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Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by superior1: 11:46am On Jul 19, 2011 |
Just came across this article. Na frustartion or african juju we go call this or outright maddness? Ministerial nominee jumps into lagoon Font size: FRANCIS SUBERU, MURITALA AYINLA AND OLAJIDE OMOJOLOMOJU 19/07/2011 01:10:00 Lagosians watched in awe and consternation yesterday evening at the Leventis bus stop in Marina, Lagos, when a ministerial nominee, Mr. Al-Mustaim Alade Abaniwonda, aged 56, dived into the lagoon under mysterious circumstances about 3pm. He eventually drowned in the lagoon. Abaniwonda was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Lagos East in the April 9, 2011 National Assembly election. According to Abaniwonda’s driver, simply identified as Wasiu, the senatorial candidate, who lost to the incumbent Senator Tunde Ashafa of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and whose name was among the list of 10 nominees sent to President Goodluck Jonathan for consideration as minister from Lagos State, was coming from a bank on Lagos Island when he told the driver that he was pressed and would need to use the toilet. Wasiu added that all his entreaties and persuasions that his boss should wait until they get to his office, at the CSS Bookshop building in Broad Street, fell on deaf ears. Wasiu said: “He ate his food after we left the bank and he told me he was going to use a toilet down there. That was all until I heard people shouting. He was still struggling to get out when I got there but he later went down inside the water.” Wasiu was promptly arrested by police officers attached to the Marine Police Division at whose backyard the incident took place. He was not allowed to talk to people afterwards and when National Mirror attempted to talk to the DPO, he bluntly said he was not position to brief the press on the matter. Eyewitness account has it that when the politician jumped into the river, he was still able to stand upright but he deliberately walked into a deeper portion of the lagoon. A toilet operator, who does not want his name in print said: “We didn’t know what happened in the vehicle before he came down. But when he got to us, he told us he wanted to use our toilet. We were still looking for the key and water when he walked towards the river. “He took off his jacket, wristwatch, wallet and made for the lagoon side. We were even telling him that is not the toilet, he insisted on going towards other direction. We called him again and he answered in Yoruba saying: Ani mo fe se gaa, meaning, “I want to defecate”. All of a sudden we just saw him in the lagoon. “I saw him dive into the water. We threw a floater and a tyre at him but he wouldn’t use them. Instead, he struggled to a deeper side of the river. “He was there still floating for about three minutes and luckily a flying boat was on sight. We waved at the boat to help rescue him at the point he was still floating but when the boat arrived, he swam and hid under the last pillar; when the people saw that they went there.” Another eyewitness account said Abaniwonda slipped and fell into the lagoon while going to the toilet. But she confirmed that he obviously frustrated all attempts at rescuing him. She, however, blamed the marine police for their inability to rescue the drowned senatorial candidate, saying they didn’t do anything special to help him. Her words: “I am disappointed in the marine police. They had their flying boat and swimming jackets in the station, why can’t they jump into the water and pull the man out? At least that is their duty; instead, they were throwing tyres and floaters like ordinary people. Things like this could never have happened in civilised country.” Abaniwonda’s son, who rushed to the scene with some other siblings barely an hour after the incident, told National Mirror that there was nothing in his father’s mood or attitude to suggest he was not happy or was worried about anything. “My mother celebrated her birthday yesterday and he was there happy. We celebrated together with other family members. If he is still in the water up till now, and you told me it happened about an hour ago, then he must have died because he is diabetic. There is a limit to which his lungs would be able to hold him under water.” Abaniwonda drove in a Toyota Camry car with registration number MU 555 AAA while his son and other siblings who came in two jeeps one of which has the Federal Government registration number FG 527 A52, could not stop crying but were not willing to talk to the press. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Mr. Jinadu Samuel, who spoke to National Mirror on phone, said he was not aware of the incident but promised to contact the Marine Divisional Police Officer to get adequate brief on the incident. The Epe-born politician, was a senatorial candidate for Lagos East under the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the ACN before crossing over to the PDP in 2003 after he sought to contest the senatorial district’s ticket on ACN’s platform but was asked to step down for the eventual winner of the ticket, Hon. Olorunnibe Mamora, Abaniwonda holds a first degree from the University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife). He is the founder and managing partner of Alade Abaniwonda & Partners, an investment company, with offices at the CSS Bookshop building, Broad Street, Lagos. The question on the lips of sympathisers was: “What could have made a supposed millionaire leave his family and wealth to commit suicide by jumping into lagoon?” The answer to this question could only be answered by Abaniwionda himself. Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, all efforts to retrieve his corpse from the lagoon have not yielded any positive result as all the searchers have retired for the day, with the intention to continue today. Speaking on the development, the Lagos State PDP Secretary, Mr. Olatunji Shelle, told National Mirror that he was yet to confirm the authenticity of the story, adding that he doesn’t believe that Abaniwonda for any reason could jump into the lagoon. He said that he was on his way to the police station where the complaint was lodge, adding that until he confirms the incident, he cannot make any comment. The state chairman of the PDP, Setonji Koshoedo in a telephone chat with National Mirror declined comment, saying: “I have no comment. The search is still on, but I cannot comment on that incident for now.” |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by superior1: 12:01pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Her words: “I am disappointed in the marine police. They had their flying boat and swimming jackets in the station, why can’t they jump into the water and pull the man out? At least that is their duty; instead, they were throwing tyres and floaters like ordinary people. Things like this could never have happened in civilised country.” Abaniwonda’s son, who rushed to the scene with some other siblings barely an hour after the incident, told National Mirror that there was nothing in his father’s mood or attitude to suggest he was not happy or was worried about anything. “My mother celebrated her birthday yesterday and he was there happy. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by superior1: 12:12pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
On-lookers and rescuers at the scene
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Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by Nobody: 12:20pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
nigerians! i never see! person dey drown, people pocket their hands dey watch! |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by Dyt(f): 12:22pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
^^ chuckles bt rili dis s sad sighs |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by tunnytox(m): 12:24pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Maybe he has an underlining mental health issue who knows whether if he becomes a minister this mental situation will manifest in forms of looting the treasury with impunity. Anyway RIP |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by luvinhubby(m): 12:25pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
my condolance to the family, maybe him juju don backfire. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by denzel2009: 12:36pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
df2006: I wonder o. . . Sounds like somebody threw his shigidi into the lagoon somewhere or a remote access to his brain. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by otokx(m): 12:38pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
The man got tired of life so people should leave him to meet his maker. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by ikooko(m): 12:42pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Eeedi re lode. Ki olorun dele feni to ti ku - RIP! |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by happyday: 12:44pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Hmm, And this is tragic ,the situation is dicey,, really!Or,how do we explain this? |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by stagger: 12:48pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
African remote control at work! HAAA! ![]() |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by AYODEJI4LOVE(m): 12:53pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
This strange oo |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by houvest: 12:56pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
So sad. What could be the problem here? Whodunnit? |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by airmark(m): 12:58pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
It's like they were trapping a big fish in the picture above. Bad technique, No urgency in the attitude of the rescuers. A similar scenario of how our leaders comically claiming to rescue Nigeria as a nation from present predicament. So sad. ![]() |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by oludashmi(f): 12:58pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
The picture alone is annoying and amazing |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by mymoto(m): 1:00pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
This is African remote control in action.O koja becareful gan ni |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by dustydee: 1:08pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Very strange. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by collinsJn(m): 1:10pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
nigerians! i never see! person dey drown, people pocket their hands dey watch! + 1. Diz One Na Small Self,Couple Wit d Fact Say d Onlookers Fit Dey FEAR Becos dem No Sabi SWIM.U Never Cee d One wey Person Get Accident, Instead Of People Standingby 2 Rush 4 RESCUE,U Cee Dem Running AWAY 'll In d Name Of Say Police Go Accuse Dem Wrongly, Na Wah 4 Niger Finally, Na Only God Go HELP Us. My Heart Felt Sympathy 2 d Family. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by honeric01(m): 1:11pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
And they are yet to find the body? What happened to all the small boat fishermen that are always found in the area? Toilet close to the Lagoon, yet none of them could swim to have him saved? This tory get as e be o. So he was walking inside the water until he got to the place he drown? during all these period, no one could at least do something when they saw he was mis-behaving? ![]() |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by DeepSoul(f): 1:18pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
There are some things we'll never understand. This is one of them |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by DaDoctor: 1:34pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
He Shud have been patient at least It is true that he may have been frustrated out of ACN (Haven crossed from AD INTO ACN) By BABA TEE himself who chooses who is to be, but on the present platform and owing to his nomination, hope still abounds!! Hope its unconnected with any spiritual influence or large debt portfolio though |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by kourtyneyk: 1:38pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
is this a joke ? or for real? |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by hbrednic: 1:45pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
only baba God knows what happened to this man. RIP |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by Nobody: 1:46pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Could this be cos of frustration? Hmmm. . . Money atimes, is not everything! May his Soul RIP |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by becky4real(f): 2:03pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
African remote control indeed. ![]() |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by coded777: 2:19pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
df2006: |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by adeibi: 2:31pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
And his driver was arrested, was he the one that pushed him into the river? |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by dayokanu(m): 2:34pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
Na wa oo |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by VALIDATOR: 2:36pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
superior1: It was a well calculated suicide attempt.So,please stop blaming people for not helping him out of the water. |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by narttis1: 2:38pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
This is really strange.so nobody fit help the guy, na wa for 9ja |
Re: Ministerial Nominee Jumps In Lagoon. Frustration Or African Juju At Work? by kuraking(m): 2:40pm On Jul 19, 2011 |
He must have heard a bad news from the bank, . . The bank he is coming from should be investigated. . . Rest in peace pa |
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