Daily Trust (Abuja)
28 December 2008
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday denied any link with bribes offered by Siemens to some prominent officials of the Obasanjo government, stressing that it amounted to a reckless conclusion for persons to assume that he was involved in receiving bribes from the company through a member of his family.
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Atiku again? Why can't this man(Is it thing?) with an Ijaw sounding name not melt into thin air and settle at some town in Bayelsa State where no one may care about his presence? He may for example, move to Sangana in Akassa and mention that Kientimi said that they should let him stay in peace, until, he passes away to somehere with some "Fourteen Virgins" in waiting. That will be ten more than the four he now owns? Besides, they were no virgins.
The business of corruption is not the most crucial problems confronting Nigeria. The issue must be focused on national leadership not on "Nuhu and his boys". Nigeria and Africa must enact a "national patriotic act empowering the mass population through propaganda, indoctrination, uniform cultural education geared towards the collective benefits of a utopia society". A Nigerian with his own peoples popular mandate to lead them in their dreams and aspirations for decent life, short changes his own people when millions of Naira $$ came missing under his watch, while children dies of malaria or cholera because of lack of simple $2 vaccine. As much as this Nigerian knows how to win an election he is not intellectually or culturally indoctrinated or marinated enough to lead. "A thief does not rob his own home" If most African politicians where community leaders they will find more interest in the emancipation of it subjects and be dynamic to take a global stake in the world's economic and technogical prosperity rather than suits cases full of his own peoples money on transit to hide it in the bush or some obscure foreign land. Nuhu Ribadu is not any different from the opportunistic nigerians who narrowly believe that life is about crime and punishment, losers and winners, rich or poor. Nuhu and his cohorts seized the opportunity to capitalize on Nigerians problems while making a name for themselves. The par capital income in America is $45,000, in Japan $55,000, in London home of stolen Nigerian money, par capital income in England is $39,000. Par capital income in Nigerian is less than $200. One of the poorest nations in the global economy. If you are a true son of the soil Mr. Ribadu you should lend your expertise to eradicating poverty in this part of the world, so posterity would not enditt you as a mear hunter of men you disagree with. "No hard feelings, just simple cold truth". Joe Ukonga
All of you must be very ashamed of yourselves.