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aisha2:
Na wa oh. Abeg what is good for Redeemed is good for Christ Embassy oh, just imagine oh, Partia on our own Nairaland

Thank GOD people like you are screaming out loud now. This exactly what Ribadu did, today he is paying for it. Nairaland, why start so well, and now want to rubbish your record? Why/

I will use this topic and site as reference.

In fact, I will post a new topic on Nairaland titled, "Is Nairaland Free and Fair?"

Oboma1:
Can you belief it? The guy has been removing this thread that has this topic: "N15m scam rocks Chris Oyakhilome’s church". If it is a lie, can someone check it out at this site, and try posting at Nairaland: http://www.champion.com.ng/index.php?news=22797. That is my evidence on my allegation against Nairaland

Na true oh!. Nairalanders, I hereby forward this as exhibit one!.

Oboma1:
Thank you for having the courage to post this. I have noticed this several times, and I always thought, it was system failure, I never knew someone was out there manipulating things. Nairaland, GOD is watching you guys. If you allow other men of GOD to be brutalised by uncircumcised idiots on this forum, while protecting your own, you will never escape heavenly justice. That is my consolation!.

That is correct. Charity must begin at home, Shekinah!.

N15m scam rocks Chris Oyakhilome’s church
23 November, 2009 01:27:00 Reports



Another round of crisis is rocking Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy, as a former student of Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Victor Osagie, alias Jerry Finger, has admitted defrauding foreigners of $96,607( about N15million) and spending the proceeds on tithes and offerings in the church.

Osagie, a 23 -year old former Chemical Engineering student who dropped out of the university in 2004 due to what he called ‘family issues’, was picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Benin, following a petition by a regional compliance officer with Moneygram International, who suspected that the number of foreign ladies, mostly Americans and Germans, who have been sending money to the fraudster were victims of fraud.

A statement by EFCC’s head of publicity, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said the suspicion was triggered by a communication with one of the victims who told Moneygram that she met the fraudster over the internet and that she has been sending him money because he said he wanted to set up a business.

Investigations subsequently revealed that Osagie was a serial marriage scammer. Who fleeced his victims posing as Jerry Finger, a white British American expatriate working in Nigeria. Apart from sending photograph of a successful white male with the assumed Identity of a Jerry Finger to his victims and promising them marriage, he also told his victims that he was in Nigeria to execute a project and then demanded for money from them, with a promise to refund them when he was paid for the project. Some fell for the gimmick and paid.

Before he was finally nabbed, a total of $96,607.95 had been remitted to him by the victims. He collected the money through Moneygram desk in five different banks: United Bank for Africa Plc, Bank PHB, Spring Bank and Equitorial Trust Bank, using a fake driver’s licence with the name of Jerry Finger. Upon arrest, he confessed to the crime.

He said he started scamming in 2007, three years after he dropped out of the university. Before then he had worked as bar man in two hotels in Benin. He said he was forced to embrace internet fraud due to the pressure of fending for his family.

Investigations revealed that Osagie was so generous that Christ Embassy noticed and was concerned considering his age. But the fraudster explained that his income came from legitimate sources.

Curiously, he sees nothing wrong in defrauding people using his loot as offering and tithes.

He said he did not see anything untoward about his action, as money belongs to God and there was nothing wrong giving what he made from his fraudulent endeavours to promote the work of God.

He said he receives tremendous satisfaction knowing and seeing the people whose lives have been transformed through his giving. That for him was most edifying. He added that all those who gave him money did so willingly.

"They are all my friends. Up till now they are still my friends. If I call them now they will speak with me. I didn’t defraud any one. I only asked for assistance and they were willing to help, "he declared. He said the only action he took which he was not proud of was assuming the fake identity of a Jerry Finger.

The suspect, who was picked on October 23 has since been admitted to administrative bail, but will soon be charged to court.

Meanwhile, chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has charged Nigerian youths to take up the gauntlet in the fight against corruption in the country. She made the call weekend when she received members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in her office.

Waziri who was represented by Gabriel Aduda, head, strategy and re-orientation unit (SARU) said the youths should join the fight against corruption as the future belongs to them.

She said: "We are going to be working together to fight this scourge (corruption) that has eaten deep into the fabrics of our nation and has even begun to tamper with our national life because we have people dying from road accident because roads have not been built and money meant for that has been stolen. We have people dying from diseases that should have been cured because those drugs never got to the hospitals or they got to the hospitals and later disappeared. So whether we like it or not, directly or indirectly, we have been affected by corruption."

She said the fight against corruption was not for EFCC alone but for all Nigerians, adding that the need to create awareness on this, gave birth to the Anti-Corruption Revolution Campaign, ANCOR, an enlightenment campaign programme that is aimed at giving Nigerians the opportunity to ownership of the fight against corruption.

In his remarks, acting president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Deolu Sotade George, showered encomiums on Waziri and the Commission especially over the recent conviction of Chief Bode George by a Lagos High Court.

He said with the successful prosecution and conviction of Chief Bode George, former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Waziri has shown that she was determined to root out corruption from Nigeria.


http://www.champion.com.ng/index.php?news=22797

selingel:
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Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele has predicted that the poll winner in the February governorship election in Anambra State would be denied his mandate which would trigger a widespread anarchy. He advised Nigerians to pray fervently for peace, noting that dark smoke has enveloped the entire state.



http://www.champion.com.ng/index.php?news=22713

I am tired of such predictions. Even the one above can be predicted by anybody. These people are not GOD!.

Anambra 2010: It’ll be ‘packaged victory’ for Soludo –Prophet
22 November, 2009 12:18:00 By INNOCENT OKONKWO




Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele has predicted that the poll winner in the February governorship election in Anambra State would be denied his mandate which would trigger a widespread anarchy. He advised Nigerians to pray fervently for peace, noting that dark smoke has enveloped the entire state.

He said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate would secure a ‘packaged victory’ to govern Anambra State in 2010.

Ayodele also predicted 3rd place winner for the Super Eagles during the Nations’ Cup in Angola, but said the team would perform woefully during the World Cup in South Africa.

The seer, who is credited with some accurate predictions on national issues over the years, also said Eagles’ handler, Amodu Shuaibu, would be relieved of his job as the national team coach.

The cleric had in his predictions earlier published in our sister stable, Daily Champion of July 7, 2009 said Nigeria’s U-17 team would play well in the just concluded FIFA World Cup but would not retain the trophy and that the Super Eagles would qualify for the first World Cup in African by a stroke of luck.

Ayodele told Sunday Champion in an interview in his Lagos office that the Anambra poll has been rigged and packaged waiting to be delivered to Prof Chukwuma Soludo of the PDP. He said Soludo’s ‘packaged victory’ would trigger spontaneous reaction that will have a negative consequence on Nigeria.

"God has revealed the person that will win the election but they will not give that person the chance to rule. It is not Peter Obi or Chris Ngige. Soludo will not win but he will have a ‘packaged victory’ to govern Anambra State. The election will not be smooth, it will be full of rigging and ballot box snatching will be the order of the day.

"Anambra needs prayer in 2010. The people’s choice will not be installed as the governor. It is not an election that cannot be decided by votes. It is going to be an election of bribe. A lot of gimmicks will surround the election. If care is not taken, Anambra election will trigger a lot of problems that will have unpleasant consequences for Nigeria.

"I am not against any body, if you like counter it, you can call me any thing, and it does not bother me. The only one I am afraid of is God.

Let me repeat it, PDP will win Anambra through a packaged victory. But there is going to be anarchy after the election.

He, however, warned Soludo to watch his back, saying that some of his friends would betray him.

"Many people who are pretending to be Soludo’s friends will stab him in the back. Let us pray to save lives in Anambra during this election", he said.

On Andy Uba’s failed bid, Ayodele said Uba failed because of his ignorance, noting that he did not listen to the voice of God.

"He did not listen to what the Lord said. He did not hear the true voice of God. If he had heard the voice of God, he would have been there. We warned him but he ignored the warning", he said.

To Nigerian soccer lovers who may be nursing the dream of seeing the Super Eagles lift the gold during the Nation’s Cup in Angola, Ayodele said: "I want to say this again that Nigeria is going to the Nations’ Cup at Angola and will come 3rd. Nigeria is coming back with the bronze.

"I want to say it again that Super Eagles will flop in South Africa during the World Cup; we will not perform. I want to say it to Nigerians again that Shuaibu Amodu will be sacked disgracefully", he said.

The cleric said many people would be indicted in the probe of financial scandal during the recently concluded world youth soccer championship in Nigeria.

Ayodele who described himself as a mere instrument in the hands of God, said that God is using him to communicate divine revelations and messages to Nigerians, adding that he would continue to communicate future occurrences to the nation without fear or favour, irrespective of the opinions of people about such prophecies and predictions.

"It is unfortunate that we lost the U-17 cup but when the publication came out on July 7, 2009, a lot of people would say that we did not know what we were talking about and many others dismissed the prophecy. We prophesied that the Super Eagles had a slim chance, very slim chance that it would be tough but that they would scale through.

"That is kudos to the Word of God. It is kudos to the Almighty God who has been using me as His vessel to communicate this message to Nigerians without fear or favour", he said.

http://www.champion.com.ng/index.php?news=22713

Can one ever run away from his shadow?

Are you sure, this country can ever be good again in our generation with all these news? I tire oh!.

Varsity dropout arrested over $96,000 fraud
By Sun News Publishing
Monday, November 23, 2009

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A former student of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State , Okoro Osagie Victor, (alias Jerry Finger) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding foreigners to the tune of $96, 607 through the internet.

The 23-year-old former Chemical Engineering student who dropped out of the university in 2004 due to what he called ‘family issues’, was picked up by operatives of the Commission in Benin City following a petition by a regional compliance officer with Moneygram International, who suspected that the large number of foreign ladies, mostly Americans and Germans, who have been wiring money to the fraudster were victims of fraud.

The suspicion was triggered by a communication with one of Victor’s victims who told Moneygram that she met the fraudster over the internet and that she has been sending him money because he claims that he wanted to set up a business.
Investigations subsequently revealed that Victor is a serial marriage scammer. He has been fleecing his victims posing as Jerry Finger, a white British American expatriate working in Nigeria .

Apart from sending photograph of a successful white male with the assumed identity of a Jerry Finger to his victims and promising them marriage, he would also tell them that he was in Nigeria to execute a project and then demand for money from them, with a promise to refund them when he is paid for the project. Some fell for the gimmick and paid.

Before he was finally nabbed, a total of $96,607.95 had been remitted to him by several victims from the United States and Germany.
He collected the money through Moneygram desk in five different banks using a fake driver’s licence with the name of Jerry Finger. Upon arrest, he confessed to the crime, explaining that he usually deposit receipts from his heist in three accounts.
According to him, he started scamming in 2007, three years after he dropped out of the university. Before then he had worked as bar man in two hotels in Benin City.

He said he was forced to embrace internet fraud due to the pressure of fending for his family. And even when he devoted most of his time to fraud, Osagie still held regular jobs as a camouflage for his criminal endeavours. He said he continued to work as Independent Field Advisor and Multilevel Marketer for ADIC Insurance in Benin .
But the unusual thing about suspect is that unlike other fraudsters who live a life of luxury and spend their money on women, cars and drinks, he lives a moderate lifestyle. He neither drinks, smoke nor womanize. To crown it all, more than 80 per cent of the proceeds of his heist were given to his church, as tithes and offerings.

Investigations reveal that so generous was Osagie, in his giving, that the church noticed and was concerned considering his age. But the fraudster assuaged their fears, explaining that his income came from legitimate sources.
But, why will a Youngman defraud people through the internet only to offload his loot as offering and tithes to a church? Victor does not see anything untoward about his action. According to him, money belongs to God and there is nothing wrong giving what he has made from his fraudulent endeavours to promote the work of God. He said he receives tremendous satisfaction knowing and seeing the people whose lives have been transformed through his giving.

That for him was most edifying. He says he has no regret giving to promote the work of God. He added that all those who gave him money did so willingly. “They are all my friends. Up till now they are still my friends. If I call them now they will speak with me. I didn’t defraud any one. I only asked for assistance and they were willing to help, “he declared. He said the only action he took which he is not proud of was assuming the fake identity of a Jerry Finger. However, he claims that some of his victims eventually got to know his real identify.

The suspect, who was picked on October 23 and has since been admitted to administrative bail, will soon be charged to court.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has charged Nigerian youths to take up the gauntlet in the fight against corruption in the country . She made the the call weekend when she received members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in her office.
Waziri who was represented by Gabriel Aduda, Head, Strategy and Re-Orientation Unit, SARU, said the youths should key into the fight against corruption as the future belongs to them.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/23/national-23-11-2009-8.htm

The guy has no choice. He is to remain in jail till 1st December.

selingel:
Ibori for UniBen Founder’s Day Lecture
11.23.2009
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Former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, will today deliver the Founder’s Day lecture at the University of Benin.
The event holds at the Akin Deko Auditorium, at the university’s main campus, Ugbowo.
According to a release signed by Ibori's Media Aide, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, the lecture, titled, “Fiscal Federalism, Amnesty and the Youths – The Way Forward," will take a critical look at the nature of Nigeria’s federalism and suggest ways to deepen it.
He said, “other issue involved in the lecture is the recent amnesty President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua granted former militants of the Niger Delta and how Nigeria can move forward."
During his tenure, Ibori was an advocate of fiscal federalism, a topic that he seized every opportunity to dwell on during his eight years as governor.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=160455

As I am speaking to you now, he should be on his way from UNIBEN. Abeg, make them leave the man jare. Alot of them here on Nairaland, will do worst that the man. The good thing there is that, he is really spending this money to help the poor and needy. If you like, call it bribing the public, but his people like him so much, though a thief is a thief!.

Ibori for UniBen Founder’s Day Lecture
11.23.2009
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Former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, will today deliver the Founder’s Day lecture at the University of Benin.
The event holds at the Akin Deko Auditorium, at the university’s main campus, Ugbowo.
According to a release signed by Ibori's Media Aide, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, the lecture, titled, “Fiscal Federalism, Amnesty and the Youths – The Way Forward," will take a critical look at the nature of Nigeria’s federalism and suggest ways to deepen it.
He said, “other issue involved in the lecture is the recent amnesty President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua granted former militants of the Niger Delta and how Nigeria can move forward."
During his tenure, Ibori was an advocate of fiscal federalism, a topic that he seized every opportunity to dwell on during his eight years as governor.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=160455

asha 80:
My guy corruption is a nigerian^^^

What pains me most here is that, I thought he will be "Arisekolised". His case now is just like what we all used to say, "Monkey no fine, him mama like am".

At this juncture, I will concur with the person who once said, fraud is now a way of life in Nigeria.

Varsity dropout arrested over $96,000 fraud
By Sun News Publishing
Monday, November 23, 2009

More Stories on This Section
A former student of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State , Okoro Osagie Victor, (alias Jerry Finger) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding foreigners to the tune of $96, 607 through the internet.

The 23-year-old former Chemical Engineering student who dropped out of the university in 2004 due to what he called ‘family issues’, was picked up by operatives of the Commission in Benin City following a petition by a regional compliance officer with Moneygram International, who suspected that the large number of foreign ladies, mostly Americans and Germans, who have been wiring money to the fraudster were victims of fraud.

The suspicion was triggered by a communication with one of Victor’s victims who told Moneygram that she met the fraudster over the internet and that she has been sending him money because he claims that he wanted to set up a business.
Investigations subsequently revealed that Victor is a serial marriage scammer. He has been fleecing his victims posing as Jerry Finger, a white British American expatriate working in Nigeria .

Apart from sending photograph of a successful white male with the assumed identity of a Jerry Finger to his victims and promising them marriage, he would also tell them that he was in Nigeria to execute a project and then demand for money from them, with a promise to refund them when he is paid for the project. Some fell for the gimmick and paid.

Before he was finally nabbed, a total of $96,607.95 had been remitted to him by several victims from the United States and Germany.
He collected the money through Moneygram desk in five different banks using a fake driver’s licence with the name of Jerry Finger. Upon arrest, he confessed to the crime, explaining that he usually deposit receipts from his heist in three accounts.
According to him, he started scamming in 2007, three years after he dropped out of the university. Before then he had worked as bar man in two hotels in Benin City.

He said he was forced to embrace internet fraud due to the pressure of fending for his family. And even when he devoted most of his time to fraud, Osagie still held regular jobs as a camouflage for his criminal endeavours. He said he continued to work as Independent Field Advisor and Multilevel Marketer for ADIC Insurance in Benin .
But the unusual thing about suspect is that unlike other fraudsters who live a life of luxury and spend their money on women, cars and drinks, he lives a moderate lifestyle. He neither drinks, smoke nor womanize. To crown it all, more than 80 per cent of the proceeds of his heist were given to his church, as tithes and offerings.

Investigations reveal that so generous was Osagie, in his giving, that the church noticed and was concerned considering his age. But the fraudster assuaged their fears, explaining that his income came from legitimate sources.
But, why will a Youngman defraud people through the internet only to offload his loot as offering and tithes to a church? Victor does not see anything untoward about his action. According to him, money belongs to God and there is nothing wrong giving what he has made from his fraudulent endeavours to promote the work of God. He said he receives tremendous satisfaction knowing and seeing the people whose lives have been transformed through his giving.

That for him was most edifying. He says he has no regret giving to promote the work of God. He added that all those who gave him money did so willingly. “They are all my friends. Up till now they are still my friends. If I call them now they will speak with me. I didn’t defraud any one. I only asked for assistance and they were willing to help, “he declared. He said the only action he took which he is not proud of was assuming the fake identity of a Jerry Finger. However, he claims that some of his victims eventually got to know his real identify.

The suspect, who was picked on October 23 and has since been admitted to administrative bail, will soon be charged to court.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has charged Nigerian youths to take up the gauntlet in the fight against corruption in the country . She made the the call weekend when she received members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in her office.
Waziri who was represented by Gabriel Aduda, Head, Strategy and Re-Orientation Unit, SARU, said the youths should key into the fight against corruption as the future belongs to them.



http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/23/national-23-11-2009-8.htm

Varsity dropout arrested over $96,000 fraud
By Sun News Publishing
Monday, November 23, 2009



More Stories on This Section
A former student of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State , Okoro Osagie Victor, (alias Jerry Finger) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding foreigners to the tune of $96, 607 through the internet.

The 23-year-old former Chemical Engineering student who dropped out of the university in 2004 due to what he called ‘family issues’, was picked up by operatives of the Commission in Benin City following a petition by a regional compliance officer with Moneygram International, who suspected that the large number of foreign ladies, mostly Americans and Germans, who have been wiring money to the fraudster were victims of fraud.

The suspicion was triggered by a communication with one of Victor’s victims who told Moneygram that she met the fraudster over the internet and that she has been sending him money because he claims that he wanted to set up a business.
Investigations subsequently revealed that Victor is a serial marriage scammer. He has been fleecing his victims posing as Jerry Finger, a white British American expatriate working in Nigeria .

Apart from sending photograph of a successful white male with the assumed identity of a Jerry Finger to his victims and promising them marriage, he would also tell them that he was in Nigeria to execute a project and then demand for money from them, with a promise to refund them when he is paid for the project. Some fell for the gimmick and paid.

Before he was finally nabbed, a total of $96,607.95 had been remitted to him by several victims from the United States and Germany.
He collected the money through Moneygram desk in five different banks using a fake driver’s licence with the name of Jerry Finger. Upon arrest, he confessed to the crime, explaining that he usually deposit receipts from his heist in three accounts.
According to him, he started scamming in 2007, three years after he dropped out of the university. Before then he had worked as bar man in two hotels in Benin City.

He said he was forced to embrace internet fraud due to the pressure of fending for his family. And even when he devoted most of his time to fraud, Osagie still held regular jobs as a camouflage for his criminal endeavours. He said he continued to work as Independent Field Advisor and Multilevel Marketer for ADIC Insurance in Benin .
But the unusual thing about suspect is that unlike other fraudsters who live a life of luxury and spend their money on women, cars and drinks, he lives a moderate lifestyle. He neither drinks, smoke nor womanize. To crown it all, more than 80 per cent of the proceeds of his heist were given to his church, as tithes and offerings.

Investigations reveal that so generous was Osagie, in his giving, that the church noticed and was concerned considering his age. But the fraudster assuaged their fears, explaining that his income came from legitimate sources.
But, why will a Youngman defraud people through the internet only to offload his loot as offering and tithes to a church? Victor does not see anything untoward about his action. According to him, money belongs to God and there is nothing wrong giving what he has made from his fraudulent endeavours to promote the work of God. He said he receives tremendous satisfaction knowing and seeing the people whose lives have been transformed through his giving.

That for him was most edifying. He says he has no regret giving to promote the work of God. He added that all those who gave him money did so willingly. “They are all my friends. Up till now they are still my friends. If I call them now they will speak with me. I didn’t defraud any one. I only asked for assistance and they were willing to help, “he declared. He said the only action he took which he is not proud of was assuming the fake identity of a Jerry Finger. However, he claims that some of his victims eventually got to know his real identify.

The suspect, who was picked on October 23 and has since been admitted to administrative bail, will soon be charged to court.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has charged Nigerian youths to take up the gauntlet in the fight against corruption in the country . She made the the call weekend when she received members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in her office.
Waziri who was represented by Gabriel Aduda, Head, Strategy and Re-Orientation Unit, SARU, said the youths should key into the fight against corruption as the future belongs to them.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/23/national-23-11-2009-8.htm

Chukwuma Soludo.


Once again, I can sense over-confidence here. Soludo had better watch it. He has so many enemy/friends around him.

Catastrophic Failure: Soludo’s verdict on Anambra leadership
By NOSIKE OGBUENYI, who was in ISUOFIA, Anambra State
Monday, November 23, 2009


Soludo
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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for the February 6, 2010 election in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has blamed the precarious security situation and other problems on “catastrophic failure of leadership in the state”. The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who spoke during an exclusive interview with Daily Sun at his country home, Umueze village (Isuanaoma), Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State at the weekend regretted that Anambra which ought to be a first class state was reeling under a third class leadership.

Speaking against the background of the scary security situation in the state under which his 78-year old father, Pa Simeon Soludo, was kidnapped last month, he asserted that the worrisome situation was one of the factors that nudged him into volunteering to serve and rescue his people.
He declared: “Anambra is a first class state and requires a first class material to lead them. You cannot have a first class state and offer it a third class governance. It just won’t work. In Anambra today, there are refugees, people are running away.

There is a refugee situation in Anambra. It may not be so pronounced because you are not seeing people in camps, but people are moving in droves out of the state. Go to Nnewi, its dead, literarily dead. Look at the factories that used to be; that’s a place where foreigners used to describe as the emerging Japan of Africa; go to the place today, everybody has run away. Go to Onitsha, everybody is moving across to Asaba; come to Awka, it’s a ghost town. I mean Anambra is just dead now, in economic terms.
“There are no jobs, insecurity is just second nature. It has degenerated to a level at which even the kidnappers who kidnapped my dad told me that it is part of the culture.

That’s the way they described it. Well, I don’t know much of what the governor has done, but whatever he has done, obviously has not worked, because people are so scared. You can’t even do certain things that are supposed to be done at home any longer. People are now having traditional marriages in Abuja, Lagos and so on. Why? the fear of going home. And the investors cannot come. You cannot create jobs under this state of insecurity. And therefore, for me, that is the first job of government.”

Soludo listed among aspects of his agenda to restore Anambra to a secure path, creation of hundreds of thousands of job opportunities for teeming unemployed youth, creating new models of community policing, adequate equipment for the police and other security agencies, informal policing schemes and intelligence network.

While vowing to ensure a secure Anambra “where people can sleep with their two eyes closed”, he declined to divulge further details of his security blueprint saying, “I don’t need to discuss the details of that here on the pages of newspaper or on the podium” for obvious reasons.
Appraising his chances in the February 6, 2010 governorship election, he described them as very bright because “Anambra State is a PDP state”. As he put it, Anambra is more than 85 to 90 percent PDP. He predicted a landslide victory for PDP in the election, saying “we are not leaving anything to chance. We will win landslide. We don’t just want to win; we want to win very convincingly and that is why we are not leaving any stone unturned in the mobilization process that is ongoing. As you are aware, as the largest party not only in the state but in the country and Africa at large, there were almost 50 governorship aspirants who were interested in picking the ticket of the party which is a demonstration of the fact that it is the party on ground”.

Soludo, while stressing that the reconciliation efforts of PDP was on full throttle to assuage the anger of aggrieved aspirants and stakeholders following his emergence as the candidate, admitted that a 100 percent healing may not be feasible before the poll early next year. He had this to say about the pent up anger in some quarters with the state chapter of the PDP: “And of course, following that (his choice), there were some that are nursing some feelings and we are in the process of the healing. And I can tell you right now - if you have 50 per cent of PDP members working for PDP, you have a landslide victory. And I can bet you that we have well passed 80 per cent in terms of getting the entire house together. So, I think basically, this is a PDP state and the next government will be formed by the PDP under my leadership.”

On his promise of a quick turn-around of Anambra State into a model city state as the new African Dubai-Taiwan and the feasibility of the plan, he stressed that Dubai and Taiwan were developed due to sheer vision, outstanding leadership and entrepreneurship of the people. He promised to galvanize and mobilize Anambra to achieve a similar feat.

Said Soludo, “…Anambra State is uniquely better endowed to do better than even Taiwan and Dubai because it has the largest concentration of entrepreneurs anywhere in Africa. Anambra people are all over Nigeria, all over Africa, all over the world, especially in the United States developing those climes. Anambra has a unique geographical advantage. It has a boundary with the North through Benue and Kogi; it has a boundary with the west through Delta, boundary with South-south through Rivers, boundary with Imo, Abia and Enugu states.”

He described Anambra as a very special state in the country with the highest population density after Lagos and so uniquely positioned with potentially navigable waterways by way of the River Niger, which is being dredged. “And I can see the skylines along the banks of the River Niger. What you require is leadership and vision and that is what has been lacking totally – leadership and vision for our people,” he stressed.

Speaking further on what Anambra State needs to leapfrog to the enviable levels attained by Dubai and Taiwan, the PDP candidate said the full potentials of the people would be unleashed “when they see leadership that they can trust; leadership they can believe in a proven hand that can mobilize not only the domestic but also global resources of the people to move forward.”


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/nov/23/national-23-11-2009-2.htm

With all the noise in the media, at last, James Ibori is live at UNIBEN delivering lecture, and nothing happened?. That is Nigeria for you. So much noise, and no action. Abeg, I don go sleep!.

Nuhu Ribadu

Na wah oh!

He should stop running all over the globe. He should come back and clear his name. Shekinah!

Viewers, there is a thread currently running with this topic here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-354948.0.html. Make your contributions there. It has all you need. Mr. Poster always read through the board before double-posting.

vanitty:
This is definately the extreme, i am no where in her shoes so cannot really criticize. If her wish to be british is so much greater than her morals so be it. Quite cringe-worthy though

There is no point. This couple does not have any morals at all. In fact, they dont deserve to live!. Why would one go to the extreme, just becos you want to deny the country that GOD created you be.

ozalogbo:
A lot of the things you read in sahara reporters are mere propaganda. What most people do not know is that Ibori is both loved and admired by many Nigerians, especially Deltans and those from the South South, just the way he has a lot of irredeemable enemies. In the first place, Uniben staff and students never, i repeat, never protested against the choice of Ibori as speaker. The write up in saharareporters was actually meant to incite, but it failed to achieve this. This is why saharareporters wrote again to say the rejection was cancelled. There was no rejection in the first place. I can assure you that the students of uniben are actually preparing to give him a heroic welcome. The students who are preparing to welcome him are not a rented crowd! A few days ago, a loyal boy to a former deputy governor was in Uniben to give N250, 000 to some student leaders to incite others to carry placards and protest. The promise is that after the protest, the remaining N250, 000 would be given to them. The guys accepted the money, but they will disappoint them. The plan B is that if this fails, a few students from other schools who will be on standby will be quickly mobilised to carry placards with photographers nearby to take some shots and then disperse the foreigners immediately. Then the next day, another headline will come out, 'Uniben students protest against Ibori during lecture'. We know why many of these people are having sleepless nights over Ibori.

Na wah oh!.

But people can go to the extreme just to get anything!.

Nigerians will do anything just to make it in life. I am not surprised.

Abians, is this comment from this guy correct?

The answer to your qestion is that there is no Government in Abia State. For the eight years Orji Uzor Kalu ruled Abia state with his Mother, they ended up enslaving Abians who unknowingly rushed to take their Okija secret oat in order to be part of a system they though could end their hunger,but ended up getting them more and more impoverished. How can there be a government in Abia when a sitting governor of a state will be coming to work from the home of the ex-governor's mother? How can there be a government in Abia when T.A.Orji had sold his heart to the devil of Okija shrine.Today at the hearing in the Apeal,he is no longer arguing to belong to Okija shrine,but is arguig that Okija shrine is not a secret society. I have known T.A.Orji for over twenty five years and my knowledge of him is not what is reflecting in his daily attitude to governance as I am convinced he has lost both his mental and natural bearings. Not just the Aba case is fit for mention.What about Umuahia? Today,you cannot drive any good car in Umuahia or its environs without having at least four security personel following you all about.My friend Pius lost his Amarda SUV and huge sums of money to armed bandits,Tony's Range Rover SUV was snatched by armed robbers while his wife was drivng home from the bank.Kachi lost his QX56 the next day at Ohiya junction, Kelechi lost his Landcruiser SUV and a Toyota Camry and so on and so fort.All these incidents happened last december. What about the kidnapping saga? Since the 2007 december, Abia state has recorded over 1,400 cases of kidnapping. If you doubt me please check the records from the state police command. Yet we have an OCHENDO sitting in the governor's lodge like a dummy without showing any concern. Orji Uzor Kalu amsed so much wealth such that he believes he can use it to turn any situation to his favour, but forgetting that it is God who seteth up Kings and Bringeth down Kings that men may know that God ruleth in the Kingdom of men. We are awaiting the judgement of the Appeal court sitting in Portharcourt and except if God has become man who can be bribed(but God forbid) Therefore,come the judgement day, we shall borrow a leaf from the Action congress to buy enough brooom to sweep away T.A.Orji,Orji Uzor Kalu,Oduko and their likes who have held Abians in bondage.


http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/articles-comments/27453-there-any-government-abia-state.html

hasyak:
we have very very few ibo Muslim and they hardly go to Saudi for biz.
so you should not expect to see their names

My guy, this wont have come up in the first place. It is one fool, called Mekusxxx that started it all. Now, the fool has scrammed!.