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E2%80%99s-residence EFCC Silent Over Invasion Of Shehu Sani’s Residence
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has continued to keep mute 24 hours after the invasion of the Abuja residence of former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani.
The EFCC on Wednesday stormed Sani’s house located in Wuse 2, Abuja, around 3:30pm, ransacking the entire place before leaving.
Since the invasion, the anti-graft agency is yet to make any official statement on the reason behind the action.
Also, the commission has refused to respond to all inquiries seeking to know why Sani’s apartment was searched, as calls and messages put across to spokesperson for the agency has been left unattended.
The commission had obtained a EFCC Silent Over Invasion Of Shehu Sani’s Residence order to detain Sani for 14 days.
While in detention, the commission had searched his mobile phone and refused him bail.
Sani, a vocal critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested for allegedly extorting $20,000 from Dauda, owner of ASD Motors.
SaharaReporters findings, however, showed that the EFCC arrested the former senator before seeking out his accuser to prove his innocence.
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National Universities Commission Unbundles Mass Communication Degree In Nigerian Universities
The National Universities Commission has unbundled Mass Communication degree in Nigerian universities.
The degree has now been split into seven with students having to pick a major area of interest.
According to NUC’s Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, who disclosed the information on Thursday, the decision will take effect from 2020 admissions and academic sessions.
The seven new programmes/departments to be domiciled in a faculty/school/college of communication and media studies are Journalism and Media Studies, Public Relations, Advertising, Broadcasting, Film and Multi-Media Studies, Development Communication Studies, Information and Media Studies.
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60 Killed In Rivers Cult Violence In 2019, Amnesty International Reveals
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A report by Amnesty International has revealed that not less than 60 people were killed in Rivers State in 2019 as a result of cult related clashes.
The international rights group blamed the Nigerian Government for the rise in casualties, saying that the failure of the authorities to arrest and curb the killings, led to the unending bloodshed in the state.
According to the group, findings show that the government was not doing enough to protect people in these communities from attacks.
Amnesty stated that the killers were literally getting away with murder, while no one was being arrested or punished for these crimes.
“At least 60 people were killed in 2019 alone in various communities of Rivers State especially Khana and Gokana local government areas.
“Not less than 49 people were killed in different communities in Khana Local Government Area in series of attacks between April and September 2019, according to villagers and community leaders.
“The authorities have failed to bring those responsible for these horrific crimes to justice and have allowed a climate of impunity to fuel further violence.
“We call on the Nigerian authorities to take more robust action to stop these attacks by investigating every clash and bringing perpetrators to justice,” said Osai Ojigho, Director, Amnesty International Nigeria.
Speaking further, she added, “The government has an obligation to defend and protect the people.
“Its failure to provide security for people in Rivers State especially in Emohua, Khana and Gokana local government areas and its failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible for these killings created an atmosphere of fear and bloodshed in the region.”
According to the report by AI, communities affected by these clashes said despite fatalities, authorities have not taken any concrete actions to protect them from violent gangs, adding that residents of the affected area live in perpetual fear of sudden clash or attacks by the cultist groups.
The residents also blamed politicians for buying weapons for the cults gangs especially during elections and failed to retrieve same afterwards.
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N2.9bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Hearing Of Case Against Lagos Businessman Until January 29
The ongoing court vacation has stalled the arraignment of a Lagos businessman, Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi, alleged to have obtained the sum of N2.9bn by false pretences from a petroleum company, Eunisell Limited. Consequently, the case has been adjourned until January 29 when the accused businessman will be arraigned alingside his company, Idid Nigeria Limited.
The offences were alleged to have been committed contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offences Act, CapA6, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
Though the defendant was not in court, his counsel, Emeka Etiaba (SAN), and prosecuting state counsel from Directorate of Public Prosecution from the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, A K. Alilu, were in court.
When the matter was first mentioned in court last December, the defendants were not in court hence the matter was adjourned until January 9 for arraignment but the court was on vacation.
Etiaba told the court that they were not opposing arraignment and trial, before the matter was eventually adjourned to the new date.
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Gunrunner Reveals How He Supplies Arms To Bandits In Zamfara, Kaduna
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Samson Salau, a gunrunner arrested by the police, has narrated how he acquires and sells guns to armed robbers and bandits in some states in the North.
Salau made the confession in Hausa while being interrogated by DSP Hassan Gimba Sule, the Minna Sector Commander of the Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical Squad, in a video clip published by PRNigeria.
Salau, who was arrested in Minna, Niger State’s capital, and caught with two pistols and 46 bullets, promised to cooperate with the police in tracking and arresting dealers, who patronise him.
Salau said he has engaged in the illicit business for over three years.
He said, “After buying the AK-47, rounds of magazine, and pistols, I export and sell them to bandits and robbers in Niger, Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina and Nasarawa states.
“I do buy a pistol for N90,000 and sell it for N120,000.
“In the last three years, I have purchased and sold about 100 AK-47 guns and 30 pistols.
“I bought and also sold about 2,000 to 10,000 rounds of magazines, and 2000 bullets.
“I normally buy a round of magazine for AK-47 for N300 and sell it at N450,while I get a pack of bullets for pistols at N300 and sell for N400.”
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Court Orders NCAC Boss, Runsewe, Remanded In Custody Over Land Tussle
Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday ordered Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture to be kept with the Nigerian Correctional Services.
Justice Okeke made the order in a ruling on a motion drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Ltd against the Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Federal Capital Development Authority, DG of NCAC, and Minister of Culture and Tourism as first to fourth defendants respectively.
The motion dated June 21, 2019 was brought pursuant to Order 47 rule 10 subrules 1 , 2 and 3 of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Civil Procedure Rules 2018.
The motion of the claimant sought for an order of court committing Runsewe to prison for contempt of the order of court made on December 15, 2017.
Justice Okeke described the act of Runsewe as contemptuous.
The court had ordered stay of proceedings for the parties in the suit on every activity bordering on the demolition of the Arts and Craft village located in the Central Business District area of the FCT.
It said the NCAC boss flouted the order and demolished the place.
But reacting to the court’s pronouncement on Thursday, Runsewe’s media manager, Mr Frank Meke, told SaharaReporters that the matter was in court and that it would be resolved as soon as possible.
According to him, the land in question belongs to the government and in due time the truth of the matter will be revealed, adding that the NCAC boss didn’t flout the court’s order.
He said Runsewe will address the matter officially in the coming days.
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Nigerian Navy Rescues Three Expatriates From Captors
The Nigerian Navy said it has rescued three expatriates abducted by gunmen on-board MV AMBIKA off Ramos River, Agge, Bayelsa State.
On January 2, some suspected sea robbers attacked a Sterling Global Oil vessel, MV AMBIKA, about 3.2 nautical mile off Ramos River entrance while also killing some naval officers.
Those kidnapped are an Indian, Mr Varonray Anandan, 29, and two Russians, Mr Roman Dmitriev, 34 and Mr Mikhail Finenko, 31.
Addressing journalists in Warri, Delta State, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba, Flag Officer Commanding, also confirmed the death of three of its personnel.
He said, “A gun battle ensued leading to the death of four naval ratings and some of the assailants while other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds.
“During the incident, the assailants abducted three crew members of the MV AMBIKA comprising one Indian and two Russians and moved them to undisclosed location in the creek.
“Following intelligence report on the activities of the group to relocate the victims to Ondo State, the military units across the Niger Delta were placed on red alert.
“At about 22:30 on January 7, intelligence report reveals that the victims had been moved to Awoye in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
“Accordingly, the personnel of the Forward Operating Base, Igbokoda, were alerted to the development and lay siege to the criminals and rescued the expatriates.
“The rescued victims have been given medical attention by a team of doctors from the Nigerian Navy Hospital, Warri.”
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Policeman, NAFDAC Official, Teacher Make Integrity Icons Shortlist
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A policeman, CSP Francis Erhabor, has been shortlisted among five Nigerians as 2019 Integrity Icons.
The award is a global campaign by Accountability Lab powered by citizens in search of honest government officials.
The other four finalists include Tani Ali Nimlan, an official of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control; Tina Odinakachi Lirmdu, a lecturer at the University of Jos, Plateau State; Kacheilom Betram Roberts-Ndukwe, a teacher in a secondary school in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; and Christian Ngozi Ahiauzu, head of the network infrastructure unit in ICTC at the University of Port Harcourt.
According to Friday Odeh, Team Lead of Accountability Lab in Nigeria, 407 nominations were received across the country but they have been screened with background checks on the nominees by the ICPC, retired civil servants and other independent judges from the private sector, CSOs and the media.
CSP Erhabor is the Divisional Police Officer, D Division Itam, Akwa Ibom State.
He was appointed as the Pipeline Commander by the PPMC with an allowance of N37, 500.
In 2019 he was approached and offered N6m to beat the system but he refused.
He was also informed by some of his colleagues about an illegal arrangement that will fetch him N500, 000 every day, which is way above his monthly stipend from the government but he stood his ground and never compromised.
Mrs Nimlan, who is an Assistant Director at NAFDAC headquarters in Abuja, made a conscious effort never to compromise her standards despite several attempts offered by people seeking to beat official procedures and standards.
One of such incidents led to impounding a container load of a lethal injection.
The injection, which naturally is a life-saving injection, was laced with hydrochloric acid, but because Mrs Nimlan insisted on following the due process, it was discovered that the injection was laced and prevented from being distributed in Nigeria. Her integrity saved many Nigerian lives.
Iirmdu, a Lecturer, remits money to the department after every task given to her.
She was once overpaid for marking WAEC scripts and she returned the money to the examination body.
Students and colleagues hold her in high esteem as a result of her honesty.
Ahiauzu was once offered N2.5m to rig the bidding process for an Internet Service Provider seeking a contract with the university to which he refused.
Also, his integrity ensured that the examination system in the school is void of manipulations.
He also operates an open and transparent system in his office, which makes it difficult for anyone to cheat the system.
Ndukwe ensured the principal of the school refunded money belonging to students whom he had extorted to pay huge fees for WAEC.
She also ensured teachers in the school who never showed up at work were exposed and effectively dealt with.
Nigerians are expected to vote for their preferred icons through this link: br />
The winner will be determined at the finale scheduled for January 21, 2020.
A policeman, CSP Francis Erhabor, has been shortlisted among five Nigerians as 2019 Integrity Icons.
The award is a global campaign by Accountability Lab powered by citizens in search of honest government officials.
The other four finalists include Tani Ali Nimlan, an official of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control; Tina Odinakachi Lirmdu, a lecturer at the University of Jos, Plateau State; Kacheilom Betram Roberts-Ndukwe, a teacher in a secondary school in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; and Christian Ngozi Ahiauzu, head of the network infrastructure unit in ICTC at the University of Port Harcourt.
According to Friday Odeh, Team Lead of Accountability Lab in Nigeria, 407 nominations were received across the country but they have been screened with background checks on the nominees by the ICPC, retired civil servants and other independent judges from the private sector, CSOs and the media.
CSP Erhabor is the Divisional Police Officer, D Division Itam, Akwa Ibom State.
He was appointed as the Pipeline Commander by the PPMC with an allowance of N37, 500.
In 2019 he was approached and offered N6m to beat the system but he refused.
He was also informed by some of his colleagues about an illegal arrangement that will fetch him N500, 000 every day, which is way above his monthly stipend from the government but he stood his ground and never compromised.
Mrs Nimlan, who is an Assistant Director at NAFDAC headquarters in Abuja, made a conscious effort never to compromise her standards despite several attempts offered by people seeking to beat official procedures and standards.
One of such incidents led to impounding a container load of a lethal injection.
The injection, which naturally is a life-saving injection, was laced with hydrochloric acid, but because Mrs Nimlan insisted on following the due process, it was discovered that the injection was laced and prevented from being distributed in Nigeria. Her integrity saved many Nigerian lives.
Iirmdu, a Lecturer, remits money to the department after every task given to her.
She was once overpaid for marking WAEC scripts and she returned the money to the examination body.
Students and colleagues hold her in high esteem as a result of her honesty.
Ahiauzu was once offered N2.5m to rig the bidding process for an Internet Service Provider seeking a contract with the university to which he refused.
Also, his integrity ensured that the examination system in the school is void of manipulations.
He also operates an open and transparent system in his office, which makes it difficult for anyone to cheat the system.
Ndukwe ensured the principal of the school refunded money belonging to students whom he had extorted to pay huge fees for WAEC.
She also ensured teachers in the school who never showed up at work were exposed and effectively dealt with.
Nigerians are expected to vote for their preferred icons through this link: br />
The winner will be determined at the finale scheduled for January 21, 2020.
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Nigeria: Shame Of A Nation Ruled By Shameless Leaders Cheered On By Pauperised, Pitiable Citizens! By Frisky Larr
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When I made up my mind to celebrate New Year in Abu Dhabi – capital city of the United Arab Emirates – very late in 2019, I knew I’d be courting emotional troubles once again. Having gone through harrowing self-inflicted emotional trauma by visiting Dubai – another major commercial hub of the same emirate – a few years back, there was no point thinking about what to expect in Abu Dhabi. After all, it is the same oil-rich emirate of the Arabian desert.
In Dubai three years ago, I shed internal tears, weeping for my country, Nigeria, at the sight of the feat that oil money has achieved under a focused and committed leadership in the Arabian Peninsula. But seeing Abu Dhabi exceed all my expectations in triggering sorrow, tears and dejection. I could only wish for the most vicious, damning and torturous experience for leaders that have brought this shame upon Nigeria.
It is not so much the pomp and glamour of these cities, the glittering shine of the towering skyscrapers that stands out even more in Dubai, it is not the immaculate purity of combined sceneries matching roads, architecture and vegetation in the natural habitat,l that matter. No. It is the history and the statistics that make up the survival of this entity that is so mind-boggling to anyone, who cares to ask if African leaders learn from their neighbours at any opportunity.
It doesn’t take long to figure out that the city, Abu Dhabi, is largely built on a desert land as is Dubai. A drive through the countryside down to what is left of the desert reveals a lot.
The making of glamorous cities out of ancient fishing villages and Berber settlements as documented in museums and seen by the naked eyes is not so much the problem as the statistics rolled out by neutral instances highlighting a level of affluence that is boastfully enhanced by – hold your breath – oil money.
Oil that Nigeria has in abundance. Oil that has fetched Nigeria so much money that a former military Head of State once said very honestly that “Money is not our problem but how to spend it”. Probing to find out more about this country, I started stumbling onto facts and figures.
Problem No. 1 in comparison:
This is a sparsely populated country that has 9.1 million people overall by the last known count in 2016. Just one million of this overall population represents the indigenous citizens that are defined as those “whose ancestors had lived in the seven constituting emirates before 1925”. In other words, 90 per cent of the Emirate citizens are foreigners. Their sweat and labour paid for by the oil money of the soil and the fantasies and creative prowess of science and technology have developed the emirate to its present enviable status.
Yet no one calls Dubai, Abu Dhabi or any of the other five Emirates within the federation “no man’s land”. In Nigeria, it takes a marginal proportion of industrious and commercial internal migration to declare a city “no man’s land” and begin to contest indigenous proprietary. This is issue number one as it relates to comparison with our own dear country and our home-grown troubles.
In a country in which leadership caters for the people, it can be seen everywhere in the United Arab Emirates how much leaders have spent on public welfare. Based on statistics released in 2016, sources claim that an average indigenous family earns close to $20,000 each month while the average family of foreign workers earn an average of $7,600 each month. Every indigenous citizen works for the state and all public utility works that sustain the day-to-day running of public life rest on the shoulders of foreign settlers and workers.
Problem No. 2 in comparison:
While it will be easy for a Nigerian to say that the population of that country is not even half as many as Abuja’s population and is, therefore, not worthy of comparison, I will implore our people to imagine what it takes to develop a desert into a blossoming farmland and settlement areas with drinking water, electricity and other infrastructure to understand the role of the mindset as opposed to population.
The decision to develop Dubai’s New City on a desert with the most modern of edifices on earth that are envied even by New York and Sydney are a question of mindset and not population. Each of the seven emirates in the UAE are comparable to states in Nigeria and they are self-governing in the federal arrangement. Each state processes its own resources and manages them for survival. That is precisely the true federation that some are clamouring for in Nigeria. Yet, will the mindset permit the proper delivery of that function in a tension-riddled Nigeria? Moreover, since oil as the mainstay of the UAE is not foreign to any of the federating units, there is some level playing field of sort in the individual dispensation of federal governance. The imbalance in a Nigerian scenario is, however, a foregone conclusion. This is not to say, though, that oil is available to every federating unit of the UAE on equal proportion.
As of 2010, the oil in the Emirate of Dubai was projected to dry out within the following 20 years. Today, oil proceeds account for less than one per cent of Dubai’s GDP. In 2009, Dubai’s economy collapsed under the weight of falling oil prices and the credit crunch. Neighbouring emirate, Abu Dhabi, bailed it out.
With exotic edifices like the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, and the surfing boat-shaped Burj El-Arabia – both hotels of high international standards, tourism has become a major replacement for oil in Dubai. Visitors clamour to see the beauty of the entire modern city that is conceived to surpass the pageantry of any imaginable western town-planning wizardry that now lives on Victorian and Elizabethan history.
In Abu Dhabi, the Emir builds a palace covered in the ornamental beauty of gold for international summits.
The same palace houses a presidential library.
Since this building is not on daily use, it is open to public view at a modest fee. The number of visitors thronging in on daily basis from all over the world to catch a glimpse of these massive architectural wonders are enough to rake in the millions of dollars lavished on the project, within a given period. Even the massive white mosque that has now become the symbol of Abu Dhabi, attracts non-Muslim visitors from all over the world to see the massive architectural wonder-work. Lessons that Nigeria has not learned.
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Now, let us return to Nigeria. Where do we stand today with our oil wealth? We are unable to deliver common power supply to our daily lives. The Minister of Power blames his predecessor for poor power supply but his predecessor was removed only a few months ago. His predecessor blames the government before his for the woes in the power sector. The President of the government blames his favorite enemy asking “Where is the power” after controversially accusing his predecessor of spending $16thbn on the sector – a figure that is open to serious questions though. Now, the power minister, while shifting the blame to his own predecessor, is saying today, “All right-thinking Nigerians are aware that since assuming power in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has poured billions of naira and attracted huge foreign investments into the power sector with the aim of improving the generation and distribution of electricity to Nigerians… Nigerians should be asking why there was not much improvement in the sector after such concerted efforts by the government.”
This minister is now virtually asking his own President, “Where is the power?” While the blame game is going on, we are consistently and steadily being left behind by our peers with the blinded folks resigning to their fate.
Countless times, well-meaning Nigerians ask themselves if our leaders ever travel to other countries. What leader of conscience will visit Dubai or Abu Dhabi from a pitiable state like Nigeria and not shed tears and rather choose to buy houses there?
What leader is it, who will consider enriching himself in galactic dimensions to compare with the millionaires and billionaires of this world, before developing his own country, if he has conscience?
Today, Nigerian leaders are prioritising regional power balance, silencing critics, empowering and enriching relatives over the serious problem of building infrastructures not to talk of poverty eradication. When will the right priority be set?
It has become so bad that armed insurgency is even secretly encouraged to allow the military have disproportionate allocation to steal from at the cost of military efficiency. Lives are lost. Living is lost.
Has any of our leaders ever visited Malaysia? A taxi driver will proudly tell you how safe his country is. A lady can roam the street alone at any time of the day or night and go back home to sleep safely.
In our Nigeria however, a low-ranking officer of the State Security Service will work over zealously to breach his bounds and the rights of individual citizens because he has a generator at home to power his refrigerator. Fighting crime is the least of his worries; never mind that his initial priority should have been external intelligence to secure the country.
In the end, one wonders, where the people are. Those that should rise up to put an end to this whole rot once and for all stand up in vehemence defense of the disorder as long as they are given stipends to support the government. The all-powerful social media that has now become a potent means of opinion-formation is their regular home-base. I learnt recently (even though yet unproven and should be taken with a pinch of salt) that it takes just a monthly stipend of N250,000 to do the trick and keep the population paralysed to its own oppression. The despicable tradition of paying government agents to rampage on the social media with propaganda is however, nothing new and was also largely rumored in the government of President Goodluck Jonathan.
People travel to Dubai and are desensitised. They take photos and return to base. Some sit in the comfort of London raking in payments to write irrationally and stand logic on its head all for gratifications? Then the only man that stands up to ask for a revolution is dumped in the dungeon to their thunderous applause in the name of gratifications?
That there is no credible replacement for this government at the present moment cannot be a license to impunity and misgovernance as is presently seen.
Who is he that has no conscience and travels the world without feeling the pains of sufferings in Nigeria? Just what have we turned to?
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EXCLUSIVE: Expatriate Workers Accuse Nigeria’s Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Of Contract Breach, Unpaid Salaries
Atiku Abubakar and John Chiahemen tour the Gotel Communications compound in Yola, Adamawa. Members of the international team are present.
Atiku Abubakar and John Chiahemen tour the Gotel Communications compound in Yola, Adamawa. Members of the international team are present.
A handful of international broadcast journalists drawn from CNN, NPR, CNBC and other reputable networks have accused Nigeria’s former Vice President and owner of Gotel Africa Media Limited, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of breaching a one year contract they had with the company as consultants.
The workers, who claimed they are owed several months of salaries, revealed that they left Nigeria hapless and with only promissory notes instead of monies owed them by Gotel.
The affected persons include David Guinan, Ebong Udoma, William Chu, Devon Petley, Susie Iliyan, Teddy Vuong, Hannington Osodo, Kostas Sergiadis and Richard Spiropoulos.
They were all hired between late 2014 and early 2015 by Atiku’s company based in Yola, Adamawa State.
According to the team, their mission was to launch an international news channel based in Abuja for Atiku but barely 10 months after they arrived Nigeria, they were forced to leave with major outstanding salaries despite having valid work visas issued by the Nigerian Government.
Narrating his sad ordeal, Chu revealed that all the promises made to them by Atiku’s company were never fulfilled.
He said, “Before I left New York, John Chiahemen and Gary Alfonso gave me the rundown of what I’d be doing when I arrived.
“I was told that I’d be based in Abuja for a year. I was told that the project was fully funded, to the tune of several millions of United States dollars.
“I was told that we had a facility ready to build out and funds budgeted for equipment. None of this was true.”
Guinan, who was hired in 2014 to act as Gotel’s Director of Television and Digital Media, said, “I was told to bring my family, my wife and our baby girl, who wasn’t even two years old at the time.
“My contract promised a three-bedroom house in Abuja and a driver. From the moment we landed almost nothing promised was delivered.
“We were immediately placed in substandard accommodations, a motel and unfriendly staff.”
In his remarks, Osodo from Kenya and former producer with Reuters, said, “I lost most of my belongings due to indebtedness.
“My house was repossessed by the bank because of delayed payments by Gotel.
“By the way, I couldn’t make the payments for months because I had banked on the contract I signed that bore the name and bond of Abubakar Atiku.”
Efforts by the affected persons to get their salaries via serial of letters through their lawyers to Gotel and Atiku have yielded no results.
Atiku’s spokesperson, Paul Ibe, didn’t respond to calls and text messages to his mobile telephone line by SaharaReporters over the matter.
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