dazdilijae:
I would ask is the release Bail out fund by Buhari to states appropriated? Why would the same Buhari the order the arrest of okonjo when he has commited the same crime? If he does then he should be impeached.
The law is for every1 big or small, minister or president.

ibnjarir93:
State Assemblies approved for their respective states.

sonOfLucifer:

PassingShot:

You illiterates keep regurgitating the same line over and over as if whatever you're spewing is correct.

FYI, a part of the bail out money was meant to be shared by all federating states and the other part is a loan from CBN to be paid back at low interest. Please get enlightened.

SleekyP:

Buhari, Order Immediate Arrest Of Okonjo-Iweala & Emefiele - By Ilesanmi Omabomi

It has long been established that a subordinate has no legal obligation to obey illegal orders from his/her superior. This point is important as we examine the recent nauseating revelations about the huge sums of money that the former finance minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, made available to the now arrested former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Few days ago, Okonjo-Iweala admitted giving Sambo Dasuki the sum of $322m on the orders of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Before that the same Okonjo-Iweala admitted spending $2bn
from the Excess Crude Oil account on the orders of the former President. The Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele has admitted giving Sambo Dasuki billions of Naira and dollars on the orders of the former president. A good part of these monies were given to Sambo Dasuki in cash in clear contravention of existing anti-money laundering laws by the country’s chief banker. Let us put the money laundering issue to the side for now.

The problem with the orders from the former President to the then finance minister and current CBN governor is that they were illegal. Neither the President nor any other government official in Nigeria has the legal authority to order the spending of funds that have not been appropriated by the National Assembly! Both subordinates knew or ought to know that the orders they were obeying were illegal and should have refused to comply. Resignation was an option. Between these two subordinates they cost the nation in excess of $5B by obeying the referenced illegal orders. That is just what we know so far and this kind of behavior is going on at every level of government everyday.

The arrest and prosecution of Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emediefe will send out the message that “the president ordered the payment” is not a defense known to the laws of Nigeria. Their prosecution is imperative in light of the fact that a lot of the money being stolen in the country is not in the custody of the people stealing them. They rely on a group of people that I call facilitators in an upcoming article to get access to public funds in the custody of the facilittors.

In almost every case of monies made available to Sambo Dasuki, all those making the money available were following illegal orders and they knew it. The time has come for Buhari to beam the searchlight on this group of people. The commercial bankers who allow government officials to come into their banks and withdraw millions and billions in cash in apparent violation of anti-money laundering laws are facilitators of corruption because they know the funds are dirty hence the need to terminate the paper trail through cash withdrawal. The bankers ought to be in jail too partly because they make tracing these funds more complicated.

To understand the importance of subordinates not obeying illegal orders, imagine that Okonjo-Iweala, NNPC and Godwin Emefiele refused to obey the former President’s illegal orders and resigned under pressure and spilled the beans. With Nigerians fully aware of the attempted fraud it would have been difficult for their replacements to obey the same illegal orders. Buhari’s anti-corruption war must involve establishing a culture that encourages civil servants, and bank employees to disobey illegal orders. This will prevent our money from leaving the treasury rather than chasing after the money after it has been stolen.

Before closing I will like to remind people that a majority of the civilians and military officers who were tried, executed or jailed by the post-World War 2 Nuremberg Trials courts in Germany were obeying orders from Adolf Hitler. The problem was that Adolf Hitler had no legal basis for issuing the orders and those who ended up being executed for obeying the orders had no obligation to obey the orders.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emefiele should be familiar with the Nuremberg Trials. The lesson is that a superior cannot order a subordinate to do anything that the superior has no authority to do himself/herself. Nigerians must rid themselves of the idea that a President has the power to order anyone to do anything in the absence of enabling legislation. Na oga say make I do am is not a defense

http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/12/why-buhari-must-order-immediate-arrest-okonjo-iweala-and-cbn-governor-godwin-emefiele

B69U:
Ultimately, Buhari Gov is going to run aground. The man is strictly on a witch hunt and revenge mission.

It will end with Buhari's head.

SleekyP:



It has long been established that a subordinate has no legal obligation to obey illegal orders from his/her superior. This point is important as we examine the recent nauseating revelations about the huge sums of money that the former finance minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, made available to the now arrested former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Few days ago, Okonjo-Iweala admitted giving Sambo Dasuki the sum of $322m on the orders of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Before that the same Okonjo-Iweala admitted spending $2bn
from the Excess Crude Oil account on the orders of the former President. The Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele has admitted giving Sambo Dasuki billions of Naira and dollars on the orders of the former president. A good part of these monies were given to Sambo Dasuki in cash in clear contravention of existing anti-money laundering laws by the country’s chief banker. Let us put the money laundering issue to the side for now.

The problem with the orders from the former President to the then finance minister and current CBN governor is that they were illegal. Neither the President nor any other government official in Nigeria has the legal authority to order the spending of funds that have not been appropriated by the National Assembly! Both subordinates knew or ought to know that the orders they were obeying were illegal and should have refused to comply. Resignation was an option. Between these two subordinates they cost the nation in excess of $5B by obeying the referenced illegal orders. That is just what we know so far and this kind of behavior is going on at every level of government everyday.

The arrest and prosecution of Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emediefe will send out the message that “the president ordered the payment” is not a defense known to the laws of Nigeria. Their prosecution is imperative in light of the fact that a lot of the money being stolen in the country is not in the custody of the people stealing them. They rely on a group of people that I call facilitators in an upcoming article to get access to public funds in the custody of the facilittors.

In almost every case of monies made available to Sambo Dasuki, all those making the money available were following illegal orders and they knew it. The time has come for Buhari to beam the searchlight on this group of people. The commercial bankers who allow government officials to come into their banks and withdraw millions and billions in cash in apparent violation of anti-money laundering laws are facilitators of corruption because they know the funds are dirty hence the need to terminate the paper trail through cash withdrawal. The bankers ought to be in jail too partly because they make tracing these funds more complicated.

To understand the importance of subordinates not obeying illegal orders, imagine that Okonjo-Iweala, NNPC and Godwin Emefiele refused to obey the former President’s illegal orders and resigned under pressure and spilled the beans. With Nigerians fully aware of the attempted fraud it would have been difficult for their replacements to obey the same illegal orders. Buhari’s anti-corruption war must involve establishing a culture that encourages civil servants, and bank employees to disobey illegal orders. This will prevent our money from leaving the treasury rather than chasing after the money after it has been stolen.

Before closing I will like to remind people that a majority of the civilians and military officers who were tried, executed or jailed by the post-World War 2 Nuremberg Trials courts in Germany were obeying orders from Adolf Hitler. The problem was that Adolf Hitler had no legal basis for issuing the orders and those who ended up being executed for obeying the orders had no obligation to obey the orders.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Godwin Emefiele should be familiar with the Nuremberg Trials. The lesson is that a superior cannot order a subordinate to do anything that the superior has no authority to do himself/herself. Nigerians must rid themselves of the idea that a President has the power to order anyone to do anything in the absence of enabling legislation. Na oga say make I do am is not a defense.


http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/12/why-buhari-must-order-immediate-arrest-okonjo-iweala-and-cbn-governor-godwin-emefiele

omonnakoda:

The bailout fund was done openly and not in secret like these other issues so we can debate its legality or otherwise and citizens can even go to court. Also the elected representatives of the people in the Natioanal Assembly are aware and have the opportunity to raise objections.
The CBN Act establishes the CBN as Banker to government and empowers it to make loans to ALL tiers of government which is what the bailout money is in part. Part of the bailout money is Excess Crude money which also has queries about its constitutionality and I believe is already before the courts. FG has no authority to maintain excess crude funds without consent of states

dazdilijae:
I would ask is the release Bail out fund by Buhari to states appropriated? Why would the same Buhari the order the arrest of okonjo when he has commited the same crime? If he does then he should be impeached.
The law is for every1 big or small, minister or president.

plaetton:


Oh.
I am not defending any one of those characters or their actions.
But the drama is simply unfolding.

How you m.orons are blaming the former finance minister, when no evidence of wrong doing on her part so far , is what baffles me.

Where is your so-called due process?

bettercreature:
They were carrying out GEJ's order,i dont see a reason why they should be arrested
You are just in hurry,Dasuki will never go down alone

tete7000:


And you don't know too that Eweala advised that those monies be given as loan which govt is meant to repay in future? Oh sorry you haven't been following her arguments. You are one sided.

omonnakoda:

The bailout fund was done openly and not in secret like these other issues so we can debate its legality or otherwise and citizens can even go to court. Also the elected representatives of the people in the Natioanal Assembly are aware and have the opportunity to raise objections.
The CBN Act establishes the CBN as Banker to government and empowers it to make loans to ALL tiers of government which is what the bailout money is in part. Part of the bailout money is Excess Crude money which also has queries about its constitutionality and I believe is already before the courts. FG has no authority to maintain excess crude funds without consent of states

abimic:

Did they anybody claim money wasn't documented but rather diverted, if the money was never documented, how then can we trace it? The point still remains, had NOI wanted sincerity just as the days of OBJ, she would have resigned, that was what the op opined. Be that as it may, buhari bail out fund was followed by all Nigerians and what's the purpose of legislature when the government is already accountable to the people? Before buhari's regime, who knew about the arms saga? GEJ regime was filled with so much secrecy and a high taste for self aggrandizement. NLC followed the bail out fund, even governors agreed to it, many workers couldn't even take home their meagre #18000 per month and you want the president to sit idle and watch people go hungry. Brother, don't be wicked o and you compare this good gesture of the president to turning a blind eye to bad act just as the case of NOI. God's watching!

eph12:

That it was done openly does not make it legal. It only means those involved with the appropriation et al don't know what the Constitution says about it or choose to look away. we expect everything done in this administration to be guided by the law and Constitution.

dazdilijae:
I would ask is the release Bail out fund by Buhari to states appropriated? Why would the same Buhari the order the arrest of okonjo when he has commited the same crime? If he does then he should be impeached.
The law is for every1 big or small, minister or president.

dazdilijae:
I would ask is the release Bail out fund by Buhari to states appropriated? Why would the same Buhari the order the arrest of okonjo when he has commited the same crime? If he does then he should be impeached.
The law is for every1 big or small, minister or president.

tete7000:


You are just being unnecessary emotional here. You have simply told me in your argument that appropriation is not rigid since you argued Buhari can evade it to avoid hunger. Don't you believe that Jonathan too can evade it to end war. At least only a people in peace as oppose to war can feed? Or don't you think if weapons had been bought and northeast war brought to an end, the people living there wouldnt be thanking Jonathan by now? Our problem is not with appropriation or not but with diversion and mismanagement. If Eweala argued she acted in national best interest she can be forgiven. The grouse are with those who didn't put the money in appropriate use.

Dedetwo:


Per the bolded, openness does not absolve any act from illegality. Crimes are committed in the open and under the sunlight. Most Nigerians have their forms of logic.

Proudnigga:
what the guy was trying to say is: why don't buhari arrest and prosecute former president Goodluck Jonathan since all those involved in the deal did as instructed by the former President

fartkay:



Peep keep praising gej just because he handed over peacefully, it looks foreign to us and they all jubilate.

Someone is trying to fight wat has been regarded as a huge issue in Africa out of Nigeria ( corruption) but we condemn him. Nigerians tends to appreciate a bad man in good uniform just because he does tinz in d good look but aftermath effect is dangerous.

My ambition does not worth blood shed of any nigerian, but wat about d $2.1b arms deal converted to private wealth n d death of our gallant falling soldiers n our fellow Nigerian in d struggle.

bettercreature:
How much did you get from all these stolen funds? stop acting like illiterate,we youth are the one paying for these bullcraps,You are right to some point tho,PMB must not get involve

adconline:
Please stop this Nonsense!! GMB cannot be the investigator, prosecutor, police, judge, executor in these cases. Let the be charged if they have enough evidence... We aren't in Idi Amin republic!!