the most sensible post you've made so far.

You must be extremely stupid. I am not here to write posts that are meaningful to you. It may be that your level of understanding is suspect and you have not realized it yet.

The Vice President would this evening be a guest speaker at the Chathams House, an event that has drawn the interest of several Nigerians in the UK, many of whom have already bought tickets for the occasion, and the Nigerian government back home.

THISDAY gathered last night that the FCT Minister, Mr Nasir el-Rufai and EFCC chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu have been directed by Obasanjo to come to London to counter whatever allegation levelled by Atiku against the government and might actually make appearance at Atiku's session today.

Incidentally, Ribadu had been billed to speak at the same Forum, a weekly (Tuesday) event last Tuesday but had to cancle it at the last minute due to other commitments. But it was gathered last night that he and el-rufai would arrive London this morning and could make appearance at Atiku's session.

OBJ had known for a while that Atiku was one of the most corrupt entities known to mankind. Atiku had stolen so much money and bought so many PDP party members that OBJ would never have lasted six months had he frontally taken on Atiku before now. During their first term, Atiku controlled all the PDP governors. If you wanted anything in Nigeria, you spoke to Atiku or one of his aides. He was busy using Nigeria's money to buy Nigeria. Some call it "laundering" or "parking" government money in your personal or business accounts and skimming off the interests. Some say you just undervalue a national corporation, invite your friends from overseas to buy it and get the kickback later. Some say you just take government money and spend it on yourself. Nigerian leaders find all forms of creative ways to steal from their people.

The majority of PDP governors, all with corruption ingrained in them, danced to Atiku's tune. He, in turn, doled out money - stolen government money - to those governors and states' PDP party officials. Not since MKO Abiola had any single politician been so generous with "his" own money.

Thousands of millions of naira belonging to the people of Nigeria went toward securing Atiku's presidential bid. And therein lay the problem. OBJ's anti-corruption crusade was at its apogee. He could barely contain his disdain for the VP who personified corruption. Whenever OBJ looked up the word CORRUPTION in his dictionary, it was always illustrated with Atiku Abubakar's picture. No way in hell would he hand over government in 2007 to a person so grossly ineligible to rule Nigeria. And since Atiku had invested so much in his presidential bid, there was no way in hell he would allow OBJ to shove him out of the party he helped form. The battle was now joined.

When OBJ formed his various anti-corruption organizations, including the EFCC, Atiku was in full support, oblivious to the ambush ahead. OBJ knew all along that it was only a matter of time before greed, the Achilles' heel of all power-hungry rogues, did Atiku in. So, when US Congressman Jefferson got nabbed in the States for bribery and corruption and he implicated our own vice president, OBJ feigned surprise. He let his deputy stew in his own goose while the FBI raided Atiku's home and dragged his name through international mud. Just as Atiku began to feel some respite from the Jefferson case, OBJ unleashed the wrath of the EFCC on him. And from what we have come to know about the EFCC, if the organization is after you, you are as good as caught because it will not relent.

We now know that Atiku's hand has been caught in the cookie jars of NDTV, iGate and PTDF. Even the party that Atiku helped form (the PDP), is now asking him to refund N500 million, supposedly contributed to the party by various people, and stolen by the VP. Atiku's former business partner, Congressman Jefferson has, characteristically, snitched on his buddy, sending a letter to OBJ detailing all their nefarious activities. I will not bore you with the cascade of detailed information on the many cases against Atiku. All you have to do is Google the name Atiku Abubakar on the Internet and you will be educated.

where is this news from?

As Atiku Flees Nigeria,
AC Protests FG’s Plans To Arrest VP
The Action Congress (AC) yesterday berated President Olusegun Obasanjo over reports that the federal government was planning to arrest Vice President Atiku Abubakar and charge him with sedition, if the Court of Appeal rules against him tomorrow

most of the people on this forum keep talking about atiku not OBJ

LEADERSHIP has confirmed that the vice president has left the country to the United Kingdom. Sources at the presidency confirmed that Atiku departed Nigeria yesterday aboard British Airways to London. No reasons have been given for this sudden trip.

It may however not be unconnected with the expected ruling of the Court of Appeal slated for tomorrow.

Citizens Popular Party (CPP) presidential candidate, Maxi Okwu, has advised Vice President Atiku Abubakar to resign from office

The rich hide expensive four-wheel vehicles

Barely two weeks after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) released the list of people it claimed to have indicted over alleged corruption, expensive automobiles like Hummer jeep and others have disappeared from the streets of Abuja.
The fear of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led EFCC is said to have forced several moneybags in the federal capital to withdraw their expensive automobiles from the roads.

The Nation’s findings in Abuja showed that many of the "oppressors" are now hiding their state of the art vehicles in their villages while others have taken theirs to other towns and villages. For example, at the National Assembly car parks where such expensive vehicles were hitherto a common sight, the reverse is now the case.

Many of the federal lawmakers, who were previously riding some of these big and expensive cars, have suddenly gone low profile. Similarly, Hummer jeeps and other very expensive vehicles, which were common sight in high-brow areas like Asokoro, Maitama, Ministers’ Drive and Wuse Two among others, are no longer visible.

A top politician confided in our correspondent in Abuja that he had taken two of his expensive cars to his village where they are being firmly kept in his garage.


From Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

“Atiku has been finished as a candidate. He cannot participate

Obasanjo government has already "finished" the Vice President politically”