A Human Right Activist, Segun Awosanya, also known as Segalink in a series of tweets on Saturday reacted to the indictment of the chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema by the United States Department of Justice over money laundering and bank fraud.
Reacting to this, SEGA noted that no one will die if we wait to hear out his side of the story.
He further urged Nigerians not to demonize anyone or use the same mouth they deployed to praise someone they called hero, (for rescuing Nigerians running away from Xenophobia in South Africa) a fraud.
Recall that Vanguard had earlier reported that Mr Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha, Air Peace’s head of finance and administration, were recently indicted for alleged money laundering and bank fraud in the United States.
However, both suspects strongly denied the allegations and said they looked forward to proving their innocence in court.
Anyone who’s ever owned or ran a business in Nigeria knows how hard things get in our clime. There are hurdles and booby traps where they ought not to be and resistance from circles that normally ought to guarantee the ease of doing business. Govt agencies are competitors.
A country where most people in regulatory positions have links to ruthless folks whose purpose in life is to cut corners & grease the palms of gatekeepers. With the obstacles deliberately positioned to frustrate businesses, to obtain FX, the black market may be your only hope.
Just before the news of indictment make you conclude on your fellow countryman, think for a bit and realize that what we deem normal even in government circles in Nigeria are aberrations abroad. The operations of our bankers are fraudulent activities abroad if vetted.
