EFCC Plan Arrest Of Bi- Courtney's Wale Babalakin For Laundering Money For Ibori

Wale Babalakin
By SaharaReporters, New York

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) plan to re-arrest and prosecute Mr. Wale Babalakin anytime from now for money laundering.

The agency had secretly arrested and released Babalakin last February over allegations that he helped former governor of Delta state, James Ibori launder some N2 billion that was used in buying a bombardier private jet.

Mr. Babalakin, a Lagos-based businessman and owner of Bi- Courtney construction company had his concession of the Lagos-Ibadan road terminated two days ago for lack of performance.

A source told Saharareporters that another non-performing contract in Ondo state will probably be terminated.

Babalakin is a lawyer whose company owns the new wing of the Ikeja domestic airport.

He is  also chancellor of the University of Maiduguri and once acted as an honorary legal adviser to the president. Babalakin crooked ways dates back to the early 1990s. He spent several months detained by former Nigerian military dictator, Sanni Abacha for participating in bank fraud.

 Sources at the EFCC told SaharaReporters that several agents are already looking for the businessman to bring him to their oiffice and file charges against him immediately.

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Why this Noise SS&SE

I am ashamed the ways and manners you ppl are behaving like a he-goat on heat or a first timer on a woman lap.What kind of noise would have the North made for all these years of ruling.Pls.control these noises and be focused towards positive goals for your ppl and area,rather than day dreaming.Learn from the North the culture of less noise and bragging .

Why this Noise SS&SE

I am ashamed the ways and manners you ppl are behaving like a he-goat on heat or a first timer on a woman lap.What kind of noise would have the North made for all these years of ruling.Pls.control these noises and be focused towards positive goals for your ppl and area,rather than day dreaming.Learn from the North the culture of less noise and bragging .

@ the anonymous Yoruba twat...

Just so you know moron, I'm a British Biafran and a proud son of Ndigbo. Your assertions of me living at ajegunle makes me laugh and says alot about you and your tribesmen. Let me tell catogorically that I will never live in your enclave. That I tell you is over my dead body. I will rather relocate to maiduguri or damaturu than staying in lagos, abeokuta or ibadan. So long as I live those afforementioned places are not fit for human habitation. Deal with it twat!

akpos1........A "full blooded" South South citizen

Now, for the first and last time, I hereby make a final, yet distinct clarification of my nationality.

akpos1 is a typical SS Urhobo man from the from the oil rich city with strong paternal & maternal ties to the Ijaw nation.

akpos1 is also a first class chief and holds a PhD in numerical analysis.

For the cowardly yoruba Anonymous commentator who wishes I were Ibo, I say, "its a pity.". I am not Ibo & will never be. However, if it were possible to evolve from two nations at the same time, I would gladly love to evolve from the East than the West where aliens rule as Kings in Illorin (Fulani dynasty) & Ife(Benin dynasty)

Singned:
Chief Akpomudiare Onajite Otoweboribewibo
Long live the United States of the S & SE

SE and SS for a country? No thank you, we dont want SS

@Namabiri, are you in your right mind to think we Igbos really want to live with you as one country? Dont deceive yourselves, we Igbos have resolved to be on our own actually. We will have lasting peace on our own. SS will be a crowd in today's Biafra. You'd be lucky if we admit you.

Check it out: if this country breaks, only Igbos (SE) and Yoruba (SW) can have viable and sustainable countries of their own. The SS is full of minorities who will agitate among themselves till the whole thing turns to Beirut. The North same. The middle belt will be suffocated by the Hausa-Fulani who don't have the word 'SHARE' in their dictionary.

Wale Babalakin

Wale Babalakin can anybody in government proscecute the guy.All wht you see, hear and read are just government way of telling us Good people of New Nigeria the real selected persons that are plundering our resourses which is meant for all the people of the New Nigeria.All this people shall pass away sorrow and depression shall not depart from their family members because they are enjoying the looting aswell.

WE SHOULD ALL FACE THE REALITY: NAME CALLING IS NOT AN ANSWER

There is no need for name callings. No segment of Nigeria can stand alone. Before the oil, Nigeria live on something and all parts of the country benefited. We should look into the cause and effect of this crazy race for material accumulation. Thank God EFCC has come to stay. The leadership should be more active in doing the job entrusted to it. The Law makers should held the body to be independent of the Executive. I know, like many developed nations, Nigeria is on the part to greatness.

WE SHOULD ALL FACE THE REALITY: NAME CALLING IS NOT AN ANSWER

There is no need for name callings. No segment of Nigeria can stand alone. Before the oil, Nigeria live on something and all parts of the country benefited. We should look into the cause and effect of this crazy race for material accumulation. Thank God EFCC has come to stay. The leadership should be more active in doing the job entrusted to it. The Law makers should held the body to be independent of the Executive. I know, like many developed nations, Nigeria is on the part to greatness.

A fool's mouth is his destruction

Oleku, I won't be surprised if you are actually writing from Ajegunle. You want us to believe you are writing from London. What will a fool like you be doing in London. If true, a low-quality person like you is probably packing oyinbo shit there!What you have said betrays your background. A FOOL'S MOUTH IS HIS DESTRUCTION, AND HIS LIPS ARE THE SNARES OF HIS SOUL.

u talk well my broda

u talk well my broda

@ Oleku, I didn't know that Yorubas live in other people's place

"Here in the UK where they have turned SE london into ajegunle and with their noisy owambes is really a shame."

I wondered why they left their beautiful SW Nigeria? Are the UK people telling them to go home where they came from and to stop developing other people's state/country. This is what I call talking way before your brain is engage.

pls ppl let stop fooling

pls ppl let stop fooling ourselves dis thieves are over the region and we all knw them, be it in the ss,se,sw nn ne nw mb. this rogues are everywhere and all they care and think abt is THEY, for them 2 enslave we that r nt wt them. kill all this stupid politicians Nigerians arise from this slumber we r one out of few blessed nations all over the world.
Why r Nigerians in so much hardship

@ Anonymous, Ijaw, Ogoni and Urhobo are the king kong of N/D

"If you do not know, the rest of the SS are watching Ijaws behave as if they are the only ones with oil, casing wahala everywhere and allocating offices and billions to themselves"
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First of all, you are Anonymous. Thus, nothing to worry about.

Ijaw, Ogoni and Urhobo are the KING KONG of Niger Delta, sentiment apart.
Ijaws are good wrestlers you know. You need the heart of a lion to be a wrestler. I hope I'm not scaring you mr Anonymous?

@Akpos1 - You are a fool, always have been, always will be (4)

While I do not have problems going after anyone (in fact the wealth of all the so-called billionaires and indeed, current and former Heads of State, Governors, Local Government Chairmen, Permanent Secretaries and DGs and Pastors in Nigeria should be probed exhaustively), I KNOW GEJ is just using this to negotiate as he did with the Farouk Lawan and Otedola cases which has gone quiet since the national assembly stopped talking about impeaching him.

Unfortunately for the likes of Akpos, not a drop of this is coming to the SS. Ijawland especially is still flooded and getting worse by the day. The little land available is reducing rapidly and sanitary and hygiene conditions are pathetic. Post 2015 election, GEJ will probably be an ex=President living as an exile in a foreign country to avoid prosecution. Mark my words.

@Akpos1 - You are a fool, always have been, always will be (3)

GEJ is grandstanding. If he really wants to fight corruption, he should start by declaring his assets, firing those who stole for his elections and are still stealing for him against 2015. Key amongst them are Diezani, Stella Oduah, Orubebe etc. Pray how can Orubebe replace Barth Nnaji? Even if Barth is corrupt (which again I don't KNOW), there is NO WAY Orubebe is cleaner than Barth Nnaji. GEJ's office is/was run by known thieves and brigands like Azazi (fired by OBJ for conniving with militants in the creeks)Alams, Tompolo and Asari Dokubo.

@Akpos1 - You are a fool, always have been, always will be (2)

I am from Edo State and I KNOW GEJ is a thief. Notice I said KNOW and not I think. Which is why I laughed when a Southerners were rushing to vote for him. I am not saying Babalakin is not a thief.I don't know. But I KNOW that corruption is not restricted to any ethnic group contrary to what idiots like akpos think. However, the rapaciousness with which the agents of this Government have gone about enriching themselves is brazen and leaves one in shock.

@Akpos1 - You are a fool, always have been, always will be (1)

I am sure you are not a SS man because if you are, you would understand that the SS will NOT be subservient to any group whether minority or majority, whether Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa. You would also understand that being yoked to any one of the large groups alone is far worse that being a part of a multi-ethnic, diverse Nigeria. You would also understand that even the SS have different views so it would be foolish of you to think the Edo, Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Annang, Ibibio etc all agree. If you do not know, the rest of the SS are watching Ijaws behave as if they are the only ones with oil, casing wahala everywhere and allocating offices and billions to themselves. How many Urhobos are in Govt? Ibibios? Isokos? Itsekiris? Epeyes? Foolish Akpos. I wish you were near me so I could redecorate your face with a slap. Upstarts with no pedigree pretending to speak for all SS & SE.

na THUNDER go fire you and

na THUNDER go fire you and your generations

'AKPOS1' IS AN IBO MAN

Sahara Reporter readers must not be fooled by the writings of a so called Akpos1. The ferocity of the attacks sound very typical. No Ijaw man will attack Yorubas like this. This sounds like the typical Igbo /Yoruba rivalry. Don't bring the Ijaws to your problem. There is and there will never be anything like South East/South South republic or gang up. We are not that stupid, Mr man

EFCC - A Nation Called Nigeria

The EFCC is only following the government of the day agenda.

There are many sub teams within PDP and Nigeria, if your man is in power you will be protected pure and simple.

President Jonathan should please learn from history. Ijaw people are very divided and some of them are only waiting for him to leave office, before they start chasing him.

Let us keep Nigeria as one. Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!

its not tribal its a cartel

my ppl just look at the big picture. Babakingpin or Babalakin or whatever u call him and every other corrupt politician and their cohorts dont steal this money to better their ppl. i still see poverty every where i go in this country. These men steal this money for their own selfish interest. They funnel the money abroad buy expensive real estate while the infrastructure which could benefit the poor man be it ss, se, w or n is left to decay. I dont even consider them Nigerians whats more calling them youruba or hausa or ijaw or ibo.

fraudstars

death penalty is the ultimate deterent.

BI COURTNEY

few weeks back i read a comment by a Minister praising Bi Courtney for doing good work on Lagos Ibadan Road WHICH WAS TWO DAYS AFTER I TRAVELLED ON THE SAME ROAD TWO DAYS AGO THE CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED by fed govt

God bless Nigeria . I leave the reader to guess what am getting at about our great country and the so called Ministers .

Few days bach I saw a petrol station at Ibadan named BUNKERS PETROL STATION . maybe it belongs to BI- COUNTNEYS

cursed oil?

this your oil self,as none ibo living in the ss and have traversed se,i can tell you from what ibos have achived,they do not need your oil cos the have what is more than oil- HUMAN RESOURCE-the highest resource you can get.ss still wallop in illitracy,poverty,ignorance far more than ibos inspite the oil.give ibos constant power supply,they will turn se into industrial hub.mind you,imo,abia and anambra all have oil.ss need ibos more than ibos need ss.

EFCC, do what needs to be done. Stop your PROPAGANDA!

What I do not understand with this EFCC is that they express their interest before action, thereby allowing the criminals a chance of escape! Otherwise, why tell the world your plans about arresting Babalakin?

If you are Babalakin and guilty, will you continue to hang around when Dubai is only 6 or so hours away? Is EFCC warning the individuals involved so that they can escape or go into their office and "negotiate"?

EFCC should get down to serious business of carrying out their jobs instead of inundating us with these propaganda or plans that never MATERIALIZE to something substantial!

Could it be that there is a mole in their midst?

@Alfred, Na SUPER-MAN character bi datooo!

"Give them any opportunity and they will want to dominate anywhere they are"
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@Alfred, that actually is one of the characteristics of a SUPER-MAN.

Igbos provoke change and shed light on what is wrong/right I think, is the best description.

Arrest and prosecute big thief.

Wale is a small thief. Why would efcc arrest him? Efcc should arrest and prosecute bar jimoh ibrahim, the father of all thieves in Nigeria. Efcc should prosecute bar jimoh ibrahim who stole billions from Nicon insurance plc and air Nigeria. Jimoh ibrahim should be prosecuted for mysterious death of our internal auditor, dafe, the. Chairman of national mirror editorial board and our daughter late miss onyeka okeke.

Naija

All those who hate the yorubas should go hug a transformer

Babalakin and others must face the law

If Babalakin and other Nigerians so accused are found guilty, they have to face the consequences of their action. However, the president doesn't seem to have interest in prosecuting corrupt people. This is a pity. Maybe his own hands are not clean too.

Nothing will happen too him, he's Yoruba so stop the charade...

It is an established fact that Yorubas are the main beneficiaries of the oil in naija, this is why you would never hear them talk of secession. Yorubas are the most lazy tribe you can think of globally. Their men mainly depends on their women for survival. Here in the UK where they have turned SE london into ajegunle and with their noisy owambes is really a shame. When you talk of dirty, corruption, laziness, credit card fraud and all other social vices you can think of then you're talking about this owambe fools. I don't know how Biafra end up in same geographical contraption with them. If it were a matter choice no sane country will want too share common boundaries with the Yorubas. I blame no one but Lord Luggard and i hope he rots in hell.

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