PART 1

Nigeria: EFCC - Chronology of the Deceit!

According to an English adage, it is not all whom the dogs bark at that are thieves!

The EFCC chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has publicly declared almost every serving past leader as thieves, except perhaps those in the good books of the greatest pretender of our time - former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He has repeatedly in the past called former President Babangida all sorts of uncharitable names even though the biggest official robbery committed within the shortest space of time took place under the sanctimonious Obasanjo administration. Public robbery under that administration was glorified as financial skill.


In his latest antics, Nuhu Ribadu wants to create the mischievous impression that the Yar'Adua administration is not zealously committed to the anti-corruption crusade as his predecessor - Gen. Obasanjo, even though the former president is scared to declare his assets publicly. His rude confrontation with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa is testimony to EFCC's mischievous game to discredit President Yar'Adua's philosophy of following the rule of law.

Ribadu and his fellow travellers on Obasanjo's train kangaroo culture are not happy to be directed to operate within the boundaries of the rule of law. For so long, Nuhu Ribadu deceived Nigerians and it is high time someone stood up and exposed his lies and insincerity in fighting corruption. As one produces a chronology of evidence, the chinks in the armour of the EFCC will be revealed and then we shall all see that the real obstacle to the anti-corruption crusade is Ribadu's insincerity and rough justice. Justice is supposed to be blind, but in EFCC's case, it is one-eyed!

Didn't Ribadu tell the Senate in 2006 that thirty-one governors had cases to answer over corruption and even claimed that he had watertight evidence to nail them? Now, why did the number suddenly reduce to mere five governors? Ribadu consistently rejects accusations of lopsided justice, but why didn't he show enthusiasm towards the petitions against certain former governors?

It was recently reported that forty billion naira was donated to the PDP 2007 presidential campaign war chest by corporate bodies in violation of the limits set for donations to political parties by the Electoral Act 2006. Was Nuhu Ribadu in a slumber? Were these donations not made with the full knowledge of former President Obasanjo? Why didn't Ribadu or Emmanuel Ayoola of ICPC show interest in these corruption-laden donations? What has become of Ribadu's celebrated guts?

Nigeria also lost fifty-seven billion naira as revenue as a result of import duty waivers and concessions generously granted by Obasanjo to his blue-eyed boys in Nigeria's private sector. Does Nuhu Ribadu need to be reminded that this is corruption and abuse of office? Were the Vaswani brothers not deported out of Nigeria at the instigation of their business rivals who were friends of Obasanjo? The Vaswani brothers were accused of defrauding Nigeria of forty billion naira as import duty evasion.

What happened to Ribadu's report on the eighty-five billion naira scandal at the Nigerian Ports Authority? Former President Obasanjo publicly discredited the report, describing it as inconclusive because his friend, Bode George, was involved. If Ribadu is driven by principle rather than opportunism, why didn't he resign, at least to prove to Nigerians that Obasanjo was not sincere about the anti-corruption crusade? It is clear from this case that contrary to the impression that Ribadu is making sacrifice for doing this job, the man has private motives for continuing in office despite the hypocrisy of Obasanjo.

Mallam Ribadu is obviously dancing in a net, but how long can he fool discerning Nigerians? In the wake of the third term project in 2006, it was on record that fifty million naira cash was being dished out to any senator willing to play ball by voting for constitutional amendment. Strangely, but not surprisingly, Nuhu Ribadu swept the issue under the carpet.



Obasanjo's cousin and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Mr Joseph Makanjuola, were cited in a 420-million naira corruption scandal and were arrested to impress the public that Obasanjo's government meant business. However, a few months later, the then Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Kanu Agabi, rushed to the court to discontinue Makanjuola's prosecution, which conveniently created the chance for him to escape abroad. Was Ribadu sleeping when this incident happened under his nose?


Perhaps to prove that he meant business, Mallam Ribadu once arrested Gen. Babangida's son, Muhammad Babangida, harassing the poor boy to explain how he got the money to buy shares in Globacom. But our moral warrior, Ribadu, did not arrest Gbenga Obasanjo to explain how he has been making his money after abandoning his medical practice in the US. to return to Nigeria when his father became the president in 1999.

Besides, Obasanjo's son in the US., Muyiwa, allegedly bought a house at 570 thousand dollars, just one year after leaving the university. And when the press cornered Ribadu, he said Muyiwa is a private citizen, which is outside the purview of EFCC duties. How deceitful! Was Muhammad Babangida a public office-holder when Ribadu went after him?


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It's up to Nigerians to wake up!

only a foolish Nigeria will not know that EFCC is pure rubbish.

Abacha did better with 'Failed Bank Tribunal'; real criminals were put behind bars.

@Poster - what exactly is your point?

@Poster

you must be a meaningless goat for posting a topic that makes no meaning- stupid, idiotic and arrant nonsense.

EFCC is fooling Nigerians and Nigerians are fooling EFCC. Stalemate--no progress!!!!

Big B1:

Who Is Fooling Who?

You certainly are not fooling any one except yourself peharps. That's for sure.

Long live the EFCC.

EFCC is fooling Nigerians and Nigerians are fooling EFCC. Stalemate--no progress!!!!

You've said it all.

U dnt expect the EFCC to clamp down on all the corrupt people,there are powers in high places my friend that wnt let that happen.You critice ribadu as if he is the cause of corruption. I just dnt get wut ure driving at,in a country where political assasination is rampant u want him to stupidly sacrifice his own life abi?
U say EFCC is rubbish yet they ve clamped down on many leaders.If u claim dat he is fooling us cos he faild to clamp down on every1 then dats unfair i must say.
Is it all armed rubbers that are caught by the police?
Is it all students that cheat dat re caught?
Is it all smuggles that re caught?
So y should ribadu's case b different

What is the purpose of attacking the poster? Was the poster chased you out of Nigeria? Was the poster the governor of your village? Does one need to be a scientist to point or figure out the defectiveness of the war against corruption in Nigeria?
I don't get it, but one thing is for sure: boys will always be boys, while men will remain men.

The facts are enormously out there; I just truly don't know how long or what it will take for Nigerians to start waking up from this eternal microsleep.

It is also disgusting to see how many of us are still out there that are just purely immune to being bamboozled.

It seems to me that the political dummies are fooling the dumbos! (absolutely waste of money, time and no progress)

The EFCC actually speaks from two sides of their mouths. They go for the real thieves and at the same time wrongly atack the opposition to c(t)hief Obj and his cronies. It must be noted that those theives they go after are those who have fallen out of favour with Obj. If not so, why is Olabode George still waxing stronger after embezzeling NPA's fund while people like Otumba Oyewole Fasewe and Otumba Mike Adenuga are being harrased because of their friendship with Atiku Abubakar. Every day might be for the thief, but one day will definitely be for the catcher.

PART 2

Nigeria: EFCC - Chronology of the Deceit!

Does the EFCC realise how steadily its credibility is ebbing away by allowing itself to be used by Obasanjo? The problem of the EFCC did not start with AG Aondoakaa; its crisis of credibility was building up over time and, therefore, it is only blackmailing the Minister of Justice to divert attention from its insincerity. What we had under the former administration was a case of naked emperors; everybody knew they were in their birthday suits, but the only people who didn't take notice were the pretenders themselves.


When former Governor Saminu Turaki's supporters alleged that former Presidential Assistant, Andy Uba, collected ten billion naira from Jigawa State to finance the third term project, the EFCC quickly denied it. Is EFCC Andy Uba's mouthpiece? Is Andy Uba not capable of defending himself? Why does EFCC become jittery when it comes to allegations that threaten to expose Obasanjo's hypocrisy?



Ribadu's blind loyalty to Obasanjo is intriguing. It seems the EFCC boss is ready to worship the ground Obasanjo walks on! But it is misplaced loyalty because Obasanjo is the embodiment of hypocrisy. He perceives Babangida, Atiku Abubakar, Aliyu Gusau, Otunba Fasawe, Mike Adenuga and others as crooks yet he was lapping up their donations for his own causes. In 1999, Babangida and others raised three billion naira for his presidential campaign and he didn't challenge them about the sources of the money. If he is the epitome of integrity and incorruptibility as he passes off, why didn't he reject the donations?

The Atiku Campaign Organisation once accused Ribadu of buying a house at Asokoro valued at more than 300 million naira under the monetisation policy. In fact, Atiku's supporters repeated this allegation in a documentary run on AIT. Why didn't Ribadu defend the allegation? We have waited and waited but still he hasn't uttered a word of explanation over the house he allegedly purchased.

He promised to shock Nigerians over Transcorp yet almost two years after, we have heard nothing about the conglomerate. Let him know that the scales have dropped off from our eyes. Considering the speed with which he moved against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the PTDF scandal, which was hyped with nauseating frequency, why didn't he react with the same moral fury against Obasanjo's share purchase scandal in Transcorp while he was holding office?

Nigerians can also recall that in 2002, the Acting Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr Vincent Azi was unceremoniously dismissed from his job for submitting a report to the National Assembly, which indicted the Presidency of not applying the principle of transparency in the management of public funds. Therefore, the EFCC can no longer blow smoke in our eyes and Ribadu's rude confrontation with Aondoakaa is a mere red herring to cover up its credibility deficit.


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It's up to Nigerians to wake up quick!

you must be a meaningless goat for posting a topic that makes no meaning- stupid, idiotic and arrant nonsense.

The replies have not answered or provided better reason instead result to abusing the poster.

This shows the poster is very correct and the abusers are in denial, denial of having been deceived by EFCC.

Guy u dey waste ur time 4 here abi wetin u want make we do now?
Read my previous post and tell me wut u think

Abeg @Poster

All these EFCC thing don pass - Nija don move pass this place wey you dey bring us back.

All these EFCC thing don pass - Nigeria don move pass this place wey you dey bring us back.

You've displayed a typical farmer's mentality during a drought.

Nigeria don move pass exactly what, my man?

Wut do think

Wut do u think

PART 3

AGF slams Ribadu for politicizing anti-graft war PDF

PORT HARCOURT—Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Michael Andooaka, has slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the politicization of the fight against corruption insisting on the rule of law in the anti-graft war. Speaking on the second day of the ongoing Senate retreat in Port-Harcourt, Andooaka said the failure of the EFCC to bring Globalcom boss, Michael Adenuga Jnr. and several other prominent officials to trial even after the lapse of their immunity justified his claim.

The EFCC boss Mallam Nuhu Ribadu who was expected to present a paper alongside the Attorney General failed to turn up. Sources told Vanguard that he was unwell.

The AGF also denied insinuations that he took over the prosecution of the former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Kalu saying that his recent controversial actions were only aimed at establishing a benchmark for the anti –graft war.
“I will fight corruption,’’ Mr. Andooakaa said to wild applause from senators.

Noting that the fight against graft had been politicized, he wondered why none of the several political office holders hounded by the EFCC prior to the elections had been successfully brought to trial.

Noting the arrest of Globalcom boss, Mr Adenuga, he said:
“If agencies of government are used for political ends, there are bound to be problems.  In Adenuga’s case, how do you carry forty policemen or so to arrest a harmless Nigerian without a court warrant?

“It is unjust and unconstitutional.  It is rascality and a breach of the law to say you will arrest a man before looking for evidence to prosecute.  You do not arrest a man before looking for evidence to prosecute him.  It is the other way round.”

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It's up to Nigerians to wake up from this lengthy dream!

they are fooling they

Guess its pointless

So, big b1, what do I make of the figures normally churned out by this agency as records of thieving governors? Believe them or drop them as cheap propaganda?

I think the poster has been hooked by EFCC, hence he is copying and pasting another man's reports here.

i think all this talk about EFCC is rather not making any meaning when it is obviuos you don't have a better suggestion on what to make them act better. Its good and often very easy to point out flaws and leave out the good side to what EFCC is doing or has done - it is someone with a faulty look at the events in the country that will not see anything good in what the EFCC has done in the country since inception. If you - poster - wants us to judge by ourselves, let us do the judging and stop posting what you think the EFCC has done wrong or is doing wrong, and to me, copying what someone else has written verbatim and posting them here makes you like you cant think for yourself.

arrant nonsence - so because Obasanjo's son bought a house for 570,000 dollars, you want EFCC to go after him? So any private person in business that gets his/her money legitimately now should be tailed by EFCC, even when that person hasnt been in government?

Maybe EFCC should be scrapped and everybody should be free to lot the national treasury as it was in the days of yore.

arrant nonsence - so because Obasanjo's son bought a house for 570,000 dollars, you want EFCC to go after him?

yes.


why did he go after IBB son simply because he has shares in globalcom?

babasin:

yes.


why did he go after IBB son simply because he has shares in globalcom?

Because he was connected to the Globacom debacle thru Atiku - dont you know something?

When they vilify the EFCC/Ribadu, Nigerians find more reasons to give them support.

It is on record that after the onslaught by the AGF on Ribadu, more than 65% of Nigerians in most opinion polls called for the sack of Micheal Aondoakaa.


Those engaging in campaign of calumny against Ribadu will die doing that and yet Ribadu's reputation will still be soaring.

Whether they like it or not Ribadu will remain popular in the heart of sincere Nigerians.

Popularity has 2 ways to go about it.

Osama bin ladedn is popular. . , . . . . . Nelson Mandela is also popular

meant the true sense of the word "popular"

You might like to check your dictionary for what it means

"Popular" does not mean "prominent"