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Politics / See Number Of Inconclusive Elections Between May 1999 & April 2015 by three: 4:08pm On Mar 12, 2019
As shared on twitter
https://twitter.com/FRNcitizens/status/1105278168389378048?s=19

The number of inconclusive elections before the Yakubu INEC is 1 - O. N. E

Since then INEC has used this ambiguous guideline to propagate an agenda...

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Car Talk / Re: Cars On Nigerian Roads Hit 11.8 Million In One Year by three: 7:49am On Mar 12, 2019
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THIS IS PROOF OF GARAGANTUAN SUBSIDY FRAUD


NNPC along with the DPR claims it pumps OUT 48 - 50 Million litres daily.

The average tank capacity is about 50 litres

11.2million x 50L = 59 million litres

This means virtually all the cars on Nigerian Roads fill there tanks EVERY DAY!!!

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/nnpc-finance-ministry-w-bank-to-determine-nigerias-actual-fuel-consumption/amp/


This figure is used to justify subsidy figures
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Politics / Re: Military Jets, Soldiers Take Over Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Kwara, Adamawa by three: 7:59am On Mar 09, 2019
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THIS IS WHOLLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL

You lot ran a disastrous government and refuse to leave by democratic constitutional means..

This very act has wide reaching implications for the country and specifically for all those involved directly and indirectly.

You will find that which you seek.



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Politics / Re: Lagos Gubernatorial Candidate Shares Expired Coke At Lekki Toll Gate by three: 7:59am On Mar 09, 2019
Coca-Cola is not liable for distribution of expired products.

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Politics / Re: Nigeria 4th In African Millitary Strenght Ranking by three: 1:13am On Mar 09, 2019
4th?

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Politics / Lagos Gubernatorial Candidate Shares Expired Coke At Lekki Toll Gate by three: 12:43am On Mar 09, 2019
Quality Control?

Someone in the procurement chain getting rid of expired drinks?

Where is the Consumer Protection Council when you need them....? Oh! Irukera the DG of CPC was last seen personally conducting quality control on the Vice President's haircut.. embarassed

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Politics / 2018 WAEC Results - See Results In APC Vs PDP States. What Would Awolowo Think? by three: 12:33am On Mar 09, 2019
Politics, politics, politicians play politics with everything, and now they have ruined generations...

They have destroyed education in the States they govern... cry cry cry

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Politics / Re: Jim Agbaje Tells CNN Why He Wants To Govern Africa's Most Populous City, Lagos by three: 8:36pm On Mar 08, 2019
Jimi is not Campaigning on issues...

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Politics / Re: Lagos Blue-line Contract Vs Lagos Ibadan Rail: How 1 Billion Dollars Was Siphone by three: 8:35pm On Mar 08, 2019
Born2Breed:


The document stated it clearly that the amount is RMB1.256 Billion not USD1.256 Billion!

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Politics / Re: Jim Agbaje Tells CNN Why He Wants To Govern Africa's Most Populous City, Lagos by three: 8:28pm On Mar 08, 2019
Okay, I see this Jimi is a tribalist thing is being peddled again...

three:
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Who said Igbos should drown in the Lagoon?
http://dailypost.ng/2015/04/06/anyone-that-does-not-vote-ambode-will-be-thrown-into-lagoon-oba-of-lagos-warns-igbos/


Who said Igbos MUST vote APC?
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/02/21/you-must-vote-apc-tinubu-tells-lagos-igbo-community/


Who said if Igbos don't vote APC we know what to do?
https://guardian.ng/politics/why-ndigbo-must-vote-apc-by-tinubu/?F


Who attacked Igbo dominated polling units?
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/breakingvideo-pandemonium-as-thugs-set-cast-votes-ablaze-at-ago-palace-way/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/electionday-police-arrest-4-in-lagos-over-alleged-burning-of-ballot-boxes/


Who attacked Igbo owned shops?
https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/02/27/hoodlums-attack-igbo-traders-on-lagos-island-for-failure-to-vote-for-buhari/


Who has been on nairaland day-in-day-out insulting igbos and denigrating them with despicable names?
(do really I need to post the list of handles guilty for this?)


WAS IT JIMI AGBAJE THAT DID ALL THESE?!!!


Who planted the news claiming Abgaje said he will elevate Eze Ndigbo to 1st Class status in 2015?
I challenge any APC supporter online and offline to provide proof (Mainstream print media or Audio) where Agbaje said he will elevate Eze Ndigbo to first class status


...and yet you insult Lagosians further by claiming it was the person on the receiving end that launched the attack?

THIS ATTACK ON IGBOS HAS BEEN A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED PLAN BY THE APC AND ITS MINIONS TO VICTIMISE A TRIBE AND LABEL THEM AS THE ENEMY

IT IS DESPICABLE!!

The irony is that almost every single person especially including the online so-called Lagos 'warlords' are not even from LAGOS!

They are feeding fat not on any dignifying enterprise but on the sweat of hardworking, well meaning Lagosians in a miasma of kaksitrocatic Owo-mi-da ideology masquerading behind circular spectacles and hats of a past progressive.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/03/05/lagos-igbo-crises-a-time-to-be-counted/

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Somebody said Jimi Agbaje says APC and not Lagosians hate Igbos. Says that is Tribalism.

But isn't this the truth? Abi Lagos APC loves Igbos? With these adverse actions towards them?

What manner of love is that abeg?



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Politics / Re: APC Factions Clash In Lagos: Two Killed, 35 Vehicles Damaged, Shops Looted by three: 11:40am On Mar 08, 2019
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"SORROW, TEARS & BLOOD..."

"....Dem regular trademark"


cry cry undecided undecided sad sad cry cry


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Politics / Re: Lagos Blue-line Contract Vs Lagos Ibadan Rail: How 1 Billion Dollars Was Siphone by three: 8:09am On Mar 08, 2019
emerged01:
I admit that govt do inflate contract but on a serious note you cannot compare okoko-marine railway to Lagos -Ibadan railway. Definitely,cost of constructing okoko-marina railway will be more than the cost of constructing Lagos-Ibadan railway because of challenges at okoko-Marina railway.

The ONLY acknowledged distinctive challenge is the crossing from Ebute Meta over the Lagoon mouth to Marina.

But if you study the thread at skyscrapercity you will see that the overall quantum of work on Lagos Ibadan is manifestly multiple times more than Lagos Blue-Line.

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2088453

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Politics / Re: How INEC Announced Election Results Without Completing Collation by three: 8:04am On Mar 08, 2019
Played right into hands

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Politics / Re: PDP Yet To Explain The Irresponsible Expenditure Of 1999 To 2014 —buhari by three: 6:51am On Mar 08, 2019
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The PDP wey full APC


Make him ask him new friends na!


see 30(31) of them!!!!


1. Adamu Muazu (former PDP National Working Committee Chairman and member of PDP for 19 Years)
2. Senator Godswill Akpabio is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Senate's Minority Leader. He was also Governor of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria from May 29, 2007 to May 29, 2015 EFCC suspended N90billion Akwa-Ibom missapropriation probe.
3. Ali Modu Shariff Ali Modu Sheriff is a Nigerian politician. He is Borno State's first governor to serve two consecutive terms. Though Sheriff had held two elected offices as a member of All Nigeria People's Party, he would later join the All Progressives Congress becoming a founding member of that party.
4. Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba PDP senator for 12 years. He defected to the APC last year. He is the serving chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission board.
5. Senator Heineken Lokpobiri Two-term PDP senator from Bayelsa state. He defected to APC after the 2015 elections. He is currently the minister of state for agriculture. Senator Kwankwaso and his successor Governor Ganduje are former members of the PDP
6. Senator Barnabas Gemade Former national chairman of the PDP and senator from 2011 till date. He joined APC in December 2014.
8. Senator Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro is a Nigerian politician. He served as Senator for Lagos State from 2003–2007, and was later appointed High Commissioner to Ghana. He served as the Minister of State for Defence
7. Chief Audu Ogbeh Former PDP chairman. Currently the minister of agriculture former PDP Chairman 2001-2005
8. Senator Ita Enang Two-term PDP senator from Akwa-Ibom. He joined APC before the 2015 elections. He is presently the senior special assistant to the president on the National Assembly (Senate).
9. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Former Benue state secretary of the PDP. Former national auditor of the PDP and former minister under President Goodluck Jonathan. He joined the APC in December 2014.
10. Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state A former two-term PDP senator from Kebbi.
11. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state Former PDP Speaker of the House of Representatives. He joined the APC in 2014. Governor Masari (right) and Minister Udoma (left) are former members of the PDP
12. Senator Abdullahi Adamu Two-term PDP governor of Nasarawa and senator in 2011. He joined the APC in 2014.
13. Senator Danjuma Goje Two-term PDP governor of Gombe state and senator in 2011. He joined the APC in 2014.
14. Honourable Dakuku Peterside He was a PDP House of Reps member from Rivers state. He joined the in 2014. He is currently the Director-General of NIMASA.
15. Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso Two-term PDP governor of Kano state and former minister of defence under President Olusegun Obasanjo. He joined the APC in late 2013.
16. Mr Rotimi Amaechi Former PDP Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly. Two-term PDP governor of Rivers. He joined APC in late 2013. He is currently the minister of transport. 'lost' $50 million Rivers Hospital Money to 'fraudsters'
17. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state He was a special adviser to PDP's President Olusegun Obasanjo. He joined APC in February 2013.
18. Senator George Akume Two-term PDP governor of Benue state and senator in 2007. Left the party in December 2010 for the APC. Governors Tambuwal, Lalong and Ajimobi are former members of the PDP
19. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state Former FCT minister under President Obasanjo. Left the PDP in 2010.
20. Governor Bello Masari of Katsina state PDP Speaker of the House of Reps from 2003 to 2007.
21. Senator Adamu Aliero Two-term PDP governor of Kebbi state and senator in 2007. Later became FCT minister under Late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
22. Senator Udoma Udo Udoma Two-term PDP senator from Akwa-Ibom state. He is now the minister of budget and national planning.
23. Senator Chris Ngige Anambra state governor under the PDP between 2003 to 2006. He is currently the minister of labour and employment. Was so bad he didn't win a second term in PDP
24. Senator Andy Uba Recently defected from the PDP to the APC after serving as a special assistant to former President Obasanjo and PDP senator for 5 years.
25. Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state Former Seaker of the Plateau state House of Assembly under the PDP.
26. Senator Joshua Dariye Former governor of Plateau state for 8 years under the PDP. Convicted by EFCC
27. Engineer Segun Oni PDP governor for 3 years in Ekiti state. He is currently the APC national vice chairman for South west
28. Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state PDP senator between 2004 to 2007 representing Oyo central senatorial district.
29. Governor Ibikunle Amosun from Ogun state PDP senator from 2003 to 2007 representing Ogun central senatorial district.
30. Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state Two –time deputy governor of Kano state under the PDP.


courtesy

https://www.legit.ng/1088129-30-pdp-stalwarts-apc.html (updated)

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Politics / Re: Lagos Blue-line Contract Vs Lagos Ibadan Rail: How 1 Billion Dollars Was Siphone by three: 6:23am On Mar 08, 2019
Prompto:
Igbo can wail now till resurrection when your entire tribe is able to raise a petroleum minister or a 2 time president who did not allocate a petrol station to himself talk less of an oil block then we can debate Buhari’s intergrity until bring your father in charge of ordinary water well and let us watch how shamelessly they will calm they are water minister, aside how many port did Atiku allocate to himself just as VP ?

You Igbos wail night n day trying to soil Buharis integrity but your father ain’t got shii on him. Buhari will forever remain a saint among politicians in Nigeria nothing your father’s wailing can do about it.

Post = Lagos Blue Line vs Lagos Ibadan Rail

Response = How much did the Rivers Rail cost

Your interpretation = Igbos are wailing



You people that are willing to divide and destroy Nigeria with ethnic bigotry are like the woman in the parable that would rather have half of her neighbour's dead baby than let the baby live.

Hers was dead but she wanted her neighbours baby to die too...

And unfortunately some people tacitly support you all..

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Politics / Re: Lagos Blue-line Contract Vs Lagos Ibadan Rail: How 1 Billion Dollars Was Siphone by three: 6:15am On Mar 08, 2019
simplyhonest:

no sir... the biggest scam is manipulating election results... that's what puts the people that will steal the billions in government

You are so right

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Politics / Re: Shehu Sani: PDP Should Recall ALL Past Members For Buhari To Probe by three: 5:56am On Mar 08, 2019
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You can fool some people sometime but you can't fool all the people all the time.



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September 1, 2018
Eniola Akinkuotu, Gbenro Adeoye, and Jesusegun Alagbe

At least eight out of the politicians working for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election have pending corruption cases worth N232bn, checks by Saturday PUNCH have revealed.

Investigation by our correspondents showed that the amount involved in the various graft cases, which are currently pending before security agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, range from N223m to N100bn for each of the politicians.

Some of the eight politicians, who used to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party and other opposition parties, had allegedly defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress to stop the dangling axe of the EFCC and other security agencies from falling on them.

Specifically, the politicians who are currently either under probe or prosecution for allegedly diverting government funds have separately vowed to ensure Buhari remains in power untill 2023.

The eight politicians include the senator representing Nasarawa West at the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu; the senator representing Sokoto North and former Governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Wamakko; ex-Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, who recently defected from the PDP to the APC; and a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu.

Others are the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; the former Governor of Rivers State and Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation in 2015, Rotimi Amaechi; the Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari; and former National Chairman of the PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff.


Abdullahi Adamu (N15bn)

For instance, Adamu, a serving senator and former Governor of Nasarawa State, is one of the President’s allies in the Senate. He is also a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Buhari 2019 Presidential Support Committee.

The lawmaker is being prosecuted alongside 18 others for allegedly stealing N15bn from the treasury through contracts awarded when he was governor for eight years.


His son, Nurianu, was also arraigned by the EFCC in January 2018 for alleged N90m fraud. However, the former governor has been one of the fiercest critics of Senate President Bukola Saraki.

According to Saraki, the former governor has been insulting him in order to get a soft landing.


Saraki had said in July, “I have deliberately ignored the antics of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, especially his constant media attacks on me and the Senate since the EFCC dusted his file on alleged case of corruption and also went ahead to arraign his son in court.”

Aliyu Wamakko (N15bn)

Senator Aliyu Wamakko is in charge of Buhari’s campaign in Sokoto State. A few weeks ago, he held a massive rally on behalf of Buhari in order to prove to the President that Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s defection would be of no effect.

READ ALSO: Herdsmen killed 50 security operatives in Benue in eight months –Ortom


Wamakko, who served as governor from 2007 to 2015, is under investigation over allegations of theft of public funds and money laundering totalling N15bn, an allegation he has vehemently denied.

Spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, had confirmed in April that the commission was investigating allegations contained in a petition against Wammako and that he would soon be invited to defend the allegations.


Godswill Akpabio (N100bn)

The former governor of Akwa Ibom State has been under probe by the EFCC for over three years based on allegations that he diverted over N100bn from the coffers of the state between 2007 and 2015.

Akpabio was welcomed into the APC by the President himself.


The former governor, who represents Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District, recently vowed that the APC would take over Akwa Ibom the way Adolph Hitler invaded Poland.

Akpabio, who on Friday travelled to China with the President is arguably the closest defector to Buhari and has vowed to do everything possible to ensure Buhari is re-elected.

Although he has been grilled by the EFCC, he has not been charged.


Orji Uzor Kalu (N3.2bn)

Kalu, who governed Abia State from 1999 to 2007, was one of the most influential politicians in the South-East during his time in government. After leaving the PDP, he formed the Progressive Peoples Alliance from where he contested and lost a senatorial election in 2015.

The following year, he defected to the APC and has paid several visits to the President since then.


Recently, he visited the President in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State, where he was bestowed with the title, ‘Dan Baiwan Hausa’ by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouq.

According to the emir, Kalu was bestowed with the title in appreciation of his “unwavering support for our son, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, Bayajida II .”


However, the former governor has been having a running legal battle with the EFCC since leaving office.

The EFCC alleged that Kalu and the others committed fraud between August 2001 and October 2005. It accused Kalu of utilising his company (Slok Nigeria Limited) to retain in the account of First Inland Bank, now First City Monument Bank, the sum of N200m.


The commission said that the sum formed part of funds illegally derived from the coffers of the Abia State government. The EFCC also said that the accused retained, in different bank accounts, about N2.5bn belonging to the state government, adding that he diverted about N3.2bn from the coffers of the same government.

Regardless of his travails, the former governor has insisted that he will do all within his power to ensure that Buhari is re-elected.


Babachir Lawal (N223m)

The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, was accused by the Senate ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, led by Senator Shehu Sani, of awarding a N223m consultancy contract for the removal of invasive plant species in Komadugu, Yobe Water Channels to his company, Rholavision Engineering in contravention of Section 43(iii) and (iv) of the Public Procurement Act 2007.


A committee headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo subsequently investigated Lawal and recommended his dismissal in October 2017, a year after he was indicted by the Senate.

Although he is under probe by the EFCC, Babachir is among the key figures running Buhari’s re-election campaign in Adamawa State. He also revealed during a recent interview on Channels Television that he still had direct access to the President.


The former SGF has been having a leadership tussle with Governor Jibrilla Bindow over who should lead Buhari’s campaign in the state.

Rotimi Amaechi (N97bn)

Amaechi, who was the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation in 2015, has been charged with the task of ensuring that Buhari is elected a second time.

The Minister of Transport, who is the face of the Buhari campaign, was indicted by the Justice George Omeregi-led Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the sale of state assets.

He and others were accused of allegedly misappropriating N97bn through the sale of the state valued assets.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, had alleged that $150m (N30bn at the time) was spent on Buhari’s campaign in 2015.


Amaechi challenged his indictment but lost at the Appeal Court. Although anti-graft agencies have refused to state if he is under investigation or not, he has yet to clear his name and is still under investigation by the state government.

The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Emma Okah, insisted that Amaechi was not cleared by the panel that indicted him on the sale of some assets belonging to the state.


Also, a top official at the Government House in Port Harcourt, pointed out that at the last count on the matter, the former governor had gone to the Supreme Court.

An appeal filed by Amaechi against the Justice George Omereji-led panel was in May 2017 dismissed by the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt.


The Appeal Court had said that the refusal of Amaechi to appear before the panel amounted to self-denial.

But Okah said that the matter was currently at the Supreme Court.

“He (Amaechi) went to court against the panel and the matter is still in the Supreme Court. The state government has not cleared him on the matter concerning the sale of valued assets belonging to the state,” he said.

Amaechi could not be reached for comments, as he did not answer calls to his mobile phone.

A text message sent to him on the matter did not get any reply.

However, a senior official of the Federal Ministry of Transportation told our correspondent that the minister was out of the country.

The official, who also works directly with the minister, stated he (the official) was not aware of the said allegations against Amaechi.

“I have not seen it (the report) and can’t speak on it. However, the minister is in China right now,” the official, who pleaded to be anonymous, said.

Abdul’aziz Yari (N680m)

Yari has been engaged in a fierce battle with the EFCC for over a year following allegations that he diverted nearly N700m which formed part of the Paris Club refund due to his state.

In July last year, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N500m and $500,000 (N180m) said to have been looted from the Paris Club refunds made by the Federal Government in favour of the 36 states of the federation.

The sums of money said to have been recovered from two firms, First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited, and Gosh Projects Limited, were allegedly linked to the governor.

The EFCC also alleged, in an affidavit filed in support of its ex parte application seeking the interim forfeiture of the sums of money, that the N500m was diverted to offset Yari’s personal loan obtained from the First Generation Mortgage Bank Limited.

In July, the Presidential Support Committee of Buhari 2019 appointed Sheriff as the director-general.

The National Secretary of the group, Kassim Kassim, said in a statement that the conglomerate of about 300 Buhari supporters’ groups unanimously endorsed Sheriff to lead the Presidential Support Committee, Buhari 2019 and not the Buhari’s Campaign Organisation for the 2019 election.

He said groups that made up the Presidential Support Committee were all registered with the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters.

Sheriff and others are under investigation for allegedly receiving N450m out of the N23bn ($115m) bribe allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 elections.

He has been grilled several times by the EFCC but was never charged. His private jet was also impounded by the commission but later released to him.

Sagay, EFCC react

Speaking with our correspondent, the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), said joining the President’s camp would not save any politician from probe or prosecution.

He said those whose cases had already been taken to court would continue to face prosecution.

Sagay, however, said there was room for plea bargain, an option he said stubborn people would never use.

He said, “I know Akpabio is still under probe and if he is found culpable, he would be invited and prosecuted. For me, the only import of him joining the President’s campaign is that he can be persuaded to make a plea bargain quickly, which everyone is entitled to, but the stubborn ones will not take that option

“As for allegations against Amaechi, he was indicted by a fake and useless judicial panel set up by Wike, who is himself under investigation for corruption. He set up a kangaroo panel, which Amaechi refused to answer to.”

When asked about the Appeal Court ruling which ordered Amaechi to answer to the panel, Sagay added, “he doesn’t have to answer to rubbish. Judges who allow themselves to engage in injustice deserve to be disregarded. Amaechi is innocent. All the charges were trumped up.”

Also speaking with our correspondent, the EFCC Spokesperson, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said joining the President’s camp would not translate to immunity from prosecution.

Uwujaren said, “The EFCC neither closes cases nor clears people. Also, being in the President’s party does not give anyone immunity from prosecution.”

Buhari, who later won the presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress had consistently accused the then ruling party, the PDP of engaging in mind-boggling corrupt practices.

“If Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria,” Buhari had said repeatedly during the build-up to the 2015 general elections.

However, no sooner had he been declared winner than some politicians from the same corrupt party began defecting to the President’s own party.

While some of the allegedly corrupt persons were kept at arm’s length, others became very close to the President, constantly appearing in pictures with the professed anti-corruption champion and sending mixed signals to Nigerians.

SERAP, CACOL react

The Executive Director of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Adetokunbo Mumuni, however, said it would be wrong to condemn the President for being supported by people alleged to be corrupt if there was no proof that he had prevented anti-corruption agencies from prosecuting such people.

He said, “Unless you want to tell me that the anti-corruption agencies will not do anything unless they are prompted or unless somebody says they should do it, I don’t want to believe rumours. Allegations must be backed by concrete evidence for it to be substantiated. I don’t want to think that somebody with convincing evidence against him will be prevented from facing the music simply because he supports the President. For example, Kalu still has his case in court.”

Similarly, the Executive Chairman, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, Mr. Debo Adeniran, said it would be wrong to presume people guilty because they have corruption allegations against them and that the President could not have stopped anyone from supporting him, in any case.

He said, “You can’t prevent sinners from going to a religious place, what you don’t have to allow is for them to take over the pulpit to preach the doctrine of the crimes that they have been committing. From our recent experience, defecting to the ruling party has not, in practical terms, stopped the trial of some of politicians. For instance, Kalu’s case is still in court.

“And as of now, Akpabio has yet to be convicted and until someone is convicted, you cannot say they have committed a crime. Even Kalu, whose case is in court, cannot be said to be guilty of the offence until he is convicted. So, it is a moral question and the moral suasion has its limit.”

But a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Onueze Okocha, said President Buhari was sending a dangerous and negative signal to Nigerians by allowing people with pending corruption cases to work for his re-election.

He said, “The whole thing sends a dangerous and unhappy signal to all of us that the so-called anti-corruption war is not whole. We can all see that only those in the opposition are mainly those investigated of corruption while those in the ruling party are regarded as sacred cows.

“It’s what we’ve always known; there is no effectiveness in the anti-corruption war. Look at Akpabio, for instance, shortly after he was elected to the Senate, the EFCC raided his house and found lots of cash. Now that he has defected to the APC, what happens to him?

“Babachir Lawal, though has been sacked, is still free to walk around. Look at the issue of fake National Youth Service Corps certificate held by Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, all these tell us there are sacred cows in the anti-corruption war.”

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Politics / Lagos Blue-line Contract Vs Lagos Ibadan Rail: How 1 Billion Dollars Was Siphone by three: 5:54am On Mar 08, 2019
Besides taking an inordinate amount of time to complete, detailed comparison below shows that the cost of the Lagos Blue Line Project was misrepresented to the Public as $1.2Billion when the actual cost was RMB 1.2Billion (equivalent to $181m).

The contractor provided this figure in their 2010 annual report.

Where did 1 Billion Dollars go?

[meanwhile if you'd like to prove further Google Section CTW400 of the Saudi Arabia North-South (RMB 1Billion) and the Hong-Kong section of the Gwangzhou-Shenzen-Hong-Kong Railway (RMB 1.17Billion) to compare what physical value these countries got for their money!]

Lagos is being RAPED!

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Politics / Re: Why Is Jimi Agbaje Always Playing The Politics Of Tribalism In Lagos? by three: 1:27pm On Mar 07, 2019
raumdeuter:


Few days after this, the ceremonial (not officially-recognized) leader of the Lagos-based Igbos commonly referred to as Eze Ndi Igbo openly stated with panache at a social function that “…[the Igbos] must produce the next deputy governor of Lagos [State]…” Annoying and taunting as these statements were to the Oba Of Lagos and indeed to all Yorubas in Lagos (especially the real Lagos indigenes in Epe, Ikorodu, Isale Eko, Olofin Isheri, etc), the governorship candidate of People's Democratic Party in Lagos State Mr Jimi Agbaje consciously or unconsciously worsened the situation by openly stating during his own political campaign that ”… I will elevate Eze Ndi Igbo to the status of Oba of Lagos …” and subsequently added during another campaign that “… I will appoint 6 Igbos as commissioners …”

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/176439/jimi-agbajes-ethnically-coloured-political-campaign-oba-of.html

You are aware this is an op-ed?

Mr. Rotimi Fabiyi wrote in and it was published online..

No reference to the specific campaigns, dates and what not?

How come I am able to pull online references for APC's hatespeech and actions from reputable media organisations but this particular Jimi Agbaje and Eze Ndigbo issue has none?

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Politics / Re: Tinubu: An Enigmatic And Transformational Leader by three: 11:27am On Mar 07, 2019
hmmm

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Politics / Re: Vote For PDP Candidate As Governor/ House Of Assembly - Atiku Pleads by three: 11:23am On Mar 07, 2019
lionness:
The PDP eyes are majorly 6 states: Lagos, PH, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Kano and Bayelsa as a consolation for their loss. Gathered intel shows that with a governor from Lagos and these states: the governors would be able to better fund their 2023 as well as their court proceedings with the states funds.

Sometimes losing the presidency isn’t so bad if you still have the Crown Jewels, and to everyone in the above states, may God help you if the cash-strapped PDP takes your state. Your entire budget would end paying their political bills for the next 4 years.



Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom are all PDP States

Lagos and Kano are heavily indebted APC States
Lagos has Bourdillon Van Democracy
Kano has Bullion Babanriga Democracy


all caught on video and images...

you were saying.....?



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Politics / Re: Lagos INEC Sets For Supplementary Elections In 148 Polling Units by three: 10:57am On Mar 07, 2019
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JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND CONSIDER THIS

[s]Polls were disrupted in 148 or 18% of the 8,462 Polling Units in Lagos!![/s]
http://thenationonlineng.net/inec-nigeriansll-vote-119973-polling-units-2/
https://nigeriadecide.org/polling_unit_category.php

[s]and despite the 130,000 margin between the two parties results were still declared??[/s]

total votes cast was 1,042,289?!!!

[modified]
Apologies - bad maths

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Politics / Re: Rotimi Amaechi Tells PDP Not To Challenge Election Results In Court by three: 10:30am On Mar 07, 2019
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Politics / Re: Why Is Jimi Agbaje Always Playing The Politics Of Tribalism In Lagos? by three: 10:01am On Mar 07, 2019
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The fact that this 'opinion based' 'sourceless' write up pushing a baseless accusation against a gubernatorial front-runner made front page shows the kind of desperation that the APC and its minions will resort to.


Who said Igbos should drown in the Lagoon?
http://dailypost.ng/2015/04/06/anyone-that-does-not-vote-ambode-will-be-thrown-into-lagoon-oba-of-lagos-warns-igbos/


Who said Igbos MUST vote APC?
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/02/21/you-must-vote-apc-tinubu-tells-lagos-igbo-community/


Who said if Igbos don't vote APC we know what to do?
https://guardian.ng/politics/why-ndigbo-must-vote-apc-by-tinubu/?F


Who attacked Igbo dominated polling units?
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/breakingvideo-pandemonium-as-thugs-set-cast-votes-ablaze-at-ago-palace-way/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/electionday-police-arrest-4-in-lagos-over-alleged-burning-of-ballot-boxes/


Who attacked Igbo owned shops?
https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/02/27/hoodlums-attack-igbo-traders-on-lagos-island-for-failure-to-vote-for-buhari/


Who has been on nairaland day-in-day-out insulting igbos and denigrating them with despicable names?
(do really I need to post the list of handles guilty for this?)


WAS IT JIMI AGBAJE THAT DID ALL THESE?!!!


Who planted the news claiming Abgaje said he will elevate Eze Ndigbo to 1st Class status in 2015?
I challenge any APC supporter online and offline to provide proof (Mainstream print media or Audio) where Agbaje said he will elevate Eze Ndigbo to first class status


...and yet you insult Lagosians further by claiming it was the person on the receiving end that launched the attack?

THIS ATTACK ON IGBOS HAS BEEN A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED PLAN BY THE APC AND ITS MINIONS TO VICTIMISE A TRIBE AND LABEL THEM AS THE ENEMY

IT IS DESPICABLE!!

The irony is that almost every single person especially including the online so-called Lagos 'warlords' are not even from LAGOS!

They are feeding fat not on any dignifying enterprise but on the sweat of hardworking, well meaning Lagosians in a miasma of kaksitrocatic Owo-mi-da ideology masquerading behind circular spectacles and hats of a past progressive.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/03/05/lagos-igbo-crises-a-time-to-be-counted/

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Politics / Re: PDP Demands Cancellation Of Presidential Poll Results In Yobe, Zamfara, Borno, N by three: 3:50am On Feb 27, 2019
Before?

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Politics / Presidential Election Result: Nigeria Stock Market Loses N85bn In Six Hours by three: 8:35pm On Feb 26, 2019
The market capitalisation of listed equities on Tuesday shed N85 billion in six hours of trading to what traders attributed to profit taking as a result of the presidential poll.

Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N12.194 trillion, shed N85 billion or 0.69 per cent to close at N12.109 trillion.

Also, the All-Share Index lost 226.30 points or 0.69 per cent to close at 32,473.82, compared with 32,700.12 recorded on Monday.

Ambrose Omordion, the Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd., attributed the market pullback to profit taking embarked by some smart investors.

Mr Omordion said the smart money that pushed the market up with expectations that the opposition would win the presidential election were leaving the market.
He said some investors who entered the market in anticipation that the opposition economic policy and reforms would support market growth were taking profit ahead of earnings season.

“This pullback may not last as a result of 2019 dividend declaration season as dividend yield of financial service stocks are high and attractive due to low prices,” Mr Omordion stated.

Nestle dominated the losers’ chart, dropping by N70 to close at N1,510 per share.

Union Bank of Nigeria trailed with a loss of 60k to close at N6.65, while FBN Holdings was down by 30k to close at N8 per share.

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Conversely, Guinness led the gainers’ table during the day, gaining N2.05 to close at N67.15 per share.

Dangote Flour followed with a gain of N1 to close at N12.05, while Oando gained 65k to close at N7.25 per share.

Air Services added 60k to close at N7.05, while Africa Prudential increased by 44k to close at N4.84 per share.

A breakdown of the activity chart indicates that the volume of shares traded rose by 46.57 per cent with an exchange of 322.18 million shares worth N2.43 billion in 4,066 deals.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/316428-presidential-election-result-nigeria-stock-market-loses-n85bn-in-six-hours.html

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Politics / Re: Atiku Must Pick Up His Phone To Call President Buhari- Keyamo by three: 2:27pm On Feb 26, 2019
Why?

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Politics / Re: Inec’s Unpreparedness Marred Polls, Says AU Observers by three: 1:28pm On Feb 25, 2019
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Toh

A situation where institutionalised incompetence and systemic ineptitude favour the party in power.


They deliberately allowed many parties register to arrive at the map called a ballot paper. By this they knew the boxes would be smaller and engaged in Voter education telling their supporters not to vote with thumbs but index fingers. INEC started polls late in many places but ended early. Meanwhile results in urban areas are yet to arrive at collation centres allowing for mid-stream manipulation. INEC countered (as planned) telling thr general public to use 'any finger' but that 'it shouldn't cross the line'. Many of the cancelled votes were due to the small box!

But even with all this, Nigeria will prevail.


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Politics / Re: Presidency: APC Confident Of Victory – Tinubu by three: 1:28pm On Feb 25, 2019
APC definition if democracy = Babasope, Bullion Vans, Voter suppression, Ethnic Bullying

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Politics / Re: How Osinbajo Lost Polling Unit by three: 12:40pm On Feb 25, 2019
Lol

So, basically you're saying he lost due to

New money people
Ethnic voters
People who this administrations policy doesn't favour


Really? Really?


Okay let's do this..

New money would be happy - after all if they made new money they'd want more.

Ethnic people are still people - people have the inalienable right in a democracy to vote who they want

If the administration doesn't favour you are you expected to vote them back - do I need to explain this?

What exactly is your point?!

PS. I'm seeing someone say VGC people made money in Jonathan's era? This is an intentional lie

VGC voted APC in 2015 along with the whole Lekki axis!

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Politics / Re: Southwest Has Betrayed Us, In 2023, We Will Deal With Them- Gandujes' Aide by three: 12:36pm On Feb 25, 2019
Omoluabi no be for mouth.

No be you go talk say you humble.

The REAL SW has spoken.

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Politics / Re: Same US Congress Man Atiku Met In US Says Election Result Is Being Tampered by three: 12:04pm On Feb 25, 2019
Of course he met him

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