When Vanguard newspaper reported that the House of Representatives has summoned a Korean Company, makers of Hyundai Motors to appear before the National Assembly for investigative hearing over alleged defective Elegance Jeep sold to one Willie Ogbeide, Honourable of the 4th assembly. The house in a letter signed by the chairman, House Committee on Public Petition, Hon Uzo Azubuike invited the company and Ogbeide to appear before the House next week Thursday over the alleged defective jeep sold by the company to Hon Ogbeide. Hon Azubuike states in the letter to the "Hon", “The House of Representatives at its sitting of Wednesday, 22nd February, 2012 received a petition from you against the managing director, Hyundai Motors Nig Ltd on alleged sale of defective Hyundai Jeep 1 x 35 Elegance GLS OL. To this effect you are invited to an investigative hearing on the matter”
"Honourable" claimed he purchased a Hyundai jeep for his wife at a cost of N4.1million from Hyundai Motors Nigeria Ltd in Abuja on October 27th October 2011. in his words, “The car had no Wheel spanner when it was delivered to me and that I first complained ,to them. Then when l drove the car to Benin for my wife, I observed that it has acceleration problem, immediately l called Hyundai office to complain to them, they promised to rectify it since it was still under warranty and before we could solve that, the air-condition had problem for which l also called their office through my lawyer and in less than five weeks”.
“When l got tired of their dripping, I requested that they refund my money to me within seven days. They did not and have not responded and l wrote to House of Reps to save me and other Nigerians from the Korean company”.
Well, while I do not have a problem with the Honourable buying a jeep or complaining to the company that sold it to him I do have issue with the House turning the case into an Investigative hearing, it is laughabble and idiotic at best. Just while Nigeria is burning daily with Zero Security and no means of livelihood for millions of Nigerians, the House of Shame has taken it upon itself to harrass and embarass a car company for knowingly or unknowingly selling a defective car to one the friend's of the house. My question is, How does House of Representaive come into this business matter? Are they suddenly now a police force or court of law to hear cases of breach in a signed contract or is my elementary knowledge of the three arms of democratic govermnent failing me?
These 'honourables' happened to be the highest paid in the world yet, their head seems empty of anything that seems like a brain, or maybe they are simply shameless. Only in my country will such a thing happen and no one will see it as a big deal. These people are really getting on my nerves. I think what they will do next is invite durex over a defective condom.
Nigerians should begin to see the kind of 'idiots' who preside daily over us. Just last thursday in Lagos, Patience Jonathan and her security goons made the lives of thousands of Lagosians struggling to make an honest living hell. Commuters, office workers and local and international businesspersons got stuck in hours of endless traffic and detours just because of one person-the wife of the President who was never on the ballot or voted for. What happened on Thursday is the height of executive insensitivity and a flagrant violation of our constitution.
Nigerians had on display a naked show of strength and overzealousness condemnable in every sense of the word. It was an assault on the rights and sensibilities of Nigerians, unsurpassed in recent times that the wife of the president, whose name was never on the ballot and whose role is not recognized by the Nigerian constitutional is accorded such expanse of power and the abuse of same. For a ‘Thank You and Peace Advocacy’ visit it was overkill. Why choose Lagos for a thank you visit meant for South-South women voters?
Just to attend an event at Ocean View Restaurant on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, she shut down Lagos for NINE hours and turned the lives of residents to hell. The whole security apparatus of the federal government and other personnel and services were deployed and put at her service. I recall the President himself had visited Lagos a few times in the recent past, yet the city did not groan or suffer a shut down like we saw last Thursday. Even if I do not like President Goodluck, he is Nigeria’s constitutional leader. He was the one that Nigerians voted for and by virtue of his position within the ambit of the law enjoys the highest level of protection and security. It is however most unjustifiable for his wife, who is unrecognized in our constitution by any stretch of imagination to appropriate the same protection enjoyed by the president. I wonder how many States Michelle Obama has shut down for nine hours in the US.
I think it is ok for Nigerian to go about unprotected and without security while the wife of the president should be over protected. I think it is ok for the common man to die due to the weakness of the first lady's husband? I think it is ok if we are ruled by IDIOTS over and over again. 2015 beckons, I think it is ok to go ahead and vote for PDP since we are FOOLS ruled by IDIOTS.....!
