₦airaland Forum

mikeansy:
Gbawe

For me the lesson from the Adebayo story is that the REC or INEC boss can not do it alone. When Ayoka Adebayo stood up for what was right, did anyone else stand up with her and say enough-is-enough?

If I remember it was 2 days between when that woman said her concience does not permit what was going on in Ekiti and when she was bullied out of hidding. If within those two days Nigerians filled the streets protesting and grounding the country in support of Mrs Adebayo, bullying her would not have been successful.

There are even claims that her only son was threatened or used to coerce her. So tell me are you saying the woman should not think twice when the safety of her only son was brought into the eqaution and yet Nigerians in general seemed unintrested with the happenings in Ekiti.

I personally think purnishing Ayoka Adebayo is encouraging those RECs who quietly support the Government of the day and swallow their own share of the loot in peace and carry on with life. What we should be doing is use her as a case study to understand what happened and how to stand by those INEC officials who want to stand up for what is right in the times of trouble from the Government.

wat if they were forced to hawk by their parents ? you dont go, you get whipped by your parents, you go, you get whipped by the government

Brownteeth:
The disobeyed an order and were punished. Whatelse?

bawomolo:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201010210806.html

this my friends is child welfare services nigerian style.
spare the rod, spoil the child.

Consequently, the prosecution presented evidence against Mr Okah in court this morning. Prosecution lawyer, Shaun Abrahams, read a supplementary affidavit signed by the Police Services Officer in charge of the investigation, Noel Graeme Zeeman, which said prior to the detonation of the two vehicle-improvised explosive devices on 1 October in Abuja, two vehicles were purchased in Lagos on Mr Okah's instructions.

According to the affidavit, the explosions took place under the supervision of Chima Orlu, who is said to have acted on the instructions of Mr Okah. Mr Orlu's telephone records show that he had been in contact with Mr Okah on numerous occasions leading up to October 1. Mr Okah is said to have sent text messages to Mr Orlu on 30 September 2010 at 12h 38:11pm, and on October 1 at 6h 02:39am, 7h 40: 20am, 7h 41:22am and at 7h 41:35 am. Mr Zeeman's statement stressed that "of greater significance is that Mr Orlu sent an SMS to Mr Okah at precisely 10h 58:59 am on 1 October, 13h 13:01am and 13h 29:59pm on the same day."

Mr Zeeman's affidavit adds that Mr Orlu "made a total of 43 voice calls and sent 27 text messages to co-perpetrators and co-conspirators."

Mr Orlu was declared wanted by Nigeria's State Security Service after the bomb blast.

The affidavit also states that Ben Ebere had made voice calls and SMS to Mr Okah right up to 29 September. "There were 1126 calls from Okah to Ben Ebere, aka Ben Jesse, from 7 August to 29 September," stated Mr Zeeman. Mr Okah also sent 59 text messages to Ben Ebere from 1 July 2010 to September 2010.

It was also revealed that e-mails between Mr Okah and arrested suspects John Tarmy and First Man were being investigated. One in particular read: "Done, tell them to leave now." According to the document, this email was forwarded from First Man to John Tarmy at 11:15 am on 1 October 2010 and forwarded the same day to Mr Okah at 16h 25:40.

Okah's attorney responds

Rudi Krause, lawyer to Mr Okah, took time off to consult with his client and then filed an affidavit stating that he would not be able to refute the allegations presented by the prosecution unless he was provided with printouts of the telephone records, text messages, cell phone memory and the hard drive from Okah's computers which the State used in making up its case. He suggested that the evidence put before the court had been fabricated.

At this point, Judge Louw pointed out that the cell phone and computers were Mr Okah's, and seized from his own home, which "precludes the state from fabricating evidentiary material."

Mr Krause, in resuming his reading of his client's affidavit, said Mr Okah had no knowledge of Chima Orlu and Ben Jesse, but had received information that Ben Jesse used cell phone number 08039945640 and he (Mr Okah) therefore couldn't access his call records to cross-check this information, as his cell phone had been seized by the police.

But prosecution lawyer, Shaun Abrahams maintained that; "we can give copies of what was seized from him (Mr Okah), and not what was obtained in the course of the investigation." He also pointed out that Mr Okah "miraculously produced a telephone number for Ben Jesse, after saying he didn't know Ben Jesse during cross-examination."

Judge Louw subsequently ruled that the State would go through Mr Okah's request and adjourned the matter till tomorrow, 22 October.

Posted by Mazi Ebere on Oct 21 2010
All doubting thomases,Yoruba talk say, witch cry for night, baby die for morning, na who no know say na the witch na im kill the pikin. Bin Laden didn't need to be in the USA to command the 9/11 attack.

mikeansy:
The court of law does not recognise conjectures. If there is no compelling evidence on the sort on conversation that may have tranpired between this two. Number of calls alone will not be admitted as evidence to keep Okah in Jail as it does not prove anything.

The South African Government will not luck up Okah for no reason while the Nigerian Government goes to look for evidence.

That rebel group, known as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), is believed to have set off three car bombs in the capital Abuja

A self-proclaimed Boko Haram spokesman interviewed on local radio stations last week said that the violence would stop only when imprisoned members of the sect were released and given amnesty

kabukabu50:
In 2010 are we even having this conversation Some of you must come from the most remote villages in Nigeria to seriously fall for this rubbish, before Obama became US president[b],Im absolutely sure that he has baby sat his daughters at home, and done the family dishes at some point[/b], Nigerians do everthing backwards, shaking my head

chosen04:
only 5? That number is too small. I was expecting more than that . . . . . . . . .

why should a senator earn above 250million a year and a teacher earns 15k a month

tkb417:

i know what wealth creation means

what i was trying to say is this

I cannot be bought into a wealth creation slogan when all infrastructures are down. at our level, ill buy into a job creation module first to stabilise things and when we get ourselves together, then all these fantasies of wealth creation and wealth re-distribution would be easily attainable.

How do you create wealth when all the factors of production are in a state of coma

tkb417:
^^ what is wealth creation?

If anybody tells me hes on a wealth creation campaign, ill tell him he hasnt said anythn

i can flow with job creation, at least it explains itself

tkb417:
my thoughts too

We shd be able to substitute our imports for locally made goods. If we can achieve this even up to 70% level, we'll be fine