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innocent1:
In retrospect, it might be difficult to come to terms with the fact that whenever someone in Lagos begins to wonder where their 4th mainland bridge went or what was the fate of the pipe-borne water project or even where the schools and hospitals had vanished to, there is a silence that contains it all.

The largest landlord in Lagos has done as he has pleased and the rest of the state just has to deal with it. To start with, Number 4, Oyikan Abayomi (formerly Queens) Drive, Ikoyi, A 5- bedroom detached house on one acre of land which was originally the Lagos State Governor’s Guest House since 1973, now belongs to a former Governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The certificate of occupancy of the property, valued at N450 million, was signed and released to him by his successor, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), in 2007 shortly after he assumed office.

Tinubu’s residence at 26 Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi was initially falsely presented as Oando Plc Guest House. Later, he purportedly bought it from Oando and used public funds to rebuild and renovate it. The Lagos State Government bought the property and paid an undisclosed sum to him and thereafter gave the property back to him under the bogus pension bill he signed into law shortly before he left office in 2007. The property is worth over N600 million.

The annex of the Lagos State Guest House in Asokoro, Abuja was bought by the State Government in 2006 for N450 million, purportedly to protect the main house from security breach. Shortly after Tinubu left office, the property was transferred to him under the pension plan he signed into law before leaving office.

The 250-hectares of land valued at about N35 billion and strategically located at the Ajah junction on Lekki Road was initially meant for a General Hospital for the people of Eti-Osa Local Government but was acquired by Tinubu and handed over to Trojan Estate Limited – a company owned by Deji and Wale Tinubu – to develop as Royal Garden Housing Estate at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.

The 1,000 hectares of land valued at about N75 billion located at Lakowe, near Abijo at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area and given to Lekki Concession Company, which is partly owned by Tinubu and Fashola, is being developed as golf course and housing estate by Assets and Resource Management Limited as ADIVA project.

The prime land of 157 hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront, valued at about N10 billion was “taken” by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area and given to Ibukun Fakeye-his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no compensation to villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20 million (N3 billion) out of public treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.

The 14 hectares Parkview Ikoyi Estate foreshore land reclaimed by the Lagos State Government is now owned by Tinubu. While in office, he allocated to himself the former Strabag Yard beside the Lagos State secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja. The property has now been developed into a shopping mall as big as the Palms in Lekki. This is public property brazenly stolen and now owned by Tinubu, aided by Fashola.

The choice property at Lekki-Epe Road on which he built and owns the multi-billion Naira Oriental Hotel and the extension of multi-storey car park beside it is also a story of the misrule of Lagos State. Also, the multi-level recreation centre by Mobil Oniru Estate on Lekki-Epe road jointly owned with ARM and Tunji Olowolafe. All these assets valued at over N25 billion were obtained without paying a kobo to the Lagos State Government.

Tinubu raised a loan of N4.7 billion on Eko Akete project for which nothing was achieved before he turned around to sell the property to his Chagouri friends of Chagouri & Chagouri and Hitech Construction Limited at a ridiculously low price at the expense of taxpayers of Lagos. Tinubu applied to personally purchase the Federal Secretariat building while in office. When he couldn’t get to buy it, he directed Fashola to stop the eventual owner of the complex from developing it. The complex is presently wasting away courtesy of the Lagos Sate Government.

It took several months of horse trading and underhand payments before Fashola could allow the new owners of 1004 flats to develop the complex. Several other buyers of Federal Government properties and developers of properties in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Government Reservation Area in Ikeja were forced to succumb to the outrageous demand of Tinubu, Fashola and other officials of the state government.

The Critical Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in IKeja, built and equipped with state funds, is now owned personally by Tinubu. He has put one Dr. Sikiru Tinubu (a supposed cousin of his) to run the outfit. It is run as a private unit and the proceeds are pocketed by the duo. The unit charges its users exorbitantly and most Lagosians can hardly afford to pay its high charges. Much of the revenue is derived from fees paid by the State Government for patients referred there by its General Hospitals.

Several prominent Nigerians in the judiciary, police, the Independent National Electoral Commission and other sensitive agencies have obtained prime land from Governor Tinubu and incumbent Governor Fashola over the years without paying a kobo. Many of them had turned around to sell the land to third parties at substantial profit. Many top officials in police, INEC and the judiciary who participated in the 2003 and 2007 elections and tribunals in states where Tinubu has interest were compromised with parcels of free prime Lagos land and cash. If the Lagos State Land’s Bureau could publish the names and identities of beneficiaries of land allotees from 2000 to date, the scandal that will result is better imagined. Gbenga Ashafa, now a senator and one Mrs. Awofisayo were the conduits through which these acts were being perpetrated. Both were also the personally involved in various dubious land transactions on their own.

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Too many kids on nairaland. Smh

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KwoiZabo:
you trust your people not because APC has better candidates but because they will vote APC out of sentiment. Guy park well. So many yorubas are not like that, GEJ will win massively enough of Tinubu's deceit.

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My opinion shouldnt be your problem, since you believe your GEJ will win the whole SW then stick to your opinion. Telling me to park well means you are sad and angry. I cant help you, sorry.

But the PDP said they have the SW on lockdown. I trust my people, lets wait and see.

CAN is the mouthpiece of the PDP, no one take them serious anymore. Too bad

Descartes:
...and you want the young ones here to take you seriously. See what is coming out from your mouth.

Stop being biased. Learn to be upright and honest at times, you cant just accuse people wrongly and expect them to ignore. Must everyone here be paid to support a party. Na wa 4 una sef.

IbileIfe:
[size=14pt]Jonathan’s N5 Billion Naira Endorsement Gift Tears Ohanaeze to Pieces

~ By Rev. Obinna Akukwe

*Igariwey denies receiving such money
*19 Northern states chapters Presidents Stranded in Enugu
*Igbo leaders kick while Igbo Youths Rejoice
* Ohaneze Elders Council Condemns Endorsement of Jonathan


Pandemonium broke out at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretariat of Tuesday during the sharing of the huge sums of money given to the Igariwey led leadership of the body for endorsing Jonathan’s second term. Many persons who were at the endorsement venue smiled home with some tens and hundreds of thousands of naira and a few got some millions of naira. Some obviously greedy beneficiaries of the Ohanaeze national cake who felt shortchanged in the sharing formula had revealed to members of Ohanaeze Elders Council and other Igbo leaders in Nigeria and diaspora that Jonathan released N5billion naira and their leaders hid more than eighty percent of the money for themselves while releasing pittances to them.

This grumbling group within the Igariwey led Ohanaeze Ndigbo Executive claimed that those who cornered a lion share of what was given by Jonathan campaign group includes Chief Emmanuel Iwunyanwu, Senator Hope Uzodimma, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya , Prof Goddy Uwazulike among others. They also fingered Chief Joe Nwaorgu and Chief O.A.U Onyema Secretary General and Deputy President General of Ohanaeze respectively, as those that gave those pittances not commensurate with their status as leaders and youth leaders in the organization. These men are threatening to expose all the secret deals from the secret Aso Villa meeting of January 12th to the events of Monday night if they are not adequately compensated.

Some Ohanaeze State Chapter Presidents from 19 northern states complained to the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC), Rev Obinna Akuwe that they were disenfranchised from the sharing process because they raised issues of security of Igbos in the north. Their spokespersons, Zamfara and Jigawa States Chapter Presidents, claimed that they were disenfranchised in the sharing process and that only the FCT branch of Ohanaeze was given money.

The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Zamfara State, Evangelist Nmamdi Okeke while confirming the arrival of huge bags of money shared at the venue claimed that “we were disenfranchised probably because we raised questions about the issue of security for Ndigbo in the north with sections of Ohanaeze leadership, including possible contingent plans to evacuate our people home in case of crisis. Our views probably did not get down well with some people” Evangelist Okeke vowed continuing to work with other Ohanaeze leaders especially in the north to ensure that Igbos are not brutalized. He expressed gratitude to the Minister of Defense, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd) for his support to the Igbo community in the North West.

Rev Igwesi Offodile, Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Jigawa State Chapter also told Rev Akukwe that “ the security of Ndigbo in the north before, during and after the elections is very important and if Ohanaeze cannot make adequate contingency plans then it is very unfortunate”.

Chief Akunne Azikiwe, son of Nigeria’s first President and Owelle of Onitsha, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe while speaking with Rev Akukwe on the subject matter said that “ collecting of billions form Jonathan without any negotiation is not good for Ndigbo. Jonathan is our neighbor, we cannot abandon him but this issue of sharing money is not beneficial to our psyche, ”. On the calls for the postponement of the elections, Akunne Azikiwe lent support positing that” very soon the announcement postponing the polls will be made by six weeks or so which is a good development. This will give Ndigbo and other tribes’ time to diffuse tension in Nigeria and return to issue based campaign”

Rev Akukwe was told by some leaders of Igbo Delegates Association(IDA) that they were given N20 million naira to be shared among the 19 Northern States and described as unfortunate the fate that befell Ohanaeze State Chapters in the North who were still stranded in Enugu as at press time. They believe that the 19 northern states failed to comply with the directive to give Goodluck Jonathan maximum support; hence they were disenfranchised from the sharing process. They described Igariwey as the first Ohanaeze President to receive money and share same to the grassroots in such proportion, pledging undying support for him.

The Chairman of Ohanaeze Elders council and first republic transport minister Chief Mbazulike Amechi had on Thursday told Rev Akukwe that those sharing money are not the real Ohanaeze. According to him, those sharing the money are “a group of illegal Ohanaeze whose major purpose is to collect and share billions of naira without any negotiation over the fate of Ndigbo during and after the Jonathan era”. Chief Amaechi told the leaders of Igbo Mandate Congress that those that went to Abuja to meet with Jonathan are speaking for themselves and their family. According to him “The basic interest of those endorsing Jonathan is to collect money. They were sharing millions and hundreds of thousands on Tuesday to some persons and we the Elders Council of Ohanaeze are not a part of it. Some persons even got their finger bitten off while some women got their dresses torn while struggling for the money from Abuja. That is not what Ohanaeze stands for” Ohanaeze Elders Council had rejected the endorsement of President Jonathan and had asked Igbos to vote either Buhari or Jonathan as their conscience permits them.
Dr Zed Chukwujama, Secretary Ohanaeze Caretaker Committee expressed worry over the fate of Igbos in the north after the elections and told Rev Akukwe “that those who are sharing the millions are not thinking of how to protect Igbo lives and property especially in the North”.

The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Gari Igariwey in a press conference on Friday denied receiving N5billion naira to endorse Jonathan. Igariwey reportedly told newsmen that “What is happening in Ohanaeze is purely money. Certain persons want to negotiate on behalf of Ndigbo for 2015 general elections not necessarily for Igbos interest but solely for their selfish interest,” Igariwey described the insinuations that Jonathan gave them N5 billion naira as baseless and while asking Igbos to vote the incumbent posited that it is only Jonathan that will implement the National Conference Report.[/size]

Lolz

Give him food, and he will sing for you. Shameless man

Gbawe:
Thank you ojare. This is all I ask. It is time we begin to hold childish and bitter Nairalanders responsible for the spurious and injurious allegations they throw around wildly.

Bro, dont mind them. They just come online to accuse everone of being paid, now he is scared and cant even say Amen. Must everyone be paid to support a cause you believe. Just ignore them jare.

Gbawe:
If a Politician, anywhere on earth, has ever given me any reward, financial or otherwise, to support his/her cause/ambition then may misfortune follow me, my children and my generations unborn for eternity. If you have lied that I am "hired", because you are an immature and bitterly emotional adult who thinks it is cool to tarnish the image of others with wild and unproven allegations, then may misfortune follow you, your children and generations unborn for eternity. I say amen to this prayer because of how sure I am of my position. Simply say amen to the prayer too if you are convinced of your allegation. No long talk needed . A simple amen will do.

I say Amen. So shall it be in Jesus name.

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PapiWata:
Buhari has always been an utterly sadistic individual, and old age has only make him more cunning, as he tries to hide his blood-thirsty character.

Denial of medical care was one of Buhari's favorite methods of killing those who had the misfortune of getting rounded up by secret police and thrown in dungeons to rot, during the Boko Haram terror gang leader's demonic reign as military tyrant in the 1980s.

Covertly financing, and openly rooting for the Boko Haram invaders now laying waste northern Nigeria, Paaa Buhari's henchmen continue to shed innocent blood even as their evil master seeks to run for president, all the while knowing he is doomed to lose at the polls, and in the post-election court of appeal, precisely as he did so many times before.

Tragically, the sore loser Buhari WILL order yet more killings when he loses the upcoming 2015 presidential election, unless he can he replaced by his political party with an educated and credible substitute, whereby Buhari will be free to relax in a rocking chair at home and watch his great grandchildren smoke weed while buggering livestock in the backyard.

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Trash from a jakumo.

emiye:
waoh!, i almost added that to my post ! , but i left it out, since i have got no evidence . I have a gut feeling about it though.

That drug muller is one fellow that believes with money nothing is impossible.

You get it bro. The man is desperate.

Something is truly wrong somewhere. 40% is too low, Buruji Kashamu on my mind.

Kill them all. Pls spare none of them.

Ngozievergreeen:
I laugh. You sure wont wanna go that way with me, enjoy your nairaland and dont lemme be on your case. I dont care about any PDP nor APC but learn to mind what you say. Wont say more than that......

Enough. Leave him and dont exchange words with anyone. Since he now see you as his enemy, let him be. I dont want you to interfere in any of this rubbish anymore. TVT

OgologoDimkpa:
But Descartes never mentioned Yoruba on his post ?

He clearly understand my point.

Descartes:
Statistically,about 85% of the posters attacking the dude are all from one tribe. Smh

I will advise you to stop playing this tribal card everytime, how do you know the tribe of the 80% people? Cleverly n berem are not Yoruba. Cos you hate the Yorubas dont mean you should attack them always, respect yourself bro.

Collynzo419:
1. Childish thread

2. Everyone has free choice! Everyone has a right to associate with whichever camp they desire. People should cease the attacks on the subject. I called him out in a thread weeks ago- I said he is a Judas in the camp and Cleverly/Gbawe told me to let it slide. My problem is the duplicitous attitude as Gbawe will term it. I am happy he has finally developed the courage to take the necessary action. That should be the end of it!

3. To the subject (Barca), I will strongly appeal to you to stop calling people names. You have every right to support whoever you want but do so with dignity. Calling people evil and all sorts of names is inappropriate.

4. Very important- Nobody is clean! Trust me! Everyone (including the subject) has skeletons in their cupboard (People concerned know what I mean)

5. Let us be civil

6. Sai Buhari

7. #March4Buhari

8. We cannot wait.

Spot on. I just cant believe people want to crucify him cos of mere nairaland decamping. Why are people so childish and jobless? Jeeeez. This forum is now something else, they should free the boy nah.

berem:

Swthrt, Been a while dear. Hope you good? God bless you dearie.

Descartes:
Exatly, some people take this Forum seriously to the extent of attacking one who has a different political ideology from theirs. But for me I visit here when am less busy or feel to interact with my fellow country men. But the so-called "progressives" were all out with fangs attacking the dude even Gbawe who should have known better.

I dont take politics serious, i am only after my tribe and more reason i dont discuss much about politics. Nairaland is for daily fun and all this online decamping from both sides is childish and funny.

Descartes:
I undestand the look on your face. It's all about politics.

Yeah broda, Politics is a game of interest. No permanent friend nor enemy. But nairaland is just a normal fun place to hang out, dont know people now decamp online Anyway, I wish him well

Hmmmmmmm.

mikeansy:
APC should focus on guber and plan for 2019 Presidency

2015 presidency has been settled, PDP outsmarted APC on this one!

Settled with your 1 vote. You dont even have PVC, it will shock you soon.

Jeeez. Sleep well broda

Descartes:
You are not gonna vote does not mean that you're not interested in Nigerian politics. So save me the sermon.

Mschew. Go play with sand, you not making sense bro.

Descartes:
Did I ask where you live?

Stop trying to play smart, you said am pained cos of election and i replied whats my own when am not even gonna vote. Abeg go play with sand.

Descartes:
*Edited* It seems you're pained by this development

Pained how? I dont even live in Nigeria, so whats my own. Funny.

Descartes:
His plans has be twarted and he is now crying over a spilt milk.

Olodo. No be only has be twarted.