To this bombshell Icheoku screams 'DAYLIGHT ROBBERY'! Really, what other evidence does this Tiv woman want to see to prosecute these "armed bandits" masquerading as politicians? A cursory look around the country will show that evidence abound to secure life prison sentences for these financial criminals were there a stomach in this woman to take the fight to these political vampires. All you have to do is to juxtapose whatever "accomplishments" they recorded viz-a-viz the amount of revenue received during the same period and then let them account for the difference. Worst still, let them show you how much they were worth before 1999 and then check how much they are worth today and then do the math. Our verdict at Icheoku is that this is a brazen cover-up and nostalgically Nuhu Ribadu is greatly being missed. The quagmire called Nigeria will continue in its topsy-turvy dance of death until some form of revolution instills a new order therein. How can you protect against future looting of the treasury of the country Nigeria, when her previous looters are being praised as very patriotic? It is incredulous as it is mind-numbing that even Olusegun Obasanjo with the widely publicised $16 billion dollars (bridge to nowhere) energy/power contracts was found innocent and adjudged by the EFCC to be a Mother Theresa? It is mind-boggling indeed and one asks is there any hope for Nigeria? You tell me! That the whole world is watching this macabre dance of corruption and its cover-up is meaningless to these loonies now running the EFCC and like many a Nigeria who is Ostrich-like in hiding their heads in the sand thinking that their body which is outside is not important; this very woman Farida has once again added impetus to the assertion that Nigeria and corruption are two evil twins! Who is fooling who, Nigeria?Now read the story and make up your own conclusion: -
Against public demands for a probe into the eight-year rule of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] on Monday says it has no evidence of any corrupt practices against him. EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri said in Abuja pointedly that Chief Obasanjo had no case with the commission, stressing, “As far as we are concerned, there is no case against Chief Obasanjo before EFCC.” Farida, who was reacting to a question put to her during the round-table discussion of The Initiatives, a group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives said apart from having no case against Obasanjo, most of the case files on top political office holders, particularly former state governors contained no vital evidence to prosecute them. If you can still take this bullcrap, then click: No Case Against Obasanjo, Ex-Govs - EFCC
Cover up!
ReplyDeleteGani, Balarabe accuse Waziri of shielding OBJ
THOMAS IMONIKHE, Group News Editor and FRIDAY OLOKOR
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri’s claim that her agency has not received any petition to probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo for alleged corruption, yesterday elicited condemnation from Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) and Alhaji Balarabe Musa.
In separate reactions they described her claim as not only "disappointing but absolute nonsense."
Similarly, chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran, said Mrs. Waziri, pronouncement was treacherous and deceitful.
The EFCC boss had at a national roundtable for good governance organised by The Initiatives, a group in the House of Representatives, held in Abuja on Monday said in spite of adverse media reports against Obasanjo, her commission had not received any formal petition to commence investigation against him.
She said it was wrong for anyone to think that the EFCC would commence investigation and possible prosecution of the former President on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations against him.
But reacting to Mrs. Farida’s stand on Obasanjo, Fawehinmi said evidence against the former president was overwhelming.
Speaking from London in a telephone chat with Daily Champion yesterday, Fawehinmi said: "She (Mrs. Waziri) is talking absolute nonsense.
How can she be saying that? The evidence against Obasanjo is so legion, transparent and so voluminous."
He said the $16 billion spent by the Obasanjo administration to revamp the power sector between 1999 and 2007 without commensurate result was enough evidence for the EFCC to prosecute him.
He also cited the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, which the ex-President initiated while in office as another example.
Speaking in similar vein, former governor of Kaduna State and chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Alhaji Musa said Mrs. Waziri’s statement on the issue was disappointing.
"The allegations against Obasanjo are not only credible but all embracing that no one who sincerely want to fight corruption can do so without first investigating the former president. He should be the first person to be investigated.
Speaking from Kaduna on telephone Musa said: "For her to say that there is no evidence to investigate Obasanjo is very disappointing.
It means that she wants to end her career like her predecessor in office, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, she has no and legitimacy to investigate anybody if she can’t investigate Obasanjo" Musa said.
In separate reaction, Mr. Adeniran said: "The EFCC is just playing to the gallery. The arguments of Mrs. Waziri do not hold water. We are coming out soon with our action on the claim by the EFCC.
"The statement by Mrs. Waziri shows the disconnection between her and Ribadu. There is no continuity in EFCC. Mrs. Waziri is not sincere with her fight against corruption and while we are not calling for the abrogation of the EFFC, we recommend that Mrs. Waziri should be sacked for not doing what she is expected to do.
"Her comments on Obasanjo smack of treachery and deceit. It is a conspiracy against the people of Nigeria. Credible person should replace her.
All the probes in the National Assembly do not exonerate Obasanjo because he was the Accounting Officer of the eight-year administration. Look at the Independent Power Project (IPP) for instance, he was also in charge of Petroleum Ministry. With the EFCC Act, there is no other petition or evidence needed for Obasanjo to be prosecuted.
"We decided to submit our petition openly to the EFCC in Lagos so that the case is not pushed under the carpet," he said.