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Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:23pm On Jan 01, 2014
Lion of Bourdillon.

There is no doubt that Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become a personification of Lagos. Just as his word is law, he can do and undo. What started out like an act of drama at the beginning of the current democratic dispensation in 1999 has left Nigeria’s premier state, Lagos, as a mere fiefdom of Tinubu who bears the titular toga of the “Lion of Bourdillon.” Though there is nothing democratic about his bearing, he is, in fact, an Emperor.
And there is no escaping the damning reality that Lagos is being plundered by a group of political usurpers who wear the cloak of democratic emancipators in an apparent case of parading immunity as impunity.
It is, indeed, an irony that the people of the South-west , despite their sophistication, have been hoodwinked into the present pitfall through the doctrines of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, being propagated by some desperate self-acclaimed messiahs. These masqueraders disguised as democrats on the platform of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), purporting to emancipate the South-west from the injustice of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by a Yoruba son, the late Chief MKO Abiola. Sadly, they only ended up foisting a most fraudulent robber-baron on the Yoruba nation.
A man with a questionable past is today addressed as Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he could bear any name from his weird past such as Yekini Amoda Ogunlere , Hameed Sangodele , Yekini Amoda or even Bobo Chicago. Ever since his inglorious eight years rule as Governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007 on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), to date, he has more or less served as the chief looter who has unleashed the most egregious corruption and reckless looting on the treasury of Lagos State. Even as he hides under the guise of championing democratic principles, various frauds including financial crimes have been linked to him such that he can only be summed up as a perpetrator of diabolical deeds.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:28pm On Jan 01, 2014
A man with a questionable past is today addressed as Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he could bear any name from his weird past such as Yekini Amoda Ogunlere , Hameed Sangodele , Yekini Amoda or even Bobo Chicago.

Let the real yekini stand up
shocked

Tinubu a fraud and a thief
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:34pm On Jan 01, 2014
[b]Tinubu was formally arraigned before the Code of Conduct tribunal in Abuja to defend himself against allegations that he operated foreign bank accounts between 1999 and 2007, while in office as governor, thus contravening Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap 56 LFN, 1990.
The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, indeed had his hands full with the many charges against Tinubu. The charge sheet signed by the chief prosecutor, Kyari Ahmed, read : “That you Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, being a public officer, as listed in part II of the fifth schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and having subscribed to the Oath of Office as enshrined in the seventh schedule to the 1999 Constitution on assumption in office, as such engaged yourself in the operation and maintenance of several foreign bank accounts namely:
“Name of Bank – First Heritage Bank, Country Club Hill, Illinois, USA; Account Name, Bola Tinubu, Account Number – 263226700. Name of Bank – Citi Bank NA. New York, USA; Account Name – Bola Tinubu and Compass Finance and investment Company Limited; Account Nos – 39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400220, 39936383. Name of Bank. Citi Bank International, New York; Account Name, Bola Tinubu. Name of Bank – HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW60J: Account Name Sen Bola Tinubu; Account No. 71253670, Sort code-40-03-15. Name of Bank – HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J; Account Name; Sen. Bola Oluremi Tinubu, Account No. 71253670, sort code 40-03-15. Name of Bank – HSBC, 177 Great Portland street London WIW 60J Account name, Sen. Bola Tinubu – money market, Account No.04320002DN. Name of Bank – HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street, London WIW 60J; Account name: Tinubu Zainab Abisola (Miss); Account No. 172447101. Name of Bank – HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street, London WIW 60J; Account Name, Tinubu Oluremi Shade, Account No. 41421522.”
The Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), has since hailed the Code of Conduct Tribunal over the criminal trial of Tinubu. The group described the trial as a welcome development, adding that “Nigerians, irrespective of their political affiliations, must begin to speak with one voice against corruption, because it (corruption) has no political party.”
In a statement issued by its Coordinator, Comrade Chima Ubeku, the SRLN said inter alia: “This is a kind of news that gladdens our hearts and we hope that the Code of Conduct Tribunal will pursue the case to a logical conclusion. He lied on oath by refusing to declare the operation of many foreign bank accounts in the assets declaration form CCB-1 he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau on 6th January, 2004. We are also waiting to hear from those bread and butter groups to make the kind of noise that they used to make whenever a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member is on trial for alleged corruption….”
However, in what many have come to accept as a political deal for delivering the South-west to the ruling PDP, the Federal Government let Tinubu off the hook and the matter was thrown out of the Tribunal on technical grounds.
Tinubu’s dubious activities came to the fore quite early during his tenure as Lagos Governor. After just being sworn-in in 1999, the late legal luminary and human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, instituted legal actions challenging Tinubu’s academic qualifications, which were discovered to be forged. The case of perjury, which has been hanging on his neck ever since then is yet to be dispensed with, even as he can no longer hide under immunity clause as a Governor. Being the questionable character he is said to be, the only response Tinubu could give to the premeditated Lagos House Assembly Ad-hoc Committee set up to clear him of the perjury charge raised against him by Chief Fawehinmi in 1999 was to admit full responsibility for some of the “needless errors,” whatever that means.
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Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by Dhelake: 7:45pm On Jan 01, 2014
There is a Jobless man on this street
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:53pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu is corrupt and a thief grin
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:56pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu is corrupt and thief
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 7:56pm On Jan 01, 2014
The prime land of 157 hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront valued at about N10billion and stolen by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Ibukun Fakeye – his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no compensation to the villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20million (N3billion) out of public treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by Trailii: 8:25pm On Jan 01, 2014
bombay: The prime land of 157 hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront valued at about N10billion and stolen by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Ibukun Fakeye – his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no compensation to the villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20million (N3billion) out of public treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.
town crier, what are you waiting for? You can challenge him in court, or better still tell ur mentor, Jonathan to challenge him in court
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:33pm On Jan 01, 2014
The 14-hectare Parkview Ikoyi Estate foreshore land reclaimed by Lagos State Government is now owned by Bola Tinubu.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:33pm On Jan 01, 2014
While in office, he allocated to himself the former Strabag yard beside the Lagos State Secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja. The property is now being developed into a shopping mall as big as the Palms in Lekki. This is public property brazenly stolen and now owned by Tinubu, aided by Fashola.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:34pm On Jan 01, 2014
The choice property at Lekki-Epe road on which he built and owns the multi-billion Naira Oriental Hotel and the extension of multi-storey car park beside it. Also, the multi-level recreation centre by Mobil in Oniru Estate on Lekki-Epe road jointly owned with ARM and Tunji Olowolafe. All these assets valued at over N25billion were obtained without paying a kobo to the Lagos State Government.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:36pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu and Fashola sold the following prime Lagos properties to their personal friend and front – Prince Dipo Eludoyin at very ridiculous prices:
• The 3.8-hectare of land of Lagos State Fisheries office in VI (beside the Institute of Oceanography) valued at N3billion.
• The fishery landing jetty at Badore (where the Ilubirin fishermen were to be relocated) valued at N500million
• The entire Ogudu foreshore scheme initially earmarked for a low-cost housing scheme valued at N5billion
• The Ilubinrin housing estate (which used to house Lagos state civil servants and judges up till 2007) valued at N2.5billion.
• The former Julius Berger yard at Oko Orisan, Epe valued at N450million.
grin
We will fight corruption lol
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:37pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu raised a loan of N4.7billion on Eko Akete project for which nothing was achieved before he turned around to sell the property to his Chagouri friends of Chagouri & Chagouri and Hitech Construction Ltd at a ridiculously low price at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos. shocked
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:38pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu applied to personally purchase the Federal Secretariat building while in office. When he couldn’t get to buy it, he directed Fashola to stop the eventual owner of the complex to develop it. The complex is presently wasting away courtesy of the Lagos State Government.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:40pm On Jan 01, 2014
It took several months of horse trading and underhand payments before Fashola could allow the new owners of 1004 flats to redevelop the complex. Several other buyers of Federal Government properties and developers of properties in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Government Reservation Area Ikeja were forced to succumb to the outrageous demands of Tinubu, Fashola, Commissioner Abosede and other officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Ministry and were made to pay ridiculous amounts to private accounts before their redevelopments were approved. Those who refused or were unable to pay could not develop their properties. This is a major economic strangulation of property developers and has contributed largely to the skyrocketing rent in Ikoyi, VI and Lekki axis.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:42pm On Jan 01, 2014
Tinubu converted all the plots of land where Lagos Polytechnic was located at Ikosi near the old toll gate. He chased away the Polytechnic in 2006 and went ahead to locate the choice plots to himself, his cronies and political associates. The headquarters of Television Continental (TVC), which is owned by him, is located there. He deprived the youths of Lagos of decent education because of his greed.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by bombay: 8:48pm On Jan 01, 2014
Many top officials in the police, INEC and the judiciary who participated in the 2003 and 2007 elections and tribunals in states where Tinubu has interest were compromised with parcels of free prime Lagos land and cash. If the Lagos State Land’s Bureau could publish the names and identities of beneficiaries of land allotees from 2000 to date, the scandal that will result is better imagined.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by kettykin: 8:56pm On Jan 01, 2014
This award by thisday will only Spur Tinubu to Self Destruct knowing full well the his antecedents , power drunkenness, political ambitions

Proverbs 27:14 (AMP)
The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbour, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him for he will be suspected of sinister purposes
This award coming so early in 2014, will gorge Tinubu to commit high treason before 2015 and will lead to his incarceration,political estrangement,demise before Awolowo and Abiola committed high Treason , their Records showed they were at the peak of their political popularity and were considered to be almost more influential and popular than the Nation in which they found them selves before their fall from grace

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Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by agbameta: 9:02pm On Jan 01, 2014
kettykin: This award by thisday will only Spur Tinubu to Self Destruct knowing full well the his antecedents , power drunkenness, political ambitions



This award coming so early in 2014, will gorge Tinubu to commit high treason before 2015 and will lead to his incarceration,political estrangement,demise before Awolowo and Abiola committed high Treason , their Records showed they were at the peak of their political popularity and were considered to be almost more influential and popular than the Nation in which they found them selves before their fall from grace


This is why you villagers don't get ahead, all you do is think, hate, wish and do evil...
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by agbameta: 9:07pm On Jan 01, 2014
kunle4toye@yaho:
u're a liar.He did not strike any deal wt PDP regarding CCB matter. Tinubu was accused of operating foreign account,but the code of conduct bureau(CCB) cud not substantiate this allegation and the matter was struck out. FYI,Tinubu challenged CCB to publish the balances in those acounts,and CCB cudn't do that.it was. later found that the balances in those accounts put together were less than 50,000naira.Moreover,the acounts do not belong to him but his children and wife.Hence,Tinubu was vindicated.


We ignored that ignorant illiterate for a reason..
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by donphilopus: 9:09pm On Jan 01, 2014
ThisDay rigged it! grin
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by gramci: 9:10pm On Jan 01, 2014
agbameta:


And who is your mentor? Oponuchukwu Jonathan abi patience Jesus of okirika.

Ode oshi buruku



Agbamental

Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by shizzle11(m): 9:15pm On Jan 01, 2014
Demdem: Even high ranking killer members through their mouth piece (Nduka paper - Thisday) can't deny the fact that Ojuyobo is an enigma.
Impressive.

Nduka has been high on some crack weed of late, the only reason he would give the kleptomaniac called Tinubu such an unbefitting award. You and I know its all wash
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by agbameta: 9:21pm On Jan 01, 2014
gramci:

Agbamental



That was a question you dumb village olodo.

And who is your mentor? Oponuchukwu Jonathan abi patience Jesus of okirika.

Ode oshi buruku
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by eaglechild: 9:43pm On Jan 01, 2014
kettykin: This award by thisday will only Spur Tinubu to Self Destruct knowing full well the his antecedents , power drunkenness, political ambitions



This award coming so early in 2014, will gorge Tinubu to commit high treason before 2015 and will lead to his incarceration,political estrangement,demise before Awolowo and Abiola committed high Treason , their Records showed they were at the peak of their political popularity and were considered to be almost more influential and popular than the Nation in which they found them selves before their fall from grace

You have said it all!
History has a way of repeating itself.

The psychopaths are continually engaged in praise and worship of their deity Tinubu. Nudging him closer to destruction.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by emiye(m): 9:51pm On Jan 01, 2014
Award well deserved.

Sometimes, i shiver at the thought of a one party state in Nigeria, We could have been a one party state if not for tinubu.

At a point in Nigeria, PDP was controlling 31 out of 36 states. undecided undecided , if they were not nipped in the bud, nothing will stop the powers in charge to sooner or later proscribed all other political parties. This evil trend happen over and over in Africa's political history, and we wonder why there is so much underdevelopment.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by Femolacaster(m): 10:16pm On Jan 01, 2014
The jagaban! Well deserved award.
Re: Bola Tinubu is THISDAY’s Man Of The Year! by Demdem(m): 10:45pm On Jan 01, 2014
shizzle11:

Nduka has been high on some crack weed of late, the only reason he would give the kleptomaniac called Tinubu such an unbefitting award. You and I know its all wash

Well, he remains a bonafide and respected killer member unlike u who remain just a soldier ant within the killer fold.

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