₦airaland Forum

mabea:
There's nothing special about what you saw compared to other States who also came from behind to be where they are presently in terms of development. Mind you Lagos has always been ahead of other states right before the periods you stated. So that in itself shouldn't be a good reason to support Tinunbu's presidency. You can think of other things but not telling us how Fashola and Ambode transformed oshodi.

KingofAnambra:
Peter Obi is a con artist, a well pagkaged political scam. Too bad his social media bandits zombies think everyone else is as dumb as they are to fall for a cheap serial political prostitute and career Pandora thief Obi Obi lives in Ikoyi, Lagos. Why is the Pandora thief Obi not staying in Anambra? Simple question, they can't answer

gwafaeziokwu:
So if Peter Obi was determined to live in Lagos, he will live in a rented apartment and not his own building? Even average Igbo importers in Lagos can afford to build beautiful duplexes not to talk of a billionaire former governor.

I know it would have really boosted your ego if Peter Obi was residing at Lagos, but the man cut una ticket for this one.

Arysexy:
You no get sense

To have an apartment in Lagos does not mean he lives there. Peter Obi was a former MD of Fidelity Bank with headquarter in Lagos. He couldn't have been coming to work in Lagos from Onitsha. He rented an apartment in ikoyi, but after he joined politics, he left the apartment for his wife and family and came down to Onitsha. Why is the wife living in lagos that is slum why the husband built dubai in Anambra? Go and verify.. We Don catch.. You are writing epistle... You be Paul?

Even when EFCC searched the apartment, it was the wife's belonging they found

Read below:




former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has confirmed THISDAY’s exclusive report on Tuesday that his apartment was one of the many searched by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following the discovery of N13.3 billion in a neighbouring apartment (Flat 7B) at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the commission last week.

In a follow-up to the information provided by the whistle blower who blew the lid on the cash found in Apartment 7B and further information that there was more cash stashed away in another apartment in the same luxury complex, the EFCC had obtained a warrant from the court to search all the flats in the building.

Accordingly, it notified all the occupants of the building that its operatives would search all the flats to ascertain the veracity of the information provided by the whistle blower who works in the complex.

By Monday, the commission had searched 21 of the apartments including those belonging to the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, who developed the sky-rise residential building.

A statement on Tuesday by Obi’s media aide, Mr. Val Obienyem, said the former governor has confirmed the search by the EFCC of Flat 1 occupied by him in the building.

Responding to enquiries from the press, Obienyem, who revealed that the ex-governor’s primary residence is in Onitsha, Anambra State, he added that the apartment rented by Obi’s wife, Margaret, is usually used by the former governor anytime he is in Lagos
Obienyem, who cautioned mischief makers against linking Obi to the cash haul, made it clear that the entire occupants of the building were also searched.

“Even though Mr. and Mrs. Obi had travelled to the UK and U.S. for speaking engagements, when he was informed of the search, he quickly sent the keys to the 4-bedroom apartment to the EFCC via courier today (yesterday).
“He even left instructions that we should allow them to also search his Onitsha residence should there be need for that
“After a thorough search, nothing was found in the apartment,” Obienyem said.
Obienyem revealed that during the search, one of the operatives of the EFCC was overheard expressing doubt if the apartment had anything to do with Obi, citing the fact that it was the simplest in terms of furnishing and reflective of his ascetic lifestyle.

A source also revealed to THISDAY that Obi learnt of the search warrant obtained from the EFCC from his neighbour, Chairman/CEO of Zinox Technologies Limited, Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, who has two children living in the apartment building.
One of his sons, Nnamdi, 24, who is a resident of Osborne Towers, is a budding entrepreneur and founder of the online shopping portal Yudala.

Ekeh reportedly called Obi at the weekend to inform him that the EFCC had searched his children’s flats and advised him to send his key from London so that his flat could be searched likewise.
Obi, THISDAY gathered, promptly asked his wife to send the key via courier to a family friend to let the EFCC operatives into his flat.
The Obis, it was gathered, neither keep maids nor housekeepers at the apartment and always lock it up when they are out of town

mabea:
Your reason is highly biased. I think you should go round the country. Check through other states, where they were and where they are now. In fact there's no State in Nigeria that has not enjoyed a measure of development since 1996 to this time. Enugu and Ebonyi are typical examples not to mention Anambra.

IamWonderful:
Lies, even in his PVC, it was clearly written there, he stays in lagos, baby factory criminals and organs miners and their penchant for stupidity is nauseating and appalling

Crixxx:
Dull tinubu urchins keep making numerous threads looking for what to paint Peter Obi with but Peter is far greater than their ancestors.
It is almost as though no other state exists in the south west except Lagos which many of them leave remote villages in other southwest states to come dwell and claim including those in benin IDP.
The irabiji thief is from Osun but lives in Lagos and currently in Abuja he also doesn't even go for medical trips at the so called hospitals he built in lagos but will quickly shuttle to London for treatmeant yet no one sees anything wrong in it but once it comes to Peter Obi their clitoris begin to vibrate.

They can come down to Anambra state and see Peter Obi's residence bunch of moronns.
Atleast this will shut the fools.

Arysexy:
This was the picture of the PDP delegates visit at his Onitsha GRA Residence

Channah1:
Pics 1
Ingredients.

Pics 2.
Combined the cornedbeef, black pepper, onions, garlic and soy sauce with a little bit of cornflour. Mixed together and added to heated oil to stir fry.

Pics 3.

Added the parboil noodles, seasoning and sweet corn to the stir fried corned beef.

Pics 4.
Noodles ready and served.

mach7:
Such is life.

You can bet that once the substantive VP is nominated, all those 500 messengers will simply shift base.

Power, opportunities, connections....all are transient. Don't kill yourself over it.

TooNoisy:
And I salute your courage in spite of all the opposition. But this decision has to be made carefully and based on logic and not sentiments.

trutharena:
This same free trade zone now hold billion $$ investments for Lagos. This is a man with foresight, he plan and build a long lasting framework that can be continued with successive government.

When we tell these guys why we are supporting Tinubu because of his past succes as goevrnor, they abuse us and compare him with Obituary OR they accuse us of tribalism.

How can you even compare Tinubu success as governor and ability to grow economy to expand revenue base to that of Obi?

Klington:
Just the way buhari turned katsina to Eduardo abi Dubai

Ngozi123:
Me? A newbie? Please sit down.

I'm not bragging that I've been abroad. I was born and bred in western country Avenue in Lagos and have been a citizen of Onitsha since from birth. This isn't bragging, it's just stating facts.

The fact that you think someone stating that they live abroad aka Lagos is bragging is hilarious.

gidgiddy:
Which means there should be no problems electing Peter Obi as there was no problems electing Buhari?

gidgiddy:
I hold no brief for Peter Obi but what makes me laugh is that most of these people are the same ones who had no problem voting for Buhari, despite him coming from a tribe whose herdsman are killing thousands of Nigerians every year across the country

But here they are calling Peter Obi IPOB

Klington:
Lagos is now Dubai

Cheap Political propaganda.

God1000:
https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/fg-to-prosecute-food-vendors-using-transformer-oil/mmj8ksm

Factcheck0001:
tell me what obi did better than tinubu as governor using these parameters

Health
Education
Infrastructure
Security
Social amenities
Increment in igr

Factcheck0001:
peter obi is a candidate borne out of sentiment n not good will

Igbos realised they have lost out in both apc n pdp n they want to make a statement so irrespective of d irregularities attached to obi they want to present him as an angel

If peter obi had a chance in pdp they won’t b saying what they are saying now,2 months ago when peter obi was in pdp pdp was an angelic party but d moment he left pdp became evil party

Vladigor:
Why must you tell tye whole world say i fail common entrance
Why u no secure visa for yourself first?
Now i de yankee and you de belittle me.
Upon you need my help oo you de raise shoulder bcs ur name na jagabe

Jagaban done alread get f9.

You wan belittle a whole Buhari. F9 straight.

He must humble.

Vladigor:
How can an intelligent man say something like
"I made Buhari President" while Buhari is the all powerful president. He thought buhari is ambode or one of his houseboys abi? E go de be!

Old man, a weakling, unstable and emotionally led.

Vladigor:
Igbos are not that powerful. Stop over hyping.
But as for 2023, Yoruba lost when Tinubu won over Osibanjo in Primaries. Didnt you watch how Osibanjo denegrated Peter Obi during the 2015 vice presidential debate?
Peter obi is not that intelligent, Just more intelligent than bat

Workch:
Let me engage you,
Tell me a single capital project in Lagos today that we can say was embarked by Tinubu?

Are you not ashamed of yourself? We can still see the legacies if his predecessors like lateef jakande, Marwa and Abraham adesanya.

There’s no project to point to expect local government touting and thuggery that it’s Tinubu’s legacy.

Tinubu didn’t even build a single flyover, Lagos was a dustbin when he was governor and become the dirtiest city in the world.

Are you cursed? Na we dey for Lagos when Tinubu was governor. He i the worst governor ever in Lagos with no single legacy project ascribed to his name.

Vladigor:
Many will call me a conspiracy theorist or an IPOD member but i don't care, you must swallow the truth.

What i am about to expose is what got my previous account wiped out(not Banned) from Nairaland.


The Truth of the matter:

Before the APC primaries, Mr. BAT was frustrated and was almost neglected from winning at the APC primaries.

June 2, 2022, Mr BAT said;
“This is me telling you between my life and God Almighty, Buhari called me to be his Vice President. He said because the first time he contested, he picked Okadigbo, flamboyant, Catholic, but Nigerians didn’t vote for him."
(thisdaylive.com)

This was a sign on anger at the Presidency desperation on the side of BAT;
"In a clear sign of desperation and fear that the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) might be slipping from his grasp, presidential hopeful and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, yesterday, declared, unequivocally, that he made Muhammadu Buhari President of Nigeria, nominated Professor Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate, and got Mr. Dapo Abiodun elected as Governor of Ogun State."
vangurdng.com


On 3rd June: Tinubu met Sultan of Sokoto in Abuja.
I think he went to report the matter to the sultan who is the paramount ruler of all muslims in Nigeria.

On 5th June: Assailants suspected to be ISWAP attacked catholics church in Ondo. Even though ISWAP did not claim responsibility coupled with the fact that there was no concrete investigation into the matter till date.

On June 6-8: In a dramatic turn of events, Mr. BAT emerged winner.

One way to prove you are a true muslim is my killing unbelivers.
So was the Owo church massacre the price Mr. BAT had to pay to emerge winner at the primaries?
Considering how he even went on to donate N50m the victims

According to saharareporters on June 15:

A radical Muslim who identified himself as Aminu Jetaun,
After congratulating Tinubu for emerging as the APC presidential candidate, cautioned him against considering a northern Christian as his running mate.

He went on to say, "You, Tinubu, make no mistake about this; do not pick a Christian as your running mate because we've yet to completely trust your own version of Islam."

So they dont trust his version of Islam because he went on to show sympathy to his victims?

Many of you are not aware but Some governors from the South East are paid and by some terror groups to allow the killing of villagers in the South East and thats why Nnamdi Kanu formed ESN.

NOTICE HOW ALL THESE STRANGE KILLING ARE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG?
Remember Obigbo?
Now Owo?


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colestephan86:
No matter what they say about tinubu, I will vote for him and campaign for him too.

Pierocash:
kids everywhere . He is comparing western countries where there is equity and production to a third world country like Nigeria that depends on importation.


How did Tinubu developed Lagos? You are not even a lagosian. I was born , bred,schooled ,and lived my life in Lagos before moving here to Ph to base.


Lagos ought to be competing with Cairo, Johannesburg, Nairobi etc. But with the whole allocation , igr been contributed by same ndi Anambra who are major exporters in Lagos, yet Lagos is still lagging behind even Windhoek .


Lagos is built by business men. Stop been stupid with baseless argument. Every sane mind knows this. During festive season,almost all cities and towns in lag become empty . What does that tell you, Lagos is built by non lagosians,and they do their businesses there due to its strategic positioning to coastal ways, and been an fct which gave them that leverage.


You kids will keep arguing and shouting blindly.

iCauseTrouble:
I am not against rewarding Tinubu, but you can't use the collective destinies of 200M Nigerians to reward your godfather. This is not a monarchy. You can host an appreciation party for him. Emi Lokan will not lift millions out of poverty

Built2last:
Do you know that in most countries Tax avoidance is not technically illegal, but tax evasion is a punishable crime. With this in mind, let me explain Peter Obi situation.

Peter Obi did not put his money in tax haven, he put his assets in Trust. This is allowed in the U.K. I have my small assets in Trust too. I don’t know if it is Panama or Jersey it is placed in though. What Trust means is that, if anything suddenly happens to you, the Trust will take care of your family first until your will is sorted out. It is only after all your loved ones have been taken care of and debt paid off that government can now get their tax.
Obi’s wealth in Panama had nothing to do with Nigeria, it was U.K. and mind you, he was already settled in the U.K. long before he went into politics. If he did wrongly, it is U.K. govt that would have hammered him. That is why he has no issue with Nigeria as his tax records with Nigeria is perfect. By the way, Lloyds Bank set it up for him. Is Lloyds in Nigeria? U.K. should be the one crying over this matter NOT you.

Shebi Dangote, and all the rich men have their assets in Trust. Even Tinubu does. Why? If you have any assets in U.K. or in the West, when you die, the government dives into it and make demands anyhow despite paying tax all your life. Even those that inherit from you are forced to pay inheritance tax. So what the government allows is for Trust to protect wealth of people for them and ensure level playing field. America call their own Foundations. It now depends on where you put it. Shebi former Chelsea owner has layers upon layers of Trusts on Chelsea Football club. That’s why the negotiations was hard and difficult. It only has to be sold rather than take it from him like they did to other Russian oligarchs. If Chelsea was never under trust, all Chelsea fans would have been mourning today.

How can he declare his asset like he claimed when his asset is in tax havens

Do you know that In 2010, more than four years after Obi became governor, he set up his first discreet company in the British Virgin Island, and named the company Gabriella Investments Limited, after his daughter.

I am not saying he isn't the best from the rest...perhaps (maybe) he hasn't have access to mega bonaza of the cake like Tinubu and Atiku.

Let's discuss on fairness

The record we saw indicates that he is not the only one that has his assets in trusts, and he has already legally declared what was expected of him. The reason, you probably reading this don’t have trust set up is that you either don’t have money yet or you don’t have investments in countries where your children could be taxed for inheritance you left for them. If EFCC has issues with Obi, why hasn’t he been picked up? What of Dangote and others. Moreover, they were not assets linked to Nigeria, and it was a family assets! If you are being fair, you will see the fairness in his transparency.

People want him to admit he goofed or lied after explaining on the TV several times what he simply did and which has not broken law but you just won’t let things be! There were 102 Nigerians on that Panama paper. Not a single one has boldly gone on air to clarify why they have money kept in trust. The only man who has boldly explained is the one Nigerians won’t let go. What exactly is the colour of our problems.

Can we bring something more serious please on Obi!

Has Obi broken any law? Did he break any law? Looking at current political climate, if he broke law, since 2014 he left govt, wouldn’t the law and enforcement agency have picked him up? Do you want to tell me that both ICPC or EFCC, none of them is smart enough to pick a hole in the Panama report to indict Obi. Let your law follow its course on Obi if not, forever respect your generation and keep quiet.

He is not part of the problem, and he stands on a different level compared to any other candidate we have thrown up in this election.
My stand still remains on the fact that Lloyds Bank wouldn’t have set it up for him if it was illegal. Lloyds did it for him. U.K. should be the one lamenting if he did wrong. And what he has already declared partly under a joint asset should not be declared separately again. Can we close our eyes for once on him ‘hiding’ his own assets before coming to politics, did he acquire any in Nigeria that he didn’t declare?
Did he break law pertaining to U.K. or Nigeria? Finally, is he a good man that can be trusted based on the records of what he has done in the past? If at least one of the questions I asked you here is a green or amber for Obi, then, Obi is still miles ahead of any of the candidate we have on board.

Take note, Obi has been talking to Nigerians on media houses, sharing his plans. All other candidates are being reached by Media houses. They decline or send their spokesman. Reason is simple. They don’t want you asking them questions about Panama or how they made their money.


According to @NGLabourPartyUK on twitter

''APC want to retain power by all means.

PDP want to take over power by all means

Labour party wants to retire those who have kept us in this mess and fix Nigeria''.

At least they are talking to us. Shine your eyes. Remember, your children will ask you in the future what did you do to fix Nigeria. Your civic duty to Nigeria and your children is to vote a competent candidate regardless of tribe or religion.

Fairview1:
Why do Lagosians travel to the UK if Lagos was What you claim it to be?

Pierocash:
Stop spewing gibberish. Nobody is complaining,but you guys are the ones complaining of why ndi Anambra are coming to Lagos,and we are telling you why everyone is flooding there.


If it is the only functional seaports,then it belongs to all of us same way our oil money belongs to all of us.