It is too late for Yar’Adua to deliver. He and his PDP cannot do the right things. It will not cost more than $2bn to upgrade eight hospitals, one in each geopolitical zone including Abuja and Lagos, in the country to world standard. We have the money. Yar’Adua and his PDP cannot think positively but bent only on criminality.

On the other note, the European justice is only for the white. Stella’s case was prosecuted fairly because of the position of OBJ and he had the means to execute the case. It has nothing to do with Spain and Nigeria foreign relationships.

Please ready below the comment I have written primarily for Aondoakaa that your column forced me to publish here. The AGF and his staff are directed to read it here.

Aondoakaa Must Not Allow The 25 Witnesses

There are times when Aondoakaa may be right in his measures. But for many of his questionable conducts, it is difficult to support him in some of the right steps he takes. Nigeria and her citizens abroad need defending in the hand of the racist Police and Judges of the host countries.

Black people in foreign countries do not have justice whether they are born there, are citizens or residents. As soon as a black person stepped into the court whether he/she is a plaintiff or defendant he/she has already lost the case. For this Nigeria must not abandon her citizens aboard who found themselves in conflict with the law. It may not be their fault but for the unspoken racism in those countries.

When matters concern a black person the Police always in many cases sit on vital evidence, falsify or manipulate evidence to ensure the black person does not get justice. In the Court the Judge does not look at the evidence but the black person. Some black people in these foreign countries are not just militant or rebellious in some ways but they do it as a reaction to the injustice and racism that are melt out to them daily. No matter how careful or good you may be you can always come in conflict with the law by accident.

These are not the official policies of the Government of these countries. They are the personal bias and hatred of those in position of power to enforce and interpret the laws but take matters into their hands. The injustice is at its highest at the lower Courts where legal representation is minimal or non-existent.

What the Government in its policies gives to the people without discrimination in one hand, the Police and Court Judges take it away on the other hand. For example, if the Police and Judges were the electorate in the USA, Obama would not have got nomination by his political party let alone get elected. This shows that majority of the ordinary are not responsible for the racism and injustice in these foreign countries but the people with various position of power.

Black people do not have justice. For the same offence where a white person can be set free, a black person can be given a five year jail sentence. Take the case that is going on in Italy on murder charges that involved two white people, an American woman and an Italian man and a black man from Ivory Coast. They killed a British woman (student). The black man was give a separate and fast track trial and sentence straight to prison. The two white man and woman are being tried together gradually. Is this not the same offence that was apparently committed together by the three people in the same room? Why was the black man tried separately and hastily? This is because as long as he is a black man he is automatically guilty.

In the current case that is going on in London UK with Ibori’s associates, who are mainly Nigerian citizens, if the offence was committed totally in the UK, Nigeria Government must assist them. If the offence was committed in Nigeria or both in Nigeria and UK, Nigeria Government must ask UK to stop the case and let them come home to be tried in Nigeria.

As I said above black people do not have justice in these foreign countries no matter what they try to show us. For this Aondoakaa must not allow the Nigeria witnesses to come to the UK to give evidence. If the offence was committed only in the UK and they so wish, let them come to Nigeria to take evidence from the witnesses. The Nigerian witnesses must not leave Nigeria to give evidence abroad. I do not like Ibori for what he is but he must only be tried in Nigeria. The UK can be asked to send its evidence against him to the Nigeria Court.

Some may ask, what about the injustice in our country and to our people? If your parent or relation (your country) slaps you, it is never painful. He/she does so because he/she cares for you, does not mean to hurt you but for correction. But if an outsider (a foreign country) slaps you no matter how mild, it is painful because he/she does not have any regard for you but simply meant to hurt you.

If we can solve the problem of election rigging and tamed corruption, we have solved the problems of the country. If we provide and maintain the essential things, we shall keep our people at home. We must keep our country together and follow the advantages of being a big country.

Jimmy Salvage – Abuja.