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Somalia loading..... Nigeria especially the Niger delta will be controlled by different warlords or cult groups fighting for control of oil wells.

With the quantity of weapon in youth's hands, they need not engage in meaningful employment, they can simply become rich by terrorizing the general populace. The security forces seem helpless.

Kennydoc:
What I'm saying is that FG shouldn't exonerate him just because he declared the properties. They should investigate him and if those allegations are clearly false, then he should be left alone. There is no evidence that any attempt gas been made to investigate him.

The law only says he should declare his properties, the law never specified that the source of money use to acquire the properties should be disclosed. When Bukola Saraki declared his properties worth billions of naira in 2003, nobody asked the young man who had less than a few years of working working experience without any known business concern the source of his wealth. The reason he is being prosecuted is because what he declared at that time is at variance with what he is said to possess as at the time he made the disposition.

What the EFCC can investigate is evidence of looting of defense funds. If there are allegations of looting of funds under his office, and there is paper trail evidence of such allegations, then a petitioner can ask EFCC to investigate.

jpphilips:
You are really justifying this nonsense? foreign defence Attache who earn all foreign allowance can't come close to that worth let alone a less than a year COAS, you guys make me laugh, he should tender his resignation once operation lafiya dole is over and retired like others for prosecution. He is not even scared in a Buhari's government?

I am not justifying anything. I have always been an advocate of a complete system overhaul,but this is how the Nigerian system works at the moment. Seniors civil servants, politicians and military officers have all kinds of "legal" loopholes to collect huge allowances. I honestly have no idea of how much allowance foreign military attaches earn, but it must be substantial, because the lobbying and competition to get appointed is often fierce. Those that come back after serving in foreign mission often change their social and financial status.

How much is the official salary of Senator, how much do they actually take home at the end of the day? What is the recurrent budget of the less than 500 national Assembly members? It is N115 billion. I am sure every member of the Nigerian Senate can easily afford a N120,000,000 mansion.

So if Burantai should tender his resignation because he owns a property valued at N120,000,000, who should take over as COAS? Maybe Buhari should look for a General property valued at less than N10million (which his salary can accommodate) or better still a General with no property at all. I can assure you that that will be a very tall order given the system Nigeria operates at this time

Kennydoc:
Were you the one that gave EFCC proofs for Metuh, FFK, Obanikoro, even Fayose a sitting governor etc before they launched investigation?

Metuh, FFK, Obanikoro and even Fayose has money trials leading from Dasuki's Arms money. Everybody that concrete evidence pointed to as having collected money from Dasuki without reason were asked to refund the money of face prosecution. Some chose to return the money, others like Metuh, FFK and Obanikoro chose to go to court.

jpphilips:
Are you saying that a 120m Apartment isn't too much for a Federal civil servant? that amount can buy just two BR flat in Dubai, considering the size of his family, I dare say he should be looking at double that amount for a mansion, I am aware they go for foreign missions where they are paid in USD, perhaps that was why Buhari is keeping quiet, if you dare juxtapose it with the 600-700k he earns here, bros, it will take almost 100years to a mass such savings.
That guy is corrupt, it is up to PDP or any other sensible opposition to figure it out.

My brother Inlaw is a retired naval equivalent of a 1 star General. He has properties all over the place, including Dubai, and he never held any political post nor was he involved in the purchase of weapons. As i said earlier, depending on postings, a military man has numerous allowances and perks,that when aggregated are far more than basic salary. Even just going on courses abroad gives allowances close to basic salary. Ever wonder why Nigeria's budget is 70% recurrent and 30% capital. It is because of pecks of office and allowances of Civil servants and politicians.

Kennydoc:
What are you saying, man?! SR provided proofs of their accusation and instead of Buhari's government probing the COAS, they already started defending him even before attempting to investigate.
Why not let EFCC launch an investigation from the allegation first than the government coking to defend the man even without investigation?
Hope you're not a zombie for real.

SR, Linda Ikeji or any other media outlet is not proof of accusation. Gather your concrete evidence of looting by COAS, then write a petition addressed to the chairman of EFCC detailing the allegations. Make sure you get an acknowledged sign copy. Then wait to see if EFCC investigate the case or not.

jpphilips:
OH! Shut it!! stop reminding everyone your brain is missing.

I have respect for you more than the mindless emotional outburst you are exhibiting.
Please tell me when in the history of Nigeria anyone had been asked to explain the source of their wealth? Then quote relevant section of any law that mandate anyone to explain the source of their wealth.

Shewunoshewa:
Are you a lunatic
Why should an army officer not be made to explain the source of his wealth?

Is it only army officers that should be made to explain the source of their wealth? What about politicians, pastors, civil servants, alaba boys, militants and the general public?
Who has ever been called to explain the source of his or her wealth in Nigeria? Besides there is no laws backing the government to ask for sources of wealth. You are caught stealing, you are prosecuted, that is the law.

jude90:
sorry u need help.imagine that it's ihejirika, metu,NOI, or any opposition members that is accused like this ur type will be the first to be shouting thief bring our yam, let him rot in jail, and other lame lines that ur kind uses.but because it's brutal u are defending him. that's why Nigeria can never get better.

But Ihejirika has not been arrested, he is only being questioned. NOI has not even been questioned, not to talk of being arrested. What the public is accusing NOI of is her complicity in allowing Dasuki and co loot our treasury. Metu meanwhile has a case to answer, he is asked to come and explain how and why N400 million of Dasuki money enter into his account.
Now, what is the allegations against Buratai and where are the evidence?

egbonnla:
The cost of the mansions in Dubai is more than N150Million. He cannot afford it with his salaries alone. The problem with Nigerians is that we are so used to government officials building mansions and acquiring cars that we never ponder to ask: How much is their annual salaries? I was shocked the day I got to know that the total annual income of a permanent secretary in the civil service is less than 15Million. Compare this to the mansions and cars own by these civil servants. We are indeed fantastically corrupted

As I have been to trying to tell you guys, there is no mansion anywhere. What the report said is that Butatai and his 2 wives bought an hotel apartment.
You also seem very ignorant of civil service structure in Nigeria. Yes Buratai's salary cannot buy a 120 million property, but in Nigeria civil, military and even political service, salary accounts for little of total entitlements. Even junior military officers have numerous allowances depending on where they are posted. I know junior naval officers who do not touch their salaries, they live on duty allowances alone. A general "legitimate" allowance is often more than his salary. If you consider only the salary of a governor or the president, then they too can never afford a N120,000,000 property, but we all know that that the salaries are peanuts when compared to total allowances and other pecks of office. Same with legislatives at all levels.

boyesola:
Then, Buhari should remove this guy.

Remove the guy based on what? Then what happen to the new guy when wailers make another wild allegation against the new guy. If you feel Buratai has committed a crime write a petition to EFCC with proof attached. Don't forget to post a copy on nairaland .

Corruption fighting back. I am certain this incoherent blabber is from Fayose and his cohorts.

BADNEAT:
General Tukur Yusuf Buratai bought a second choice property in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, days after his appointment as Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), an investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed.

I think majority of our youth need to go back to secondary school and retake English Comprehension. Reading this article show no evidence of any property bought by Burutai.

As this news website exclusively revealed last week, General Buratai and his two wives in 2013 paid the sum of 1,498,534.00 AED (N120 million/$419,000) for the first property, Project TFG Marina Hotel Unit 2711. Sale documents indicated that the first property was handed over to the Buratais on January 13, 2013.

That General Buratai and his two wives bought a property valued at N120,000,000 is a vindication of the general's relative modesty in the Nigerian context. Compared to other general in any of the armed forces, this is chicken change. Imagine what general Ihijerika or general minimah and their wives is worth.

On July 13, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed General Buratai as Chief of Army Staff. Our investigations show that, within 11 days of his appointment, the general was making arrangements for the purchase of a second property from the same company in Dubai. Our investigators obtained evidence that, between July 24 and August 17, 2015, General Buratai paid a total sum of N42.2 million into TFG Sigma 111’s account in Nigeria (Skye Bank 1770380452). 

Evidence exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters reveal that General Buratai made N10 million payments on July 24 and August 7 respectively. Three days later, another N10 million was paid into the real estate firm’s account, The phone number on the Skye Bank teller is 08033349740 Saharareporters investigations shows that it belonged to a Nigerian Army Major Emmanuel G. Adegbola of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps (N/10808).  On August 17, 2015, the Chief of Army Staff paid the sum of N3,270,000 into the account.

Where is the evidence that General Butatai paid money into TGF Sigma's account? What are the details of the said second property?

Our sources within the Army disclosed that the lodgments came from Army funds stolen and diverted by General Buratai. They explained that the diverted monies were taken from funds budgeted for the feeding, medical care and payment of allowances of soldiers fighting the war against Islamist insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast zone.

Proof? This is just wild speculation. Was Buratai directly responsible for soldier's welfare and when was this? Before he became COAS or the one week after being appointed Army chief when he is alleged to have paid for the second property.

Please note that the said first property bought by general Buratai and his two wives is not a multi million dollar luxurious mansion as being promoted by wailers, it is an investment scheme Dubai has been promoting for over a decade. They sell you luxury apartments or hotel rooms of various sizes, they then manage the property on your behalf by renting out the property to holidaying guests. You also have the option of staying in the room/apartment whenever you travel to dubai instead of renting an hotel room. After a period of about 5 years, you are expected to recover back your investment.

From the pictures posted by the OP, I cannot see the mansion and multi million naira farm owned by General Buratai near Abuja.

Arguing with wailers is a waste of time and bandwidth.
Fayose and wailers dared first lady to travel to US to prove she was not the Aisha Buhari that was involved in the Jefferson bribery scandal. A week later it is rumoured that first lady is set to travel to the US. Wailers then change gear, the first lady cannot be arrested because she has diplomatic immunity. Now did the first lady collect diplomatic immunity within the last one week? Didn't fayose and fellow wailers know that the first lady had diplomatic immunity before throwing up the challenge and insinuating that she has avoided accompanying her husband to US because she was afraid of arrest.

It is true that most Ikorodu roads are horrible but should that not be more of a concern to Senator Ashafa, the senator representing Lagos north than a senator representing Bayelsa state?

If we were in the US, Ben bruce will be representing Lagos state, a state he was born and bred, rather than bayelsa, a state he had never lived in. Senator Ben Bruce is closer to the people of Lagos and understand the people even more than other senators representing Lagos.
This is one of the failures of our federation.

paschu:
But Diezeani and co owes you and your corhorts some public explanations, right? Your views are just so disgusting. Poo

So all these mud slinging is all about freeing Diezani, Dasuki and co from being prosecuted for massive looting of our yams.
That only one property valued at N120 million can be trace to General Buratai and his two wives is a big vindication of the general. Comparing that any other general in the Nigerian military, not to talk of service chief is like comparing a lagoon to the Atlantic ocean. we cannot even begin to compare Buratai net worth to Gen Ihejerika.

Corruption is really fighting back - dirty

WhoRUDeceiving:
The long term benefits are you won't be living in a zoo. How does that sound. Come, have you been to England at all? Do you know that is one of the best countries today? Do you know a lot of their being great is because time and time again they resisted people who did not speak their language(s) or worshiped their god, or people who wanted to give them a name not indigenous to them. They remember what is what like under Rome- a great empire that ultimately had to go. They knew what it would have been under the French or Nazi's or god forbid Biafra lol, where they would have to borrow money from like Nigeria is currently doing with others, so that is why they decided to check well again, unlike people like you that want to continue as "Ni.gga Areans", despite doing naming ceremonies in Yoruba or Igbo.

That reminds me of laughter, straight out of Compton or Sussex, where folks are laughing at una.

BTW, would you say the best leaders Nigeria ever had are those today like Buhari,Tinubu or Saraki? Hell no.

You'll say if you were using what god gave you upstairs that Awolowo, Bello, and Okpara were the best we ever had, even throwing in Ojukwu and Akintola.

Why? Because they were regional, and believed in the ability of their people, not a fake nation, but their people and that's why they naturally exceeded and those after them or in this current 36 state bul.l can NEVER

You spew so much ignorance, i am at loss as to how to respond. I cannot begin to educate you, you need to invest a little on improving your knowledge base.

I have live in England for a cumulative of 3 years and my degree course enabled me to study the concise history of Europe especially the Roman empire.
Where did you get the idea that present day Britain resisted people who did not speak their language(s) or worshiped their god? Do you even have an ideas of the tribes that made up the present Britain or their original religion? Christianity was a relic of the Roman empire (it was an imported religion), the original religion of ancient Britain was druidism.

What do you mean by " they knew what it would have been under the French or Nazi's"? The British were never under the French or Nazis?

nairalandankrah:
..so your saying nigeria cannot survive should they decide to opt out of the au? do not under estimate the collective will of a people

What is AU? Is there an AU? Try traveling to South Africa and then tell me what AU means. Even Ghana, an ECOWAS country is considering putting restrictions on Nigerian travellers and businesses

nairalandankrah:
mr ben, are you telling yourself the truth?? i doubt.
if not you should know that the long term benefits far, far, outweigh the present tempoary perils.

That is the absolute truth. What are the long term benefits of chopping up a political unit into smaller units? Even the Brexit fans are not celebrating because i am yet to see the long term benefits of exiting Europe outside British (sorry English) pride. Now that Britain has decided to break from Europe, can you predict where the breakup will end? Will the English be able to keep the Scottish and the Irish within the union? Only time will tell.

Safari29:
divided we fall. if we breakup into two or three units, individual unit will still breakup in a matter of time, then each sub-unit will eventual breakup again. so what is the gain in that. once you breakup, u cant make up rmb

dont do something you will regret, lots of countries are happy with less than. be tolerant

Even though the Greeks gave us democracy, they also gave us the atom - the smallest indivisible particle of an element. Now Biafra would not be the last division of former eastern Nigeria. Biafra would need to be divided up into ijaw republic, Alaigbo republic, cross rivers Republic, etc. Then Alaigbo would further need to be divided into Anambra republic, Onitsha republic, Anioma republic, etc, these republics would need to be devided further until we get to the smallest individual political unit - the political atom, which is the individual clans.

The same political intrigues will occur within all political divisions, with shouts of marginalization, cheating and domination by groups who loses out in the political game.

stagger:
I wonder why there is so much fuss. How is the loan to be paid back if the businesses are not operational? The only thing there is that not a dime of revenue will enter the coffers of Ben Bruce and his brothers. All monies will be paid to AMCON who will administer the businesses until all monies are recovered and when the last dime is paid back, AMCON will simply hand the businesses back to the Bruce brothers.

It's all so simple. So why the fuss?

The JAMB question is; if Mr common sense had not been able to service his loans ( I am talking about paying only interests and not principal) for the past 5 years, how long do you think it will take AMCON to pay the N11 billion loan plus interests from the proceeds of the same silver bird group. I doubt Ben will ever get back his silver bird group again except he benefitted from Dasuki's largesse.

See wailing. The Surgeon General warns that wailers are liable to die young. I shudder to think of what will happen to you guys if Buhari wins second term in 2019.

bnovative:
If Buhari's bank sponsors his election with
27 million Naira for his nomination form ,
it is strategic business and political
calculation . But If Fayose's bank sponsors
Fayose's election , it is corruption.

Comparing the 2 is like comparing moimoi burger to MacDolald's Big Mac. Buhari said he took a loan from his bank to buy normination form, Fayose said his bank sponsored his election. Notice the difference? besides, Buhari's pension as former head of state is N27 million/month and it is paid into his bank account, so his bank is certain the loan will be repaid. ( Jonathan has been receiving the same N27 million since he handed over last may)

Now tell me how Zenith Bank intends to recover the N1.6 billion it used in sponsoring Fayose.

If Diezani, a former shell top executive,
owns a house abroad, it is corruption. But
If Buratai, a career military man, owns
two houses abroad, it is called money
saving skills.

The issue is not buying a house in Dubai, the issue is the value of the property in Dubai. Buying a property in Dubai was no big deal, My partner bought a house in Dubai 8 years ago. He did not even have to travel outside Nigeria to buy the property. Dubai then was carrying out an aggressive property marketing program. They brought colourful brochures to my office and give you very convienient payment options. My partner bought an apartment for less than $50,000 with a full payment period of about 2 years. I am sure thousands of Nigerians bought properties in Dubai then.
The problem with Dezani's is that her properties are said to be worth millions of dollars, meanwhile we were not told the value of Burutai's properties.

If Dangote owes Banks Billions of Naira, it
is strategic business acumen. But If Ben
Bruce does same, it is corrupt bad debt
and his business must close down.

The fact that Dangote owes his bank money is public knowledge, the surprise here is the fact that Ben Bruce was owing his bank, because prior to now, Ben Bruce behaved as if he set up all his businesses from his pocket.
Now, have you heard any complaint from Dangote's bank that he has defaulted in his loan repayments? Has Dangote's debts been bought by AMCON? Do you even know the process of AMCON acquiring a bad debt from a bank? So what should Union Bank had done? Let Ben Bruce run away with depositors money? Or close down the Bank because people like Ben Bruce are too powerful to collect their loans from?

If Jonathan keeps 9 presidential jets, it is
corruption and callousness, but If Buhari
keeps same 9 presidential jets, its a sign
that he means well for the people!
Welcome to Buhari's Animal farm

Did Buhari buys any Jet? Remember your Hero Jonathan was trying to buy anothe Jet to add to the 9 before he lost the elections. Buhari is just managing the situation he met on the ground.

orisa37:
I like this. The summary of all is " give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what's God's". I am That I am is all our Directives and Decisions. Always Pray, Listen and hear Him when He speaks to you. For He alone can instruct you how and when to bear Arms against your enemies. Be patient always. Don't be mad at anything anytime for God is always watching, instructing, directing, discerning and judging everyone every time.

You could not have said this better than ISIS or Boko Haram

dukie25:
It's the duty of Christians to disobey any law that's in conflict with their beliefs.
This is why Christians should stand together against Aregbe who is trying to Islamize osun state.

And how are Christians going to stand against Aregbe who is trying to Islamize Nigeria? Strap a bomb and kill yourself and Muslims? or throw bomb into a Mosque?
What happens to the courts? Are Christians encouraged to disregard the legal system also?

Originalsly:
Was there ever a Godly governmemt?...hmmm.....funny Christians! .... wasn't Jesus crucified because he refused to go along with the authorities/law of the land? Why were Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into the pit of fire?...and saved by God? Hmmm.....Christians not sure which is follow...the laws of the land or the laws of God.

Are you guys aware that Christianity is not the only religion in Nigeria, if you say biblical laws should supersede state laws, then the Muslims is right when they say Shari'a laws should be superior to the constitution. IFA worshippers could also insist Ifa laws should supersede state laws. What you are advocating for is anarchy.
Religion and state must be separated to avoid anarch .

49cents:
For what do they not understand in the clear provision of Section 14(2)(a) of the Constitution:“Sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government •••derives all its powers and authority”

Are you talking about a constitution that started with the following lines;

WE THE PEOPLE of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

HAVING firmly and solemnly resolved:

TO LIVE in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble Sovereign Nation under God dedicated to the promotion of inter-African solidarity, world peace, international co-operation and understanding:

O boy, see common sense.

Question; Can you give us some background on AMCON's takeover of Siverbird's assets yesterday?

Ben Bruce; Those Celebrating My Downfall Celebrated Too Soon!

Question; What are your final thoughts on the AMCON issue?

Ben Bruce; Those who say i stole money to set up business can see it was a loan taken as far back as a decade.

Mr Common sense, please answer the Damn questions.

49cents:
Can you hear yourself: you hate the IPOB yet you hate to see them leave you

I am an Igbo Man!

I don't think Biafra is the answer to the Igbo nation

I will not vote for biafra were there a referendum today

I believe Sovereignity belongs to the people and as such everyone should be free to agitate for self-determination and association

Sorry my Brother, it does not exactly work that way in practice, it is only in theory that Sovereignty belongs to the people. In practice Sovereignty is "surrendered" to the state or a king in the case of a monarchy. If everyone was free to agitate for self determination, the US would not have fought a civil war to keep the country one, Texas would have opted out of the United state (especially after a black man won the presidency), Scotland would not have fought 2 independence wars and wait 307 years before allowing them to have referendum.

Johnny, i am not just impressed with your scientific knowledge, i am even more impressed by your creative writing. You remind me of Issac Asimov. I read a lot of him in my younger days. You also have the writing style of James A. Michener. Have you read The Source by James A. Michener. It is very similar to this your write up.

attackgat:
When Scotland held a referendum to leave Great Britain, the referendum was only in Scotland. If a referendum is is held about Biafra, it will only be held in the states where Igbos indigenous to and that is SS/SE and Benue.

So because you have sprinkles of Igbos in Benue, the whole state must have a referendum? The Tivs, Idomas, Igedes, Etulos, Nyifons, Afias and Abakwas must be forced into a referendum? You guys are annoyingly arrogant. The Scottish referendum was only for one people - The Scottish people, the Scottish did not drag, the Welsh and the Irish into their referendum. So it is annoying when the igbos wants to forcefully drag other tribes into their dream state.

On a serious note, the legislature already enjoys lmmunity as the legislature cannot be sued and actions carried out on the floor of the national or state assemblies cannot be taken to court.

According to the Nigerian constitution the president (and his vice) and the governors ( and their deputies) is the executive, as all executive powers is vested in their persons, but the legislative powers is not vested in the senate president or speakers of state houses of Assemblies but in the legislature itself. So there is no basis for conferring immunity on individual senators.

Common sense dictates that you do not spend hundreds of millions of naira on running for governor and then senator when you are owing your bank billions of naira, or is Ben Bruce saying senatorial office is more profitable than his entertainment business? He should at least be able to pay interests on his loans if he his having problems with the capital.

Anyway, it is all about making sense, after all buhari refused to shake him, and now AMCON is siezing his property.