Fine speech from a officer of the Nigerian army, who, though duty-bound to protect its Constitution and leaders, betrayed that trust and ousted his civilian boss for entirely selfish reasons.

If he was so interested in helping the country, what stopped him from resigning his commission and contesting elections back in 1983? Oh, he and his revolutionaries were going to change the country's trajectory? They sure did, and we haven't really recovered since... and then we put him in charge again? SMH

Loyalty ko, royalty ni. Something about leopards and their spots come to mind...

OkaNaUbe:


Touching the mumu button of Yorubas. #NeverAgain

yes! we like it like that. he did for us what even OBJ cud not do. June 12. As Atiku is pressing your Mumu button now. MuMu!

devindevin2000:
Loyal afonja slave...hahaha

see. begging slave for vp under atifku

Thank God Idiagbon was not Ibo. Return home keh, eehn, kilon je be?

An Ibo deputy would have abandoned Buhari to his fate and fled.

Awon cowards!

Idiagbon was a brave man. So were Adekunle Fajuyi, MKO Abiola, Kudirat abiola who refused to give up their mandate come what may, Gani Fawehinmi, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and so many other brave Nigerians who refused to be silenced and stood for what they believed in.
Shame people don't have such balls anymore.

SmartMugu:
Implying Osinbanjo is not a 'rare example' like Idiagbon, right? This is democracy bro, not the same military and dictatorial feel like during the old 1984 barbaric military tenure.

To be honest, during the military era, we seemed to have more brave young men. Many of them were radicals from boyhood. Now, everyone has turned to chicken despite being in a democracy

Corruption: The US Senate report that finally nailed Atiku Abubakar

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has for a long time been challenging Nigerians who accused him of being corrupt to come forward and prove it. So far nobody has come forward.

Well, has received a report on how Atiku was the subject of a probe ten years ago, by a United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin.

The report detailed how Atiku Abubakar while still the vice president of Nigeria between 2000 and 2008, used offshore companies to siphon millions of dollars to his fourth wife in the United States, Jennifer Douglas.

Specifically, the report said Jennifer Douglas, an American citizen, helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations to U.S. bank accounts.

In 2004, the then President Bush barred Atiku and other corrupt politically exposed persons from being issued visa to the United States.

The US Senate probe was motivated by US government concern about corruption in the Third World and its corrosive effects on the development of honest government, democratic principles, and the rule of law.

“It is also blamed for distorting markets, deterring investment, deepening poverty, undermining international aid efforts, and fostering crime. Some have drawn connections between corruption, failed states, and terrorism. Corruption also continues to be a massive problem. The World Bank has estimated that $1 trillion in bribes alone exchange hands worldwide each year,” the committee noted in its bulky report.

Atiku was not the only foreign Politically Exposed Person(PEP) probed by the committee. He had company in Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, now the 48-year-old son of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea (EG), late President of Gabon, Omar Bongo and three Angolan PEP accounts, involving an Angolan arms dealer, an Angolan government official, and a small Angolan private bank.

The committee submitted its report on 4 February 2010, three years after Atiku left office.

The report unveiled violations of US laws by Atiku and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas. It also included revelations about Siemens bribe paid into one of the accounts, and it possibly provided the basis for Atiku being barred from entering the United States, since then.

This Report examines how politically powerful foreign officials, their relatives, and close associates – referred to in international agreements as Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) – have used the services of U.S. professionals and financial institutions to bring large amounts of suspect funds into the United States to advance their interests. Using four case histories, this Report shows how some PEPs have used U.S. lawyers, real estate and escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, and even university officials, to circumvent U.S. anti-money laundering and anti- corruption safeguards. This Report also offers recommendations to stop the abuses.

Here is a summary of the report:

Atiku Case History.

From 2000 to 2008, Jennifer Douglas, a U.S. citizen and the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and former candidate for President of Nigeria, helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations to U.S. bank accounts.

In a 2008 civil complaint, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that Ms. Douglas received over $2 million in bribe payments in 2001 and 2002, from Siemens AG, a major German corporation.

While Ms. Douglas denies wrongdoing, Siemens has already pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges and settled civil charges related to bribery and told the Subcommittee that it sent the payments to one of her U.S. accounts.

In 2007, Mr. Atiku was the subject of corruption allegations in Nigeria related to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund.

Of the $40 million in suspect funds, $25 million was wire transferred by offshore corporations into more than 30 U.S. bank accounts opened by Ms. Douglas, primarily by Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., LetsGo Ltd. Inc., and Sima Holding Ltd.

The U.S. banks maintaining those accounts were, at times, unaware of her PEP status, and they allowed multiple, large offshore wire transfers into her accounts. As each bank began to question the offshore wire transfers, Ms. Douglas indicated that all of the funds came from her husband and professed little familiarity with the offshore corporations actually sending her money.

When one bank closed her account due to the offshore wire transfers, her lawyer helped convince other banks to provide a new account. In addition, two of the offshore corporations wire transferred about $14 million over five years to American University in Washington, D.C., to pay for consulting services related to the development of a Nigerian university founded by Mr. Atiku Abubakar.

American University accepted the wire transfers without asking about the identity of the offshore corporations or the source of their funds, because under current law, the University had no legal obligation to inquire.

Executive Summary

Combating corruption is a key U.S. value and goal, due to its corrosive effects on the rule of law, economic development, and democratic principles. In 2001, the Patriot Act made the acceptance of foreign corruption proceeds a U.S. money laundering offense for the first time, and required banks to apply enhanced scrutiny to private banking accounts opened for senior foreign political figures, their relatives, and close associates. In 2003, the United States supported the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, now ratified by over 140 countries. Also in 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) formed an investigative group dedicated to combating foreign corruption by PEPs. In 2004, President Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 7750 denying U.S. visas to foreign officials involved with corruption, and Congress later enacted supporting legislation. A 2009 study sponsored by the World Bank analyzed PEP controls worldwide and recommended stronger measures to reduce corruption.

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Subcommittee) initiated this investigation to learn how U.S. laws apply to PEPs utilizing the domestic financial system, and examine how foreign senior political figures, their relatives, and close associates may be circumventing or undermining anti-money laundering (AML) and PEP controls to bring funds that may be the product of foreign corruption into the United States. It is the latest in a series of Subcommittee hearings examining foreign corruption and its U.S. aiders and abettors.

During the course of its investigation, the Subcommittee staff conducted over 100 interviews, including interviews of lawyers, real estate agents, escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, university professionals, and government officials. The Subcommittee issued over 50 subpoenas and reviewed millions of pages of documents, including bank records, correspondence, contracts, emails, property records, flight records, news articles, and court pleadings. In addition, the Subcommittee consulted with foreign officials, international organizations, financial regulators, and experts in anti-money laundering and anti-corruption efforts.

vedaxcool:
True talk, even Cownu supporters are perpetually turning coat, no errection no lefuladum, we are Atikulooted... always know what you stand for don't be act like a dis-coordinated drunk

You have turn yourself into IPOB town criers these days, Nobody is boycotting any election for your demi-god Buhari to have easy win.


Your tactics have failed already.

This criminal must not be allowed near our treasury again

Sannisege:
Corruption: The US Senate report that finally nailed Atiku Abubakar

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has for a long time been challenging Nigerians who accused him of being corrupt to come forward and prove it. So far nobody has come forward.

Well, has received a report on how Atiku was the subject of a probe ten years ago, by a United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin.

The report detailed how Atiku Abubakar while still the vice president of Nigeria between 2000 and 2008, used offshore companies to siphon millions of dollars to his fourth wife in the United States, Jennifer Douglas.

Specifically, the report said Jennifer Douglas, an American citizen, helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations to U.S. bank accounts.

In 2004, the then President Bush barred Atiku and other corrupt politically exposed persons from being issued visa to the United States.

The US Senate probe was motivated by US government concern about corruption in the Third World and its corrosive effects on the development of honest government, democratic principles, and the rule of law.

“It is also blamed for distorting markets, deterring investment, deepening poverty, undermining international aid efforts, and fostering crime. Some have drawn connections between corruption, failed states, and terrorism. Corruption also continues to be a massive problem. The World Bank has estimated that $1 trillion in bribes alone exchange hands worldwide each year,” the committee noted in its bulky report.

Atiku was not the only foreign Politically Exposed Person(PEP) probed by the committee. He had company in Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, now the 48-year-old son of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea (EG), late President of Gabon, Omar Bongo and three Angolan PEP accounts, involving an Angolan arms dealer, an Angolan government official, and a small Angolan private bank.

The committee submitted its report on 4 February 2010, three years after Atiku left office.

The report unveiled violations of US laws by Atiku and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas. It also included revelations about Siemens bribe paid into one of the accounts, and it possibly provided the basis for Atiku being barred from entering the United States, since then.

This Report examines how politically powerful foreign officials, their relatives, and close associates – referred to in international agreements as Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) – have used the services of U.S. professionals and financial institutions to bring large amounts of suspect funds into the United States to advance their interests. Using four case histories, this Report shows how some PEPs have used U.S. lawyers, real estate and escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, and even university officials, to circumvent U.S. anti-money laundering and anti- corruption safeguards. This Report also offers recommendations to stop the abuses.

Here is a summary of the report:

Atiku Case History.

From 2000 to 2008, Jennifer Douglas, a U.S. citizen and the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and former candidate for President of Nigeria, helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations to U.S. bank accounts.

In a 2008 civil complaint, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that Ms. Douglas received over $2 million in bribe payments in 2001 and 2002, from Siemens AG, a major German corporation.

While Ms. Douglas denies wrongdoing, Siemens has already pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges and settled civil charges related to bribery and told the Subcommittee that it sent the payments to one of her U.S. accounts.

In 2007, Mr. Atiku was the subject of corruption allegations in Nigeria related to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund.

Of the $40 million in suspect funds, $25 million was wire transferred by offshore corporations into more than 30 U.S. bank accounts opened by Ms. Douglas, primarily by Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., LetsGo Ltd. Inc., and Sima Holding Ltd.

The U.S. banks maintaining those accounts were, at times, unaware of her PEP status, and they allowed multiple, large offshore wire transfers into her accounts. As each bank began to question the offshore wire transfers, Ms. Douglas indicated that all of the funds came from her husband and professed little familiarity with the offshore corporations actually sending her money.

When one bank closed her account due to the offshore wire transfers, her lawyer helped convince other banks to provide a new account. In addition, two of the offshore corporations wire transferred about $14 million over five years to American University in Washington, D.C., to pay for consulting services related to the development of a Nigerian university founded by Mr. Atiku Abubakar.

American University accepted the wire transfers without asking about the identity of the offshore corporations or the source of their funds, because under current law, the University had no legal obligation to inquire.

Executive Summary

Combating corruption is a key U.S. value and goal, due to its corrosive effects on the rule of law, economic development, and democratic principles. In 2001, the Patriot Act made the acceptance of foreign corruption proceeds a U.S. money laundering offense for the first time, and required banks to apply enhanced scrutiny to private banking accounts opened for senior foreign political figures, their relatives, and close associates. In 2003, the United States supported the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, now ratified by over 140 countries. Also in 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) formed an investigative group dedicated to combating foreign corruption by PEPs. In 2004, President Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 7750 denying U.S. visas to foreign officials involved with corruption, and Congress later enacted supporting legislation. A 2009 study sponsored by the World Bank analyzed PEP controls worldwide and recommended stronger measures to reduce corruption.

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Subcommittee) initiated this investigation to learn how U.S. laws apply to PEPs utilizing the domestic financial system, and examine how foreign senior political figures, their relatives, and close associates may be circumventing or undermining anti-money laundering (AML) and PEP controls to bring funds that may be the product of foreign corruption into the United States. It is the latest in a series of Subcommittee hearings examining foreign corruption and its U.S. aiders and abettors.

During the course of its investigation, the Subcommittee staff conducted over 100 interviews, including interviews of lawyers, real estate agents, escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, university professionals, and government officials. The Subcommittee issued over 50 subpoenas and reviewed millions of pages of documents, including bank records, correspondence, contracts, emails, property records, flight records, news articles, and court pleadings. In addition, the Subcommittee consulted with foreign officials, international organizations, financial regulators, and experts in anti-money laundering and anti-corruption efforts.

Tunde Idiagbon was the president then this yokel was just a figurehead. Its clear now. Shame

eyinjuege:
Idiagbon was a brave man. So were Adekunle Fajuyi, MKO Abiola, Kudirat abiola who refused to give up their mandate come what may, Gani Fawehinmi, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and so many other brave Nigerians who refused to be silenced and stood for what they believed in.
Shame people don't have such balls anymore.



To be honest, during the military era, we seemed to have more brave young men. Many of them were radicals from boyhood. Now, everyone has turned to chicken despite being in a democracy

You are completely correct with this statement. Thanks for even mentioning more notable names, their bravery and their achievements for others that probably weren't around during their prime days.

My point is - as a presidential candidate for the 2019 election, he should focus more on promoting the achievements of his current vice-president (Osinbanjo - his 2019 running mate as well), now is not the right time to raise praises for late Idiagbon as if he would have preferred him if he was still alive.

Hotfreezer:


Dozens of Ipob miscreants like you died for Kanu but he turned around to only acknowledge Jack his dog.

A flatheaded mistake like you or a dead dog, which do you think Kanu values more?

He Did Acknowledge The People That Died In His Compound At Afaraukwu. We Gave Them 1 Minute Silence B4 He Started His Broadcast. Yeloba Muslim

vedaxcool:
True talk, even Cownu supporters are perpetually turning coat, no errection no lefuladum, we are Atikulooted... always know what you stand for don't be act like a dis-coordinated drunk

OH MY FRIEND, UR TOO GULLIBLE

At least Kanu's supporters are standing on a principle. They may not be doing it perfectly, but I'll choose Nnamdi Kanu over an Afonja loyal slave anytime, any day. Afonjas will see an aboki and they will beg aboki to take them as slaves. The average Afonja would rather be a fulani houseboy than be the master of his own destiny.

vedaxcool:
True talk, even Cownu supporters are perpetually turning coat, no errection no lefuladum, we are Atikulooted... always know what you stand for don't be act like a dis-coordinated drunk

SmartMugu:

You are completely correct with this statement. Thanks for even mentioning more notable names, their bravery and their achievements for others that probably weren't around during their prime days.

My point is - as a presidential candidate for the 2019 election, he should focus more on promoting the achievements of his current vice-president (Osinbanjo - his 2019 running mate as well), now is not the right time to raise praises for late Idiagbon as if he would have preferred him if he was still alive.

GUY IT'S ALL POLITICS

Now we all know that idiagbon was the real anti corruption crusaders and stand up guy, you were just been promoted in his glory.

OkaNaUbe:


Touching the mumu button of Yorubas. #NeverAgain

yes the mumu botton pave way for VP that will run for 8yrs before handling over to us while at that, we bid you Biafra people farewell as your Lord had vowed to take you people his modern mumu to rising sun



one thing you can't take away from Buhari, he never forget people who stick with him. his love for yorubas is irreplaceable. baba we Yoruba promised you 100% support in 2019 even though you've your flaw but please do everything within you to resist any looter coming back to dry us after surviving their reckless spending over 16years ago


lemme Say it loud and clear sai baba till 2023, say no to athiefkulator

sapoyoro:
idiagbon is not Yoruba,he is a Fulani man from ilorin.

........says who? The names "Tunde Idiagbon" are pure Yoruba names.

Tunde Idiagbon - An Officer & A Gentleman

Tunde would have overthrown this idiot

Rip

Hotfreezer:


First Republic, Igbos planned coup, Ahmadu Bello was killed, Akintola was killed, Tafawa Balewa was killed, Azikiwe ran away.

Counter coup: Ironsi was killed, Fajuyi stood for his guest and was killed.

Civil war. Ojukwu started it, Banjo was killed, Effiong from SS surrendered, Ojuku ran away dressed like a stripper.

Now, Igbos in Ipob were killed while their leader ran into the evil forest before taking off from there only to come back to ignore his dead followers and cry about his dead dog.

I'll let Atiku continue this post, he is in the best position to comment on Igbo loyalty.

Well put.

BUHARI SACK PROF YUSUF USMAN OF NHIS TO PROVE TO NIGERIANS THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING CORRUPTION. THIS MAN HAS STOLEN SO MUCH PUBLIC FUND THAT NIGERIANS ARE SUPRISED THAT HE SAID ONLY YOU CAN SACK HIM

Yet pigs said our tribe is known for cowardice

Tunde returned home to face the heat

Obasanjo stood tall

Fela was jailed several times, despite having access to seek for asylum in foreign nations, he stood tall.

On the contrary,

Chukwu emeka fled
Nnamdi fled

Facts!

vedaxcool:
True talk, even Cownu supporters are perpetually turning coat, no errection no lefuladum, we are Atikulooted... always know what you stand for don't be act like a dis-coordinated drunk

lol... buh you aren't different from IPOB na, support Ambode today, cast him down tomorrow because of someone's says so.....

Just like Abacha was good, the Flies always partronise Lazarous. A Eunoch's wife is never nearby.

Hotfreezer:


Look at your username, look at the topic, think about Kanu's dead dog and sit in one corner to think.

After 5mins, you'll agree with me that you'll have been better off as Kanu's bingo than a cyber miscreant that you have become.

No! I didn't just read that

sapoyoro:
idiagbon is not Yoruba,he is a Fulani man from ilorin.

Tunde Idiagbon was a Yoruba man,nothing like Fulani...,because of political reasons people started calling dogs fowl.too bad!!!

[s]

Ritzy10:
President Buhari has described the late Major General Tunde Idiagbon as 'a very rare example of what loyalty to fatherland and to a superior should be. Tunde was strong, loyal and extremely committed to the cause of positively changing the narrative about Nigeria, which the administration set out to do at that time'.

The president spoke today when he received APC governorship aspirants and members of the party from the three senatorial zones of Kwara State at State House, he recalled how his former deputy, from Kwara State, who, while on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia when the administration was overthrown in 1985, insisted on returning to the country despite the political uncertainty especially as he had learnt that he, as Commander-in-Chief at that time, had not been killed in the take-over.

The President added that the late Idiagbon rejected the offer from the King of Saudi Arabia to bring members of his (Idiagbon) family from Nigeria to the Kingdom, as he was his guest at that time, and eventually returned to Nigeria to suffer arrest like he (Buhari) did.

President Buhari further enjoined Nigerians to remain faithful and loyal to the country in all their dealings.

“You don’t have to be in uniform to be loyal. What I said long ago in 1984 is still valid today. We have no other country but Nigeria. Others who feel they have another country may choose to go. We will stay here and salvage it together,” he said.

https://zenithnaija.com/late-tunde-idiagbon-was-a-very-rare-example-of-loyalty-to-fatherland-president-buhari/

[/s] if the country is actually for all tribes, you dont have to keep preaching about loyalty. patriotism is not forced on a people.

outlook2018:


Tunde Idiagbon was a Yoruba man,nothing like Fulani...,because of political reasons people started calling dogs fowl.too bad!!!

he is not Yoruba, he was a typical Yorubanised Fulani man from ilorin, abit like saraki in that sense