A coalition of over 200 groups under the aegis of the Forum of Non Government Organisations (FONGON), on Wednesday, stormed the United State of America (USA) Embassy in Nigeria to protest a purported granting of entry visa to former Vice-President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election by US government.
The groups stormed the embassy with various placards which read thus: “Money laundering is the highest level of financial crime, America, say no to Atiku Visa request; Nigerians say no to America’s interference in the nation’s politics; We got a letter from America listing people to be investigated for financial crime, Atiku was one of them; USA, please stay clear of Nigeria’s internal politics; No to issuance of politically motivated Visa to Atiku; as well as Donald Trump, don’t Trump for Atiku, say no to Visa request and USA, why now after 14 years of denial due to criminal money laundering?”
The National Chairman and Convener of the coalition, Comrade Wole Badmus, who addressed newsmen, urged the US government not to grant PDP presidential candidate a visa request because of his proven cases of corruption, especially when 2019 general elections are fast approaching.
According to him, it was with the highest level of discontent that we received an update of purported granting of an entry visa to former vice president Abubakar Atiku to the United State of America last Friday. We were jolted that America is the bastion of democracy, rule of law and transparency in public administration can be debauched into the abyss of being used by discredited and renowned financial criminals in our country.
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“However, our melancholic state transmuted into that of ecstasy upon establishing that such info was just a hoax and an attempt to test the water of public opinion in the eventuality of such request being undeservedly granted.
“Corruption in the developing world is also responsible for distorting markets, deterring investment, deepening poverty, undermining international aid efforts and fostering crime. Some have drawn connections between corruption, failed states and terrorism. Corruption also continues to be a massive problem. The World Bank has estimated that $1 trillion in bribes alone exchange hands worldwide.
“It is for the above that we advice that your embassy decline visa to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Granting his visa request will amount to negation of the Patriot Act which makes the acceptance of foreign corruption precedes US money laundering offence. It also makes a mockery of the United Nations Convention against corruption enacted in 2003 in which the USA played an active role in its enactment and presently ratified by over 140 countries.
“It is also against the spirit of the investigative group dedicated to combating foreign corruption by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) formed in 2003 by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Finally, granting such request makes a mess of President Bush Presidential Proclamation 7750 denying US visas to foreign officials involved with corruption and other supporting legislation by the Congress,” He stated.
Comrade Badmus also appealed to the American government to be steadfast and ensure that the 2019 general elections in Nigeria are transparent.
Madness
How much them pay una?
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Naija and hypocrasy…. So sad am in this country
Rented crowd, misplacement of priorities
America no send anybody
NGOs wey no get names, see dem no even reach twenty, teargas no dey there?
Good
Lazy youth.
How much are u paid
Hungry NGOs
,stupidity at the highest level!!!
Lazy NGOs
#1000 eah participant
Paid jobless actors collecting N500 to fool themselves
The more they try to rubbish Atiku, the more they are making him popular.
Hungry hirelings everywhere
See how Buhari and APC has turned Nigeria to a laughing stock,USA will be laughing at this country, very unfortunate
Awon were ……They didn’t storm Aso rock over ASUU strike …..B4 they said he couldn’t enter USA now they’re recruiting NGOS for protest . Oriyin daru
#200 TOO SMALL…
Shit hole country
Old boy, even the demostrators know is settlement after approval….is not a pay as you go project.
Sponsored
This is not necessary. Getting a visa is not the problem, but travelling to USA unarrested is the major issue.
#200 NGO’s TOO SMALL…
see them
you people should live Atiku alone, politics is a game of chioce an personal opinion…you people should vote your buari an let those who wants to vote Atiku vote him,he has a right to vote an be voted for, he’s a Nigerian an he has the constitutional right… Nigerians you people should grow up for once!
Sponsored lazy youths. Dis APC led government is full of shit
NGO indeed
Stupidity and rented crowd
Laugh
This people are mad. Is Buhari him there? Nigerian politicians that after the whole scenario, they will shake hands. Nigeria’s politics is a complete nollywood drama. Script writers have a lot to write.
sponsored. y is dis country like this sef?
Atiku is Original thief. Surely no vacuum for thief in Aso rock. #Nextlevel Buhari/Osinbajo we stand for in 2019 insha Allah.
Apc no get work
Who’s afraid of Atiku Abubakar; Nigeria’s next president? #GetNigeriaWorkingAgain
These are the real lazy moronic Nigerian youths Buhari talked about. ????
Get ready to cry when he does , Otunba nonsense.
It is now becoming clear that ATIKU is the right man for the job.
Another sets of lazy Nigeria youth, just because of #1500
So the Work of NGOs in Nigeria?? is to be doing politics abi??
So how does Atiku Visa to USA affect them ??
Very jobless idiots
Help me ask them
Gutter politics a big badge of shame.
Another scam, ahead, ahead Atiku, the president who went to USA what did he bring back?
Ikwesi Israel Macandy You are already crying, because it is no more news that he is on America’s watch list for curroption crime. He dare not enter. he won’t even try it in his dreams.
Meddlesome Interlopers.
Do we still have up to 200 NGO’s in Nigeria. Our soldiers were killed by boko haram they didn’t protest. Fools
Why not 1000 ngos
Jobless lazy people
They said he will never enter US because he is a wanted man, now they are begging this same people not to grant him visa, who did this to this country, in fact some people will commit suicide if Atiku becomes President.
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ARE WE SURE WE HAVE ONLY 40 MILLION MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE IN NIGERIA?
APC has taken governance to the lowerst level in the history of this nation. So disgusting!
CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!
Lazy youth that should engaged themselves in farming or learning of skills are here being used for peanuts. Very unfortunate
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Ndi ara
Hungry NGO jobless
U mean na abuja USA embassy b these. I love d Lagos US embassy. D cool breeze from d ocean. Na dust go kill person for here
Yeye people
Hungry and need food
Na Ogun go kill those people wey protest cause then be paid protester issue wey dey eat the nation up dey then no protest like asuu strike when will nigerian stop selling their well being for 1k
Then, why are you guys shouting America not to give Atiku visa to enable him travel and get “arrested”? You cannot probate and reprobate at the same time—it’s called rankest hypocrisy. You guys are shameless!
You people are all stupid,I think you should go and read laws attached to privacy,that money you have collected is disturbing you all,instead of you all to protest against the rate of visa fee and visa refusal,lazy thinkers
This is shameful and unpatriotic. These people don’t like the country. They hijacked power for evil and for selfish reasons.
APC is the worst party I have ever seen the whole world, party of blind followers
THEY ARE THE LAZY YOUTH
That’s hungry and lazy youth hired by cloned Buhari and his APC cohorts…after they will start fighting over 5k!
Stupid set of people coach by good 4 noting APC.God will punish all of you
Abi
Title….lifeless!
Useless Idiots … Jobless Idiots … Politicians are there taking your common wealth to themselves and families and you are here protesting over a personal matter of a single individual !
Chidiebere Nwobodo Shameful individual. Read through the mail trail. That was why i said the groups’ protest is not necessary. Because I know that even with a valid USA visa and free VIP to and fro ticket, he won’t go.
Stupid people
But since Buhari has been going to the USA what has he brought from there?
NONSENSE
What kind of country is This?
This one na set up, if he go them go hold am there oo
Political arrangement
You’re morally bankrupt and mentally deranged nincompoop. Sophisticated moron! Atiku stole your mother’s bride price. Demented buffoon!
THANKS A LOT!
Rented lazy youth and mentally challenged Northern youths
Fools,vagabonds, visa is a personal so why protesting
Atiku can’t travel to USA was the only thing APC want to use to campaign against atiku. That is the reason for this sponsored protest.
Lazy youth
Jobless youth
fools everywhere, if he will be arrested in America, ur small brain did not tell u that he will not apply for American visa, why are they protesting not to give him visa, and they at the sametime said he cant go to America, hypocrist everywhere
Mad zoo APC Islamic terrorist fool’s
Jobless vagabonds! But when Obama was interfering directly during 2015 election, it was ok by APC, abi? Whatever goes around comes around fool!
In onitsha
Na mumu hired crowd
Hahaha.I dey laugh for Swahili.when we were warning you people about the change you were asking for in 2015,you did not listen.
Lazy Nigerian youth employed for N1500 per day to do this rubbish.
Joblessness that’s what is causing this 1. Shame to APC. Just see the way they are wasting Nig ? sponsoring a useless protest. Atiku will always go anywhere he wants to go
200 ghost NGOs
When Buhari said that Nigeria youths are lazy, you think he don’t know what he’s saying.this it..lazy youths.
Adebayo Kazeem Bamidele you rated them very high. those youths can collect #500 to do that nonsense.
Hahahaha is US Nigerian ??? We need a good leader not US leader please….we are nigerians please.
Rented idiots they have no visible means of livelihood, what is your business who America issues visa to
Useless group of people behaving like zombies.
What a shame! If it were to be a protest against Mr Buhari the IGP would have swung into action. Then you’ll hear charges like defamation of character, hate speech, treasonable felony, assassination of character, terrorism, insubordination to the constituted authority and the rest of them. Deji Adeyanju is a victim of this. Nigeria think! Think!! think!!!
Just imagine what kind of NGOs do we have? NGO or government sponsored NGO very shamaful
Auwal Moga Nigeria is a nation of thieves,we need a thief to lead it.
Please advertise Atiku to the World, Nonsensical government with a lifeless president .
Y most pple that support Atiku are igbo n u hardly see Northerners Support him Y
Which tear gas when they are sponsored by the government and given police protection
Paid crowd ?
Auwal Moga madman keep quite
Very fool people ??
APC sef, una wan intimidate America too?
Copy and paste idiot.
no be this same Apc and thier supports that wants ATIKU to travel to the US?
#Lazydementedyouth
Joblessness
Another Yorubas idiot dictated here
Chioma Aneke Brainless political praise singer. But you guys celebrated last week that the wanted criminal had gotten USA visa and that he had left for UK and USA. Why hasn’t he visited if everything was ok? I insist, with a valid visa, Atiku would not dare enter USA.