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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by BuddhaPalm(m): 8:27pm On Jun 24, 2016
This is enlightening.

Thanks.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by evy1(m): 8:28pm On Jun 24, 2016
knightsTempler:


Let me put in perspective for you, I'm saying the very government that is ordering banks not to fire people, the very government that has been unable to do a single thing, citing economic downturn is expecting a private business not to also feel the heat of the economy and owe. OK. Government that has free oil flowing from Niger Delta plus loans from all over the globe is owing and failing in many responsibilities, yet BEN BRUCE, an INVESTOR and ENTREPRENEUR that should be valued and caressed like a lover. A Ben Bruce who is keeping 1000 people and their family members, from starvation; a Ben Bruce that does not owe gate man a penny is the one the Federal Government feels they should sacrifice on the altar of politics.

Governments are giving bailout to businesses, but Ben Bruce must pay his debts even with the country in recession.

I no blame anybody

Name any business name you knew in the 70's that is still alive till now. Is it Leventis? Kingsway? Lennards? Bata? Silverbird is growing since the seventies and who is that that dares to question LEGACY?

Guy Na wa for you o,is Ben Bruce the only employer of labor in this country?
We should stop being sentimental for once and always call a spade a spade,why should goverment caress him?
He has defaulted and he is not complaining.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Blackfire(m): 8:37pm On Jun 24, 2016
Cherishing:
Its Stil doesn't change the fact that The Dualard is after some certain individual .

@OP "A turuo omara, omara mana a turuo ofeke .....

Kam biakwa nu!



nne tawa asusu igbo.
I like that.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by SonofDevil: 8:39pm On Jun 24, 2016
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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by OLADD: 8:48pm On Jun 24, 2016
obailala:
We all have brains in our heads and it is imperative that we at least use it to navigate our left from the right. If you think there is nothing wrong with the reasoning of those alleging witch-hunt in this clear case of 'businessman vs bank,' why did you not also join the bandwagon of those claiming Buhari is responsible for this?

Ideally, this should be seen as a debtor-creditor tussle, but with the way we play our politics, political maneuvers can't be completely ruled in this case Sitting govts in Nigeria from time immemorial had used anything to nail perceived enemies. Ben Bruce has been a torn in the flesh of the president.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by stefan388: 8:53pm On Jun 24, 2016
mrvitalis:
see i asked them this simple question
When amcon sized ifeanyi Uba property... was it witchhunt??

Hatred can blind someone sense of reasoning
Which political party does Uba belong to? Is he an apc member? Buhari is getting what he prayed for. He is very tribal.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Cherishing(f): 8:54pm On Jun 24, 2016
Blackfire:



nne tawa asusu igbo. I like that.
Daalu
Kam biakwa cheesy
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Blackfire(m): 9:01pm On Jun 24, 2016
Cherishing:
Daalu
Kam biakwa cheesy

oyen ije.
Afam wu blackfire, abum oyen yoruba.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Kingspin(m): 9:08pm On Jun 24, 2016
obailala:
“Because of a mere N11 billion debt, AMCON/Buhari and APC want to take over Silverbird”
“Buhari is simply going after his political enemies to silence them”
“The takeover of Silverbird is purely political witch-hunt”
“Is Ben Bruce the only person who owes money in Nigeria?”
“Dangote owes N209 billion but Bruce owes only N11 billion, yet Dangote is walking free”
"In fact, Buhari is a tyrant, Buhari is a dictator, a Hilter, a devil, a destroyer, we want freedom, bla bla bla…."


These are the sort cringe inducing statements spewed into cyberspace since yesterday by ‘the usual suspects,’ most of whom are supposed to be the so called leaders of tomorrow. 99% of the people spewing these thing have no clue what it means to service a loan, neither do they have a clue how AMCON operates.

They have also intentionally turned a blind eye or are just plainly ignorant of the fact that Ben Bruce is not the first person to have his business possessed; a mere application of the Common Sense which Mr Bruce has been trying hard to impart on these folks should have told them that bad loans have nothing to do with Buhari or APC or PDP or religion or region.

Just last month, AMCON possessed the business of Alhaji Sani Dangote (Bulk Pack Services Ltd) for bad loans; Sani Dangote is the younger brother of Alhaji Aliko Dangote. We did not hear this senseless cry of Buhari Buhari Buhari!!
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/26/amcon-takes-over-sani-dangotes-asset/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/debt-recovery-amcon-takes-dangotes-bulk-pack-services-ltd/

Just 3-4 days ago, this same AMCON also repossessed properties of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim due to a defaulted N50 billion loan, they even went further to freeze his accounts. We also did not hear any shouts of Buhari!
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/n50bn-debt-amcon-takes-jimoh-ibrahims-firms-freezes-bank-accounts/

Many other takeovers have been undertaken by AMCON in recent times from Bacita Sugar to G. Cappa to Bi-Courtney to Aero to Arik etc, most of these bad loans were bought by AMCON when they took over failed banks. All these happened under Yaradua, GEJ and then Buhari and never for once have we ever heard of people accusing the president for these, but now we have the Buhari hate factor.

It is sad to note how the reasoning of Nigerian youths have been so degraded; everything these days is viewed as witch-hunt, assault, attack, oppression and marginalisation even when glaring evidence proves otherwise. A lot of our folks need to emancipate themselves from this mental slavery.
You have a political point there.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by alt3r3g0: 9:28pm On Jun 24, 2016
bluaero:
Ask yourself these simple questions:

1. Why did Buhari say from outside the country on May 29th say that he was gonna name people who returned loots, but suddenly developed cold feet due to legal bla bla bla, but chose to freeze the opposition's account (who is a sitting governor with supposed immunity) without condering the same legal balderdash.

2. How come apart from Saraki (who went against the wish of APC powers that be) no other APC politician's account has been "frozen" or has even been in EFCC custody even if its just for 2 hours

3. How come every one who is being vigorously hunted by EFCC, DSS et al are either those who oppose his government, those who offended him in the past or those who are not in his party?

OP before you talk about the mental slavery of others, assess your own mental condition undecided

You went to school (or still in school) to get an upgraded thinking faculty. Try to use the brain once in a while abeg

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/196591-dasukigate-buharis-associate-jafaru-isa-returns-n100million-to-efcc.html

Read and be enlightened.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by KevinDein: 9:31pm On Jun 24, 2016
@op, I think you are just wasting your time (or maybe not, someone out there might just learn a thing or two from your write up, so, yeah, keep it up)
But I gotta say, nairaland has become a congregation of extremely unintelligent peeps, it is laughable. When you read some posts on this forum, you begin to wonder what exactly are our youths being thought in schools.
Our education system needs a complete overhaul, and fast.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by InvertedHammer: 9:34pm On Jun 24, 2016
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Loans are not the problem.

The problem is not servicing the loans and carrying on like everything is normal.

Meanwhile, that should be between the banks and their customers. I will like to believe that those are secured loans, collateralized debt obligations.
\
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Harwoyeez(m): 9:47pm On Jun 24, 2016
bitingcool:



Amen. I have chosen to stop reading the myopic views on Nairaland. Of a truth, the quality of the thoughts of some Nairalanders has diminished the value of the Forum .
It's like Seun or Lala or someone opened the doors to a set of degraded minds. It's a shame. The thought alone is disheartening.
that's why I don't always comment on most threads here because of this reason
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Fawklicant: 9:50pm On Jun 24, 2016
knightsTempler:
Oga Ben Bruce has paid is dues, for business to last for 35 years no be moi moi thing, even people that can't manage a corner shop or barbers shop are always quick to criticising, this is a family business that has passed through the thick and thin of the economy of Nigeria, people that lived in Lagos in the 80's will know little or more about Silverbird, from Domino Supermarket, their father handed over to Ben Bruce and his siblings and he was able to expand the business and involve every members of the family, they later move to beauty pageant, I saw a 1983 document about Ben Bruce with Prof. Walter Ofonagoro when Ofonagoro was the DG of NT A when he was doing one of the beauty pageant show, u can see the zeal in Ben Bruce. There is hardly any businessman that is not owning, if you know the story Donald Trump how he was owning 99 banks in the early 90's to the middle 90's and how he bounced back. Ben Bruce produced Agbani Darego, he has been able to make people especially the youths, look at the rhythm unplugged they organise every year, he took some of our entertainers out of the street by giving them the platform to be seen and heard, see thousands of people he is employing they will feel their families, pay tax, pay school fees and they go to the market, you can see the multiplying effect to the economy. How many of our rulers do the youths sincerely respect. I call him father of entertainment in Africa. He will bounce back, this is a passing phase.

#copied.

This thread or the issue at hand is not about BMB's achievements, but about loans and AMCON intervention. He has achieved a lot with his siblings and I admire him for that. But defaulting on loan payments/servicing is never in good taste. Let AMCON do what needs to be done to recover their monies within the tenets of the law.

However, I opened the thread with so much enthusiasm with a view to learning more about the situation only to find a hogwash piece in which the poster couldnt even wait till the second or third paragraph to spew his bias.

The piece was written to spite a certain people whom the op sees as unreasonable because they hold divergent views on issues.
I wouldnt call this intervention a witch hunt. Nooooooo! Far from it. It is a normal AMCON procedure which has happened many times before even with much larger corporate entities, however if statements credited to AMCON lawyer today are anything to go by, I'd say there's some political undertones to it. He made some very unprofessional comments about the situation. Very unsavoury.

On the other hand there is no smoke without fire or so the saying goes. I think p[eople have earned the right to be suspicious of anything the present govt does as it is usually cloaked in lies and deceit with little room for fairness. Its anti--corruption war is skewed to say the least and it has shown that it would not tolerate opposition whereas it is through opposition that it got to ppwer in the first place. Anyways, that is a topic for further discussion.

If I was going to write an article about AMCON and silverbird etc like the op did, I'd do a detailed writeup with a view to educating people and gaining converts onto the side of knowledge and reason bearing in mind that some people form opinions based on limited knowledge and information. Beginning such a thread with biased sentiments has already put a deathknell to whatever points he hoped to convey.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Teespice(f): 10:06pm On Jun 24, 2016
in fact OP true words have never been spoken by you.

this morning while listening to radio, I felt like slapping the comrade that was saying that the take over by AMCON was politically motivated and the callers who had the same thing to say.

ignorance of how certain things work is truly a disease. even with this your article, them go say Na witchunt.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Teespice(f): 10:09pm On Jun 24, 2016
KevinDein:
@op, I think you are just wasting your time (or maybe not, someone out there might just learn a thing or two from your write up, so, yeah, keep it up)
But I gotta say, nairaland has become a congregation of extremely unintelligent peeps, it is laughable. When you read some posts on this forum, you begin to wonder what exactly are our youths being thought in schools.
Our education system needs a complete overhaul, and fast.

kai.

no true words have ever been spoken. I read posts and I wonder if people are dumb or just being mischievous.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by coolscott(m): 10:14pm On Jun 24, 2016
obailala:
“Because of a mere N11 billion debt, AMCON/Buhari and APC want to take over Silverbird”
“Buhari is simply going after his political enemies to silence them”
“The takeover of Silverbird is purely political witch-hunt”
“Is Ben Bruce the only person who owes money in Nigeria?”
“Dangote owes N209 billion but Bruce owes only N11 billion, yet Dangote is walking free”
"In fact, Buhari is a tyrant, Buhari is a dictator, a Hilter, a devil, a destroyer, we want freedom, bla bla bla…."


These are the sort cringe inducing statements spewed into cyberspace since yesterday by ‘the usual suspects,’ most of whom are supposed to be the so called leaders of tomorrow. 99% of the people spewing these thing have no clue what it means to service a loan, neither do they have a clue how AMCON operates.

They have also intentionally turned a blind eye or are just plainly ignorant of the fact that Ben Bruce is not the first person to have his business possessed; a mere application of the Common Sense which Mr Bruce has been trying hard to impart on these folks should have told them that bad loans have nothing to do with Buhari or APC or PDP or religion or region.

Just last month, AMCON possessed the business of Alhaji Sani Dangote (Bulk Pack Services Ltd) for bad loans; Sani Dangote is the younger brother of Alhaji Aliko Dangote. We did not hear this senseless cry of Buhari Buhari Buhari!!
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/26/amcon-takes-over-sani-dangotes-asset/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/debt-recovery-amcon-takes-dangotes-bulk-pack-services-ltd/

Just 3-4 days ago, this same AMCON also repossessed properties of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim due to a defaulted N50 billion loan, they even went further to freeze his accounts. We also did not hear any shouts of Buhari!
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/n50bn-debt-amcon-takes-jimoh-ibrahims-firms-freezes-bank-accounts/

Many other takeovers have been undertaken by AMCON in recent times from Bacita Sugar to G. Cappa to Bi-Courtney to Aero to Arik etc, most of these bad loans were bought by AMCON when they took over failed banks. All these happened under Yaradua, GEJ and then Buhari and never for once have we ever heard of people accusing the president for these, but now we have the Buhari hate factor.

It is sad to note how the reasoning of Nigerian youths have been so degraded; everything these days is viewed as witch-hunt, assault, attack, oppression and marginalisation even when glaring evidence proves otherwise. A lot of our folks need to emancipate themselves from this mental slavery.
[size=13pt]If folks were quick to consider the AMCON-Bruce saga a deliberate move by the administration against key voices outside its party, it is because a precedent for doing this has (much as we may not like or admit it) already been set.[/size]
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by deenee: 10:57pm On Jun 24, 2016
For record, dangote is not owing AMCON and Ben Bruce has refused to service the AMCON loan for three years hence the reason why his business is slated to be put under receivership.

For those ranting it people like Ben Bruce that contributed to the 2008-2010 banking sector crisis that led to loss of jobs. Same Ben spent 150m naira on his last birthday.


Jimoh Ibrahim case is story for another day. God bless Nigeria

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by deenee: 11:00pm On Jun 24, 2016
InvertedHammer:
/
Loans are not the problem.

The problem is not servicing the loans and carrying on like everything is normal.

Meanwhile, that should be between the banks and their customers. I will like to believe that those are secured loans, collateralized debt obligations.
\


They are secured. The security (cinemas and other real estate portfolio) is what AMCON is planning to put under receivership
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by obailala(m): 11:52pm On Jun 24, 2016
Fawklicant:


This thread or the issue at hand is not about BMB's achievements, but about loans and AMCON intervention. He has achieved a lot with his siblings and I admire him for that. But defaulting on loan payments/servicing is never in good taste. Let AMCON do what needs to be done to recover their monies within the tenets of the law.

However, I opened the thread with so much enthusiasm with a view to learning more about the situation only to find a hogwash piece in which the poster couldnt even wait till the second or third paragraph to spew his bias.

The piece was written to spite a certain people whom the op sees as unreasonable because they hold divergent views on issues.
I wouldnt call this intervention a witch hunt. Nooooooo! Far from it. It is a normal AMCON procedure which has happened many times before even with much larger corporate entities, however if statements credited to AMCON lawyer today are anything to go by, I'd say there's some political undertones to it. He made some very unprofessional comments about the situation. Very unsavoury.

On the other hand there is no smoke without fire or so the saying goes. I think p[eople have earned the right to be suspicious of anything the present govt does as it is usually cloaked in lies and deceit with little room for fairness. Its anti--corruption war is skewed to say the least and it has shown that it would not tolerate opposition whereas it is through opposition that it got to ppwer in the first place. Anyways, that is a topic for further discussion.

If I was going to write an article about AMCON and silverbird etc like the op did, I'd do a detailed writeup with a view to educating people and gaining converts onto the side of knowledge and reason bearing in mind that some people form opinions based on limited knowledge and information. Beginning such a thread with biased sentiments has already put a deathknell to whatever points he hoped to convey.

You are absolutely right about the bolded above, I opened this thread purely to lament and expose the folly of several people who (I believe) have been making embarrassing comments over this silverbird issue since yesterday. I impulsively opened this thread in response to another thread which I bumped into in the morning (see below)

https://www.nairaland.com/3184912/dangota-also-owing-amcon-209

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Fawklicant: 12:09am On Jun 25, 2016
obailala:
You are absolutely right about the bolded above, I opened this thread purely to lament and expose the folly of several people who (I believe) have been making embarrassing comments over this silverbird issue since yesterday. I impulsively opened this thread in response to another thread which I bumped into in the morning (see below)

https://www.nairaland.com/3184912/dangota-also-owing-amcon-209

So you admit to opening a 'we vs. them' thread. Goodluck with that, but mind you, you cannot win that arguement. You and like mimded fellows will only congregate and pontificate on your version of the truth.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by TyrantInAsoRock: 12:12am On Jun 25, 2016
NOETHNICITY:
Obailala, u and I see tins clearly insame light! I never knew Nigerians re this unintelligent! Little wonder Okonjo Iweala, addressing employment problem some years ago, declared that Nigerians re simply unemployable. Her reason was that most unemployed Nigerians can't deliver. In plain words majority of Nigerians are dull.
Its sooooo sad for a pple whose faculty is sooo low that they believe almost anything without putting their brains to task! If for example Fowl-ose, the president of ipod, 2moro comes out to say, 'APC or Buhari is responsible for infertility amongst men of SE,' don't be surprised that pple will believe him.
That's jus how low intelligence has sunk in Nigeria.
Sadly, these yoots re the so-called 'leaders of tomoro'.
Once again may God reward u for taking soooo much of ur time educating Nigerians on simple tins they shud know!
Lalasticlala this is a very educating, informing and enlightening thread pls help push this to front page so our pple can learn.

LOL

Coming from a set of zombies

That takes everything lair Mohammed utters as the gospel truth
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Fawklicant: 12:36am On Jun 25, 2016
coolscott:

[size=13pt]If folks were quick to consider the AMCON-Bruce saga a deliberate move by the administration against key voices outside its party, it is because a precedent for doing this has (much as we may not like or admit it) already been set.[/size]


Exactly my point. If this govt was sincere about the fight against corruption, most people would applaud them regardless of affiliations. But unfortunately that is not the case. PMB is more of a divisive factor in Nigeria than a unifying one. The gulf is enlarging and no hope of cementing it in sight.
Like I said earlier after the polls, PMB should have towed the path of reconciliation after heating up the polity unneccesarily. He should have emulated Mandela of blessed memory who didnt go about jailing Piether Botha and co for his imprisonment and untold hardship on black south Africans. That would have been a costly mistake. Instead his actions endeared him to all eventually and helped put SA's economy on a pedestal.

PMB has chosen the path of ignominy and avoidable distraction and it is gonna be difficult for him to retrace his steps. He is incapable of flexibility and that is not how to be a democrat. This is the 21st century and civillian rule, not 1984 military dictatorship.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Nobody: 12:56am On Jun 25, 2016
bitingcool:



Amen. I have chosen to stop reading the myopic views on Nairaland. Of a truth, the quality of the thoughts of some Nairalanders has diminished the value of the Forum .
It's like Seun or Lala or someone opened the doors to a set of degraded minds. It's a shame. The thought alone is disheartening.

its a forum.........

it cant be onesided...diversity is needed....

Hence the attraction........

i luv it..........
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Arabiandude: 1:58am On Jun 25, 2016
kenonze:
Senator Ben Bruce himself never saw it as a witch hunt






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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by philips70(m): 4:49am On Jun 25, 2016
knightsTempler:


Let me put in perspective for you, I'm saying the very government that is ordering banks not to fire people, the very government that has been unable to do a single thing, citing economic downturn is expecting a private business not to also feel the heat of the economy and owe. OK. Government that has free oil flowing from Niger Delta plus loans from all over the globe is owing and failing in many responsibilities, yet BEN BRUCE, an INVESTOR and ENTREPRENEUR that should be valued and caressed like a lover. A Ben Bruce who is keeping 1000 people and their family members, from starvation; a Ben Bruce that does not owe gate man a penny is the one the Federal Government feels they should sacrifice on the altar of politics.

Governments are giving bailout to businesses, but Ben Bruce must pay his debts even with the country in recession.

I no blame anybody

Name any business name you knew in the 70's that is still alive till now. Is it Leventis? Kingsway? Lennards? Bata? Silverbird is growing since the seventies and who is that that dares to question LEGACY?


Am sorry but you are senseless. The N11b was owed when this government came to power? Did he stop servicing his loans when Buhari came to power? The day some of you will have just a drop of commonsense this world must come to an end.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by charlesucheh(m): 6:20am On Jun 25, 2016
What's happening? Where are all those wailing elements So they stayed away from this thread abi When facts are spilled, prejudicial minds fear it's slippery surface!!!

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by MrSly(m): 8:07am On Jun 25, 2016
obailala:
“Because of a mere N11 billion debt, AMCON/Buhari and APC want to take over Silverbird”
“Buhari is simply going after his political enemies to silence them”
“The takeover of Silverbird is purely political witch-hunt”
“Is Ben Bruce the only person who owes money in Nigeria?”
“Dangote owes N209 billion but Bruce owes only N11 billion, yet Dangote is walking free”
"In fact, Buhari is a tyrant, Buhari is a dictator, a Hilter, a devil, a destroyer, we want freedom, bla bla bla…."


These are the sort cringe inducing statements spewed into cyberspace since yesterday by ‘the usual suspects,’ most of whom are supposed to be the so called leaders of tomorrow. 99% of the people spewing these thing have no clue what it means to service a loan, neither do they have a clue how AMCON operates.

They have also intentionally turned a blind eye or are just plainly ignorant of the fact that Ben Bruce is not the first person to have his business possessed; a mere application of the Common Sense which Mr Bruce has been trying hard to impart on these folks should have told them that bad loans have nothing to do with Buhari or APC or PDP or religion or region.

Just last month, AMCON possessed the business of Alhaji Sani Dangote (Bulk Pack Services Ltd) for bad loans; Sani Dangote is the younger brother of Alhaji Aliko Dangote. We did not hear this senseless cry of Buhari Buhari Buhari!!
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/26/amcon-takes-over-sani-dangotes-asset/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/debt-recovery-amcon-takes-dangotes-bulk-pack-services-ltd/

Just 3-4 days ago, this same AMCON also repossessed properties of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim due to a defaulted N50 billion loan, they even went further to freeze his accounts. We also did not hear any shouts of Buhari!
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/n50bn-debt-amcon-takes-jimoh-ibrahims-firms-freezes-bank-accounts/

Many other takeovers have been undertaken by AMCON in recent times from Bacita Sugar to G. Cappa to Bi-Courtney to Aero to Arik etc, most of these bad loans were bought by AMCON when they took over failed banks. All these happened under Yaradua, GEJ and then Buhari and never for once have we ever heard of people accusing the president for these, but now we have the Buhari hate factor.

It is sad to note how the reasoning of Nigerian youths have been so degraded; everything these days is viewed as witch-hunt, assault, attack, oppression and marginalisation even when glaring evidence proves otherwise. A lot of our folks need to emancipate themselves from this mental slavery.
Story for the gods.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by Lnxxxxx(m): 8:09am On Jun 25, 2016
bluaero:
Ask yourself these simple questions:

1. Why did Buhari say from outside the country on May 29th say that he was gonna name people who returned loots, but suddenly developed cold feet due to legal bla bla bla, but chose to freeze the opposition's account (who is a sitting governor with supposed immunity) without condering the same legal balderdash.

2. How come apart from Saraki (who went against the wish of APC powers that be) no other APC politician's account has been "frozen" or has even been in EFCC custody even if its just for 2 hours

3. How come every one who is being vigorously hunted by EFCC, DSS et al are either those who oppose his government, those who offended him in the past or those who are not in his party?

OP before you talk about the mental slavery of others, assess your own mental condition undecided

You went to school (or still in school) to get an upgraded thinking faculty. Try to use the brain once in a while abeg

Uncle, you need to appreciate the op effort, at least he did some research.

As for your first point, if there are legal problems with freezing a governors account then he should take efcc to the court. This is Fayose we are still talking about wouldn't he love the opportunity to take the government to the court if he was on his right?

As for your last point, the media only reports the lives of important people whose names can sell their papers. I am in Abuja and I have friends that have been questions for an issue or the other over the last couple of months. Infact if you had an issue with efcc would anybody other than your family know? Would you call it Wizard-hunt?

So let's try to do some research before we support or come out to respond or post anything. That way no knew can dispute you and in the process you may learn something new. We shouldn't just take peoples word for it.

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Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by 1kinggy(m): 8:56am On Jun 25, 2016
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Who do you like this?
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by bluaero(m): 9:48am On Jun 25, 2016
Lnxxxxx:


Uncle, you need to appreciate the op effort, at least he did some research.

As for your first point, if there are legal problems with freezing a governors account then he should take efcc to the court. This is Fayose we are still talking about wouldn't he love the opportunity to take the government to the court if he was on his right?

As for your last point, the media only reports the lives of important people whose names can sell their papers. I am in Abuja and I have friends that have been questions for an issue or the other over the last couple of months. Infact if you had an issue with efcc would anybody other than your family know? Would you call it Wizard-hunt?

So let's try to do some research before we support or come out to respond or post anything. That way no knew can dispute you and in the process you may learn something new. We shouldn't just take peoples word for it.

I agree with your points. But the picture the partisan OP is trying to portray is that Buhari is on a "corruption crusade". If you also think the same way and don't think that it is merely a "vengeance" mission and an "opposition intimidating" vendetta, then I would like to question your thinking capability.

Read my post again without sentiment and partisanship and try to get the message.

Our country apart from being in a horrible economic nightmare is also more divided than ever along ethnic and religious lines. Buhari is destroying us with hate and disunity. We have never hated each other this much in the history of Nigeria.

Note: I neither support the APC or PDP as these guys are the same and can switch sides at any instant just to get access to money and power. You should know this. I am only a law abiding and hardworking Nigerian who is interested in a peaceful and enabling economy to make a living and raise my offspring.
Re: Ben Bruce, Dangote, AMCON and the Buhari Factor by jude90(m): 11:09am On Jun 25, 2016
Hhhmmmmmm so people still defend Buhari?

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