Sunday, July 8, 2018

Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Digest for usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 6 topics

Congrats Chidi Opara.Shalom.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:52 PM, <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com>: Jul 07 04:12PM +0100

--
*Chidi Anthony Opara <http://www.chidianthonyopara.blogspot.com> is a Poet
<https://www.google.com.ng/?gws_rd=cr&ei=PwmjUpuuFObw0gWMiIHgCQ#q=chidi+anthony+opara+poems>
and
Publisher of PublicInformationProjects
<http://www.publicinformationprojects.blogspot.com>*
Patrick Effiboley <peffiboley@yahoo.fr>: Jul 07 03:39PM

Congratulations, Sir
 
Dr Emery Patrick EFFIBOLEYAssistant Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Abomey-Calavi Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg,(2014-2016) www.researchgate.net/Profile/Emery_Effiboley 
 
Le samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 16:26:08 UTC+1, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> a écrit :


 
--
Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects
 
 
 
 
 
--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Windows Live 2018 <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com>: Jul 07 09:46AM

I disagree with the thesis of government COMPLICITY in this write up. The duty of government is the dissemination of accurate information to counter fake news. That some people acted on the accurate information to embark on further retaliatory murders is their sole culpabilitity.
 
Had the presidency not given a prompt fuller disclosure of information at its disposal then the herdsmen would have been misrepresented as an inexplicably bloodthirsty group; this information in no way justifies retaliatory murders on the grounds that Fulani herdsmen were killed during the cattle rustling.
 
In addition to the information provided by the Presidency ALL the herdsmen operating in the area ought to have been arrested to help government unmask the retaliatory murderers. It would also stop the domino effect of serial retaliations while holding recent culprits immediately accountable.
 
Government failed in the completion of its duties in this regard and although it may not be in a position to pre-empt the start of hostilities it could have arrested the extension and thereby save more lives.
 
As I maintained in an earlier post governments immediate goal should be to FULLY disarm the herdsmen and provide government armed protection to ALL herdsmen communities (partly funded by increases taxation on net worth of cattle) to obviate the need for herdsmen to resort to vigilante justice for rustlers.
 
This should be the case until settlement of herdsmen is fully completed and integrated into the National Develooment Plan.
 
OAA
 
 
 
 
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
 
-------- Original message --------
From: farooqkperogi@gmail.com
Date: 07/07/2018 07:55 (GMT+00:00)
To: USAAfrica Dialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Plateau Massacre, Presidency's Complicity, and Escapist Scapegoating of the News Media
 
[Boxbe]<https://www.boxbe.com/overview> [http://www.boxbe.com/stfopen?tc_serial=40893975738&tc_rand=679380646&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001] This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (farooqkperogi@gmail.com) Add cleanup rule<https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Fkey%3DaPC8uAIQRY2sDymYeuiIGOxJ8pkcAOavImmpLm0uYaM%253D%26token%3DSvhvRjB32JWuHLalZx%252B5nceFVjn1PyQeZRR6zE%252B07wlgGccCUIgwobYT2ZDpK%252BIjeE2AMVsQZhFE46BufcLzftrKRnaJSCJeM3vYJx5DKE5i%252FHPtLoqOfG87g12GqG6Dmqc5WRVohJbIuLnHb6JOMA%253D%253D&tc_serial=40893975738&tc_rand=679380646&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001> | More info<http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=40893975738&tc_rand=679380646&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD&utm_content=001>
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Plateau Massacre, Presidency's Complicity, and Escapist Scapegoating of the News Media<https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2018/07/plateau-massacre-presidencys-complicity.html>
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
Twitter: @farooqkperogi<https://twitter.com/farooqkperogi>
 
After Premium Times' over-the-top but nonetheless admirably ethical and well-intentioned apology and firing of its reporter for reporting, without verification, a certain Danladi Ciroma's coldhearted justification for the Plateau massacre, a motley crowd of incorrigibly peevish government apologists looking for a convenient diversion from the gross incompetence of the government seized on the apology like a drowning man clutches at every twig and worked themselves into a pitifully maniacal feeding frenzy on the Nigerian news media.
 
Some even went so far as to self-righteously wail that Premium Times' apology won't bring back the people who died as a result of its inaccurate reporting! Seriously? You have to truly take leave of your senses—if you had any to begin with—to assume that it was the reporting of Ciroma's alleged justification for the savage mass murders of Berom farmers that ignited the equally unjust, barbaric murders of innocent Muslim travelers along Bauchi-Jos road.
[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gijvLf5wPlA/W0A2rMKjLlI/AAAAAAAARGA/Xdi5Uo4YZLQ7J1uYn-55500rR9PppBs5gCLcBGAs/s640/Plateau-Massacre.jpg]<https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gijvLf5wPlA/W0A2rMKjLlI/AAAAAAAARGA/Xdi5Uo4YZLQ7J1uYn-55500rR9PppBs5gCLcBGAs/s1600/Plateau-Massacre.jpg>
 
Retaliatory murders are an abiding feature of communal conflicts in Nigeria. I covered several of them when I was a reporter. The perpetrators of these murders don't need any prodding from the media to give vent to their bloodthirsty urges. It's unforgivably simplistic to think that the news media are all-powerful, irresistible social syringes that inject thoughts and attitudes into people with immediate and dramatic effect.
 
In any case, this is not the first time Miyetti Allah's officials have been reported in the media to have justified, claimed responsibility for, or issued threats of, mass murders, which, to my knowledge, they have never denied. For instance, on January 4, 2018, chairman of Benue State's Miyetti Allah, Garus Gololo, told the BBC<https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-42555276> that the mass murder in Benue was a retaliation for the theft of 1,000 cattle. As far as I know, Gololo hasn't disowned this interview. How was that different from what Ciroma was alleged to have said?
 
The Nation, incidentally Bola Tinubu's newspaper, which originally published the quotes attributed to Ciroma, hasn't repudiated its story, much less apologize for it. In fact, Yusufu Aminu Idegu, the Nation's reporter who spoke with Ciroma, insists that his reporting<http://saharareporters.com/2018/07/03/%E2%80%98i-have-no-apologies%E2%80%99-%E2%80%94-thenation-reporter-insists-miyetti-allah%E2%80%99s-danladi-ciroma-lying> was faithful to what Ciroma actually told him during a phone interview, and his paper stands by him.
 
Interestingly, Ciroma admitted that he DID SPEAK with the reporter. He only said he was misquoted. "I told the reporter that leaders at the local and national levels should come together and resolve this crisis before it is too late," he told Premium Times<https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/274275-we-did-not-describe-plateau-killings-as-retaliatory-miyetti-allah.html> on June 29, 2018. So people who said the Nation's reporter "fabricated" the interview, which other newspapers, including Premium Times, published are the real duplicitous fabricators. Not even Ciroma says the interview was fabricated.
 
From my experience as a journalist and as a journalism teacher, I can bet my bottom dollar that Ciroma only recanted the interview because of the massive backlash it instigated. Had Gololo's own interview with the BBC inspired a similar pushback, he might have denied it as well. This is an all-too-familiar media stratagem.
 
And it isn't just Nigerian public figures and public officials who traffic in this. For instance, sometime in 2012, the mayor of my city here in the US sued me and one of my final-year journalism students who wrote a story for our class website based on a speech I invited the mayor to deliver to my students. During the Q and A session, the mayor got carried away and talked about a certain "shady" land developer's unacceptable ethical infractions without mentioning his name. My student put the pieces together and was able to identify who the "shady" developer was. She interviewed the developer and wrote her story.
 
The mayor sued and said my student made up the story. (Politicians say this everywhere when they get into trouble for what they say). Thankfully, we had the full video recording of his talk, which we uploaded on our class website. The developer's lawyer found the video recording and brought it to the mayor's attention. That was the end of the story.
 
I should point out that what the Nation reporter did, that is, sharing his report with his colleagues from other media houses, is not unusual, either. It's called pack journalism, and it happens even here in the United States. I hate it, but it is what it is.
 
People who know nothing about journalism are also saying that the Nation reporter's admission that he did not record his interview with Ciroma somehow invalidated his claims to have accurately reported him. In journalism, it is perfectly ethical and even legal to write a news story from unrecorded interviews. In fact, it is legal to write a story and even reconstruct quotes from memory so long as the quotes are consistent with what the interviewer says. Google Janet Malcolm and read up on her case with a psychoanalyst who sued her for attributing quotes to him that he said he never uttered. She won. Of course, I always tell my students to record their interviews AND take notes because most politicians will dispute a story when it provokes an unanticipated backlash.
 
In all of this, what galls me is the utter hypocrisy of ignoring the presidency's own prejudicial statement on the Plateau massacre and pretending that Ciroma was accused of saying something that was unheard of. The presidency basically said almost the same thing that Ciroma is now disclaiming. This was how the presidency traced the trigger for the bloodletting in Plateau in an official statement: "According to information available to the Presidency, about 100 cattle had been rustled by a community in Plateau State, and some herdsmen were killed in the process." That statement isn't substantively different from what Miyetti Allah's Ciroma was supposedly falsely quoted to have said: that the carnage was a retaliation for the theft of 300 cows. Will the presidency also have the decency to apologize, like Premium Times did, for disseminating "falsehood"?
 
If newspapers had cast headlines based on the press release from the presidency that went something like: "Plateau: death of 200 people retaliation for theft of 100 cattle--Presidency" it would have been accurate and would have stoked the same outrage that the quote attributed to Ciroma did. Remember that headlines are not designed to capture everything the body of a story contains because they can't; they simply function to invite the reader to discover the content.
 
The presidency's statement was issued a day after the crisis when tempers were still high and before an official investigation was conducted. That's not how to de-escalate conflict. If the presidency is efficient enough to know the cause of the conflict only one day after it occurred, it should have used that almost prescient prowess to forestall it so that it won't be in the business of apportioning blames and pointing out who started what first before official investigations. Every government's ultimate goal should be to save lives.
 
Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Journalism & Emerging Media
School of Communication & Media
Social Science Building
Room 5092 MD 2207
402 Bartow Avenue
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA 30144
Cell: (+1) 404-573-9697
Personal website: www.farooqkperogi.com<http://www.farooqkperogi.blogspot.com>
Twitter: @farooqkperog<https://twitter.com/#%21/farooqkperogi>
Author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World<http://www.amazon.com/Glocal-English-Changing-Linguistics-Semiotics/dp/1433129264/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436569864&sr=1-1>
 
"The nice thing about pessimism is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised." G. F. Will
 
--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<mailto:usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>: Jul 07 12:40PM +0100

The Order Itself, with Cases immediately caffected...
 
PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE Order No. 6 of 2018 ON THE PRESERVATION OF
SUSPICIOUS ASSETS CONNECTED WITH CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFENCES
 
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Federal Government of Nigeria to
protect the resources of Nigeria from all forms of Corruption;
 
Whereas Corruption constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
well-being, national security and stability of the country's political and
economic systems, as well as its continuous existence; and must be
effectively addressed;
 
By the powers vested in me under Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution as
amended which extends to the execution and maintenance of the Constitution,
all Laws made by the National Assembly (including but not limited to
Section 15(5) of the Constitution) to, abolish all corrupt practices and
abuse of power, it is the duty of any responsible government to restrict
dealings in suspicious assets subject to corruption related investigation
or inquiries in order to preserve same in accordance with the rule of law
and to guarantee and safeguard the fundamental human rights;
 
Now therefore, I, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, in exercise of the powers conferred on me hereby declare as
follows:
 
Section 1. (a) Without prejudice to any laws or existing suits or any other
rights arising out of or in respect thereof, all Assets of any Nigerian
citizen within the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, or within
the possession or control of any person known to be a current or former
government official, a person acting for or on behalf of such an official,
any politically exposed person or any person who is responsible for or
complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in Corrupt Practices
and Other Relevant Offences are forthwith to be protected from dissipation
by employing all available lawful or statutory means, including seeking the
appropriate Order(s) of Court where necessary, and shall not be
transferred, withdrawn or dealt with in any way until the final
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction of any corruption
related matter against such a person.
 
This provision shall, in particular, apply to those connected with persons
listed in the First Schedule to this Order, (or any such list as may be
issued by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice).
 
(b) Where a Government official or a person acting for and on behalf of
such an official, directly or indirectly, engages in Corrupt Practices such
as misappropriation of State assets for personal gain, receives any form of
bribe or engages in Corrupt Practices related to the performance of his/her
duties or the award or execution of Government contract; or transfers,
launder or facilitates the transfer or laundering of proceeds of illicit
activities, such official, in addition to forfeiting the proceeds in
accordance with the relevant laws, shall forthwith be subject to the
disciplinary procedure in accordance with the Public Service Rules and
investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau.
 
(c) (i) Subject to Section 174 of the Constitution, the Attorney General of
the Federation shall have power to coordinate the implementation of this
Order and to enlist the support of any Enforcement Authority particularly
those listed in Second Schedule to this Order, or any other Person or
Entity as may be required or permitted by applicable Law in order to give
effect to this Executive Order.
 
(ii) The Attorney-General shall from time to time publish a list of all
Assets protected pursuant to this Order.
 
(iii) The authority of the Attorney General of the Federation to preserve
Assets pursuant to this Order shall extend to any Person who is under
investigation in accordance with applicable law in connection with having
materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services to or howsoever in support
of any Corrupt Practices or Other Relevant Offences by any Person whose
Assets are protected pursuant to this Order; or any Entity that has engaged
in, or whose members have engaged in, any Corrupt Practices or Other
Relevant Offences,
 
Provided however, that the Attorney-General shall at all times in this
connection, employ all available lawful or statutory means, including
seeking the appropriate Order(s) of Court where necessary, and ensure that
Assets shall not be transferred, withdrawn or dealt with in any way until
the final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction of any
corruption related matter against such a person.
 
(iv) Where the Attorney-General has reasonable cause to believe that any
funds or assets within Nigeria is connected with Corruption, the
Attorney-General may, subject to his powers under Section 174 of the
Constitution and other laws enabling him in that regard, approach the Court
for an Order blocking or freezing or confiscating such funds or assets
pending the conclusion of an investigation or legal action.
 
(d) Enforcement Authorities shall upon request communicate to the Attorney
General of the Federation and Minister of Justice information arising from
their investigation or enquiry on any Person (Nigerian or non-Nigerian),
whether resident in Nigeria or not, determined by such Enforcement
Authority to have directly or indirectly engaged in or involved in
Corruption within the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the
Attorney General shall immediately commence or direct the commencement of
appropriate process(es) either administratively or judicially as may be
necessary subject to existing applicable law.
 
Section. 2. (a) Any Person who in circumvention of this Executive Order
attempts to or in fact: (i) interferes with the free exercise of the
authorities of the Office of the President, (ii) destroys evidence, (iii)
corrupts witnesses through cash/kind inducements, and (iv) generally
perverts the course of justice shall be prosecuted in line with the
provision of any Law(s) governing unlawful acts.
 
Section. 3. (i) Any Person who alleges that his rights have been, are being
or are likely to be contravened by any of the provision of this Executive
Order may apply to a competent Court in his jurisdiction for redress.
 
Section. 4. All Enforcement Authorities are hereby directed to diligently
and rigorously collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Justice in
implementing this Order to ensure the preservation of suspicious assets and
prevent their dissipation or removal from the jurisdiction of Nigerian
courts, in order to facilitate, support and enable the expeditious and
accelerated prosecution of the alleged Corrupt Practices, serious or
complex corruption, and Other Relevant Offences. Heads of Enforcement
Authorities shall take personal responsibility and be subject to
appropriate sanctions for any failure to comply with this Order.
 
Section. 5. For the purposes of this Order:
 
(a) The term "asset'' means and shall include all properties including
funds, liquid assets (bank balances), receivables, stocks and bonds held in
portfolios, insurance policies, shares in listed or unlisted companies, and
all manner of fixed assets. It shall cover all such assets whether held
directly or indirectly through corporate entities, trust structures and
intermediaries;
 
(b) The term "corruption or corrupt practices'' means as may be defined
under any enactment:
 
(i) any corrupt activity involving matters of corruption generally economic
sabotage, human trafficking, drug trafficking and terrorism involving funds
or assets in the sum or value in excess of fifty million Naira
(N50,000,000) or its equivalent in foreign currency;
 
(ii) any misappropriation of government asset, corruption related to
government contracts or bribery; or
 
(iii) the transfer or the facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of
corruption.
 
(c) The term "enforcement authority'' means agencies and instrumentalities
of the Federal Government of Nigeria including but not limited to those
listed in Second Schedule to this Order imbued with regulatory/enforcement
powers;
 
(d) The term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint
venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
 
(e) The term "other relevant offences" means any act, which may constitute
an act of, terrorism, financing of terrorism, kidnapping, sponsorship of
ethnic or religious violence, economic sabotage, cases of economic and
financial crimes, including acts contributing to the economic adversity of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria as defined by relevant laws.
 
(f) The term "person" means a natural or juristic person.
 
Section. 6. This Executive Order shall take effect on day of 2018.
 
Section. 7. This Order may be cited as the PRESERVATION OF SUSPICIOUS
ASSETS CONNECTED WITH CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFENCES ORDER, 2018.
DATED THIS ………….. DAY OF …………. 2018
 
Muhammadu Buhari
PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
 
FIRST SCHEDULE
 
LIST OF CASES TO BE IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
LIST OF CASES TO BE IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED BY THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
EXECUTIVE ORDER
 
S/N/ CASE NO/CHARGE NUMBER
& COURT OF TRIAL PARTIES
NPF
1 FHC/ABJ/CR/48/2017 FRN VS GABRIEL SUSWAM & 2 ORS
2 FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2017 FRN VS SOLOMON WOMBO & 2 ORS
3 FHC/MKD/CR/72/2017 FRN VS ORAYEV AUGUSTINE AVAAN & 8 ORS
4 FCT/ABJ/CR/129/2017 IGP VS RICHARD GBANDE & 2 ORS
5 FCT/ABJ/CR/128/2017 IGP VS RICHARD GBANDE & ORS
6 FHC/L/18C/2015 IGP VS MOSHOOD JUBRIL
7. FHC/CA/3C/2018-FHC, CALABAR FRN VS PETER AGI & 1 OTHER
8 FHC/L472C/2015 IGP VS OWOLABI OLUKUNLE & 11 ORS
9 FHC/L/376C/2015 IGP VIS BAKARE JELILI
10 FHC/L/523C/2015 IGP VIS ADESA JIMOH & 2 ORS
11 FHC/L317C/2015 IGP VS KAYODE MORUF & ORS
12 FHC/L/286C/2015 IGP VS JAMIU AJANI & 2 ORS
13 FHC/L144C/2016 IGP VS GANIYU SULAIMAN
14 FHC/L/139C/2016 IGP VS SHOLOLA OMOLARA & 2 ORS
15 FHC/L/394C/2016 FRN VS BILLIAMINU ABDULLAHI & ORS
16 FHC/L/456C/2016 IGP VS TUMBIRI EZEKIEL & 11 ORS
17 FHC/ABJ/CR/117/2017 FRN VS ILIYA JAMES & ORS
18 FHC/ABJ/CR/89/2017 FRN VS AYINDE THOMAS
19 FHC/ABJ/CR/182/2017 FRN VS CHIMA MIKE & ORS
20 FHC/ABJ/CR/94/2017 FRN VS LUCKY UDOBI & ORS
21 FHC/ABJ/CR/98/2017 FRN VS ISMAIL OGALA & 2 ORS
22 FHC/ABJ/CR/41/2018 FRN VS RITA ISAAC & 2 ORS
23 FHC/ABJ/CR/41/2018 FRN VS ALIYU UMAR & 3 ORS
24 HIGH COURT OF LAGOS 16 & 24 STATE VS CHUKWUDUMEME ONWUAMADIKE "EVANS & 2
ORS''
25 CR/265/C/2017 HENRY CHIBUEZE AKA "VAMPIRE" & 5 ORS
26 CR/90/2017 STATE VS HON. NASIRU UMAR RONI & 5 ORS
27 CMC/TUM/98CR/2017 STATE VS SHANONO ALH. AHMED & OTHER
28 I/75C 2016 HIGH COURT 5, IBADAN C. O. P. VS MUHAMMED WELI & 1 OTHER
29 I/137C/2017-HIGH COURT 16 IBADAN C. O. P. VS ABDULLAHI GARUBA & 3 ORS
30 I/211C/2017-HIGH COURT 18 IBADAN C. O. P. VS DAHIRU MOHAMMED
31 I/172C/2017 -HIGH COURT 17 IBADAN C. O. P. VS JOSEPH UDOMA & 3 ORS
32 I/184C/2017-HIGH COURT 19 IBADAN C. O. P. OWOYOMI OKE & 1 OTHER
33 I/49C/2016-HIGH COURT 5, IBADAN C. O. P. VS KABIRU ALI & 2 ORS
34 I/69C/2016-HIGH COURT 4, IBADAN C. O. P. VS TUNED IBRAHIM & 2 ORS
35 I/132C/2017 -HIGH COURT 5, IBADAN C. O. P. VS TUNED IBRAHIM & 3 ORS
36 MOG/03C/2017 C. O. P. VS MUTAIRU MOHAMMED & 2 ORS
37 HOY/11C/2016 C. O. P. VS SEGUN OMOLADUN
38 MI/31C/2016 C. O. P. VS MUSA SALEH & 4 ORS
39 CR: 32/2016/MOG10C/2016 STATE VS JAMIL UMAR & 6 ORS
40 CR: 34/2016/MOG12C/2016 STATE VS SUNDAY EDOREN & 3 ORS
41 CR: 42/2016/MOG/11C/2016 STATE VS GOODLUCK OGHENE & 4 ORS
42 CR: 49/2016/MCI/12C/2016 STATE VS OYIBO SHELL & 2 ORS
43 CR: 73/2016/CMA/270C/2016 STATE VS EFE REUBEN
44 CR: 78/2016/MOG/44C/2016 STATE VS GODSTIME EKWEREME & 2 ORS
45 CR: 78/2016/MK/16C/2016 STATE VS SMART ONOLOGBE & 1 OTHER
46 CR: 81/2016/CMA/259C/2016 STATE VS REUBENOJOGWU & 2 ORS
47 MAB/1064C/2017 C. O. P. CHINOYEN AGU & ORS
48 KTX/06/2018-HIGH COURT KATSINA C. O. P. VS IBRAHIM MU'AZU & 1 OTHER
NAPTIP
49 FHC/L/48C/2018-FEDERAL HIGH COURT LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION NIGERIA
CUSTOMS SERVICE VS PROSSY NIGERIA LTD. & 6 ORS
50 FHC/L/185C/2017 -FEDERAL HIGH COURT LAGOS JUDICIAL DIVISION FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA VS HIZEC MARINE SERVICES LTD & 4 ORS
51 FHC/CA/CS/40/2017
CALABAR JUDICIAL DIVISION MAGGPIY TRADING TFZE VS NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE
BOARD & 2 ORS
ICPC
52 HU/4C/2017- ABIA STATE HIGH COURT FRN V. DR. PHILIPS NTO & 2 ORS
53 FCT/HC/CR/92/12-COURT 10, APO FCT FRN V. SUNDAY EHINDERO & JOHN OBANIYI
54 ID/412C/13-COURT 1, AWKA ANAMBRA STATE FRN V. EZEONWUKA INNOCENT
55 KWS/56C/2016-KWARA STATE HIGH COURT FRN V. DR. SA AD AYINLA ALANAMU & 2
ORS
56 FHC/ABJ/CR/169/13-
FED HIGH COURT 7, ABUJA FRN V. PROF. (SENATOR) DAVID IORNEM, & 2 ORS.
57 FHC/EN/CR/72/15-
FED. HIGH COURT 2, ENUGU FRN V. (1). PROF. E. ONYENEJE (2). DR. LEONARD
UGWU, (3). ELDER FREDRICK ONAH, (4). MR. BASIL OFFOR
58 HU/38C/2016 FRN V. (1). COSMOS NDUKWE, (2). CONK PRODUCTION NIG. LTD.
(3). CHIJIOKE OKONKWO
59 HU/90C/2017-HIGH COURT 4, UYO, AKWAIBOM FRN VS EPHRAIM SUNDAY AKPAN
60 PHC/888CR/2013-RIVERS STATE HIGH COURT 4, SITTING IN PORTHARCOURT FRN
VS. ASO ADASA MORRISSON AND ORS.
61 FCT/HC/CR/112/1- FRN V. JOE EJE OKHIKU (FORMER ACTING DIRECTOR, NEWS
AGENCY OF NIGERIA)
62 HCL/63C/2017-HIGH COURT OKENE KOGI STATE FRN V. ZACCAEUS ATTE
63 MHC/73/2016- HIGH COURT MAKURDI, BENUE STATE FRN V. DONALD ANAGERIDE &
ANOR.
64 K/ICPC02/2016 FRN V. RABIU T. WADA
65 FHC/ABJ/CR/288/2015-FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABUJA FRN V. YEMI ARIS OLANIRE
66 CR/136/2017- FCT HIGH COURT FRN V. IBRAHIM HASSAN
67 FHC/A1/59C/2013 FRN V. HENRY ALOR AND ANOR
68 FCT/HC/CR/2014 FRN V. YUSUF AGABI & 3 ORS.
69 KB/HC/27C/2017 FRN V (1) ALH. GARBA KAMBA (2) MOHAMMED TUNGA (3) ALH
SAIDU DAKINGARI
70 FCT/HC/CR/2003-FCT HIGH COURT 9 FRN V. MOHAMMED ALI BALOGUN
71 ZMS/GS/53C/2015 FRN V. SANI AHMED YERIMA & 3 ORS.
72 HU/36C/2015 FRN V. EZE BOB UBIARU
73 CR/78/2014-COURT 4, MAITAMA,FCT FRN V. VS. AMINU BELLO SULEIMAN
74 CR/136/15-FCT HIGH COURT, MAITAMA, COURT 4 FRN VS. ADEOLU ADEYANJU
75 CR/276/2016-COURT 19, APO FRN VS. MAJOR SAM
76 HC/11C/2016-HIGH COURT 2, CALABAR FRN VS MICHAEL OKPO & 1 OTHER
77 HC/65C/2016-CROSS RIVER STATE FRN VS. DR. ITAM ABANG
78 CR/287/2017 & CR/37/2018-FCT HIGH COURT NO 16 JABI & FEDERAL HIGH COURT
NO. 10 FRN VS. ALIYU SANDA MAIMUNA
79 PLD/J10C/2017-PLATEAU STATE HIGH COURT 5, JOS FRN VS. ISTIFANUS MWANSAT
& 7 ORS
80 CR/92/2018-COURT 37, ZUBA FRN VS. DR. OBARO & 2 ORS
EFCC
81 FHC/ABJ/CR/181/2016 FRN V AHMADU UMAR (ALIAS RT. HON. AMADU FINTIRI)
82 FHC/ABJ/CR/148/2016 FRN V EDIDIONG & ORS
83 FHC/L/280C/16 FRN V. AIR MARSHAL AMOSU NUNAYO & 10 ORS
84 FHC/ABJ/CR/121/2016 FRN V OLAJIDE OMOKORE & 5 ORS.
85 FHC/L/135C/2017 FRN VS. MUHAMMED DELE BELGOE SAN & ORS
86 LD/2514C/16 FRN V. RICKY TARFA (SAN)
87 LD/3671C/2016 FRN V HON. JUSTICE RITA NGOZI OFILI AJUMOGOBIA & ANOR
88 FHC/IB/26C/2017 FRN VS OLOYE JUMOKE AKINJIDE & 2 ORS
89 FHC/L/251C/16 FRN V NENADI ESTHER USMAN, FEMI FANI KAYODE & 2 ORS
90 FHC/L/106C/2017 FRN V CHRISTIAN NWOSU AND ORS
91 FHC/L/337C/16 FRN V WARIP AMOWEI EMMANUEL DUDAFA & ORS
92 FHC/L/238C/2016 FRN V WARIP AMOWEI EMMANUEL DUDAFA & ANOR.
93 FHC/L/31C/2016 FRN V PATRICK AKPOBOLOKEM & 11 ORS
94 FHC/L/553C/2016 FRN V PATRICK AKPOBOLOKEM & 11 ORS
95 FHC/511C/2016 FRN V PATRICK AKPOBOLOKEM & 6 ORS
96 LD/217C/15 FRN V PATRICK AKPOBOLOKEM, MAJOR GENERAL EMMANUEL ATEWE & ORS
97 LD/218C/15 FRN V PATRICK AKPOBOLOKEM & 6 ORS
98 FHC/L/149/16 BABA JARUNA JAURO & 2 ORS
99 FHC/L/148C/16 FRN V CALISTUS & 3 ORS
100 FHC/GM/33C/2011 FRN V ALHAJI DANJUMA GOJE & 4 ORS
101 HOS/34C/2017 FRN V PROFESSOR ANTHONY ELUJOBA, JOSEPHINE ADERONKE
AKEREDOLU
102 I/5EFCC/2011 FRB V OTUNBA ALAO-AKALA & ORS
103 AK/4C/2017 FRN V ADEBIYI G. DARAMOLA, EMMANUEL AYODEJI ORESEGUN
104 AB/EFCC/03C/2016 FRN V
Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>: Jul 07 11:57AM +0100

REVISED SLIGHTLY
 
 
My People:
 
This Executive Order 6 signed below by President Muhammad Buhari three
years into his administration is an admission that for corruption to be
curbed in Nigeria - nay any country - the very suspected assets of the
corruption ABOVE what is considered legitimate earning must be restricted
from the suspects, or else it is a never-ending battle. Those very assets
can be used - and are being used - to fight back, to bring back corruption.
 
This is not a matter of guilty until proven innocent. Unless a separate
serious case is made of witness tampering or flight from justice, the
liberty of the suspect should not be restricted. However, it violates a
sense of justice to society when the proceeds of that rape of society is
used to defend the suspect, particularly when the suspect is found guilty
on the long run. Of course, if not found guilty, the property should be
swiftly returned - with interest wherever possible.
 
Let us be frank:. Total legitimate earning of cash or physical assets ovet
a period is easily determined. It is the sum of inheritance, lottery
winning, gift, salary and wages, payment for consulting service, and
investment. My reader should assist me if there are other sources. God
does not drop money or physical assets from the sky. So if a public
servant is found to have a billion naira in assets - or even N50 million -
or an employee of a private company, or really any person for that matter
living above visible income and there is any suspicion, he or she should be
made to account for it against the six sources that I stated above.
Simple. Until he can do so by a date certain, those assets are stored
under key, and forfeited if unable to satifactorily do so before a Judge.
 
I will tell a personal story. Recently I was asked on a Tuesday afternoon
to declare my assets in Nigeria, and given a long form to fill and return
to the issuing office as soon as possible, which form was required to be
counter-signed by a Judge. That is different, I asked, and I was told a
Judge was required.. By the very following morning, I had completed the
form, and found my way to an Abuja High Court where apparently some three
Judges are assigned to such attestations. After waiting for an hour, I was
ushered into the cavernous chamber, of the next available free Judge and at
first the stern-looking Judge took the paper, looked at the name, my last
occupation, my face, thumbed through the document, looked at me again, and
said "You were a VC?" I said Yes. "In Otuoke, the former President's
hometown?" Yes. "And this is all you have...so many
None..None..None..written all over here?". I said "Yes sir, . I only
worked for five years here Sir, I came from the Diaspora. I did not stay
enough to acquire much.". "Ha, five whole years? There are VCs who come
here and attach several pages to the form to complete it!" The Judge told
me.. Looking at his lady secretary and another male visitor in his office
then and shaking his head, he then proceeded to introduce himself, as being
from Ekiti State, that he knew my father, and he was happy about the form
before him, etc etc. I stayed another hour in the Judge's chamber,
regaling and being regaled about corruption in Nigeria, and after
exchanging phone numbers, I had to remind him to sign my paper please
before I left to submit it to the issuing office - where I was subjected
to another query as to whether that was what I really had, to which I
answered again in the affirmative, that they are free to check things out.
 
Of course, there was no proof that I had submitted all the pertinent
information - which I had by the way, all my bank account numbers and BVN
etc. - but it appears that there is so much impunity in Nigeria that
information is often clearly available about excessive asset accumulation.
It is just that there is the idea that some of the illegslly acquired
assets will be used to hire lawyers, and bribe investigating offucers and
prosecutors and court registrars and judges anyway, and then use the rest
to live high the rest of their natural lives.
 
This presidential Executive Order should minimize that ploy, and one hopes
that it is not deployed in a heavy-handed manner. However, it should be
noted that Prosecutors still have to identify the suspects, and Judges
will still have a role to play in determining whether some earnings are
legitimately made or not - and those are still subject to corrupt
practices. This is where Cuvil Society Organizations should be engaged to
ensure that justice is being done throughout.
 
Finally, confiscated assets should be disposed of rapidly to the benefit of
Society, so that they are not re-looted, either by the Executive or the
Legislature. Again, this is where the greatest amount of transparency is
needed. This is where the cash transfer initiative being deployed with
respect to the Abaca loot is to be commended.
 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/
322m-abacha-loot-cash-transfers-302000-poor-homes-begin-july/amp/
 
This is July, and I hope that the program has truly started.
 
And there you have it.
 
 
Bolaji Aluko
<https://elombah.com/amp?s>
 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Text of Buhari's speech at the signing of
executive order on confiscating corruption assets
<https://elombah.com/amp/index.php/author/elombah/>By ElombahNews
<https://elombah.com/amp/index.php/author/elombah/> on July 6, 2018
 
REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE OCASSION OF THE SIGNING OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No.
6 OF 2018 ON THE PRESERVATION OF ASSETS CONNECTED WITH SERIOUS CORRUPTION
AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFENCES
 
I am delighted to welcome you all to this very important occasion which is
another milestone in the fight against corruption- a project that is very
crucial to the viability and continuous well-being of this country. Whilst
there are many reasons why Nigeria has been struggling; regrettably, the
most unfortunate cause of great disparity between Nigeria's wealth and its
poverty is endemic corruption.
 
2. There is also a very strong link between corruption, peace and security.
Unfortunately, corruption is everywhere; at all levels of government, and
every stratum of our society. Without doubt, corruption constitutes an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the well-being, national security, and
economy of Nigeria.
 
3. Mindful of this serious challenge, as you are all aware, before coming
into government, this Administration specifically promised Nigerians that
it will address the challenges facing our nation in the three areas of:
(a) Security, (b) Economy and (c) Corruption.
 
4. As a government, and in furtherance of our anti-corruption programme, we
have since inception engaged in multi-sectoral reforms on anti-corruption
including the enforcement of Treasury Single Account (TSA), strict
implementation of the Bank Verification Number Policy, Signing of the Open
Government Partnership, and a lot of efforts have gone into building and
development of our anti-corruption institutions among others.
 
5. We have so far kept faith with our promise and shall remain committed
thereto until Nigeria triumphs over the evil of corruption, attain a
prosperous economic status and surmounts all her security challenges.
 
6. Like I have many times said, if Nigeria does not kill corruption,
corruption will sooner-or later kill Nigeria. Therefore, after three years
in office, it is an opportune time to further review our achievements
against set goals, and where necessary; re-appraise our strategy in order
to achieve our outstanding objectives.
 
7. As this real battle continues, we still need to strengthen our policies
and institutions in order to successfully fight corruption. We recognise
that there are more grounds to cover in the war against corruption, and we
are prepared to go out to possess those lands by cutting off any means that
facilitates corruption and supports its growth.
 
8. From available records, the aggregate value of funds involved in some
on-going prosecution of high profile corruption related cases stands at
N595,409,838,452.25k. This amount is in excess of the N500 billion approved
for Social Investment Programme in the 2018 Budget, which sum would be
applied to cater for home grown school feeding programme, government
economic empowerment programme, N-Power Job Creation Programme, Conditional
Cash Transfers, etc. Cumulatively, scores of millions of Nigerian citizens
would benefit from those programmes.
 
9. To further put things in perspective, the highest appropriation in the
2018 Budget in the sum of N344 billion went to the Ministry of Works for
construction and rehabilitation of several roads nationwide. These roads
are:
 
a. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Dual Carriageway;
b. Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa Bokani Road;
c. Abuja-Abaji Road;
d. Kano –Maiduguri Road;
e. Enugu-P/Harcourt Dual Carriageway;
f. Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road;
g. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontangora- Makera Road;
h. Dualisation of Obajana to Benin;
i. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina-Ala Road;
j. Onitsha-Enugu Dual Carriageway;
k. Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway;
l. Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Sagamu Expressway Phase III;
m. Kontagora-Bangi Road.
 
10. All the foregoing roads are expected to be either constructed or
repaired with equivalent of about 57% of the monies recovered by some of
the on-going high profile corruption related cases.
 
11. It has thus become necessary to re-kit and re-tool our arsenal to be
able to effectively tackle corruption's perilous counter-attack against the
Nigerian State. Accordingly, the Federal Government of Nigeria has declared
a national emergency to deal with that crisis. In this regard, the Federal
Government of Nigeria in line with its anti-corruption strategy seeks to
ensure that the ends of justice is not defeated or compromised by persons
involved in a case or complaint of corruption.
 
12. It is in consequence of this that I have decided to issue the Executive
Order No. 6 of 2018 to inter alia restrict dealings in suspicious assets
subject to investigation or inquiry bordering on corruption in order to
preserve such assets from dissipation, and to deprive alleged criminals of
the proceeds of their illicit activities which can otherwise be employed to
allure, pervert and/or intimidate the investigative and judicial processes
or for acts of terrorism, financing of terrorism, kidnapping, sponsorship
of ethnic or religious violence, economic sabotage and cases of economic
and financial crimes, including acts contributing to the economic adversity
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and against the overall interest of
justice and the welfare of the Nigerian State.
 
13. Happily, the fight against corruption is gaining more momentum among
the African States. We just returned from the African Anti-Corruption Year
event at Nouakchott, Mauritania where all African Heads of State were
gathered to promote the anti-corruption message.
 
14. Nigeria and 39 other African States have ratified the African Union
Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. I pledge to elevate the
African Union anti-corruption agenda at the next session of the United
Nations General Assembly in September.
 
. Therefore, in order to preserve Nigeria's political and economic systems,
and the continuous progress of the Nigerian State from the serious threat
of corruption, I call on all stakeholders, and indeed every Nigerian to
give effect to this Executive Order.
 
16. Agencies of the Federal Government in consultation with the Attorney
General of the Federation should identify and adopt best practices, and
develop strategies for action. The fight against corruption is one that
must be fought by everyone wherever corruption rears its head.
 
17. I thank you all for your anticipated cooperation and may God bless the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
 
 
.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>: Jul 07 11:40AM +0100

My People:
 
This Executive Order 6 signed below by President Muhammad Buhari three
years into his administration is an admission that for corruption to be
curbed in Nigeria - nay any country - the very suspected assets of the
corruption ABOVE what is considered legitimate earning must be restricted
from the suspects, or else it is a never-ending battle. Those very assets
can be used - and are being used - to fight back to bring back corruption.
 
This is not a matter of guilty until proven innocent. Unless a separate
serious case is made of witness tampering or flight from justice, the
liberty of the suspect should not be restricted. However, it violates a
sense of justice to society when the proceeds of that rape of society is
used to defend the suspect, particularly when the suspect is found guilty
on the long run. Of course, if not found guilty, the property should be
swiftly returned - with interest wherever possible.
 
Let us be frank:. Total legitimate earning of cash or physical assets ovet
a period is easily determined. It is the sum of inheritance, lottery
winning, gift, salary and wages, payment for consulting service, and
investment. My reader should assist me if there are other sources. God
does not drop money or physical assets from the sky. So if a public
servant is found to have a billion naira in assets - or even N50 million -
and there is any suspicion, he or she should be made to account for it
against the six sources that I stated above. Simple. Until he can do by a
date certain, those assets are stored under key, and forfeited if unable to
satifactorily do so before a Judge.
 
I will tell a personal story. Recently I was asked on a Tuesday afternoon
to declare my assets in Nigeria, and given a long form to fill and return
to the US using office, which was required to be counter-signed by a
Judge. That is different, I asked, and I was told it was required.. By
the very following morning, I had completed the form, and found my way to
an Abuja High Court where apparently some Judges are assigned to such
attestations. After waiting for an hour, I was ushered into a cavernous
chamber, and at first the stern-looking Judge took the paper, looked at the
name, my last occupation, my face, thumbed through the document, looked at
me again, and said "You were a VC?" I said Yes. "In Otuoke, the former
President's hometown?" Yes. "And this is all you have...so many
None..None..None..written all over here?". I said Yes sir, . I only worked
for five years here Sir, I came from the Diaspora. I did not stay enough
to acquire much.". "Ha, five whole years? There are VCs who come here and
attach several pages to the form to complete it!" The Judge told me..
looking at his lady secretary and another male visitor in his office then,
he then proceeded to introduce himself, as being from Ekiti State, that he
knew my father, and he was happy about the form before him, etc etc. I
stayed another hour in the Judge's chamber, regaling and being regaled
about corruption in Nigeria, and after exchanging phone numbers, I had to
remind him to sign my paper please before I left to submit it to the
issuing office - where I was subjected to another query as to whether that
was what I really had, to which I answered again in the affirmative, that
they are free to check. you.
 
Of course, there was no proof that I had submitted all the pertinent
information - which I had by the way, all my bank account numbers and BVN
etc. - but it appears that there is so much impunity in Nigeria that
information is often clearly available about excessive asset accumulation.
It is just that there is the idea that some of the illegslly acquired
assets will be used to hire lawyers, and bribe prosecutirs and court
registrars and judges anyway, and then use the rest to live high the rest
of their natural lives.
 
This Executive Order should minimize that ploy, and one hopes that it us
not deployed in a heavy-handed manner. However, it should be noted that
Prosecutors still have to identify the suspects, and Judges will still
have a role to play in determining whether some earnings are legitimately
made or not - and those are still subject to corrupt practices. This is
where Cuvil Society Organizations should be engaged to ensure that justice
is being done throughout.
 
Finally, confiscated assets should be disposed of rapidly to the benefit of
Society, so that they are not re-looted, either by the Executive or the
Legislature. Again, this is where the greatest amount of transparency is
needed. This is where the cash transfer initiative being deployed with
respect to the Abaca loot us to be commended.
 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2018/06/322m-abacha-loot-cash-transfers-302000-poor-homes-begin-july/amp/
 
This is July, and I hope that the program has truly started.
 
And there you have it.
 
 
Bolaji Aluko
<https://elombah.com/amp?s>
 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Text of Buhari's speech at the signing of
executive order on confiscating corruption assets
<https://elombah.com/amp/index.php/author/elombah/>By ElombahNews
<https://elombah.com/amp/index.php/author/elombah/> on July 6, 2018
 
REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON THE OCASSION OF THE SIGNING OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No.
6 OF 2018 ON THE PRESERVATION OF ASSETS CONNECTED WITH SERIOUS CORRUPTION
AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFENCES
 
I am delighted to welcome you all to this very important occasion which is
another milestone in the fight against corruption- a project that is very
crucial to the viability and continuous well-being of this country. Whilst
there are many reasons why Nigeria has been struggling; regrettably, the
most unfortunate cause of great disparity between Nigeria's wealth and its
poverty is endemic corruption.
 
2. There is also a very strong link between corruption, peace and security.
Unfortunately, corruption is everywhere; at all levels of government, and
every stratum of our society. Without doubt, corruption constitutes an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the well-being, national security, and
economy of Nigeria.
 
3. Mindful of this serious challenge, as you are all aware, before coming
into government, this Administration specifically promised Nigerians that
it will address the challenges facing our nation in the three areas of:
(a) Security, (b) Economy and (c) Corruption.
 
4. As a government, and in furtherance of our anti-corruption programme, we
have since inception engaged in multi-sectoral reforms on anti-corruption
including the enforcement of Treasury Single Account (TSA), strict
implementation of the Bank Verification Number Policy, Signing of the Open
Government Partnership, and a lot of efforts have gone into building and
development of our anti-corruption institutions among others.
 
5. We have so far kept faith with our promise and shall remain committed
thereto until Nigeria triumphs over the evil of corruption, attain a
prosperous economic status and surmounts all her security challenges.
 
6. Like I have many times said, if Nigeria does not kill corruption,
corruption will sooner-or later kill Nigeria. Therefore, after three years
in office, it is an opportune time to further review our achievements
against set goals, and where necessary; re-appraise our strategy in order
to achieve our outstanding objectives.
 
7. As this real battle continues, we still need to strengthen our policies
and institutions in order to successfully fight corruption. We recognise
that there are more grounds to cover in the war against corruption, and we
are prepared to go out to possess those lands by cutting off any means that
facilitates corruption and supports its growth.
 
8. From available records, the aggregate value of funds involved in some
on-going prosecution of high profile corruption related cases stands at
N595,409,838,452.25k. This amount is in excess of the N500 billion approved
for Social Investment Programme in the 2018 Budget, which sum would be
applied to cater for home grown school feeding programme, government
economic empowerment programme, N-Power Job Creation Programme, Conditional
Cash Transfers, etc. Cumulatively, scores of millions of Nigerian citizens
would benefit from those programmes.
 
9. To further put things in perspective, the highest appropriation in the
2018 Budget in the sum of N344 billion went to the Ministry of Works for
construction and rehabilitation of several roads nationwide. These roads
are:
 
a. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Dual Carriageway;
b. Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa Bokani Road;
c. Abuja-Abaji Road;
d. Kano –Maiduguri Road;
e. Enugu-P/Harcourt Dual Carriageway;
f. Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Road;
g. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontangora- Makera Road;
h. Dualisation of Obajana to Benin;
i. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina-Ala Road;
j. Onitsha-Enugu Dual Carriageway;
k. Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway;
l. Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Sagamu Expressway Phase III;
m. Kontagora-Bangi Road.
 
10. All the foregoing roads are expected to be either constructed or
repaired with equivalent of about 57% of the monies recovered by some of
the on-going high profile corruption related cases.
 
11. It has thus become necessary to re-kit and re-tool our arsenal to be
able to effectively tackle corruption's perilous counter-attack against the
Nigerian State. Accordingly, the Federal Government of Nigeria has declared
a national emergency to deal with that crisis. In this regard, the Federal
Government of Nigeria in line with its anti-corruption strategy seeks to
ensure that the ends of justice is not defeated or compromised by persons
involved in a case or complaint of corruption.
 
12. It is in consequence of this that I have decided to issue the Executive
Order No. 6 of 2018 to inter alia restrict dealings in suspicious assets
subject to investigation or inquiry bordering on corruption in order to
preserve such assets from dissipation, and to deprive alleged criminals of
the proceeds of their illicit activities which can otherwise be employed to
allure, pervert and/or intimidate the investigative and judicial processes
or for acts of terrorism, financing of terrorism, kidnapping, sponsorship
of ethnic or religious violence, economic sabotage and cases of economic
and financial crimes, including acts contributing to the economic adversity
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and against the overall interest of
justice and the welfare of the Nigerian State.
 
13. Happily, the fight against corruption is gaining more momentum among
the African States. We just returned from the African Anti-Corruption Year
event at Nouakchott, Mauritania where all African Heads of State were
gathered to promote the anti-corruption message.
 
14. Nigeria and 39 other African States have ratified the African Union
Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. I pledge to elevate the
African Union anti-corruption agenda at the next session of the United
Nations General Assembly in September.
 
. Therefore, in order to preserve Nigeria's political and economic systems,
and the continuous progress of the Nigerian State from the serious threat
of corruption, I call on all stakeholders, and indeed every Nigerian to
give effect to this Executive Order.
 
16. Agencies of the Federal Government in consultation with the Attorney
General of the Federation should identify and adopt best practices, and
develop strategies for action. The fight against corruption is one that
must be fought by everyone wherever corruption rears its head.
 
17. I thank you all for your anticipated cooperation and may God bless the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
 
 
.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
seguno2013 <seguno2013@gmail.com>: Jul 07 03:12AM -0500

Congrats!!! See y jk ou all next year at Babcock University. Segun Ogungbemi. 
 
 
Powered by Cricket Wireless
-------- Original message --------From: Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> Date: 7/5/18 8:41 AM (GMT-06:00) To: ya <yorubaaffairs@googlegroups.com>, dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - TOFAC:  final day
Simultaneous panels opened the day. At the closing ceremony, University officials thanked the participants, gifts were presented, and a draft communique was approved. Three prominent scholars received awards, a great lunch followed. Those who are interested have embarked on the tour of the city.
The baton was passed on to Babcock University, the host of 2019 TOFAC
TF
Sent from my iPhone
 
--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com 
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
farooqkperogi@gmail.com: Jul 07 01:40AM -0400

Saturday, July 7, 2018
Plateau Massacre, Presidency's Complicity, and Escapist Scapegoating of the
News Media
<https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2018/07/plateau-massacre-presidencys-complicity.html>
*By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.*
*Twitter: @farooqkperogi <https://twitter.com/farooqkperogi>*
 
After Premium Times' over-the-top but nonetheless admirably ethical and
well-intentioned apology and firing of its reporter for reporting, without
verification, a certain Danladi Ciroma's coldhearted justification for the
Plateau massacre, a motley crowd of incorrigibly peevish government
apologists looking for a convenient diversion from the gross incompetence
of the government seized on the apology like a drowning man clutches at
every twig and worked themselves into a pitifully maniacal feeding frenzy
on the Nigerian news media.
 
Some even went so far as to self-righteously wail that Premium Times'
apology won't bring back the people who died as a result of its inaccurate
reporting! Seriously? You have to truly take leave of your senses—if you
had any to begin with—to assume that it was the reporting of Ciroma's
alleged justification for the savage mass murders of Berom farmers that
ignited the equally unjust, barbaric murders of innocent Muslim travelers
along Bauchi-Jos road.
<https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gijvLf5wPlA/W0A2rMKjLlI/AAAAAAAARGA/Xdi5Uo4YZLQ7J1uYn-55500rR9PppBs5gCLcBGAs/s1600/Plateau-Massacre.jpg>
 
Retaliatory murders are an abiding feature of communal conflicts in
Nigeria. I covered several of them when I was a reporter. The perpetrators
of these murders don't need any prodding from the media to give vent to
their bloodthirsty urges. It's unforgivably simplistic to think that the
news media are all-powerful, irresistible social syringes that inject
thoughts and attitudes into people with immediate and dramatic effect.
 
In any case, this is not the first time Miyetti Allah's officials have been
reported in the media to have justified, claimed responsibility for, or
issued threats of, mass murders, which, to my knowledge, they have never
denied. For instance, on January 4, 2018, chairman of Benue State's Miyetti
Allah, Garus Gololo, told the BBC <https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-42555276>
that the mass murder in Benue was a retaliation for the theft of 1,000
cattle. As far as I know, Gololo hasn't disowned this interview. How was
that different from what Ciroma was alleged to have said?
 
The *Nation*, incidentally Bola Tinubu's newspaper, which originally
published the quotes attributed to Ciroma, hasn't repudiated its story,
much less apologize for it. In fact, Yusufu Aminu Idegu, the *Nation*'s
reporter who spoke with Ciroma, insists that his reporting
<http://saharareporters.com/2018/07/03/%E2%80%98i-have-no-apologies%E2%80%99-%E2%80%94-thenation-reporter-insists-miyetti-allah%E2%80%99s-danladi-ciroma-lying>
was faithful to what Ciroma actually told him during a phone interview,
and his paper stands by him.
 
Interestingly, Ciroma admitted that he DID SPEAK with the reporter. He only
said he was misquoted. "I told the reporter that leaders at the local and
national levels should come together and resolve this crisis before it is
too late," he told Premium Times
<https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/274275-we-did-not-describe-plateau-killings-as-retaliatory-miyetti-allah.html>
on June 29, 2018. So people who said the *Nation*'s reporter "fabricated"
the interview, which other newspapers, including Premium Times, published
are the real duplicitous fabricators. Not even Ciroma says the interview
was fabricated.
 
From my experience as a journalist and as a journalism teacher, I can bet
my bottom dollar that Ciroma only recanted the interview because of the
massive backlash it instigated. Had Gololo's own interview with the BBC
inspired a similar pushback, he might have denied it as well. This is an
all-too-familiar media stratagem.
 
And it isn't just Nigerian public figures and public officials who traffic
in this. For instance, sometime in 2012, the mayor of my city here in the
US sued me and one of my final-year journalism students who wrote a story
for our class website based on a speech I invited the mayor to deliver to
my students. During the Q and A session, the mayor got carried away and
talked about a certain "shady" land developer's unacceptable ethical
infractions without mentioning his name. My student put the pieces together
and was able to identify who the "shady" developer was. She interviewed the
developer and wrote her story.
 
The mayor sued and said my student made up the story. (Politicians say this
everywhere when they get into trouble for what they say). Thankfully, we
had the full video recording of his talk, which we uploaded on our class
website. The developer's lawyer found the video recording and brought it to
the mayor's attention. That was the end of the story.
 
I should point out that what the *Nation* reporter did, that is, sharing
his report with his colleagues from other media houses, is not unusual,
either. It's called pack journalism, and it happens even here in the United
States. I hate it, but it is what it is.
 
People who know nothing about journalism are also saying that the
*Nation* reporter's
admission that he did not record his interview with Ciroma somehow
invalidated his claims to have accurately reported him. In journalism, it
is perfectly ethical and even legal to write a news story from unrecorded
interviews. In fact, it is legal to write a story and even reconstruct
quotes from memory so long as the quotes are consistent with what the
interviewer says. Google Janet Malcolm and read up on her case with a
psychoanalyst who sued her for attributing quotes to him that he said he
never uttered. She won. Of course, I always tell my students to record
their interviews AND take notes because most politicians will dispute a
story when it provokes an unanticipated backlash.
 
In all of this, what galls me is the utter hypocrisy of ignoring the
presidency's own prejudicial statement on the Plateau massacre and
pretending that Ciroma was accused of saying something that was unheard of.
The presidency basically said almost the same thing that Ciroma is now
disclaiming. This was how the presidency traced the trigger for the
bloodletting in Plateau in an official statement: "According to information
available to the Presidency, about 100 cattle had been rustled by a
community in Plateau State, and some herdsmen were killed in the process."
That statement isn't substantively different from what Miyetti Allah's
Ciroma was supposedly falsely quoted to have said: that the carnage was a
retaliation for the theft of 300 cows. Will the presidency also have the
decency to apologize, like Premium Times did, for disseminating "falsehood"?
 
If newspapers had cast headlines based on the press release from the
presidency that went something like: "Plateau: death of 200 people
retaliation for theft of 100 cattle--Presidency" it would have been
accurate and would have stoked the same outrage that the quote attributed
to Ciroma did. Remember that headlines are not designed to capture
everything the body of a story contains because they can't; they simply
function to invite the reader to discover the content.
 
The presidency's statement was issued a day after the crisis when tempers
were still high and before an official investigation was conducted. That's
not how to de-escalate conflict. If the presidency is efficient enough to
know the cause of the conflict only one day after it occurred, it should
have used that almost prescient prowess to forestall it so that it won't be
in the business of apportioning blames and pointing out who started what
first before official investigations. Every government's ultimate goal
should be to save lives.
 
Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Journalism & Emerging Media
School of Communication & Media
Social Science Building
Room 5092 MD 2207
402 Bartow Avenue
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA 30144
Cell: (+1) 404-573-9697
Personal website: www.farooqkperogi.com
<http://www.farooqkperogi.blogspot.com>
Twitter: @farooqkperog <https://twitter.com/#%21/farooqkperogi>
Author of *Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English
in a Global World
<http://www.amazon.com/Glocal-English-Changing-Linguistics-Semiotics/dp/1433129264/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436569864&sr=1-1>*
 
"The nice thing about pessimism is that you are constantly being either
proven right or pleasantly surprised." G. F. Will
Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com>: Jul 06 10:36PM -0700

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, DURING HIS AUDIENCE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CAN) FROM 19 NORTHERN STATES AND ABUJA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018
 
I thank you very much for taking the time to pay this visit today and for the issues you have raised.
 
The recent killings in Benue, Zamfara and lately Plateau are wicked, condemnable and completely unacceptable acts.
 
We, Nigerians, are religious people and no religion or culture accepts the killing of people for any reason whatsoever.
 
This is why we must all rise as one to condemn these vile and wicked acts to ensure that all the culprits are brought to justice.
 
We owe it to the memory of those who lost their lives in the violence in Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Zamfara and elsewhere since 1999 to bring the conflicts to a decisive end. I assure you that we will do this.
 
Let me make it clear that even a single life lost in any part of the country is one too many. I came to office vowing to ensure the protection of lives and property, and I remain committed to this despite the challenges we have experienced.
 
I, therefore, seek your support as clerics and religious leaders to join hands with this administration and give us your full support. As you all know, deploying law enforcement agencies is fully our responsibility as a government while creating the platform and mechanisms for dialogue is a collective effort.
 
The military and police have arrested hundreds of suspects across the various flash-points in the region and several prosecutions are going on. In a number of cases, we have seen convictions. Nigerians are right when they say they want to see more convictions and I would like to appeal to the judiciary to help us fast-track these cases.
 
When some, for clearly political purposes, attempt to suggest that this government is doing nothing about the killings, and that I, being Fulani, must be encouraging these satanic acts, it seems to me that there is no limit to the evil in the minds of men.
 
Otherwise, how can anyone in their right minds suggest that I, as an elected President even with substantial votes in the affected areas, will for any reason do harm by an act of omission to those same people?
 
Secondly, the problems in all these areas, as you all know, are historical. There is no administration that has not had to contend with killings in these same areas over the years.
 
Indeed, in 2001, you may recall that after thousands were killed in Plateau State, a State of Emergency was declared and a Governor was replaced by an Administrator.
 
To suggest that our Administration is doing nothing is terribly unfair.
 
We must not forget that the same Plateau State which has been crisis-ridden for years has in the past three years been celebrated for its peacefulness. The Governor's hard work for peace and the presence of the military's Operation Safe Haven must have had some impact.
 
In recent weeks, we have beefed up its strength with the deployment of extra Special Forces from the Defence headquarters.
 
Besides, we currently have no fewer than three special military intervention forces in the troubled zones.
 
Operation Safe Haven to secure Plateau State, Operation Whirl Stroke 1 (OPWS) to secure Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa and OPWS 2 to secure Zamfara and Kaduna States.
 
These forces are supported with investigative and intelligence gathering capabilities from the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services and other agencies.
 
Government can achieve lasting peace only with the sincere and active cooperation of communities, religious leaders, youths and other stakeholders.
 
These include the Media in whose hands lies the power to frame, shape the perspectives and narratives which influence the thinking of millions of people within and outside Nigeria.
 
Finally, let us collectively shame those who are stoking the fires of ethnic and religious conflicts for their short-term political gains.
 
This country belongs equally to Christians and Muslims and even those who claim ignorance of God.
 
Thank you very much.
You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.



--
Osakue S. Omoera, Ph.D, CIMIM, M.Sonta
Department of Theatre and Media Arts
Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
Editor, EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts
Email:omoera@yahoo.com
Alternative emails: osakueomoera@gmail.com
osakue.omoera@aauekpoma.edu.ng
Mobile:+2348035714679, +2348059997573
The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want. (Bo Bennett)

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
 
Vida de bombeiro Recipes Informatica Humor Jokes Mensagens Curiosity Saude Video Games Car Blog Animals Diario das Mensagens Eletronica Rei Jesus News Noticias da TV Artesanato Esportes Noticias Atuais Games Pets Career Religion Recreation Business Education Autos Academics Style Television Programming Motosport Humor News The Games Home Downs World News Internet Car Design Entertaimment Celebrities 1001 Games Doctor Pets Net Downs World Enter Jesus Variedade Mensagensr Android Rub Letras Dialogue cosmetics Genexus Car net Só Humor Curiosity Gifs Medical Female American Health Madeira Designer PPS Divertidas Estate Travel Estate Writing Computer Matilde Ocultos Matilde futebolcomnoticias girassol lettheworldturn topdigitalnet Bem amado enjohnny produceideas foodasticos cronicasdoimaginario downloadsdegraca compactandoletras newcuriosidades blogdoarmario arrozinhoii sonasol halfbakedtaters make-it-plain amatha