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In decent soceity, he would have to either resign for that most undiplomatic outburst or be fired - assuming that he represents a responsible Government. Alas, these norms have long flown out of our shores, and lunatics now run the asylum. The quality of our representation at every level just gets worse from one Government to the next......!

THIS IS NOT EXPECTED OF A DIPLOMAT- AMBASSADOR OF NIGERIA TO THE U.S. PLEASE LET HIM NOT BEHAVE LIKE THE SENATE OF NIGERIA WHO RAINED SULPHUR AND BRIMSTONE AGAINST SANUSI- CBN GOVERNOR OVER THE ALLEGATION OF 'THAT 25% OF THE BUDGET GOES TO THEM'. WHEN SANUSI SPOKE AND REFUSED TO APOLOGISE, THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. AND THAT MADE THE REPS TO CALM DOWN WITH A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH. THE AMBASSADOR SHOULD LEARN TO LISTEN BEFORE TALKING. IS THERE CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA? YES. LET HIM NOT DEFEND ANYBODY BUT RATHER TO HELP AND DO HIS OWN PART BY FIGHTING THIS MONSTER AT HIS OWN LEVEL.

Anyone familiar with a Nigerian motor park should be familiar with the expression "I will deal with.....". It is often used by "garage boys" when pushed to the wall and unable to counter persuasively what is thrown at them. Adefuye was ill prepared for the occasion period. He misjudged the colloquium as another "owanbe" gathering to rub shoulders with the big wigs. Collosal mistake! A solid professor/diplomat would have seized the opportunity in a tough situation to dazzle his or her audience and erase misconceptions about his or her country (if there were any)emanating from previous presentations. Instead, Adefuye chose to present himself as another emperor without clothes. Another Ostrich from Nigeria with the head buried in the sand as usual under the faulty judgement that the rest of the trunk is invisible to the world. What a pity! Good luck professor! Welcome to the tough world of diplomacy in AMERICA!

This is typical. Make those people attorney general or ambassador or finance minister or governor or president, you get what you deserve. They are the ONLY problem killing Nigeria, period. Admit it, say it, and spread it, or Nigerians will continue to suffer at their hands.

As long as Nigerian elected/appointed officers are not held accountable, corruption and looting will continue.

Accountability and penalty clauses should be included in bills that sets up all MDAs. Funds are mostly stolen through bogus contracts from the MDAs
Any non performing govt officer should be prosecuted.

Bravo! I couldn't have put it better myself. The last paragraph was particularly hilarious!

But, back to paragraph Six.... I guess it explains why a man born in Nigeria, but carries a British Passport, is an Ambassador for... St. Lucia! Haha! Wonders shall never cease, in 9ja! A man a the very core of some of the worst cases of corruption in Nigeria. A man who is currently linked with the Eko-Atantic Project! A man that provides employment for the majority of inhabitants of his ancestral "Village," in Nigeria! While Nigerian Graduates have to turn to armed robbery, militancy and 419 for sustenance, eh?

Brothers and Sisters, please go to the following links, we need to see how our leaders have been looking after our interest, in concert with Foreigners.

http://www.africa-confidential.com/uploads/documents/nigeria_abacha_09_C...

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bribe/2010/01/nigeria-chasing-...

My people, make we "wash-eye" quickly oooooh! Time is of the essence!

I FELT SO ASHAMED TO BE A NIGERIAN WHEN I READ OF THE EFCC'S PLAN TO ISSUE INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARANT ON DICK CHENNEY. INFACT FARIDA WAZIRI MUST BE DEMENDTED AS A PERSON. SHE NEED TO VISIT A PSYCHIATARY IF SHE IS NOT ASHAMED OF HERSELF.
SHE ISSUES UNWRITTEN CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH TO IBORI AND THE UK FINDS HIM GUILTY. SHE CANNOT ARREST UDUAGHAN YET SHE WOULD SOON BE A WANTED MAN GLOBALLY WHEN THE UK DECLARES IT. LETS SEE IF HIS IMMUNITY WOULD PREVENTED HIS ARREST ABROAD?

INFACT, I WISH WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA. THE MILITARY TOOK US DOWN WITH CORRUPTION AND THE POLITICIANS DECIDED AFTER OUTSMARTING THE MILITARY, NEVER TO REPAIR THE ROT BUT TO WORSEN IT.
I WILL NOT SAY WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, BUT IF THIS DEMOCRATIC ARRANGEMENT COLLAPSES, WE WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN IN A STATE OF ANARCHY LIKE SOMALIA THAN TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT OF SENSELESS ROGUES.

Mr Zamani, if you see or withness the way this so called foreign diplomats and ministers slam Nigeria you will be sorry and angry at the same time. It is the high time we start responding to them the way they talk to us. If they cant put the so called Diplomacy, caution, etc into their own words and utterance to the way they talk or refer to us then they dont deserve it as well. What do you expect Adefuye to do? to keep quite while someone somewhere because of diplomacy talk to his country anyhow. Mind you it is the way you call your name that people call it for you.

Adefuye is NOT fit to be a Nigerian Representative in a High-Brow Mission as The United States. His Calamitous Utterances against Ambassador Campbell is unheard of in the Diplomatic Circles. Adefuye, if he must be an ambassador, should have been posted to Togo, Benin Republic or Chad. Adefuye's comments are NOT different from that of the Oyo State's notorious criminal king-pin, called, "Togo", or the Blabber-mouthed, Do-Or-Die Protagonist-Olusegun Obasanjo. Adefuye is a Global Disgrace. Did I hear someone call Adefuye a "professor"?? Oh!!; Give me a break. What a Hogwash. "professor", with no civility, etiquette or mannerisms?? The language of a Diplomat is that of Diplomacy, courteousness, sensitivity, caution, camaraderie, humility, dignity and nobility. What is so worrisome is Adefuye's decision to use a gathering of champions and International roll-call of achievers in honour of Chinua Achebe, to vent his misguided spleens against Ambassador Campbell.

EFCC was originally set up by a big thief (Obasanjo) to deal with little thieves; Alamieyesegha Atiku ,Dariye ETC. As long as EFCC's teeth are pulled out it is a dog that can never hunt let alone bite. As for Dick Cheney, it proves what Nigerians have always suspected; Waziri's accosting looters on another planet because there are so many looters in Abuja, Waziri has got her head far up in the cloud to see them.EFCC HAS TURNED INTO A COMPLETE JOKE!

The problem with Nigerians is not just Nigerians, it is humankind. Every body knows that the country has decayed in 50 years but all we get is jaw jaw and articles / comments (including SR). The truth is Nigeria has not suffered enough, change (revolution) will come when hunger and pain has reached an intolerable point that each individual will fight to the death. Until then peace has no sleep.

IN NATIONS WITH HUGE OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AS IN NATIONS OF NIGERIA, IT SHOULD BE MADE A RIGOROUS PROCESS IN THE COURT OF LAW TO PRONOUNCE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO ORDINARY CITIZIENS. CORRUPTION AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL IS MORE THAN EQUAL TO THE ROBBERY AND STEALING AT THE ORDINARY LEVEL. I THINK IT IS BETTER TO GIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT AT ORDINARY/SUBJECTS LEVEL AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL. THE AMOUNT OF WEALTH/MONEY THE LEADERS LOOT AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, MATERIAL, AND SPIRITUAL EFFECTS IT IMPOSE ON THE TAX PAYERS/NATIONS'INCOME SOURCE IS MORE THAN EQUAL TO THE EFFECT OF ANY FORM OF ROBBERY AT THE ORDINARY LEVEL. THE LEADERS ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE CRIME AT ORDINARY LEVEL BEACUSE OF THEIR OSTENTATIOUS DIPLAY OF WEALTH AND MISPLACED EMPLOYMENT CAUSED BY THEIR REDIRECTING OR LOOTING OF DEVELOPMENT/GROWTH FUNDS, WHICH IS A DOUBLE CRIME.I PROFFER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO SIN SUCH AS LOOT AT LEADERSHIP LEVEL AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SIN OF CAPITAL OFFENCE ON PEOPLE AT ORDINARY LEVEL. LEADERS WHO LOOT PEOPLES' WEALTH CAUSE THEM TO DIE PSYCHOLOGICALLY, MATERIALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY ARE MACRO-ARMED-PEN-ROBBERS (MAPR) WITH THEIR FELOW MICRO-ROBBERS THAT MIMICK THEM IN THEIR TRADE.

Sowore can they use and dump you like the old peoples' bank boss? the man was loquacious against evils of the day, therefater they targeted him and positioned him in a seat of the governement with money, followed him with saboteurs and ran his image like the worst public toilet in ojuelegba. Sowore they are trying to get you in, in the name of 2011 politics. check those who are getting to close to you. seeing beyond atimes is a gift.

Wait a minute. Every so-called ambassadors always throw dust on Nigeria. We know we have problems and at times some of these problems are magnified and promoted by the West. Corruption would not have thrived in Nigeria if not aided and abetted by the West. You can imagine the negative role of VP Dick Cheney et al.
The Nigerian Ambassador reacts to a particular comments and it should be interesting to listen to him to clarify why he would want to deal with anybody. Oyinbos are not gods. If they goofed, they stand to be challenged. We must change our mentality and stand on our conviction if we have a point regardless of whose ox is gored.

Pls don't waste time discussing "I will deal with him!!!" Those might not have been his exact words but the reporters' summation on the discussions. Abeg find better tori on election or Ibori or Atiku make we find something talk!

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How on earth should Mr Peter Lewis or anyone say the British has been doing enough to help us, Nigerians, fight looters of our nation? Where are the billions of £UK stolen from Nigeria and kept in UK Banks which are used to develop and sustain the government and economy of Britain?

From pre-colonial era till date, both during military and civilian governments of Nigeria, it has always been reports of Nigerians looting our resources and fleeing to UK, yet each time any patriotic Nigerian government tries to get the UK to help repatriate the loots, the latter ends up instead to use her legal instrument to confiscate the loots. The well documented recent case of attempt by Generals Buhari-Idiagbon military regime in 1994 to arrested and repatriate Nigeria’s Minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko from London over alleged looted funds was vehemently opposed and frustrated by the British Govt.

Just imagine what they are now doing in the cases of Chief Ibori’s Associates - they are busy sending them to prison and confiscating the loots rather than urgently return them to Delta State to help save lives of millions of my people in need of basic healthcare, shelters, etc.

Are we not aware that Nigeria’s Attorney General, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) wrote a letter Ref. DPPA/EXT/149/10, dated July 1, 2010 to the British Home Secretary, made pursuant to the Extradition Act (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 (SI2003 No.3334) of the UK which reads: "The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice presents his compliments to the Home Secretary, Home Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and has the honour to convey the request of the Government of Federal Republic of Nigeria for the arrest and extradition of Mr. Erastus B. O. Akingbola to Nigeria”? A case of alleged money laundering and stealing of over N300b which led to many investors of the Bank reportedly committing suicide yet the British government refused to act on the request. She refused to arrest and or extradites Mr Akingbola to Nigeria.

I don’t frankly blame the British government and other “developed” Nations who harbour and protect looters of Nigeria, but ourselves. We have shown that we are fools and well educated COMPOUND FOOLS. Did the US and UK look up to and wait for Nigeria and other nations to help them in their War against Terrorists who attacked their nations? No. They went all alone and even declared that they will treat any nation that is a friend to any of the terrorists, as their enemies and they did so.

Why don’t we as Nigerians and Africans also do same to our enemies, the looters of our Common wealth and their friends?

Just imagine us, Nigerians Elite, going to New York to discuss our Issues. Did they come to Africa to discuss their War on Terror?

We pretend we are a people of Sovereign and Independent Nation, Nigeria, but in reality we are even in worse slavery than was the case in the era of slavery. The (s)elections of Presidents and some Governors of critical States of Nigeria are first discussed and decided in UK and USA while we foolishly engage ourselves in casting ballots here at home in the name of elections. We even kill ourselves to rig and counter-rigging. Oh, my people, my beloved people of Nigeria and Africa, I weep for us.

Nigeria’s next President is right now being discussed and decided at No. 10 Downing Street, London and The White House, Washington DC. Yet we are here killing ourselves over a northern, eastern, south-southern and south-western Consensus Presidential Candidate.

If we are not yet matured to govern ourselves and we have come to the sad realisation that we demanded Freedom and Independence from our British Colonial Master too early, is it wrong to admit so and seek forgiveness and official return like prodigal children? If you ask me, it is the right way to go now.

Comrade IGBINI ODAFE EMMANUEL (ENGR)
(aka, THE PEACE MAKER)
• (The First and only Nigerian to voluntarily submit to the EFCC for probe in July 2006 and Oct. 22, 2010).
• 2011 Presidential Aspirant, Peoples Redemption Party, (PRP),
• Governorship Candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, (PRP), Delta State, April 2007.
• Labour Leader, elf Petroleum Nig Ltd (1991 – 1999)
• President, National Association of Delta State Post Graduate Students, UNIPORT (2002 – 2006)
• National President, Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD).
• M.ENG, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING (UNIPORT)
• B.ENG, ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (UNIBEN)
• HND, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING (PTI, EFFURUN)
• OND, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (PTI, EFFURUN)

I thank Omoyele Sowore for articulating and presenting the views of SR readers at the colloquium. Point of observation though. The Global Financial Integrity estimated that Nigeria had lost over US$218 billion owing to looting by Nigerian bureaucrats. But way back in 2003, the World Bank in one of their Reports stated that Nigeria has lost over US$300 billion from 1970 to 2000 owing to fraud, political and corporate corruption. Nevertheless, it is accepted that there is a problem of unbridled fraud and corruption with the political leadership class which have to be addressed.

John Campbell, Peter Lewis and Walter Carrington are all correct in their respective summations. In fact, Lewis was downright correct to say that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) was not doing enough to assist Nigeria the way the British has done. A case in point is that when ex-Governor James Ibori was indicted for money laundering in the United Kingdom, the British government sought his extradition. Although the Nigerian government prevaricated in granting the UK's request, but the UK authorities sought INTERPOL's assistance and had another opportunity when Ibori travelled to the United Arab Emirates.

But since the United States has indicted Nigeria's ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, of collecting Siemens AG bribe and dumping the loot in the US banks, one would expect the US government would seek his extradition to the United States to answer to the charges. But since this matter was made public in February 2010, it has been inaction on the DOJ's part that to date, Atiku parades Nigeria like a king, challenging anyone who has proof of his involvement in corruption to say so publicly and even rubbishing every Nigerian by making serious and concerted efforts to become Nigeria's President in 2011. What does the United States government want the average Nigerian to do if the government of Mr. Jonathan lacks the courage to arraign Atiku? I challenge the United States TODAY to seek Atiku's extradition to the States to have him prosecuted for money laundering and wire fraud. The United States government must help Nigeria in this regard.

Yes, from my professional experience, the Nigerian political class is currectly looting the treasury. Most of them do not know where to dump the money because they fear charges of money laundering in the United States, Canada, and Europe. There are three ways they try to dispose off the loot for now. First, some of them want to purchase choice properties in Abuja; namely, completed buildings and vacant lands in such suburbs as Maitama and Asokoro. That is why everyday you see large apartment blocks and magnificent single family homes springing up in those areas of the capital city.

The second manner they dispose off the monies, is to befriend the so-called money men, some of those in the oil and gas industry business in the country. They will hand to them the hundreds of million dollars for safe-keeping. These individuals will transfer such funds to the United States or Canadian financial institutions and banks and claim that they are big-time businessmen in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and that the money was sourced from the banks for their business. I have worked Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence on four of such businessmen wanting to dump looted funds in the United States and Canada in the past six months.

The third manner they transfer the loot out of Nigeria is to seek citizenship of some Caribbean countries by investing in their economies. Some of these countries I know include Belize, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis. Some of these countries seek that enhanced due diligence be carried out on some of these soi disant investors, while some others where eminent Nigerians and Lebanese are their Ambassador Plenipotentiary or Ambassador-at-Large ignore carrying out any due diligence and accept the funds willy-nilly. Of course, these investors will not reveal the fact that they are Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) in the respective forms. The last due diligence I handled of a Nigerian Senator he stated in the form that he is a 'civil servant'!

Mr. Akomaye defends the inaction of the present EFCC. But if he and his ilk in the agency are men and women of integrity if you are constrained to do efficient work, is it a must that you have to remain on the job? What constraints do you have not to perform to the least standard of basic decency and integrity? Is it political constraint that Obasanjo's Personal Assistant, Mr. Adeyanju, is taken to court for collecting US$5 million Halliburton bribe while Obasanjo gallivants the nation preaching 'probity' and 'leadership qualities'? Who is it in EFCC or in government who does not know that Mr. Adeyanju collected the money on behalf of his 'Oga' Obasanjo? Or is Mr. Akomaye telling us that they expected President Obasanjo to handle the US$5 million cash himself without delegating the task to his Assistant before he is found culpable? If you cannot charge Obasanjo because according to you 'lack of political will on the part of governments', don't you realize that it equates to a comedy of sorts to charge his Assistant and leave the man?

And Mr. Akomaye, what will you attribute the recent statement that the EFCC will seek the extradition of Dick Cheney? Is it not another 'Baba Sallah' show by EFCC? What constraints do you have to make such silly statements and thereby portray yourself as unserious comedians? I know comedy, and it is serious business. Are you seeking arrest of Cheney merely because he was the CEO of Halliburton when the bribery scam was perpetuated or because you have documentary and proven evidence of his knowledge of the scheme and thus his culpability? There are no sacred cows in the United States in regard to fraud and corruption and you and your cohorts using you do not appear to understand this fact.

And for our Ambassador Adefuye threatening fire and brimstone, I wish you well, but do not let your mouth lead you to the pit. I may advice that you take a three-month training programme in diplomatic comportment at the School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It may indeed be worth it before you continue in that post.

We all know why corruption is not a Capital Offence in Nigeria, don't we?

Why should anyone especially nigerians be surprised by the action of our ambassador, first this is the mirrow image of nigerian leadership, they are the most arrogant and insensitive leadership I have ever seen when it comes to dealing with nigerians ,the only difference now is that it has spilled over to diplomatic circle but the truth is that nigerian leadership is the most passive and foolish leadership when it comes to international diplomacy and protection of nigeria's interest, infact nigerian leadership is international mugu, every tom, dick and harry step on them and go scotch free
Our ambassador was furious because mr campbell is exposing his masters in nigeria not that he was defending the interest of nigeria but with or without mr campbell nigerians are now fully aware of ineptness of our leaders and their cup will soon be full

So Adefuye threatened to deal with and finish Ambassador Campbell? The typical Nigerian both high and low from the smallest to the highest placed has the intelligence of a monkey and attitude of a Gorilla. Very garrullous. Even a proffesor displaying the character of a thug!

Is adefuye or whatever he is called actually a professor?.Typical nigeria mentality.This "SOB" needs to resign.

Mr. Nigerian Ambassador, that was the most ill-advised diplomatic gaffu ever aired. I think you should be recalled for such altercation. Lesson #1,
you do not shout a threat " I will deal with " to anyone and I mean anyone and let alone, former Ambassador Campbell. Besides, what are you going to do to make good your threat ? Nothing as usual..
How were you chosen Ambassador to United States ?
I see you are a Professor and perhaps, you ought to stay in school, rather than vie for a position, you are not qualified to hold.

The on-going revelations of clssified documents from the US State Department by Wikileaks has clearly confirmed the age-long notion that diplomacy is nothing but deceit and double-speak. Diplomats speak with both sides of their mouths. The alleged outbust by the Nigeria's Ambassador to the US, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, I beleives, is just a gimmick to keep his job. I will not be surprised if, like a dog, he goes back to eat his own vomits by apologising to the former US Ambassadr to Nigeria, John Campbell.

These are the same set of people that one way or the other had and is still contributing to corruption and other vices at the detriment of the society.
Notwithstanding the gimmick involved in the whole process of international politics that are game of interest before any other thing. Yet, one can see that Ambassador John Campbell is truly speaking from experience as of what he knows that transpires within the official criminal circle (aka government people).
And mind you for criminals are everywhere in Nigeria. But before that the plain true is that government criminality is rampant that mostly originated from within the three major tribes before it trickled down to the crumb's pickers. Although, one can now argue that the Ijaws have now joined the ranks of the Nigerian major tribes that dominates the power and economic landscape of the so called Nigerian federation, of unitary system. Coming back to it, there are criminal connections everywhere within Nigeria and beyond - be it military, police, air force, navy or what have you - bankers, lawyers, engineers, and pastors are all gaggles of thieves of different levels.
The true is that criminality can no longer be minimized in the Nigerian society in the common sense that there's absolutely no true Nigerianism that guide the mindset of the so called leaders and the reasons for that are verse. The only genuine solution to Nigeria's conundrum as we all knows is national roundtable debate, aka Sovereign National Conference to truly achieve a peaceful but enduring federation that would truly reflects what Nigeria is all about.

It is simple. Does JUSTICE and EQUALITY rule the Land? If the answer is YES, then u have u a nation that has fundamental worthiness. If the answer is NO............

Nigeria became so enmeshed in Corruption when Olusegun Obasanjo became president. Corruption took a frightening colouration, reaching International levels, so much so, Obasanjo(the Awujale of Corruption) was carpeted by the International Community for being so inept and adept at Corrupt Practices and Immoral Sensibilities. A Global Gathering for Achebe should not have been used by Adefuye to chastise Campbell. It amounted to washing Nigeria's Dirty Linen under the full Glare and presence of the International Domain. This is another Gaffe by the Gaffe-Prone Yoruba "Ambassadors", in the United States after the predecessor to Adefuye, made a Grievous Diplomatic Blunder Concerning Ibos and the Nigeria/Biafra civil war in a personality clash with Ojo Maduekwe, former Nigeria Foreign Minister. The attack against Campbell at a High Class Occasion by Adefuye is Diplomatically Suicidal.

Corruption in Nigeria should be a capital offence and, dare I say it, punishable by death.

Attention to All Nigerian Armed Robbers: My brothers, hmmm... money no dey for road oooh...! Na for House of Assembly real money dey oooh! Your salary, plus bonus, will be around $1.7 million- the world's most expensive "legislooters," no less- yes, million US dollars, per year! And no firing squad! So, I beg, make una leave poor Nigerians when dey try find $2 every day to feed them pikin them, I beg una.