Further hearing in the alleged theft of 25.9 million pounds against the
former Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Olusegun Olusemo, has
been adjourned till the 16th and 17th of March 1998.
This followed the inability of the trial judge, Chief Magistrate Mwada
Balami, to resume sitting in Abuja on Monday due to the death of the
wife of his colleague, Justice Husseini Muktar of the Abuja High Court.
Chief Magistrate Balami who arrived office briefly on Monday was said to
have travelled to Kaduna on official capacity as a member of the
judicial delegation to pay a condolence visit to Justice Husseini
Muktar, over the death of his wife.
Mr. Olusemo, now standing trial before an Abuja Magistrate's court, was
at the last sitting of the court. The former Accountant General and five
other persons were arraigned before the court for charges ranging from
conspiracy, attempted fraud, negligence of duty, forgery and breach of
trust offences contrary to sections 167, 315, 363 and 366 of the penal
code of 1995.
The other accused persons are Udu Jimoh, Andrew Onyesu, Julius Odeyemi,
Umaru Edota and Akpoga Ella, a former staff of Federal Ministry of
Industry.
Neither Mr. Olusemo nor any of the other five accused persons were
present in court at the adjournment on Monday.
Among those who have so far testified before the court are Finance
Minister, Chief Anthony Ani, former Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Alhaji Aminu Saleh, Alhaji Alkaleri and Mrs. Iremire.
COMMENTARIES
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The reputable government of Sani Abacha can hardly be accused of not
doing anything about corruption in Nigeria, as George Ayitteh said about
2 weeks ago, if we look at most of the opposition I'm getting, it's as
if they want to protect the fraudsters.
Is it surprising that all fraudsters in this case are from a particular
region of the country. Need I say more. We also heard of a netter
accusing Jakande of embezzling funds in PPA. Why are they like this?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fawumi Kayode Olalekan <g96...@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa>
To: shehu momoh <alhaji...@hotmail.com>
Cc: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara wo banza
>Omo oodua,
>
>Please ignore shehu momoh because he is too big to accept that he made a
>mistake by sectionalising corruption in Nigeria.
>
>He is only interested in controversy and this can be seen clearly from
>his response so far.
>
>He is nobody and doesn't deserve any attention.
>
>lekan fawumi
>
>
>On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, shehu momoh wrote:
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>> As soona s a Yoruba man is accused is a Nigerian problem, but if he was
>> Hausa/Fulani - it's one of those oligarchic dictatorial rulership of
>> the North.
>>
>> How convenient? Do you guys read yourself before clicking the send
>> button.
>>
>> A litlle revision will go a long way.
>>
>> The fact states that a Yoruba man stole money.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Dear Shehu,
>> >
>> >This your mail is biased and i wonder why you choose this type of
>> subject
>> >as if non-yorubas in official positions are not stealing from public
>> funds.
>> >
>> >Majority of Nigerians in public office whether yoruba,
>> Hausa,Tapa,Igbo,Ijaw,
>> >Ikwere,etc are involved in the looting of the treasury. The trial of
>> >second republic politicians by Buhari/Idiagbon regime proof this
>> >assertion and i hope you will be around when the real probe of all
>> those
>> >involved in Nigerian rape happens.
>> >
>> >Hence, stealing is not restricted to a region but cut across the
>> Country
>> >even if you are there today; i can't be sure you won't loot the
>> treasury..
>> >it is a Nigerian problem...
>> >
>> >Have a nice day
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Is it GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT?
If the accused are tried fairly and found guilty they deserve a long jail
term.
On your commentaries, "reputable government of Sani Abacha can hardly be
accused of not
doing anything about corruption in Nigeria, as George Ayitteh said about 2
weeks ago, if we look at most of the opposition I'm getting, it's as if they
want to protect the fraudsters"
Do you care to comment on what our government have done to date on the
report of Dr. Pius Okigbo on our Central Bank, how the Babangida/Abacha
regime "accounted" for the missing $12.2 Billion accrued during the Gulf
war?
Most of what have been written on this missing money has never been denied
or disproved by the "reputable" government of Abacha. Common sense dictates
that any "war" on cleaning out fraud, etc. in our country should include
something this staggering. Instead our "reputable" government has focused
on civil servants, bankers, and other members of the civil society for PR
purposes. Of all the retired Generals and military men who served and are
still serving as chairmen of these failing banks, do you know of one that
has been hauled before the so called "failed Bank Tribunal"?
According to Dr. Nwankwo's book, "Nigerians as Outsiders", "The Okigbo panel
also proved that over $12.2 billion (one hundred and twenty-two billion US
Dollars) oil money, which revenue accrued to the Federal Government mostly
during the Gulf war of 1991 could not be accounted for. That Panel
demonstrated that the transfer of such funds into special accounts were
fraudulent; that their disbursement was virtually criminal; that no order
was imposed in their periodic withdrawal; that the projects they had for
service were extra-budgetary; and that till date no one can precisely say
what the money was used for, what is left, where it is, and such like. The
financial policies, thwarted the regulatory mechanisims of the Central Bank
and disbursed that money as it deemed fit in an unaccountable manner."
So Shehu Momoh, when you write of reputable governments, always remember our
Dr. Gen. Abacha's government has never been one and will never be one. The
days of these tyrants are indeed numbered. You can continue to sing their
praises to high heaven, it changes nothing as the day of reckoning is closer
than you think.
'Seni Ajao
Since I woke up this morning, I have received about 15 messages from you,
all of them written in poor taste denigrating people who have done nothing
to warrant your unprovoked attack.
The issue you brougt up is not even worth debating. You keep going on and
on, as if the man had already been convicted. Are you normal at all?
I normally don't join issues with demented entities like you. But why
should I be getting tons of e-mail messages from you, on a topic which is
not only baseless but unedifying?
My final word to you is this, get a life, stay away from drugs (or whatever
it is you are on)!
-- Begin original message --
> From: "shehu momoh" <alhaji...@hotmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 07:12:09 PST
> Subject: RE: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara wo banza
> To: naij...@esosoft.com, Rogu...@aol.com, alhaji...@hotmail.com,
> Agb...@logica.com, AI...@chevron.com
>
> Thank you.
>
> You area voice of reason. A Yoruba just said I'm fake. The reason being
> because A Yoruba man was charged in Abuja for stealing 26 million
> pounds.
>
> Next they will scream Yorubas are being marginalised. Who are they
> fooling, if their people in office can not even be trusted.
>
> The fact is you stood your ground on principle, and I like you for that.
>
> As they say, nationalism is the last flag of a scoundrel. No-one is
> fooling me from where I'm standing.
>
> The fact remains that a Yoruba man, who was the Accountant General, an
> office of public trust, stole 26 million pounds belonging to YOU and I.
>
>
>
>
> >
> >It is always amusing the way some of us react to insinuations against
> our
> >people in a game in which we are the worst or shall I say the greatest
> >culprit.Just this morning a guy was yapping the whole generation of the
> >Hausa Fulani for the action of the Driver to the Ondo State MILAD. Even
> >though he admitted he didnt know the tribe descent of this driver,this
> >drivers action was enough to blame the entire generation of Hausa
> Fulani for
> >putting together a government under whose authoritie a driver can
> commit
> >such atrocities.
> > The likes of Agbeja probably saw the exchanges but could not be
> bothered.
> >He could not have been bothered to find out how the action of an
> employee of
> >a Nigerian Government translate into the action of Hausa Fulani
> >clan-possibly including their destitutes and maiguards.But see who is
> now
> >preaching nationalism et al when the shoe was in the other leg.! If
> Shehu's
> >fault was being vulger with his headline, Agbeja could be accused of
> >selective reaction based on tribal emotion.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >Umoru A I
> >Accounts payable
> >Room 311A
> >2600600 (8708)
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Agbeja , Femi (Exchange)[SMTP:Agb...@logica.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 2:03 PM
> >> To: naij...@esosoft.com; Rogu...@aol.com; 'shehu momoh'
> >> Subject: RE: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara wo banza
> >> Importance: High
> >>
> >> > A little learning is a dangerous thing.
> >> Yes it is, and in your own case, it's a shame...
> >>
> >> A more appropriate heading would be
> >> "ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION ACCUSED OF 25.9 MILLION POUND
> FRAUD"
> >>
> >> REJOINDER: GROW UP SHEHU MOMOH...
> >>
> >> =========================
> >> If you sue LOGICA, you're crazy
> >> 'cos they ain't responsible for my
> >> outrageous views, If you sue me,
> >> No problem, but God help you in
> >> you effort to get redress....
> >> =========================
> >>
> >>
> >> > ----------
> >> > From: shehu momoh[SMTP:alhaji...@hotmail.com]
> >> > Sent: 23 February 1998 12:43
> >> > To: naij...@esosoft.com; Rogu...@aol.com
> >> > Subject: Re: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara
> wo
> banza
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The Yoruba man - former ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION is
> >> > obviously the one who we should blame here. Wasn't he the head, the
>
> >> > person who should have been the most responsible?
> >> >
> >> > Yorubas say they are marginalised in Nigeria, and what happens as
> soon
> >> > as a Yoruba was made the ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > There is so much talk about Yoruba this, Yoruba that, June 12, MKO
> >> > Abiola etc., and yet so little is said. For my part, I believe,
> that
> >> > words do not suffice for such purpose. Come up with facts. We know
> what
> >> > will happen if this Yoruba man becomes the president of the
> federation.
> >> >
> >> > Read to comprehend what is said, and not just press the send key
> for
> >> > sake of pressing.
> >> >
> >> > Stop playing games with me.
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> >> > >Here we go again !
> >> > >
> >> > >Two of six people accused of embezzlement happen to have Yoruba
> names.
> >> > >Suddenly, the tribal identities of the remaining 4 are not as
> relevant.
> >> > >
> >> > >Alhaji Shehu. Your posting is not only inflamatory, it ignores the
>
> fact
> >>
> >> > that
> >> > >cooruption in its many forms is not an exclusive preserve of any
> >> > particular
> >> > >tribe in the Haus dominated concoction called "Nigeria".
> >> > >
> >> > >Have a good week.
> >> > >
> >> > >Rotimi.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
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-- End original message --
The right title should have been, a Nigerian man steals 25.9 million
pounds. The way it was titled may cloud the theft, leading to unncessary
collective defense of ethnic identification.
Cheers
Charles
Charles Ochie, Sr. Ph.D
Albany State University
Department of Criminal Justice, Albany, GA
Office: (912) 430-7968
FAX: (912) 430-6490
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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, shehu momoh wrote:
>
> A little learning is a dangerous thing.
>
It is as if, you are saying the Yoruba man should steal OUR money.
What do you mean time has come to retaliate? You are saying it is time
for Yoruba men to steal our money.
How can we build a prosperous nation with ideas like this, still being
voiced in public.
So Yoruba men should steal our money? George Ayitteh are you listening
to this thread.
>Subject: Re: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara wo banza
>
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>>Omo oodua,
>>
>>Please ignore shehu momoh because he is too big to accept that he made
a
>>mistake by sectionalising corruption in Nigeria.
>>
>>He is only interested in controversy and this can be seen clearly from
>>his response so far.
>>
>>He is nobody and doesn't deserve any attention.
>>
>>lekan fawumi
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, shehu momoh wrote:
>>
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>>> >P.O.Box 129,
>>> >King Fahd University of Petroleum Fax: 966-3-860-3306
>>> >& Minerals, Dhahran 31261
>>> >Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
g96...@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa
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>>> >Dept: Petroleum Engineering
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>>& Minerals, Dhahran 31261
>>Saudi Arabia. E-mail: g96...@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa
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I absolutely agree with you that it is morally and professionally wrong
for the acountant general to embezzle our money though he is still
alledge to have done that.
what you did wrong is protraying this as if he being yoruba is the reason
behind the alledge looting hence you have to accept that the subject use
in this matter is not appropriate;a netter has even suggested a subject
that seem acceptable.
If you are out to retaliate as Richard observed then you probably chose a
wrong approach because no single ethnic group is clean but the rate might
be different because one ethnic group happens to occupy most of the
government office plus the opportunity to steal.
I beleive you have made a big deal of the issue and it's high time to
relax or i will start releasing facts about other Nigerians involved in
the raping of Nigeria.
see ya.
Stop playing games with me. Come up with facts and we can talk.
>
>Hi shehu
>
>very good suggestion which implies all the corruption under
Hausa/fulani
>regimes made the head of state or president responsible e.g Shagari
>should be held responsible while dikko was busy loot the treasury.
>
>Where is the extra billion of dollars made during Gulf war...Babangida,
>Alhaji-Alhaji plus the CBN governor should be held responsible.
>
>Abacha need to be held responsible for colluding with lebanese in
raping
>Nigeria.
>
>Hausa/fulani should be held responsible for destroying Nigeria and you
>should be held responsible for supporting injustice.
>
>bye.
Look at the amount involved too. 26 million pounds can do a lot for
Nigerians, this is my beef and not the fact that he is Yoruba. I am not
surprised, it is the amount!
Your ethnic loyalty trap is blinding your sense of reason here.
What a load of tosh!
At least, we know who the thief of Bad gag is?
>
>Netters,
>
>Check it out, several Yorubas had been the Accountant General for the
>Federation as well as Auditor-General in the past. I guess it is an
area
>where expertise and not "federal character" is the issue.
>
>If Mr. Olusemo is responsible for all, then others would not be
charged.
>Mr. Olusemo still has rights (but then rights appear to mean nothing
these
>days) under the laws of Nigeria to be presumed innocent until proved
>guilty.
>
>'Femi
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>A little learning is a dangerous thing.
>
>The Yoruba man - former ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION is
>obviously the one who we should blame here. Wasn't he the head, the
>person who should have been the most responsible?
>
>Yorubas say they are marginalised in Nigeria, and what happens as soon
>as a Yoruba was made the ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION.
>
>
>There is so much talk about Yoruba this, Yoruba that, June 12, MKO
>Abiola etc., and yet so little is said. For my part, I believe, that
>words do not suffice for such purpose. Come up with facts. We know what
>will happen if this Yoruba man becomes the president of the federation.
>
>Read to comprehend what is said, and not just press the send key for
>sake of pressing.
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>Stop playing games with me.
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>>Here we go again !
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>>Two of six people accused of embezzlement happen to have Yoruba names.
>>Suddenly, the tribal identities of the remaining 4 are not as
relevant.
>>
>>Alhaji Shehu. Your posting is not only inflamatory, it ignores the
fact
>that
>>cooruption in its many forms is not an exclusive preserve of any
>particular
>>tribe in the Haus dominated concoction called "Nigeria".
>>
>>Have a good week.
>>
>>Rotimi.
>>
>
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: shehu momoh <alhaji...@hotmail.com>
To: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>; Rogu...@aol.com
<Rogu...@aol.com>
Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Yoruba man steals 25.9 million pounds! - Bara wo banza
>
You are trapped by ethnic loyalty. Stop making these blank statements.
Give me facts and we can talk.
I think you should just do what a lot of people did to the "wake and
smell the coffee man". I for one took him as a badly trained clown that
ends up annoying people instead of making them laugh.
It is unbecoming to take such a person seriously. Most people of such
disposition have a fixed expiry date. They will burn out in time but
faster if just leave them alone.
However for the seriousness of the issue with which this man is joking,
I think a comment is necessary.
At the dawn of the strangest political experiment we have had in
Nigeria. This "act" by Shehu reminds us of a problem. We all tend to
treat serious crimes lightly because of ethnicity. Are we no longer in
position to condemn evil just because it it evil. Does it matter who
steals from Naija? A thief is a thief!. Thank God several Netters have
condemned this act if the accused is found guilty.
The fact that some ignorant person steals should not encouraged more
enlightened people to join them in their evil ways.
Have a nice day!
Ire O!
Victor
--
Who is this guy? Has he got any proof. Let's read it.
Why Idiot? I don't get it.
>Alhaji-Alhaji didnot steal, but he can afford all the properties he has
in
>London? You Hypochrite!!!!!!!!! Even Sardauna stole Federal money
Idiot. Go
>and read the history of embezlement in Nigeria. The Hausas wrote the
book on
>it, and perfected it Brao Banza!!!!!!!!!!!
Uzo
>> > >> > > ----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Here we go again !
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Two of six people accused of embezzlement happen to have Yoruba
>> > names.
>> > >> > >Suddenly, the tribal identities of the remaining 4 are not as
>> > relevant.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Alhaji Shehu. Your posting is not only inflamatory, it ignores
the
>>
>> >
>> > fact
>> > >>
>> > >> > that
>> > >> > >cooruption in its many forms is not an exclusive preserve of any
>> > >> > particular
>> > >> > >tribe in the Haus dominated concoction called "Nigeria".
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Have a good week.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Rotimi.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
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Who is this?
>Yoruba man steals money," HAUSA MAN STEAL GOVERNMENT AND MONEY" SO WHAT
>IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- dO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH aBACHA AND THE OTHERS
LIKE
>HIM HAVE IN THEIR ACCOUNT. LOOK AT THIEVES POINTING FINGERS. AFTERALL
THE
>POOR GUY IS QUALIFIED TO STEAL, ABACHA AND OTHERS DID NOT EVEN MAKE ANY
>EFFORTS IN THEIR LIVES, WHEN YOU SEE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT,
"HONESTS
>MEN BECOME CORRUPTED"
>MAY THE GOOD LORD HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOURSELF MR. STUPID.