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GMPO:
NO GOVT IN THIS WORLD TAKE FIGHTING CORRUPTION AS AN AGENDA FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS.FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT CORRUPTION WILL DIE A NATURAL DEATH.THANKS.

So if you have a company and you focus only on production and sales but ignore corporate governance and internal controls and audit, do you think your company will survive with the level corruption gas reached in this country? I recall what a renowned audit firm, Pwc wrote : "if you don't kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria". Have you read about AMCON list of debtors, where about 105 persons and companies are indebted to AMCON. The PDP govt and his people starting with OBJ used AMCON to perpetrate evil against the country. The deals were arranged from the start to fail with AMCON planned to buy the debt. The implication is that a few individuals with their cohorts in govt and bank walk away with billions and transferred the debt to the entire nation through AMCON. A case in mind is Jimoh Ibrahim (OBJ's boy) who they packged Air Nigeria for. He took the money and set up an hotel in Dubai to which he took the legislators then to commission. An executive order like this is targeting such. I personally know of two OBJ's boy ( who floated Seawolf) that First bank acquired 2 rigs on their behalf with no collateral. Ran the company down within 3 years and walk away free. FBN transferred the debt to AMCON. The rigs are iidling way at Marina Lagos. Buhari has stopped all this "free" money and has been trying to clean up the mess.

Dinho20:
Brain check!!!!!!!!!
1. Buhari APC visited Obasanjo in 2015..it was okay but Atiku visited Obasanjo in 2018 they condemned it.
2. Atiku gave Buhari APC over 5Bn in 2015 ... it was okay but he spent Same amount in his primary bid they condemned it.
3. Atiku gave Buhari APC his private jet for tour across the Country in 2015 ... it was okay but Atiku uses his private jet to tour across the Country in 2018 they condemned it.
4. Fr Mbaka supported Buhari APC in 2015... it was okay but David oyedepo and sheikh Gumi made peace between Atiku and Obasanjo in 2019 they condemned it.
5. Obasanjo endorsed Buhari in 2015 ... it was okay but Obasanjo endorsed Atiku for 2019 they said he is irrelevant.
6. Buhari begged for nomination fee in 2015 and 2018... it was okay but Atiku paid his nomination fee with his personal money they condemned it.
7. Obasanjo got Nigeria a huge debt relief ... it was criticise but Buhari sale off Nigeria through foreign debt... They defend and justified it.
8. Akpabio drained Akwaibom for 8yrs they condemned it but when he joined the APC they said he is the Angel to save Akwaibom from PDP misrule
9. Gov Orton was a hero in APC but they condemned and named him killer when he left the APC
10. They said Obanikoro stole Nigeria but when he defected to APC he became a founder of Nigeria...all cases closed.
11. PDP and Jonathan were fighting Bokoharam they said it was a war against the North#Deployment of troops anti-north and they protected the terrorists, today Buhari APC is fighting. Bokoharam... they are clapping hands. They don't know road to BBC Hausa again. Maiduguri elders forum turned deaf and dumb-#Hypocrisy.
12. They call Nigerians Lazy. They rule us by propaganda but when we expose their failures ... they call it hate speech
13. Jonathan increase fuel price they occupied Nigeria with protest but Buhari increased same they suddenly went missing
14. They said subsidy is a lie and there is nothing like subsidy, today Buhari is paying the highest subsidy...they virtually pretent they don't know
15. Late President Yar Adua was in foreign hospital Buhari criticised him, lie Mohammed vommited all his anger. Buhari wrote that he should be impeached. Today Buhari spend more of his time in London hospital ... They justified it and defended it.
16. Jonathan build Almajiri Schools they condemned it and today schools were given out to soldiers for camps in the North, children are out of Schools ...they pretend as if they are just passing by.
17. etc Nigerians are human beings, we've got brains to reason. We decoded Your plans to destroy this country with the disease called Buharinomics.

What is this you have written

I think we are making some progress, a few months ago Emeka would never have sent a unity campaign message like this. Thank God the emergence of Peter Obi as Vice Presidential candidate in the Zoo is beginning to change the narratives.

Unity of all the people of the country is good but when campaigns for election start in earnest, the candidates will move across parts of the country to canvass for votes. I wonder what Obi will tell the Northern people especially the Hausa and Nupe Muslim community why as a governor in Anambra he decided discriminate against them by demolishing their markets, like the Northern Goat dealers Market , Arewa Park , Arewa Onion Dealers Park etc

When he goes to Yoruba Land he will have to explain a similar action too at
Osogbo Park , Akure Park and Ilorin Park.

These parks at Bridge Head have been in existence since 1977 but he decided to demolish them in an attempt to force the non' indigenes ' surrender their businesses to indigenes.

As a popular and influential trader himself in Onitsha he instigated people not to lease or sell their land to non indigenes.

The Sultan Sa' ad Abubakar and Etsu Nupe together with the GOC 82 Division personally visited and pleaded with him to give them time to look for alternative places but he refused. The demolition of all their business structures and six Mosques were carried out. Many of them had to relocate back to the North.

A lot of the people of Yoruba community's especially the Kola Nut dealers had to leave too.

There is another person who tried to intervene, a certain Minister of National Planning from North West. He was a deputy governor in CBN. One Yoruba Muslim cleric who leads prayer at Uga Street Mosque, Fegge area in Onitsha was in Mecca performing lesser Hajj and was in the same company with the then Minister of National Planning, he was complaining bitterly about the discriminative stand Obi was taking around that time especially to the Northern and Western people . Fortunately the Minister knows Obi very well, he had to put a call across to him, he pleaded on him to tamper justice with mercy, he never did, it was alleged that he (Obi) went ahead to report him to GEJ. What he told the President, no body knew but people reported that he instigated his sack from office and boasted about it later , saying : we are in charge, this is our time.

It will be hard selling Obi as a unifying factor not only to the North but even to the South West, we all will remember how he instigated hatred against Yoruba people by sensationalizing Fashola's innocent action when he repatriated beggars on the street of Lagos and handed them over to their state governments. There are more beggars of Northern origin in Lagos than there are from the South East, not a single Northern Governor accused Fashola of any discrimination or incited hatred against Yoruba people.

When you are in politics seeking public office, people will not look at the length of your CV, the schools you attended etc, they will be more concerned with your antecedents.

This is the time people will remind you about your past. Atiku and Obi's past are not lost in our memories. And the best place to remind them is the polling booths.

We are ready with our PVC

I think we are making some progress, a few months ago Emeka would never have sent a unity campaign message like this. Thank God the emergence of Peter Obi as Vice Presidential candidate in the "Zoo" is beginning to change the narratives.

Unity of all the people of the country is good but when campaigns for election start in earnest, the candidates will move across parts of the country to canvass for votes. I wonder what Obi will tell the Northern people especially the Hausa and Nupe Muslim community why as a governor in Anambra he decided discriminate against them by demolishing their markets, like the Northern Goat dealers Market , Arewa Park , Arewa Onion Dealers Park etc

When he goes to Yoruba Land he will have to explain a similar action too at
Osogbo Park , Akure Park and Ilorin Park.

These parks at Bridge Head have been in existence since 1977 but he decided to demolish them in an attempt to force the non' indigenes ' surrender their businesses to indigenes.

As a popular and influential trader himself in Onitsha he instigated people not to lease or sell their land to non indigenes.

The Sultan Sa' ad Abubakar and Etsu Nupe together with the GOC 82 Division personally visited and pleaded with him to give them time to look for alternative places but he refused. The demolition of all their business structures and six Mosques were carried out. Many of them had to relocate back to the North.

A lot of the people of Yoruba community's especially the Kola Nut dealers had to leave too.

There is another person who tried to intervene, a certain Minister of National Planning from North West. He was a deputy governor in CBN. One Yoruba Muslim cleric who leads prayer at Uga Street Mosque, Fegge area in Onitsha was in Mecca performing lesser Hajj and was in the same company with the then Minister of National Planning, he was complaining bitterly about the discriminative stand Obi was taking around that time especially to the Northern and Western people . Fortunately the Minister knows Obi very well, he had to put a call across to him, he pleaded on him to tamper justice with mercy, he never did, it was alleged that he (Obi) went ahead to report him to GEJ. What he told the President, no body knew but people reported that he instigated his sack from office and boasted about it later , saying : we are in charge, this is our time.

It will be hard selling Obi as a unifying factor not only to the North but even to the South West, we all will remember how he instigated hatred against Yoruba people by sensationalizing Fashola's innocent action when he repatriated beggars on the street of Lagos and handed them over to their state governments. There are more beggars of Northern origin in Lagos than there are from the South East, not a single Northern Governor accused Fashola of any discrimination or incited hatred against Yoruba people.

When you are in politics seeking public office, people will not look at the length of your CV, the schools you attended etc, they will be more concerned with your antecedents.

This is the time people will remind you about your past. Atiku and Obi's past are not lost in our memories. And the best place to remind them is the polling booths.

We are ready with our PVC.

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Kanu has been a scammer from day 1. He got "Biafrans" to donate money to a useless cause only for him to abandon them, in the process getting some foolish ones to die. Anytime I wanted to get some amusement, I would tune to radio Biafra to listen to Kanu theatrics. I would pity all the foolish ones that believed him. In one of the broadcast, he asked his people to dare the army and marched against the visit of Pastor Kumuyi of Deeper Life. I remember when he went to the USA during Igbo Day to solicit for funds to buy arms. One elderly sound man asked him pointedly that you were soliciting for arms openly and asked what mechanism was in place to prevent them from being arrested as a traitor on arrival in Nigeria. Kanu boasted that Nigeria dared not as UN was behind them. It was shortly after that he arrived Nigeria and was arrested and nothing happened from UN or the touted International Community contacts he claimed to have.

If you made these videos you need to improve the lettering. They were so difficult to read. It was the fonts used and not necessarily the size

rusher14:
Not everyone is in your poverty bracket.

Thanks. I wonder why some people think that anyone that challenges their preferred candidate is a paid agent. What a mindset. This platform should be a platform for to converse intellectually without emotions about those who have put themselves up for elective posts.

bedspread:
[s][/s] it's Pathetic when u consciously lie and DECIEVE yourself due to Stipends...

You are wrong. I don't get stipends from any politicians and I am not a politician. I am a certified engineer working in the oil and gas industry for more than 25 years. I should be able to challenge claim by any politicians seeking office. It is not everyone that is a BMC as you tag yourselves

I always consider it laughable each time former Vice President Atiku seeks to bolster his bragging right to the Nigerian Presidency with his often-repeated claims that Buhari has never run any successful business whereas he has many successful businesses.

Being a shadowy business man with many interests locally and abroad, for me, makes him unelectable. A man who became wealthy by gaming the system or through undue advantage is not fit to preside over the country.

It does not make sense to say Buhari has never run business. Fact is Buhari never set out to be a businessman and he didn't have to abuse public trust to become overnight billionaire.

It is not everyone that must run business.

President Buhari belongs to the class of people whose entire lifetime is committed to public service. Leaders like Buhari never abused public office for ill-gotten wealth to establish private enterprises.

Or which business did Obama, Bush Snr and Jnr, Jimmy Carter, Mandela, Clinton, John Major, Mahathir Mohammad, Lew Kuan Yew, Theresa May, Paul Kagame, etc run before they came to public office or after office.

A former Customs officer and Vice President who still can't explain the source of his fabulous wealth can't be a worthy example of how to become wealthy.

The PDP decision makers know that SW has more electoral value than SE and are not push-overs. Furthermore I don't know why Biafrans should be concerned about Nigerian election. The honourable thing to do is to boycott the election

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.

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