LET IBORI GO FREE

  

        On August 19, 2009 Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba wrote as follows

"The president should retreat from pursuing the past corrupt officials and let them go free. Many Nigerians would be upset to see Ibori, Nnamani, Bode George, and other past governors and party stalwarts escape their well earned anger. But the truth of the matter is that they are already free, the trail has gone cold, and Ribadu's successor is not up to the job. We might just as well recognize reality when we see it…"

Now that the pursuit of Mr. Ibori is in full force I am inclined to restate my earlier position, this time with more reasons. Mr. Ebere Chukwu Jonathan, Nigerian's Acting President, will be better served by focusing his attention on the future rather than on past. Chasing down Ibori would be chasing the past. If he is caught, tried and jailed, it would be big story but at what price? My guess is that it would not be worth it and if the effort fails it would be a disaster.

   1. Catching Mr. Ibori is going to be difficult because of some antecedents of Nigeria Law enforcement. Especially under former president Obasanjo. During OBJ administration, both Mr. Ibrahim Babangida and Odumegwu Ojukwu were invited by the security forces and both refused to answer the call and nothing happened. Mr. Ibori has those precedents to rely on. Both men retired to the states where they have strong support and waited for the law enforcement agencies. Arresting Mr. Ibori is not going to be easy. His legal successes in Asaba are a good indication of his support in Delta State .
   2. Nigerians have a tendency to rally behind their ethnic group leader when he (usually it is a he) gets into trouble. If you doubt this go and reread the contributions of Nigerians on this web site and see how the contributions divide. The usual argument starts with something like this: There are many Nigerian thieves, why is my thief the place to start. This is selective. If we want to clean Nigeria we should start with all of the thieves and a list of thieves would follow. The now popular Ribadu was accused of pursuing OBJ's enemies and protecting OBJ's friends. The same accusations are now being leveled on the current EFCC leadership. The truth of the matter is that we are not yet ready to clean the Aegean stable.
   3. AP Jonathan has a very short time in the office and the amount of time that would be required to arrest, prosecute, and convict Mr. Ibori could be used to accomplish other things. I feel strong heart pains to write what I just wrote because I am advocating letting an alleged criminal go free. But my reason is based on the greater good.

If Mr. Jonathan could ensure that none of his current ministers, any current governor or LGA chairman suspected of thievery is uninvestigated, he would go down in history as the man who started accountable administration in Nigeria .

This might be the time to listen to what Mr. Obafemi Awolowo observed in earlier times during the military government. The military were setting up commissions of inquiry to probe corruption year after year and he noted that if a tree fell on top of another tree, it would be best to remove the tree on top before trying to reach the one below. I suggest we let OBJ, Ibori, IBB, Atiku, Kalu, Nnamani et al go.

Let us make sure that we get it right from now on. Ozoemena (let it not happen again).

Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba

from
Boston, Massachusetts


since this last post the following has being reach us at Asaba-Post, please read on

Are you by any chance paid to do this job or you are one of his boys planted around here. You stay in Boston and you write this nonsense. Is Ibori bigger than Nigeria or just taking advantage of a country that can only bark without the ability to bite. He should be pursued to anywhere on this planet if the government has a case against him.

That you made it to the US should not give you that audacity and liberty to campaign that looters of our treasury should be left off the hook Benjamin. There are millions of Nigerians that are not sure of the next source of meal. It is to them that some of us will continue to fight until death do us part.

Sometimes, it is better to keep the mouth shut when what will come out of it will defile the speaker.

Just an advise.

Dele



Mazi  Uzo Obi
"whatsoever thou resolvest to do,do it now. Defer not till the evening what the morning can accomplish"(Unto thee I grant the economy of life,1978).




 Aduba,
You are one of the greatest idiots and fools I have ever known in our checkered History.Odumegwu Ojukwu has always been picked up whenever the FG wanted and for a fool like you to lie on the internet to please your sponsors is not only ridiculous but exposes you as a wretched mercenary.Who has ever defied the FBI and got away free?Ibori should stand on his own and fight if his hands are clean


Emmanuel,
This personal abuse of an elder is NOT necessary. Mr Aduba is entitled to his views and we are entitled to disagree in an agreeable manner with him
stay blessed
 Joe


Joe Attueyi:
You should say "Become blessed" to Emmanuel Uzo Obi rather than "Stay Blessed" because he need not be abusive to Maazi Aduba for this one current and clearly un-popular view.  If Uzo calls Aduba "one of the greatest idiots and fools" - maybe more for Aduba's view of Ojukwu on this narrow matter than that of Ibori -  how could he (Uzo) have agreed with him (Aduba)  in the past, or bring himself to agree with him in the future?  Why do we use words that are irretrievably "total"? Who knows whether Aduba was just being an agent-provocateur on this issue?
Anyway, if Uzo had been the Catholic Church of old, he would already have burnt Aduba at the stakes!
So yes, let us be more temperate in expressing our disagreements, particular to an elder and veteran lie Maazi Obi Aduba.  In any case, I called him already to commiserate for all the undeserved rudeness and deserved criticism that he has received so far, but in his characteristic manner, he has just been laughing it all off.  As the Yoruba would say, na rain fall wey chicken and pigeon dey for same space. ("Ojo lo ro to pa eyele po mo adie")

Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head


Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head" ,,,,,,,,,,,
It is a good sign,it shows that you are still under the curse of the gods for the role your adopted and biological fathers played during the genocide.
Very soon your neck won,t be carrying your head ,when you shake it ,it will simply snap or roll off.

Mazi Odera
Bad ,embezzling,suffocating leadership are not limited to local Nigerians,just see Diasporian associations leaders , see what they can do to be a leader in association that is honorary.
Imagine what they will do if they have a paying position,they will make killer look like saints.