Nigerian Official Convicted For Stealing $203 Million Gets Two Years in Jail, Or Option Of $1,500 Fine

This position/response should not have been streamed. Nigeria is not a filth. It is worrisome when people think and talk like this. Understandably are the heart breaking outcomes of how corruption and corrupt leaders are getting away...but we shouldn't loose our heads & hearts...This Nigeria is still worth staying in.

We are also docile and passive people.

The law,as the saying goes,"is an ass" but in my opinion,it is even "a terminally sick ass".The Police pension convict knew full well how manipulable the whole system was - hence the audacity to embark on the multi-billion naira looting project.Permit me to state that until we adopt the Chinese anti-corruption model,corruption will continue to remain as the largest and most vibrant sector of the Nigerian economy.If a potential looter were aware of the certainty of death by firing squad as the only punishment for being found guilty of stealing from anywhere at all,public or private,they would be deterred enough.What we need do is,enact the appropriate law and block ours ears against the unneeded negative commentaries from beyond our shores.We must not continue like this.<<<< By: Banji Razaq >>>>

How I wish Biafra had survived; the Ibos would have built a UAE-style state with their enterprise and intelligence. Now they're yoked together with people who feel nothing for a meaningless place called Nigeria. A land that belongs to no one but all is bound to suffer such rape. The same goes for several African states, and I blame the colonizer for defying the Bible's counsel: 'Do not be differently yoked...' From now on I'll support any group that strives for self-determinat ­ion, however small. Our ability to develop hinges on having a sense of ownership for one's country of birth.

Our NASS are a bunch of failures who do not see anything wrong in this kind if obsolate law, because if they should change the law it would obviously catch up with them since all they do is steal money and take bribes. Really pathetic.

It has shown not to the citizens, but to the world @ large that there is no judiciary in this country, neither do we have legislator, nor lawmakers, but for those that are there now should see what their future will be like if this nemesis is not corrected. And for those that are betraying their profession for love of money, like that of Justice Tabla Mohammed, shame unto them.

Who are they deceiving.

This shows that Nigeria is a useless country. This idiot stole $203 million dollars, N32.8 billion Naira and gets only two years in prison with an option of $1,500, N250,000 Naira?. They are all in it. In a civilized society this man will spend at least 10-15 years in prison plus all the money taken back from him plus fines ranging to millions of dollars. Nigeria is a corrupt society.

PLS COMPARE THIS JUDGEMENT------------

EFCC Press Release: Man Sentenced To 28 years For Real Estate Fraud In Gombe

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Nigerian Official Convicted For Stealing $203 Million Gets Two Years in Jail, Or Option Of $1,500 Fine.

WHAT A JUDGEMENT! WHAT A NATION!

pls compare this judgement to this one------EFCC Press Release: Man Sentenced To 28 years For Real Estate Fraud In Gombe this happened
LAST YEAR AUGUEST to one this year----Nigerian Official Convicted For Stealing $203 Million Gets Two Years in Jail, Or Option Of $1,500 Fine.

oh; what a judgment! what a nation!

They are all the same. Buhari had his chance, and his ppl were the ones carrying money in suitcases overseas.

The NASS should be working harder to change the old laws which have become obsolete in current trends.
The Judiciary only apply / interprete existing laws if they go outside that, it will be ultra vires.
That is Rule of Law

NIGERIA IS A VERY BIG JOKE ,

i pity nigerians we don suffer.

I think from what is happening, the Judge is not CLEAN, I mean "KLEAN", he must have taken some bribe to give this criminal an option of fine of just $1,500 out of $203M. Is the President not aware of this? What about the law makers? Are we saying we are not all clean, to allow this die just like that? Ok, what about labour congress, can't we force this to stop? It is only in Nigeria that thieves walk around with pride, because they have the police, the so called EFCC, and the Judges in their pockets. God will punish all of you.

As a starting point Justice Talba mohahamed should be investigated for corruption and fraternising with offenders.Then we need to really consider chasing the whole lot of IDIOTS we have running the country out of power.How can the three arms of government, the executive and the legislature in particular justify a maximum sentence of two years for corruption in our statutes? Nigerians are asking for death sentence for corruption but the corrupt lot running the country continue to turn a deaf ear to the people's yearnings. Civil society groups should start mobilising the people for a final showdown to chase these bastards out of governance.

I love your comment on the CNN Jonah/Amapour interview,it was realy a classical 'LIGs' movie. Amapour just kept volleying with Jonah who was not even confident enough to looked at the camera on the eyes, I was so ashamed. God help any country with such leader!ameen

I just hope and pray that Boko Haram succeeds in burning this filth call Nigeria down so we can draw a line on the sordid excuse of a country

Don't make them swear by Bible/Koran anymore, let each official go before the shrine and the soil of the land where s/he was born and lets see if the gods will not cleanse the land with the blood of these criminals. I am sure the reason is because Naija does not belong to anyone, so anyone who has the opportunity is just raping her over and over again. It is the EFCC that arranged for Igbinedion to walk away with a paltry fine after looting Edo blind for 8yrs. Left to the Edos, they hand over such miscreants to the gods and let the Oracle pronouce their guilt or innocence. There is no bias there. Justice is sure: after inflicting pains, sickness and misery, the gods quietly and ultimately take your life.

Why make public officials swear by the Bible or Koran when they take oath of office? Take them before the Oba's shrine. Let them remove their shoes, kneel down there, recite the incantations and pledge. Then give them the kolanut chips to chew and give them the local gin to drink. Let's wait and see who steals and see what happens. But because these public officials know God Almighty is merciful (unlike the smaller gods and other elemental and cosmic forces that operate in the universe), they hide under the grace of God to perpetuate fraud then go beg for forgiveness. This is the fraud in the African Nation-State concept and the institutions and source of authority that represents them: the Constitution.

Good talk, recolonization is the only feasible solution

Is it the same country that jailed Bode George to imprisonment term? A country that jails petty thieves for longer imprisonment terms for minor crimes, like stealing goats? A country that detains persons without trial, including detain a minor, for about 5 years without trial, for stealing a mere mobile phone?

The same country that 'chopped off' the arm of a petty thief that stole a goat, but lets off former Governors (now in the Parliament) for looting their States' Tills. A country that stones people to death for 'crimes' such as ADULTERY, but lets off John Yakubu Yusuf for stealing BILLIONS. Which is the worse crime, ADULTERY or STEALING BILLIONS?

What a country, that lets off or shields former Governors for looting their states. Yet it contradicts itself and convicts and jails for minor crimes.

Nigeria we hail thee. We chose a wrong person to lead this great nation. Thank God Ibori was tried in the U.K. He would have been given 6weeks sentence or an option of100k fine.

James Ibori steals billions and he is jailed by THE BRITISH LEGAL SYSTEM for 13 years, while Lucky Igbinedion, Tafa, and now John Yakubu Yusuf, steal billions, and they get a slap on the wrist and are set free by THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM. And some, like Odili, Kalu, etc, are protected from prosecution by the Law.

Something is definitely wrong with our JUSTICE SYSTEM and JUDICIARY. It is unbelievable that our JUDGES and JUSTICES no longer follow precedents. Or, rather they follow the wrong precedent. How would our JUDICIARY have the moral or legal fibre to JAIL even a petty thief, when BIG TIME ROGUES ARE SLAPPED ON THEIR WRISTS for graver crimes?

This ruling sends the wrong message and signal.

I have just three words for you.

"Nigeria is finished"

The problem with nigerian judiciary is that the deliver judgment as if our calendar year is 1989,the other day i was in court a boy was found guilty of cocaine possession in the london and repatriated to nigeria was sentenced to two years or an option of 50,000 naira as fine.The judiciary i believe is richer than the oil sector in nigeria but because no one is asking questions.

It is unbelievable that this will happen in a sane society where things work. Imagine that the convict said “I stole only N32 billion” of the Pension funds while millions of dependants that were supposed to benefit from their sweat after years of service to the nation are languishing in poverty and are being told cock and bull stories.
The Judge that handled this matter needs to re-examine his conscience because he does not mean this country well. If some people will go to jail for stealing a cell phone whose value is sometimes less than N5,000 or someone gets amputated under some crude law and here is someone who stole N32 billion being asked to pay a pittance of N750,000 and keep his loot then something is fundamentally wrong with Nigeria. We are gradually moving towards anarchy and when that happens, no one will survive it.

If i go steal N10 PUFF PUFF will i get a sentence like this ?
I very much doubt it.
The more you steal,the more chance you have of buying freedom in court.
Hence the state of our nation.
Never underestimate the greed of the nigerian in a position to eat awoof money.
Never.Nigerians greed knows no bounds.
Meanwhile,millions strave,bleed sweat,cry and die.
Millions meanwhile,praise them for their wickedness hoping for crumbs to enter their mouths.
Our problems have nothing to do with tribes or religion,as even oyinbo sef dey chop inside.
Nigeria is and will remain a sad sad expensive joke whilst millions die and theives destroy our chance of being a nation of substance.
What a shame.
GREED IS A CURSE WHICH KNOWS NO BOUNDS.

WHAT A PRESIDENT, we are in a big mess.

this is a disgrace to Nigeria government and its judiciary. SHAME ON YOU EFCC AND your allies.