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Prosecute DPO Chukwu, Justice
Ministry Urges
October 4, 2010 - 12:36 —
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Lotachukwu Ezeudu
By SaharaReporters, New York
Several sources have told
Saharareporters that officials of
Ministry of Justice in Enugu
State have asked the police to
charge Divisional Police Officer
Sam Chukwu as a major
accomplice in the kidnap and
murder of Lotachukwu (Lota)
Ezeudu, a 19-year old
accountancy student at the
University of Nigeria.
“Yes, we believe that DPO
Chukwu should stand trial for
his involvement in this case, ”
an official of the ministry
confirmed to us. He added that
the Enugu State police
command said they were
awaiting instructions from
Inspector General Hafiz Ringim
before they can arrest Chukwu.
Our police sources indicated that
Mr. Ringim was well aware of
the Lota Ezeudu case. “When
Alhaji [Ringim] was in Umuahia,
he received a communication
on this case, ” disclosed a police
officer in Abuja.
Several police sources told
Saharareporters that the new
police commissioner and his
deputy are prepared to sweep
away criminals like Sam
Chukwu from the force, but are
awaiting approval from Abuja.
Former IG Ogbonna Onovo had
ordered Sam Chukwu detained
at police headquarters in Abuja.
However, our sources said that
Onovo released Chukwu from
detention a few days before
President Goodluck Jonathan
relieved Onovo of his post as
the nation ’s top police officer. In
releasing Chukwu, Onovo had
ordered him suspended from
the police until the conclusion of
investigations.
A senior police source told
Saharareporters that “Onovo
made a big mistake when he
released Chukwu and allowed
him to return to Enugu, ” adding
that residents of Enugu know
that the suspended DPO ran
one of the most vicious kidnap
rings in Enugu State. The source
added that the officers who
briefed the former IG on the
Ezeudu case misled him by
“ covering up Chukwu’s
involvement.”
“How can this man be walking
as a free man in Enugu?” asked
an Enugu-based businessman
who relocated his family to
Lagos after kidnappers
threatened them. “I lost hope in
the whole police claim that they
are fighting kidnapping when
DPO Chukwu was sighted in
Enugu again, ” he remarked.
“Anybody in the police who
says he does not know that
Sam Chukwu is the chairman of
kidnappers in that Enugu is
telling a lie, ” he added.
The businessman disclosed that
Sam Chukwu openly brags that
his name is “Okali Oha” – which
means, one who is greater than
a community. “Unless this man
is brought to book, the whole
talk about combating
kidnapping would be a joke. ”
Some police sources told
Saharareporters that Chukwu is
deemed untouchable. “How can
the man spend more than
sixteen years in Enugu without
being transferred to any other
state ?” asked one of the
officers. He said Sam Chukwu’s
powerful political sponsors as
well as protectors in the police
headquarters were responsible
for turning him into an
uncontrollable monster in
Enugu.
Lota Ezeudu was kidnapped on
September 26, 2009 after he
was lured out to the DPO ’s
house in Awkunanaw, Enugu.
DPO Chukwu ’s son, Nnaemeka
Chukwu, had asked Lota to
come to his home and help one
Desmond Chinwuba and Ernest
Okeke to look at a computer
they reportedly wanted to
buy.
Several police sources have told
Saharareporters that Desmond
Chinwuba and Ernest Okeke
then kidnapped Lota with the
help of Uche Moses Amajor.
Both Chinwuba, a former police
officer, and Amajor are on the
run, but Ernest Okeke is in
prison custody along with the
DPO ’s son and a few other
suspects.
“Our review of the case file
reveals that the DPO was
heavily involved in the
kidnapping of Mr. Lota Ezeudu,”
a source in the Enugu State
Ministry of Justice told
Saharareporters. “I hope that
Alhaji Ringim is going to take
action immediately to ensure
that Sam Chukwu is charged to
court, ” the source added.
Sources familiar with the case
have outlined the details that
tie the DPO to the crime. The
sources revealed that DPO
Chukwu ’s car was used to
convey Lota’s body to a refuse
dump. Investigators have also
discovered that Desmond
Chinwuba, who was dismissed
from the police after he was
arrested for kidnapping and
armed robbery, made
numerous phone calls to Sam
Chukwu and his son, Nnaemeka
after he fled. “DPO Chukwu
knew that Desmond was
standing trial in an earlier
kidnap case. He also knew that
Desmond was wanted in
connection with Lota Ezeudu ’s
case. Yet, he failed to alert
authorities about the
whereabouts of this fugitive
who was hiding from
prosecution and investigators.”
Police sources also told us that
Chukwu ’s wife, who is a lawyer
by profession, was personally
delivering home-cooked meals
to Ernest Okeke and other
suspects during the time they
were being held in police
custody. One source also told us
that Mrs. Chukwu has recently
harassed the police officer
investigating the Lota Ezeudu
case. “She questioned the
commander for taking Ernest
Okeke out of prison to question
him more, ” said our source,
adding, “What is Mrs. Chukwu
afraid of?”
Our sources said Ernest Okeke
had confessed that Sam
Chukwu ’s was used to drive
Lota to the place where he was
killed and to the location where
his remains were disposed.
“Sam Chukwu had the
opportunity to avert the whole
nightmare of the Ezeudu
family, ” another source told us.
The source said that Lota’s
mother had approached
Chukwu on the day of her son’s
kidnap and told the DPO that
Lota had said he was headed to
the officer ’s home to help
Desmond with inspecting a
laptop computer. “Since Sam
Chukwu already knew the
background of Desmond – that
he was involved in a prior
kidnapping case – he should
have known that Desmond and
his own son, Nnaemeka, were
at it again. ” Instead, according
to this source, Chukwu was
remained nonchalant about the
case. One source said the DPO
even accused the investigating
officer of illegally detaining his
boys.
A source noted that Chukwu
claimed that the detained boys
were his tenants, but wondered
why a senior police officer
would want to meddle in the
affairs of supposed tenants
accused of committing a
criminal offense.
A source in the Ministry of
Justice told Saharareporters
that they were looking into
Sam Chukwu ’s role in
influencing the bail granted to
Desmond in his prior trial
related to a different case of
kidnapping and armed robbery.
The source said judges should
henceforth refrain from
handing out bails in kidnap
cases. “If Desmond was not
bailed he wouldn’t have had
the opportunity to commit
another crime, ” he said.

Firm Grip Of Kidnap Militia Posted: October 2 , 2010 - 02 :11 The Chaotic and Dirty Streets of Aba, Abia State By SaharaReporters, New York Kidnappers in Aba today released the 15 school children they seized on Monday, but the full story of the militia responsible for the crime is far wilder and more dangerous, and has yet to be told.  While the rulers of the Nigeria and their  supporters  gathered in Abuja, Nigeria’s  capital city,  to celebrate  the country’s  50th  anniversary of her flag independence today,  Abia  State, one of Nigeria’s oil producing  states, continues to melt away in senseless  armed violence. The  violence in the state,  which prides itself as “GOD’S OWN STATE “  peaked with the   abduction of the 15   pupils of Abayi  International  School in  Aba of  in the early  morning hours of Monday, September  27 th. The incident took place in the market metropolis of Abia State fondly called Enyinmba City. The kidnappers, travelling in an ash- coloured Toyota Camry, intercepted the Abayi school van, and recklessly brandishing AK47 and G3 assault rifles, ordered the van to follow them, and took the kids to an unknown destination.  Our correspondent  reliably gathered that  the  kidnapping was carried out by  Azubuike, popularly known as Osisikankpo, an ex- fighter of the Tom Ateke’s  Icelander  Confraternity. Osisikankpo who previously lived in Port Harcourt, the capital of the Rivers State, relocated to Abia State where he continued to deploy the  senseless violence he was using while  undergoing his gang apprenticeship with Ateke. The gangster operates throughout   the entire areas of Umuafuoka junction, near Ukwakiri  in the Obingwa  Local Government Area of Abia State, up to  Oyigbo  in Rivers State. He has been implicated in several cases of kidnapping and other forms of organised crime in his areas  of operation. Aba and other nearby towns and villages have of late been engulfed in absurd  cases of criminality. A  resident who gave his name as  Mr. Okey Nnandi , a  trader who fled the restive commercial city in the wake of the violence,  lamented to  Saharareporters  on the phone,  “ It is sad that the Aba that we used to be proud of is gone.  There is no government again. We don’t have a government.” Since January   this year, hordes of residents and others have either been killed  or  kidnapped by the rampaging  Aba gangs: 1. On Tuesday, January  12 , 2010 , three British nationals and a Columbia  contract staff of NetcoDietmann  working at the Shell ‘s  Afam  VI  Power plant in the Oyigbo  Local Government  Area of Rivers State  were kidnapped  by gunmen who blocked their vehicle  at Owaza junction in the Obingwa Loca Government Area of Abia State and whisked them  away, shooting to death a mobile police officer who was with them.   The victims were John  Bennet, Kelvin  Gray  and Martin Phillip, all Britons, and the Columbia was  Fabian  Sanchez . Our  correspondent   was informed that  the victims’ employer   and the Rivers State government paid a ransom to the kidnappers  before they were released,  contrary to their claim that no ransom was paid.  Saharareporters  can also report authoritatively that  Oisikankpo  was responsible for that job. 2. On Monday, April 19 , heavily armed gunmen kidnapped two German nationals’ they were later released. On Sunday, May  23 ,  a kidnap gang  seized 3   Chinese nationals  and 9 Nigerians working for the Aba based  Nigerian Steel Company (NSC)  they  were released after payment of some  ransom money to the kidnappers. They were released on Saturday, May 29.  3. On  July 10 , Mrs. Victoria  Ori, 48 was  kidnapped  by a 4- member gang, who demanded  a whopping N20 million. Ori spent 16 days with her  captors, and although  the Abia  police  boss, Mr.  Jonathan Johnson claimed that no ransom was paid, a  security official who was  involved in the negotiation  confided in our reporter that  “ some ransom  was paid  but not  the amount they demanded”.

4. A  day  after  the kidnap of Mrs. Ori, journalists  travelling through Aba after a meeting of the  National  Executive  Committee ( NEC)  of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ)  in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital were  abducted  at  Umuafuoka junction  near Ukwakiri  in the Obingwa Local Government Area  by  a rampaging gang  led  by  the notorious Osisikankpo  who demanded  a  monstrous  N250 million . Those kidnapped  are   Wahab  Oba, chairman of the Lagos  State  council  of the  NUJ, Adolphus  Okonkwo, secretary of Zone G of the NUJ  and  Slyvester Okereke, acting secretary, Lagos, NUJ. Others  are  Sola Oyeyipo, a Lagos- based journalist  and their driver.  Alhough, the police claimed that no ransom was paid to the gang, but  a very reliable source revealed to Saharareporters  in Enugu that  N30 million was paid before  hostages  were left  off the kidnappers hook. 5. On Tuesday, August  24 , a    gang   led by  a young man  popularly called STONE  that also specialises in kidnapping  and ransom collection, and which operates mostly around the  Osisioma   Local  Government Area  of Abia State,   robbed five commercial banks in  the Osisioma  area near Aba.  They killed police officers guarding the banks and took away a whopping sum of money. Stone confirmed to our reporter  that he was responsible   for the operation; he said he was ready to accept  amnesty and stop his criminal lifestyle.  He said he does not trust  the governor,  Theodore Orji, a former staff of the Independent National  Electoral Commission (INEC)  who   reportedly  rigged election  the 2003 governorship elections   in favour of  Orji  Uzor Kalu, his predecessor  and  estranged godfather, who rewarded him with the governorship position.  6. On  Sunday, September 7 , gunmen  numbering about  15  invaded  the  Jerusalem  for All  Nations Church  at  Umuneke  community in the Ukwa  West Local Government Area of Abia State  where  over  5 ,000 worshippers  were praying.  They abducted   the church pastor, David Kelechi,  fondly called Christ  Junior by his members,  and took him to an unknown destination; Chief Lambert Nmecha , a  politician, was gunned down during the incident.  7. On  Saturday, September 11 , an Indian national  working with an electronic company  in Aba was  stopped by a five-member kidnapper.  When he refused to enter his  would-be  abductors’ car, they shot him dead and fled the scene.  8. On  Friday, September 17 ,  Dr. Stanley Uche, a gynaecologist and proprietor  of  Victory  Christian  Hospital in Aba, was kidnapped on his way to his  younger sister’s funeral in his Imo State home town, travelling with his wife.  Few days later, his wife returned from organizing a whopping N30 million ransom the criminals demanded, at a location given to her.  After giving the heartless kidnappers the money  in order to set her husband free, she was shockingly given a  lifeless body. 9. On Saturday, September 25 , two mobile policemen on patrol in their new Hilux jeep provided to them by  Abia  State government  were killed in an ambush  coordinated by Osisikankpo’s gang at Umuafor in Ukwu  in the Obingwa Local Government Area. The vehicle was burnt by the gunmen. The Abia  State police command lamented  that in the last six months it has lost  27 of its men to attacks  by the gangs, and Corporals Isaiah  Eziaku  and John  Alumona  were arrested  for  allegations of connivance with the criminal gangs.  The attack on policemen is proof nobody is safe  in the Abia carnage, even the armed.  Saharareporters investigations indicate that Obingwa, Obehie and Ugwunagbo  remain the  breeding grounds of the gangs. But some of the gunmen operating in the state also say they would have surrendered  their weapons and accepted amnesty, but that the governor has told them in secret that he will use them as election militia in 2011 , and later disarm them. Orji is alleged  to have embezzled  state funds, some of which he has used to acquire choice landed properties  in Umuahia, the state capital.  In  August, Governor Orji resigned  from the Progressive People’s  Party (PPA) that brought him to power, and joined the All  Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA); he later  dumped  APGA and is now a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The weak and corrupt governor of Abia State  is now a  good associate of President Goodluck Jonathan.

oyb:
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. . . One of those numerous empty threats they spew and later rest on their Oars. . .whether they are being used or not, the attack is long overdue, it is high time these rogues started being murdered in cold blood, MEND abeg make una finetune una operation well so that e no go be innocent by-standers loosing their lives. . .

becomrich4:
chic2pimp, there are ilaje in delta state, they are not much, majority live in ondo state.
See map.   After the creek separating ondo and Delta state. there are ilaje people on the other side.

. . . One of those numerous empty threats they spew and later rest on their Oars. . .whether they are being used or not, the attack is long overdue, it is high time these rogues started being murdered in cold blood, MEND abeg make una finetune una operation well so that e no go be innocent by-standers loosing their lives. . .

faithin9ja:
@davidylan you call me a hypocrite, why? because I admit I don't have the answer? did I ever say I am font of all wisdom?

What have I said that is so wrong? killing people is good?

Start with your local government area, let the masses go to your local government office and find out why they have not filled potholes in the local roads or repaired the roof of the local primary school, question your seniors instead paying the usual lip service.

it's easy for young people to use profanities on Nairaland, but many will continue hail people like me in my Prado, asking anything for the boys, rather than using their numbers to demand their rights. When last did you join a pressure group, when last did you sign and send a petition to your local government chairman? but your ready to plant bombs in Aso Rock.

Even if we wipe out the entire political class in one explosion, what then? Just like George Bush taking out Saddam Hussein what followed?

. . . You ve not said anything here besides the usual siddon-talk crap that a lot of Nigerians who are riping from the largasse of corruption. Obviously, the wrong choices you made as a youngstar are still haunting you. . There is a big difference btw fighting for a just cause and uneccessarily risking your life and doing or manner of shoddy/dishonest things to get by-your case is the latter. You obviously represent the change we want to kick to oblivion and move forward.If every Nigerian reason the way you do, this country will pack up in a space of two yrz, you are too worried abt not losing your present comfort that you forget to consider that others have that same right to comfort but ve never experienced it. You keep telling us how your friend was killed at a firing squard and all that grotesque detail of your life, the question is what kind of ppl end up in firing squard? Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are.
David was right to have called you a hypocrite because while you ve condemned a radical approach like MEND's, you ve not proffered any workable or reasonable solution to the problem, instead you are implying that it was worthless fighting the current status quo like you ve tried in futility and joined the bandwagon of corruption.
Seriously Sir, as an elder that you claim to be, you would do better to engage us with meaningful arguements if you are opposed to our own concept of radical change, implying that we should do nothing is a mediocre arguement that will only put you in bad light.

bidemi12:
Do you know why Nigeria will remain the way it is? Because Nigerians are cowards. And selfish, I might add. Fight ko fight ni…everybody is too scared for his or her life.

. . . You are very correct about that. A lot of Nigerians are too facking scared that they feel comfortable in their semi-poverty state as long as they are not threatened out of it, life continues even if the next man is almost at the point of death from lack. A typical example is the so-called church going christians who ride past fellow members going their way after church service, they know you live some blocks away from them yet they drive past you in an almost empty car. Imagine after the obscene 10billion naira earmarked for such a frivolous momumental waste, some Nigerians still had the justification to attend it and jubilate and yet they cry foul when others take it violently. . .

Caps
I see U re schooling most these kids on the imperatives of taking a bold step for change. The American society is a perfect example of the point the likes of U and I are making. . . Until the African Americans decided to take their own destiny into their hands especially after the Rosa Park incidence that awakened every black American to their plight. . . Even where we had Marthin Luther God king, there was Malcom X who represented the combative aspect of the struggle. . . Today, the younger generation are ripping the benefits of such a bold step to freedom, it is even argued that Abraham Lincoln was forced into glory giving the circumstances that led to the abolition of slavery. . .all these did not come through wishful thinking and talking just intelligently- action and violence brought these victories-if Nigerians realy want a change, they will have to change the way we demand for our rights from these rogues. Unfortunately, not everyone we live to see this change, some innocent lives will be lost in the process that is a guanrateed fact, the best that can be done is to reduce it to a bearest minimum but it is inevitable.
The way I see the action of the MEND is from a survivor viewpoint, a very strong message has been passed to the rogues, unfortunately, there is no casualty-free method for passing it across, in an ideal world may be but in reality, I am thinking but you were warned to stay away. Cruel may be but in comparison to what these rogues are making us do, it is fair game.

Am not even going to give all these small minds that see everything as white & black the pleasure of any seriouse debate, you lots are paper tigers that are yet to face any life threatening situation.
some of you just sit in your arm chair abroad and type rubbish without the aids of your brains. When you lots are done eatind your Mcdonalds Cheese burger and drinking coke, you can shuttle back to reality and talk some sense.
Imagine that slowpoke trying to twist the import of my comparisons of unarmed men women and childrien because you want to make me look bad. . .lol. . Anyway, I am not here to make some politically correct statements to soothe your feelings, rhymz does not give a damn, am going to say it as it is without minding whose ox is gored, a lot of Nigerians are too detached to understand other Nigerians' plight. Sometimes you ve to do things the wrong way to make it right. This is not abt xpressing mere sentiments and cursing anyone that dares to say the MEND group were not totally unjustified afterall, it is either we tell ourselves the painful truth or continue to feign that all is well and whine and complain with no action or do sth abt it and let everyone sit up. I advocate for more of this type of attack( with may be more precision to avoid or reduce innocent casualties) on these Morons politicians and their families. . . . I said it! Make una go grab high tension. . . Rubbish!!

usbcable:
yeah, the enemyzone in this case is the cars packed far from eagle square.
Ummmm, you are a wicked soul with the most ugliest heart for saying women and children killed in warfare is fairgame. May God punish you for that statement if you dont seek penitence for it.
Theoretically, what you would do ''if'' your 3month old grand-child(God forbid) gets caught up in such event and dies along with you son/daughter/or daughter inlaw.you would surely see evil in such act by then.
overzealous youthfulness dey worry you.

. . . You are a foøl in every rammification of the word, what is the difèrence btw unarmed men who die in wars and unarmed women and childrien who die in wars. . .I wonder where ignorant ppl like you pop up from spewing Ur guts here. . . I gues MEND should ve waited for every woman and child to go to bed before detonating their bombs. . .abeg go crash 4 ya bed jare! Dis gist is way above Ur IQ.

justwise:
There you have me on your side. It will even make things dangerously bad

. . . Man get real abeg! MEND is not an NGO or a Charitable organization. . . These are men fighting for their freedom and emancipation, you dont buy weapons and et al with mere talk and nobody takes you seriously until you are strapped in bullet vest and are ready to kill to show you mean biznes. Like I said before the Nigerian situation has gone past solving it without resorting to violence. . . People are going to die for the change to come giving the fact that not everyone is ready for it.

mykali:
@rhymz

What the phuck is wrong with you? How can you speak with such utter stupiditty? Please, if your brain has expired, go and buy a new one?

@topic

I still don't think MEND was responsible for this. But if they did it. . .to hell with them.

. . . Whoever gave this bozo internet access is doing him a great disservice. . . . .one !diot at a time abeg!

playmode:
I do understand why people are angry and i have softened my tone on the matter after some reflections.As you can see i have avoided commenting on the thread for a while but i just hate people who jump in to the thread to rain insults instead of making their stance clear and telling me why they think i am wrong in a civilized manner.

. . . Guy you dont have to atone for any reason, these ppl saw it coming. . .
Justwise
Nigeria has gone past the level for all that gentleman's ways of proffering solutions, obviously, those are not working. . . Now ppl ve to be sensitized to the need for violent take over if we truely want change. I dont care what MEND's ulterior motives might be what I care about now is fighting for our survival.

My Heart goes out to the innocent victims that got entangled in the crossfire. However, I still maintain that such a bold action is long overdue. It is time sb or a group made a statement to these criminals that call themselves politicians. How can a country bedeviled with so much problem be spending a whooping 10billion naira on some frivolous celebration and over what by the way?
MEND may not ve gotten it all right but they ve pushed the frontiers of our struggles and yearnings. Nigerians are too afraid for serious change that is why these crooks continue to have the guts to do all manner of rubbish and call it democrazy. Besides, the ppl that attended the white elephant celebration, what was their justification for attendance, the had already been warned and in war there is no such thing as fairness, you hit the enemy zone with the deadliest weapons whoever is found in the enemy zone is an enemy as well be it women and kids, there has to be casualties to start up the counts. May be next time when there is a threat issued like this one ppl will learn to stay at arm's length and watch. From here on, the battle has assumed a new dimension, if you are scared, nigga go to church!

Erastus Akingbola Petitions
AGF : Fraudulent Take-Over of
Intercontinental Bank Plc By
Dr. Bukola Saraki, Malam
Lamido Sanusi & Mahmoud Lai
Alabi
September 29, 2010 - 21:23 —
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Erastus Akingbola
By Erastus Akingbola
The Honourable Attorney-
General & Minister Of
Justice Attorney-General ’s
Chambers Federal Ministry Of
Justice, Abuja.
Dear Sir: 1. About two and a
half years ago, Dr. Bukola
Saraki requested that we
merge Societe Generale with
Intercontinental Bank (IB) Plc.
We conducted a due diligence
exercise and noticed N30bn
negative capital – so the board
of IB Plc turned it down. Dr.
Saraki was very unhappy.
2. When time came for the
renewal of Gov. Soludo ’s
appointment as CBN Governor,
Dr. Saraki blocked it with late
President Yar ’Adua and brought
him Lamido Sanusi. Being my
customer, Dr. Saraki confirmed
this personally to me.
3. Lamido Sanusi was appointed
CBN Gov. on 4th June, 2009,
and on the 18th June, - after
just two weeks in office – he
sent CBN examiners to five
banks including IB Plc. This was
quite unusual, as the CBN had
just completed a
comprehensive examination
of IB Plc as part of normal
protocol. The result of this was
good.
4. The new examination
finished in mid-July, and we
were expecting their report.
Suddenly, they returned
claiming that several accounts,
which they had verified and
agreed with us as
“ performing”, were now
reclassified “non-performing”.
5. Despite these manipulations,
IB Plc ’s ratios were alright.
Unusually, the CBN examiners
returned on four separate visits
to reclassify even more
accounts as “non-performing”.
These even included what we
regarded as our best accounts.
6. This prompted me to ask
some of the examiners what
was really going on. They
confided that the new Governor
was bent on removing certain
bank CEOs, and wanted to show
that IB Plc was too exposed to
bad loans. They said he formed
a team in CBN reporting to him
directly. Each completed
examination report was turned
down if it was not damning
enough and they were ordered
to go back until they achieved
certain ratios.
7. One of the examiners
showed me a report on IB Plc,
which was favourable. This has
been rejected by the CBN
Governor, as it did not justify or
warrant my removal.
8. Quite disturbed by this
development, I decided to
speak to Dr. Bukola Saraki, since
he recommended Malam
Lamido Sanusi ’s appointment.
He told me that the CBN
Governor was unhappy with
myself and Mrs. Ibru (of
Oceanic Bank) because
according to him, we had
contributed N6bn to the Senate
to block Lamido
Sanusi’s confirmation as CBN
Governor. I refuted this
allegation telling Dr. Saraki that
my religion would never allow
me to do such a thing, as no
human can undo what God has
ordered in Heaven.
9. I immediately booked an
appointment to see Lamido
Sanusi in the CBN and
questioned him regarding the
N6bn Senate bribery allegation.
He said he had put that behind
him, as “not all king makers in
council will support the choice of
a new Emir ”. I once again
reiterated my innocence, based
on my religion, that the God I
serve will never permit me to
try to block someone
else ’s good fortune.
10. Later, I mentioned to Alhaji
Aliko Dangote the strange
repeated CBN examinations
and the allegation by Lamido
Sanusi. He promised to speak to
him and ask him about the
matter.
11. Surprisingly, Alhaji Dangote
returned to say Lamido Sanusi
revealed that he was told of
the alleged bribe by Dr. Saraki,
and that I even lobbied him to
be the CBN Governor.
12. Apparently, it was Dr.
Bukola Saraki inciting Sanusi
against me, as a way of
removing me and taking over
IB Plc.
13. It has now become evident
that both Dr. Saraki & Malam
Sanusi used the opportunity of
the worldwide financial crisis of
2008- 2009 to jump into certain
banking institutions and take
them over. The crisis had been
acknowledged and was being
well managed by Professor
Chukwuma Soludo, the former
CBN Governor.
The ENTIRE industry was
affected, as others worldwide.
The Nigerian economy was hit
by four economic
catastrophe namely:
a. The oil price drop from $147
per barrel to $30. All oil
importers refused to sell in a
hurry at this new low price,
so banks had to give them time
for the price to improve.
b. The worldwide stock market
collapsed and this led all foreign
investors in the Nigerian stock
exchange to hurriedly sell their
shares. This further depreciated
the Nigerian stock exchange
index, also having an adverse
effect on the banking industry.
c. The CBN, in response to
crashing oil price, devalued
the Naira by 40%. This meant
importers with unsettled
bills had to source more Naira
to buy Dollar, and thus, put
a strain on bank customers and
the loan portfolio of the banks.
d. The sudden devaluation of
the Naira by 40% caused
a panic among overseas banks
that had dollar placements with
Nigerian banks. They
immediately gave notice
and withdrew their funds. IB Plc
lost $1.2bn in this way.
Rather than the new CBN
Governor to perform the role of
‘ lender of last resort’, he used
the crisis to take over banks for
his mentor.
All these banks had prominent
Nigerians waiting to buy them
at “knock-down” or give-away”
prices. However, the media
altered the equation.
14. On the 14th of August 2009,
without any discussion, Malam
Sanusi issued me a letter of
removal as CEO of IB Plc. He
also removed all executive
directors of the bank with
armed police men.
15. The letter (copy attached),
said that based on the
examination he ordered on the
18th June, 2009, it is in the
public interest for the CBN to
intervene by taking over the
bank.
16. Till today, no report of the
examination has been made
available to me, the
management, or the Board of
the bank. We had
no opportunity to learn how the
CBN came to its decision, nor
were given an opportunity to
respond to the examination
report, as is the usual process.
17. My removal by Malam
Sanusi was done in flagrant
disregard of the legal provisions
regarding the removal of bank
directors (i.e. Section 35 of the
Banks and Other Financial
Institutions Act, Cap. B4 Laws of
the Federation, 2004) as there
was no lawful
special examination ordered
into the affairs of
Intercontinental Bank Plc, as
required by law. Since no order
for special examination of
the bank ’s affairs was signed
by Malam Sanusi, as required of
him by the law of this country,
his order for my removal is,
improper and unlawful.
18. The current CBN
examination of May 2010, now
says there is a N95bn loan
over-provision, which means IB
Plc was deliberately marked
down previously.
19. Two lorry loads of police
were sent to IB Plc to remove
me. It was like a bad movie, a
big surprise that a person can
be driven away from a
business he had started and
nurtured for over 21 years
in one hour. And without any
opportunity to contest it.
20. I was surprised that the
next morning (Saturday), all
the papers carried personal
interviews with Malam Sanusi,
in which he accused all the CEOs
of various misdeeds. This
showed that it was pre-planned
and well-rehearsed.
21. On the evening of 19th
August, I received a call that
Malam Sanusi under the powers
that the late President had
delegated to him, had ordered
the EFCC, the Police and the SSS
to arrest me. I also learned that
two lorry loads of personnel
were en route. I hurriedly left
the house, though I could not
believe that all this
had transpired in the last 72
hours.
22. I then recalled a
professional disagreement with
Malam Sanusi while he was CEO
of First Bank. Back then, I had
discovered that his staff
members were de-marketing
IB Plc and I wrote to
him concerning this. .
23. My immediate conclusion
was that Dr. Saraki and Malam
Sanusi wanted to take over IB
Plc by fraudulent means, and
that if I went into their custody,
it could result in my death, in
order to silence any opposition
to their plans.
24. Mr. Mahmoud Lai Alabi was
appointed by the CBN as the
new CEO of IB Plc. Mr. Alabi is an
employee of Dr. Saraki as
chairman of Songa Farms and
several development funds in
the state. On resuming, his first
task was to write off Dr. Saraki ’s
loans to the tune of N8.115bn
(Papers & letters attached). He
also wrote off loans totaling
N32bn to friends of Dr. Saraki
and Malam Sanusi.
All this, in a bank that they
were meant to be rescuing. All
these written-off loans had
been classified as “good”
and “performing” by the CBN
examiners, and had been
secured with properties in Ikoyi
(Lagos), Victoria Island (Lagos),
and Abuja. The
CBN examination report of May
2010 complained about
this massive loan or “cash gift”
to Dr. Saraki. Next, he recruited
former Societe Generale staff as
Executive Directors and loan
managers (for example, Mr.
Gbenga Alade). Mr. Alabi
proceeded to sack the entire
senior management of IB
Plc and replaced them with
former Societe Generale staff. It
is clear, from these actions, that
I was removed to smoothen
the takeover of IB Plc for Dr.
Saraki.
25. As at the time the
shareholders ’ appointed
management was ousted by
Malam Lamido Sanusi, IB Plc
was not owing the CBN one
kobo on the discount window.
Also, IB Plc had Inter-
Bank takings of N73 Billion.
However, as at today under the
CBN ’s appointed management,
IB Plc is now owing the CBN
N100 Billion and owing other
Banks N300 Billion, making a
total deficit of N400 Billion after
the purported intervention by
the CBN.
26. It is rather curious that:
a. All the banks are yet to
receive any examination
report from the CBN to show
areas of deficiencies.
b. The CEO and entire senior
management were
removed without the Board or
shareholders being informed.
c. Without any criminal charges
or reports, the CEOs
were arrested and locked up –
to prevent them from
speaking to the media.
d. It was after locking them up
that the EFCC started
searching for possible offences
(in my case, it took 4 months
of searching for any offence to
pin on me).
e. Mr. Alabi, the new CEO of
Intercontinental Bank Plc, is an
employee of Dr. Saraki
(chairman of Songa Farms
in Kwara). In fact, Dr. Saraki is
running IB Plc by proxy.
f. Within two months of his
appointment, Mr. Alabi
wrote off N7bn of Dr. Saraki’s
loans – the companies are
Linkers, Dicetrade, Skyview
Properties, and Joy Petroleum.
g. As the appointment of each
senior management of IB Plc
was being terminated, Mr. Alabi
was recruiting and replacing
them with former Societe
Generale staff, in order to
complete the take-over. For
instance, the Executive Director
of risk management brought
into IB Plc (Mr. Gbenga Alade) is
a former Societe Generale staff
member.
h. Dr. Saraki has now used his
political power to take over IB
Plc after his failed peaceful
merger attempts.
i. Malam Sanusi claims to have
injected N100bn, (which is less
that 10% of the IB Plc ’s value),
and as such now owns it 100%.
This is a bank with a balance
sheet of N1.6 trillion; 330
branches; 2 foreign subsidiaries;
10 well-established subsidiaries;
12,000 members of staff; and
paidup capital of N230 billion.
Where is the justice?
j. When Malam Sanusi initially
injected N100bn into IB Plc, he
wrote to the Board that it was a
seven-year loan
(copy attached). Why is he now
trying desperately to sell
the bank within a year of the
loan?
27. I am appealing to the
Attorney General and Minister
of Justice to institute an
independent investigation into
the “so-called” banking reform
of Malam Sanusi and the
fraudulent N32 billion
loan write-off.
28. I am also appealing to this
government which believes in
the rule of law to reverse the
fraudulent take-over of
Intercontinental
Bank Plc and return it to its
Board, management and
shareholders.
29. All the allegations against
the banks ’ CEOs should be
independently investigated by
the Attorney General ’s office for
fairness.
30. Even with the deliberate
damage being done to the
banks and their stock prices on
a daily basis, if we are given six
to nine months, the banks will
be restructured to the normal,
favourable and fair positions.
signed
ERASTUS B. O. AKINGBOLA

Erastus Akingbola Petitions
AGF : Fraudulent Take-Over of
Intercontinental Bank Plc By
Dr. Bukola Saraki, Malam
Lamido Sanusi & Mahmoud Lai
Alabi
September 29, 2010 - 21:23 —
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caption:
Erastus Akingbola
By Erastus Akingbola
The Honourable Attorney-
General & Minister Of
Justice Attorney-General ’s
Chambers Federal Ministry Of
Justice, Abuja.
Dear Sir: 1. About two and a
half years ago, Dr. Bukola
Saraki requested that we
merge Societe Generale with
Intercontinental Bank (IB) Plc.
We conducted a due diligence
exercise and noticed N30bn
negative capital – so the board
of IB Plc turned it down. Dr.
Saraki was very unhappy.
2. When time came for the
renewal of Gov. Soludo ’s
appointment as CBN Governor,
Dr. Saraki blocked it with late
President Yar ’Adua and brought
him Lamido Sanusi. Being my
customer, Dr. Saraki confirmed
this personally to me.
3. Lamido Sanusi was appointed
CBN Gov. on 4th June, 2009,
and on the 18th June, - after
just two weeks in office – he
sent CBN examiners to five
banks including IB Plc. This was
quite unusual, as the CBN had
just completed a
comprehensive examination
of IB Plc as part of normal
protocol. The result of this was
good.
4. The new examination
finished in mid-July, and we
were expecting their report.
Suddenly, they returned
claiming that several accounts,
which they had verified and
agreed with us as
“ performing”, were now
reclassified “non-performing”.
5. Despite these manipulations,
IB Plc ’s ratios were alright.
Unusually, the CBN examiners
returned on four separate visits
to reclassify even more
accounts as “non-performing”.
These even included what we
regarded as our best accounts.
6. This prompted me to ask
some of the examiners what
was really going on. They
confided that the new Governor
was bent on removing certain
bank CEOs, and wanted to show
that IB Plc was too exposed to
bad loans. They said he formed
a team in CBN reporting to him
directly. Each completed
examination report was turned
down if it was not damning
enough and they were ordered
to go back until they achieved
certain ratios.
7. One of the examiners
showed me a report on IB Plc,
which was favourable. This has
been rejected by the CBN
Governor, as it did not justify or
warrant my removal.
8. Quite disturbed by this
development, I decided to
speak to Dr. Bukola Saraki, since
he recommended Malam
Lamido Sanusi ’s appointment.
He told me that the CBN
Governor was unhappy with
myself and Mrs. Ibru (of
Oceanic Bank) because
according to him, we had
contributed N6bn to the Senate
to block Lamido
Sanusi’s confirmation as CBN
Governor. I refuted this
allegation telling Dr. Saraki that
my religion would never allow
me to do such a thing, as no
human can undo what God has
ordered in Heaven.
9. I immediately booked an
appointment to see Lamido
Sanusi in the CBN and
questioned him regarding the
N6bn Senate bribery allegation.
He said he had put that behind
him, as “not all king makers in
council will support the choice of
a new Emir ”. I once again
reiterated my innocence, based
on my religion, that the God I
serve will never permit me to
try to block someone
else ’s good fortune.
10. Later, I mentioned to Alhaji
Aliko Dangote the strange
repeated CBN examinations
and the allegation by Lamido
Sanusi. He promised to speak to
him and ask him about the
matter.
11. Surprisingly, Alhaji Dangote
returned to say Lamido Sanusi
revealed that he was told of
the alleged bribe by Dr. Saraki,
and that I even lobbied him to
be the CBN Governor.
12. Apparently, it was Dr.
Bukola Saraki inciting Sanusi
against me, as a way of
removing me and taking over
IB Plc.
13. It has now become evident
that both Dr. Saraki & Malam
Sanusi used the opportunity of
the worldwide financial crisis of
2008- 2009 to jump into certain
banking institutions and take
them over. The crisis had been
acknowledged and was being
well managed by Professor
Chukwuma Soludo, the former
CBN Governor.
The ENTIRE industry was
affected, as others worldwide.
The Nigerian economy was hit
by four economic
catastrophe namely:
a. The oil price drop from $147
per barrel to $30. All oil
importers refused to sell in a
hurry at this new low price,
so banks had to give them time
for the price to improve.
b. The worldwide stock market
collapsed and this led all foreign
investors in the Nigerian stock
exchange to hurriedly sell their
shares. This further depreciated
the Nigerian stock exchange
index, also having an adverse
effect on the banking industry.
c. The CBN, in response to
crashing oil price, devalued
the Naira by 40%. This meant
importers with unsettled
bills had to source more Naira
to buy Dollar, and thus, put
a strain on bank customers and
the loan portfolio of the banks.
d. The sudden devaluation of
the Naira by 40% caused
a panic among overseas banks
that had dollar placements with
Nigerian banks. They
immediately gave notice
and withdrew their funds. IB Plc
lost $1.2bn in this way.
Rather than the new CBN
Governor to perform the role of
‘ lender of last resort’, he used
the crisis to take over banks for
his mentor.
All these banks had prominent
Nigerians waiting to buy them
at “knock-down” or give-away”
prices. However, the media
altered the equation.
14. On the 14th of August 2009,
without any discussion, Malam
Sanusi issued me a letter of
removal as CEO of IB Plc. He
also removed all executive
directors of the bank with
armed police men.
15. The letter (copy attached),
said that based on the
examination he ordered on the
18th June, 2009, it is in the
public interest for the CBN to
intervene by taking over the
bank.
16. Till today, no report of the
examination has been made
available to me, the
management, or the Board of
the bank. We had
no opportunity to learn how the
CBN came to its decision, nor
were given an opportunity to
respond to the examination
report, as is the usual process.
17. My removal by Malam
Sanusi was done in flagrant
disregard of the legal provisions
regarding the removal of bank
directors (i.e. Section 35 of the
Banks and Other Financial
Institutions Act, Cap. B4 Laws of
the Federation, 2004) as there
was no lawful
special examination ordered
into the affairs of
Intercontinental Bank Plc, as
required by law. Since no order
for special examination of
the bank ’s affairs was signed
by Malam Sanusi, as required of
him by the law of this country,
his order for my removal is,
improper and unlawful.
18. The current CBN
examination of May 2010, now
says there is a N95bn loan
over-provision, which means IB
Plc was deliberately marked
down previously.
19. Two lorry loads of police
were sent to IB Plc to remove
me. It was like a bad movie, a
big surprise that a person can
be driven away from a
business he had started and
nurtured for over 21 years
in one hour. And without any
opportunity to contest it.
20. I was surprised that the
next morning (Saturday), all
the papers carried personal
interviews with Malam Sanusi,
in which he accused all the CEOs
of various misdeeds. This
showed that it was pre-planned
and well-rehearsed.
21. On the evening of 19th
August, I received a call that
Malam Sanusi under the powers
that the late President had
delegated to him, had ordered
the EFCC, the Police and the SSS
to arrest me. I also learned that
two lorry loads of personnel
were en route. I hurriedly left
the house, though I could not
believe that all this
had transpired in the last 72
hours.
22. I then recalled a
professional disagreement with
Malam Sanusi while he was CEO
of First Bank. Back then, I had
discovered that his staff
members were de-marketing
IB Plc and I wrote to
him concerning this. .
23. My immediate conclusion
was that Dr. Saraki and Malam
Sanusi wanted to take over IB
Plc by fraudulent means, and
that if I went into their custody,
it could result in my death, in
order to silence any opposition
to their plans.
24. Mr. Mahmoud Lai Alabi was
appointed by the CBN as the
new CEO of IB Plc. Mr. Alabi is an
employee of Dr. Saraki as
chairman of Songa Farms and
several development funds in
the state. On resuming, his first
task was to write off Dr. Saraki ’s
loans to the tune of N8.115bn
(Papers & letters attached). He
also wrote off loans totaling
N32bn to friends of Dr. Saraki
and Malam Sanusi.
All this, in a bank that they
were meant to be rescuing. All
these written-off loans had
been classified as “good”
and “performing” by the CBN
examiners, and had been
secured with properties in Ikoyi
(Lagos), Victoria Island (Lagos),
and Abuja. The
CBN examination report of May
2010 complained about
this massive loan or “cash gift”
to Dr. Saraki. Next, he recruited
former Societe Generale staff as
Executive Directors and loan
managers (for example, Mr.
Gbenga Alade). Mr. Alabi
proceeded to sack the entire
senior management of IB
Plc and replaced them with
former Societe Generale staff. It
is clear, from these actions, that
I was removed to smoothen
the takeover of IB Plc for Dr.
Saraki.
25. As at the time the
shareholders ’ appointed
management was ousted by
Malam Lamido Sanusi, IB Plc
was not owing the CBN one
kobo on the discount window.
Also, IB Plc had Inter-
Bank takings of N73 Billion.
However, as at today under the
CBN ’s appointed management,
IB Plc is now owing the CBN
N100 Billion and owing other
Banks N300 Billion, making a
total deficit of N400 Billion after
the purported intervention by
the CBN.
26. It is rather curious that:
a. All the banks are yet to
receive any examination
report from the CBN to show
areas of deficiencies.
b. The CEO and entire senior
management were
removed without the Board or
shareholders being informed.
c. Without any criminal charges
or reports, the CEOs
were arrested and locked up –
to prevent them from
speaking to the media.
d. It was after locking them up
that the EFCC started
searching for possible offences
(in my case, it took 4 months
of searching for any offence to
pin on me).
e. Mr. Alabi, the new CEO of
Intercontinental Bank Plc, is an
employee of Dr. Saraki
(chairman of Songa Farms
in Kwara). In fact, Dr. Saraki is
running IB Plc by proxy.
f. Within two months of his
appointment, Mr. Alabi
wrote off N7bn of Dr. Saraki’s
loans – the companies are
Linkers, Dicetrade, Skyview
Properties, and Joy Petroleum.
g. As the appointment of each
senior management of IB Plc
was being terminated, Mr. Alabi
was recruiting and replacing
them with former Societe
Generale staff, in order to
complete the take-over. For
instance, the Executive Director
of risk management brought
into IB Plc (Mr. Gbenga Alade) is
a former Societe Generale staff
member.
h. Dr. Saraki has now used his
political power to take over IB
Plc after his failed peaceful
merger attempts.
i. Malam Sanusi claims to have
injected N100bn, (which is less
that 10% of the IB Plc ’s value),
and as such now owns it 100%.
This is a bank with a balance
sheet of N1.6 trillion; 330
branches; 2 foreign subsidiaries;
10 well-established subsidiaries;
12,000 members of staff; and
paidup capital of N230 billion.
Where is the justice?
j. When Malam Sanusi initially
injected N100bn into IB Plc, he
wrote to the Board that it was a
seven-year loan
(copy attached). Why is he now
trying desperately to sell
the bank within a year of the
loan?
27. I am appealing to the
Attorney General and Minister
of Justice to institute an
independent investigation into
the “so-called” banking reform
of Malam Sanusi and the
fraudulent N32 billion
loan write-off.
28. I am also appealing to this
government which believes in
the rule of law to reverse the
fraudulent take-over of
Intercontinental
Bank Plc and return it to its
Board, management and
shareholders.
29. All the allegations against
the banks ’ CEOs should be
independently investigated by
the Attorney General ’s office for
fairness.
30. Even with the deliberate
damage being done to the
banks and their stock prices on
a daily basis, if we are given six
to nine months, the banks will
be restructured to the normal,
favourable and fair positions.
signed
ERASTUS B. O. AKINGBOLA

[quote author=chi-baby link=topic=492003.msg6845775#msg6845775 date=1285788465]My ears are fullin of noting stopin it now! 
prease jus goin away 

Helep me told him. . he lookin my troubles indeed well enough 

Hmmm i doesnt say anyting oo. . .i doesnt wanted Efe wahala[/quote],. . . I am goin to shuk my finga among Ur eyez if you spoke dis kind of english again.

The figures here are false, 3000 Chinese ke? Or even 5000 in just a construction company. . .geeze. . This is pure journalistic embelishment. . . But the issues raised are very serious and deserve to be tackled.

Sunday Oyeleke has been out of
job for months and he blames the
Chinese. During a protest rally by
artisans in Nigeria against the
frequent employment of foreign
workers, mostly Chinese and
Indians, Mr. Oyeleke, a bricklayer,
said they are losing their jobs to the
foreigners and life is becoming
more difficult for them.
“The reason why we learn this
work is for us to make money and
take care of our family but now
they are now employing all these
Chinese people and we are not
getting jobs. That is why we are
protesting. Some of us cannot feed
our family again,” he said.
Mr. Oyeleke was among hundreds
of artisans who marched in protest
on Thursday, September 16, to the
Union Marble House, Ikoyi, the
office of Dangote Group, to drop
their protest letter to Aliko
Dangote, whose companies
allegedly have over 3000 Chinese
artisans on its payroll.
The artisans from Oyo, Ogun, and
Lagos states were demanding the
repatriation of foreign workers who
are doing jobs that ordinarily can
be done by Nigerians. That was the
second rally they held over the
issue. The first one held at Ilaro,
Ogun State, in August.
According to Segun Olutade,
Executive Director of Shelter Watch
Initiative, a non-governmental
organisation that has been leading
the protest, there are up to 3,000
Chinese artisans working at the
construction site of Dangote
Cement, Ibese, Ogun State; about
2500 engaged by Lafarge WAPCO
Cement at Ewekoro; and over 5000
Chinese artisans at the on-going
electrification project at Papalanto.
“They should go; they should leave
our country for us. How can they
be oppressing us in our own
country? How can they get jobs
before us in our own country? We
will not stop. Government must do
something about this,” said Bayo
Akerele, a plumber.
According to a Nigerian artisan who
is currently working alongside the
Chinese artisans at the construction
site of Dangote Cement, Ibese, the
Chinese artisans were originally
brought to understudy them (the
Nigerian workers) but they are
soon after placed above them.
“To think that some of these
Chinese people are prisoners is
very annoying,” he said.
Prisoners as workers
While the Nigerian artisans are said
to recieve N1500 per day as
payment for their labour, the
Chinese are paid N8000. But Mr
Olutade said his recent findings
showed that it is not exactly so.
“It is true they pay the Nigerians
N1500 per day, but for the Chinese,
they don’t pay the N8000 to them
directly; they pay to the Chinese
government. We are now
discovering that they don’t pay
them up to that N8000. This is just a
means for them to take money out
of the country. One of these
companies actually told me that
they use the Chinese because they
are cheaper,” he said.
“There are some articles on the
Internet that show that this is a
scheme by the Chinese
government to decongest their
prisons which had over 1.57 million
inmates. They push them to
developing countries like ours to
come and work. Their strategy is
that they will rubbish the artisans in
the country that they are not good
and introduce their people. They
even give money to the
government of these countries.”
Mr. Olutade was referring to
“China’s use of prison labour in
developing countries” by Brahma
Chellaney, a professor of strategic
studies at the Centre for Policy
Research in New Delhi and the
author of Asian Juggernaut: The
Rise of China, India and Japan,
published in August on
www.thedominican.net; and “How
China’s taking over Africa, and why
the West should be VERY worried”
published on www.dailymail.co.uk.
The articles, contain details about
how these “convict labourers” are
housed and fed at the project site
so that any one that escapes can
be easily traced in the alien
community, and allegations of
bribery, in which governments of
some African countries collected
money from the Chinese to receive
these workers. Nigeria is mentioned
as one of the countries in which the
practice takes place.
However, when NEXT visited the
Chinese Embassy in Lagos, it was
said that they were on a national
holiday, therefore no one could
comment on the allegation.
No monitoring by officials
For the artisans, and Mr. Olutade, a
statement credited to Umar Bindir,
the Director-General of the Office
for Technology Acquisition and
Promotion came as a sign of
victory.
Mr. Bindir reportedly said that
companies operating in Nigeria
would only be allowed to employ
expatriates as a last resort. He said
any attempt to employ foreigners
in positions that could be occupied
by competent Nigerians would be
viewed as a deliberate action to
promote capital flight by
undermining Nigeria’s national
innovation system. But in spite of
this, the preference for foreign
workers in some of the companies
has continued unchecked by
relevant government authorities.
Meanwhile, Shelter Watch Initiative
has written the presidency on the
“urgent need for Chinese/Indian
artisans to leave our country,”
raising issues of unemployment
and how the repatriation of the
foreign artisans could lead to more
jobs for Nigerian youth.
However, some have questioned
the ability of Nigerian artisans to
deliver high quality jobs, referring
to many of them as incompetent
compared to their Chinese
counterparts.
But Mr. Oyeleke, disagreed. “It is
true that some of us are not very
good. They did not train very well
before starting the job. And some
are not honest, but many of us are
good. It is just that Nigerians also
think foreigners are better. But it is
not true. Let them leave. We will do
the job well, ” he said.
A major factor responsible for this
situation is the absence of
adequate enforcement of laws
regulating the admittance of
foreign workers into the country. As
a matter of procedure, according to
the Immigration Act Cap 171, Laws
of the Federation of Nigeria,
companies are required to seek for
expatriate quota permit from the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, which
gives approval and through the
Immigration Service, monitors
compliance to the laws regulating
who is employed and in what
position. But how much monitoring
of the foreign companies is taking
place today, leaves much to be
desired, given the situation Nigerian
artisans are up against.
Efforts to reach the Nigeria
Immigration Service to clarify the
profile of the Chinese immigrants in
Nigeria did not yield result. When
NEXT visited the Immigration Office
in Lagos, the relevant officials could
not be reached for comment and
calls made to the Public Relations
Officer’s phone were not answered.

[quote author=sir-p2007 link=topic=515310.msg6800744#msg6800744 date=1285163771]guys lets take tis thing easy,
assuming this pastor was right?hw wud u feel if u re presumed guilty for offence u didnt commit.seeing some posts here make me realise why Josesph almost threw Mary out.There are somethings that re beyond human comprehension that does nt make such things wrong.

Even if tis man has sinned hw is it our bizness?does our condemning him makes us better?does it populate or de-populate heaven?Am still trying 2 figure out hw someone else fall will lead 2 d rise of another.We re some what quick 2 rejoice over another person`s misfortune, its BAD.

For those saying he was sleeping with the new wife while BIMBO was still alive,pls wat inform tis opinion?when did BIMBO die and when did he marry d new wife l think its almost 5yrs diff hw come she was nt prgnant all tis while?[/quote]. . Assuming the Pastor was right? duh? You agree he is damn guilty, so why what is all these back and forth arguement you are spewing with this lengthy epistle that can give one headaches. See how U flawed Ur own aguement even before starting? Spare us all the religious correctness and be objective in Ur analysis,
. .if anything is beyond human comprehension here, it is this Ur paragraph
"There are somethings that are beyond human comprehension". . . Are U saying dis is another immaculate conception! Hmmm. . . Na wa O. . .
"even if tis man has sinned how is it our business". . .yet another pointless question, for 4ck sake he is a pastor who influence ppl with what he preaches, how is it not ppl's biz when he says one thing and does sth else? Huh?
Seriously dude, your are doing exactly what many fanatics do when serious questions are raised that border on religion, they just try to downplay it with the usual cliché and wish it away. Objectivity is not in your post, just blind followership.

[quote author=da-whizkid link=topic=506211.msg6800227#msg6800227 date=1285158803]even if eldee release ether n the naughty woman in u n doe rae me combined now. . . E don already fall him hand big time. Me sef don tire to wait. If he like make he reply if e like make he no reply, eldee has effed up already.[/quote]. . . I ve said same shyte over and over again, there is nothing Eldee will release here at his leisure that will bring back his cred, nicca is vagetables as long as this rap battle thang is concerned. . . Seriously, with the way nicca criticizes and pours hot vitriols on opponents, one would think he would give rhymstein a squashing reply and lay shyte to rest but mm. . mm, . He would rather engage in yelling curses on the net( sth kitten niggaz do) than back up his boasts. . . The guy don fall hands finish, as it is now, he is just an arm-chair critic that tell ppl how to do shiitz that they themselves cant do, reminds me of Jay Z's line: "everybody can tell U how they do it but they neva do it"
. . . Hiphop head my sexy backside, for where? Who dash am? D guy na pure groupie, he flourishes in the guise of being amongst the best when realy he aint all that. . . Rhymstein just take rhym-stain Eldee com turn am to dunce. . .lol. . .Ibime you ve proved me right, U did not ve to take a winter break to reply Bamsyl. . .that's how them real niccaz do, am goina download it shortly and see if it measured to Bamsyl's(d sound of dat ibiimee catchy chorus is still playin in my). Hoping to hear anoda catchy chorus that wil linger like rhysmtain's i know say edey shuku U. . Lol. .i am havin mad fun here. . . .

Wow! eldee is just losing everything-from respect, credibility to even wits-see how bamsyl just 'blankd' Ur last pointless posts? Homey, your antics of putting up appearance has become stale mehn, it is making you look desperate and silly. I, personally know that even if you give yourself the whole year to produce your diss reply, it wont be beyond the ordinary or any much different from that of others despite the fact that you are at an advantage since it is a reply diss. Abeg talk less and leave braggadocio to ppl like Bamsyl and Ibime(whom i am hoping wont take your defeatist route) at least, they do that coz they ve respectable antecents. Like my guy go yarn: "You are so not it"

Hahaha. . . Am liking there two niggaz, they are both equal to eachother. . . Eyin meje ji le nu bi shibi. . Hahahaha. . . Even WWE wrestlerz no go fit win una for mouthing abeg. . . See bragging rights o! Ibime do U already ve Ur own reply? O boy post d link abeg. . Lol. . .i pray say una no go make me fail my 2moro exams. . . Hahahahaha

That beat is game's put U on the game, right? You killed it mehn, got me lafin on the floor like a crazy metaphor. . . Ibime I told ya mehn, now shíiits has hit d fans, what you gona do?

Bamsyl
am so feeling dis song mehn. . . Infact , am jamin it as I type. . . O boy dis is dope. . .
Holy moses, the result is broken noses. . .the chorus is fackin catchy. . . Your fada on okada, para. . .dat rhymed wella. . .dont wanna say much , i ve got an exam 2moro but once am thru, i am so having fun lafin my ass off. . Hehehehahahahahaha

Am going to call a spade a spade without minding whose ox is gored. Pastor's story is seriously flawed simple. They got married in January and by August she was heavy with pregnancy, how do you explain that? From the explanation the baby was born prematurely 7months into d prenancy and after delivery the baby was already home with the mum in SA. . .geeeze. . .who does not know that premature babies go straight into ICU in incubutors, they stay there for at least a month for proper development unless of course there was another one those many 'miracles' that ve been taking place since the time we started hearing these weird stories.
It would ve been way better if the pastor had just kept silent instead of making attempts to insult our intelligence with far-fetched lies to cover up a blunder. Agreed, he is human and is as susceptible to thesame temptation as everyone, whatever transpired is between he, his new wife and God almighty and I believe the story should end there(romour or no rumour) but to try to prove sth and start fabricating events to suite a purpose and start making enemies out of ppl for asking questions about sth that was very obvious to even the blind is where I have problem with all these brouhaha. . . Imagine the pastor equating it to 'our enemies ve been shamed and what not', I gues even my friend's sister who is a devout member in his church and also had raised questions about the unfolding story is an enemy as well. . .scheeew. . .see smokescreen pettiness. . .

Hahahaha. . . .guy why you come rap most part for yoruba na? Anyway, make I download the song listen to am 1st be4 I comment. . Lol. . It is getting hot in here. . . Eldee is minced meat. . .this guy can neva have his former credibility again even if he released naija Ether(which I seriously doubt) . . .chai!

vescucci:
I didn't know you could string together a decent sentence for I'd have taken you more seriously, Rhymez. Anyways, since in your courts, people are guilty until proven innocent, feel free to employ a forensics team. FYI I don't do religion.

Vescucci
Obviously, you are dense, take me seriously? Like seriously, you realy think you can engage me in a debate on any issue. I don't blame you though you can sit in front of a screen and feign to be smart, that is just one of the many luxuries that being anonymous on the net grants you, in real life I bet you would think twice before boasting to a person like me. I don't even need to quiz you much to know that you are shallow and petty, from your childish piety to yoursenseless compa risons it is very obvious who you can argue your lame points with, definitely not with me coz I will bully you.
The pastor made an uneccessary statement to explain sth that was very obvious to anyone with common sense, I gave my opinion and you self-righteously labelled me a witch-hunter and concluded that the truth does not matter so long the child is Ok and shit.
Incase you don't know, the fact that it is a pastor that is involved, it makes it more imperative for us to know the truth, he is the one that stands on the pulpit and criticizes our life-styles and tells us how we should live above bar and be like God.
The fact that he even felt the need to explain-rumour or not- gives us more reason to doubt.