snailspeed:
I have been following the so called Dasukigate and I am amazed how easy it is for a government to use the media to deceive and distract the ignorant masses. History has shown that propaganda remains the biggest tool of any government that intends to enslave a people. Unfortnately, even the current opposition has been quite incompetent in putting the records straight

For the records, there is nothing like a $2.1B arms money. It was a propaganda masterstroke well concotted by the DSS and EFCC to distract everyone from the incompetence of the Buhari administration. That is why former president Goodluck Jonathan has come out twice now to put the records staright that he never approved any $2.1B arms money. But it seems the ignorant masses still dont get it. So where did the "$2.1B arms money" headline originate from?

$2.1B was the monies that was allocated to the office of the NSA throughout Dasuki's tenure as NSA. These monies come under SECURITY VOTE. It was not money allocated to the purchase of weapons as the DSS and the EFCC have claimed. That is why they cant take Dasuki to court. They will lose woefully. Security vote is not money allocated for arms purchase. Of the whole monies that make up the $2.1B, only the $300 million from the returned Abacha loot was actually recommended for the purchase of arms. That is why in court, the charges brought against Dasuki was in that range. But they are likely going to lose in court for that because weapons were actually purchased. Whether they are worth $300 million is what the EFCC will have to prove in court. But from the way they have been refusing to follow the court process, one is safe to assume that they dont trust their own case against Dasuki.

But why did they go with the headlines of "$2.1 Billion arms purchase money" when they knew it was not the case? Because the whole anti coruption fight was only a propaganda stunt from the beginning. It was a well crafted stunt to distract the masses and persecute any dissenting voice so Buhari can fully consolidate power. Does that mean I think many of the politicians mentioned in the scandal are clean? By no means! Nigerian politicians are corrupt without a doubt including the presidency and everyone in the rulling APC party. The president's campaign itself was sponsored from corruption. The Amaechi corruption scandals are well documented with very strong evidence.

If Dasuki has stolen any funds, he should be prosecuted accordingly, but the media propaganda and charade has got to stop. Media trial is injustice in itself. I find it really deceitful when I see lines like "what will you tell the Nigerian soldiers that didnt have weapons to fight and were killed because Dasuki shared the arms money". That is nothing but propaganda and trying to appeal to sentiments to push a narrative. If that were the case, what has the same military been using to fight BH in the last 8 months since Buhari has not bought any new weapons? What weapons did the army use to push back BH prior to the 2015 elections? Did they push BH back with their bare hands too? Even Lie Mohammed claims BH has been defeated. With which weapons did the army defeat BH? With their bare hands?

It is important we put all these straight so we dont fall for cheap propoaganda by a government that has completely lost its way. The same government that claims they are fighting corruption came out with a terrible corruption laden budget where they intended to connect cables from the President's residence to the drivers residence with N300 million. In fact, the budget of yams was so laden with coruption that they had to shamelessly withdraw it.

The world has changed. If the current government thinks they will continue to rule with propaganda, they should think again because they will be exposed again and again. Thank God for social media and the Internet!

Sorry to everybody that I have to quote the entire first post.
For the first, I see a writer who is actually thinking.
I have said similar things in bits in many of my posts online.

President Jonathan said he never awarded any contract of $2.1 Billion dollars. So where did the money come from?

This sycophants in an attempt to please their perceived Mr. Integrity, calculated all the security budget of Dasuki and told us he shared the money. Really?
Since Buhari have not bought any weapons, what weapons is he and Lai Muhammed using to win Boko Haram technically?

This is just like religion that was imposed on us. We are being forced to beleive Dasuki shared 2.1 Billion dollars by Media. I am sure none of those Media outlets has any clue about where the money come from.

They just post propaganda news all over the place..
I am sure all Nigerian Politicians are corrupt. We haven't seen the government that will help us. That government will come when Atleast 60% of Nigerians cast their votes for their preferred candidates without expecting money for their votes.

snailspeed:
I have been following the so called Dasukigate and I am amazed how easy it is for a government to use the media to deceive and distract the ignorant masses. History has shown that propaganda remains the biggest tool of any government that intends to enslave a people. Unfortnately, even the current opposition has been quite incompetent in putting the records straight

For the records, there is nothing like a $2.1B arms money. It was a propaganda masterstroke well concotted by the DSS and EFCC to distract everyone from the incompetence of the Buhari administration. That is why former president Goodluck Jonathan has come out twice now to put the records staright that he never approved any $2.1B arms money. But it seems the ignorant masses still dont get it. So where did the "$2.1B arms money" headline originate from?

$2.1B was the monies that was allocated to the office of the NSA throughout Dasuki's tenure as NSA. These monies come under SECURITY VOTE. It was not money allocated to the purchase of weapons as the DSS and the EFCC have claimed. That is why they cant take Dasuki to court. They will lose woefully. Security vote is not money allocated for arms purchase. Of the whole monies that make up the $2.1B, only the $300 million from the returned Abacha loot was actually recommended for the purchase of arms. That is why in court, the charges brought against Dasuki was in that range. But they are likely going to lose in court for that because weapons were actually purchased. Whether they are worth $300 million is what the EFCC will have to prove in court. But from the way they have been refusing to follow the court process, one is safe to assume that they dont trust their own case against Dasuki.

But why did they go with the headlines of "$2.1 Billion arms purchase money" when they knew it was not the case? Because the whole anti coruption fight was only a propaganda stunt from the beginning. It was a well crafted stunt to distract the masses and persecute any dissenting voice so Buhari can fully consolidate power. Does that mean I think many of the politicians mentioned in the scandal are clean? By no means! Nigerian politicians are corrupt without a doubt including the presidency and everyone in the rulling APC party. The president's campaign itself was sponsored from corruption. The Amaechi corruption scandals are well documented with very strong evidence.

If Dasuki has stolen any funds, he should be prosecuted accordingly, but the media propaganda and charade has got to stop. Media trial is injustice in itself. I find it really deceitful when I see lines like "what will you tell the Nigerian soldiers that didnt have weapons to fight and were killed because Dasuki shared the arms money". That is nothing but propaganda and trying to appeal to sentiments to push a narrative. If that were the case, what has the same military been using to fight BH in the last 8 months since Buhari has not bought any new weapons? What weapons did the army use to push back BH prior to the 2015 elections? Did they push BH back with their bare hands too? Even Lie Mohammed claims BH has been defeated. With which weapons did the army defeat BH? With their bare hands?

It is important we put all these straight so we dont fall for cheap propoaganda by a government that has completely lost its way. The same government that claims they are fighting corruption came out with a terrible corruption laden budget where they intended to connect cables from the President's residence to the drivers residence with N300 million. In fact, the budget of yams was so laden with coruption that they had to shamelessly withdraw it.

The world has changed. If the current government thinks they will continue to rule with propaganda, they should think again because they will be exposed again and again. Thank God for social media and the Internet!

kudos to u for saying what everyother Person refused to see. Let APC and Buhari decieve themselves and think they are deceiving sane Nigerians. Thank God for social media.

TonyeBarcanista:

No Sir! The $2.2 billion wasn't for "security vote" as you claim. It was an extra-budgetary amount that the FG set aside for arms purchase. It is different from the $1billion that the FG borrowed in 2014 for same purpose and other budgeted expenses.


The so-called $300million returned Abacha loot forms part of the $2.2 billion extra budgeted for arms purchase. They aren't for "Security vote". Even the authorisation by Jonathan said arms purchase. Sambo Dasuki didn't deny that. In fact, he said that Jonathan approved the $2.2billion for the purpose.


N/B: The arms purchase $2.2billion is different from the appropriated monies by the NASS. Allow the people invoved to defend themselves.


It isn't propaganda Sir!

good let us know. Don't want nobody confusing me. And has Dasuki denied disbursing those monies... Naija!!!!!!!

Welcome to Nairaland Supreme Court where cases are won by mouth!

GEJ said..., PMB claimed..., APC denied...., Sambo admitted..., EFCC discovered.

There's a little to differentiate all I'm reading here from reported speech. They're baseless until they're published in public domain.

theshadyexpress:


give us a link to where dasuki said money was shared

stop believing beer parlour gists, read and be enlightened

I don't know under what rock you have been, because more than 10 people have come out to confirm having received money for political activities from the ONSA

I don't know if there are two ONSA

maverickboy:




well analysed writeup there! but this raises one or two questions and those are:

Where does the money that was distributed to those people that have been mentioned so far comes from?

Or no money was ever distributed to anybody and the names being mentioned is part of the propaganda?

But mind you, not one of those people, despite realising the implications of the scandal on their political career denied to have collected money from the last administration.

This is a good question.. However, we were told that PDP raised over 2 billion naira campaign money.. So who shared those ones?

Secondly, are we in the position to tell PDP who will share their money for them?

proxillin:
The author of this is the biggest idiot of 2016. Dokpesi confessed , when released started blabing rubbish just like the writer of the junk.

I dont blame you. I blame Buhari for not jailing dose modafacas.

This is the latest approach of loosers (Tanoid). Its a propaganda just like boko-haram does not exist

sofly sofly. take am for easy may u no get high bp.

The courts that they took him grant him bail he his still in efcc custody if not propaganda

The rate efcc and dss give information about the corruption they fighting clearly shows its propaganda and nothing more

TonyeBarcanista:

He has already been taken to court. He has two pending cases in court

What baffles me in this issue is that the government is accussing Dasuki of diverting or misappropriating $2.2 billion ( 500 billion naira). Yet they took him to court for diverting 13billion naira. Who then is responsible for the rest?

TonyeBarcanista:

Dasuki has already been charged to court. He is in detention for a different case. He wants to run abroad in the name of bail. The FG however is dishing the meal bit by bit.

Perhaps, you are not aware that Sambo released statement on this issue and NEVER in the statement refuted the $2.2 billion sum.

Again, save your epistle for the judge.

U are just wasting ur time with that snailspeed or whatever

I can bet a fortune what part of nigeria he is from

Only IPOB youths will support criminality without any shame

The IPOB youth even said you can use security votes to buy soap lolzzzzzz

IPOB youths will not kill us with laff

Can some body remember how many billion Naira was gathered by PDP on her pre election fund raising? It was covered live in National TVs.

Does it mean that any money traced to any of the PDP chieftain is from Arms deal, didn't they spend the money I mentioned above?

Can somebody calculate GEJ's monthly security vote for 5 yrs; my governor use to collect N1bil monthly the that oil was liquid gold.

snailspeed:


Please educate yourself. Security votes can be used for about anything from sinking of bore holes in a community to buying soap and food for some group of people to media publicity and sensitization. That is what the law allows. Leave out the sentiments

Can you please quote the relevant law that allows the NSA to share the allocation of ONSA to the presidents political associates?

Plus, kindly answer the question I asked you earlier.

GeneralShepherd:


Let it be debated in court, is that too much to ask?

Why do you want to see Nigeria go back to the age of kangaroo justice and illegal detention?

Two cases are already in court

If me wey CHOP de NATIONAL YAM knows very well that they YAM was bought with the ARMS MONEY. ..........and even if it is a PROPAGANDA the fact that YAMS were shared by DASUKI, NIGERIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUERY THE SOURCE OR RATHER THE FARM WHERE THE YAMS WRER CULTIVATED! AND PLEASE WE THE YAMS EATERS HAVE ADMITTED COLLECTING AND POUNDING THE YAMS ! IS THAT ALSO A PROPAGANDA WE CREATED JUST FOR THE FUN OF DISGRACING OURSELVES .............MTCHeeeeeeew........u no get sense.

If me wey CHOP de NATIONAL YAM knows very well that they YAM was bought with the ARMS MONEY. ..........and even if it is a PROPAGANDA the fact that YAMS were shared by DASUKI, NIGERIANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUERY THE SOURCE OR RATHER THE FARM WHERE THE YAMS Were CULTIVATED! AND PLEASE WE THE YAMS EATERS HAVE ADMITTED COLLECTING AND POUNDING THE YAMS ! IS THAT ALSO A PROPAGANDA WE CREATED JUST FOR THE FUN OF DISGRACING OURSELVES .............MTCHeeeeeeew........u no get sense.

dvee2:
Some people can be so funny in defending the indefensible. Let us assume from your write up that the money was meant for security vote, what then is security vote meant for? Is security vote meant for sharing with political allies? When you include security votes in your budget, it implies the money should be use for any uprising including purchase of arms to quell insurgency and not for distribution among PDP.

All state Governor collect security vote but not for security Purpose. They use the fund for political issue and personal use just as Dasuki did. This is Nigeria

ejiinii:
The courts that they took him grant him bail he his still in efcc custody if not propaganda

The rate efcc and dss give information about the corruption they fighting clearly shows its propaganda and nothing more

He is arrested for another offence. The FG is serving him the meal in bit.

..i wont be surprised, they used "chibok girls" the whole electioneering year of 2015, this year is all about hypocritical probes while every other thing stands still. Shame!! Those who know Booooohari should advise him to stop flaunting his illiteracy. He can probe and move the country forward at the same time..you just don't dump the well being of a striving economy to chase shadows. The IMF Boss was very disappointed in Booooohari's style of leadership, she was in Nigeria 4years ago..under GEJ, the country was booming.

TonyeBarcanista:

No Sir! The $2.2 billion wasn't for "security vote" as you claim. It was an extra-budgetary amount that the FG set aside for arms purchase. It is different from the $1billion that the FG borrowed in 2014 for same purpose and other budgeted expenses.


The so-called $300million returned Abacha loot forms part of the $2.2 billion extra budgeted for arms purchase. They aren't for "Security vote". Even the authorisation by Jonathan said arms purchase. Sambo Dasuki didn't deny that. In fact, he said that Jonathan approved the $2.2billion for the purpose.


N/B: The arms purchase $2.2billion is different from the appropriated monies by the NASS. Allow the people invoved to defend themselves.


It isn't propaganda Sir!

You have changed. You use to research issues well before you write or respond but these days, you sound like the self-appointed APC information officer. Where and when did Dasuki admitted that Jonathan approved $2.2billion for arms? Provide the video link please because since the "media trial" commenced, Dasuki has not said anything unless the lies and propaganda published by the same set of government propaganda machines. Kindly provide the links to the video where Dasuki admitted your above assertion sir. The last thing I heard on National television from his lawyer is that the truth will come out in the open court (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJtdZ41IHwQ). You are also aware that Metuh allegedly said the same thing that we should wait to hear his side of the story in the open court.
Bros, many of us love you especially your unbiased and intelligent opinions but lately sir, you have changed with the change. Hope you have not been "visited" too?

Edited
Even if you look at all the charges in court, no mention of arms money except private expenses of PDP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrAkRuPd45I&spfreload=10

The op make the write up with fact you talking from emotion the summary of the post is security votes can be use for anything

Tell amechi and fashola to tell us what they use the security vote for

EbukaFran:



U are just wasting ur time with that snailspeed or whatever

I can bet a fortune what part of nigeria he is from

Only IPOB youths will support criminality without any shame

The IPOB youth even said you can use security votes to buy soap lolzzzzzz

IPOB youths will not kill us with laff

I laugh out loud when I meet people here arguing over politicians political mess. I don't know what is exactly is wrong with us, the common citizens, defending shady politicians who don't care about us. Imagine the mind-boggling huge amount of monies they sat and shared among themselves comfortably and confidently. Never had us in their minds when doing so, and we are here defending them over our own lost. I don't know if we're being bewitched by them to be blinded forever, and even fighting against our liberty. C'mon, it's time we wise up and say no to them, and welcome our liberation, thanks.

seunmsg:



Can't you please quote the relevant law that allows the NSA to share the allocation of ONSA to the presidents political associates?

Plus, kindly answer the question I asked you earlier.

.....GBAAAMMMMMMMMN ! You talk sense ! I wish all Nigerians will THINK and REASON like you

snailspeed:


Please educate yourself. Security votes can be used for about anything from sinking of bore holes in a community to buying soap and food for some group of people to media publicity and sensitization. That is what the law allows. Leave out the sentiments

What you've just said is false, which law exactly are you referring to? Please provide evidence of such a law if it exists!

https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-dasuki-got-jonathans-approvals-collect-2-1bn-nnpc-9-months

"Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, received an extra-budgetary allocation of $2.1 billion from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) within nine months after approvals by former President Goodluck Jonathan, TheCable can report. Dasuki is currently being investigated by the federal government over the billions of dollars released for the procurement of arms for counter-terrorism operations under Jonathan.
Documents seen by TheCable showed the breakdown of NNPC’s disbursements to the office of the NSA as follows:

$1 billion on March 27, 2014;

$200 million on April 9, 2014;

$600 million on May 5, 2014;

and, same day, $200 million following a request for $250 million.

The documents also showed that on January 12, 2015, he got $100 million, bringing the total amount his office received from the NNPC to $2.1 billion within the nine months. "

"TheCable can report, however, that Jonathan approved all the disbursements by NNPC, with his senior special assistant on administrative matters, Matt Aikhionbere, writing the covering letters conveying presidential consent to the corporation after the president had minuted on Dasuki’s requests.

"

One of the reason why the NNPC audit report was suppressed and subsequently embargoed

snailspeed:


You have nothing to say my friend. If I call you a sycophant, it is not an insult. It is a compliment

You just repeated the same nonsense you posted before (and nonsense is not an insult. It means something doesnt make sense). If Dasuki gave Dopkesi monies that he should not have giving him in the first place, Dasuki will be guilty of fraud, not just conspiracy. That is diversion of funds. That is misappropriation! You do not even need a Dopkesi to prosecute him for that! You dey fall hand bro

Are you not with this statement, disqualifying your earlier post.Dasuki is being charges for misappropriation of government funds and abuse of the office of the ONSA, due to his own claims as to what the money was used for and whom may have approved it(yet to be confirmed by GEJ, thou NOI did confirm signature of a memo) , what the EFCC are now doing is coalition of the recipients of such disbursement to enquire if they are co-conspirators.

So far many have confirmed receipt of funds from the ONSA for party activities, which is conventionally not the duty of the ONSA.

Let the dust settle first. I'm yet to see what EFCC are doing as wrong. Our society is perverse and destroyed by corruption it is time we rescue it and your assertions do not show you share that desire

snailspeed:


You keep defeating yourself in your own posts! Hear yourself:

"Secondly, you can't charge Dasuki for "stealing" or diverting $2.2billion when you are yet to establish that he diverted/stole all the monies on his own."

How can you say he diverted money at all if you dont know how he diverted it? Arent you confused? That means you arrested a man, claimed he is a thief and you are now trying to find out what and how he stole? Thank you for defeating your own arguments. You just made it very clear it is all propaganda and media trial!!!

Read what he wrote again

snailspeed:


Are you aware the loan was never sourced? This is why I say you lot have been overfed with propaganda!

Am sure u read my first paragraph.

Now to calculations $300m = #57b this is just a section of the revelation so what happened to the previous year's budgets and allocations to fight insurgency before the election year of 2015 oh boy us as an agent / agency of confusion can't derail me ok
Now the nsa accountant said they took money in briefcases to the house of the NSA that was just a case out of many others yet unknown .



Oga abeg park well

It's only an open trial in law courts that'll put to rest these figures flying around.

Taking sides on matters we ain't sure of won't do justice to parties involved.

Paid apologists of the corrupt elite are just wasting their time researching into matters that are way beyond their level of intelligence. Cases have been filed in court, why not relax and watch the crossfire between prosecution & defence counsels. At least when the media reports the courts proceedings wailing wailers won't start screaming "media trial"

drss:
most of dem ar basing their views on d media, unfortunately for dem, more dan half of d news about dasukigate ar lies.

MAIN WHILE THE ZOMBIES HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT DASUKI LAWYER CAME OUT AND CATEGORICALLY DENIED THAT DASUKI DID NOT MENTION THOSE NAMES THAT EFCC ARE SHOUTING.

You have said it all this tonyebarcanista was very smart in his analysis but he has lost it since when he joins apc

If the case against dasuki is not propaganda why detain them

thunder74:

You have changed. You use to research issues well before you write or respond but these days, you sound like the self-appointed APC information officer. Where and when did Dasuki admitted that Jonathan approved $2.2billion for arms? Provide the video link please because since the "media trial" commenced, Dasuki has not said anything unless the lies and propaganda published by the same set of government propaganda machines. Kindly provide the links to the video where Dasuki admitted your above assertion sir. The last thing I heard on National television from his lawyer is that the truth will come out in the open court. You are also aware that Metuh allegedly said the same thing that we should wait to hear his side of the story in the open court.
Bros, many of us love you especially your unbiased and intelligent opinions but lately sir, you have changed with the change. Hope you have not been "visited" too?