Just read this sad news this afternoon.

http://odili.net/news/source/2007/may/22/501.html

Hmm, now I am not so sure I want to go back and live in Nigeria despite the size of the income etc etc.

Whats going on

@topic,

Here's another news I came across at http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/stories/story8155.html. But my thought on this is why do people have t carry so much money around? It encourages armed robbery as well.

Dolphins skipper Victor Ezeji narrowly escaped being shot to death by armed robbers on Friday on his way to Calabar for Sunday's CAF Confederation Cup second leg match against Maranatha Fiokpo.

The striker escaped with his life, but lost over N1 million of Dolphins money and 000 of his own personal money in cash.

Ezeji, driving coach Philip Boamah's Volswagen Polo, was travelling in the company of team mate Iyowuna Edward and assistant coach Ken Chukwu when they ran into armed robbers.

KICK OFF gathered that the robbers took N64 000 from Ezeji's pockets, two Nokia cell phones - a Communicator and a 6600, plus 4 000 Dollars that the Dolphins skipper had procured for his wife.

Ken Chukwu was relieved of N450 000 before the hoodlums ordered the striker to open the boot of the car, but Ezeji stubbornly refused, saying it was not his car and he did not know how to open it.

This upset the robbers, who ordered all three to lie down on the ground and then set upon Ezeji with their gun butts. When he still refused to budge, one of the robbers simply gave an order to 'Waste him'.

In a last desperate bid to save Ezeji's life, Chukwu stood up from the ground, took the keys from Ezeji and opened the boot.

Inside was the sum of well over N1 million which had been given to the Dolphins skipper to take to Calabar.

The money was meant to cover part payment for seconded Super Eagles assistant coach Austin Eguavoen as well as the settlement of sundry expenses incurred by the club in Calabar.

Those are not rubbers that is what you called INSIDE JOB someone knew about the money and tip or set his behind up

Scary situation.

What happened to inter bank transfer?

why would you be carrying up to a miller in the boot of a car

why do they have so much money on them?

MAMAJAMA:

Those are not rubbers that is what you called INSIDE JOB someone knew about the money and tip or set his behind up

its possible jare!

Orchestrated Robberyy. Thats What It's Called.

Its A Form Of Theater Arts Perfected In Nigeria.

the reason y they carry so much cash and not use bank transfers is, u guessed right they dont want it traced!
why would a coach be paid in cash? probably not a legitimate payment.

ikamefa:

why would you be carrying up to a miller in the boot of a car

why do they have so much money on them?

its possible jare!

It looks like you've not been home in a while
In naija people carry large sums of money in bags,it is scary.
I was asking my dad why,he said for convenience

The ghana must go are the bedroom banks.
we have so many banks but people want payments in raw cash.

it is that kind of yeye thinking that gets people in trouble. why will u carry large sums of balary about when banks can transfer it for u? then l8r they will complain about robbers. dis was an inside job jo.

It's one thing to rob, it's another thing to kill. People can be killed whether or not they carry large sums of money.