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Will GEJ come back and still meet his seat?
This situation is exactly how Coup starts!!!

Chinom: The first 6 comments are complete nonsense. Utter bunkum !!. What makes you people think that this Italian cannot and did not commit suicide. Why would EFCC want to kill him ?. The man had no dime on him. He collected Mrs Wokocha's money and fedexed a fake Bill of laden. He knew he was guilty. Could'nt stand the shame.

Mr.I-sabi-pass-all, PLEASE, HOW CAN ONE STRANGLE HIMSELF? STRANGLE! (AND NOT HANGING)

They have killed the guy and shared the money joor!

kehinde21: U guys are just wastening ur pursuing military job dat ‎​D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ wil pick 3 or 4 candidate per state.I have applied for nigeria army dss nSsc b4 but not make the list , l was presented by one gen(Lt) in abuja.my people if u don.t know Governor, minister,senator,first class king in nigeria}don't waste ur money ntime.

Guy no be soo! I know someone who doesn't know the gateman of NAF, and he was shortlisted!!!
Omo na God ooo!!!
@Nzomiwu7, you are on point jare!
NA BABA GOD NONI

CHESSBOARD: Have you been following this case, The real evidence is the video and audio tape. not the moola

Na wah for you! Are you a lawyer? Do you know that the 'bribe Object' (cash etc) must be tendered as evd? Without the Dollar bills, it will be impossible to get a conviction! The video and voice calls na Moi-Moi!

onatisi: pls stop been a fool cant you see that both of them are thieves , lawan collected money ALONE with no witness with the excuse of wanting to use it against the person , why did he go alone why not with another person , why did he even agreed to take the money . the point is this lawan is a barawo and otedola is an ole

Guy why are you in a haste to insult? How is Otedola a thief? (At least in this particular bribery allegations).
Let's analyse the scenario! As the story goes, Otedola was minding his own business when Farouk Lawan came for his expertise/knowledge in the Petroleum Up-stream and Down-stream sector! The testimony of Zenon was purely for clarification purposes, as they deal only in diesel, the subsidy never covered them. (It is Zenon only, but nobody said anything about Forte Ltd; and incidentally, Forte deals in petroleum markets). Then, after the hearings, some indicted marketers started dropping Dollar,Pound and Euro notes at an alarming rates! Facrook and his mates cashed in and even started threatening any company that has anything to do with the subsidy scam! (Whether indicted or not!) Otedola refused to cash in, but after repeated calls from Frouk Lawan, and also dat his Corrupt Brothers in Oil/Gas sector are 'settling', he reported to SSS (and not to EFCC or NPF! Hmm) and the sting operation and voice notes (even some previous cell phone logs), were gathered and given to EFCC!
When called to make comment, Farouk Lawan CATEGORICALLY DENIED receiving nor giving bribe to anyone! ( Poor sod was unaware that videos were made)! The next day, he changed his stories !
And so on bla bla bla!!!!!!
The ISSUES now are:
1) We all know how NA works! Any senior officer of the House( from the Speaker to minority leader) do get some 'cut' from such committee, depending on how you get mouth reach!) From the fore-going, it seems like Farouk and some members wanted to 'Kolobi' the whole stash!( But why is the Speaker refusing to hand over the marked bills to Police?) Farouk can neither prove the time/day his letter was written; Otedola has bundle of them: call logs, video clips,(even Frouk initial denial)! House of Rep is still detaining the Marked Bills! House is PDP, Otedola is a PDP member, and they now want to make it a house thing! Of course, with the recent proof that some Oil Marketers bribed the committee, THE SUBSIDY REPORT IS AS TAINTED AS HELL! , no sane Government will implement recommendations made from such a report!
And you can guess what will happen

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/3m-bribery-saga-farouk-cttee-collected-bribes-in-pounds-dollars-police/

https://www.nairaland.com/963709/how-pdp-scrambled-cover-up

2) Otedola on his own should tell us about Forte and not Zenon! Or is he hiding something?

CHESSBOARD: Moderator front Page we have the thief

Demdem: Obviously more questions than answers. The mere reason we all should be careful in judging

YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL

$3m bribery SAGA: Farouk c’ttee collected bribes in pounds, dollars – Police
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June 14, 2012 | 1:59 am
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BY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, KINGSLEY OMONOBI, OKEY NDIRIBE & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE
LAGOS—The House of Representatives was, yesterday, recalled from break as the cash for clearance scandal widened with the Police disclosing that other oil industry interests besides Femi Otedola gave bribes in dollars, pounds and local currencies to the committee.

The revelation came as House members fought back, alleging a systematic attempt by the Presidency and other interested parties to damage the credibility of the report produced by the Farouk Lawan led ad-hoc committee that investigated the implementation of the Federal Government subsidy regime.

It also emerged, yesterday, that Speaker Aminu Tambuwal refused entreaties from the State Security Service, SSS to retrieve the bribe passed on to Lawan by Otedola.  Tambuwal, it was learnt, insisted that his touching the money would mean tampering with the evidence.

The discovery that other oil interest groups allegedly paid bribes to the Lawan committee emerged from the work of the CP Ali Amodu-led Special Task Force investigating the scandal. There were also feelers from the Special Task Force that the $620, 000 bribe money admittedly received by Lawan may have been destroyed.


R Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Education, Hon . Faruk Lawan , Chairman House Committee on Media & Public Affairs , Hon . Zakari Mohammed , and the Chairman Committee on Rules & Business, at a Press briefing on the Activities of the House in the last one year at the National Assembly recently. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
Lawan who has so far not formally appeared before the Police team investigating the scandal now has a deadline of tomorrow to appear before the Police or be declared wanted.

As a source said yesterday: “Lawan is to appear before the investigation team and say all he knows about the bribery allegations against him or risk the consequences as the Police is empowered by law to take such other lawful steps necessary to help with the investigations.”

Chairman of Zenon Oil, Chief Femi Otedola, who claimed to have given Rep. Farouk Lawan marked $620,000 as part payment of the $3m demanded from him as bribe appeared before the police panel on Tuesday during which he tendered both video and audio evidence of the transaction between him, (Otedola) and Lawan.

A senior Police source told Vanguard yesterday that the investigating team has enough evidence, including the call logs of the discussions between Farouk and Otedola  on where, how and when the money will be collected, as well as the fact that Farouk went to Otedola’s house by 4 am to collect the money.

Marketers intimidated

Giving more insight into how such bribery monies were collected from other marketers, the Police source said: “They (Marketers) were intimidated, threatened and coerced into parting with various sums of pounds, dollars and naira notes out of fear of attack on their property and investments by Nigerians who were angry over the subsidy removal and payment to a few that had been milking the country dry.

“It was as a result of our investigation into the discussions that transpired between Otedola and Farouk Lawan that we stumbled on other transactions with other oil marketers. The Otedola case was like the straw that broke the camel’s back because he told them he cannot be intimidated into joining others to bribe his way out of an offence he did not commit”.

Vanguard was made to understand that as part of the investigations, if Farouk and his committee members fail to own up, the investigating team may extend its work to find out exactly how much and in which currency other oil marketers paid bribes.

Fears over safety of bribe money

A senior Police officer expressed fear that the bribe money may have been destroyed which could put spanners into the works of the investigating team, pointing out that “Even with the video evidence, they may say what Otedola presented or handed over to them were books and not cash”.

The officer wondered “why the SSS who provided the marked money delayed in arresting both Farouk Lawan and the Secretary Boniface Emenalo immediately they collected the money from Chief Otedola or as soon as they stepped out of the house. If that was done we wouldn’t be moving back and forth over this matter”.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the House yesterday issued a notice for the House to reconvene tomorrow.

The notice issued by the Clerk of the House M.A. Sani Omolori, read thus: “This is to inform all Honourable members of the House of Representatives that the House would reconvene to hold a Plenary session on Friday June 15th, 2012 at 10am prompt. Honourable Members are advised to take note and attend promptly, please.”

Being that the House normally does not sit on Fridays for plenary, the House is expected to suspend its rules to allow the sitting to hold.

Speaker Tambuwal was last night meeting with other members of the House leadership and close associates on how to respond to the unfolding development.

One source disclosed, yesterday, that tomorrow’s session would follow the “rule of law” a description of what some said would make way for Lawan to step down from the chairmanship of the ad-hoc committee for the purpose of allowing unfettered investigation.

Meanwhile, there were insinuations yesterday that the evolving crisis was being directed towards causing instability in the House.

Sources in the House told Vanguard of how Speaker Tambuwal evaded what was described as a trap when he was invited to watch the video of Lawan receiving the bribe money by the SSS.

The speaker, it was claimed, was told to retrieve the bribe from Lawan but Tambuwal demurred insisting that he is a lawyer and would not want to tamper with the evidence and as such requested the SSS to collect the money directly from Lawan.

“When the speaker refused, they now urged and even pressed him to return the money through any of his aides, but the speaker again refused,” an associate of Speaker Tambuwal disclosed yesterday.

“This has now made us believe that they want to get him involved in the mess so that he could be said to have been involved in the whole scam,” the associate said yesterday.

It’s Presidency, oil marketers plot — Group

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) in a similar vein yesterday pointed accusing fingers at both the executive arm of government and some fuel importers who, according to the CISLAC have never been comfortable with the way the present leadership of the House of Representatives conducts its legislative business.

According to the statement issued by its Executive Director, Auwal Musa: “An offence allegedly committed by an individual member should not be used as an excuse to create another crisis in the House of Representatives.

Human Rights Monitor, yesterday, alleged a plan by vested interests to undermine the implementation of the report by the Lawan committee. The group in a statement issued by its Executive Director, Festus Okoye said in part:

“The allegations of blackmail, extortion and bribery levelled against the Chairman of the said Committee by Mr. Femi Otedola and the counter allegations of inducement, threat to life and bribery by the Chairman of the said Committee Hon. Farouk Lawan are a case in point.

“We hasten to point out that irrespective of the merits of the allegations and counter allegations of bribery and corruption the report of the Fuel Subsidy Committee is already in the public domain.

Arewa youths react

Similarly, the President of the Arewa Youth Congress, in a similar statement urged Nigerians to push for the implementation of the report of the ad-hoc committee saying that the report should not be buried.

In the statement issued by its president, Comrade Ibrahim Abubakar, the AYC which is a coordinating platform for youth groups in the north said: ‘’We have studied the report of the Farouk Lawan-led ad hoc committee that probed the fuel subsidy issue and we are convinced that the panel did a good job. That is the reason we strongly believe that the recommendations of the committee should not be swept under the carpet,” Abubakar said.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/3m-bribery-saga-farouk-cttee-collected-bribes-in-pounds-dollars-police/

justaqad: seriously what ve u been inhaling?MARK KE?ILLUSION AT ITS PEAK

GUM + BLUNT + CODEINE + (fill d blank)

bayooooooo: Mr. Lawan was assured the party would wade into the matter and resolve it in a manner that would be satisfactory to all parties.

So it is now a PDP family matter?
Will not be surprised if this matter ends like that!

Illuminati nko?
www.bullshit.com

I don't know why d moderator is removing/hiding some posts! I have seen some threads where bigots and fanatics are mauling each,yet they are allowed to continue their ranting! Pls, let us have an open mind, if you are a pastor, there are many other Topics to view!

afam4eva: You have a point. But even those that are clean won't want to contest for fear of Amadioha and Sango striking them mistakenly.

Clear conscience fears no accusations (abi?)

991: it is called "Arusi-Ogbunizu" unfortunately you cant find it online, unless you wish to visit it to do your research

Translation: The Alusi that "kills in groups"!
Now, who would dare mess with such a dude

ghostofsparta: Do you know the name of the deity? Would like to add it to my research.

For my State (Anambra), we ve VERY POTENT ones like OGWUGWU AKPU (Ihiala), Okija , OYI (Oyi, Dunukofia, Njikoka axis (3 LGs) ,Omaliko (Nnewi and Ide-nmili axis)

PAPA NEVER BORN YOU WELL (AND UR FAMILY JOIN) MAKE YOU TAKE ANY OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED DEITIES SWEAR (WRONGLY OFCOURSE)

I even heard one of them do kill within 4 or 7 days

991: that would be the best, the diety of my village kills exactly 4days from the day you break the oath.

ALUSI OGBU MGWAGWA

D link aint working!

saxywale: True dogs are men's best friend.

SPOT ON!
That is why I call my main guys 'DAWGS'
Dogs can't betray nor back-stab their master!

fluxbush: nw i really feel silly.tanx again.

HMM!!!!!!!

If this is true (and my guts tell me it is), then Dana crash is just the begining!
Omo na trekking be that untill further notice!

SOMEBODY PINGED ME THIS BROADCAST:


A survivors story
PWOJ: I was on this same dana plane 23 may. It was delayed from take off from mm2, I saw the Philippine mechanics with buckets draining out hydraulic fluid under the left side under carriage tyre mechanism, a part was taken out but not replaced, yet we were told to board. I told the flight supervisor my name that am an aerospace sys engr and am concerned at the operational state of the plane, the guy told me to see the pilot, I did, he was a Caribbean decent capt & nw zealand asian looking co pilot, he confirmed work was done and asked how I knew, I said I saw it from d windows of the airport and the part was not replaced that I aslo saw the mechanics Philippine & indian guys under the plane, he told me don't worry if its not ok we won't fly. I pinged my family and friends of wot I saw and the names of the people I spoke to. Should anything happen as well as asking that the plane is taken off but am just a simple powerless passenger. We landed and the pilot waited at d door to shake me as to say I told u. Sadly this plane wasn't taken off service to sort out the hydraulic leak or landing gear problem because it was still making money for indians in Dana, now Dana plane has killed my friend Ehime, levy & ijeamaka & 150 others. All because they refused a simple precaution advice over their financial wants. My story can be checked from dana airline/mm2 logs. May God burn you all in Dana.
PLS Send this to mr president governors senators reps nigerians &even to people selling Dana products anywhere before its covered up

jmaine: Don't you sound silly in your attempt at twisting simple facts placed before you . .At least for now . .he says contesting 2015 is off for him . .whether he resigns that decision later is not the subject of this thread . . .The polity will be more interesting if he decides to contest . . .afterall . .no be same the same Fashola talk say, second term is akin to a failing student . .yet he still contested . .so what makes this situation different . .

WHY ARE YOU SO EAGER TO HURL INSULTS?
CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE HE SAID SO!(In Quote)?
SEE WETIN WAEC/NECO DEY CAUSE!

I HAVE READ THE TOPIC 5 TIMES, AND I AM YET TO SEE WHERE BRF SAID HE WILL NOT CONTEST!
IF HE COMES OUT @ 2015, SOME PDP F00LS/EEDIOTS WILL QUOTE THIS TRASH TO SPOIL HIS HARD EARNED REPUTATION.

greall1: moshood kashimawo abiola is one of our heroes past with good reputations.

ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA!

gbadexy: Negligence of military duty in plain english means they went awol during confrontation with bokos

Who wan die
So even Sojo dey fear Bok Boiz?

P square bought (or rather said they bought) a private jet! How on earth does it concern anybody?
And to imagine that grown @ss men are trading words over it! SMH vigorously!

@POSTER, what were you expecting? Do you want them to swear for themselves? No sane person can break a bridge which he knows quite well he will still use! And the most unfortunate part is that most Nigerians would not have said AMEN. Have you ever heard this phrase before: LET THEM CHOP AND LEAVE; I WILL CHOP MY OWN WHEN MY TIME COMES!

Idowuogbo: No mind who? Guy I no channel o! Wire am give me again biko!

Hahaha, unna no go kill person for here!