dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery', what is the definition of 'stealing' it means; taking (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. All these babbling and mumbling of the sadistic bastard just to safe face isn't working. There are only three types of people that would vote for the clueless one, the hypocrites, their types have being with us for centuries, God didn't speak well of the hypocrites, the Evil doers, those ones are the corrupts politicians, corrupt Nigerians, the drug dealers they know if buhari becomes the president is longer business as usual for them and lastly, the stupid ones and they constitutes 90% of the people supporting the clueless one, reason a state governor would say he knows the president has done nothing for his people but he would still vote for him. If you sat down and watched the rambling of the clueless one on Tv yesterday and you are convince about what he said about differentiating corruption from stealing, then you are part of that 90%.
I find it rather funny that from your above definition u don't know that stealing and corruption are two different things......Now a small exercise for;
1.He "stole" millions of naira from the state treasury account.
2. He is a "corrupt" business man.
Now inter-change the two words in quotation mark in both sentence....
The truth is,am so disappointed with both of our so called presidential candidates that instead of them telling us what they can do for and how they intend doing it or maybe what they have done....,they result in cheap propaganda and blackmail to the extent they do this rubbish on air at their special stations#smh# And the worst of all,the younth who claimed to be leader of tomorrow and joining our leader to destroy our future because of their ignorance,low level of reasoning,greed,selfishness,poor judges of character,laziness and all sort.My question is if we destroy our tomorrow by the actions of our today,what do we have left to lead. Pls let us be reasonable with our judgement and don't be carried away by the lies and propaganda of leaders. Let them focus on what they can do for us and how they intend doing,they maybe we can decide on who to give our votes.
Re: Jonathan Explains What Meant When He Said ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’ by SirPedro001: 1:38pm On Feb 12, 2015
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Hoba007:
Ops, You are just as stupid and clueless as your president, the question you need to ask yourself what is the meaning or definition of the world 'corruption', which means 'dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery', what is the definition of 'stealing' it means; taking (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. All these babbling and mumbling of the sadistic bastard just to safe face isn't working. There are only three types of people that would vote for the clueless one, the hypocrites, their types have being with us for centuries, God didn't speak well of the hypocrites, the Evil doers, those ones are the corrupts politicians, corrupt Nigerians, the drug dealers they know if buhari becomes the president is longer business as usual for them and lastly, the stupid ones and they constitutes 90% of the people supporting the clueless one, reason a state governor would say he knows the president has done nothing for his people but he would still vote for him. If you sat down and watched the rambling of the clueless one on Tv yesterday and you are convince about what he said about differentiating corruption from stealing, then you are part of that 90%.
I find it rather funny that from your above definition u don't know that stealing and corruption are two different things......Now a small exercise for;
1.He "stole" millions of naira from the state treasury account.
2. He is a "corrupt" business man.
Now inter-change the two words in quotation mark in both sentence....
The truth is,am so disappointed with both of our so called presidential candidates that instead of them telling us what they can do for and how they intend doing it or maybe what they have done....,they result in cheap propaganda and blackmail to the extent they do this rubbish on air at their special stations#smh# And the worst of all,the younth who claimed to be leader of tomorrow and joining our leader to destroy our future because of their ignorance,low level of reasoning,greed,selfishness,poor judges of character,laziness and all sort.My question is if we destroy our tomorrow by the actions of our today,what do we have left to lead. Pls let us be reasonable with our judgement and don't be carried away by the lies and propaganda of leaders. Let them focus on what they can do for us and how they intend doing,they maybe we can decide on who to give our votes.
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