almondjoy:

So keep dreaming! If the civil war did not teach you anything, then you are the one that owes anyone an apology here because frankly,--your logic of irrelevance to location, identity, space and time stink! Infact, simply put--you are disoriented to the 4th power! It is very easy to see that snort still runs from your nose unwiped!

almondjoy,
Please stick to the issues,your post gives off more HEAT than LIGHT. 

Guess it is yet another oppurunity to test the intergrity of the new house i.e National Assembly. Senator Jubril Aminu should bow in shame for making the list of "Dishonourables". the whole world is waiting and watching,

It does appear that the fight against corruption is being lost as top government functionaries and their associates steal our national resources. Yesterday it was WILBROS, today it is SIEMENS and who next. The worst part is that our EFCC, ICPC, Justice ministry, SSS and other so called security agencies have no idea or clue about what's going on until the foreign governments conclude such investigations in their countries. The companies are going to pay penalties, fines, levy to their home countries for the corrupt practices while NIGERIA that is robbed will be talking "due process"

All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Let me confess my own corruption first.
My corruption is the sin of fornication.
But the beneficiaries were cheerful givers and receivers and we did not loot Nigeria to have sex. And since July 7, 2006, I have not committed it again.

Corruption is not a tribalist or racist.

Did you know how Maurice "Wuruwuru" Iwu misappropriated millions of dollars in contracts INEC gave to most Igbo owned companies to supply the electronic voting machines we never saw?

illusion2:

almondjoy,
Please stick to the issues,your post gives off more HEAT than LIGHT. 

I am sticking to the issues.  Which is the fact that corruption in Nigeria has a tribal component to it.  The more the more in number the more corrupt.  The most dominant tribes are the most corrupt since they hold the keys to Nigeria's coffers.  And until they are brought to book--we are not going anywhere.  So let us stop deceiving ourselves and face up!

There's no tribal component to corruption. Madam almondjoy, it's either you're confused or you have a very low I.Q.
my advice to you: stick to issues like you've been admonished earlier, or stay away from this section if you have nothing intelligent to say.

Yessir ziddy! Enjoy! I dash you!

Almond dear,
No vex I beg,please come back. Thanks

This is very healthy for Nigeria's democracy and general economic growth - if we are to take a cue from the Ettehgate episode which lasted almost 3months, the will of the people prevailed, even though, it seems they have kindof swept the issue of making madam Etteh to face the law under the carpet - she was ousted from the 'throne' and against popular and politicking of the PDP, a new speaker was chosen without their approval, the house chose unanimously.

With the latest develppment of Wilbros and Siemensgate, I trust the already awakened Nigerian Public and vibrant media, they will not keep quite until the players in these latest corruption saga are brought to fore. The lesson of these events to us as a nation is that, we gradually departing from periods corruption will go untraced or exposed. Events happening in our country shows that surely days of 'sinners' in government going unpunished is getting eroded because, it will surely be exposed sooner or later. The wild fire is sweeping through the Nigerian landscape with Election Tribunals upturning elections results that have been hitherto assumed/adjudged to be 'free n fair' by the wicked umpire in INEC.

It is hoped that the AGF, EFCC & ICPC will get their house in order and do the right thing - get the disgraceful lots to book.

Well said bro,well said

almondjoy:

I am sticking to the issues.  Which is the fact that corruption in Nigeria has a tribal component to it.  The more the more in number the more corrupt.  The most dominant tribes are the most corrupt since they hold the keys to Nigeria's coffers.  And until they are brought to book--we are not going anywhere.  So let us stop deceiving ourselves and face up! 

Yes your right,
And the dominant tribes, that taught Nigerian's how to be corrupt were the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani, but i know the reason= Before the war between this two countries 'Nigeria and Biafra' Many Ethnic IBO business men were Millionaires and hardly can you hear of a single Millionaire Yoruba man or Hausa/Fulani not even existing. Then after that war, to equal the IBOS in producing millionaires since as of that time this two tribes were not really that industrious, and the only solution to solve their millionaire aspiration 'Nigeria coffers became the optimal target', they then unleash their hidden deadly dragon virus(corruption) and Nigerians coffers became their politicains/Army Generals Manna from Heaven. To make embezzlement/looting more easy for them, they institutionalized and adopted corruption as a Nigerian culture, little by little this their virus spread all over the country. But as the masters of corruption they still hold the key.

willy*2:

Yes your right,
And the dominant tribes, that taught Nigerian's how to be corrupt were the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani, but i know the reason= Before the war between this two countries 'Nigeria and Biafra' Many Ethnic IBO business men were Millionaires and hardly can you hear of a single Millionaire Yoruba man or Hausa/Fulani not even existing. Then after that war, to equal the IBOS in producing millionaires since as of that time this two tribes were not really that industrious, and the only solution to solve their millionaire aspiration 'Nigeria coffers became the optimal target', they then unleash their hidden deadly dragon virus(corruption) and Nigerians coffers became their politicains/Army Generals Manna from Heaven. To make embezzlement/looting more easy for them, they institutionalized and adopted corruption as a Nigerian culture, little by little this their virus spread all over the country. But as the masters of corruption they still hold the key.

Sounds funny, but seems true

Apart from Ojukwu's father, can any one name any other Nigerian millionaire before the war? None comes to my mind immediately.

, wetin person no go hear for this country?

well, let me keep my comments until the allegations are made concrete

esp for prof aminu, am amazed

wOnders shall never end

any way, YOUR SINS SHALL FIND YOU OUT, its a matter of time

This is only and allegation. In a democratically elected government there is innocent until proven guilty. This is just one side of the story

Lets give this people fair chance to come out and exonerate themselves before we crucify them. Who among us is clean? who are we to blame? This is all about ethics and integrity. I will wait to hear what they have to say in their defence before I contribute.

Nigeria: Siemens - My Hands Are Clean - Adebayo

Leadership (Abuja)

20 November 2007
Posted to the web 20 November 2007

By Golu Timothy

Former Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo has denied any involvement in the alleged bribe scandal involving a German telecom giant, SIEMENS, saying those who seek to draw him into the controversy are not fair to him. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP last night and personally signed by the former minister, he said, he never at any point in time entangled himself throughout his four decades in public service, and therefore, it should not be at this age and time, that he will mess up his hard earned integrity. "My attention has been drawn to media reports as it affects Siemens in Nigeria, wherein my name has been mentioned with the allegation of collecting bribe at some 'unknown time after 2002'.

While the fact remains that I was minister of Communications between July 2003 and August 2006, I wish to state very clearly that I never demanded, neither did I receive bribe from officials of Siemens or of any other company in the discharge of my responsibilities.


According to Adebayo, "I have had an unblemished career in the public service spanning almost four decades, I have a reputation for integrity and I am under no political pressure so I fail to understand what temptation remained that I could not overcome well after age 60".

He added that, "It is gratifying that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has directed the security agencies to get to the root of this matter and I am confident that when that process is completed, this unjustified and unjustifiable stain will be removed from my hard-earned name", he said.

AllAfrica.com, November 20, 2007


No man is without sin, but in public service, the former Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo was never found wanting. I was disappointed when I saw his name among those found guilty of complicity in the case of bribery and corruption against Siemens of Germany.

He can deny that he never gave or received any bribe, but denial would not be enough to declare him innocent. He has to prove that he is not guilty and not implicated directly or indirectly.

He would retain his dignity and integrity and regain his long standing probity by providing the facts in court.

We must say the truth and damn the wrath of the earth.

Like I said the media does no public figure any justice. Their aim and goal is to sell paper, and good caption does sell papers.

This people should be given fair chance to clear their name. Ehindero was crucify and his name was dragged in mud in the 21 million scandal. after the intensive investigation he was exonerated, not one media publicly came out and apologise to the man. We just have to wait for the investigation and let the truth be told is my stand.

Mamajama:

Like I said the media does no public figure any justice. Their aim and goal is to sell paper, and good caption does sell papers.

This people should be given fair chance to clear their name. Ehindero was crucify and his name was dragged in mud in the 21 million scandal. after the intensive investigation he was exonerated, not one media publicly came out and apologise to the man. We just have to wait for the investigation and let the truth be told is my stand.

This is a very lame excuse. The aims and objectives of the media is primarily to diseminate information and not as your skew-whiff mind erroneously make you believe. I should have dismissed your comment as just one of those faux pas by some misinforned fellows, but I have come to understant that your antics is to use every available fora to defend Ehindero.

Ehindero's culpability in the N21m scandal is as sure as the morning sun, you know that he was able to escape it because the police was not really interested in pushing the case forward.

If the media is not being fair to public figures, how come the same media is not against people like Prof. Dora Akunyili, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, Senators Ken Nnamani, Pius Anyim and a host of other public personalities? Was it a different media that covrered Ehindero's case?

Ehindero is corrupt, therefore the media will not cover him, gone are the days when the media was the governments catspaw. I understand your studied silence on this matter, but I must advise that you do not resort to ad hominems.

Well we all know that in Nigeria being in a political office as in the case of ministers, governors etc is seen as a way of enriching one's self and family be that as it maybe am really disappointed (IF) true in Senator JUBRIL Aminu who as been in GOVERNMENT for a Long time even before he became a senator he as been a minister b4.

So it means when he was minister to he was corrupt, yet he was one of those accusing The former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of corruption and helped in making sure he was sent out of the PDP,

HE is also Chairman of the senate Committee on Foreign affairs who screened the soon to be Ambassadors, where he didn't screen 3 nominees namely Buba Marwa, Kema Chikwe and Senator Polycarp,for security reasons Cos of the security report on them

Question if the said security report is true y not make it public and lets know xcatly wat they did or wat threat they pose to the Nation or is it a case of no settlement?

Back to the issue at hand the people mentioned should be investigated and if found wanting should be made to face the law and in the case of the Senator he should be recalled by his constituency and be made to face the law as well Cos am really disappointed in him with that is holier than Thou attitude

@iykrion you are so far behind and Miss informed? are you aware the same Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla you are talking about was accused of taking kickbacks before the Paris club debt was wiped out?

do your home work, before you open your mouth. If you are so sure Ehindero who is not only a smart officer, but a lawyer will make suck a stupid mistake, then you must be as lame as a lamb.

Let me take you to school for a minute. If Ehindero want to steal from the Nigerian police force. he would have done so before he left the force. Do you know how much the logistics and supply branch of the police command?

Do you know how much the Police port authority command? do you know what the police legal department or administration of police command?

This were all lucrative and and challenging post given to the best of the best cops. Ehindero led all this departments before he was IGP. DO your research on a DIG WALI KANO. and ill tell you more.

Back to the topic. my stand is Nigerian press is bias and their ultimate goal is to sell paper. this people were all civil servant. let them be investigated and if found guilty. then we can prosecute and disgrace them, until then, they are all innocent in my eye.

Mamajama:

@iykrion you are so far behind and Miss informed? are you aware the same Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla you are talking about was accused of taking kickbacks before the Paris club debt was wiped out?

do your home work, before you open your mouth. If you are so sure Ehindero who is not only a smart officer, but a lawyer will make suck a stupid mistake, then you must be as lame as a lamb.

Let me take you to school for a minute. If Ehindero want to steal from the Nigerian police force. he would have done so before he left the force. Do you know how much the logistics and supply branch of the police command?

Do you know how much the Police port authority command? do you know what the police legal department or administration of police command?

This were all lucrative and and challenging post given to the best of the best cops. Ehindero led all this departments before he was IGP. DO your research on a DIG WALI KANO. and ill tell you more.

Back to the topic. my stand is Nigerian press is bias and their ultimate goal is to sell paper. this people were all civil servant. let them be investigated and if found guilty. then we can prosecute and disgrace them, until then, they are all innocent in my eye.

Words of a savage! Ehindero a smart officer? Oh yes, he sure was! That's why he was able to steal enough money to initially pay for the I.G's official residence and other properties in choice locations.

DIG WALI KANO ko! DIG KANO WALI ni! My submission remains the same. Ehindero stole more than Tarfa from the police treasury. Ehindero has a lot of unanswered questions as regards finance in the NPF. If you think he's escaped all that, then you are in for a serious suprise.

@iykrion even if Ehindero stole. was it your fathers money that he stole? can you or your father even get close to his door step today to ask him questions on what he does?

if you have big balls and need answer why don't you try and go to his residence and see what happen to gari when water pass am. slowpoke.

Don't talk about police affairs when you can't even spell police or tell me what their mission statement is

Mamajama:

@iykrion even if Ehindero stole. was it your fathers money that he stole? can you or your father even get close to his door step today to ask him questions on what he does?

You just lent credence to your stupidity and ignorance. May I quickly remind your DTs infested mind that he stole from our COMMONWEALTH. We don't need to go to him to ask questions, rather he will come to us to give answers to some salient issues.

If it disturbs you this much that this animal called Ehindero is being attacked for his misdeeds in office, and you can't say any positive thing to salvage the situation, then go look for a deep lake that you can jump into, because we can never run away from the truth.

Mamajama:

if you have big balls and need answer why don't you try and go to his residence and see what happen to gari when water pass am. slowpoke.

You can now agree with me that Ehindero is a very dangerous animal. Well, it's typical of a corrupt man who fears almost everything arround him. Wait a minute! Which residence? The one he bought with stolen money? Ask Ehindero to walk through any street in Maitama and tell you the reactions of people. I bet you, he will never remain the same.

Mamajama:

Don't talk about police affairs when you can't even spell police or tell me what their mission statement is

You mean Ehindero's mission statement? Come on! Everybody knows that it's TO STEAL AND PLUNDER WITH INTEGRITY. I hope you will someday realise that one who pelts another with pebbles deserves rocks in return, that's if your crooked mind will allow you.

you need noble price for your ignorance and stupidity.

you exemplify a kid that was lacking hugs and kisses as a child? were you molested as a child?

Mamajama:

you need noble price for your ignorance and stupidity.

Don't understand, care to elaborate?

Mamajama:

you exemplify a kid that was lacking hugs and kisses as a child? were you molested as a child?

If you were smart enough, you would realise that resorting to ad hominems will not solve these issues. What has molestation, hugs kisses etc as a child got to do with what Ehindero stole while in office? Wake up to the issues under discourse.

people like mamajama are the reason why nigeria will never progress.

mazaje:

people like mamajama are the reason why Nigeria will never progress.

How can Nigeria a devil paradise progress? never!!!

willy*2:

How can Nigeria a devil paradise progress? never!!!

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willy*2:

How can Nigeria a devil paradise progress? never!!!

Willy-willy, u get wahala no be small!

Danmasani:

Willy-willy, u get wahala no be small!

I knew

ha ha h bunch of gays teaming up on me, I'm used to it players, SO if i am saying give this people a chance to defend themselves is that wrong? why did IBB not publicly come out and defend himself when invited BY OKIGBO AND OPUTA panel?

ANSWER the man is corrupt as the giant Lilliputians in gullible travels LOL

Mamajama:

ha ha h bunch of gays teaming up on me, I'm used to it players, SO if i am saying give this people a chance to defend themselves is that wrong? why did IBB not publicly come out and defend himself when invited BY OKIGBO AND OPUTA panel?
ANSWER the man is corrupt as the giant Lilliputians in gullible travels LOL

This non-sense has not answered my quetions. I'm still waiting though.