₦airaland Forum

GoTV:
We Christians are the problem of this country. Our bible is full of lies meant to brainwash humanity. I regret being a Christian

You are not a Christian.

internationalman:
No single factory in my state.


All my governor knows how to do is sleep at an invent.

At least Oshiomole never slept on duty once.

I am not sure you have ever been to Edo state for you to claim no single factory in your state. Edo state has more factories than Always Ibom state. For example you have the following factories quoted on the Nigerian stock exchange: Okomu, Presco, Seven Up, just to mention a few

yjgm:
Situation Room:

Ife North: Oyere Ward 10 Unit 2: APC 126 PDP 02

Orolu: Ward 8 Unit 4: APC 198 PDP 15

Orolu: Ward 9 Unit 3: APC 49 PDP 63

Ife South: Ward 8 Unit 10: APC 172 PDP 21

Ife South: Ward 7 Unit 12: APC 283 PDP 15

2 more results to go. APC leading by 359 votes.

I have completed it for you. See below

Orolu: Ward 9, Unit 3, APC 41, PDP 64

Osogbo Ward 3, Unit 7, APC 162, PDP 82

TOTAL VOTES: APC 1031, PDP, 262. DIFF: 769.

If we deduct 353 by which PDP was leading, APC has worn with 769 - 353 = 416 Votes, all things being equal.

Bagehot:
APC Lagos has three main caucuses: Mandate (Tinubu's), Justice (Hamzat, Fashola, Shasore), and a third one that is strong on the island. Tinubu's group refused to back Ambode, why can't he liaise with the others? I would tell you why, Baba don shit for everywhere.

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You are on point. Ambode was never a mainstream politician. You rode on the back of support of these people to power. So they say we don't want to support you again because of your attitude. The party now even made it easier for you to seek votes from all APC members and not just delegates (as it used to be in 2014) during the primaries you are now seeking begging everyone and creating unnecessary issues where there are none. Truly Ambode messed up big time and he has demonstrated to be very selfish and vindictive. Let him carry his cross. For instance the party used the waste management arrangement of PSP to empower members and business men who invested to buy trucks for the business and Lagos was doing well on the waste management front. Because of your selfishness you brought in Visionscape of Dubai and handed over all govt properties belonging to LAWMA to manage and shut out all local waste management investors.

I wonder why people are accusing Tinubu and APC leaders of any wrong doing. What they have told Ambode clearly is for him to go and test his popularity with the other 2 contestants. I would have be worried of manipulation if APC had opted for indirect primary in Lagos. But this time they chose direct primary whereby every card carrying member of APC in Lagos will have the opportunity to vote Ambode or any of the other 2 aspirants. So if Ambode is truly popular, he has the best chance under this arrangement, as citizens of Lagos who are APC members will have the freedom to vote him, unlike before when it would be only select few delegates that vote at primaries.

If there is a way to reach his parent/guardian to attend the USA embassy Open Day which takes place in Lagos every Wednesday. They can start by contacting their PH office close to Uniport if they are in Delat State. The embassy helps secure scholarship for a boy with good results like this in the USA university. They will coach and pay for him to do TOEFL and SAT and if he does well, they will take care of the rest. He still may have to wait till next year for admission there too because they will not take someone less than 16 years.

If there is a way to reach his parent/guardian to attend the USA embassy Open Day which takes place in Lagos every Wednesday. They can start by contacting their PH office close to Uniport if they are in Delta State. The embassy helps secure scholarship for a boy with good results like this in the USA university. They will coach and pay for him to do TOEFL and SAT and if he does well, they will take care of the rest. He still may have to wait till next year for admission there too because they will not take someone less than 16 years.

Dockaysworld:
Warri boy who smashed waec and jamb denied admission.

David okorogheye, the delta state boy who floored his jamb and waec with 336 and 9A1's respectively has been denied admission into the university of lagos to study medicine, on the ground of his young age.
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The 15-year-old who stunned the general public by his outstanding performance, was not allowed to take part in the post UTME exams, he has been asked to try again next year when he comes of age.
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Efforts to contact relevant authorities as to whether he could be considered for special admission has proved abortive as authorities say the law must be followed.

The lad however has come to terms with the surrounding suituations and says he will wait for the next year's admission.

According to sun news, David who hopes to become a neurosurgeon, had his passion activiated when he watched doctors battle to save the life of his late father when he was 8 years old, and since then vowed to study medicine so he can save lives.
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With his father late, david is currently been sponsored by his mother and family members who are proud of him.

Source;
https://www.dockaysworld.com/2018/09/06/warri-boy-smashed-waec-jamb-denied-admission/

If there is a way to reach his parent/guardian to attend the USA embassy Open Day which takes place in Lagos every Wednesday. They can start by contacting their PH office close to Uniport if they are in Delat State. The embassy helps secure schlorship for a boy with good results like this in the USA university. They will coach and pay for him to do TOEFL and SAT and if he does well, they will take care of the rest. He still may have to wait till next year for admission there too because they will not take someone less than 16 years.

[quote author=Splashme post=70847927]Talk, talk, talk, talk uptil date nothing tangible.

They abandoned the Lagos - Ibadan expressway for nearly two years when the money GEJ released to contractors go finished. They just rushed back to site last month so they would have something to campaign. Till date the good portions of that road are the ones GEJ did before leaving office[/nquote]

I always say it, politics should be for the betterment of Nigeria and not for personal interest as a citizen, political jobber or politicians. If you are in the opposition, if you can't commend the good work the incument is doing, refrain from telling lies (about what is Giselle even to the blind) that will damage your own personalities for whatever gain you get.

The other day I traveled from Enugu to PH passing through Okigwe, Umuahia, Aba. I saw that FG had done some portions of the road and work was ongoing only for a political jobber to lie blatantly that nothing was happening on those same portions of the road I just passed when Lai Mohammed wrote about road jobs ongoing in the South East

We need to say the truth at all times. I stay in PH and I have seen the PH-Aba road being reconstructed. I was in Awka for the first time and I had to travel via Enugu to PH (5 hour journey). Enugu-Aba road is also being reconstructed. My route passed through Umuahia Tower and work was ongoing. In fact one side of the road had been completely resurfaced. I wonder what people get by not saying the truth. If I was an online agent for any of the political party I would rather keep quiet in the face of truth and hammer more on areas where the opposition is truthfully lacking.

amaniro:
Why you guys trying so hard to please us. Please am in umuahia right now, I can't see anything like "FG project " or are they invincible. Stop this lie lie Mohammad


We don't like what we hate

We need to say the truth at all times. I stay in PH and I have seen the PH-Aba road being reconstructed. I was in Awka for the first time and I had to travel via Enugu to PH (5 hour journey). Enugu-Aba road is also being reconstructed. My route passed through Umuahia Tower and work was ongoing. In fact one side of the road had been completely resurfaced. I wonder what people get by not saying the truth. If I was an online agent for any of the political party I would rather keep quiet in the face of truth and hammer more on areas where the opposition is truthfully lacking.

spirul77:
her life, it's worth it in a way tho.




mean while...
I'm seeking admission in an international university and part of the required documents is "transcript of diploma",I went to a travel agent to enquire what it is and how to get it, he referred me to the school I wrote my waec exams,the p now is the school where I wrote my exams in 2014 is almost non functional, please house, where else can I get this transcript and is it any different from the original waec certificate, it's urgent please. help a bro please.....

Beside a certificate (like Waec or any other institutions you claim you attended) transcript from those institutions are required for them to see trend of your performance over time. Foe instance most international schools want to see your results from year 10 to 12 from the secondary school you attended.

How true is this story which source is one blog site? Why was it not carried by Premium Times?

pafo:
Didn't realize Sars had the power to freeze an account without a court order.

Trying to force a journaist to give up his source.

Failed democracy. Bunch of jokers!

Do we know if this news was true? Why was it not carried by Premium Times? The source of this story is one blog site.

IF APC is not the answer to our Problems, there is no reason going back to the instigators of the problem.
I'm not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories, if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway).
For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on saturday was nothing but gathering of rogues.
Happy reading:

1. I acted based on Jonathan's instruction - Dasuki

2. I didn't give order - Jonathan

3. I collected 350M from Dasuki for consultation - Iyorchia Ayu

4. I only collected $30,000 from Dasuki not N100m - Bode George

5. I got N4.6b from Dasuki for spiritual purposes - Bafarawa

6. I got N650M from Dasuki for my Abuja burnt office - Thisday Obaigbena.

7. I got N2.1b from Dasuki for publicity - Dokpesi

8. I got another N100m from Yuguda he didn't tell me from where - Bafarawa.

9. I gave N100m each to Odili, Jim Nwobodo Bode George and others - Yuguda

10. The president asked me to change N10B to foreign currency for PDP delegates - Dasuki

11. My boss asked me to get $11M from the CBN - Dasuki's account officer.

12. I got order from above to pay Tompolo N13B for Maritime university land. - Nimasa DG.

13. 950m was shared in my house -- Shekarau

With all this looting and many more revealed, some people are still shouting no sign of change yet, they even say it's political persecution.

But I believe, it is the right thing to do.
There must be consequences for such crimes otherwise Nigeria will not develop.

WHERE ARE THE #WAILERS?
"Over 20 billion dollars unremitted to the Federation account, and if nothing is done by 2015 upward, Nigeria will know what economic crisis is"
*~ Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi*

"Whoever wins 2015 will NEVER find it easy to govern. Over 30 trillion is mismanaged, unaccounted for or missing under Jonathan."
*~ Prof Charles Soludo*

"Our reserve is depleted and our savings are squandered. Our nation is in trouble."
*~ Dr Oby Ezekwesili.*

"For seven months, NNPC did not remit any money into federation account. When I called as a sitting governor and major oil producing state, Deziani Alison Madueke refused to pick my calls."
*~ Godswill Akpabio*

"I told them to save ahead of eventualities but Jonathan had no political will to do so and this is the reason why we are in crisis, because we squandered our boom."
*~ Okonjo Iweala*

"Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi urged us to save but we state Governors refused to save for the unseen future during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan, despite warning from economic experts."
*~ Peter Obi*

"Jonathan is a blessed ATM machine that doesn't have secret pin number"
*~ Bala Mohammed*

* Tompolo was paid 13Billion.!
* Ex-CDS,Alex Badeh dug a pit toilet to hide $32m.
* Patience Jonathan is claiming $31m, she has sued the Nigerian state.
* Femi Fani-Kayode took 740M.
* Dasuki used trucks to load over $35B from the CBN.
* Olisa Metuh took 400M.
* Aziboala, GEJ's cousin took 6B naira.
* Nenadi Usman took 3.5B naira.
* Fayose took 3B naira.
* Obanikoro took 4Billion naira.
* Olu Falae took 100M naira.
* Tony Anenih - 400M naira.
* Oritsejafor - $35M
* Former Air Chief Amosu - 2Billion naira.
* Lucky Igbinedion-16B naira.
*Bode-George and Dabo -100B naira
* Jolly Nyame-2.4B naira.
* Joshua Dariye-700M naira.
*Nyesom Wike stole #4b.
* Diezzani with $20 billion missing oil money?
15 billon dollars missing from arms fund, 10 billion naria, converted to dollars and given as gift to delegates of PDP Nation convention, Bafarawa collected 3 billion for spiritual purposes , 12. 7 billon naria for deceased NEPA staff grew wings and disappeared, 20 billion dollars missing from NNPC accounts, 23 billon naira as bribe to INEC staffs to rig the general election. The list is endless. They only left what they can't carry or unable to lay their hands on. The list continues.....
Recession didn't just happen, people looted Nigeria into RECESSION happening

Iblad0994:
It shall not be well with PDP that squandered our money. People keep saying vote Buhari out and I keep asking them to tell me a reason why we should accept the PDP thieves back.
APC came with a change manifesto in 2015 right?

What is PDP manifesto for 2019??

Someone should just tell me why we should go back to PDP.

Buhari might not have fulfilled all promises he made but I will prefer Buhari to any PDP man alive.

You are on point. Let is remind ojr people:

Saraki could be liken to Chief S.T Oredehin. A political heavyweight that became a robbery kingpin. Please read on: nothing is impossible as history is set to repeat itself in Nigeria.


Thursday, 10 August 2017
The Untold Story of ST Oredein, a Political Godfather Who Became a Robbery Kingpin


https://onigegewura..com.ng/

There was no one in Western Nigeria who did not know S. T. Oredein. If there was such a person, he must have just arrived from Planet Jupiter. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein was not just a politician. He was politics personified. He was a kingmaker. He was a godfather. In fact, he was the Big Boss.

Oredein belonged to the exclusive club of the seven people who partnered with Chief Obafemi Awolowo to establish the Action Group which became the party that produced the first premier of the region. You don’t know the other founders? I will tell you. They are: Abiodun Akerele, Ade Akinsanya, J. O. Adigun, S. O. Shonibare, Ayo Akinsanya, and Olatunji Dosunmu.


Founders of the Action Group
ST did not hold a cabinet position. He was however more powerful than some Ministers of government. He was the Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group in the First Republic. It is on record that ST had legal authority to issue query to Ministers and chairmen of government’s statutory corporations. It was Chief Oredein that broke the news of Segun's death to Chief Awolowo.

As an acclaimed authority on political moblisation, he also wrote a book. He was the author of A Manual on Action Group Party Organisation. It was published in 1955.

When the news broke in 1971 of his involvement in a case of armed robbery, it was greeted with shock and unbelief. It must have been a mistake, people thought. Or could it have been a political frame-up?

Today, Onigegewura brings you the story of a political godfather who became a robbery kingpin.

On April 13, 1971, Nigerians woke up to hear the news of an armed robbery attack on Bacita Road. Bacita is a small town in Kwara State. It used to be a very popular town in the past. It is the location of Nigerian Sugar Company. When the company was established in 1964, it was the first integrated sugar factory in Nigeria. The town even has an airstrip.

The armed robbery attack was as daring as it was audacious. It was carried out with military precision. Two officers of Barclays Bank and two policemen who were in the vehicles that were attacked by the armed robbers were seriously wounded. One of the wounded persons later died of his injuries at the hospital. (And in case you are wondering what happened to the then Barclays Bank, it is the bank that became our present day Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.)

At the end of the ‘operation’, the armed robbers went away with a box containing thirteen thousand pounds. That was a lot of money in 1971. Chief Awolowo was then the Finance Minister and with his prudent management of Nigerian economy, our pound was almost at par with the British pound.


Barclays Bank Building
Mr. Kam Salem was the Inspector General of Police at the time. The Kam Salem House on Moloney Street, Obalende, Lagos is named after him. He directed all police formations across the country to fish out those behind the attack. The police spread its dragnet and within days of the robbery, Felix Dumeh, the leader of the gang was arrested. Nigerians jubilated when they heard the news.

Felix did not make any attempt to deny being the ringleader. He promised to cooperate with the police. He told his interrogators that although he was the leader of the gang, he was not the real brain behind the daring raid. Felix must have at some point in his life aspired to be a musician. He began to sing like a canary. He started to mention names.

The investigators listened in shock as Felix began to mention one name after another. He was not mentioning names of common criminals that the police officers were familiar with. The names of people he mentioned as his backers, protectors and shareholders were names of people you only read about in newspapers.

The first person he mentioned was a Chief Superintendent of Police at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Ibadan, Patrick Njovens. The interrogators opened their mouth in wonder. Felix threw another bomb when he mentioned Mr. Yesufu Bello, an Assistant Superintendent of Police also of CID, Ibadan. The third person he listed as his backer was Amusa Abidogun, a Chief Inspector of Police stationed in Ibadan.

The investigators thought they had heard everything. They didn’t know that egun nla ni o n kehin igbale. It is the biggest masquerade that is the last to come out of the grove. Then Felix spoke again. The name came out in a whisper. It was the name they were all familiar with. I have already told you that there was no one in the Western Region that did not know High Chief Oredein.


Iya Agba, my grandmother, used to tell me that when a child’s net catches a tilapia, the child eats it alone. But when the net catches a shark, the child must run to his father. The investigators knew immediately that this was not a tilapia. The fish they were looking at was nothing but a shark. They went to brief their superior.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police was Mr. Sunday Adewusi. He was later to serve as the Inspector General of Police between 1981 and 1983. Ha! You remember him? He was the IGP when Alhaji Shehu Shagari was the President.

Mr. Adewusi sent his officers to Ibadan Command to investigate the matter. On getting to Ibadan, Adewusi’s officers were arrested by the three senior police officers they were sent to arrest! You are saying “Haba!” The hunters became the hunted. The Ilorin officers were later thrown out of the station! They were warned never to come to Ibadan again.

The three senior officers however didn’t reckon with Adewusi’s tenacity. He came back and got the three of them arrested. He took them to Ilorin. He also invited Chief Oredein for a 'chat'.

Chief Oredein arrived at the Police Command in a grand style. He came to Ilorin in his Mercedes car with its unique plate number: WR 6666. He expected it to be a brief meeting. He had engagements later that day in Ibadan and he had promised to be back at his base before nightfall.

Unknown to ST, the police had done their homework thoroughly. They had painstakingly investigated the case and gathered relevant evidence and related materials before inviting the political godfather. One of the people that the police met in the course of their investigation was Mustapha Adigun who was popularly called Balewa. He got the nickname from the abbreviation of his first name, Tafa! But he was never a Prime Minister. He was also called Tafa Igiripa by some people.

Adigun claimed that Oredein was his boss during the days of politics when he (Adigun) was the head of ST’s political boys. He informed the police that in the evening of the day of the armed robbery attack, he went with his boss to the house of Felix Dumeh. In addition to his boss, the three police officers mentioned by Felix were also present. I am not sure they were wearing police uniforms for that special assignment.

Felix was said to have brought out a bottle of schnapps and some pieces of alligator pepper. He opened the bottle and poured a little quantity on the floor and also threw some alligator pepper on the floor. Like a Chief Priest, Felix then raised the bottle of the alcoholic drink and said: “this thing wey tin we dey do, God make it no let it prove.” They all chorused amen to the solemn prayers. Felix then drank out of the bottle and chewed one alligator pepper. The four of them also drank out of the bottle and chewed alligator pepper.

Oath taking and prayers completed, Felix went to bring a brown paper bag. It was the size of a carton. He gave it to Oredein. ST was about to open the carton when Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector of Police snatched it from him. Abidogun passed the carton to his superior officer Njovens, with a smart police salute. You know seniority is important in the Force. It was the Chief Superintendent of Police who finally opened the paper bag. It was full of currency.

Njovens looked suspiciously at the carton, his eyes made a mental calculation of the total sum. “How much?” He asked. Felix raised his spread left palm before saying “Five.” The senior police officer shook his head. “Is that the arrangement? Before, the arrangement was seven” Felix began to fidget. “The boys are too many on it.” Well, half a loaf of bread was still bread. Five or Seven, Njovens was not one to reject money. Akosapo la n ko owo. The proper way to reject money is to put it in your pocket, as Iya Agba used to say.

Oredein was stunned when he arrived at the police headquarters to meet both Adigun and Felix. Commissioner Adewusi asked them to repeat what they told the police. They did. In the presence of Oredein, Felix confirmed Adigun’s statement that it was Oredein that first received the carton of money from him before Abidogun snatched it from him.

The former Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group looked blankly at Felix. With a straight face and a deadpan expression, he denied knowing Felix or ever visiting his house. Njovens, Bello and Abidogun also made feeble attempts to deny knowing Felix. Later they started to beg the future IGP to assist them because it was the devil that actually used them to collect the money. “Ise asetani ni. Mo fi Anabi ati Jesu Krisiti beyin!” That was from Alhaji Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector. He offered to return part of his own share.


Sample of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was introduced in 1968
Chief Oredein, the master strategist, realized that the cards were stacked against him. He checked his sleeve to see whether he had an ace he could use. He found none. It was then he reluctantly admitted that all that Adigun who was also known as Tafa Igiripa said was correct. However, the Chief denied that the money was in one-pound denomination as stated by Adigun. Adigun maintained his stand. Finally, ST nodded his head that the money was actually in one-pound denomination.

Reverse Side of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was withdrawn in 1973


It was over the radio that people heard the news. Chief Oredein had been arrested and would be arraigned in Court for armed robbery! Armed robbery! It must have been a case of mistaken identity. It could not have been the Chief S. T. Oredein that they knew. Armed robbery! Ki lo pa alaso funfun ati alaro po? What could have been the connection with the owner of a white cloth and a dyer?

In truth, Chief Oredein was not a poor man by any standard. Everybody knew he was a man of means. Ohun ti a ko mo ni a ko mo, eni ti o ba ti ri oyun oyinbo ti mo pe omo pupa ni o ma fi bi. It is a well-known fact that the product of a white woman's pregnancy would always be fair in complexion. Between 1942 and 1962, Chief Oredein had erected six buildings. And mind you, we are not talking of four-bedroom ‘boys quarters’ in a village o! We are talking of real buildings in strategic locations. Four of the houses were at Ibadan. He built one at Oshodi. The sixth building was in a prime area in Ikeja.

What of automobiles? ST had a total of nine vehicles, including cars and lorries for both his business and personal use. He was not only sagacious on the political field. He was also productive in the other room. He was blessed with more than 30 children.

Finally the day of the trial arrived. People had travelled all the way from Lagos, Ibadan and Ogere to Ilorin to confirm whether it was truly the Chief Oredein that was arrested. To the surprise of many of his supporters and friends, it was the author of the book on political organisation himself that was brought to court.

ST was arraigned alongside the three senior police officers. They were charged with abetting the commission of a robbery and of receiving stolen property as well as offence of harbouring known offenders. In other words, they were charged with receiving 5,000 pounds from the armed robbers in order to screen them from legal punishment for the offence.

It was a criminal trial like no other. It was a battle of giants. Chief Oredein and Patrick Njovens briefed Chief Rotimi Williams to appear for them. Bello and Abidogun retained the services of Mr. Richard Akinjide. The prosecution was led by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Kwara State, Mr. Anthony Ekundayo. The three senior lawyers proved their mettle.

The trial judge was a relatively young judge, having been appointed to the Bench only two years before the trial. However, what My Lord Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun lacked in age, His Lordship made up with uncommon brilliance and exemplary courage.

At the trial, Chief Oredein testified that on the day of the robbery he was at his hometown, Ogere having left Ibadan around 6.30pm on that day and only came back to Ibadan the following day. He admitted that it was true that Adewusi confronted him on May 26 with Felix Dumeh but he stated that he denied there and then the allegations of Dumeh. His principal witness was his solicitor who claimed that he was with Chief on April 13 from about 3pm to 11pm. Chief also called an Imam and a farmer as his witnesses. They all testified that he was at Ogere on the evening of April 13.

The trial was not only being conducted in the courtroom. From Ilorin to Ibadan, From Lagos to Enugu, From Port Harcourt to Ile-Ife, people were also busy conducting their own versions of the trial. Would the young judge be able to convict ST if he was found guilty? Would AG leaders allow their former colleague to go to prison for robbery?

When His Lordship adjourned the matter to December 28, 1971 for judgment, speculations began afresh. It was said that it was to enable the judge to release the accused before the end of the year. Some said that thanksgiving services had been planned to coincide with the New Year. All Nigerians waited with bated breath for the judgment day.

Finally, the day arrived. It was a Tuesday. It was three days after Christmas and three days before the New Year.

The four accused persons were brought to the Court in a Black Maria. If ST felt any apprehension, it was not apparent. As he was led to the court, Oredein gave the sign of victory to the crowd of spectators who had come from far and near to hear the verdict. It was a good sign. It was a sign of victory. His people became happy.

Hon. Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun began by reviewing the charges against the four of them. His Lordship extensively analysed and appraised the evidence. When His Lordship noted the fact that the accused were not at the scene of the crime, Oredein turned to smile at the people in the courtroom. He would soon be on his way home.

Then came the moment. His Lordship found that though the accused persons were not physically present at the scene of the armed robbery, they had prior knowledge of the robbery before it took place and that the three of them who were police officers did nothing to prevent the robbery. His Lordship also found that they all received proceeds of the robbery.

Justice Adesiyun therefore came to the conclusion that the accused persons were guilty of the charges against them.

Chief Oredein could not believe his ears. Guilty as charged? He was not going to be free? His native cap which he had been holding, in deference to the authority of the court, clattered to the floor with a thud. The High Chief from Ogere Remo stood still as if he was Opa Oranmiyan in Ile-Ife. It was Yesufu Bello who was standing beside him that nudged him back to reality. “Chief, 'they' are asking if you have anything to say.”

Oredein had not prepared any allocutus. He had not expected to be convicted. Ko si eni ti o gbe oju fifo le adiye ori aba. Who could have imagined that a mother hen would fly off from her hatchery? You don't know allocutus? It is another Latin word they taught us in Law School. It is a statement made by a defendant who has been found guilty before he is sentenced. It is like 'A beg, tamper justice with mercy' that a Lagos bus driver would tell you after breaking the side mirror of your Range Rover.

Allocutus or no allocutus, something must be said. The court had only convicted, His Lordship had not yet pronounced their sentences. Perhaps something could still be done. His eyes scanned the crowded courtroom. It appeared he was looking for someone or something. Whatever he was looking for was not in the court. He turned back to His Lordship.

Oredein pleaded for leniency. In a very moving voice, he informed the court of his past travails: “First it was the treasonable felony and conspiracy trial, but I was acquitted at the Supreme Court. Second, the Aberenla murder trial came, and I was in custody for 11 months before I was freed at Ijebu-Ode High Court. I humbly plead for Your Lordship’s forgiveness.”

Of course you know the treasonable felony trial the Chief referred to. The Aberenla trial he mentioned was the case over the murder of Ogunkoya Aberenla who was the Leader of Ogere Remo's branch of Nigerian National Democratic Party of Chief Ladoke Akintola (Not to be confused with the party of the same name established by Herbert Macaulay in 1922). Aberenla's body was never found. Onigegewura will write about his mysterious disappearance soon.

Justice Adesiyun looked at the accused persons. “If you had any conscience, you should drop your heads in shame.” His Lordship observed that they were lucky not to have been caught by the amendment to the Robbery and Firearms Decree which provided death by public execution for convicted armed robbers and those found to have aided and abetted armed robbery.

His Lordship therefore sentenced each of them to life imprisonment. There was no Federal Court of Appeal in those days. It was only Western State that had a Court of Appeal and Kwara was not part of Western State.

The four of them ran all the way to the Supreme Court.

On May 3, 1973, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment. My Lord Justice Coker who delivered the judgment of the apex court dismissed the appeal of all the convicted persons and affirmed the life sentences imposed on them by the trial court.

Chief Rotimi Williams later became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Mr. Richard Akinjide became a Chief, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Attorney General of the Federation. Mr. Anthony Ekundayo, the DPP, was elevated to the Bench as a Justice of the High Court of Kwara State. The trial Judge, My Lord Adesiyun was also elevated. His Lordship served as the Chief Judge of Benue State from 1976 until his retirement in 1985.

History Does Not Forget! Historian is not a judge, History is.

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Palm kernel oil (pko) factory plus equipment are available for sale. See link for details
https://www.nairaland.com/4540467/palm-kernel-oil-pko-equipment

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Palm kernel oil (pko) factory plus equipment are available for sale. See link for details
https://www.nairaland.com/4540467/palm-kernel-oil-pko-equipment

CosmeticChemist:
cakes for sale.. 20 ton on ground..

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Palm kernel oil (pko) factory plus equipment are available for sale. See link for details
https://www.nairaland.com/4540467/palm-kernel-oil-pko-equipment

etiumo:
You gave a good technical analysis. Hoarders benefit from scarcity. But politically(fundamentally), as long as government continue to open the ocean borders for palm oil to flood into the country, oil will always be available all year round without any form of scarcity. So,Hoarders may not break even this year again. The very moment that importation is stopped, from then on the hoarding business will become lucrative again

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Palm kernel oil (pko) factory plus equipment are available for sale. See link for details
https://www.nairaland.com/4540467/palm-kernel-oil-pko-equipment

PKO factory near Ore in Ondo state is for sale with following equipment which can be sold individually (and factory if you want to take over). Owner maintains good number of suppliers of palm kernel nut (pkn) and also buyers of PKO, PKC and Sludge.

PKO Factory located at Asewele near Ore on Ore-Ondo road is available for sale as a whole or individual equipment as per price listed below. Owner maintains a good list of pkn suppliers as well as pko, pkc and sludge buyers for someone wishing to take over. All equipment is in good working condition. Owner is not on ground to properly manage the business, hence the sale


1. Factory measuring 36 ft x 36 ft built on 2 plots of land connected directly to local transformer equipped to handle 250 kVA power with generator house - N2.5 million
2. 3 each palm kernel oil expellers with 40 HP motors, 8 ton / day production capacity - N450,000 each
3. 1 each filter press with 2 each electric pumps -N550,000
4. 1 each toaster/dryer with 2 ton capacity equipped with blower and 3 HP electric motor - N200,000
5. 1 each 5 HP petrol pump and hose - N30,000
6. 1 each 500 kg platform digital scale - N90,000
7. 1 each 300 am welding machine - N60,000
8. 1 each steel storage tank, 8500 liter capacity - N110,000
9. 2 each steel transportable storage tank, 2500 liter capacity - N35,000 each
10. 1 each sludge press - N60,000
11. 20 each 220 /245 liter measuring drums - N5000 each
12. 1 each Mitsubishi Canter truck (long chassis), 7.5 ton capacity, 4 new tyres, new Tokunbo engine with turbo - N1.5 m

FarahAideed:
Every single thing there is false .. see my response to the lies in bold fonts.

1. Foreign reserved increased from 29.3 billion to over 47 billion. True or False

False: there is no proof whatsoever that our Foreign reserves have grown to 47 billion dollars When Buhari has not told us where the excess savings came from and if the country was making so much then why has Buhari been attributing his failure to lack of funds? Open your eyes Buhari lies a lot


2. Over 200,000 youth are benefiting from #30,000 monthly NPOWER. True or False?


False : this is another unproven statististic and ofcourse another shameless lie from the lying govt , is the govt saying it is paying average of 6000 people in each state of Nigeria the total sum of 6 billion Naira monthly ? The least the govt can do is allow the 6 billion Naira reflect in the statutory monthly expenditure charge sheet and it's never reflected at all ..another thing is for the govt to make available a list of names of beneficiaries state by state for verifications


3. Power supply as improved from 2000 megawatts to 7000 megawatts. True or False?

False: when Jonathan left Nigeria had a wheel out capacity of 4500 Mws and an installed capacity of 7000 Mws of electricity and this is a fact ..Buhari is claiming to have added 5000 mws to grid in 3 years so can Buhari show us what new power plants he initiated that is responsible for this extra 5000 Mws ( it's as simple as that ).. another lie bursted!!


4. Second Niger bridge construction is going on. Truth or false?


False : it's is on record that the contract has not even been awarded at all at any level so this is a lie .. how can a contract that has not been awarded be ongoing ..please let's stop being dull

5. Local rice production, packaging like imported rice is now in the market. True or False.

False: one visit to the market will debunk all these paper based local rice , why can't we find such rice in the market, where are the rice paddies producing these rice located ? Why has our rice import bill not dropped to reflect the truth.. another lie from hell


6. Money swaps between Nigeria and China to reduce dollar influence and reduce cost of products from China True or false


False : the money swap deal has not even taken off and when it does it will for the tiny international sum of 900 million dollars over a period of years which comes to just 300 million dollars per year if it ever kicks off ..The deal in every ramification is nothing but beauttiful nonsense that has no implication on our Balance of trade sheet with china.. we have only ended up guaranteeing China a sure 1 billion dollars worth of export steady no matter the outcome of international business.

7. Over 500billion had been realised from anti corruption fight. True or False

False : till the EFCC provided the list of the 630 people it prosecuted successfully and recovered 500 billion Naira from this remains false and till that money reflects in our budget as an income item then it's false ..Whrre is is the money?

8.Bokoharam, Niger Delta Avenger, IPOB/BIAFRA agitators has been defeated. True or False.

False: Bokoko Haram is still know to be in control of over 70 percent of the land mass in Borno state and 80 percent of the highways there ..a visit to Borno by anyone will quickly erode this lie I challenge the OP to make road trip from Damboa to Maidugri with an escort of 20 soldiers and lets see if he will be alive to tell the tale .. IPOB was never a threat as such to any Nigerian , instead of mentioning IPOb I was expecting the president to tell us why he is sparing the Fulani Herdmen who have killed over 4000 Nigerians in just 3 years !!!!


9. Nigeria has comes out of the worst economical recession. True or False?

False : who caused the recession in the first place ?Buhari tooknover Nigeria with a single inflation digit but today it's still in double digits courtesy his bad governance, is the negligible micro growth Buhari has peddling even sufficient to call growth at all ..the dull president can keep decieving himself please but the truth is that the recession came with a lot of consequences which included double digit inflation, weaker naira and a loss of about 13 million jobs , are we back to single digit inflation? Is the naira back to strength ? Is are the 13 million jobs back ? Hell no ..the last 3 years have been Nigeria's worst Perfmance on the international Human development index scale and that the fact


10. Masive road construction is ongoing all over Nigeria True or False?

False : this is another big lie when it's on record that for 3 straight fiscal years the Buhari govt has scored zero (yes zero) Performance in the administration of its capital expenditure purse ( even Fashola recently admitted this when he went to defend his budget) ..so ask yourself where is the money for these phantom roads coming from and where are the roads ? please dontbler a Dullard like Buhari decieve you.


11. Rail constricting is on going Lagos to Ibadan, Kaduna to Kano etc. True or False?

False : The only rail construction Buhari has initiated is a questionable one that is supposed to run from Katsina to his ancestral home in Maradi Niger republic , the motive behind the rail is 100 percent nepotistic as there is no economic explanation to why Nigeria needs that rail line so much we had to borrow for it..

12. Sign memorandum of understanding with Boeing and Airbus on revival of National Carriage Airline. True or False?

False : hahahahaha this comment is an insult to any sensible person...anyone that that know the process of acquiring planes knows this is bullocks .. At what capacity is Boeing and Airbus signing agreement hahahaha? Borno and Airbus only take orders for brand new planes and deliveries could take years and very few airlines use direct purchases to source their planes form either Boeing or Airbus . Buhari clearly understand nothing about fleeting an airline but the least he do is show us the MOU with these two aviation giants so we know what it's about even though I know it's a big lie.
13. Massive investment in Agriculture as alternative means of Economy. True or False?

False : Nigerian farmers have never had a worse time in their lives due to the insecurity they currently face ..its on record that almost 60 percent of middle belt farmers have been displaced from their farm by killer herdsmen Buhari is very sympathetic too ..so tell me where this false investment in agriculture is being made please ..is it in Daura farms ?
14. Anti Corruption war. True or False?
This seem to be unarguable achievements of BUHARI administration in 3years.


False : Corruption has never been worse on reality, just one look at transparency international recent report will debunk this one hand as Nigeria ranking is at one of its worst ever today under the Dullard...Lest we forget there is a massive corruption also going on in secretive oil subsidy regime where Buhari has trippled the annual spending on phantom oil subsidies from about 300 billion Naira annually to 1.4 trillion a year without budgetary approval ..damn that would be the biggest corruption scandal when it blow open when Buhari is soon relieved of his duty

Your response to almost all the questions are half truths. For instance there is a massive railway project going on presently. It is from Lagos to the north. They have reached Omi Adio in Oyo state. Itori in Ogun state is where they have built the biggest terminal. It is being handled by CRCC, a Chinese company. I have been there because I am one of their contractors. Same can go for rice production where plants have been erected to handle the paddies. I want to believe the thread was created with a political motive.

s3tt1ngz003:
I doubt if buhari would be happy at this

this country has gotten to a state whereby only luck can make one earn a living, for the past 1 month now I've been hunting for ordinary casual job to do as a female, couldn't even locate one.
So. Am using this medium to announce, pls in search of a job within Abeokuta metropolis, I have ND in marketing. Am a female smart and willing to work
Any person willing to help can mention the post back
Thanks

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*PMB AND THE MANIPULATED YOUTHS*

Its really unfortunate how things have been twisted out of context. The more i read on this matter of PMB statement on Nigerian youths the closer i move to the verdict of hopelessness on our ability to solve the pertinent problems we have as a country with the kind of politics we play. I have read opinions of people who don't even have a clue on the objective of the forum where PMB spoke and the context.

I watched and listened to the clip for the first time and I was thoroughly embarrassed that i have been involved in a needless debate without watching the video. I became even more sorry for our country. We have a huge population of easily manipulated people who can be told black is white and who will buy it simply because it trends on social media.

In the first place, that was a forum to talk about investment in your country Nigeria. Mr President simply played the role of the Chief Marketing Officer. Whether in foreign or local investment solicitation, the first thing that investors check out is your understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the company, the business or the market. After watching the video clip, I was particularly impressed that PMB, in a very short statement, addressed the strength of Nigeria, it's weaknesses and also made effort to allay fears and to assure that the weaknesses are being addressed.

He mentioned the 180million population and emphasised a few times that it's even a conservative estimate. That is to tell investors that here's a huge market I'm presenting to you. Not only that, he directed attention to the fact that it's a youthful population and the implication of this is that Nigeria is a market you can have 30 years outlook on and project for as long. He deliberately mentioned age 30 and below and the implication of this is that even the oldest in that bracket has as least 30 years of productivity ahead. For discerning investors, even if it is 30% of this 180million that is of good quality and productive, that figure is likely to be more than 3 average countries in population or 3 markets as some may like to put it. You also have a long duration to correct the weaknesses. Within 30 years, the more of that population that becomes productive the better for investment. It's therefore a delight for investors any day despite its challenges.

Of course he did not have a choice but to state the apparent weaknesses of the country some of which have been published by many international organisations and which many of us know to be a fact. We have read everywhere about the number of children out of school, the number of youths that are either unemployed or unemployable. We have read about the agitations in the Niger Delta and amnesty program. We have read about people breaking pipelines. They are not new discoveries by investors who would have done their due diligence and had access to independent reports. PMB only told investors that we have a young population with entitlement mentality. Stating it as it is was meant to earn trust as someone investors can work with to solve the problems in the interest of their investment. Trust is key here and i think PMB earned it more at that forum. He was not out to please Nigerians. That was not a forum for it.

One key thing that investors look out for is the sincerity, integrity and credibility of the CEO, leader or head of state. I have seen potential investments withdrawn simply because the investors did not trust the CEO or find him insincere on the situation of the company. In the most difficult period of a bank i attracted as much as $200m in foreign investment. It was simple. We owned up to the problems and had a clear cut and practical strategy towards solving them and a key part in that strategy was the foreign investment which if brought in could give investors capital gain in excess of 50% within 5 years all things being equal. The CEO was not so comfortable that we should disclose but trusted my judgement. It would have done Nigeria a great harm if Mr President did shy away from our apparent weaknesses. He was however quick to mention that it is being addressed and said something about the Minister of Education being asked questions on it in the past and that there's improvement from the past. He also tried to play it down by linking it to the country being oil producing so that it's not seen as cultural and therefore can be corrected. The flip side of this disclosure is that even the investors could help attract donor funds towards addressing those weaknesses of many youths poorly educated, unemployable and with wrong orientation.

To reduce the effect of those weaknesses in the psyche of some and present even a stronger case, PMB mentioned that Shell is investing $15billion in that same market that has these weaknesses. $15billion is not small investment even in the US. Shell is also not a frivolous investor. They have stringent investment criteria and detailed due process. Many investors use them as investment compass. It was a masterpiece from PMB.

Let me also point out that investors are not looking for the garden of Eden where everything is bliss to invest in. They know that markets and businesses will always have challenges. What they are looking for is the business owner's understanding and appreciation of the problems, accept responsibility for them and to be assured that something is being done to address them and that the problems are getting the top hierarchy's attention. In a very short marketing speach PMB was able to achieve all these.

The normal thing I'm used to is for people to look for the meaning of a complex word. It's rare for people to put a sentence together and look for a word to replace it. No where in that video did Mr President mention the word lazy. And I'm sure many of the people condemning PMB are too "lazy" to look for the video, play and watch. Most people relied on the decision of the mob. Unfortunately, irresponsible and destructive politics has made many to lose their sense of objectivity. What should be applauded is being condemned. Mediocrity is the new smart in Nigeria. Even issues that are technical every Nigerian is an expert on it. The bandwagon and mob effect dominate our environment because many are too "lazy" to use their brains and double check on anything. We keep making mockery of ourselves. We created hashtag and posters for something needless. We tell the world that Mr President should have lied or should have been economical with the truth and they in turn see us as a deceptive people which is even worse than a lazy youthful population that we condemn the president for saying. So, when our youths get to their embassies and they doubt every single one of their claims we wonder and complain.

May God save Nigeria.

*This is just AA thinking differently about the issues that come up in Nigeria.*

darlenese:
fake story

Truly a fake story. RCCG does not collect such offering and give it to GO"s wife. RCCG doesn't a operate a franchise nor allow pastors to own their churches. Finally he could not give name of parish he resigned from

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beautisop:
I have solo iron scraps to sell.... 100 tons.

Serious buyers only

I am interested. Pls call or whatsapp 08032372245