CNN Investigates Why Buhari Dumped $182 Halliburton Bribe Scandal.
JANUARY 16, 2016 BY DURUEBUBE
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, discipline and avowed commitment to fight, name and shame corruption had never been in doubt since Nigerians have high hopes in his administration to ‘fight corruption among the elites’, in a bid to free Nigeria’s economy from Kleptomaniac. As it is a fad that “when you fight corruption, surely corruption will fight back,” aptly captures the trending conspiracy of few Nigerian Army Generals (retired) and former Heads of State who allegedly prompted Buhari to ‘let-off’ his earlier, intentional investigation of $182million Halliburton bribe scandal, so he may continually ‘govern Nigeria in peace’.
CNN iReport gathered that few weeks before Buhari made his maiden visit to United States, words reached him that few retired Army Generals who were erstwhile Heads of State were allegedly not happy with the planned moves by the no-nonsense disciplinarian to re-open the Halliburton scandal, with the sole intention to expose, disgrace and prosecute some of culpable generals and other highly-placed Nigerians whose hands may have been ‘soiled’ by the cookie-jar of corruption in Bonny Island Liquefied Natural Gas Project.
As such, after General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), a former Nigeria’s Head of State received a phone call from from General Olusegun Obasanjo, also a former Nigeria’s president where he brought the attention of IBB to the fact that they way Buhari was going about corruption-fight, he would eventually probe the majority of past administration, including IBB era. This position was echoed by another Nigerian Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar; which prompted a conspiracy theory to ‘place Buhari in order’. Abdusalami had visited IBB in his Minna Castle in Niger State, there it was concluded that IBB should stylishly pass on their position to Buhari to halt his earlier intended probe of his predecessors.
In a press statement issued by IBB through his media adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, it reportedly reads: “On General Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition to take up issues with his colleague former president. But, for the purpose of the record, we are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou-attitude. He is a one-time minister of petroleum and we have good records of his tenure. Secondly, he also presided over Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which records we also have. We challenge him to come out in clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. General Buhari should be properly guided.”
CNN iReport gathered when intelligence report reached Buhari on the position of these retired Army Generals and former Heads of State, and bearing in mind how mean they can fully engage him in ‘dirty-fight’ which may ridicule him in the eyes of Nigerians and expose his stewardship then as Minister of Petroleum in 1976 that led to the mysterious disappearance of a whooping US $2.8 Billion from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC account in Midlands Bank, United Kingdom allegedly under his watchful eyes, Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.
For the records, Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum in 1976 under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration. Not much is known about any scandals that occured during his tenure as Minister, but there are rumors of the mysterious disappearance of US$2.8 Billion from the NNPC account in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom, during Buhari’s stewardship. Now that IBB has threatened to expose him, it lends a certain credibility to the rumors indicting Buhari of grand graft.
As if Jonathan knew that this would happen. In the last days of his administration as president in Aso Rock villa on May 27, 2015 during Federal Executive Council valedictory session witnessed by big-wigs of Peoples Democratic Party, he said “Some people are even calling for the probe of the government, but I think in Nigeria, there are a lot of many things that will be probed, very many things, even debts owed by states and debts owed by this country from 1960 up to this time. They say it is Jonathan’s administration that accrued these debts,” Jonathan said.
“I believe that anybody that is coming for probe must also ensure that this probe is extended beyond the Jonathan administration. Otherwise, to me, it will be a witch-hunt. If we are very sincere, it is not only the Jonathan administration that should be probed.”
CNN iReport investigation showed that Jonathan administration may have been singled-out as ‘corrupt government’ due to the fact that he was a minority-leader from Niger-Delta and obviously not a military, but a civilian leader. There are feelers from some Nigerians that this probe may not have happened if Jonathan had been a retired Army General.
For Folu Adewope, an undergraduate of University of Texas Arlington, UTA, her words: “This is obviously a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation would not have happened if Jonathan had hailed from the North and had been a retired Army General. Why can’t Buhari open the Halliburton scandal, and openly prosecute Obasanjo, Abdusalami, Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigeria’s Vice president and every other corrupt Nigerians named in the scandal. As Nigerians, we are interested in this case.”
Recently on his Facebook wall-page, Femi Adeshina, special aide to the president on media and publicity, said: “It would be a distraction for the President to begin digging into all former administrations, but for a proper take off of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, there is need to look into the immediate past government (Jonathan’s). We are interested in investigating Jonathan’s government to recover stolen funds”.
International Community watch in Disbelief
As at the time of going to the press, members of International Community, particularly the United States government is shocked that Buhari ought not to leave any stone unturned in fighting corruption no matter whose ox is gored. The Halliburton bribery scandal is seen by members of international community as a litmus test for Buhari to prove his desire effectively to combat corruption among the elites in Nigeria.
Culled from CNN
Source:http://oblongmedia.net/

hmm.

edit your post and make it easy to read

With all these facts emerging from right left and centre I wonder if is not time we Nigerians opened our eyes instead of allowing political sentiment and tribalism to be cloud our logical reasoning

Yeye oblong media
We are done with propaganda

I heard his wife Aisha is also part of d halliburton scandal. Anyway, d world is watching.

Because erm... erm... The king makers are involved

this is uncalled for at this critical stage of the country trying to recover from the brutality of corruption and if CNN or any other organizations or individual has an axe to grind with the president, he should come out of anonymity, to hide under the guise of journalism and incite violence against the state, by the way, who even made the US and the EU the standard of the world and then refer to them as international community?

asadike:
I heard his wife Aisha is also part of d halliburton scandal. Anyway, d world is watching.

Yeah, she benefited.

Its just Hypocrisy.

Hmm...Oga dikwa hot.
I will be most happy if the halliburton case is fast reopened

Cnn's iReport is citizen journalism. Meaning you or I can write or upload videos to their site. It's not a CNN investigation per say.

Zero facts are checked, nothing is edited or screened. Just like reading an opinion piece.

camelus:
CNN Investigates Why Buhari Dumped $182 Halliburton Bribe Scandal.
JANUARY 16, 2016 BY DURUEBUBE
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, discipline and avowed commitment to fight, name and shame corruption had never been in doubt since Nigerians have high hopes in his administration to ‘fight corruption among the elites’, in a bid to free Nigeria’s economy from Kleptomaniac. As it is a fad that “when you fight corruption, surely corruption will fight back,” aptly captures the trending conspiracy of few Nigerian Army Generals (retired) and former Heads of State who allegedly prompted Buhari to ‘let-off’ his earlier, intentional investigation of $182million Halliburton bribe scandal, so he may continually ‘govern Nigeria in peace’.
CNN iReport gathered that few weeks before Buhari made his maiden visit to United States, words reached him that few retired Army Generals who were erstwhile Heads of State were allegedly not happy with the planned moves by the no-nonsense disciplinarian to re-open the Halliburton scandal, with the sole intention to expose, disgrace and prosecute some of culpable generals and other highly-placed Nigerians whose hands may have been ‘soiled’ by the cookie-jar of corruption in Bonny Island Liquefied Natural Gas Project.
As such, after General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), a former Nigeria’s Head of State received a phone call from from General Olusegun Obasanjo, also a former Nigeria’s president where he brought the attention of IBB to the fact that they way Buhari was going about corruption-fight, he would eventually probe the majority of past administration, including IBB era. This position was echoed by another Nigerian Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar; which prompted a conspiracy theory to ‘place Buhari in order’. Abdusalami had visited IBB in his Minna Castle in Niger State, there it was concluded that IBB should stylishly pass on their position to Buhari to halt his earlier intended probe of his predecessors.
In a press statement issued by IBB through his media adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, it reportedly reads: “On General Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition to take up issues with his colleague former president. But, for the purpose of the record, we are conversant with General Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou-attitude. He is a one-time minister of petroleum and we have good records of his tenure. Secondly, he also presided over Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which records we also have. We challenge him to come out in clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. General Buhari should be properly guided.”
CNN iReport gathered when intelligence report reached Buhari on the position of these retired Army Generals and former Heads of State, and bearing in mind how mean they can fully engage him in ‘dirty-fight’ which may ridicule him in the eyes of Nigerians and expose his stewardship then as Minister of Petroleum in 1976 that led to the mysterious disappearance of a whooping US $2.8 Billion from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC account in Midlands Bank, United Kingdom allegedly under his watchful eyes, Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.
For the records, Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum in 1976 under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration. Not much is known about any scandals that occured during his tenure as Minister, but there are rumors of the mysterious disappearance of US$2.8 Billion from the NNPC account in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom, during Buhari’s stewardship. Now that IBB has threatened to expose him, it lends a certain credibility to the rumors indicting Buhari of grand graft.
As if Jonathan knew that this would happen. In the last days of his administration as president in Aso Rock villa on May 27, 2015 during Federal Executive Council valedictory session witnessed by big-wigs of Peoples Democratic Party, he said “Some people are even calling for the probe of the government, but I think in Nigeria, there are a lot of many things that will be probed, very many things, even debts owed by states and debts owed by this country from 1960 up to this time. They say it is Jonathan’s administration that accrued these debts,” Jonathan said.
“I believe that anybody that is coming for probe must also ensure that this probe is extended beyond the Jonathan administration. Otherwise, to me, it will be a witch-hunt. If we are very sincere, it is not only the Jonathan administration that should be probed.”
CNN iReport investigation showed that Jonathan administration may have been singled-out as ‘corrupt government’ due to the fact that he was a minority-leader from Niger-Delta and obviously not a military, but a civilian leader. There are feelers from some Nigerians that this probe may not have happened if Jonathan had been a retired Army General.
For Folu Adewope, an undergraduate of University of Texas Arlington, UTA, her words: “This is obviously a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation would not have happened if Jonathan had hailed from the North and had been a retired Army General. Why can’t Buhari open the Halliburton scandal, and openly prosecute Obasanjo, Abdusalami, Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigeria’s Vice president and every other corrupt Nigerians named in the scandal. As Nigerians, we are interested in this case.”
Recently on his Facebook wall-page, Femi Adeshina, special aide to the president on media and publicity, said: “It would be a distraction for the President to begin digging into all former administrations, but for a proper take off of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, there is need to look into the immediate past government (Jonathan’s). We are interested in investigating Jonathan’s government to recover stolen funds”.
International Community watch in Disbelief
As at the time of going to the press, members of International Community, particularly the United States government is shocked that Buhari ought not to leave any stone unturned in fighting corruption no matter whose ox is gored. The Halliburton bribery scandal is seen by members of international community as a litmus test for Buhari to prove his desire effectively to combat corruption among the elites in Nigeria.
Culled from CNN
Source:http://oblongmedia.net/

I knew it would get real dirty soon
Please pray for Nigeria n PMB

Apc is a scam-el rufai!

IamPatriotic:
this is uncalled for at this critical stage of the country trying to recover from the brutality of corruption and if CNN or any other organizations or individual has an axe to grind with the president, he should come out of anonymity, to hide under the guise of journalism and incite violence against the state, by the way, who even made the US and the EU the standard of the world and then refer to them as international community?

The APC party claimed their slogan stand for CHANGE hence, the $182 million Halliburton case should also be investigated woefully. After all, it's all part of the fight against corruption campaign and those find guilty should be dealt with according to the law.

kayfra:
Cnn's iReport is citizen journalism. Meaning you or I can write or upload videos to their site. It's not a CNN investigation per say.

Zero facts are checked, nothing is edited or screened. Just like reading an opinion piece.

..with your assertions concluded..is the piece unraveling some truths?

IamPatriotic:
this is uncalled for at this critical stage of the country trying to recover from the brutality of corruption and if CNN or any other organizations or individual has an axe to grind with the president, he should come out of anonymity, to hide under the guise of journalism and incite violence against the state, by the way, who even made the US and the EU the standard of the world and then refer to them as international community?

..what are you saying? how is this inciting violence? This piece is merely an eye opener to the good people of Nigeria! If PMB is truthful about fighting corruption, he should focus on 1980- present..we are not asking him from 1960..just 1980 till date if his hands are not soiled with looted funds

BlaqCoffee109:
..with your assertions concluded..is the piece unraveling some truths?

My assertion has nothing to do with the content. Readers just need the proper perspective so they don't confuse it for Cnn's investigative effort.

This ipob rubbish has nothing to do with CNN.

Fraudulent people and fraudulent story..

And this is the same man they said is earnestly fighting corruption and highly disciplined.


His supporters won't see this one..... They will soon be here to quote me




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BlaqCoffee109:
..what are you saying? how is this inciting violence? This piece is merely an eye opener to the good people of Nigeria! If PMB is truthful about fighting corruption, he should focus on 1980- present..we are not asking him from 1960..just 1980 till date if his hands are not soiled with looted funds

why 1980 and not 1960 when got independence...it's the same set people that will cry wolf that PMB is concentrating too much on fighting grafts while other vital segments of governance suffer, meanwhile, Jonathan was president for 6 uninterrupted years, what/who stopped himfrom probing past governments?

OBJ time is near.

for d apc fanatics in d house, pls tell us why bubu said he would investigate d case earlier on, only to abandon it after we heard of ibb's warning. that's all I'm interested in for now.

kayfra:


My assertion has nothing to do with the content. Readers just need the proper perspective so they don't confuse it for Cnn's investigate effort.

..true that but we want to focus on the message now not the messenger..

IamPatriotic:



why 1980 and not 1960 when got independence...it's the same set people that will cry wolf that PMB is concentrating too much on fighting grafts while other vital segments of governance suffer, meanwhile, Jonathan was president for 6 uninterrupted years, what/who stopped himfrom probing past governments?

..Graft is the clutter that needs to be cleared away for "vital segments" of governance to thrive..dont you think? the strong men that are the strongholds of graft need to be brought down for our institutions to work..when institutions work the. masses are the better for it..then you can talk about good governance and its benefits!..this fight will be felt even by the corrupt clerk/messenger to the corrupt directors and civil servants at the ministries and other private bodies where corruption thrive..even to the average man on the streets

" if you rob a bank in aba, and your caught please tell the police, that some people robbed a bank in 2012 theve not been caught? Or tell them that shina Rambo robbed banks in 1985 so they shouldn't touch you...until they catch him

Ndi oshi

BlaqCoffee109:
..true that but we want to focus on the message now not the messenger..

The messenger determines the credibility of the message.

IamPatriotic:
this is uncalled for at this critical stage of the country trying to recover from the brutality of corruption and if CNN or any other organizations or individual has an axe to grind with the president, he should come out of anonymity, to hide under the guise of journalism and incite violence against the state, by the way, who even made the US and the EU the standard of the world and then refer to them as international community?

If you genuinely think CNN wrote and approved this trash, then you can actually believe anything.

CNN iReport

CNN iReport written by some one sympathetic to the Otuoke Drunken Master.


As usual, they write rubbish as if they must be stupid.

Culled from CNN without the CNN link

All the thrash posted by the 1mbeciles are strictly ANTI Buhari


ONly a brainless Nigerian can write the thrash in that text.

Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.

LMAO

Can Jonathan decide not to hand over ?

Where are the loyal Military men to fight his cause ?

They keep over hyping the fact that he handed over. If he does not, Is it Tompolo and Asari that went under ground that will fight the battle for him ?

BlaqCoffee109:
..Graft is the clutter that needs to be cleared away for "vital segments" of governance to thrive..dont you think? the strong men that are the strongholds of graft need to be brought down for our institutions to work..when institutions work the. masses are the better for it..then you can talk about good governance and its benefits!..this fight will be felt even by the corrupt clerk/messenger to the corrupt directors and civil servants at the ministries and other private bodies where corruption thrive..even to the average man on the streets

why did you dulged responding to my question....for 6 years, the onus was on Jonathan to act, how does his lack of balls to act becomes Buhari's headache?

IamPatriotic:
this is uncalled for at this critical stage of the country trying to recover from the brutality of corruption and if CNN or any other organizations or individual has an axe to grind with the president, he should come out of anonymity, to hide under the guise of journalism and incite violence against the state, by the way, who even made the US and the EU the standard of the world and then refer to them as international community?

so for your mind you dy make sense and am sure you are expecting a like from the above trash u call contribution..so in your shallow mind buhari is a saint and immune to wrongs.
contributions in a thread is not force,I expect you to waka pass and allow reasonable people yarn.

arresa:
This ipob rubbish has nothing to do with CNN.

Fraudulent people and fraudulent story..

.y friend from the way you are going you might end up like awolowo via the rat-gin...

Investigations by CNN IREPORTS.....Lol

Sometimes I wonder why some people dedicate so much time to enhance their foolishness. ...

CNN IREPORT KO

CNN EARREPORT NI.