Spirit of Okija: Otedola made billions navigating the treacherous waters of Nigerian business ...

Farouk just fhucked with the wrong man.

Score; Otedola just hit Farouk with a fatal left hook... A video would lay him out flat..


Meanwhile, this case would revolutionalize bribery in Nigeria.. No incriminating phone calls, text messages, meeting rooms will be swept for bugs and[b] all payments will now be done with unsequential bills[/b]...

kingoflag:

The bolded is still where you're going to get tripped.

Nigerian Politicians are just a bunch of baboons. Illiterates. First off, why should you even have any direct communication with a man you're investigating talk less of getting recorded? Second, why even handle the cash when offshore accounts abound by the billions?

Greedy phucking foo*ls. Dem no open eye na dem wan develop country. Yeah right!

Spirit of Okija:

Offshore accounts are not that cool anymore..

Many countries have tightened their banks. Large amounts of monies cant just be deposited like that again without documentation..

If I were the one doing this deal, I would have been more careful, however, Farouk thought he had caught a thief that was begging and willing to pay for his life, not knowing he was being trapped by a smart business man..

PeeDaVinci: both otedola and farouk shold be locked up.
given the information in the public domain at the moment, this is what i believe to be the sequence of events that took place :

- otedola stole some oil subsidy money from FG (this is probably not based on his unsubsidized diesel imports )
- farouk implicated otedola in their initial oil subsidy report
- either farouk demanded for bribe or otedola initiated the move to pay bribe and 3 million dollar amount was agreed on
- otedola never wanted to pay the full 3 million from outset, and set out to record their transaction/meetings
- farouk collected part payment (bills whose numbers are known), settled the necessary lawmakers and then removed otedola's name
- farouk then demanded for the balance, and otedola was playing him and maybe later told him he would not pay him
- farouk threatened to re-include otedola's name in the report
- otedola went to the SSS friend to help him deal with lawan, providing them with his recordings, and he was fast enough to make the first move by releasing the bribery info into public domain
- otedola doctored/removed some of his recordings to make himself appear innocent and goes to the court of public sympathy which is ripened with hatred for the lawmakers
- police knows that to sucessfully prosecute lawan, they have to prosecute otedola too and they do not want to do tha

PeeDaVinci: both otedola and farouk shold be locked up.
given the information in the public domain at the moment, this is what i believe to be the sequence of events that took place :

- otedola stole some oil subsidy money from FG (this is probably not based on his unsubsidized diesel imports )
- farouk implicated otedola in their initial oil subsidy report
- either farouk demanded for bribe or otedola initiated the move to pay bribe and 3 million dollar amount was agreed on
- otedola never wanted to pay the full 3 million from outset, and set out to record their transaction/meetings
- farouk collected part payment (bills whose numbers are known), settled the necessary lawmakers and then removed otedola's name
- farouk then demanded for the balance, and otedola was playing him and maybe later told him he would not pay him
- farouk threatened to re-include otedola's name in the report
- otedola went to the SSS friend to help him deal with lawan, providing them with his recordings, and he was fast enough to make the first move by releasing the bribery info into public domain
- otedola doctored/removed some of his recordings to make himself appear innocent and goes to the court of public sympathy which is ripened with hatred for the lawmakers
- police knows that to sucessfully prosecute lawan, they have to prosecute otedola too and they do not want to do tha

Chinom: Otedola is chasing shadows. I just hope that the FGN and the EFCC will not fall for this crap. This conversation is the private business of both Otedola and Farouk.We are more concerned about those that collected trillions of naira that belongs to us all. Otedola should tell us point blank if he collected close to $300million as subsidy for fuel importation and why he did not import 1 litre of fuel after collecting such huge amount.
Farouk Lawan is a dead man. i don't give a hoot about him. Otedola has a case to answer. Anybody who collected $300m will happily give away $3m as bribe inorder to cover his tracks. Otedola was clearly shedding tears of joy. "i'm crying, my brother " WTF. This is a very embarassing stuff.
OTEDOLA MUST RETURN OUR MONEY HE STOLE.There's nothing smart about this tape. The subsidy report can be empirically verified. CBN has all the records. Otedola should have bribed someone at the CBN to wipe it off. Dealing with this cattle-rearing mallam was a big mistake. Not a very smart move.

oddysey: I'm almost sure Nollywood will come up with a movie about this drama soon - and with an interesting title too.

brabus:

How old are you sir? On what ground do you prosecute Otedola. What are your facts?

Your baseless accusations

- He doctored/removed some of his recordings to make himself...
- He went to SSS to help him deal with Farouk...
- Otedola stole some of subsidy ...

Let me educate you here. Not all crimes leave easy trails of evidence behind.

Prostitution or bribery, for instance, is nearly
impossible to prove without direct evidence of
money being exchanged for sexual services or whatsoever.
The only way Otedola can prove his innocence is to setup a sting operation into the situation. He did all that is required of him:

- Informed the SSS
- Obtained marked money to pay Farouk
- Setup surveillance system to record the transactions. And decided to pay the sum instalmentally. Why do think a man like Otedola decided to pay just N98m instalmentally?
- Recorded voluminous audios and videos to support his claim.
- Was first to report the issue to the public
- Provided evidences
- Requested for public hearing on the issue.

Tell me what Farouk has done to prove his innocence. You were quick to mention Farouk was entrapped, but let it be known that the said money was not paid at once. It was paid instalmentally.

stepo707:
Its out already.You mean you have haven't seen the adverts?

PeeDaVinci:


dude, don't be fooled by me the way I was fooled by lawan's probe - read between the lines

- why would otedola come out to the open one month after the removal of his name from the subsidy report
- why would otedola feel threatened by lawan to pay bribe if he is innocent since lawan's report will anyway, recommend that they be prosecuted, and he can prove his innocence in court
- if it was a sting operation jointly planned with SSS, why didn't the SSS arrest Lawan immediately he collected the money or immediately he moved the motion to absolve otedola in the house
- how on earth would you think SSS will provide a 600,000 marked dollars, and would wait one month before making any attempt to collect back the money (just to show you that the money is from otedola, and i am sure nobody)
- if it is a sting operation, the SSS and not otedola will be dealing with the police. but funny enough, the contrary is the case

i tell you , farouk should be shot, and otedola locked up for many many years

brabus:

Thinking mode activated. Wondering what I'm think?

How do I convince a fool? But I think all the answer to your questions are already provided by you. If only you can think straight.

Let me educate you once again.

1. The bribe was paid for a reason which Otedola must wait for its full implementation before the crackdown. It wasn't enough for Otedola to claim Farouk demanded bribe from him. A sane person would ask 'For what?'
And the answer would be to exonerate Otedola, to delist him which your silly man did after receiving the bribe. Had it been that Otedola paid Farouk after removing Zenon Oil from the list, the case would have been different.

So, ask yourself? Will Farouk had requested that Zenon Oil (Otedola's company) be removed from the list if there was a crackdown?
Will you have believed the story if Farouk hadn't request on the floor of the House that Zenon Oil be removed from the list? Why? Was that also scripted or doctored?

2. You think $600k is a lot of money. That's just NGN98m »» about 1000 bails of N1000 notes. If he's paying in $100 bills, that's just 60 bails.
You think that's too much for SSS to provide. You see why its so hard to convince you.

3. The case is between Otedola and Farouk and not SSS vs Farouk. That explains the reason why Otedola simply decided to deal with the culprit and not the committee.

4. You ask why Otedola feel threatened if he wasn't guilty. Hmm!
I know your type, you can also ask a kidnapped person why he decided to pay a ransom when he knew he wasn't guilty. You definitely need to research more on what a Sting Operation is.

Bros, I'm done with you. You sound like Facrook himself

jibosqie: Otedola now officially has a Record label and its churning out Hits and Charts Busters

PeeDaVinci:

- bros, it does no good to insult pple who hold a different opinion on issues.
- i can respond to the issues you raised, but, i think we are gonna be here forever, as none of us would shift ground
- we both want the same thing - that nigeria should be better, we just have different interpretation of the events that transpired. u believe it is a sting operation and otedola is innocent, and i say it is no sting operation, and otedola is as guilty as farook and both of them should do some time in prison

dougivilla: Lets not be fooled by this comic distraction. Where is our =N=2.1 unapropraited subsidy money? At what stage is d probe report now? Why did'nt Otedollar tell d police to conduct their investigations in public. What kind of sting operation is this that only Ote$ has d audio and video evidences n is choosing what, when, where n how they r released. Hw com d sss has not confirmed being a part of d sting? Who provided d $3million 4 d op n where is d bal of d marked money now? Who authorized an individual to carry dat volume of cash? Why is d sss reportedly now footdragging n frustrating d investigation? An insult 2 d National assembly is an insult 2 us all. And by d way, when did Ote$ become a reformer?

muami: Transcript:

Lawan: ...Secondly, please thin that we are doing, keep it to yourself otherwise you will make it difficult for us
Otedola: ok
Lawan: you will make it difficult because somebody called me now and said that we said we are going to address it. so, so please keep it..
Otedola. Ok. I am now
Lawan: because if it is already out that we are going to do something, when we do it, people will think that we are doing it because we had compromised. And you know that is something that err... and if my colleagues get to hear about it. I won’t be able to convince them. So keep it to yourself. Let it not be like anybody is aware of what is happening. If anybody asked you, simply explain that this thing you know from your record. You have all the records and you have made a case to the committee. You have sent your documents to the committee
Otedola: Yea , Yea Ok
Lawan: It’s left for the committee...
Otedola: God bless you.
Lawan: It’s left for the committee to decide what to do. Please keep it that way.
Otedola. Ok. Ok
Lawan: The moment it gets out now we are going to correct it, then it means we have already haaa...so let it be. I want to spring a surprise on the floor and that is the only credible way I can do this..

compaqB: @ ALL: Why is it that all the response from Otedola is either "YES or OK"?

brabus:

Thinking mode activated. Wondering what I'm think?

How do I convince a fool? But I think all the answer to your questions are already provided by you. If only you can think straight.

Let me educate you once again.

1. The bribe was paid for a reason which Otedola must wait for its full implementation before the crackdown. It wasn't enough for Otedola to claim Farouk demanded bribe from him. A sane person would ask 'For what?'
And the answer would be to exonerate Otedola, to delist him which your silly man did after receiving the bribe. Had it been that Otedola paid Farouk after removing Zenon Oil from the list, the case would have been different.

So, ask yourself? Will Farouk had requested that Zenon Oil (Otedola's company) be removed from the list if there was a crackdown?
Will you have believed the story if Farouk hadn't request on the floor of the House that Zenon Oil be removed from the list? Why? Was that also scripted or doctored?

2. You think $600k is a lot of money. That's just NGN98m »» about 1000 bails of N1000 notes. If he's paying in $100 bills, that's just 60 bails.
You think that's too much for SSS to provide. You see why its so hard to convince you.

3. The case is between Otedola and Farouk and not SSS vs Farouk. That explains the reason why Otedola simply decided to deal with the culprit and not the committee.

4. You ask why Otedola feel threatened if he wasn't guilty. Hmm!
I know your type, you can also ask a kidnapped person why he decided to pay a ransom when he knew he wasn't guilty. You definitely need to research more on what a Sting Operation is.

Bros, I'm done with you. You sound like Facrook himself

boyendowed:

You are so incoherent.You are not making sense at all