Saharareporters has obtained a confidential report which might a major role in the trial that details calls made to Okah by several key Jonathan aides the night after the bomb blasts, at a time MEND was claiming responsibility for them. Those named in the secret report include Jonathan's former ADC, Moses Jituboh, a police officer whose current designation is “Personal Security Officer to the president;" the Minister for the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe; and Tony Uranta, the same Jonathan operative who was recently named in the $50,000 bribery of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG).

Kobojunkie:


Orubebe and Uranta again? These two were implicated earlier this month in the Bakare-Jonathan Bribery Scandal . Make someone tell em say make dem go wash head ooo . . . This one pass coincidence . . . ROFLMAO!

appletango:

i actually don't believe its possible for him to recover from this. [size=14pt]the north are barely on speaking terms with him[/size] at the best of times and now this

GEJ: RIP 21st of December 2010. He came, he saw, he bungled.

[size=13pt]An account of the role played by aides to Goodluck Jonathan in trying to convince Heny Okah to dump the blame for the Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja on[b] “Northern elements”[/b] are emerging[/size], just as Mr. Okah's lawyers received the news of a January 4, 2011 date to appeal his denial of bail application which has enabled his continued detention in South Africa.  Last month, he was denied bail by a South African magistrate after the judge said "The accused was untruthful and he lied to the court" .

[size=13pt]The secret document shows that four calls were traced to Mr. Orubebe, and several calls as well as a key text message were traced to Mr. Uranta, who used telephone numbers: +2348075407801, +2347084961205 and +2348069280206 [/b]to communicate as he acted as an intermediary between Mr. Okah and President Jonathan up to the night after the Abuja bombing in October.[/size]

The document shows that after the bombs went off, Uranta sent a text message to Okah, saying, "Please get JG to withdraw claim," ["JG" being the shortened form of "Jomo Gbomo", the mysterious but widely-known email name used in MEND releases] but Okah responded by text, saying , "Don't even think about that".

Mr. Uranta responded with another text message to Mr. Okah, saying the critical words, [b][size=13pt]"Govt will blame bombing on Northern elements."[/size]

That was the last text message before Mr. Uranta joined a delegation of Niger Delta delegates which “commiserated” with Jonathan over the bombings.  Meanwhile, as Jonathan possibly thought the deal to blame the blast on "Northern elements" had sailed through with Mr. Okah, he announced publicly that MEND was not responsible for the bombing even as the MEND had already claimed responsibility.

Beaf:

Who gives a flying fck about Ciroma like creatures? "North" this, "North" that! You bloody scarecrows do not represent Northerners, neither do you control fck all. Bring it on, lets know who feeds who and how many weeks you can last.

Fcking ethnically bigoted bastar'ds.

appletango:

i can tell by your tone that you know it's over

Saharareporters has obtained a confidential report which might a major role in the trial that details calls made to Okah by several key Jonathan aides the night after the bomb blasts, at a time MEND was claiming responsibility for them.   Those named in the secret report include Jonathan's former

Beaf:

Yes, it is over for the tribalists, vultures and neanderthal cabals that have been holding Nigeria back.
You have been outflanked, outmaneuvered and within a month, you will be binned.

Lets see what you've got and who owns what.

[size=14pt]Fresh Air 2011![/size]

President Goodluck Jonathan is pitching his candidacy on a “breath of fresh air” but revelations from a 2006 Joint Task Force on fighting corruption has shown that the man whose bid for the 2011 presidency has polarized his party has a filthy past.

Also, former State Governors were found to have breached the code of conduct for public officials and were recommended for prosecution in line with the Code of Conduct Bureau Act.

The Joint Task Force empanelled by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on fighting corruption comprised the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), The Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigerian Police. Former Chairman of the EFCC and presidential aspirant under the platform of the Alliance Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Nuhu Ribadu, was theChairman of the Task Force.

The part of the report (EXCERPT Number 11) concerning President Jonathan (who was then Governor of Bayelsa State) listed the following as grounds for his prosecution:

Substance of Charges (1) False Declaration of Assets

(i) Lexus Jeep worth N18 million claimed to have been acquired through savings in 2004. Verification reveals that the Jeep was a gift collected in contravention of the CCB Act of 1990. Same for BMW 7351 Series bought in 2005 worth N5.5 million;

(ii) Acquisition of properties outside legitimate income; Seven Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2001 worth N18 million at Otuke Ogbia LGA, Four Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2003 worth N15 million at Goodluck Jonathan Street, Yenegoa;
Five Bedroom Duplex - acquired in 2003 worth N25 million at Citec Villas, Gwarimpa II – Abuja.

Overall, that Task Force identified three issues to wit:

(i) Some public officers had declared Assets far above what they owned as their declaration could not be substantiated. A case of anticipatory declaration.

(ii) Some public officers did not declare some of the properties they acquired while in office.

(iii) The issue of ownership of foreign account and late declaration was treated with levity. The consequences of the above is that so far 15 State Governors have been found to have individually contravened some of the Provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Part I to the 5th Schedule, especially on the issue of false declaration of Assets and or acquisition of properties outside legitimate means.

According to the report, which from all indications was not acted upon or was partially acted upon by Obasanjo, State Governors and the various chargeable offences identified against them have been reproduced below:-

Code of conduct Tribunal Findings on State Governors

BRIEF ON THE ACTIVITIES OF' THE JOINT TASK FORCE
The President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in June 2006 set up a Joint Task Force on fighting corruption comprising the following organizations namely; the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), The Department of State Services (DSS), and the Nigerian Police. On the whole each of the Establishments named above contributed five members of staff on the team.

The activities of this Joint Task Force came under the control and supervision of the EFCC hence its Chairman - Mr. Nuhu Ribadu is the Head of the Task Force.

The Task Force commenced its activities in a temporary office located at Asokoro. During its inaugural meeting, the team noted that its main functions were to complement the activities of their primary establishments.

ASSETS VERIFICATION EXERCISE

The team commenced its activities by embarking on the verification of Assets of Public Officers. This is to give it background knowledge to identify corrupt public officers for further investigation. In doing this, the team decided to collate copies of the Assets Declaration of all State Governors as a starting point. The forms were scrutinized and the verification exercise commenced. So far thirty-two State Governors have had their Assets verified. The remaining State Governors have been asked to schedule appropriate dates that they would make themselves available for the exercise. The Task Force has also notified the Deputy Governors, Speakers of State Assemblies and Secretaries, to the various State Governments to prepare for the verification exercise.

(11) DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN - GOVERNOR BAYELSA STATE
Substance of Charges (1) False Declaration of Assets
(i) Lexus Jeep worth N18 million claimed to have been acquired through savings in 2004. Verification reveals that the Jeep was a gift collected in contravention of the CCB Act of 1990. Same for BMW 7351 Series bought in 2005 wortl1 N5.5 million
(ii) Acquisition of properties outside legitimate income.
Seven Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2001 wortl1 N18 million at Otuke Ogbia LGA Four Bedroom Duplex acquired in 2003 worth N15 million at Goodluck Jonathan
Street Yenegoa
Five Bedroom Duplex - acquired in 2003 worth N25 millionat Citec Villas, Gwarimpa II - Abuja.

Beaf:

Who gave them confidential reports in South Africa?

Have Sahara Reporters carried their Dugbe market fake news and rumour mongering to SA now?
Na wa o!

I de laf oooooooooooooo!!!!!!

“We headed to our hotel and called Mr. Tony Uranta to come up with us. We then called Orubebe and put him on speaker to let him know that we are returning the money through Uranta back to him and to the president. Mr. Uranta then said that he appreciated our integrity. ”


Uranta denied that Jonathan discussed his ambition to run for office with the SNG delegation and also[b] said no money was offered to the SNG team.[/b]

He confirmed that the cash was immediately returned to the sender through Uranta, shortly after it was presented to the SNG delegation.
The SNG convener told Saharareporters that his team felt embarrassed and offended by the orchestrated attempt by Jonathan and his team to buy the SNG’s support through illicit means.
An angry Bakare said “you can quote me. I don’t do deals and I don’t lie. Tony (Uranta) could be saving his own face. Tony lied that he didn’t collect the money from us.
“There are living witnesses. Orubebe has confirmed to me that the money was returned. The president is aware through Oronto Douglas that we returned his money through Tony.”

appletango:

it didnt turn out too well for you the last time you tried to deny a SR story.

anyway, i'm gonna stop arguing with you; you're man is finished.

Sahara Reporters is best known for fake news these days.

[size=14pt]The fake pic below too is courtesy Sahara Reporters[/size]. Shame.
http://saharareporters.com/photo/photonews-jonathans-declaration-when-jonathan-women-met-goodluck-men

www.nairaland.com/attachments/324341_SaharaReportersFakePicture_jpg69a0b6e4ad1c8831fa731bd73bb022d2

Ibime:

Let's get one thing clear. . .

Tony Uranta was not involved in the SNG bribery scandal. Bakare called Uranta (an SNG member) to return the money to GEJ. Uranta did not give nor receive any bribe.

The confirmation came in the midst of denial of earlier report by Tony Uranta, one of Jonathan’s political operatives.

Uranta had claimed on his Facebook page on Monday that Saharareporters misrepresented the crux of the meeting between the president and the Pastor Bakare-led delegation.

Uranta denied that Jonathan discussed his ambition to run for office with the SNG delegation and also said no money was offered to the SNG team.

X-factoria:

Secondly, why would Jonathan want to prevent the bombings at all cost by soliciting the help of SA authorities to effect the arrest of Okah some days before the bombings and yet have plans to blame "northern elements" for the bombings?

We were reliably informed of how the British intelligence had briefed the Presidency of Okah's plot days before the bombings. The intelligence report also has details of how much (millions of dollars) was wired to Okah by IBB via Dokpesi when he visited SA some 2 weeks before the bombing.

So when Jonathan spoke to absolve MEND and rather blamed some unscropulous elements in Nigeria being aided by collaborators abroad, he was speaking from an informed position albeit naive and undiplomatic. GEJ also knows the implications of saying the much that he knows about Okah and his backers because if it turns out that there are no concrete evidences to nail them, it would be a political goof that he will not recover from.

Thirdly, why would GEJ want the support or endorsement of a criminal on the run to win an election? Is it that Okah on his own can win a ward election in a free and fair contest in Bayelsa let alone the whole of Nigeria? It is still not clear to me how Okah will genuinely help GEJ become president in 2011.

Lastly, it could be true that some of GEJ's aides who are Niger Deltans like Orubebe might have contatced Okah to drop his plan to topple GEJ's government on the grounds that GEJ represents the hope of all Ijaws which Okah claimed to be fighting for. That would not be out of place and Okah being an associate of Lucifer could turn everything against them just to survive the indictment of masterminding the bomb blasts.

One thing is sure, Okah was behind the bombings and we should not be led into a state of confusion on this.

X-factoria:

I am beginning to doubt SR or maybe the authenticity of these claims. The whole thing does not just add up!

First and foremost, anybody could get the numbers displayed in this write up. Journalists  have a way of reaching government aides for clarification of infos and do have such aide's numbers. I do not think attaching numbers to this write up lends credibility to it. At least Kobojunkie just supplied a website where Tony Uranta's number were displayed. Anybody could quote numbers.

Secondly, why would Jonathan want to prevent the bombings at all cost by soliciting the help of SA authorities to effect the arrest of Okah some days before the bombings and yet have plans to blame "northern elements" for the bombings? We were reliably informed of how the British intelligence had briefed the Presidency of Okah's plot days before the bombings. The intelligence report also has details of how much (millions of dollars) was wired to Okah by IBB via Dokpesi when he visited SA some 2 weeks before the bombing. So when Jonathan spoke to absolve MEND and rather blamed some unscropulous elements in Nigeria being aided by collaborators abroad, he was speaking from an informed position albeit naive and undiplomatic. GEJ also knows the implications of saying the much that he knows about Okah and his backers because if it turns out that there are no concrete evidences to nail them, it would be a political goof that he will not recover from.

Thirdly, why would GEJ want the support or endorsement of a criminal on the run to win an election? Is it that Okah on his own can win a ward election in a free and fair contest in Bayelsa let alone the whole of Nigeria? It is still not clear to me how Okah will genuinely help GEJ become president in 2011.

Lastly, it could be true that some of GEJ's aides who are Niger Deltans like Orubebe might have contatced Okah to drop his plan to topple GEJ's government on the grounds that GEJ represents the hope of all Ijaws which Okah claimed to be fighting for. That would not be out of place and Okah being an associate of Lucifer could turn everything against them just to survive the indictment of masterminding the bomb blasts.

One thing is sure, Okah was behind the bombings and we should not be led into a state of confusion on this.

Kobojunkie:

Dude, your post above is filled with a lot of conjecture and false claims. Do you mind at least providing some back up for any of the claims you make above? I mean it is too much Google work to verify even one of your statements.

X-factoria:

http://www.pointblanknews.com/News/os3981.html

X-factoria:

http://www.transparencyng.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2410:abuja-blast-latest-efcc-traces-20m-to-dokpesis-account-sited-in-south-africa-two-weeks-ago&catid=86:law-crime-a-judiciary&Itemid=151

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-526001.0.html

debosky:

^^ No account numbers, no mention of the banks, nothing? Why have the originators of the transfers not been arrested? Where is the evidence of onward transfer to Okah?

Another weak attempt to rope in Dokpesi at all costs.

Kobojunkie:

Ogbeni, how did you now link IBB, Dokpesi to Okah? The articles you have above make no such connections, so how did you arrive at that one?

X-factoria:

Madam, you really want to be spoon-fed? I can't get the details of the intelligence report but several sources both in the press and the various intelligence sources reiterated the involvement of these guys.