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Could be. Even Aisha 's body language.
This could be the biggest scam of the century. Nigeria will earn a place in the Guinness book of records.

See his very fat face. That's why they were desperate to have him as senate president. A mere rubber stamp.
Nigeria is doomed. Unfortunate

Go for OPPO A9

The beauty of the catholic church.
Real priests, trained rigorously for 8 years in theology and philosophy.
Reno, please humble yourself and learn.
You just got educated free of charge!

Racoon:
Same NDDC board Maj.Gen.Buhari(Rtd) have long constituted and sent to the Senate-which they've already screened & waiting for his approval? Why is this govt confuse like this? I guess this is still the Abba Kyari-led presidency cabal talking.

True. Cabal at work

Oyo people are lucky.
I trust Seyi to deliver.

masseratti:
I did.. And in it a candidate can withdraw due to circumstances, death, hill health,or "in capacity" you can't force someone to stand for an election, if that's the case the party can substitute, but to be fair, this issue needs to be tested in the courts to Supreme Court, until then this argument is unnecessary, my own take is that INEC has done something similar before, they av set a precedence and if they are now saying this, they need to tell the public why, or else if the other party should contest this, with a good lawyer, they will trounce INEC.

What happened in Kogi was not substitution. Bello, being the 2nd in the gubernatorial primaries, stepped into the shoes of the late candidate since there cannot be a vacuum.
Imagine a party substituting a candidate 2 days to an election, will inec now reprint ballot papers overnight? Inec has to draw a line somewhere, if not there will be utter chaos.

masseratti:
huh? Why are you excited with your epistle? Dead or alive ant candidate has the right to withdraw, and the party reserves the right of substitution, not inec, read the electoral acts, before you make comments in public fora, how did you think Bello got there in Kogi?

No! No party has the right to substitute at any time they like.
You probably read the electoral act without understanding it.

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Home » News » How Allen Onyema made money after bringing peace to Niger Delta—Ijaw Youth leader, Dr Chris Ekiyor
How Allen Onyema made money after bringing peace to Niger Delta—Ijaw Youth leader, Dr Chris Ekiyor
ON DECEMBER 7, 20196:16 AMIN NEWSBY UROWAYINO JEREMIAH
Overseas conspirators exaggerated his dealings
His business is legitimate

How he engaged Americans
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
CONVENER, Integration Summit Group of Nigeria, ISG-N, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has said that some influential foreign monopolists wickedly classified the financial transactions of Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, in the United States, US, as money laundering and blew his business transactions out of proportion in a premeditated plot to kill enterprising Nigerian businesses.

Ekiyor, a former Commissioner in Delta State and fourth President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard in an interview, called on the Federal Government to read between the line and save Onyema from the foreign schemers, apparently made vulnerable by his spectacular rise in the aviation industry.


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His words, “In my opinion, some powerful foreign monopolists, who feel threatened by his meteoric rise in the aviation industry are behind his current trials. The recent US indictment of Allen Onyema and his business transactions came as a big shock to me, Allen and I have known since 2005.”

“They felt that with the way he is going, if they do not stop him now, he may eventually give them a run for their flight into Nigeria under the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, BASA,” he added.


He said that unknown to the conspirators, “Allen played a big role in bringing the oil war of 2009 in Nigeria to an end and worked with Ijaw youths in saving the lives of Americans and their businesses in the Niger Delta region.”

Ekiyor asserted, “I do not know what the US law says in this kind of arrangement. Perhaps the US is in a better position to tell us where and how Allen violated their banking system. But where goodwill exists, an honest mistake is never blown out of proportion like what we are seeing now with Allen, he has been maliciously blanketed as money launderer.”


“There are hazards transferring huge sums through someone else’s account. People had paid money into the accounts of investments firms only to lose their deposits. America will always protect Americans’ interest over foreigners in any dispute. Therefore, it was safer for Allen to open his own company in America and from there pay a third party to supply him the aircraft he needed. His was good thinking,” he added.

Nigeria, US business environments dissimilar

According to him, “The Nigerian business environment is at variance with that of America. Here if you give quotation to government and they find your price acceptable, they award you the contract. Whether inflated or not, if government approves your quotation, it becomes legally binding, that is no fraud, it is pure business.”


“For instance, you could prefer to sell a bottle of water for N500 to government, probably because of the way you packaged and promoted it, even though the public is buying it for N150. If the government pays you what you asked for, then the transaction is very much in order! I do not know if Allen’s transactions were inflated or not. The question is did he deliver what he was contracted for? The overwhelming answer is affirmatively yes to the letter.

“He is a wise businessman who invested heavily in real estate. Allen told me about his investments even before diversifying into aviation. I think he got the idea from training our boys as aviators. Anyone doubting his integrity should investigate if he bought his planes cash or he owes banks.


“America must understand that Allen made his money legitimately. He was a very successful man when I first met him. He was in real estate big time, lived in a comfortable home, frequented South Africa and funded non-violence programmes with his own money or with funds provided by Shell. None of his NGOs has ever received grants. FEHN paid tax from legitimate jobs.

“Nigerian NGOs resort to contract and consultancy to survive in the absence of grants. A percentage of their profit goes to charity while a percentage goes to the owners. Allen was the sole owner and administrator of his foundation. However, if the charge against him is that he moved millions of dollars to America, his accusers should also realize there was no way he could have possibly carried that kind of money in a briefcase. Allen legitimately transferred his money overseas through the Nigerian Central Bank that cleared him. He also used the monies for the very transactions.


“In America you almost cannot open a bank account as an alien since you have no social security number. Your only option is to open a business account to get tax identity number. Most foreign businesses do that and that may be the reason Allen registered his aviation company in America to secure his liquidity.

“But I make haste to declare that those monies were not American monies. Those monies were not missing Nigerian monies in any office. Those monies were not from dubious Yahoo business. Those monies were monies earned legitimately by a hardworking business person. Anyone thinking that Allen would deliberately endanger his reputation by doing something stupid does not really know him,” Ekiyor stated.


My pact with Onyema

Asked his association with Onyema, he said, “An eminent senior citizen called Kola introduced us in Port Harcourt at a time when militancy was at its worst and wildest. There were kidnappings and killings everywhere, but we talked about bringing peace back to the Niger Delta.”

“My immediate impression was that Allen was a man who had my type of gene for great ideas. I was already aspiring to become the president of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC. Allen immediately saw the transformative opportunity of converting me to the Kingian non-violence approach to social change. He rightly calculated that a pro-dialogue IYC president was required as a necessary step to transforming the region.


He changed mindset of N’Delta youth

“Allen asked me about the IYC motto and I told him it was ‘By Any Means Necessary.’ He set abou using his immense influence and resources, transforming a handful of other youth leaders and me from Ijawland. Under his tutelage, we successfully underwent the first two stages of the Kingian non-violence programme in Nigeria and South Africa.

“But he only took some 10 of us to the US for the stage three. Back from the US, we set about deradicalising our youths. Allen was there for region Shell, Chevron and the other oil companies paid for the programmes making it possible for us to take the beneficiaries to Lagos, South Africa and America.


“It has often been suggested that the North shot itself in the foot sponsoring our youths to Abuja to campaign for General Sani Abacha’s transmutation from dictator to democrat. The campaigners left the Niger Delta innocent and returned from Abuja radicalized: What they saw there made them completely dissatisfied with the squalor back home.

“Likewise, Allen was smart exposing our youths to the splendors of foreign capitals. He showed them the wonders that could be replicated in the Niger Delta if only they stopped fighting and embraced dialogue. He changed their mindset and it was only a matter of months before they began to desert their camps to seek us out in the city. That enraged a couple of the commanders who then targeted me.


…some say he is a CIA agent

“I escaped multiple attempts on my life but somewhere in Bayelsa state, my voyage on this earth almost came to a sudden end as I was shot at by some unknown angry militants. Their bullets missed me. As for Allen, they are those who still believe he was a CIA agent sent to destroy our struggle through non-violence. He was the one preaching to our boys to engage their minds, rather than their guns in the pursuit of social change. Things were not helped as Shell and Chevron continued to pay for the deradicalisation programmes; knowing they stood to benefit if peace returned to the region.


“I eventually became IYC president in 2007 with the support of many friends. The like of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo , Mujahid Dokubo-Asari and a host of other great minds supported from the trenches, while from the outside we had late Chief Chris Ghomorai , Timi Alaibe and of course Allen.

“Dokubo-Asari supported me from prison. Jon Jon, T.K.O Ogoriba, Jonathan Lokpobiri and Caroline Bakumo, who later married Asari and a host other teeming supporters, were among those that made my election victory possible. These were people, who believed I was pro-intellectual and non-violent in my approach to the struggle. Asari was at war with the Nigerian state. His armed struggle ideology was the order of the day and I had to preach endlessly for non-violence.


“On winning the election I immediately sold the Kingian non-violence to Alaibe, who was the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. I then introduced Allen to Timi and the region never remained the same again. The IYC, NDDC and Allen’s Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, FEHN, began to decongest the creeks in piece meal. It pulled out a batch of 600 youths from the creeks and deradicalised them,” he revealed.

Misleading information about Kuku, Onyema


Contrary to the impression that Onyema was a conduit pipe for ex-Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and chair, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Hon Kingsley Kuku, he said, “Kingsley Kuku was Alaibe’s aide. That was how Allen met him. Therefore, the hue and cry about Kuku and Allen make no meaning if we can remember that Kuku was working under Alaibe when I introduced Allen and Alaibe.”

“Furthermore, Allen was already being contacted by a former chair, PAP, General Godwin Abbe to be part of the envisaged amnesty programme. Alaibe eventually consolidated the relationship as General Abbe’s successor at the Amnesty Office,” he said.


Ekiyor disclosed that at point the Presidency queried Alaibe for allegedly using government funds to train ex-militants, adding,”We went to Aso Rock and explained what the programme entailed. The then President Umaru Yar’Adua listened and gave his approval. Our approach to peace building eventually led to the amnesty programme, as we know it today.”

The activist stated, “Allen played a big role in bringing the oil war of 2009 to an end. He worked with us in saving American lives and businesses in the Niger Delta.”


What US should realize about Onyema

“The Federal Government pronounced the Presidential Amnesty Programme in 2009 and Allen was perhaps the most qualified among us with the requisite experience and exposure, having trained more than 600 successfully out of the radar.

“Government paid a huge sum per youth based on international best practices as Allen brought in experts from America to do the job. Over 30,000 ex-militants were for training. We set up camps in Akodo for months and Obubra for one year. As a contractor, Allen was the major player. His FEHN was an NGO, but he actually used it for consultancy, Shell and the Federal Government paid him and he paid tax,” he said.


Ekiyor noted, “Here is an Allen, who dared trod where even angels fear to walk and America he once projected as the standard bearer of Kingian non-violence is up in arms against him. However, there is no stopping him, as his hands are clean. He is a cool-headed researcher, who invests only after test running. Allen has never failed in any venture. He is our brother, pride and mentor. The Federal Government must protect him. The conspiracy against Air Peace is a conspiracy against Nigerian businesses everywhere.”


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ORIENTATION101:
tinubu was a millionaire in Dollars before he joined politics.he worked with american firms before joining mobil in 1983 he later became a director of the company.
What handwork did charge and bail lawyer oyeama has before he met jonathan henchmen.
He rose to billionaire within 12months even Nigeria politicans re not that greedy.

He became a dollar millionaire working for American firms? Believe this, you believe anything!

Buhari hired the dss boss.
Ultimately Buhari is responsible for his action or inaction.
Even a primary school kid understands this.

South Africans!
Oyibo built some of the cities to world class standards, even then majority of the blacks live in the ghettos. Yet the lousy useless blacks still like to look down on other African countries, forgetting that these countries helped liberate them from the apartheid regime.

Very stupid woman, she doesn't even understand her job, wonder why she gets paid.
This is one of the fools in the presidency the first Lady was talking about. They dabble into areas they shouldn't while leaving their primary functions unattended.
DSS has a spokesperson, why do you now usurp his/her job?

Means nothing. She had the most followers before going into the house.

Oshiomole is going nowhere. He must see to the disintegration and interment of Apc.

Atigba:
Amaechi is Ikwerre and never Igbo

When will you Igbos stop this foolishness of claiming other people as your tribe

Nobody is claiming anything, Amaechi himself claimed Igbo on national TV. His village is around the border area with Imo state.
I don't know of other Ikwerre s.

superstar1:
IPOB at work again.

I hope they will never try their madness with other ethnicities. It will definitely have implications

This is why Nigeria should be dismantled ASAP. Many different nations in one country. There can never be progress only retrogression.

Throwback:
I never knew you were a steadfast ignoramus who delights in his own ignorance.

By his own words, Sowore is Ijaw from Ondo state, just as Kingsley Kuku of the Amnesty program who Allen Onyema is fronting for.

He is from Ondo state which is regarded as one of the South West states. Stop burying your head in the sand, it's utterly shameful.
Is bakare also ijaw?

Okorocha claims to be literate, also claims to be very rich before getting into public service.
Yet he looted even doors from government houses when leaving office, not to talk of billions of Naira Imo state allocations he embezzled.
In conclusion, Rochas is no better than the people he is talking about here.
Literacy is not about "book" knowledge alone.
It also means knowing the important things in life and developing good conscience that will not hurt or endanger the society.

Guyman02:
Heavy fighting goes on daily between Igbos and Yorubas but no bloodshed, it happens online and in the media. Once the log out Tunde will call Nkechi to come around and give him the best Kpekus of his life, while Emeka will call Bimbo to meet him at ShopRite and from there to his house for a wonderful time.

Emeka without telling Bimbo opens his phone and sees a topic about Igbos on Nairaland and calls Tunde Afonja and Skull Miner logs out and ask for second round, Tunde responds and calls him IPOBian Inyamiri, logs out and puts his mouth on Nkechis succulent breasts.

But any quarrel between Yoruba or Igbo and Hausa, you hear that many are dead. Why?

Hahahaha. You exaggerate

Angelparadise:
Please do we have dictionary published by sycophants in Nigeria that define the meaning of "INTEGRITY"?

Thank God Buhari eventually ruled Nigeria again. It is now obvious he was enjoying late Idiagbon's glory. Before 2015,Buhari was almost portrayed as a saint. It is now obvious that he is no better than late Shagari, Obj or Gej.
What a huge letdown!

noleflendum:
why is it that Ibo is the most hatred tribe in the whole world.
South Africa, Ghana, Indonesia, Philippines, Kenya are found of killing Ibo like chicken

Yorubas with their filth and noisy nature are even more hated. Fact!

How much?

The commentators you quoted, any proof they are Ghanaian traders?
They are most likely Nigerians and you the OP could be one of them.
Hate filled animals. Continue!

Corruption, nepotism, quota system and partisan politics has dealt the Nigerian military and indeed all other institutions in Nigeria a fatal blow.

MelesZenawi:
Ijaw youth council should mind their business.

Their focus should be on SS cum Niger delta.

SE no beg them for press Statement.


Rubbish.

Senseless post!

Stupid demented LovePeddler.
How much was she given before she defiled the Bible. Animal