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Africa: Subsaharan
Nigerian First Lady dies after plastic surgery
2005-10-25
Stella Obasanjo, the wife of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, died after undergoing plastic surgery at a luxury clinic on the Costa del Sol. She was in Spain for an operation and apparently died of complications. No information has been given about the reason for the medical procedure, the BBC reported. Mrs Obasanjo, 59, was a controversial figure who had ordered the arrest of a newspaper publisher earlier this year. Orobosa Omo-Ojo was held after his newspaper, the Midwest Herald, ran an article entitled "Greedy Stella". An autopsy is being carried out in Malaga on Monday before her body is returned home, Spanish officials have said.

They have said she was on a private visit to the southern town of Puerta Banus, near Marbella, and have not confirmed she had had an operation. She underwent treatment at the exclusive Molding Clinic. In a television broadcast announcing Mrs Obasanjo's death, presidential spokeswoman Remi Oyo said books of condolence had been opened at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja, the State House Marina in Lagos, and at the president's home in Otta. Olusegun Obasanjo had several wives before returning to power in 1999, but since he became president Stella had been considered his official wife.

This one came at absolutely record speed:
From: "MRS. ABIOLA CAROLINE EDO"
To: fred@xxxxxxx.com
Subject: Late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:25:01 +0200

Dear,

Following the sudden death of Stella Obasanjo, wife of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, died after cosmetic surgery. The late former first lady, Mrs Obasanjo died on Sunday in Spain, where she had gone for the operation.I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by the present administration, I will be subjected to physical and psychological torture by the security agents in the country if I donÂŽt transfer this funds out. I will be under detention arraigned before the federal high court of Nigeria for an offence I did not commit. As a personnal assistant that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody within the country.

You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by the late first lady and aid in different security firms abroad, some companies are willingly giving up their secrets and disclosed our money confidently lodged there or many outright blackmail. In fact the total sum discovered by the Government so far is in the tune of ($14.2). Million dollars. And they are not relenting to make life more unbearable to all her close aid. Just last two months her son was arrested in Germany, when he was on his trip to transfer his share of already transferred sum of $12.2million dollars only, from a partners bank account into the newly opened bank account in Germany.

I got your contacts through my personal research, and out of desperation decided to reach you through this medium. I will give you more information as to this regard as soon as you reply. I repose great confidence in you hence my approach to you due to security network placed on my day to day affairs, I cannot afford to visit the embassy for travelling visa for now, so this is why I decided to contact you and I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. We just deposited the sum of ($5.5)million dollars only with a firm in Spain two days before her death, whose name is withheld for now until we open communication.I will be grateful if you can receive this fund into your bank account. This arrangement is known to you and I alone and also her personnal advicer who have work with us for over a decade, as security is up my whole being.I am seriously considering to settle down abroad in a friendly atmosphere like yours as soon as this fund get into your bank account so that I can start all over again if only you wish, but if it is impossible,just help me in diverting this fund into your bank account which will accrue you (30%) of this fund .

Please honesty is the watch word in this transaction. I will require your telephone and fax numbers so that we can commence communication immediately. In case you don't accept please do not let me out to the security as I am giving you this information in total trust and confidence .I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith.

FEEL FREE TO LOGON TO THIS WEBSITE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4368806.stm

Please kindly reply to this e-mail: stellaobasanjo@netscape.net

sincerely yours,
Abiola Caroline Edo
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Posted by:Seafarious

#4  Zowie Fred, that was fast.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-10-25 14:27  

#3  And just what were those benefits of socialized medicine?
Posted by: DoDo   2005-10-25 14:09  

#2  check your spam dump..and get the chance of a lifetime.
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-10-25 04:27  

#1  Just who's plastic were the surgeons exrtacting*

* I appologize. Given the Nigerian scams I just could not resist
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2005-10-25 00:48  

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