Moves:

@ Debosky, I want to know if you consider that regardless of whatever being insinuated by Saharareporters; any person of Abati's reputation represents an institution and should have moved to douse any speculations, Dont you think that he owes it to the reading public to reply to such insinuation as they (public) ultimately are responsible for his current status

Moves:

If indeed he accepted the allocated land regardless of whether he actually paid for it or not, I personally consider it a stain on his person having read his article "how much land does one Man need"as i would expect him to have rejected such offers knowing fully well the furore it can bring, Did Gani not reject a national honour that he more than deserved, for pete sake A celebrated journalist like him can afford the buy a land in Abuja of private entity and keep his integrity intact without undue questions,

spoilt:

Someone like Dr Reuben Abati should know when to reject a 'gift' , be it paid for, at a discount or whatever. That would ensure he remains blameless while doing his great work. It is true that everyone has a price. Prime plots in Abuja? Hmmmmmmmm.

Moves:

for pete sake A celebrated journalist like him can afford the buy a land in Abuja of private entity and keep his integrity intact without undue questions,

B.O.S.S.:

No one is saying Abati should remain poor but as we all know him, he was quick to dedicate an article with regards to someone who used his name in one of the usual 419 scams so how come he's keeping quiet on this? I think that's why people are rather puzzled.

Abati never (or almost wouldn't) ignore allegations that could forever stain his name. I find this a bit puzzling myself though I'm on the fence.

debosky:

What are you saying really? How is 'how much land does one man need' related to PAYING for ONE PLOT of land in Abuja

Read the Article -he wrote it.then u will see

Why can't Abati get a land allocation approved by the minister directly? Why must he buy 'of a private entity'? ALL Land allocation (whether through 'private entity' or not) is approved by the minister, so what is this talk about 'undue questions'??

National Honour is a different matter all together - it is not your constitutional right to have a national honour. ANYONE is allowed to own land in Abuja, and he got allocated and paid for it.


BUT NOT EVERY ONE IS ALLOCATED A CHOICE LAND IN ABUJA--It is also not a constitution right to be allocated a land in Abuja, It can be deemed as an entitlement due to his standing in society,


This is nothing but rumour mongering. Let people speculate to the high heavens. It is high time we stopped operating by rumours and start sticking to facts.

I dont consider it rumour mongering as they present a documentary evidence to show he was allocated a land, the Issue is not whether he paid for it or Not; but allowing his integrity to be questioned by accepting such as allocation he puts himself in light of corrupt politicians that are greedy for grain, he doesnt work in Abuja does he? He is not a civil servant ? hence he must know and expect that tongues will wag

Moves:

I dont consider it rumour mongering as they present a documentary evidence to show he was allocated a land, the Issue is not whether he paid for it or Not; but allowing his integrity to be questioned by accepting such as allocation he puts himself in light of corrupt politicians that are greedy for grain, he doesnt work in Abuja does he? He is not a civil servant ? [/b]hence he must know and expect that tongues will wag

See me see trouble oh! Does everyone own land ONLY where they work? Even if we accepted such a ludicrous reason, does The Guardian not have an Abuja Bureau/Office that the Editor will visit from time to time ?

Are only civil servants allowed or expected to own land in Abuja??

BUT NOT EVERY ONE IS ALLOCATED A CHOICE LAND IN ABUJA--It is also not a constitution right to be allocated a land in Abuja, It can be deemed as an entitlement due to his standing in society,

Entitlement? Maybe, but there are hundreds of thousands of people who have secured allocations in Abuja without any fuss, why is this a different case? Granted not everyone is allocated choice land in Abuja, but not everyone is allocated choice land anywhere - [b]Must my dad now pack out of his 'choice' land in Lagos because not everyone has land there?

debosky:

See me see trouble oh! Does everyone own land ONLY where they work? Even if we accepted such a ludicrous reason, does The Guardian not have an Abuja Bureau/Office that the Editor will visit from time to time ?

Are only civil servants allowed or expected to own land in Abuja??

Entitlement? Maybe, but there are hundreds of thousands of people who have secured allocations in Abuja without any fuss, why is this a different case? Granted not everyone is allocated choice land in Abuja, but not everyone is allocated choice land anywhere - Must my dad now pack out of his 'choice' land in Lagos because not everyone has land there? 

He paid for the land he got allocated - there is NOTHING special or corrupt at that. If the Editor (or CEO) of a Newspaper cannot get ONE piece of land  HE PAID FOR without defending himself, what is the world coming to?

This is idle rumour mongering. Yes there is evidence of allocation - that is not in denial. But except for the fertile imagination of the Saharareporters, there is nothing to suggest corruption. WHY SHOULD HE NOT ACCEPT ALLOCATION OF LAND IN ABUJA? Give me ONE cogent reason.

Ordinary people have land allocations from the same body, why not Abati? Is being an editor now a crime that you can't buy land anymore??

redsun:

The time of the mainstream media is over,in england,they are hanging on by attaching free gifts like cds,dvds,novels etc to their papers to attract ever dwindling readers.The melt pot of informations is your hand,you don't need no sell-out murderfuckers to tell u what is going on,they are the system puppets,from rupert murdoch to ibru.

All those noise makers are no more important than market women or butchers,how come they are not allocating lands to market women and butchers for free?What right does the government have to dispose the people's resources to who ever is in their good book?

Most of us are mouthing loud about corrupt system but still think it is right for government to bend the rules sometimes.ANIMAL FARM