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September 2006
NigerianNews Letter to the Editor

September 15, 2006

Dear Editor

Subject: Atiku and OBJ

Well Atiku has accepted that he put Nigerians money to wrong use. He also confessed he did it with OBJ. OBJ should also admit that he partook in the looting of Nigeria public treasure. Since Atiku(A) has admitted, any person he points out to should also be held as A's gang. If ask me, A's relations benefitted too from the loot and, if OBJ(O) admitted that his peolple benefitted then he is also capable or did A eat the money alone without giving some to his relations. What force made A & cohorts to guide the money to O's relations and no one poor man from my village concilor benefitted from the loot?

If we want to face facts, A and O are guilty and should be made to face the same music. It is double crime to deny your crime writen all over your family. I can not believe that O's relations will get such huge amount and they will not let O know and when was these moneies shared and why did O kept the fact till now they are having political fued.

Most people have started taking sides and this is not how this problem should be handled correctly. Personal conflicts should not be allowed

A-capo

NigerianNews Response

Hello Agbai Capo,

thanks for your logic! It seems some people are not about solving crimes but taking side with their mentors. The only thing that precludes us from getting on Obasanjo's case right now other than wait and see how this crime self-propel itself is one paramount question: Did Obasanjo's relations who are mostly politcal relations like the wife of Murtalla Muhammed know they were being offered a share in a loot or just being given plain gift? Once that is answered, we ought to be told what knowledge of this Obasanjo has. This in law will determine his extent of involvement in the crime. Unfortunately, in law, instinct is never a replacement for evidence and proof of it. We are lucky Atiku naively and unwittingly spilled the beans hoping it would just be business as usual. What we say here is that two wrongs do not make a right.

Our feeling here at the NigerianNews is that every aspect of this crime will be out soon, so let us all keep our fingers crossed.

Warmest regards
Editor, NigerianNews
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Unbridled and UnAfraid
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September 14, 2006

Dear Editor
Subject: ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE THAT FRONTS FOR THESE THIEFS

I don't know why the management of Nigeriannews.com has been soooooo supportive of obasanjo , Why don't you hear the story the Vice president has to say , ok fine , he is accepting he is a thief and calling your president a thief , Are we supposed to have a thief as a president , All i see here is that Both of them are thieves and should be condemmed , It just that things went sour between them and the president feels that because he is the president fools will listen to him better than and even if they don't listen , Atiku will still be the loser anyway because he has more powers , if he is a saint , why did he chose a thief as a vice president in the first place ? Who killed Bola Ige , Obasanjo is a thief too just like Atiku and should be hanged . I hope say no be say una don collect egunje from the president

Peter Taylor

NigerianNews Response

Egunje and Nigerian Journalism - a Reply to Peter Taylor's conjecture (Click here for Mr Taylor's letter)
To test your egunje theory, it would be nice if EFCC would direct its searchlight on us as well as all the Nigerian media, because you are right, there are some egunje passing hands right now, but you can be sure we are not part of it. NigerianNews Editorial

Dear Editor

Subject: Obasanjo & Atiku face -off

It is obvious that your site is biased against Atiku but i will like you to exercise restrain and let the whole thing play itself out. Cheers

NigerianNews Response

Hello Mr Oyetayo,

please read our reply of similar accusation levied on us by Mr Peter Taylor in the NNews letters to the editor of tomorrow Friday the 15th 2006, and you will see that we are actually biased, however, in favor of Nigeria.

Please let us know if you still have problem believing us after you read our reply to Mr Taylor and our 2 recent editorials

Warmest regards,
Editor, NigerianNews.
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Unbridled and UnAfraid
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September 13, 2006

Dear Editor

Subject: Cluster bomb

Thanks for the editorial "Obasanjo vs Atiku: Is Chivalry Dead?". It was an interesting, educational and informative piece of editorial. In my letter to you a long time ago, that was during the brohaha of Abiola and the so called June 12th, I did say that the success of this democracy in Nigeria rests squarely on the Press. It is a big shock how the Press men we have today are so short sighted. They are infact responsible for the sustained corruption in that country. morality has been thrown to the dogs in Nigerian politics by the press.

Commom sense is not commom. The Nigerian press has proved this saying right. Since the press has failed us, we the electorate should be the final judge. We are watching every body kinly expecially members of the senate and houses of assembly. We shall judge who they really are from this explosion which is like a cluster bomb. The residue of this cluster bomb will explode next election. We shall reject the rejectable and no amount of money shall sway us.

Thanks
Ihenmwanta Obazee

September 12, 2006

Letters to the editor: �NUHU RIBADU: LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT GUILT CAST THE FIRST STONE.� � Rejoinder to Akinsanya Juliuson
by Xavier, P. D. | Related issue

Dear Editor,

It is unclear what Akinsaya Juliuson was trying to say in his special feature of September 11, 2006, titled: - �NUHU RIBADU: LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT GUILT CAST THE FIRST STONE.� Perhaps you could enlighten us. The article, from my perspective, was a hodge podge of banal Nigerian sayings and incoherent ramblings and philosophising of what I believe to be Juliuson�s perception of life.

Was Juliuson trying to make allusions to the EFCC chairman�s conduct in his execution of his duties? Was he extolling or excoriating them? From the title, one may deduce that Juliuson was probably doing the latter, but like the typical Nigerian politician, Juliuson was cryptic in his pronouncements interspersed with �biblical rhetoric� to suffuse some element of piety in the write up. He claimed that he does not judge people, but Juliuson�s article seemes to be warning the EFCC chairman to tone down his activities or face some damnation. �Man is such a harsh judge. We so readily want our own indiscretions and mistakes to be over looked, but seldom are willing to overlook someone else's. Why does it sometimes seem as if we revel in the chance to find fault in others? Is it because we feel better about our own shortcomings when we compare them to those who are more obviously flawed?� Juliuson writes. Is he alluding to Ribadu�s knack for saying it as it is not caring the �status� of the person under investigation?

Juliuson also continues: - �Honesty is not the best policy in Nigeria of today. Sensitivity is. Some people are born insensitive, some achieve insensitivity and others have insensitivity thrust upon them. This is not the right quotation. But I am sure we all know why I make that remark now. We are dealing with several silly someones, several brood of vipers.� Obviously Juliuson condones acts of criminality and gross corruption that the EFCC is trying to excise from the Nigerian polity. Juliuson should know that the law is no respecter of social status. Criminals, regardless of their status are prosecuted if investigated and found wanton. One thing Juliuson must understand is that as a commission, EFCC has the legal right to prosecute all those found to be wanton and all they do is argue the case in front of a judge who then based on the evidence provided by the commission and the argument of the defendant decides the case.

The default in law is innocent until proven guilty, but come on Juliuson, how much is the salary of these so called �persecuted� that they live the live styles that they lead? Alamieyesiegha�s salary as governor was not denominated in pounds and dollars, and even if it was, it was hardly much so that he could keep one million pounds in the house he bought in London only a few years ago as governor. Besides, Alamieyeseigha is apprehended by the British police, an unbiased and autonomous organisation.

If the Atiku/Adenuga case is what sparked Juliuson�s article, let it be known that the case is connected to the US congressman, Jefferson�s saga, which has been under the FBI investigation for a while now and that the evidence provided in the report was collated through an international joint effort between the FBI and the EFCC. It is no secret that Adenuga (purported whiz kid) has been a conduit through whom a number of Nigerian present and past leadership have funnelled funds looted from the coffers of Nigeria since the mid 1980s.

To use one of the banal sayings that Juliuson omitted in his incoherent write-up, �let us call a spade a spade.� The EFCC has been doing an excellent job since the young man Ribadu has been at the helm. The commission deserves, from all Nigerians, the highest regard and respect. The most tendered reservation people have of the commission is that it has gone after some highly placed members of the society, and that these folks do not deserve to be investigated and interrogated. Well, if there is some question about the source of wealth of these individuals, particularly if their gross remuneration while they held government positions is insufficient to afford them their level of wealth, investigating them is the only way to clear up the discrepancy.

The one thing that Juliuson seemed to get right is the EFCC chairman in his stoic and committed manner of delivery of his duties, he is putting himself and family at great personal risk given the degree of influence and vindictive capabilities of the individuals he is going after. But this is the hallmark of a brave and valiant man in the battle against corruption. Being reticent and condoning depravity and corruption, and sweeping it under the carpet as recommended by Juliuson, the EFCC or any other agency charged with the job of combating corruption would be tantamount to selling its soul, as Juliuson seems to have done in the name of his arcane and grossly erroneous notion of �decorum.�

"Who killed Bola Ige , Obasanjo is a thief too just like Atiku and should be hanged . I hope say no be say una don collect egunje from the president " - Peter Taylor
"Thanks for the editorial "Obasanjo vs Atiku: Is Chivalry Dead?". It was an interesting, educational and informative piece of editorial. In my letter to you a long time ago, that was during the brohaha of Abiola and the so called June 12th, I did say that the success of this democracy in Nigeria rests squarely on the Press. It is a big shock how the Press men we have today are so short sighted. They are infact responsible for the sustained corruption in that country. morality has been thrown to the dogs in Nigerian politics by the press. " -Ihenmwanta Obazee
"If the Atiku/Adenuga case is what sparked Juliuson�s article, let it be known that the case is connected to the US congressman, Jefferson�s saga, which has been under the FBI investigation for a while now and that the evidence provided in the report was collated through an international joint effort between the FBI and the EFCC. It is no secret that Adenuga (purported whiz kid) has been a conduit through whom a number of Nigerian present and past leadership have funnelled funds looted from the coffers of Nigeria since the mid 1980s. " Xavier, P. D.