• Ikokwu, Gbagi, Sarah Jubril disagree over her request

By Clifford Ndujihe (With agency report)

IMMEDIATE past Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is battling with cancer in London and being investigated by UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, has asked Nigerians for a special favour. She wants Nigerians to pray for her as she undergoes cancer surgery next week.

Speaking through Oscar Onwudiwe, her family’s lawyer, according to online newspaper, The Cable, Diezani, who denied reports of her arrest, said she was undergoing cancer treatment in the UK and “hopes to come out strong to face all the allegations.”

In a statement, Onwudiwe said: “The Madueke family, like most other families, has its own challenges. For instance, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been receiving treatment for cancer in the UK which started while she was in office. She completed months of chemotherapy just last week and she is scheduled to undergo surgery next week in London.

The family has been bearing this challenge with prayers and as much grace and fortitude as possible; and would plead with all reasonable Nigerians to pray for her recovery so that she can face these allegations and give account of her stewardship.”

The call for prayers came after an earlier statement released on Thursday in which the family revealed the state of the former minister. Onwudiwe had made the following statement:

“The stories are false but it(sic) feeds the mood of the moment; hence, the silence from Diezani all along. It is worth emphasising that Mrs Alison-Madueke was never arrested or detained and her passport was never seized.

She was merely invited, and she honoured it promptly. But there is a limit to how much any reasonable person can bear the tactics of these … We all know that what makes a lie fly is the little truth contained therein.

This happens to be the weapon used to defame highly-placed people.” Onwudiwe also accused the Nigerian media of reporting “laughable claims” of a purchase of an apartment in Hyde Park with an “amount which embarrassingly ranges from £12.5 million sterling to £13 billion sterling (N3.9tr).

“This claim is utterly false and laughable, for the amounts mentioned are only in the imagination of the reporters. This property is quite popular. It belongs to a well-known eminently successful Nigerian entrepreneur who would also find this allegation embarrassing as the intention to sell the property has neither been contemplated nor disclosed to any person.”

Mixed reaction greets Diezani’s prayer request

Diezani’s request elicited mixed reactions from some Nigerians. While some said they would not pray, others said they would pray for the speedy recovery of the former minister to enable her face her graft trial.

We will pray for her and all Nigerians – Ikokwu

Second Republic Politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu, who has always called for the restructuring of the country and adoption of the parliamentary system of government to check corruption, urged Nigerians to pray for the former oil minister.

‘’We will pray for her and all other Nigerians, both those who are ill and well so that God bestows His mercy on all for the right things to be done in the nation. Nigeria needs God’s mercy. God knows those who are guilty and those who are not guilty,’’ he said.

We will pray she recovers and asks for God’s forgiveness – Sarah Jubril

Former Presidential Candidate, Mrs Sarah Jubril said apart from quick recovery it is also good for Diezani to ask for God’s forgiveness if she is guilty of the graft allegations.

Her words: ‘’Thank God she believes Nigerians have a forgiving heart. We will pray she recovers and ask God for forgiveness if the allegations against her are true. Thank God she is alive. I wish her quick recovery. It is good she has the humility to ask Nigerians for their prayers. We hope to see her in good health soon.’’

She doesn’t deserve our prayers – Gbagi

However, former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, disagreed and urged Nigerians not to pray for her. ‘’How can we pray for her when she put Nigeria into bankruptcy? Let her go and ask forgiveness from God.


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Do not worry ma..
we are praying fervently for you but not against cancer.
We are praying to God to help you return our yam jejely.

Stealing is now corruption...

l will certainly do that as it costs me nothing. Praying she is strengthened to render account to fellow Nigerians.

Madam get well soon and come and answer these allegations.

It is well with her...

She will be alright. When you steal N1,000. One child somewhere in Nigeria has to go to bed hungry. Theft and corruption has a ripple effect. Some of those children have died, crushed on the street hawking food so they can eat. You are crying because you lived to an old age, and were trying to buy house in Hyde park. Not to talk of the top of the range medical care you are getting. That child that was crushed because of your greed would not even have been accepted in a hospital for treatment. Shame on you and your lawyers. There are cancer doctors in prison. Goodluck

My only prayer for the shameless frog-eyed thief is to return our stolen monies. Nothing shot of that will ever give her peace

I'll pray for you Madam simply because of the good work yu''ve done for us here.
Imposters will quench aft they heard u r not really arrested in UK

My prayer: you shall not die but live to declare your corrupt works!!!
Another prayer...If you didnt steal/siphon/divert government funds,you shall live buh if you did...*masturbators over to you*

Does she know many Nigerians die as a result of poverty and poor healthcare in Nigeria??

So if Jonathan was re-elected she would have resigned from her position to seek healthcare?

I don't know how to pray for Enemies of Nigeria Biko

U have ruined millions of lives n now u need prayers to save yours How much more stupid can these guys get? We are praying that u return all the money (all of it) that u stole and for u to mention names of ur accomplices

LordMecuzy:
Does she know many Nigerians die as a result of poverty and poor healthcare in Nigeria??

So if Jonathan was re-elected she would have resigned from her position to seek healthcare?

I don't know how to pray for Enemies of Nigeria Biko

The day people begin to see the world (with their own savings, not a sponsored one) & experience what a country is supposed TO BE, FEEL & RUN like, then would they understand the kind of evil our leaders are & have done to this great Nation...

Why the emotional BLACKMAIL ??, why is she not dealing with her illness in private?

Did she spare a thought for how much Nigeria needs cancer research centres, Dialysis centers & Kidney transplant centers & how much the billions she "kept" in escrow would have gone in the way of providing those

They have no reason to put forth that info, it's strictly to blackmail Nigerians emotionally,so we can say the usual ...

"LEAVE IT ALL TO GOD"

Nigerians should remember that irrespective of what she has really done and what she has been alleged to have done, Diezani is still one of us. We should pray for her recovery but this doesn't mean letting her off the hook. The law should take its course!

Get well soon Mrs Diezani, but I still advocate for your prosecution if the British find it necessary.

Madam Diezani. I pray you will NEVER die before your time EXCEPT if found guilty in court and thereby sentenced to death by hanging for the number of souls you have sent to the great beyond with your looting.

I wish you worst than death because instant death never do justice to the evil you have committed to humankind.

I pray you are fine. Cancer isn't something to wish on your worst enemy. Almost like a death sentence.

She don thief finish?

Suffer not a thief to live . Iranu abasha. Pray ko,pray ni .

modath:


Someone was in my mentions about my post about her yesterday, asking me to beg God for forgiveness for my lack of empathy for diezani.. I thought about not responding but eventually did....

I have said it times without number both in the real world & online, that the day people begin to see the world (with their own savings not a sponsored one) & experience what a country is supposed to be, feel & run like then they would understand the kind of evil our leaders are & have to this great Nation...

Why the pity party? They have no reason to put forth that info, it's to blackmail Nigerians & we say the usual ... "LEAVE IT ALL TO GOD"

Exactly

Ok we will.


Just make sure u return our money when you get better or else it will relapse.

Pple are dieing becuz of the billions u stole and ur saying what

The evil that women do lives after them or in your case kills them

[size=20pt]WEEVIN DA GREAT[/size]

If goodluck had won, this woman would be our petroleum minister still and God alone knows where Nigeria will be by now. God knows I supported him in 2011 but when sanusi came up with the $20 billion claim and instead of making an attempt to prove he was innocent he shielded froggy eyes from the Senate and from investigation, I knew his government was a joke that must stop and I thank God we stopped it. Diezani, the evil you did will live with you.

The Lord is your strength...

You dont need anybody`s prayer all that God want from you is to returns the loooted fund and be free of illness try it and thank me latter.

Does she really have cancer?

Mehn this thing is getting too much and too common. It's now an epidemic of sorts.
Hope she gets better.

Lmao.


No she couldn't have said that

Tell the righteous it is well with him, . Isaiah 3 ;10
zekiel 3:18 (CJB) If I say to a wicked person, 'You will certainly d.e'.....


just quoating the scripture.

my prayer for u goes thus:

u shall not die of cancer and may u never get cured

u shall return to nigeria to suffer in jail


u shall spend every other money u stole and hide from nigeria on ur acclaimed cancer


so shall it be...

Madam u ar healed in Jesus name. Amen.

I am so Touched. God will heal you IJMN. Amen

Yeah right; when you stole our money, you forgot that there is a God somewhere; a dake dajo, titobi re! some people would start their suffering from Genesis to Revelation and even their offspring could carry their cross from the past deeds.


Moral: Do right by your conscience on earth so that the earth would judge you right and maybe Heaven might just have mercy on your soul. Vanity upon vanity; all is vanity.

Btw; Buhari got the nod of the most populous Black Country on earth and his campaign was strictly on his integrity and someone even labeled him the most incorruptible man he has ever met; how does Amechi and fashola see themselves when the earth rejects them already just by their ministerial nominations; we forgive but we never forget.