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CareerRe: Which Course Will You Discourage Your Child From Studying? by sundaybam(m): 7:46pm On Dec 19, 2012
I can't discourage my kid on any course. instead I will keep on praying for them to prosper in any course they choose.
EntertainmentRe: Sad Story Of The Thinnest Woman In The World by sundaybam(m): 7:22pm On Dec 19, 2012
Na only skeleton be this o undecided
PoliticsRe: Activists Arrested During Okada-Riders Protest by sundaybam(m): 7:07pm On Dec 19, 2012
7000 motorcyclehuh Abeg return their okada let them go back to their village and sell them so that they can get enough money to enjoy chrismas and new year gringringrin
EducationRe: OAU Graduates 78 First Class Students by sundaybam(m): 6:52pm On Dec 19, 2012
Congrat. I wanna graduate with first class too God help me o.
PoliticsRe: FG Declares 3-day Public Holidays To Mark Christmas, New Year by sundaybam(m): 2:18pm On Dec 18, 2012
specialguest: The holiday should have been from 24th december to 2nd january. Nigerians need a break! The masses work like donkey"s (365 days a year) without any holiday while the elites jet out at any slight headache/stomach upset to rest with money they never worked for. Lord have mercy
You can give urself 2 weeks holiday if u want. cry
CrimeRe: Hyundai Heavy Workers Kidnapped In Bayelsa by sundaybam(m): 2:06pm On Dec 18, 2012
To stop this act of kidnapping. Anybody caught kidnapping should be killed. huh
PhonesRe: List Of Seven Worst Phones Of 2012 (pictures & Reason) by sundaybam(m): 1:37pm On Dec 18, 2012
I don't think have seen those phones before embarassedI. Oh oh I saw the sony xperia gringringrin
CelebritiesRe: Chika Ike Proves She Is 27 By Showing Her W.A.E.C Result by sundaybam(m): 1:23pm On Dec 18, 2012
She may not be more than that. She is still a small girl. undecided
Foreign AffairsRe: Man Stabs 22 Children At Chinese Elementary School by sundaybam(m): 8:43am On Dec 17, 2012
alexdidi: First comment! Where are de conspiracy theoristshuh
Sorry! Try again later
CelebritiesRe: E.M.E's All Star Baddest Concert On 21st December by sundaybam(m): 8:37am On Dec 17, 2012
E.M.E comprise of wizkid and the rest. undecided
PoliticsRe: Aregbesola Prohibits Chieftaincy Titles For Osun Officials by sundaybam(m): 8:21am On Dec 17, 2012
Nice move.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo Cant Stop Criticizing Jonathan by sundaybam(m): 1:00pm On Dec 16, 2012
GenBuhari: [size=18pt]Obasanjo Is The Most Corrupt Nigerian-Gani Fawehinmi[/size]
Posted: June 1, 2007 - 01:00

Finally, Olusegun Obasanjo is on his way out after eight years as Nigeria’s president. Could you assess his tenure?

Eight years of self-centred disposition, eight years of wayo, eight years of deception, eight years of creating a few rich people, eight years of anti-masses programmes, eight years of deliberate junketing all over the world, eight years of make-believe, eight years of dictatorship, eight years of lack of coherent policies, eight years of so much wealth coming to the hands of government out of which Nigerians received aggravated poverty and economic pain.

When Obasanjo first came to power in 1999, many Nigerians had high hopes that they would get rid of dictatorial tendencies which characterised military rule, but unfortunately, we had a tyrant in democratic toga. We expected that the provisions of the constitution vis-à-vis the welfare of the people and their security would be the focus of the government because Section 14, sub-section 2b of the Constitution says that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary focus of government. Alas! it was not to be under the government of Obasanjo. Take security for instance. He opened up the insecurity of this country in November 1999 when he gave orders to shoot on sight in Odi. And more than 2500 Nigerians were slaughtered because, unfortunately, 13 policemen were missing as a result of the protestation of the Odi people in Bayelsa State.
You saw the killing in Zaki Biam in Benue State. We saw him give an order in Lagos State to shoot the OPC on sight and we protested. And since he gave the signal that human life counted for nothing, police followed the queue, extra-judicial killings became the agenda of the government. Every respectable human rights organisation abroad rated Nigeria very low in terms of extra-judicial killing. Thousands of Nigerians were slaughtered without a recourse to the judicial process by the police and other security agencies, to the extent that it became the culture of Nigerians to ritualise human lives. Legs, hands and other parts of human bodies became a common commodity in markets and dead bodies were being picked here and there, headless. That was Obasanjo’s regime and what human dignity meant for that regime for eight years.


For welfare, Nigerians have never had it so bad in their millions. Instead of government to give employment, it became the stock in trade of this regime to send workers to the unemployment market by all sorts of epithet with ignoble description such as down-sizing, reducing the labour force and so on. Unemployment became unbelievably rampant to the extent that workers approached the doors of government offices with trepidation, thinking they would be sacked any moment. Security of employment became nil in government services. In the private sector, profit motive was taken to a most ungodly level. Sack became a culture of the private sector. Whenever the private sector wanted more profit, they resorted to showing workers out without adequate recompense and this was aggravated by the so-called economic reforms of General Obasanjo where the heritage of Nigeria was sold, not even to the highest bidders but to the favoured bidders, contrary to the Constitution of Nigeria.
The major sectors of our economy were placed on the building blocks of rapacious entrepreneurs, many of whom are in government, using proxies to purchase government properties, courtesy of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and contrary in Section 16, sub-section 4 of the constitution which says that the major sectors of the economy shall be managed, operated and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria, solely and exclusively.

But today, the major sectors are being sold. The latest example is the refinery in Port Harcourt, one of the four refineries in Nigeria. For eight years, Obasanjo did not build a single refinery to ensure a total reduction in the costs of petroleum products. Instead, Obasanjo, contrary to the Constitution of Nigeria, sold and he is still in the process of selling even in the dying days of the regime, the major sectors of our economy at give-away prices. Look at NITEL, another government investment that is relevant to the welfare of Nigerian people, it is still in the same mess. Our constitution says that economy of the country should not be operated in such a way that wealth would be concentrated in a few hands, but we are now having the very opposite of what the constitution says should be done. A company emerged, called Transcorp. There was no Transcorp before Obasanjo but Transcorp emerged from the bowel of Aso Rock, founded with the collaboration, connivance and conceptualisation of General Obasanjo to the extent that he owns 200 million shares. According to him, it will be the pillar of the private sector emerging in Nigeria. There is little difference between Transcorp and General Olusegun Obasanjo, except that a few favoured friends were brought into Transcorp. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, the Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange who is supposed to be a public officer runs the Transcorp with General Obasanjo. Both public officers contravened the code of conduct in the 5th and 3rd Schedules of the Constitution. Behold! General Obasanjo was never taken before the Code of Conduct Bureau for this. I protested to the Code of Conduct, I protested to the National Assembly, nothing came out of it. Here is a man who abused his office, set up a company to acquire the heritage of Nigerians. Today, Transcorp has acquired Nicon Hilton, and it has acquired NITEL. If this is not corruption, then I don’t know what corruption means.

To me, Obasanjo is the most corrupt Nigerian and I will never agree with anyone who says Obasanjo is not corrupt. We see it everywhere. This man was in prison for three years and his Ota farm which was in bankruptcy then was almost sold. They were thinking of how to sell most of his properties. Today, Obasanjo’s farm is rated as one of the richest in the world, all in a space of eight years that he governed Nigeria. If that is not corruption, then I don’t know what corruption means. If that is not abuse of office, then I do not know what abuse of office means. I protested to the National Assembly, I protested to various organisations, that look, under the Code of Conduct, Nigerians are entitled to go there and ask for all the declaration of assets of any public officer, on conditions that may be prescribed by the National Assembly. We asked the National Assembly to give us the conditions so that we can exercise our rights to know what had been declared by Obasanjo and others, including members of the National Assembly. But till today, they never gave us those conditions. So, Nigerians don’t even have access to the assets declared by the public officers. No public officer’s assets can be examined.


This regime will go down in history as the most corrupt regime in the history of this country in the sense that no regime ever made so much money as was made under Obasanjo’s regime. It got to a point that the price of one barrel of crude oil was fetching $70 and Nigeria at that time was producing 3,150,000 (three million, one hundred and fifty thousand) barrels per day. As we talk, the Federal Government is making more than N200,000,000 (two hundred million dollars) everyday, including Sunday. The more money the Obasanjo regime made the poorer the Nigerian people became. And the more money the Obasanjo regime made, the richer a few people became, including Mr. President himself.

Yes, there was a battle against corruption. A young man emerged like an oasis in the desert, called Nuhu Ribadu, under the auspices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which I have often described as a positive accident in this regime. Positive accident because Obasanjo did not plan to fight against corruption because he is corrupt himself. But because he was under pressure from international organisations, like Transparency International that wanted some sort of actions against corruption, he was forced to bring about EFCC. He brought a young man named Ribadu, he never expected that Ribadu would perform that good. So, Ribadu’s performance is an oasis in the desert of corruption. What we are now hoping is that Ribadu, after May 29 will look at the records again, will look at the complaints of Nigerians, including mine, against Obasanjo. For example, his library took me to court. His library which he launched on May 14, 2005 at Abeokuta garnered N8.5 billion. [Femi] Otedola gave N250 million; [Otunba Mike] Adenuga N350 million; [Aliko] Dangote, N220 million; consortium of banks N1.9 billion; consortium of oil companies N2.4 billion and so on. These oil companies we talk about, for eight years Obasanjo was the Minister of Petroleum Resources apart from being the head of state. No oil block was ever given to anybody without the connivance and approval of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was more active as an oil minister than Mr. President. So there must be more than meets the eye.

I will therefore want Ribadu to dust all files, to look at all records and do a thorough investigation into the administration of General Obasanjo, into the personal fortunes of Obasanjo, into the family fortunes of Obasanjo and into Obasanjo’s fortunes all over the world. And let us come with the correct analysis and truth about Olusegun Obasanjo. So that when the facts are all gathered and known, Ribadu will then take the matter to court and charge Obasanjo for corruption and abuse of office. So that the truth will be told about this man who pretended so much.
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CelebritiesRe: NaetoC Beats-up Blogger At DJ Neptune's Wedding In Lagos by sundaybam(m): 11:52am On Dec 16, 2012
If the story is true. Naeto c fall my hand be that
PoliticsRe: Kano Lawmaker Shot Dead At Relaxation Joint ! by sundaybam(m): 2:35pm On Dec 15, 2012
superior1: [size=14pt]You need no relaxation joints again, you have got a permanent relaxation
RIP[/size]
Who know where his going to rest. R.I.peace or R.I.fire. huh
FamilyRe: 11-yr-Old Girl Gets Pregnant For Five Boys by sundaybam(m): 2:13pm On Dec 15, 2012
Just 11 yrs old. She have already turn to prostitude. If not for the pregancy she would have sleep with 50 guyz before the age of 18. cry
PoliticsRe: N10M Ransom Paid For Okonjo-Iweala’s Mother - Vanguard by sundaybam(m): 8:33am On Dec 15, 2012
What a good job. 10m within 5 days
CrimeRe: Robbers Invade Peace Mass Transit Park In Nsukka by sundaybam(m): 7:32pm On Dec 14, 2012
Those guyz are finding money all mean just to do big boyz in their village. Chrismas things undecided
CrimeRe: Robbers Invade Peace Mass Transit Park In Nsukka by sundaybam(m): 7:31pm On Dec 14, 2012
Those guyz are finding money all mean just to do big boyz in their village. Chrismas things undecidedThose guyz are finding money all mean just to do big boyz in their village. Chrismas things
CrimeRe: Woman Smuggles Cocaine In Bosoms Implants by sundaybam(m): 7:20pm On Dec 14, 2012
Just because of this money.
PhonesRe: Are You Experiencing MTN Network Failure? by sundaybam(m): 7:03pm On Dec 14, 2012
Phuck mtn. Airtel rule 4 now cheesy
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Gets Counter-terrorism Special Force by sundaybam(m): 6:58pm On Dec 14, 2012
Good 1. Hope those hidden boko leader will not lead those special force shockedshockedshocked
Science/TechnologyRe: 40-year-old Woman Breastfeeds Tiger Cubs by sundaybam(m): 10:10pm On Dec 13, 2012
The tiger will know her face when they grow up. gringringrin
FashionRe: Nigeria Won World Miss University Africa Title In Seoul Korea by sundaybam(m): 6:25pm On Dec 13, 2012
Nigeria rule in term of beauty in africa others follow. cool
CrimeRe: Nigerian Girl Killed In Rome, Italy by sundaybam(m): 3:21pm On Dec 13, 2012
They wasted her life. RIP anyway.
PhonesRe: BBM Versus Whatsapp by sundaybam(m): 3:11pm On Dec 13, 2012
I prefer bbm to whatsapp.
CelebritiesRe: “Yes, Don Jazzy And I Had A Past,” Tonto Dikeh Confesses On Ndani TV by sundaybam(m): 3:02pm On Dec 13, 2012
Na only tonto dey. She warn date all naija celebrity finish. Se na so she fine reach. angry angry angry angry
Car TalkRe: Picture Of Another Nigerian Made Car by sundaybam(m): 7:55am On Dec 13, 2012
Most expensive car ;;;;;;;;;;
RomanceRe: Are You Enjoying Your Present Relationship Or Managing It? by sundaybam(m): 3:27pm On Dec 12, 2012
Am enjoying my present relationship because my girl is from a wealth family and she never behave arrogance to me. undecided
RomanceRe: Is It Right To Date Your Neighbour? by sundaybam(m): 12:47am On Dec 12, 2012
Go ahead jare. No dulling. tongue
EventsRe: 12-12-12: One Of The Magical Dates, It Would Happen Again The Next 88years by sundaybam(m): 12:36am On Dec 12, 2012
Who cares either 12 or 13 all days ar d same. Just Waiting 4 dbanj song coming out 2day. 12-12-12. huh
CrimeRe: The Thieves Who Stole My Iphone (pics included) by sundaybam(m): 4:34pm On Dec 11, 2012
Go ahead and post their pics on newspaper. Just 2 disgrace them
Christianity EtcRe: Mayan Apocalypse: Panic Spreads As December 21 Nears by sundaybam(m): 7:09pm On Dec 10, 2012
I don't believe all those storys No 1 know when the world is ending but it's near. Am not afraid anyway.

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