Wike, NIA fight over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC Published April 15, 2017 Share Tweet Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor, Chukwudi Akasike and Olayele Aluko The controversy surrounding the ownership of the N13bn ($43.4m, N23m and £27,000) found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, took a dramatic turn on Friday evening when Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the National Intelligence Agency claimed ownership of the money. READ: How EFCC recovered $43m, £27,000, N23m during house raid The National Intelligence Agency on Friday said the money belonged to it. A national daily had earlier reported that the money belonged to the NIA. Sources at the agency confirmed to one our correspondents late Friday that the money belonged to the agency and that it had written a formal letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to claim ownership of the money. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the NIA, which is Nigeria’s foreign intelligence service, explained that the money, which was found on the seventh floor of the building, was approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan for covert operations and security projects covering a period of years. The money was said to have been released in bits during the tenure of a former NIA director-general. A source said that the cash was approved before the advent of the Treasury Single Account. He stated that the Director-General of the NIA, Amb. Ayo Oke; the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Moguno, had met over the issue. A Presidency source also confirmed the meeting to one of our correspondents. The NIA source explained that when EFCC operatives stormed the Ikoyi property on Wednesday, they were informed that the said apartment was a safe house of the NIA from which discreet operations were carried out. The EFCC boss, however, rejected all entreaties from the NIA and entered the building, breaking the fireproof safes and taking the money. VIDEO: EFCC operatives count $43m, £27,000, N23m recovered during house raid in Lagos The source, who wished to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to speak with the media, said, “The money belongs to the NIA. It is for covert operations and security projects covering a period of years.The DG has met with the President, he has explained everything to him. The President asked him to put everything into writing and he has done so. “The entire chain of events was a big misunderstanding. That place was an NIA safe house and you have to understand that the NIA carries out discreet investigation in conjunction with many agencies across the world. “On the day the EFCC men gathered around the house, the NIA reached out to Magu to explain to him that the money was the property of the Federal Government and the place was an NIA safe house. Unfortunately, the EFCC still went ahead to break down the doors.” But Wike, who described the claim that the cash belonged to the NIA as balderdash, alleged that the immediate past governor of the state and the current Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, kept the money in the apartment. As such, the Rivers State governor gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to return the money to the state government or be ready to face legal action. Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday night, Wike said the $43m was part of the proceeds from the sale of a gas turbine by the immediate past administration, adding that the gas turbine was initially built by the Peter Odili administration. The governor further challenged the Federal Government to set up a commission of inquiry to probe the source of the huge money found in the flat, insisting that the funds belonged to Rivers people and should be returned to the owners within seven days. He said, “All these things they are saying that the $43m belong to the Nigerian Intelligence Agency is balderdash. When did the NIA begin to keep money in houses? As I speak to you now, the Federal Government is so embarrassed. “I want the President to set up a commission of inquiry. We don’t want to fight anybody; they should set up a commission of inquiry or return our money within seven days. If they don’t, we will take all necessary legal actions and NIA will come and prove where they got the money from. READ ALSO: EFCC uncovers another N250.5m in Lagos market “The $43m is the proceeds of the sale of the gas turbine sold by the immediate past administration. The gas turbine was built by the (Peter) Odili administration. It (gas turbine) was sold to Sahara Energy. “The turbine was sold for $319m. But as of May 2015, what was in the account was $204,000. We will avail ourselves and we will be present at the commission of inquiry expected to be set up by the Federal Government. If we are invited, we will come. There is no contradiction in this at all, but I know they (FG) will not agree.” Wike maintained that he would complete the monorail project if the Federal Government returned the $43m to Rivers State, adding that it would be “projects galore” in the state should the money be returned back to its original owner. “Part of the money from the sale of the gas turbine was used to fund the All Progressives Congress campaign. We are telling the world that the money belongs to us. If they (FG) give us the money, I will complete the monorail project,” he said. When contacted, the media aide to Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. David Iyofor, said he would react to Wike’s claim on Saturday (today). The money has since been deposited into the account of the Central Bank of Nigeria following an interim forfeiture order granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The court had also ruled that if the owner of the money did not show up within 30 days, it would be forfeited to the federal Government permanently. EFCC keeps mum All attempts to speak with the spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Friday proved abortive as his phone indicated that it was switched off while a text message sent to his phone was not responded to. It’s a security issue –Presidency When contacted, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, directed our correspondent to the security agencies said to have been involved in the matter. “This is not a matter for the Presidency. It is a security issue and I will advise you to get across to the agencies mentioned,” he said on the telephone. SERAP, CD, others hit EFCC for hiding owners’ identities But socio-political groups, including the Socio-Economic Right Accountability Project and the Campaign for Democracy, criticised the EFCC for hiding the identities of the owners of the recently recovered funds in Lagos and Kaduna. SERAP and the CD, in separate interviews with Saturday PUNCH, said that it was anti-democratic for the EFCC to shield the identities of the owners of recovered money. The SERAP Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said, “Whatever information that the EFCC has about any money abandoned or found in any place deserves to be released to the public. In a democracy, there can’t be opaqueness. This issue affects public interest and it is against the collective interest if the EFCC withholds the identities. “The EFCC’s action will be contrary to public policy and anti-democratic if the information is not released. What will happen if the EFCC is not open is that it will give room for rumours, which is not good for democracy.” In his own remarks, the CD President, Usman Abdul, said, “The EFCC of recent has just been playing to the gallery. The APC-led Federal Government should not take citizens for a ride. After the denial of the confirmation of the EFCC Chair, Magu, we have had several seizures in Kaduna and Lagos states, without anybody having being identified as the custodians of these monies. “It is quite laughable that new notes of money, even hard to get in banks, were found and the EFCC cannot disclose who committed such acts.” On his part, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said that it was unfortunate that Magu’s EFCC out of desperation had thrown caution to the wind in the desperate attempt to be in the news and excite the public. He stated, “You found such volume of cash without any attempt to find the owners and you start a cinema of exhibit. A sergeant IPO who does that should be fired without benefits. “You cannot tell me that you cannot trace the title of a property in Ikoyi at Alausa in a matter of hours .But it seems Magu is all about anti-corruption and seduction. “If Magu fails to disclose the owners of the money, it means that the anti-corruption war has become a ‘night of a thousand laughs.’” Also, the Executive Secretary, Anti-Corruption Network, Ebenezer Oyetakin, said, “The fight against corruption must be total, unambiguous, true in character and content, transparent in outlook and must not be cloudy in presentation to the public.” He said that the shielding of the identity of the looters in itself was corruption and detrimental to the success of the fight against graft. Oyetakin stated, “The fact that this is fuelling speculations that those involved are government officials of the present regime is too bad for the image of the government that is fighting corruption. “This is why I must vehemently call on the EFCC to do the needful by releasing the names of the looters. The more reason why the names should be made known is to serve deterrence against such practices. “However, I am more concerned that arresting and making this type of discovery once in a month is not the only way to fight corruption or regained the loots, otherwise fifty years will not be enough to regain looted funds.” He called for the re-denomination of the naira, adding that owners of looted funds could come out and change their money. A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adamu Mu’azu was reported to have said that he knew nothing about funds recovered at a property reported to be his in Ikoyi, Lagos. An online newspaper, The Cable, reported that Mu’azu, who was the Governor of Bauchi State from 1999 to 2007, said he got a bank loan to acquire the land where the house was built, adding that he sold the house to pay back the loan. Another online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, reported that the Minister of Transportation, Amaechi, said he had no connection whatsoever with the apartment or the money. He was reported to have said that he did not own any apartment or house in Lagos, stating that his only property in Nigeria was in Abuja. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng.com Share Tweet RECOVERED LOOT SEIZED LOOT [UPDATED] EFCC discovers $38m, N23m in Lagos home Court orders forfeiture of seized $43m, £27,800, N23m to FG Recovered money belongs to Rivers –Secondus Solanke wants registry open for recovered loot Recovered loot intact, says Lai Mohammed How EFCC recovered $43m, £27,000, N23m during house raid Seized $43m not mine, says ex-NNPC MD TRENDING EFCC planning to plant cash in my house –Adoke Wike, NIA fight over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC Nigeria’s oil production falls to 1.2 million barrels Controversy over N42m tithe to Benue church Northern elite trying to silence me –Sanusi arewethishopeless PDP …. party of the devil, by the devil for the devil. Did your party and government policies not lead to the death of youth after scamming money from them? Mandela once said “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” PDP, YOU ALL HAVE NO SOUL. tundemash Metuh is a clown who talks before he thinks ! In the warped mind of the clown, criticism or opposition to GEJ and PDP is hatred. Is there a democracy without opposition or what kind of democracy are these rogues preaching ? Does Lagos PDP not criticize Fashola? What has PDP been doing in Rivers state since Amaechi defected to APC? Even with opposition breathing down their neck, these rogues still steal from the poor (collecting N1k application fee from 500k people for 5k vacancies) and loot the treasury. If there is no opposition party, imagine what these rogues would have done ? Uju Hiring foreign and local media columnists for witch-hunt and character assassination of some PDP govt officials while pocketing as much as 5m naira per negative publication is what Metuh is talking about. By reading Punch and a couple other news media, you and I will agree that Metuh knows what he is talking about. Chief Olisa Metuh is not Chief Lai Muhahammed. He does not talk carelessly and knows what he is talking about. You may not agree with him publicly but you know it in your heart deep down tundemash U claimed “By reading Punch and a couple other news media, you and I will agree that Metuh knows what he is talking about. ” And yet your day isn’t complete until you come here and post what you have been handed at the amnesty camp. HYPOCRITE Tell us exactly what NTA, ThisDay and Tribune are doing differently. Metuh is a drowning man clutching at any straw. Only the retarded would not feel a change is needed after 15years of PDP misrule. After15years, roads, electricity, security, health are worse than they were in1999. The only thing they have increased is their level of looting. It is now in billions of dollars, they have outgrown naira and millions. And to think some retarded Nigerians are cool with this is just traumatic. I do not know which law prohibit APC from hiring foreign consultants afterall GEJ did same in 2011 hiring Trippi and Associates, a U.S Political Consulting firm after which your boss, Reno Omokri was permanently seconded to Aso Rock. I WONDER WHICH IS A GREATER CURSE; BAD LEADERSHIP OR STUP1D FOLLOWERSHIP. office79 The best comment I have read in years!!! Bravo!!! gandymoore You’re reasoning is pathetically way below that of an infant. You expected looting of your greedy & corrupt brothers who ruled this country and dragged us this low to be immediately reversed overnight. Haha!! Little education should have thought you that Rome wasn’t built in one day. Unless U are miserably frustrated with GEJ’s transformation agenda. tundemash M0ron ….. instead of reversal, what we see is reward and promotion of corruption. Rome was not built in a day but Rome was not built in reverse gear. What transformation agenda ? A transformation agenda that pardons fugitive rogues ? Or a transformation agenda that even steals from you poor souls under the guide of giving you a non-existent job ? What has transformed ? Is there anything IBB, Abacha, and OBJ did that has not happened under this Otuoke Clown ? Ayo Kellany 15 years and still counting is overnight to you ! You are a lunatic and that is a fact that can not be disputed. xray2013 Pocketing only 5m but pdp pockets 20b USD… make una go rest.. You guys dont have anything to say. Is it pdp that is paying for all the presidential jets going for the pdp rallies? Orodo Please Metuh should answer this question. Lomax Whether they hire foreign specialist or not, metuh should not be disturbed. Its a simple saying, what goes around comes around. PDP as a party is full or corrupt and unrepentant fellows who have used and still using the peoples money for whatever they dim fit. So one Metuh should not now start to open mouth like basket dey yearn rubbish. Although am not saying APC is he answer but we want a change from PDP. I think we need a real fresh air. But Metuh is funny, who does he want APC to attack before……. Make dem attack GOD? Okey .u. This man called Metuh wants relevance. To me, he is nobody but an opportunist who got a plum job after series of failures in business. Orodo Hahahaha really na wow. abbadd GEJ in incompetent it is the duty of the opposition to criticize him, this is what democracy is all about. PDP is still learning at this point in time. celtics2 The boy called jonathan ebere badluck needs to be heavy criticized. What has he done for nigeria, someone just name one achievement .His worse than abacha, lord knows I love abacha. Jonathan needs to go either forcefully or ×$=&€*d tolu samuel Am not say you should not express yourself, but when you call Mr. President a boy you have to watch it. We cannot disrespect ourselves and expect others to respect us, am not GEJ’s fans but that should not make me pass derogatory comments on him. office79 “am” is not a pronoun in the English language. I know that you intended to use “I ‘m”. Please this is the correct thing. I am OR I ‘m! Younger people will tend to imitate you… Hooded Ninja If only you knew that tolu Samuel attended otuoke Community Development Grammar School, perhaps, you would forgive him for his grammatical blunder. After all, he is of the same alma mater as the shepopotamus! Ijeuwa Jonathan behaves worse than an adolescent. I wonder where and how he got a secondary school certificate. We all know that his so called university degrees are simply fake. You don’t like Jona being called a boy, then ask him to behave like a man, if he can! Hooded Ninja The dumbo is an assh*le, and therefore good for only one thing: tongue-lashing! Segun BABAYEMI Tolu, this is the method adopted by the ever metamophosising progressive, they abuse and use terribly derogative word especially through the interim national publicity secretary, Uncle Lai Mohamed. That is why I am not surprised by the stench from the cultic tank, what else do you expect than odious smell against those God has permitted to be our ruler. If God give the progressives this opportunity tomorrow, I am sure they would be worse tyrants who would not tolerate any insult, but now, they are missing it by the ill- fragrance they spread about their opposition group. Opposition may be hot, it does not have to be dishonest and sour.. Justice My advice for you is to spend less time on this forum, instead use your time to read and prepare for JAMB and GCE. With educated mind, you will begin to understand things that were hitherto a mystery. Ekeson Andrew I boy u see hw u fail in ur exam , bye TOBBY777 Are we enjoying democracy and unity in this country? What is unity to the metuh of this world? It is a known fact that Nigeria is today more divided along tribal, religous and regional lines thanks to the divide and rule tactics of the pdp. If there is one thing the pdp has succeeded in doing convincingly is the destruction of what is left of the contradiction called Nigeria. IT IS NOT THE LOAD THAT BREAKS YOU DOWN, IT IS HOW YOU CARRY IT. stan Emelogu Nigerians should expect nothing from the APC. I cringe whenever I hear them called the opposition because they are not. An opposition party should be opposed to something not just opposed to an elected sitting president. This is the most unintelligent group of people to ever come together anywhere on this planet. They can’t suggest better ways of doing anything they are just opposed to everything. Nigerians are seeing how hollow and devoid of ideas the APC is. Any political party that criticizes a sitting president must be constructive in that criticism and proffer solutions of their own. From their list of perennial presidential candidates to their interim this and that, the APC would field candidates incapable of nothing but cheap talk and propaganda. Fortunately there is always old reliable- the PDP. ponbel I cringe when I read comments like yours and it makes me to wonder people like you actually live in Nigeria or are really Nigerians. Well, if truly you live in Nigeria and you are Nigerian, I wish you good luck as you continue to trust and rely on your reliable PDP. It is not as if APC Is far better but I believe It is a change anyway. God Bless Nigeria! Mr No Nonsense Which nonsense change do u mean? is it bcoz of the change they attached to their last name? Don’t be deceived bcoz of that my friend, they are opposite of change. Most people in APC today created Nigeria problems and still creating more problems. charity begins at home. What tangible has any Apc governor done to their various states more than PDP governors? none, so where is the change my friend? They are same people, just that wherever 2 or 3 Muslims are gathered together, terrorism must be by the corner and this what Apc represent, so Nigerians have had enough of terror and will never support party that will Islamism Nigeria. office79 Summary; no PDP no Nigeria? You guys don’t believe in democracy. Your PDP has done the same thing for almost 16 years and things are getting worst. That you want them to continue shows that you are reaping enormously from this misrule. Hooded Ninja If an elected president is as stupid as jonathan, then any opposition at all owes it a duty to lampoon and castigate such. Chinny Chief Metuh is right when he writes about the heavy looting and heavy taxation in some APC states. I know it because I live in an APC State where the workers are groaning and facing unpaid salaries, heavy taxation, and retrenchment of poor workers Guguru Metuh, Are you not a thug? How did you get into a fight with Mr Chris Uba in 2010 at Imo State Airport? Metuh, you speak, act, and talk like a thug. Confusion follows you where ever you go. You have no self respect. A grown man fighting in public. Shame on you. See article below. “THE Police, yesterday, began investigation into thecircumstances that led to the exchange of blows by the National Vice-Chairman, Southeast, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh and a memberof the Board of Trustees, BOT, of the party, Chief Chris Uba in Owerri onWednesday. The two chieftains in separate interviews, however, blamed each other for the brawl that apparently followed their open disagreement on issues relating to the crisis rocking the Anambra State chapter of the party. Metuh claimed he received a jab on his neck from Uba at the airport prompting him to frontally attack Uba, the one time godfather of the Anambra State chapter of the PDP. Vanguard gathered that infuriated Metuh openly told Uba at the airport that he lacked the character of a member of the BOT of the PDP.” Vanguard, December 2010, “Chris Ubah, Metuh in free for all at airport” Ijeuwa Ha ha ha he he he he he he ha ha ha ha ha. Once a thug, always a thug!!!!!!!!!! Justice For some weeks now, APC has been staking its claim of popularity against the PDP to its own detriment. They tried it in the House of Representatives and were out-numbered by the PDP. They tried it in the Senate and the ruling party left it with a black eye. The latest attempt at exaggerating its popular acceptability by hiring a largely public relations company and mistaking it for a research organisation only confirms that the party is embarking on a journey to nowhere. (JOHN AINOFENOKHAI a public analyst,) Guguru Justice, You have not justified your PDP pay check. Can you come up with more credible and sane response? Thank you. Justice Guguru, why did you dig up this issue ? Which position was Metuh holding in PDP then.? Dont you think he deserves some level of respect from Ubah ? Dont you see anything wrong in the attitude of Ubah ? Do you know how Ubah wriggled himself atop to become the Anambra PDP Godfather ? Are you justifying what Ubah did ? What was the outcome of the Police Investigation ? Always look before you leap… Guguru Justice, I am sorry if i exposed the truth about Metuh. I did not intend to hurt the feelings of any Jonathanians. LOL! Ikenwe As much as i want to stop reading the comments of these Politicians, Its very hard not to read. I can not imaging Metuh and PDP accusing APC of doing exactly what PDP is doing. Metuh is accusing APC of using its state funds to sponsor columnist and other political stuffs and i wonder whose funds GEJ and PDP is using to go around Nigeria to attend PDP rallies. Who has the Presidential Plane that refuse to fly after a rally in Minna recently?. Does it belong to PDP or Nigeria. Did PDP pay for the use of the 3 Presidential planes that was used to carry the President, the Vice and the Senate President to the Minna rally? It looks like all these Politicians just open there mouth for talking sake or just talk before thinking, if not, I dear say that PDP is far more guilty of the charges than APC is. frank NEED A VERY C.H.E.A.P SUPER FAST UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE I.N.T.E.R.N.E.T ON YOUR COMPUTER OR TABLET? CALL 0. 7. 0. 3. 6. 5. 5. 0. 4. 3. 0. (THOSE IN LAGOS, ASABA, ANAMBRA AND ENUGU ONLY) Bob kelly The simple truth is that they , re taking our quietness for weakness and ignorance, because we, re unable to check their impunity , recklessness, penchant stealing of our resources, they stupidly take them to be norms. I , m seeing a time when this mindless looters pretending to be leaders will have no place to hide , when the consciousness of majority of Nigerians will be polarised on accountability, probity, honesty and responsibility, then the leaders can not afford to mess up and take the lead for granted because the time of reckoning will surely come. Gregory President is entitled to the planes to go anywhere. He is entitled to the funds to attend party rallies. You are very small-minded. Femi Pedro I think that small mindedness is the hallmark of you and your handlers elopee3000 Janjaweed party this part crack me up allways Magic Metuh forward ur petition against APC to the police or security operatives and stop acting like a goat on the pages of newspaper Full blooded Nigerian Metuh. …..you are now so boring….. janjaweed, Muslim brotherhood etc. Can you think of something new to say? Did APC cause 20 billion usd to disappear or are they the reasons why you guys have messed up the country despite being in control of FG for more than 14 years? You guys are meant to serve the public. I wonder why it is difficult to listen to the masses and do the right thing. I wonder why it is difficult for you guys to just pack your bags and go. It is frustrating seeing what smaller countries are achieving while we are here suffering. Lazy lots Guguru Mr Metuh, Are you delusional? Do you need help? Below are your troubling remarks which bear no semblance to the reality in Nigeria. “A statement by the PDP national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the PDP was proud of President Jonathan for organising the event which “not only succeeded in putting the nation on the international arena to showcase our best, but also fostered unity and genuine reconciliation among our leaders and the people.” “The centenary celebrations have ushered in a new era. They have rekindled the Nigerian spirit in all of us. They have revived our sense of patriotism; our inner love for one another as one people under God. “The Centenary Concert not only reminded us of our common root but also pointed us to our rich heritage which comes alive only when we combine our energies as a people. It showed we are indeed one people determined to succeed and that our divisions are as ephemeral as they are artificial. “Nigerians were moved and their hope of a peaceful great nation was rekindled when they saw former president Shehu Shagari, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar come together. Nigerians were moved when they saw Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and President Jonathan together irrespective of their perceived misunderstandings. This shows that our differences and disagreements as a nation do not get to the bones and can always be resolved.” The Leadership, March 2014, “Centenary Celebration Has Broken Down Religious, Ethnic Barriers – PDP” Netanyahu When I look at that Metuh very closely, I don’t see an intelligent personality. More like a tout. The way he shoots out his tongue when he is talking is disgusting. Mr No Nonsense What about liar muhammed mouth? that has also bended one sided too, bcoz of too much lies and old man for that sake. Or havn’t u see liar muhammedd mouth before? If u have not, search for news paper, u will see somewhere were his man was blended like an accident vehicle and tell us also how his face looks like. Newton Metuh is so right in his response to the APC Propaganda, they can never comeup with an alternative, only propaganda!!! Some Change Party. Matuh has said it all. May God help Nigeria!!! Femi Olisa Metuh/PDP, where is our $20billion ? If u think we will forget, then u & ur paymasters are on a long thing. where is our $20billion ? Domino …….’singular reason of being in possession of posters of President Good luck Jonathan’…. Has INEC lifted embargo on campaign? Has PDP not denied of not knowing the source of these posters? Can PDP explain the source of the billions to be expended in Ekiti campaign by ‘drug baron’ Buruji Kashamu. Please, where is our $20 billion ???????????????????????????????? nonviolence comr.Abm We want to use your $20 billion to buy your vote and other rigging machinery by 2015 general election. thanks Netanyahu Well played! stackCrawler Its like they have bribed the forensic team on this case o, because we haven’t heard from them since the whole audit started. Domino Which forensic team?… A team constituted by GEJ will always have same outcome. Refer to Oteh and Oduah probe panel for further elucidation. Made Of More… PDP knows APC told them the truth…… dan Nomatter d propagander APC throw to d public domain. Wev known them and it baseless to we Nigerians. We hav known APC that 1, They are islamic party 2, They are the sonsors of bokoharam 3, They are bounch of criminals. The likes of Atiku, Obj, Tinubu, el-rufai, Okorocha, Saraki, Sanusi, etc 4, They have nothing to offer becos if they can tell us that their government are the government of the poor. If APC government in Lagos state now increased school fees in Lasu from 25k to 250k. Is that the government of the poor? If government of Lagos of can build 3 tore gates only in lekki for money collection, will poor woman who rosts plantain b able to stay at lekki? Apc should stop to stop fooling themselves. We know them. They shoul go back to egypt where their fellow muslim party is. Fools Magic Yes they are bunch of criminals,what about Stella,Deziani ,Mark odua tokan tokan APC is a Fraud..Pack of Wolves that wanted to destroy this Country…Imagine Tinubu calling himself ‘”EKO”” na thunder go fire all of una for that cult party.. GANI Tunde wake your mind up. odua tokan tokan APC is a fraud..I know what am saying….All dos that left oda parties to APC will soon understand what APC stands for NEPOTISM”‘ and bunch of wolves that would do anything to take over the country thru Terorism,propaganda and thugs stackCrawler you got it all wrong bro, hope you wake up soon, PDP drug still has effect on you and its clouding your judgement. stackCrawler APC is a progressive party that will lead us to progressive change. office79 Tunde, you are not discussing issues; you are expressing hate! You must be one of those who feel pained today that despite every move to stop the registration of the APC, you failed. Why is it so difficult to practice democracy. It is not democracy when your PDP does not want opposition! odua tokan tokan Punch Newspaper is APC agent.Gbammmmmmmmmmmmm odua tokan tokan Punch Newspaper.. Are APC BASTARDSssssws odua tokan tokan Punch Newspaper.. I dont care if you publish this or not HOW much did APC paid you to propagate Jonathan? SMH stackCrawler Nobody needs to be paid to see the truth, those who have eyes will surely see, and as for punch news is news they don’t publish one sided stories. Funso Craig PDP is too desperate to remain in power. They had stopped at anything to continue. Propaganda, hypocrisy, stealing, lies, deceits, citizen killings and all sorts. Am really worried at this level of desperation. Very worried!!! Ijeuwa Metuh is an agbero. Wetin concern agbero with overload? All he cares for is his pocket. Nonsense and ingredients. Oladipo Yeye!See the kettle calling the pot black.PDP is a party of professionally corrupt politicians and mediocres(planning to import electricity from Congo!) looting the treasury($10.8b,NIS recruitment,kerosene subsidies etc) and APC is a party of vulture capitalists(LASU) putting the citizens in a bondage of over taxation,extortion(Lekki tollgates,Lekki Ikoyi bridge) and huge debt profile(Lagos,Ogun,Oyo,Ekiti) with an undertone of subtle islamism(Aregbesola). The beautiful ones are not yet born. Chidozie Asonye Lai Mohammed, pls. before you say anything check your facts, I want to let you know that Army, Air Force and Police buy form for their recruitment also Amaechi who is your party member collected over N1,000 for the Teacher’s recruitment he did and has not paid them for over seven months, how is the incident of NIS The President’s fault? I Hate Sycophant Truly “Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law.” – Kofi Annan GANI Blame APC, blame North East governors, blame external forces envious of “growth”, blame Nigerians complaing of unprecedented corruption and bad governance, blame victims of NIS recruitment gimick o their impatience, blame imaginary enemies but they never blame themselves. A blaming presidency! GANI #20B! Iknow you will answer us in 2015. Nwoke GEJ all the way till 2019. stackCrawler illusionist. Golden Boy All these politicians are the same. A case of kettle calling pot black. Just this weekend, I saw an electronic board installed with tax-payers’ money being used to campaign for Ogeni Aregbe (APC) in Osogbo. Whether PDP, APC or whatever, any governor or president in power use their state facility free of charge to campaign for self or party. Until Nigerians begin to demand accountability from these political leaders, it will continue for a long time. yemi “Metuh said, “Nigerians must insist that the APC declares the source of the billions of naira with which it is sponsoring the negative publications” It is a sad day for Nigerians when those in power complain about the corruption in the opposition rather than arrest and put the thieves in prison. It is an indictment on the ruling party when they publicly say that the opposition is corrupt. So who will put the criminals in prison then? otunbaoliver We are not yet a country, with this level of hatred drawn along ethnic divide even if Jesus was to contest election in Nigeria we will still ask which tribe he is from in NIGERIA, before we will consider him. Our problem is not with leadership but with lack of love for NIGERIA and Nigerians, it is so easy for a yoruba man to bear the name Henry, Anthony, Bruno etc. But so difficult or almost imposible for him to bear Ibo names like Kelechi, opara, Onyebuchi, it is even considered a taboo,. So this is our problem, if We can only solve this then every other issue will fall in place. Demi David People hide under ethnic bigotry for selfish personal interests. The ruling party is made up of Nigerians from all ethnic backgrounds. Ethnicity has failed to surface when our commonwealth is being looted and shared corruptively. Justice In Nigeria, APC stands for change. But what is not clear is the direction the change will take us to . Could it be change for the better or change for the worse. The reality on ground in APC controlled states and the content of the much publicised APC MANIFESTO is a clear indication. The manifesto is online, anybody can go through and confirm. I am not a politician, but i have a strong reservation for APC ,as a party for a change. let me take for an example the issue of security in Nigeria. The greatest challenge to the peace, existence, safety, lives of the citizens of this country,are the fulani hersdmen and fulani Boko Haram. APC has more fulanis than any other party. What have they done to at least provide intelligence or logistics support to the Government to arrest this security situation. The so-called fulani herdsmen are sacking communities across the federation with impunity using sophiscated weapons, but the APC would rather remain reticent on such serious situation, but rather pick holes in frivolities. Share this excepts to make you understand my point “Government at all levels especially the Federal Government do not critically look at the issue of Fulani herdsmen, we may be having a problem bigger than Boko Haram on our hands. They may be a link to Boko Haram. They are everywhere, not only in Benue. It is happening everywhere all over Nigeria-Delta, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Bayelsa. Who are these Fulanis? When I was growing up, Fulanis carried sticks and knives but today they carry AK 47. Where did they get guns from? Who taught them how to use guns, why is it that they are not being arrested in huge number and prosecuted? Who are the leaders of the Fulani community in Nigeria? We need to ask them what they are doing about this, you can’t forcibly take over another man’s land and expect them to keep quiet. That is unacceptable in any civilised community. What are they doing to tackle the problem? People in London eat meat, they eat meat in Indonesia, Turkey which are Muslim countries, they eat cow but cattle don’t roam the streets. We are aware that modern ranches have been built for these people. These people came from somewhere, why not take them back to where they came from? There are huge hectares of land where they could stay, even schools can be built for them, another business can come out of it. People can own trailers that would be carrying frozen meat to the south, it’s happening all over Europe. Frozen meat is packaged. We don’t need to be leading cows in the 21st century, it is outdated. We will have a worst situation on our hands than Boko Haram if we don’t move fast. This must be tackled immediately. Government must sincerely look at it, government should not be interested in being politically correct.” Ik ay Metuh is just been economical with the truth. Is is true that NNPC admitted to the missing $11B USD which they explained away as if it doesn’t matter, is it also true that $20B is still missing? Is it also true that immigration minister agreed to subjecting Nigerians to pay 1000naira to be eligible for the immigration recruitment without the knowledge of the controller. What on earth is this loud mouth Metuh talking about. Do they think we Nigerians are fools? IMO BOY BEEN SLEEPING WITH LIGHT FOR 8 DAYS NOW.EQUALLY ENJOYING 18 TO 22 HRS POWER SUPPLY.GOD BLESS JONATHAN AND ALSO GIVE HIM TO DO MORE NOT JUST FOR ME BUT EVERY NIGERIAN. OPN Truth is that APC is not a political party,but a group or congregation of frustrated individuals who has failed to grab anything in this country. The El Rufais,the fani Kayodes,and the rest,check yourself and you will find out. abbadd PDP is in a state of total confusion, finding who to blame for its failures and downturn as usual its the opposition to blame yet the opposition are not in power. Nigeria is governed by incompetent bastards. Ekeson Andrew We no , APC is a party of boko haram , brother hood , every time blood, blood , I don’t no who is going vote 4 them, if they killed all , who is going vote , pls sir stop crying , we too are watching them , sir let me remind u abt d good news , Alhj Ameachi his crying abt d judgement of 37 house member today , God is watching them, pls stop crying sir marcel nwachukwu OneNigeria punchng.com © 1971-2017 The Punch newspaper