IBB at his Hilltop Mansion Of Corruption With Media executives

In his latest effort to capture the loyalty of the national press and ensure optimal coverage in their pages, former Nigerian dictator Ibrahim Babangida ferried some of the country's top media execs to a lavish press conference under the stars at his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State.

While at it, he praised the professionals for their skill at the craft and invoked his love for the free press. The journalists, overcome perhaps by the kind words, took the bait. No unpleasant questions, like why would he close down newspaper houses and murder a top journalist -Dele Giwa- via a letter bomb? Babangida responded to the question anyway. He told his distinguished guests that his respect for the "sanctity of life" would not have permitted him to kill journalist Giwa. His visitors (mostly editorial board chairs of major media houses in Nigeria) then passed over another opportunity to ask: why would he kill his friend, Mamman Vatsa, over a fake coup plot?

Too good an item to keep this curious meeting under wraps, word soon leaked out that IBB gave these journalists N10 million as "transport fare". Some of these men and women swiftly reached out to SaharaReporters to debunk the part of our story that they got N10 million each, some honestly admitted that they got a paltry gift of N250,000 from the "Evil Genius. Our accountants have told us that going by the number of 40 journalists in attendance, we are still around the same ballpark of N10 million. Plus, IBB handlers said the general doesn't pay his bribes at once, so, he considers that with this partial payment, favorable reporting in the press throughout his already doomed presidential campaign should be considered a "layaway".

Could this be another IBB set-up of the national media chiefs?

http://www.saharareporters.com/photo/ibbs-n10-million-photo-op-media-executives

sell ur soul 2 d devil and he'll be in control. . .

D press is giving him undue attention. Journalists should remember that once bitten, ,

IBB, Atiku are in the race for vengance, we must be clear about this . With the billions of dollars and pounds stashed away for their generation unborn, they want to protect their loots. ibb, with no registered company in his name and no history of inherited wealth is one of the richest men in africa. I feel sad that a man of buhari’s reputation is mired in this generation of dubious northern elites.

great leader = great criticism = IBB

These stupid Media Executives have forgotten that IBB murderded a highly respected Media Executive.  To them, is a matter of time.

The Nigerian press is as corrupt as the police and PHCN. Now that money is changing hands, they are all putting on smilling faces but the moment the evil genius wins the election(God forbid) and starts to bomb them through letter or other means, then they will cry aloud. Only God knows if Dele Giwa was not once settled before he met his waterloo.

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I did not see anything wrong with the group picture. What I saw is a savyy politician who knows his onions.

N250,000 for each journalist as a transport fare? IBB knows how to play this game very well.

Sahara Reporters are a bunch of amateur conspiracy theorists with this. IBB invited the men to announce his presidential ambition, Atiku did his at the Transcorp Hilton on the 15 of this month, so what's the big deal?! Why hear Atiku out and shun IBB? I think we should all keep still and show IBB how much we detest him with our votes!

oladayo042:

N250,000 for each journalist as a transport fare? IBB knows how to play this game very well.

He knows how to target the media and oppositiion politicians with favour so that he may use them in the nearest future.abeg tell ibb say people don wise if not why was the meeting reported ?

[size=8pt][size=8pt]The Media In Babangida's Pocket[/size][/size]


The cream of the Nigerian press travelled to Minna to collect the dicator's bribe and feed the nation with his denial of established truth. Top journalists even presented Babangida with a birthday card, in total disregard for the canon of their profession. It was not a surprise, therefore, that the journalists allowed the former dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, to issue another of his boring denials at the restricted media parley, where they allegedly collected N10 million in “transportation money.”

Saharareporters.com reports that the event started at 11 p.m. and ended just after 1 a.m. Among the editors and executives in attendance were Tunde Rahman and Ijeoma Nwogwugwu of ThisDay, Eze Anaba of Vanguard, Felix Abugu and Martins Oloja of the Guardian, Steve Nwosu of the Sun, Arowolo of The Punch, and Sam Omatseye of The Nation. Thisday Newspaper, photography director, Mr. Sumi Smart Cole, was the master of ceremony who present the card in this picture.

Several sources told Saharareporters that Ikeddy Isiguzo of Vanguard newspaper in Lagos was responsible for “mobilizing” the media executives and ensuring that they were friendly towards the general. But a source inside Babangida’s disclosed that the former dictator’s spokesman, Kassim Afegbua, afterwards had a tense exchange with Isiguzo whom he accused of allowing some of the media executives to “embarrass the general with tough questions.”


http://www.againstbabangida.com/Newsroom-at-AgainstBabangida.com/the-media-in-babangidas-pocket.html

Those media chiefs have collected their own share of our oil windfall money.

IBB with a 10 million Naira "roger" for press men!!!

We have seen through all these shenanigans by the rag team of IBB !

great leader = great criticism = IBB

greatest looter=greatest killer=greatest condemnation=IBB