I wonder what Olatoye would think if he saw a certain internet ad by a lonely woman in Raliegh, looking for a man, with the same name as his wife, who also happens to be from Africa?
http://royaltyenterprisesusa.com/management.html
Dr. Victor O. Olatoye
President & Chief Executive Officer
ceo@royaltyenterprisesusa.com
Royalty Enterprises USA and all its subsidiaries are under the direction and leadership of Dr. Victor O. Olatoye. He founded the company in 1994. Royalty Enterprises started as a small consulting company and grew to the giant that it is today with over eight subsidiaries.
Dr. Olatoye is a visionary and opportunist and that is why he is the President and the Chief Executive Officer.
World Corporate Headquarters: 9309 Royal Crest Dr. Raleigh, NC 27617
Tel: (919) 806-1936 Fax: (919) 806-1870
Email: info@royaltyenterprisesusa.com
Olatoye seems to have contributed some money (only a couple thousand) to the Bush campaign in 2004.
Maybe he also contributed similar sums from other states, where some of his other enterprises are located?
Maybe he is buying 'protection' from a federal investigation of his enterprises?
Is he allowed to contribute to US campaigns, since he is (I assume) a foreign national?
And maybe he is entirely an innocent, and this dog is barking up the wrong tree. . .
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Vote!
Guest column
Jason Trompbour
Posted: 11/2/06
In an Oct. 20 column, James Zou encouraged Duke students not to vote in the upcoming election in order to ensure "due political and judicial process." As a matter of both civics and law, this advice is seriously misguided. Duke students should make every effort to vote on or before Tuesday, Nov. 7 in order to protect their own rights and to make Durham a more just and ethical place for everyone.
Zou argues that a candidate for district attorney should be evaluated on his entire career rather than a single case. This of course begs the question of how many incidents of manifest injustice are too many for a district attorney. In any event, in my experience as a criminal attorney, prosecutors do not suddenly go bonkers and start engaging in pervasive and willful ethical violations and other misconduct after years of loyal service. Rather, I strongly suspect that what we are seeing now are bad habits and even worse attitudes that Nifong has developed over the course of his career and which are now being illuminated for the first time by the Klieg lights he so desperately sought. Think about how many poor, anonymous people might have been denied a fair trial by Nifong over the years and how many more could be if he is elected.
What are Nifong's apparent missteps? Let us review.
-Prejudicial and false extrajudicial statements in violation of North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct 3.6 and 3.8(f)
-Denial of the right to due process through a suggestive identification procedure
-Improper contact with persons represented by counsel in violation of Rule 4.2
-Conflict of interest in violation of Rule 1.7(a)(2) due to his political alliance with Mark Simeon, an attorney who has made it clear he wants to profit from a civil suit and has taken steps to pursue one
-Possible obstruction of justice through witness tampering
-Refusal to look for or examine exculpatory evidence in violation of Rule 3.8
The latter is the most serious transgression because it goes to the heart of the public prosecutor's role in the legal system. The comments to Rule 3.8 state "A prosecutor has the responsibility of a minister of justice and not simply that of an advocate; the prosecutor's duty is to seek justice, not merely to convict."
Nifong's sense of impunity is also disturbing. Even the school-yard bully is smart enough to stop hitting the other kids when someone is watching.
Zou complains that the Committee to Recall Nifong-Vote Cheek has received contributions from donors outside of Durham County. Yes, we have all heard Nifong make this complaint. Nifong habitually attempts to exploit or create some prejudice within the community. Nifong, however, has also received contributions from outside the state and the co-chair of his citizens' committee lives outside the county. It is no accident that the spokesperson for Committee to Recall Nifong-Vote Cheek reported that many of its out-of-state contributions have come from lawyers.
Lewis Cheek is a real and not a "dummy" candidate as Zou says. Cheek has made it painfully clear that he does not want to and, indeed, feels that he cannot serve as district attorney. He simply does not want Nifong to be district attorney. Cheek's motives are purely altruistic. They involve no benefit and much political risk to himself. Having the governor choose the next district attorney would not be unusual; 16 of the 34 district attorneys now serving statewide, including Nifong, were appointed to their offices.
Keep in mind that Nifong is more of a "dummy candidate" than Cheek. The Grievance Committee of the North Carolina Bar has indicated that it will not pursue the numerous grievances filed against Nifong until after the lacrosse case has been concluded. When they do, however, Nifong will be distracted and unable to effectively perform his duties and will spend up to a year defending himself against the bar inquiry. Because it is almost certain that Nifong will be suspended or disbarred, he will not be able to continue in office. And as the governor may be choosing the next district attorney in Durham County, the best option is to start looking to the future now and save the community the disruption and pathetic spectacle of Nifong's protracted death throws.
The United States is the only western nation where local prosecutors are popularly elected. In every other nation, prosecutors are selected by merit. They are centrally trained, supervised and evaluated according to exacting professional standards.
For better or worse, citizens here are specifically called upon to evaluate candidates based on their legal and ethical qualifications. If the public does not remain engaged in the process, the consequences can be disastrous. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to help a Nepali lawyer in his efforts to support the rule of law in his country. There the courts, by attempting to ensure that the laws and constitution were obeyed, were providing the only effective opposition to a despotic monarch who was trying to impose rule by decree. A community can survive momentary failures of its political institutions, but, if its legal system is compromised, then it is helpless.
The single greatest thing Duke students can do for Durham is to ensure that the rule of law survives in Durham County by voting on or before this Tuesday.
Jason Trompbour, Trinity '88, Grad '91, Law '91, also has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University ('96). He teaches law at the University of Maryland Law School and legal and ethical studies at the University of Baltimore. He formerly was an attorney in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Maryland Attorney General's office. He is the Spokesperson for the Friends of Duke University.
Possible relatives:
OLATOYE, OYEDOTUN VICTOR (age 44)
ROBERSON, CAROL A (age 60)
OLATOYE, CAROL P
OLATOYE, VICTOR O
OLATOYE, SEREH