Coloradvantage:
see em face. we want atiku ..if incase, not this guy!

na obasanjo candidate be lamido , you will soon see obj in action though may not be directly.

ZombiePUNISHER:

Believe me when I tell you This guy is better than Atiku

pls how

Coloradvantage:
see em face. we want atiku ..if incase, not this guy!

Atiku is APC

JaneMafrodite:


http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/2019-sule-lamido-declares-presidency-pdp/

unarmed robber

Nigeria daga Buhari sai Dankwambo

Hofbrauhaus:


Atiku has a house in America that he has not been to for over 12years...tell him to go to America and I would believe he is not corrupt.

Atiku is old oga, he is over 70 years. He is old.

I've nothing against Atiku, I don't know him personally but are you guys not tired of all these recycled piece of shiits? 33years ago a Buhari was head of state..8-9years ago, Atiku was in asorock..Are you people not tired? How can you people keep repeating the same thing and expect a different result? What is wrong with you people? Ontop how much?

SHAAATTTTTAAAAPPPPPPP.....Yahaya Bello is a youth and also the worst Governor to ever govern a state in Nigeria. Imagine been worse than Omenka's APC Governor

highchief1:
u try o but u are silly and stupid to be saying all this about someone u don't know.atiku is a bad man.

thank you sir! choice! we mustn't toe the same path! put insults down next time sha! it doesn't hurt! we can be more constructive with our arguments!

ddippset:
this man can't even win Buhari in jigawa. wailers must not stop in 2019 o, they must reach 2023.

You are overright and onpoint.both atiku and lamido together are no match for buhari in their own states.they would struggle to win their various states marginally while buhari would always win katsina without any campaign flawlessly.the can only win again in the south east but this would be futile.any candidate like tambuwal,el rufai,shettima etc backed by buhari would also rubbish them.but personally,i believe lamido is far better and more popular than atiku.up buhari.up apc.

ekestic1976:
[left][/left] How many books has Atiku read in all of his life? What special training has he received since leaving government? Who are his role models? These are some of the questions we should ask whoever is aspiring to become our President!

books are great influence.., learning is key! but most people won't make a video of them selves reading or studying.., but they are doing it.., and mind you every thing is not certificates... very good if you have it! but believe me figures Dont lie... any body we support .., each of us have our rights! I am happy we getting a bit logical with our decisions to choose!

Enough of all dis northern herdsmen.... we need Fayose/Donald Duke

surgical:
na obasanjo candidate be lamido , you will soon see obj in action though may not be directly.

true talk!

EazyMoh:

If I were Atiku I will just find you, give you N10m and beg you never to campaign for me again!
Aside the blatant lies (Like employing more than Dangote) You just said Let's try A THIEF!!?
On Topic, I believe Lamido can make a difference. Am from Jigawa so I know what am saying.

Am from Kano, I can testify to the fact that Sule Lamido did a billion times better to his people as governor of his State. He transformed the state to its current level from scratch. However, for me, KWANKWASO is the man.

The only Northerner worthy of that seat.

But I will never vote for another Northerner.

Mune:


Am from Kano, I can testify to the fact that Sule Lamido did a billion times better to his people as governor of his State. He transformed the state to its current level from scratch. However, for me, KWANKWASO is the man.

No.... it is Buhari o..... Sai Barber!!!!

Mune:


Am from Kano, I can testify to the fact that Sule Lamido did a billion times better to his people as governor of his State. He transformed the state to its current level from scratch. However, for me, KWANKWASO is the man.

Of course Kwankwaso is better than Lamido especially compared in the area of human development. His scholarship program is more impacting than even federal government's.
Only problem is Kwankwaso doesn't stand a chance to win APC primaries (PMB is gonna recontest especially now that he's healthier), and with Shekarau and Lamido strong in PDP he doesn't stand a chance after defecting.

Coloradvantage:
hehehehe! bros calm down.... no body paid me a dime, and I am not a politician .. a citizen that is just sharing his views... we might not always go the same way with our choices.., but at the end of the day... we all wish Nigeria well! personally I do wish Nigeria well... if we have a credible young person out there... no doubt! I will support.. not just for the youth factor... though! someone with proven record! or with signs of delivering! for now... elrufai or atiku! I will vote! I have my reasons! I am sorry! it is my choice!

Donald duke

Big no....... We say no to recycling..... the youths must start making strategic plans for 2019......we must hijack power from these old money grabbing criminals.....

The man should go and rest.

100% of them are rogues and criminals.
I support individuals, not parties!
Bunch of thieves are they all.

EazyMoh:

Of course Kwankwaso is better than Lamido especially compared in the area of human development. His scholarship program is more impacting than even federal government's.
Only problem is Kwankwaso doesn't stand a chance to win APC primaries (PMB is gonna recontest especially now that he's healthier), and with Shekarau and Lamido strong in PDP he doesn't stand a chance after defecting.

In the event that PMB decide to contest, I can assure you non of them stand a chance. If he decide not to contest, then Kwankwaso may likely get APC ticket to continue the next 4 years of the North of which PMB suppose to complete( can he honestly do just 4 yrs?)

I don't like talking about PDP because they stand not a single chance base on the assessment of the situation so far. This, however can change, if the APC decide to implode on itself.

EazyMoh:

If I were Atiku I will just find you, give you N10m and beg you never to campaign for me again!
Aside the blatant lies (Like employing more than Dangote) You just said Let's try A THIEF!!?
On Topic, I believe Lamido can make a difference. Am from Jigawa so I know what am saying.

I am from the north too. You guys in Jigawa can queue behind your thieving ex governor Lamido all you like, the rest of us will stick with Buhari.

He should finish his case with EFCC first and declare his innocence
FULANI THIEVING BASTARD

Coloradvantage:
atiku have proven to be a builder, with foresight ... vision and class. he built most of his brand before assuming the office if the vc ... that shows foresight! ... I can't say when this business started making returns though!

we all have heard a lot of stories about him... corruption cases! none have been proven... obj just hate his ambition and quest... but someone been ambitious is not really bad! he just Dont want to lick objs ass like most politicians do! and we know obj very well.... he loves to be at the center of every thing!

atiku have employed a lot of people... even more than dangote. go find out!

factories schools... farms etc! he is creative... he is modern classy and ambitious!
for me this is the type of person Nigeria wants

and lastly... we have tried alot of messiahs before! if atiku is a thieve as obj ... portray him to be! let's try something new by voting in a thief ... that have employed many Nigerians... a thief with class... a thief with foresight a thief with vision. atiku is is not old in the head.., he is very much unlike manynof his northern brothers... ! above all atiku is not a religious fanatic! and ethnic bigot! go to his university and see things for your self.

THIS IS Y I DON'T WANT UKITA.....HE'S A FUGITIVE

United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Investigations Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Histories
Thursday, February 4, 2010
WASHINGTON – Corrupt foreign officials and their relatives have used gaps in U.S. law and the assistance of U.S. professionals to funnel millions of dollars in illicit money into the United States, an investigation by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found.

“For the United States, which has so much riding on global stability, corruption is a direct threat to our national interest,” said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., subcommittee chairman. “That’s why the United States is engaged in a relentless, worldwide battle to stop the flow of illegal money into and within places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Laundered money is used to train and provide support for terrorists and terrorism. If we want to credibly lead efforts to stop illegal money abroad, we’ve got to stop it here at home as well.”

A 330-page bipartisan report to be released by Levin and subcommittee ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., at today’s hearing shows that politically powerful foreign officials, and those close to them, have found ways to use the U.S. financial system to protect and enhance their ill-gotten gains. The report exposes how those powerful individuals – known internationally as “politically exposed persons” or PEPs – have used the services of U.S. lawyers, lobbyists, real estate and escrow agents, and other professionals who currently have no obligation under U.S. regulations to establish anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs, know their customers, or evaluate the source of funds transferred into the United States. Banks, in contrast, are subject to AML obligations and for the most part have honored them. But glaring gaps have undermined the overall effectiveness of U.S. AML laws.

Four Case Histories. The report presents four case histories, each with multiple stories exposing the tactics being used by PEPs to use our financial system to protect and enhance their illicit funds. They include the following:

• $110 Million. Teodoro Obiang, the 40-year old son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, is currently under investigation by the Justice Department for corruption and other misconduct. Between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Obiang used U.S. lawyers, bankers, and real estate and escrow agents to move more than $110 million in suspect funds through U.S. bank accounts, including $30 million to purchase a residence in Malibu and $38.5 million to purchase an aircraft.

• Third Party Accounts. Mr. Obiang used shell company, attorney-client, and law office accounts controlled by his attorneys to bring suspect funds into the United States and conduct transactions through U.S. banks without their knowing of his activity, including at banks that had made it clear they did not want his business.

• Lost Escrow Business. An escrow agent who refused to complete the purchase of a $38.5 million Gulfstream jet without information on the source of the funds being supplied by Mr. Obiang, lost out to a competitor willing to complete the transaction with no questions asked.

• $18 Million Through Lobbyist Account. Omar Bongo, President of Gabon for 41 years until his death last year, and his eldest son, Ali Bongo, Minister of Defense until he took his father’s place as President of the country, amassed substantial wealth while in office, amid the extreme poverty of its citizens. In 2006, $18 million in funds from Gabon were wired to the U.S. corporate bank accounts of a U.S. lobbyist who then distributed the funds within the United States and across the globe as directed by President Bongo in connection with two projects to support his regime, buying U.S.-made armored cars and C-130 military cargo planes. Among the funds the lobbyist distributed was $9.2 million which he wire transferred to an account for President Omar Bongo – not in Gabon – but in the country of Malta.

• $1 Million Shrink Wrapped. In 2007, President Omar Bongo brought $1 million in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into the United States under cover of diplomatic immunity without declaring the cash to U.S. authorities as required by law. His daughter, who told her bank that she was an unemployed student, deposited the cash in a U.S. safe deposit box and later into her bank account.

• U.S. Trust Accounts. President Ali Bongo’s wife formed a U.S. trust under her maiden name, and used the trust to open U.S. bank and securities accounts in California.

• Offshore Wire Transfers. Jennifer Douglas, a U.S. citizen and the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and former presidential candidate in Nigeria, helped her husband bring more than $40 million in suspect funds into the United States from 2000 to 2008, through wire transfers from offshore corporations. The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged in a 2008 civil complaint that Ms. Douglas received $2.8 million in bribe payments from a German conglomerate, Siemens AG, which has acknowledged making the payments.

• Arms Dealer. Pierre Falcone, a notorious Angolan arms dealer with a history of run-ins with the law and who is currently serving a 6-year prison sentence, had open access to more than 30 U.S. bank accounts in Arizona for 18 years.

• Central Banker. Aguinaldo Jaime, former head of the Central Bank of Angola, tried twice to transfer $50 million in Angolan government funds to a private account in the United States, only to have the transfers reversed by U.S. financial institutions who became suspicious. The corruption concerns raised by his actions caused Citibank to close all accounts for Angolan government agencies and to close down its office in Angola.

• Private Angolan Bank. Banco Africano Investimentos (“BAI”), a $7 billion private Angolan bank which caters to PEPs, gained access to the U.S. financial system through HSBC in New York, despite troubling information about its ownership and failure to provide a copy of its anti-money laundering policies and procedures.

Recommendations. To combat the abuses, the report makes several recommendations, including:
•World Bank PEP Controls. Implementing stronger controls on PEP accounts as laid out in a recent World Bank report, including by requiring banks to use reliable databases to screen clients for PEPs, requiring beneficial ownership forms for bank accounts so hidden PEPs are exposed, and conducting annual reviews of PEP accounts to detect suspicious activity.
•Beneficial Owners. Requiring U.S. corporations to identify their beneficial owners, in order to thwart the use of shell companies with hidden PEP owners.
•Ending Exemptions. Ending the exemptions Treasury granted in 2002 to the Patriot Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so that real estate and escrow agents will have to know their customers, evaluate the source of their funds, and turn away suspect clients. Also requiring Treasury to instruct banks to subject attorney-client and law office accounts to greater oversight and stop their use to shield PEPs from scrutiny.
•Immigration and Visa Criteria. Toughening immigration and visa rules to make foreign corruption a legal basis for barring entry into the United States and for removing PEPs already here. Increasing law enforcement support for Presidential Proclamation 7750 to identify corrupt foreign officials who should be barred from the United States.
•Stronger FATF Recommendations. Encouraging U.S. professional organizations to issue anti-money laundering and anti-corruption guidance to their members.

“Stopping the flow of illegal money is critical, because foreign corruption damages civil society, undermines the rule of law, and threatens our security,” said Levin.
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genghiskhan007:
He should finish his case with EFCC first and declare his innocence
FULANI THIEVING BASTARD

Which state are you from? What tribe are you?
Whatever the case, your leaders are also 'thieving bastards' ..

Hofbrauhaus:


Atiku has a house in America that he has not been to for over 12years...tell him to go to America and I would believe he is not corrupt.

Atiku is old oga, he is over 70 years. He is old.

I've nothing against Atiku, I don't know him personally but are you guys not tired of all these recycled piece of shiits? 33years ago a Buhari was head of state..8-9years ago, Atiku was in asorock..Are you people not tired? How can you people keep repeating the same thing and expect a different result? What is wrong with you people? Ontop how much?

HELP ME ASK D BUFFONS......
IN AUSTRIA A 32 YEAR OLD IS NOW PRESIDENT THEY ARE HERE CALLING UKITA UPANDAN


United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Investigations Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Histories
Thursday, February 4, 2010
WASHINGTON – Corrupt foreign officials and their relatives have used gaps in U.S. law and the assistance of U.S. professionals to funnel millions of dollars in illicit money into the United States, an investigation by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found.

“For the United States, which has so much riding on global stability, corruption is a direct threat to our national interest,” said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., subcommittee chairman. “That’s why the United States is engaged in a relentless, worldwide battle to stop the flow of illegal money into and within places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Laundered money is used to train and provide support for terrorists and terrorism. If we want to credibly lead efforts to stop illegal money abroad, we’ve got to stop it here at home as well.”

A 330-page bipartisan report to be released by Levin and subcommittee ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., at today’s hearing shows that politically powerful foreign officials, and those close to them, have found ways to use the U.S. financial system to protect and enhance their ill-gotten gains. The report exposes how those powerful individuals – known internationally as “politically exposed persons” or PEPs – have used the services of U.S. lawyers, lobbyists, real estate and escrow agents, and other professionals who currently have no obligation under U.S. regulations to establish anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs, know their customers, or evaluate the source of funds transferred into the United States. Banks, in contrast, are subject to AML obligations and for the most part have honored them. But glaring gaps have undermined the overall effectiveness of U.S. AML laws.

Four Case Histories. The report presents four case histories, each with multiple stories exposing the tactics being used by PEPs to use our financial system to protect and enhance their illicit funds. They include the following:

• $110 Million. Teodoro Obiang, the 40-year old son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, is currently under investigation by the Justice Department for corruption and other misconduct. Between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Obiang used U.S. lawyers, bankers, and real estate and escrow agents to move more than $110 million in suspect funds through U.S. bank accounts, including $30 million to purchase a residence in Malibu and $38.5 million to purchase an aircraft.

• Third Party Accounts. Mr. Obiang used shell company, attorney-client, and law office accounts controlled by his attorneys to bring suspect funds into the United States and conduct transactions through U.S. banks without their knowing of his activity, including at banks that had made it clear they did not want his business.

• Lost Escrow Business. An escrow agent who refused to complete the purchase of a $38.5 million Gulfstream jet without information on the source of the funds being supplied by Mr. Obiang, lost out to a competitor willing to complete the transaction with no questions asked.

• $18 Million Through Lobbyist Account. Omar Bongo, President of Gabon for 41 years until his death last year, and his eldest son, Ali Bongo, Minister of Defense until he took his father’s place as President of the country, amassed substantial wealth while in office, amid the extreme poverty of its citizens. In 2006, $18 million in funds from Gabon were wired to the U.S. corporate bank accounts of a U.S. lobbyist who then distributed the funds within the United States and across the globe as directed by President Bongo in connection with two projects to support his regime, buying U.S.-made armored cars and C-130 military cargo planes. Among the funds the lobbyist distributed was $9.2 million which he wire transferred to an account for President Omar Bongo – not in Gabon – but in the country of Malta.

• $1 Million Shrink Wrapped. In 2007, President Omar Bongo brought $1 million in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into the United States under cover of diplomatic immunity without declaring the cash to U.S. authorities as required by law. His daughter, who told her bank that she was an unemployed student, deposited the cash in a U.S. safe deposit box and later into her bank account.

• U.S. Trust Accounts. President Ali Bongo’s wife formed a U.S. trust under her maiden name, and used the trust to open U.S. bank and securities accounts in California.

• Offshore Wire Transfers. Jennifer Douglas, a U.S. citizen and the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and former presidential candidate in Nigeria, helped her husband bring more than $40 million in suspect funds into the United States from 2000 to 2008, through wire transfers from offshore corporations. The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged in a 2008 civil complaint that Ms. Douglas received $2.8 million in bribe payments from a German conglomerate, Siemens AG, which has acknowledged making the payments.

• Arms Dealer. Pierre Falcone, a notorious Angolan arms dealer with a history of run-ins with the law and who is currently serving a 6-year prison sentence, had open access to more than 30 U.S. bank accounts in Arizona for 18 years.

• Central Banker. Aguinaldo Jaime, former head of the Central Bank of Angola, tried twice to transfer $50 million in Angolan government funds to a private account in the United States, only to have the transfers reversed by U.S. financial institutions who became suspicious. The corruption concerns raised by his actions caused Citibank to close all accounts for Angolan government agencies and to close down its office in Angola.

• Private Angolan Bank. Banco Africano Investimentos (“BAI”), a $7 billion private Angolan bank which caters to PEPs, gained access to the U.S. financial system through HSBC in New York, despite troubling information about its ownership and failure to provide a copy of its anti-money laundering policies and procedures.

Recommendations. To combat the abuses, the report makes several recommendations, including:
•World Bank PEP Controls. Implementing stronger controls on PEP accounts as laid out in a recent World Bank report, including by requiring banks to use reliable databases to screen clients for PEPs, requiring beneficial ownership forms for bank accounts so hidden PEPs are exposed, and conducting annual reviews of PEP accounts to detect suspicious activity.
•Beneficial Owners. Requiring U.S. corporations to identify their beneficial owners, in order to thwart the use of shell companies with hidden PEP owners.
•Ending Exemptions. Ending the exemptions Treasury granted in 2002 to the Patriot Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so that real estate and escrow agents will have to know their customers, evaluate the source of their funds, and turn away suspect clients. Also requiring Treasury to instruct banks to subject attorney-client and law office accounts to greater oversight and stop their use to shield PEPs from scrutiny.
•Immigration and Visa Criteria. Toughening immigration and visa rules to make foreign corruption a legal basis for barring entry into the United States and for removing PEPs already here. Increasing law enforcement support for Presidential Proclamation 7750 to identify corrupt foreign officials who should be barred from the United States.
•Stronger FATF Recommendations. Encouraging U.S. professional organizations to issue anti-money laundering and anti-corruption guidance to their members.

“Stopping the flow of illegal money is critical, because foreign corruption damages civil society, undermines the rule of law, and threatens our security,” said Levin.
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GoroTango:
I am from the north too. You guys in Jigawa can queue behind your thieving ex governor Lamido all you like, the rest of us will stick with Buhari.

Lol I doubt you support PMB more than I Did! But with current scandals in his government he's really sinking low fast! I trust Lamido none of his appointees could get away with 1/10th of what's happening in this administration.
Kwankwaso is my number one choice.

Mune:


Which state are you from? What tribe are you?
Whatever the case, your leaders are also 'thieving bastards' ..

Go and ask your father that question
When any of my leaders are being charged for criminal misappropriation like your thieving hero - lamido, I'll tell you my tribe

EazyMoh:

Lol I doubt you support PMB more than I Did! But with current scandals in his government he's really sinking low fast! I trust Lamido none of his appointees could get away with 1/10th of what's happening in this administration.
Kwankwaso is my number one choice.

Kwankwaso need to be sold to the world. I enjoined you to pls partake in that project.

He is a youth friendly leader. He has touched the lives of so many of us in Kano who are from humble homes. He opened our eyes to what a serious govt can do with its available resources.. making us to asked the question: what in heaven had been happening before?

genghiskhan007:


Go and ask your father that question
When any of my leaders are being charged for criminal misappropriation like your thieving hero - lamido, I'll tell you my tribe

Smokescreen alert!
STFU, if you don't have a sensible thing to say.

Adaumunocha:
Who will vote Sule

He made a lot of friends with prisoners while remanded with his sons for FRAUD. Those prisoners are guaranteed to vote for him.

Those clamouring for Sule Lamido should know he is a 'criminal' who has a fraud case still hanging on his neck.

you guys have started again ....dats how u people talked about buhari being best for Nigeria...now look at d nonsense....you without future