NOT A GOOD TIME FOR AIR PEACE BOSS ALLEN ONYEMA AS HE IS INDICTED FOR FRAUD IN AMERICA....

Wow wow wow. That's just the bewildering expression coming from the mouths of those hearing about this misfortune that has come the way of the man, many had touted and were too sure was going to be declared without a rival, as man of the year in Nigeria 2019, just too surely by the end of this year. Owning to the fact of his major intervention at the most auspicious time in Nigerian history, when he single-handedly played the role of a good and benevolent Samaritan, when desperate Nigerians, who were in major dilemma in South Africa, in the aftermath of the repeated xenophobic attacks against Nigerians, needed to be evacuated immediately.

His swift response without prompting and solicitation of any kind, when he volunteered to aid is nation for Free, had greatly endeared him to Nigerians, who saw in him a selfless hero, a wonderfully humane personality and in fact a great Nigerian by all standards.

Now just only a few months after such wonderful intervention and the attendant outrightly fantastic ovation and backslapping, it is that same candidate for the deserved man of year award 2019, now that misfortune seem to have crept towards and now he must fight with all he has, to clear his name and reputation from the damning mess, has he has been indicted for fraud and money laundering in the US. The shock to the system as par this allegations, is totally unbelievable!

Chief Allen Ifechukwu Onyema, who is the founder and CEO of probably the fastest growing airline in Nigeria, by name Air Peace, who only just how many weeks recently, even ordered for more planes to be added to their fleet, is the unfortunate target of the indictment in the US, for fraud and money laundering related offence to the tune of $20 million Dollars which in Naira translates to about plus or minus N7.2billion Naira (that's at N360 Naira to $1 Dollar).

Incidentally, Chief Onyema is a barrister at law by training.

According to www.justice.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 22, 2019

CEO of Nigerian airline indicted for bank fraud and money laundering.

ATLANTA – Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase of airplanes.  The international airline’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, has also been charged with bank fraud and committing aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.

“Onyema allegedly leveraged his status as a prominent business leader and airline executive while using falsified documents to commit fraud,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak.  “We will diligently protect the integrity our banking system from being corrupted by criminals, even when they disguise themselves in a cloak of international business.”

Robert J. Murphy, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division commented on the indictment, “Allen Onyema’s status as a wealthy businessman turned out to be a fraud. He corrupted the U.S. banking system, but his trail of deceit and trickery came to a skidding halt. DEA would like to thank the many law enforcement partners and the subsequent prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office who aided in making this investigation a success.”

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ON THE DRUG PANDEMIC IN LAGOS. GIRL AT SHITTA SURULERE NEARLY RUN MAD!

If you were just passing without knowing before hand what was going on, you might or would have mistaken the whole scenario as a scene from a film or movie being shot by some Nollywood producer and his team as the whole thing was quite unbelievable!

The shock on the face of onlookers was intense and very real, not the type that is contrived at all, but it wasn't just shock alone, it was mixed with amusement, for this somewhat actress, not a professional by any standards, was playing this role with gusto and it was evoking emotions of all kinds, from the shocked but very curious onlookers! Only thing was, she wasn't acting at all and neither was she an actress at all. It was real life occurrence happening right before everyone there and then, real time!

The venue was "Shitta" that famous enclave, along the road in Surulere made famous by the Amala joints, "other types of joints" and also made world famous again by the Wiz of Nigerian music, Wizkid in his songs. You cannot talk about Surulere in the heart of Lagos, without mentioning Shitta. If you claim you know Surulere or 'Lere' well, like some have tagged it and you say you don't know Shitta, then you can be tagged a JJC!

This here (story/write up) is a eyewitness account! Day was Wednesday, November 8, 2017, particular time was sometime in the afternoon. 2 young lasses (ladies) from around, came to the joint near the road known by all in that hood, where you buy and smoke weed and whatever. Not too long after their arrival, everyone minding their own businesses, not necessarily caring or minding what others were up to. Food vendors making brisk business, across the road the Mallams were trying to get customers to buy or sell forex, the beer parlours too were doing their thing, in all of these cacophony and unscripted daily grind, only from out of the blues a little commotion suddenly erupted and began, that got everyone's attention!

One of the young, somewhat beautiful girls that had come around not too long before was undergoing some strange type of moves or dance of the macabre! She was foaming from her mouth, gasping for breath and was stretching and obviously in some form of major discomfort. There was commotion all around, this same lady passed not too long ago, moving sexily and not necessarily caring about those around, as she had where she was headed to go fuel up and blow up and be lifted sky high, where she would be communing with the extra terrestrials on other planes or planets. It took the effort of those around for the sexy young lady not to strip off or tear off her own garb/clothes! Alas! What has just gone wrong?

Who could have done this to her?

How can someone so sane now, just in under how long was about going insane?

What could have triggered such a show of shame and grotesque dance of the macabre?

Can you imagine that no one else in particular can or could be blamed, except the lady herself! Apparently she is a known customer of the joint, who is quite a regular, so she's not one to engage in unneccesary attention grabbing drama! So on this particular day, she apparently puffed on a strain of weed, that was far more (potent) powerful than what she was normally used to experiencing, this particular one is nicknamed or called "Black Mamba".

This joint named after one of the deadliest and most poisonous snakes in the whole universe, "the Black Mamba is said to be a one of a kind". Little that we could gather about this strain is that, it is an uncommon weed, so powerful, so potent that not just anyone can take a drag. It is so strong that one puff alone or one drag hits home so bad, so intense, so mind boggling, that just that "one puff gives a whole day of supreme unimaginable high"!

So this young and very impressionable lass, had this smoke and the experience nearly turned into a major disaster! But for the timely intervention of those who were around, the lady would have either lost it (gone bunkers/berserk) or worse still, could have choked and died.

Apparently to save the situation, she was held down forcefully and then given "palm oil" to guzzle which seemed to work wonders as it calmed the lady down after a while and she regained her senses and could sanely control herself again.

Why anyone would want to go through this sort of madness, beggars belief? Why the need for a temporary high, which later brings you down to an imaginably terrible low? What's the need for this step up and step down stimulants for?

Can you now imagine the shock of life again, as these ladies (including the one that went through the mad, unpalatable experience) came again to the same joint yesterday Thursday, November 9, 2017 (just a day afterwards), with her friend in tow! To come do what again, we all wondered? People were totally gobsmarked! Wondering whether it was normal or it's a curse!