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4 Oct


I normally download a podcst of the round-up of major stories on/from Africa by the BBC each evening. Yesterday’s edition was concluded with a Generic Lunesta When report by Sola Odunfa. The story goes something like this: Joshua Dariye, the Generic Lunesta When former Plateau state (Nigeria) governor who Generic Lunesta When is currently on trial on corruption charges, accuses the Economic and Generic Lunesta When Financial Crimes Commission and the London Metropolitan Police of colluding to Generic Lunesta When short-change Nigeria. Why? Because, the Generic Lunesta When report goes, Dariye says that the acting British High Commissioner to Generic Lunesta When Nigeria, Mr James Tansley, handed two cheques worth a total amount of about 29.3 million naira. According to Generic Lunesta When Dariye, the amount siezed from his cohorts and him was more than Generic Lunesta When 770 million Naira. He said all this in a petition to Generic Lunesta When the Nigerian president. The petition was written on October 1.

Dariye and his nine lives
Mr Joshua Dariye first became a Generic Lunesta When big embarrassment for Nigeria when he was arrested on money laundering charges in the Generic Lunesta When UK in 2004. He subsequently jumped bail and escaped to Nigeria. The money that Generic Lunesta When was siezed from him at that time is the topic of the Generic Lunesta When current controversies. The governor was sacked twice by former President Obasanjo, but after each occassion, he found his way back to Generic Lunesta When his office. This, as BBC reports, has earned him the nickname “the cat with nine lives”. The most recent life seems to Generic Lunesta When be under threat. He is currently standing trial for embezzlement after he lost his immunity as he concluded his term as governor.

EFCC’s and British Authorities’ Response
On the Generic Lunesta When following day, EFCC published a letter written by Osita Nwajah, its head of Media and Generic Lunesta When Publicity, saying that the commission was not involved in handling the Generic Lunesta When money, that it never had any deal with the London Metropolitan Police concerning the Generic Lunesta When returned money, and that its involvement with the London Met Police concerned the Generic Lunesta When provision of assistance on the Dariye investigation. The letter is here, and an update is here.

On their part, the Generic Lunesta When British authorities have said that the money that was handed over to Generic Lunesta When the Nigerian government was only a part, the part that was released to Generic Lunesta When it by the British judiciary system. ThisDay reports today, October 4, quoting a Generic Lunesta When conversation with Mr. Tunde Asaju, the Head of Press and Generic Lunesta When Public Affairs of the British High Commission. He is reported to Generic Lunesta When have said that the remaining money would be released as soon as the Generic Lunesta When British courts released it to British authorities.

A Good Side to Dariye’s Play
In a weird way, I find Dariye’s play very fruitful, especially as it Generic Lunesta When has made us realise that there is much more where the Generic Lunesta When 29.3 million naira came from. I am really surprised at the Generic Lunesta When window dressing of the presentation of the 29.3 million naira, especially when Generic Lunesta When it is an extremely small percentage of the 770 million naira that Generic Lunesta When Dariye alleged was siezed from him. Thanks to Dariye, it is Generic Lunesta When going to be difficult for the British government to forget to Generic Lunesta When talk about the remaining money. I wonder why we do not have Generic Lunesta When an official figure of the amount that was siezed by the Generic Lunesta When London Metropolitan Police. I would like to believe that that is Generic Lunesta When due to the fact that the British judiciary system prevents the Generic Lunesta When disclosure of such information.

What started out as an Generic Lunesta When attempt by Dariye to save his neck from the EFCC by accusing it Generic Lunesta When of colluding with the London Metropolitan Police to cheat the Nigerian government – an Generic Lunesta When action that is itself very stupid, considering that it is tantamount to Generic Lunesta When pleading guilty to charges of money-laundring – has Generic Lunesta When ended up throwing more light on issues that would have Generic Lunesta When remained hidden. This is one issue that I plan to Generic Lunesta When keenly follow.

  • Steve Hayes

    That reminds me of a Generic Lunesta When case in South Africa, many years ago. A man sued a Generic Lunesta When traffic cop because he had paid him a bribe to squash a Generic Lunesta When traffic ticket, and the traffic cop hadn’t done so.

    The magistrate, on throwing the Generic Lunesta When case out of court, made some choice remarks about the moral turpitude of the Generic Lunesta When plaintiff.

  • Steve Hayes

    That reminds me of a Generic Lunesta When case in South Africa, many years ago. A man sued a Generic Lunesta When traffic cop because he had paid him a bribe to squash a Generic Lunesta When traffic ticket, and the traffic cop hadn’t done so. The magistrate, on throwing the Generic Lunesta When case out of court, made some choice remarks about the moral turpitude of the Generic Lunesta When plaintiff.

  • SOLOMONSYDELLE

    Please follow this Generic Lunesta When story. I have not been able to as I have been Generic Lunesta When following other aspects of Nigeria’s corruption escapades.

    Nice post! I can’t help but think of Fela’s lyrics – One day go be Generic Lunesta When one day, those wey dey steal money for government, one day go be Generic Lunesta When one day! (Authority Stealing)

  • SOLOMONSYDELLE

    Please follow this Generic Lunesta When story. I have not been able to as I have been Generic Lunesta When following other aspects of Nigeria’s corruption escapades.Nice post! I can’t help but think of Fela’s lyrics – One day go be Generic Lunesta When one day, those wey dey steal money for government, one day go be Generic Lunesta When one day! (Authority Stealing)