I have personally observed with interest EFCC operations over the years with respect to corruption War. From the look of things there exist series of contradictions in this administration. For example record shows Obasanjo is a murder, corrupt, a gluttonous rejectionist of rule of law. The question therefore is can corruption war, under a corrupt leadership be credible? I have come to the conclusion that Economic and Financial Crime Commission [EFCC] lack one thing: credibility. Other observers believe that EFCC and other purported corruption machineries do not serve the interest of the enterprise—el’Nigeria, and do not serve the interest of the people. Foreign and domestic think-tanks, political analysts have observed that EFCC serves the interests of Obasanjo and his friends. 

For records: in the past, this writer had a measure of respect for EFCC Chairman, Ribadu, albeit, meshed with reservations. Today, with unfolding information from Vatsa’s widow,  whose husband was murdered by his friend Babangida based on malicious reasons. Also, Ribadu’s conferences and public pronouncements, which, are intermingled with corruption and anti-corruption rhetoric all the way have come under questioning. In my view, these public pronouncements, revelations, confronts Nigeria intelligence; creates pitfalls which simultaneously permit the shielding of the illegitimate activities of Obasanjo administration and his cronies. May I state that anything built on illegitimacy is illegitimate that includes Obasanjo’s transcorp albatross, and, over time will come crashing. Obasanjo’s flat disdain, disregard to rule of law, ignoring court orders and so forth throws the so-called war on corruption into contradictions and even discredited. The selective actions of EFCC have led to speedy dissipation of EFCC credibility to a perilously downside sloop, and today there is nothing to make out of it than to jettison it into oblivion.

There is little chance that a criminal leadership can sanitize a criminal former-leadership in a criminal society. By application, it means that in a society where criminal practices, including murdering of innocent defenseless civilians have become the order of the day, such purported leadership and order cannot stand the tests of time. This lawless practice which has besieged the national, regional, local governmental machineries is part of decades of corruption across our land and therefore an unacceptable omen. For me, one thing is clinically clear though: Obasanjo’s civilian-regime needs self-examination. This administration has failed woefully in all ramifications—the lack of operational set-benchmarks disparaged by piece-meal-by-piece-meal projections is the greatest mundane arrangement conceived in this then age, it is worst policy formulated by man. Additional credibility watch:

I]. this administration contradicts itself left and right using EFCC to go after opponents and disposable party members. This has pushed this administration and its EFCC agency into credibility crisis. This credibility deficit stems from Obasanjo's literally placing his personal ego, those of his friends above the strategic interests of the people. This is one of the greatest disservice to the nation. By all practically explanations it has become clear that Obasanjo and his cronies domestically and internationally are corrupt and thusly are in conflict with its projected mission. Its approach is not in congruent with his purported set goals and innovative initiatives laid-out to the people in 1999, including bettering and improving their standard of living or lives. Seven [7] years later overall life expectancy has plummeted, living standard and public infrastructural capacities for the betterment of the population have worsened if not collapsed. If we agree with the foregoing scorecard, it is beholdingly therefore true, in this writer’s view that this administration is directionless, focus-less and suffers from enemy-phobia. It has squandered seven-eight [7 to 8] year, with one of the best resource availability chasing purported enemies, thus reducing its credibility, capacity, opportunities to provide basic amenities such as refurbished roads, clean drinking water, housing, employment and safety-nets for those graduating from colleges and our old population or seniors. When it comes to addressing moral decadence cross the land, its scorecard is below 20%; II] the current chase of well known criminal like Babangida came too little too late in this writer’s view, because Obasanjo spent many years defending the former, by, challenging the nation to present any evidence that incriminates this man. So the war on corruption is another charade. A dying minute pursuit of Babangida and his cronies is sheer distraction from bother-line personality that Obasanjo suffers from. This administration suffers from misguided, misplaced priorities and has the tendency of transferring to EFCC chairman, Ribadu and his corruption team, names of those that challenge his credibility and dumped cum enemies of the state. Others are wary, and tend to believe that crimes against humanity committed against our nation this 30 years, plus, military misrule which, records show, Obasanjo and his cronies are part and parcel of. These crimes of yester-years cannot be corrected by a fussy system led by one of the mischief-makers—Obasanjo. Now, a combination of these two thieves [Obasanjo and Babangida] and their acolytes remains a multiplier-force destroyers of our  land; III] moreover,  individuals or persons making it to the alleged lists of corrupt leaders and those corrupt politicians angling to replace this illegitimate administration are more of the same; IV] EFCC and Ribadu are not independent from the presidency’s wishes and thusly incapacitated to this end. For this reason, what we have is a cyclical-lifelong repackaging of thieves premised on the grounds of weakness: the population have been demobilized, bribed and beaten to submission by these mischief-makers. Even then, what we have innovatively reproduced this seven [7] years are pathological lies, thieves, institutionalized further by this administration that makes corruption eradication impossible under the current arrangement. For this reason a speedy fresh start is needed to speedily restore responsibility, accountability, morality, and transparency for a workable society that is answerable to the people and not the rouges. In this instance, a-revolutionary nationalistic-minded fellows must aboard the revolution-ship for our people to break-free from this contraption—called Nigeria. Late Chukwuma Kaduna Nzogwu comes to mind. De-institutionalization of our institutionalized corruption ridden society must not be compromised forthwith. If, Paraventure, we fail in this new-national-initiative, to be led by a true nationalistic leadership, not this fraudulent machination led by Obasanjo, then this debilitating pandemic called corruption today might be given a brand new name. The chances are that the situation and condition of things would become duplicitously messy and the suffering of the people would increase as a result. 

From ancient human civilization till date, commentaries show that he who the gods wants to destroy lacks listening capacity to hearing, even with assisted hearing-aids or hearing mechanisms. If this parallel is alright to work with, perhaps, the likes of Babangida, Obasanjo and their fellow plunderers would speedily heed the kind advisement from the suffering masses and leave the corridor of power alone rather than remind them of their sufferings and decades of looting of nation’s treasury at their expense. If the said advisement is attainable in this respect, it would allow new crop of leadership emerge, armed with work-ethics, new technological skills, scientific savvy and the wherewithal of a-new global emergence economy independently and interdependently will be the greatest state-of-the-art deployed in human history. Yes, it will free the nation from the economic-aggression of these exploitative imperialistic influences. Could it be possible that these individuals will heed these advisements? Possibly yes if there is a catalyst: for example, massive bloody uprising against these criminals across the land can do it. In the other hand, it will not happen if the people are put to sleep of no return. There is another additional non-possibility: this non-possibiilty is facilitated by defenses built by these plunderers these decades of robbing Peter to give Paul; a method deployed in other to protect chatted-away resources inside the homeland; chatted-away resources of our people after killings and maiming this population to no recognition. Some of these funds today are in ECOWAS countries, North American, Caribbean-islands, European countries and other places.  

It is on record that from Odi, to Umuaka, Onitsha, Obi-Oku, Niger-Basin, and other places, indices show that over 15,000 human lives have been snuffed off under Obasanjo’s watch. Also, people’s standard of living have deteriorated spirally over time irrespective of the fact that the country have seen increased revenue in this period more than any other time in the nation’s history. Oil prizes upped to 80 dollars per barrel. As Obasanjo and his troops continue their onslaught against the population especially in Niger-Basin, the general estimate is that there is fire on the mountain. Increase in bloodletting and those that seems imminently unavoidably as 2007 purported elections draw near postures a scary scenario. The fear of bloodletting could possibly be avoided if this administration can apply itself and yield to this noble counsel, resign today, you and your cronies. Just go and leave us in peace. We have not forgotten EFCC’s misplaced credibility and misplaced priority filled with contradictions.       

Recently, EFCC Chairman, Ribadu, whether he was motivated or driven under a particular influence only him can offer an explanation to the public. He has followed his master’s cry of “I am ready to die in defense of justice and rule of law”. Ribadu, we ask you not to die, please. Here is what he told the Nation in his recent talk-shop conferences, as following:

“….some $400 billion of oil revenue had been stolen and will be exposed…” In other words the said corrupt leaders’ lists will be made public. As if we don’t know these names existed before now. Of what use is this list? Some of us know that over 600 billion dollars were looted not 400 billion dollars. One wonders who added up his numbers for him. Moving forward, according to Ribadu, “the move would deter corrupt politicians from seeking office in election due next year.” Ribadu, if I may ask, is your goal to stop them from running for office or stamping out corruption in the society? You are confusing and contradicting yourself. I guess the effort should not just be to seek relevance, but to establish a sustainable structure that even if you and are long gone the super-structure can carry on from were you stopped. Can’t you see that you and your moral creationism, Obasanjo suffers heavy-credibility-blank-check from your misplaced priorities.    

Now, re-examining and re-viewing Ribadu’s lecture papers, more remarks: “… we are going to trace the activities of past and present leaders and publish the names of those leaders who have laundered money, their accounts and the names of the banks where the money is being kept, accounts. We will also close the accounts of those politicians who have laundered money and converted it for their political ambitions. This will stop bad people from coming into power” he said. Well said! Again from the above consideration, one would have hoped to hear that arrests, investigations and prosecutions of these individuals were ongoing and will intensify. If arrested and prosecuted and jailed it will eventually become a benchmark and a deterrent against future criminals and those who wishes going into political-leadership positions to defraud and empty states coffers.

From the aforementioned conversation, it seems as long as criminals should be exposed that’s about it. We will seize some of their loots and leave some for them as we witnessed this administration collaborated with the former Inspector General of Police—Balogun. Moreover, is it not simply surprising that EFCC, waited this long before this exposure. Why wait till this dying minute of elections to expose these thieves? EFCC action though laudable but it is a suspect, period. Why are we so disorganized, overly wishy-washy, focus-less, non-directional in almost everything we set mind to do? This society and majority of its peoples are really sick and need a cure. Are there no nationalists and revolutionaries in this place? Every seconds that passes-by, gives an explanation of our late-coming—our gate-keeping all the time. When shall stop becoming a latecomer? Time!

For records: EFCC was commissioned in 2002 to stamp out corruption in the land and it has done little or nothing tangible to show for it. Not until Obasanjo’s Third term Albatross collapsed. Historically speaking, relativism, show that after seven [7] years of time well wasted, we ended up improving Europe and North American tourists industries. Now, some months to vacate office, this administration wants to act. Who is fooling who? Obasanjo administration was in possession all this years, had access to the so-called lists-fodders of corrupt leaders for years and did nothing. Constitutionally and legalistically speaking, it is irresponsible to publish list of names without arrests, investigations, and prosecutions of offenders with evidence. If you have evidence arrests them, prosecutes them accordingly. It doesn’t make sense; it is infantile to get into list publishing without arrests made or due process. We know that you are looking for support. We will support if you do the right things; arrests them today and you have to show that you are independent of the presidency. If EFCC, claims independent of Aso-Villa, then, it should arrests Obasanjo, first and foremost because Obasanjo atop this list of fraudulent leaders of the past. Without doing this is simply an affront against the goodly but suffering masses today.  EFCC and Ribadu must make history today by arresting Obasanjo, in other to regain its credibility that has currently eroded. This writer is not holding brief for anybody. Anyone found wanting should be arrested, investigated and prosecuted, jailed according to the law.  

Indeed, this writer, take issue with non-observance of the rule of law. If we have laws implement them. Where it doesn’t exists one should be created by the National Assembly that is why they were elected into the National Assembly. In a land were there is jurisprudence, rule of law, transparency, accountability, responsibility, good governance, one would hope that every member of the said society are equal before the said law. Within the framework of this consideration, the accused remain innocent until proved or found guilty. This is how it is done in civilized world including United States for example. Here in the States, from WorldCom, Tyco, and other mega-multinational corporations besieged with financial scandals, murder cases, the rule of law puts them under checks—and it could take years of sweeping investigations but bottom-line they, law enforcement officers will get to the bottom of it—it may not be perfect but it works. Law of the land protects peoples and societies were misplaced leaderships and misplaced powers consume a particular entity. Rule of law usually is the final arbiter of systems.

If you ask me my opinion about el’Nigeria and rule of Law, I will definitely shock you and inform you that el’Nigeria is a lawless society. And, were law exists there are non-working-judiciary, non-working-executive to neither interpret, nor capable trained law enforcement officers to enforce or implement these laws to the letter of the law.

This situation is worrisome. I am afraid if this list of corrupt leaders is not a machination, purely orchestrated to heat up the body politics targeted to provide leverage for Obasanjo and his cronies to pick a puppet as President come 2007. Worried? I am. If we may ask, which list[s] is Ribadu considering sharing with us now?  This list: Olusegun Obasanjo, was furnished with of corrupt leadership lists, past and present, many years ago by the World Bank, and other international financial institutions with Obasanjo’s name inclusive. The man did nothing because he was implicated. Now with the collapse of Third term greed which, is now in the dust-Bin of history, all opposition and dissenting voices have become adversaries. EFCC and this administration are running around and, simultaneously working very hard to impose a puppet on our peoples—in the name of a President to cover-up their loots, avoid investigation which will eventually return Mr. Ottah Farm Inc., back to—jail were he came from.  

In all fairness, report has it that Obasanjo owe Babangida stuff. Something, culminating from 1999 electoral financial assisted projects; that notwithstanding, the purported Babangida funds were funds looted from Nigeria Treasury—which funds belongs to the—public coffers.  May I reiterate what I have communicated in my previous articles, which is: that these two men [Babangida, Obasanjo and Company] are thieves and deserve nothing but gallows because both have refused to confess their iniquities publicly neither have they made any attempt to return billions of petro-dollar loots to the public-coffers? For those who do not know, our peoples are at this time, languishing in corrosive man-made-ailment called debilitating massive poverty.  

When shall all these penury complacency end?  Nigeria is a lawless society and only lawless individuals can really govern it. Iweala is a typical example. When shall we restore law and order? If you are a lawful and civilized individual it is an impossibility to participate in the political process obtainable in el’Nigeria today. Some scholars and political analyst have concluded the foregoing remark. If that’s the case, it is then assumed that it is criminal to be lawful in a lawless society such as Nigeria. No wonder the Europeans and Chinese and others are rushing to it regardless of its lawlessness because nobody checks tariffs and our taxes are never collected; and when they are collected there is always bribery that exchanges hands to our loss. Nigeria is at this time a free for fall. In conclusion, to reveal that EFCC is tutelage of corrupt and vindictive entity and a contradiction of itself, why wait till now to go after Babangida? Obasanjo once challenged the nation to come-forth with evidence that incriminated Babangida and at another time called the intelligent information on IBB as mere gossips. Let’s assume that he is right. But, how come some months away to conclude his tenure, this administration and its machines are engaging in smokescreens of yet a different tune? This administration and EFCC has credibility problems.

EFCC is Obasanjo's little doll that chases after political opponents. EFCC do not serve the interests of el’Nigeria, it serves the interests of Obasanjo and his friends. EFCC is about Opponents verses Obasanjo and nothing more.

To back it up shall we review this recent material electronically culled to my attention some days ago: According to Daily Sun in el’Nigeria, “there was a crucial political meeting Monday night in Abuja. Daily Sun rightly gathered that Babangida, Atiku, Buhari and others from Arewa Nation, gathered to canvass for a return of power to the North. Our sources at the purported anti-corruption agency said: “We have done our home work and we are closing in on Babangida. We will freeze his accounts this week. It is part of the commission’s investigations into the several cases of alleged corruption and abuse of office that is pending against the former leader.”

As long as we applaud the move by EFCC, one would hope that the real and true freezing of account would have started long before now. Especially starting with Obasanjo’s accounts, “…master of all thieves”, observed some political analysts [names withheld]. We indeed live in an interesting time.   

Looking at these developments, application and from the above commentaries, there is the likelihood that EFCC will reveal Babangida’s domestic and foreign accounts, “… foreign and domestic accounts will be scrutinized and even x-rayed with a fine comb, adding: “We have consistently said nobody is above the law. No matter how smart you think you are, the long arms of the law will get you. We have also said nobody with a bad record or those who have contributed in the past to the economic adversity of the country will be allowed to go near the corridors of power again. And we are not joking.” the trouble with all these double-standards are staggering as laudable as they are. Obasanjo is a contributor to the economic adversity of the country. In fact, between, 1978-79 Obasanjo collected the first loan with initial principal of 9 billion dollars, which culminated to 35 billion dollars—a massive debt, which recently was allegedly paid off.

Rule of Law is a must if a society must restore law and order for an effective and efficient orderly functioning organized society. Other legal practitioners and political thinkers have said that Obasanjo seems to be above the law. We witnessed how his administration withheld Lagos state’s fund allocation[s], criminally instigated the abducted of Chief Executive, Chris Ngige, Anambra State—via Uba; destabilized Oyo State through Adedibu camp and the list goes on and yet this administration talks about rule of law. For me, this is a contradiction and administration with its credibility in crisis. It is also believed that Vice President, Atiku, is the target of a bill sponsored in the National Assembly requiring elected officials, except the president, to resign from office not less than three months to election into new offices if they desired contesting.

Readers and commentators, it is obvious the contradictions are very glaring—and, it is this writer’s view that EFCC and Obasanjo is heating up the body polity of project—Nigeria ahead of 2007 elections for selfish reasons. We are watching and the nation must remain on high alert. There are too many issues to address: increased ethnicity challenges, strengthened regional nationalism rather than national nationalism-patriotism; revenue allocations and minority hot-spots areas etcetera, for example. Other considerations reflect the impact of these concerns on educational and informational trajectories of our peoples. Unfortunately, some have declared that it is too little too late for this administration seven [7], eight [8] years later it assumed leadership with little or nothing to show for it; that is amidst staggering resources in its disposal. It can be calculated that the leadership of this administration was busy improving few individual’s egotistic-chauvinism, while the nation’s lots of well-being and bettering the lives of our peoples ignored as this administration leaves its population hope dissipate to the precipice.  

In conclusions, both sides of the summarizing arguments are legitimate and their points well presented. The final explanations and examinations of the socio-economic-political norms, focusing on activities of Obasanjo administration almost eight [8] years later will be left for historians, scholars, and political analysts, and international monitoring agencies to give their bottom-line validations. In giving and presenting their explanations and examinations mainly based on finding fundamental mature unbiased measuring metrics for future indices including allowing balanced reporting, objectivity and fairness that supersedes human biases-affiliations, frailties and other unexpected failings of man which, comes with democratic progressivism rather than democratic retrogressivists-aggressionism against dispensable party members and political opponents must be the central framework to again review, measure in the coming years with respect to its failures and/or successes.

Five, ten years down the line, EFCC and other investigative clinics in this corruption war, will be revisited, reviewed, and re-examined for posterity’s consumptions and academic researchers for the period under investigation. Retrospectively, projecting any self-examination and/or internal- reviews of any documented analytical self-examination, private or public, with increased freedom trail as its backdrop, is more or less stating simply good old virtuous memorable remarks of great minds: “give me freedom or give me death.” It is my humble view that EFCC, indeed, seeks relevance but lacks credibility traits as demonstrated by its operational indices in-so-far. This indices from all indicators, does indeed shield Obasanjo and his friends from many iniquities including his recent corporate shame: transcorp Albatross. It is only revolutionary and nationalistic options that can liberate our unsuspecting dying populations from today’s socio-economic-political aggression against her with a disturbed criminally designed trans-formative-thematic-machinery whose purpose benefits the reform-planners and/or its designers and their friends. Monopoly of national resources by a few perhaps, is their main cardinal objectives, while in the meantime, the  pitfalls or fallouts of their actions, generated under poor implementations are systemically seated against its victims, the innocent and ill-equipped population of today and generations unborn.    

Carlisle U.O. Umunnah Is New York Based Freelance Writer

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August 2006

Robot  # 1 | 23.08.2006 07:13

I have personally observed with interest EFCC operations over the years with resp...Read the full article.

philipikita  # 2 | 23.08.2006 08:11

Carlisle: Good thoughts, but the write up is too unwieldy and full of grammatical flaws. Why do you have to trap yourself to below average performance by trying to “impress (?)” villagers with big “grammar”? I know the English language is not our inheritance and we can be pardoned if we convey the message in not so “perfect” foreign language. But we can be pardoned only if we are “humble” and try to convey our thoughts and ideas in simple language. When you attempt to show intellectual “prowess” by “unnecessarily” sounding “complex”, it is hard for the reader to pardon the writer’s flaws. Please try to be “simple” in writing next time. I have no quarrel with the issues you raised. They are very valid.

kvin33  # 3 | 23.08.2006 11:06

The populace may be powerless, it is a mistake to think that they are foolish. The mess in Nigeria didn't happen in 8 yrs, it is a mistake to think that all problems in Nigeria are because of OBJ, they are inspite of him. Resignation? How is that a solution. It is intellectual dishonesty to claim that OBJ is somehow the source and system that has Nigeria in its current bind. EFCC does not need any credibility to go after people you admittedly call "criminals". If we get results, what is the problem. If not EFCC then who? Let the two "criminal" entities destroy each other! We don't need to arrest and prosecute everyone "today", the priority must be stopping them all from gaining access to immunity of office in 2007. We can deal with all of them (including OBJ) post 2007, and we will. Nobody is shocked by your "Nigeria is lawless" declaration. EFCC is not perfect either. We need to focus on the future! Even if all the criminals of the past keep all the money they stole, they may have stolen our past but we must stop them from taking our future too. We cannot move forward by living in the past, money is just that, money. We should make amends for the past, but we must focus on the future. The decisions we make over the next few months will determine in large part the course of our lives for the next eight years, that is more important. Question of, how do we now build a nation of laws from a nation of anything goes must be paramount on everyones minds. Let me say one thing. The notion of "Nothing is ever going to change in Nigeria", I am sorry to say, is cowardly, and a lousy cop out. We say it so often that we live it, we convince ourselves of it and then wonder why things never change. You must become the change you desire! The quiet cruelty of santimonious cynicism, mistakenly viewed by its espousers as some superior form of patriotism, quite frankly must be rejected by all. It is wicked to our people, our race and unfair to ourselves.

myhotbrain  # 4 | 23.08.2006 16:53

The populace may be powerless, it is a mistake to think that they are foolish. The mess in Nigeria didn't happen in 8 yrs, it is a mistake to think that all problems in Nigeria are because of OBJ, they are inspite of him. Resignation? How is that a solution. It is intellectual dishonesty to claim that OBJ is somehow the source and system that has Nigeria in its current bind. EFCC does not need any credibility to go after people you admittedly call "criminals". If we get results, what is the problem. If not EFCC then who? Let the two "criminal" entities destroy each other! We don't need to arrest and prosecute everyone "today", the priority must be stopping them all from gaining access to immunity of office in 2007. We can deal with all of them (including OBJ) post 2007, and we will. Nobody is shocked by your "Nigeria is lawless" declaration. EFCC is not perfect either. We need to focus on the future! Even if all the criminals of the past keep all the money they stole, they may have stolen our past but we must stop them from taking our future too. We cannot move forward by living in the past, money is just that, money. We should make amends for the past, but we must focus on the future. The decisions we make over the next few months will determine in large part the course of our lives for the next eight years, that is more important. Question of, how do we now build a nation of laws from a nation of anything goes must be paramount on everyones minds. Let me say one thing. The notion of "Nothing is ever going to change in Nigeria", I am sorry to say, is cowardly, and a lousy cop out. We say it so often that we live it, we convince ourselves of it and then wonder why things never change. You must become the change you desire! The quiet cruelty of santimonious cynicism, mistakenly viewed by its espousers as some superior form of patriotism, quite frankly must be rejected by all. It is wicked to our people, our race and unfair to ourselves. kvin33; Your submission is very instructive and encapsulate my thoughts on this issue. But, you see, any Nigerian at home and in the diaspora including the dumbs and deafs, and even the blinds can write and speak about the problems of Nigeria; however, only the truly objective, discerning and well-meaning Nigerians can proffer tangible solutions to these myriads of problems. I insist, that having EFCC, ICPC and other stakeholders scrutinize people like IBB, VP Atiku, Kalu, Tinubu and all other candidates vying for offices across the board and across the land (even if they are annointed by Pres. OBJ) is the minimum hurdle they must pass to qualify for being voted for in the first place. When some (un)intelligent writers, propagandists and OBJ antagonists are now insisting that EFCC must go all out and probe Pres. OBJ and his cronies at these dying months, weeks, days and hours of his presidency; sane minds have to begin to ask questions as to their motives or even their thinking abilities. For the sake of arguments: Should President OBJ secured a third term in office as alleged in the so called TTA; does that preclude the probe of President OBJ when he would have left office eventually--voluntarily, compulsorily or via death ? Should we continue to say that because Pres. OBJ is corrupt and is not probed by EFCC, therefore, IBB and VP Atiku and others should be allowed to contest elections unfettered, when we can avail ourselves the services of these crime bursting organizations to prevent the continuation of the blind rape of Nigeria/ns by the same cabal of thieves and their ilks? I am forced to ask, once again: where does the loyalty of these people lies--with the poor masses or the crooked cabals? Peace and Love. myhotbrain

Profegee  # 5 | 23.08.2006 23:29

Dear Mr. Carlisle U.O. Umunnah, I want to credit you for painstakingly assessing the activities of EFCC as a commission, and the influence of the persons of Obasanjo and Ribadu on the credibility of the law enforcement organisation. Meanwhile, I humbly and wholeheartedly confess to you that the grammatical blunders that characterize every paragraph of the article have adversely affected the flow of the message being passed across. It got to a point I was fed up reading the whole write-up. Yes, as the motto of NVS reads, "... a marketplace of ideas", but the aforemention factor made little sense of the said idea you may have in mind. Alternatively, since there is no law against the use of pidgin and simple English sandwiched with our local languages and dialects; that could have been better appreciated by all and sundry. For instance, a glance scan through the first three paragraphs is sufficient reason to discontinue reading the whole article. For brief panoramic illustration: For example record shows Obasanjo as a murder, corrupt, a gluttonous rejectionist of the rule of law. I have come to the conclusion that Economic and Financial Crime Commission lack one thing… Today, with unfolding information from Vatsa’s widow murdered by his friend Babangida based malicious reasons… … and so forth throws the so-called war on corruption as contradictions and discredited. … including murdering of innocent defenseless civilians have become the order of the day, thusly, cannot stand the tests of time. While it is not in my character to criticize unreasonably and destructively, I must emphasize that it will help this forum better if articles are well proof-read before being forwarded for the comments of the villagers, JJC and others passersby. It must be borne in mind as well that some non-Nigerians also take interest reading our presentations, logical arguments and assessment of our common problems. Hence, the credibility of NVS and all of us is at stake. Please let us take note. Thanks for understanding my view. Profegee.