Felicia Wabara, the wife of the former Nigerian Senate President, Senator Aldolphous Wabara, purchased a house in New York a few months ago for one million dollars cash! This was reported two months ago by Sowore Omoyele and Jonathan Elendu both of ElenduReports

It, was widely reported at the time, that the purchase by Mrs. Wabara had no mortgage installments or some sorts of regular bank payments involved in said property in New York, United States. These revelations were first made by Messrs Sowore Omoyele and Jonathan Elendu, both of ElenduReports.com months ago and since then, the public focus has seemingly shifted to President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku’s squabble, the Dukubo gangsters and other matters. The Wabaras controversy has seeped into oblivion, as it has hardly received a mention in the Nigerian media!

Unearthing the sudden wealth between Mrs. Felicia Wabara and Senator Wabara is important for several reasons they lived here in New York before moving to Nigeria where Mr. Wabara became a senator, in the Nigerian senate and at some point, the chairperson of senate subcommittee on Police Affairs, this is the committee that was supposed to act as an oversight and supervise, Nigeria Police that produced Tafa Balogun the disgraced corruption laden billionaire former Inspector General of Police. Some National Assembly members surely need to chat with the EFCC, in this instance, we may also recall that Senator Wabara was implicated or ensnarled in the Osujigate fifty-five million Naira Ministry of Education bribe for budget scandals.

Additionally, Mrs. Felicia Wabara was a president of a Nigerian cultural association here in New York, United States, where members constantly agonized about the abject conditions of Nigerians in Nigeria and most decent Nigerians would say ad nauseam, how they wish they could change things in Nigeria, just so that, abject poverty, that drove some of us here and continues to drive the desperations of throngs of Nigerians to foreign embassies, would be a thing of the past.

As a former president of this Nigerian cultural organization, Mrs. Wabara, even after relocating to Nigeria, with her newly minted senator husband, she was invited to an annual dinner event by this Nigeria cultural association and she was a featured speaker and this was about four years ago. And while her husband, Senator Wabara, headed the senate subcommittee on Police Affairs in Nigeria, she used, or more like, she abused the opportunity to engage in tirades against the federal government of Nigeria and she spoke in that vein and for longer than she was scheduled and a good number of those present, including myself, complained that she had turned the event into a political pulpit, in which she engaged in countless invectives and in the most acerbic tones!

Some of us had wondered about her behavior, especially as wife of a prominent senator, who in our view, was part of the current Nigerian federal government and as a member of the ruling party, the PDP. Mrs. Wabara raved and ranted in my presence, about corruption during that annual dinner by a Nigerian cultural association here in New York and even those in agreement with some of her expressed displeasure, wondered why she could not see the inappropriateness in her indecorous tirade against a federal government of which her husband is a prominent part.

And the complete hijack of the evening’s  cultural program for her ad hoc lecture on corruption in Nigeria, at a forum that was entirely not the right setting for the gripes that she expressed and in also considering how time-consuming her speech was, as well as her choice of words.

Now, a reexamination springs a complete surprise between what Mrs. Wabara claimed she stood for then, which is irreconcilable with her apparent profiting from the Nigeria system that she roundly criticized at the time! It smacks of hypocrisy and doublespeak. And it has all the smudges of do as I say, and not what I do? I had previously forwarded the Wabara’s property purchase revelation to the EFCC and the ICPC and I will do so again, as a reminder, these anti corruption agencies in Nigeria are probably overwhelmed with so many petitions and myriad information.

But we must all be encouraged by the achievements of the EFCC in particular, and we must keep supplying information that will assist the corruption fight, it is a dauntless task! It is surely an arduous duty that requires sustained and focused efforts by all Nigerians.

This is therefore to serve notice to those engaged in corruption in Nigeria, against Nigeria’s national interests, that we will not let them forget their iniquities and their pillaging of Nigeria through their corrupt ways. We will not let them off the hook; we will not let them sleep easy.

Mrs. Felicia Wabara and Senator Wabara must explain to the Nigerian public, the source of their sudden wealth and property acquisition in New York, United States, even before they have a chance to also explain to the EFCC and the Nigerian judicial system!

Robot  Villager

# 1 Link to the article is here Posted by Robot| 19.10.2005 12:50

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# 2 >>>she could not see the inappropriateness in her indecorous tirade against a federal government of which her husband is a prominent part. Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 14:02

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# 3 Was Wagbara in government or was he an elected representative? Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 16:53

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# 4 I have found the subject of the essays of this author particularly and others on your site very informative. However, this authers writing is tedious reading. The sentences could be made shorter to better convey the intent of the author. I have found myself reading a very long sentence several times and still not grasp the message. An editor could help sanitize these well meaning essays before publication Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 17:05

I Love Nigeria  Villager

# 5 Thanks! I will try to discipline my sentences and sentence structure. Posted by I Love Nigeria| 19.10.2005 17:41

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# 6 Is it a crime to purchase property or is it only so when one is a public official Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 19:13

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# 7 Unlike distracter - Guest on 2005-10-19 17:05:14, I find your article very easy read. It is short and straight to the point. I particularly like the part: “We will not let them off the hook; we will not let them sleep easy” After hearing these words, I began thinking of a little Saturday “on the side” job. I am contemplating buying a small van and carrying tourist to these houses bought with stolen Nigerian money; I will give my clients (or tourist) about 20 minutes on each location to have their poise and pictures. I am hoping that this business will flourish and one day, I will be able to buy a double-decker bus to increase revenue. I might even look East to invite the Japanese tourist - and the Chinese too. The problem is that I only have these two addresses: Kwara State Governor 70 Bourn St. London SW1W 8JW Sokoto State Governor 9 Radnor Place London W2 2TF I need more addresses to get this business venture off the ground. Can fellow Guest help with additional addresses but only those of dubious kind. Thanks in advance. The Londoner. Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 19:38

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# 8 Paul I. Adujie - Your writing is difficult to understand and it\'s not clear to me to comprehend extactly what to make off of it. Pretty repetitious and structurally deliquent. ------------------------------------------------- Now if I understand you currently, she bought a house in NYC with cash............ \"purchased a house in New York a few months ago for one million dollars cash! This was reported two months ago\" Were you there when the house was bought and how do you know \"Mrs. Wabara had no mortgage\" attached to the house. Go and do your homework, tidy-up, get the facts in first before communicating you or your likes start posting communications, bothering us on this blog. Regarding acclaimed tirade at one event is irrelevant .... whether you\'re inside our near inside the government of the day it matterth not.... she is free to opine her personal views with respect to NGR corruption in the Republic. Just like you have the right to criticize Guardian if you so wish. I am currently complainting to an agency that I work for here in NYC regarding inappropriate opertional and organizational failings within the agency: ranging from corruption, cronyism, nepotism, favoratism and racism against Blacks or Afrikkans within her jurisdictions. I am doing this regaardless of the fact that they pay my bi-weekly checks. Sometimes, change is better and stronger if done from within than from without. Waiting for your response. Everybody\'s approach cannot become your approach;neither does your methods or approach of reacting to issues become everybody esle\'s way of presentation the same issues. Thank you Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 19:50

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# 9 It appears that those policing bad grammar here cannot even write simple and concise grammar themselves. Posted by Guest| 19.10.2005 20:19

I Love Nigeria  Villager

# 10 Well, I did y homework and here is the link to the purchase of the said Mrs. Wabara\'s property in New York City, the amount and mode of payments all specified, including relvant addresses etc. NOW, cut and paste the linke and you are there! Ba Haka Ba? Cikena! http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/Scripts/DocSearch.dll/Detail?Doc_ID=2005032100372001 Posted by I Love Nigeria| 19.10.2005 20:27

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