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Sarcasm.

South East is making the most noise but not putting it into action. We are waiting for the presidency to be delivered to us on a platter of gold.

OP stop this. It is childish. Tinubu went to Chicago State University. What people wants to see is his primary and secondary to unravel his age and true identity.

So he even submitted a certificate. What is all the noise about? Waste of time.

inoki247:
When I say all this our Politicians no get sense people go think say na Lie...

How can you take someone to UK without confirming the Compatibility of the organ....


No wonder na after dem sign something to Law dem dey read am come dey find way to amend am if I lie check that Electoral act na afta dem sign am dem start to see error...

I totally blame Ekweremadu on this. It is a stupid act. You took somebody all.the way to UK for tests that would have been done in Nigeria. Maybe too much money.

ERockson:
But why the too much noise about the boy age. The alleged offence is very bad regardless of the boy's age. The boy claimed he was promised a job not knowing he was about to be harvested

Is that how you reason? Somebody can just from nowhere promise you job in Uk ? You believed the nonsense the boy wrote?

Fahdiga:
Whatever that is the outcome of this case, Ike Ekweremadu has ruined his reputation.

Tell me what he did wrong? A 21 years old boy wants to donate his kidney and the Ekweremadu wants to pay for it. What is the problem? Where I will lay blame on Ekweremadu is if the boy is actually 15 years and Ekweremadu is part of the conspiracy to inflate his age to 21.
People have been selling their kidney in Nigeria. This is not the first and not going to be the last so far the seller is an adult.

Simon kolawole June 26, 2022 - Understanding the Peter Obi Dilemma



How time flies! I met Mr Peter Obi for the first time almost 19 years ago — in August 2003 to be specific. He had come to the THISDAY head office in Apapa, Lagos state, on a visit to Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, then Sunday Editor. I was the Saturday Editor. As I saw him in front of Adeniyi’s door, I recognised him instantly: his face had been all over the papers. He was acclaimed to have won the Anambra governorship poll on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), under the guidance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had done some magic with the figures and declared Dr Chris Ngige as the winner.

We exchanged pleasantries and phone numbers. I thereafter went to see him in his office at Apapa. We had a very long, engaging conversation. Something struck me about him: his modesty. For a billionaire, he had no airs. He told me how he made his money through the franchise of choice wines and spirits, among other businesses. He said he decided to go into politics the day he saw “Bakassi Boys” (the forebears of Unknown Gunmen) burn a man alive in Onitsha, Anambra state. He told himself “lunatics have taken over the asylum”, that something needed to be done to restore sanity to the society. We became friends and I would easily say I was one of the closest journalists to him.

As he now seeks to be president of Nigeria, he is, without a doubt, eminently qualified. He has paid his dues to the development of our democracy. During our conversation that day, we discussed his struggles over the 2003 governorship poll. He was so sure he would win his petition at the tribunal. “My position is that the election was held, it was peaceful and there was no rigging whatsoever,” he explained to me. “But I am saying the wrong results were declared. We have the result sheets from all the local governments signed by all the returning officers. What INEC declared in Awka was totally different. I am asking the tribunal to declare me governor based on the authentic results.”

The following weekend, I “officially” enlisted in the campaign for electoral justice in Anambra state through my weekly column. The title of my first article on it was “The Man They Call the People’s Governor”. I highlighted the electoral banditry that took place in the state on April 19, 2003. But if I thought getting justice was going to be a walk in the park, I was awfully mistaken. As a delay tactic, PDP had lined up 425 witnesses. APGA had 45 and INEC 12. That was a total of 482! It took two years for the tribunal to listen to all the testimonies and take evidence. I was so exasperated at some point that I asked in one of my articles: “Will Peter Obi Ever Get Justice?” (THISDAY, December 20, 2004).

On August 12, 2005, the tribunal finally delivered judgment in Obi’s favour. For the record, he filed the petition on May 16, 2003. The first phase lasted for well over two years. His lawyers established before the tribunal that the results declared by INEC across the 21 local government areas were written by the same person. The police presented a handwriting expert who testified against INEC and PDP. That was the first election result to be overturned in the fourth republic. PDP went on to file an appeal and this lasted for another seven months. On March 15, 2006, the Court of Appeal ruled in Obi’s favour. In those days, governorship petitions did not go beyond the Court of Appeal.

At long last, Obi was inaugurated as governor of Anambra state on March 17, 2006. Effectively, Obi waited for almost three years to get justice over a four-year term. But the “owners” of Anambra were not sleeping. Seven months after his inauguration, they struck again. They organised an illegal impeachment on November 2, 2006. Obi sought justice and won his case in the High Court as well as the Court of Appeal. Both courts declared that the house did not form the required 2/3 quorum and the recognised place of legislative sitting is the chamber of the house of assembly, not someone’s dining room. Obi was re-instated on February 9, 2007. But, as Nigerians say, “trouble no dey finish”.

Another issue came up: would Obi leave office in 2007 after only one year, whereas the constitution stipulates a minimum of four years? He headed for the courts again for the constitutional definition of a “term”. INEC, under Prof Maurice Iwu, did everything to get rid of him: they conducted an election, excluded Obi and installed Andy Uba on May 29, 2007. The Supreme Court ruled on June 14, 2007 that Obi’s tenure would lapse in March 2010 — on the fourth anniversary of his inauguration. That was the start of off-cycle governorship polls and why Ekiti, Osun, Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, Imo and Ondo don’t elect governors during the general election. Now you know the origin.

That was not the end. As Obi’s first term drew to a close, Uba went all the way to the Supreme Court asking to be declared “governor-in-waiting” based on the 2007 victory organised for him by Iwu’s INEC. He argued that the victory was still valid. There were real fears that Uba might finally have his way, but Obi won again. Having won landmark legal battles, Obi can creditably claim to have contributed a decent quota to the constitutional development of our democracy. Having received education home and abroad and having run businesses successfully, Obi can claim to have what it takes to become the next president. His resume is not inferior to that of any other candidate.

But Obi’s candidature, which has been gathering momentum since he left the PDP and joined the Labour Party (LP), is getting hit by the day. His strength is becoming his weakness: the fan base. His followership has clearly caught fire and is spreading not just on social media but also on the streets in many parts of the country. But some of his overzealous supporters are so unruly that this is turning out to be a baggage for him. It is putting off a lot of people. It is a bit of a bitter-sweet phenomenon: he is gaining more supporters partly because of the aggressiveness of his diehard fans but this aggression is now going overboard and becoming nauseating to even some of his admirers.

First, some of them are using religion to promote him. They are proposing that the structure of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, to which he belongs, should be used as his political machinery. This is supposed to be a response to concerns that Obi needs a structure to reach the grassroots to be able to win the presidential election. There is also the subtext that he is the only Christian among the top candidates and Christians should rally around him. This is absolutely silly. Although religion may sell in some parts of the country, I bet that no-one has ever been elected president by adherents of their faith alone. In a multi-cultural society like ours, we need to be careful with this kind of campaign.

Also, his supporters are creating and circulating all sorts of falsehood on social media in an extremely dishonest attempt to market a candidate they project as an honest man. The contradiction. They have come up will all sorts of concoctions — inventing and attributing “endorsement” quotes to Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II and Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, whom they would otherwise call “Fulani jihadists”. They were circulating the fiction that Obi invested $20 million of Anambra’s money in SabMiller and it is now worth $100 million. The Anambra state government was forced to clarify that the investment and returns, either in naira or the dollar value, were grossly exaggerated.

More so, some of Obi’s supporters, especially the ones on social media, are awfully ill-mannered. I admit that social media takes some people to Cloud 9 and there is not much Obi can do to rein in those who don’t directly work for him. It is, indeed, to Obi’s credit that after his supporters had gone on Twitter to celebrate and gloat over the misfortune that befell Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in the UK over alleged human trafficking and an attempt to harvest the organ of a minor (they deny the allegations), Obi tweeted a message of empathy to them. That is the Peter Obi that I have known for nearly 19 years. Ekweremadu is not his fan but Obi is a civil and decent human being.

Furthermore, Obi’s fans are overmarketing him and portraying him as being beyond reproach. They attack anyone who raises any questions about him. We had a similar experience with Candidate Muhammadu Buhari’s fans in 2015. But supporters need to be real: no human being is perfect. Only God is. This “stainless steel” marketing strategy is unnecessary: Obi can be sold based on his pedigree, his credentials, his resilience and his modesty. As his candidature becomes more viable, he and his camp should expect more scrutiny from his opponents. That is the nature of politics. They cannot shout down everyone or gloss over everything. It will not work. Obi needs professional help.

Herein lies Obi’s dilemma: should he keep riding on the waves of these lies and toxins to gain more fans — thereby undermining his own credentials as an “honest and decent man” — or should he call his supporters to order and risk losing the momentum — even if it is being propelled by fake news and abuse? No politician wants to lose supporters, so the temptation to allow the supporters to keep running riot will always be there. Obi himself, it has to be said, also has issues with his statistics and claims and has become a nightmare for fact checkers, but my assumption is always that this is mostly because of memory lapse on his part rather than a genuine attempt to mislead or misinform.

To be sure, Buhari benefitted from overmarketing in his 2015 presidential run. It was one fabrication after the other every day of the week. In my article on the disturbing trend, entitled “Buhari and the Burden of Expectations” (THISDAY, January 25, 2015), I wrote: “Buhari’s growing popularity, particularly on the social media, scares me at times. In an attempt to market him, some chaps have gone overboard, designing and spreading beautiful disinformation about him such that even the former head of state has had to come out to clarify one.” There are people who contend that it was Twitter that made Buhari president in 2015 and they are trying to replicate it with Obi in 2023.

Finally, Obi should worry about the narrow notion that he can become president with sectional votes. I know that many Nigerians genuinely support him because they are dissatisfied with the status quo and desire a fresh breath. They see him as the best of the lot. But those pushing the regional and religious agenda need to reconsider their messaging. Those who wrote the constitution are not stupid. To become president, you need more than the support of one sect or one section. Otherwise, Buhari would have won in 2003, 2007 or 2011. It was not until he built viable bridges across the divides that he won in 2015. Good enough, Obi still has the time to sanitise his campaign.

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu travelled out of the country in the early hours of Monday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.






He is off to Paris, France to hold some important meetings.
The APC standard bearer is expected back in the country shortly.



Before his departure, he attended the public presentation of a book titled ‘Mr. Speaker’ and launch of legislative mentoring initiative in commemoration of the 60th birthday of Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila.





On June 8, Asiwaju Tinubu emerged the presidential candidate of APC for the February 25, 2023 election at the party’s presidential primaries/national convention held at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
After the election, he immediately embarked on a series of thank you and reconciliation visits to those who contested against him at the party’s primaries including the seven aspirants who stepped down for him.
https://thenationonlineng.net/tinubu-off-to-france-for-meetings/

Teeroyzimma:
Lalasticlala
Seun
Mynd44

This is fake news nah!

The guy provided a link.

Jack005:
No link or source? Nairaland is now the bane of fake news!

There is link there.

He cannot be replaced. We can make noise. This is where it ends.

kimjongJezebel:
1. He Attended St. John's Primary School, (Then Children Home School) in Ibadan from 1958 to 1964.

2. Government College, Ibadan, from 1965 To 1968 (Secondary Education)

3. Richard Daley college in Chicago

4. University of Chicago from 1972 to 1976
There is a conflict here. They said he abandoned his secondary education due to extreme poverty. And now you are telling us that his mother was very rich. We need to reconcile these two.

5. Chicago State University from 1977 to 1979

* Asiwaju Tinubu Graduated with a Bachelor Of Science Degree in Economics and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with major in Accounting.

* Asiwaju's mother was very rich ( then Iyaloja general of Lagos) so traveling to USA at a young age for further studies was not a problem.

There is a conflict here. They told us he abandoned his secondary education due to extreme poverty. And here you are telling us his mother was very rich. We need to reconcile these two.

an0daGuy:
Then why can’t tilumbu bring his own certified true copy for us to see too

That is the main issue.

NothingDoMe:
No excuse. I got fresh certificates from my school in the UK after I made the request with payment.

The time taken to argue about this and ask people to go verify is enough time to get a replacement certificate.

You got a certified true copy. Certificate cannot be issued two times.

Kelsmatuc:
sir pls read today's headline....he said so himself....that some unknown people stole his primary n secondary certs....wish my phone will allow me copy n paste it here

No. He said stole his documents. Did not mention a particular one.

seunmsg:
It is basic knowledge that schools don’t issue certificates twice now. Once a certificate is issued, it cannot be reissued again under any circumstances. You of all people should know this.

The only thing that can be done now is for the school to certify that he truly attended and graduated from the school and they have done that severally. If you’re not satisfied, you’re free to make your own enquiry directly from the school. Write to them and they will respond.

But they can issue certified true copy? He would have gotten this since. He prepared for this contest.

Thinkam:
He was able to retrieve this thing you guys call statement of Result from Chicago

Why can't he also retrieve the remedial documents from Richard Dale, at least that's also abroad..

As it stands to me, this issue is still controversial...

If it was the requirement of a Job in your office and I came with all this stories, wouldn't you press further?

OR would you accept my incomplete presentation?

I agree with you. He was preparing for this contest many years back. Enough time to put things in order. He would have requested for for certified true copies from both the college and the university.

seunmsg:
Tender certificates that were burnt by the military when his house was attacked? Why are some of you so unreasonable? Where do you want him to get the burnt documents from?

I don't agree here. No doubt that Tinubu attended the Chicago University. He had enough time to get a certified true copy from the university and the college but he did not do that. He invited this whole thing unto himself

Thinkam:
baba couldn't complete secondary and primary school due to poverty. But surprisingly could afford to travel overseas.

I thought basic education was free and encouraged in West due to Awolowo, how come Tinubu wasn't a beneficiary?

It was also speculated, Tinubu mother was a rich slave trader and business woman , how come she couldn't finance her child basic education?

Tinubu is definitely the Nigerian Version of Raymond Reddington...

This explanation is a BS

Nigeria was better than America then. America was for the poor and not so brilliant students that time. Our money had a better value.

Is Ekweremadu that daft to take a boy to UK for kidney transparent without making sure that the organ is a match first?

Why is the opposition so dull? Why not change tactics? They played this kind of politics against Buhari and it did not work.

OP, at your age and education you follow in this nonsense or you just want to play politics?

REVEALED: Peter Obi administration’s $12.24m stake in International Breweries now worth $5.38m



AUTHOR:

Aderemi Ojekunle

JUNE 21, 2022 7:07 PM

In a 2018 interview, Peter Obi said he invested $20 million in International Breweries on behalf of Anambra state as a governor.
Obi’s claim was in response to questions on economic development, Anambra politics and his presidential ambition.
“… Anambra state is the single-highest shareholder in that facility. I invested in it, over $20 million,” Obi had said.
“It is worth almost $100 [million] today. That’s what government should do.”

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TheCable had previously fact-checked some of the claims.
Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, also debunked a recent statement ascribed to him regarding the investment.
International Breweries (IB) Plc is a subsidiary of the world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) — a multinational drink and brewing giant based in Leuven, Belgium.
[22/06, 19:19] Kevin: In its 2021 audited financial statement, the company said it holds 43 percent economic interest in International Breweries Plc, a publicly listed company in Nigeria.
According to a report by The Nation, AB InBev merged its Nigerian operations under a single corporate entity in 2017. It had three indirect Nigerian subsidiaries — International Breweries Plc, Intafact Beverages Limited and Pabod Breweries Limited. SABMiller Nigeria Holdings BV — another subsidiary of AB InBev — was also a major stakeholder in Intafact and Pabod.
ANAMBRA’S INVESTMENT
In a statement made available to TheCable on Tuesday, Ifeatu Onejeme, Anambra’s commissioner of finance, confirmed that Peter Obi’s administration invested the sum of N1,955,535,247.00 (an equivalent of approximately $12,616,356.43 at the then average CBN exchange rate of N155.00/$1) in Intafact Beverages Limited, a green-field brewery set up in Onitsha by SABMiller Breweries of South Africa in 2012.
Onejeme added that the state government still holds 407,321,264 ordinary shares of International Breweries Plc in exchange for the Intafact Beverages Limited investment.
“Based on the NGX closing price of N5.50 as of 20/6/22, these shares were valued at N2,240,266,952 on that date,” the statement reads in part.
“Based on the Central Bank of Nigeria I&E exchange rate of N415.75/US$1.00 on same June 20, 2022, this investment was valued at an equivalent of approximately US$5,388,495.37 (and at N604/$1.00 parallel market rate, only US$3,709,051.24).”
https://www.thecable.ng/revealed-peter-obi-administrations-12-24m-investment-in-international-breweries-now-worth-5-38m/amp

DrGeoAngel:
Peter Obi joined APGA six months to the governorship election in Anambra State. APGA had 0 House of Assembly members, 0 LGA Chairmen, 0 House of Reps & 0 senators


Yet he won

He is the Nigeria Project

We are OBIDIENT

Ojukwu

Any party that gets Wike, gets valuable assets. Ignore all this nonsense these kids are penning down here. I hate Wike but this I know

I think the best would have been to withdraw Mbaka from the place, and attach another priest temporary to hold forth. The next parish might be far away from some of the worshippers.

KashApp:
Sure I know but sorry to say this, Igbos are like secret cult. They are so United than the Yorubas. That's the fact! I have noticed that their one voice stands.

I am also an igbo like you. These governors will sabotage Peter. I am afraid the only state I am certain for him is Anambra. Soludo will not interfere.

MediMedi:
The election he won with vote buying?
Corrupt people all over, if APC win presidential election hmmm l will stop here

Is there any election in Nigeria they don't buy votes. The presidential election next year will be worse. Believe me.

KashApp:
Winning the SW is not even the problem BUT how the turn out would be. Oyo State may even go to the PDP cos SM will do everything to deliver his state. Lagos State, other parties are there too with the recent effect of Peter Obi there (unless they will not be allowed to vote or get their PVCs). Now, Ogun, Ekiti and Ondo...the turn out will not be that much. Over 300k voters (still low turn out sef) participated in yesterday's Ekiti election and no one should expect that in the presidential election because it will reduce. The turn out in SW should even be a major concern right now.

Do you think Umahi, Ugwuanyi, Uzodima and the one in Abia will not also do everything possible to deliver their states to their parties?

Freethinker87:
The same people who mocked LP candidate for collapsing his structure to support APC are trying to make us believe that LP contested elections in Ekiti.

The one that collapsed structure to APC is Zenith Labour Party. Not the Obi's labour party