Jonathan Explains ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div><br /><p><a href="http://ift.tt/1E4YM94"><img alt="Jo media chat" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-272856" data-recalc-dims="1" src="http://ift.tt/1F2GCs8"/> </a> </p><br /><p>President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday clarified what he meant by stealing is not corruption, saying he was quoted out of context.</p><br /><p>Responding to questions during a presidential media chat on Wednesday, the President explained that the remark flowed from a discussion he had with a former chief justice of the federation, who told him of how he had to distinguish straight acts of stealing from other forms of corruption he acted upon.</p><br /><p>“People who told you I said stealing is not corruption did not tell you I said stealing is good. That is why philosophers say that the primary reason people disagree is because people use one statement to explain two typical things or vice versa.</p><br /><p>“I made that statement because I quoted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mustapha, (when) I called a meeting then, with the anti-crime organisations and the judiciary.</p><br /><p>“The CJN, Mustapha decided to take a look at the files that dealt with corruption and more than 80 per cent of them were just cases of stealing. But people use corruption to cover all. What I am saying is that let us go to the South-West and go to a typical community and they look at you and say this man is corrupt, people will be looking at you. But call that same man “ole”, that is thief, and see what will happen to him. Our people hate thieves more than corrupt people, yet most times, we use corruption to cover the lapses.</p><br /><p>“A thief should be called a thief and treated as such. In my village, when an adult steals, they strip him unclad, humiliate him and his family, but if you say this man is corrupt, they won’t know what you are talking about. We are using corruption to cover it all up.</p><br /><p>“So, let us communicate properly. It was not me that said it, I quoted Mustapha. He examined the corruption cases and he saw that they were just cases of stealing.</p><br /><p>“We are identifying thieves; we can talk about what the agencies are doing. We have made more convictions in this period than before. But I always say that the answer is not convicting more people. We must make sure that they don’t steal. Do not put the money where they can steal it. That is what we are doing.”</p><br /></div><br /></div>

Jonathan Explains ‘Stealing Is Not Corruption’

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday clarified what he meant by stealing is not corruption, saying he was quoted out of context. Respond...

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Suge Knight arrested after killing friend in Hit and Run

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1LqalNm" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1LqalNm"/> </a> </div><br /><p>Notorious former music exec Suge Knight has been arrested after fatally running down a friend on the set of the movie, ‘Straight Outta Compton’ after getting into a fight with security. He reportedly then backed up over the men he hit as he fled the scene. Full report from <span style='color: #cc0000;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1yGFMZK">TMZ</a> </span> below..<br/> </p><br /><blockquote>Multiple witnesses tell us a movie shoot — involving Ice Cube and Dr. Dre — was going down when Suge pulled up in his car. We’re told security told Suge to leave and that’s when trouble began.</blockquote><br /><blockquote><br /><p>A fight broke out between Suge and 2 men. Suge got back into his car, took the wheel and threw the vehicle in reverse … and ran over a man who suffered fatal injuries.<br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a> </p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote><br /><p>It’s unclear at this point if the victim was connected to the movie. A source close to Cube tells us production had wrapped when the fight went down … and he and Dre were not on set.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote><br /><p>Sources connected with Suge tell TMZ … the 2 men who fought Suge were the instigators. Our sources say Suge was scared because he’s in frail health — in addition to being shot 6 times last summer, he recently almost died from a blood clot.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote><br /><p>The victim is Terry Carter, who we’re told is a friend of Suge’s who arrived with him at the scene. Our sources say Carter was in the process of walking to the passenger door of Suge’s vehicle, but happened to be in the rear when Suge gunned it.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote><br /><p>Two other men were also hit … including Cle “Bone” Sloane — who’s appeared in “Training Day” and “End of Watch” — and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Both men are in the hospital.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>Suge has been placed under arrest and is being held on $2 million bail.</p><br /></div>

Suge Knight arrested after killing friend in Hit and Run

Notorious former music exec Suge Knight has been arrested after fatally running down a friend on the set of the movie, ‘Straight Outta Com...

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See why this jealous girlfriend jumped to her death with her 2 kids

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