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Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by multikolour(m): 10:38am On Aug 22, 2015
its SAHARA REPORTERS again
http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/21/former-nigerian-maximum-ruler-abacha-handed-millions-anglican-church-leaders-exclusive

Former Nigerian Maximum
Ruler, Abacha, Handed
Millions To Anglican Church
Leaders, Exclusive
Documents Revealed
Documents exclusively obtained by
SaharaReporters reveals that former
military ruler, Sani Abacha, gave millions
of dollars in public funds to leaders of
the Anglican Church of Nigeria during his brutal
reign.
Mr. Abacha's regime was marked by draconian
decrees, the I incarceration or hanging of
dissidents, most famously Ken Saro-Wiwa and
the Ogoni 8, as well as massive corruption.
Before his death in November 1998, Mr. Abacha
had squandered hundreds of millions of dollars to
buy political support for his plan to succeed
himself as a civilian president.
The documents obtained by SaharaReporters
reveal that Sani Abacha approved $5 million to
fund the leaders of the Anglican Church of
Nigeria on a trip to the 1998 Lambeth Conference
in London. The Lambeth Conference is a
gathering of Anglican leaders from around the
world that takes place every ten years.
The documents reveal that more than $1 million
of the fund was delivered specifically to Peter
Akinola, the then Anglican Archbishop of Abuja.
Ismaila Gwarzo, the National Security Advisor
(NSA) under Sani Abacha, was the liaison for the
head of state in the delivery of $1,021,388 to
Archbishop Akinola, the documents reveal.
The funds were delivered “in the usual manner,”
the document disclosed, via the Special Services
Office. Mr. Gwarzo initially sent the money to his
aide, Haliru Suleiman, who at the time worked in
the Special Services Office of the Federal
Secretariat in Abuja. Mr. Gwarzo then “called the
Lord Archbishop of Abuja, Bishop Peter Akinola,
to receive the money personally from Gwarzo’s
aide."
The transaction reportedly took place in the
office of Anthony Ani, the Finance Minister in the
Abacha regime, according to Mr. Ani’s own
testimony.
Archbishop Akinola claimed to have handed over
the more-than-$1 million fund to the Primate of
the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Archbishop J.
Abiodun Adetiloye, who had reportedly requested
for the funds from Mr. Abacha's regime to assist
Nigeria's Anglican bishops in attending the
decennial conference.

Re: Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by INTROVERT(f): 10:39am On Aug 22, 2015
Re: Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by NeduLuiZ(m): 10:44am On Aug 22, 2015
And they wana preach honesty to Luis angry
Re: Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by darfay: 10:58am On Aug 22, 2015
That man was just too corrupt. It will take more than a life time to recover his numerous loot nd d son of this
same ran for governorship.nigerians are truly shamless



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Re: Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by Nobody: 11:05am On Aug 22, 2015
Abacha was not kworrupt... GEN BUHARI
Re: Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler, Abacha, Handed Millions To Anglican by Armaggedon: 12:21pm On Aug 22, 2015
Lol... Sahara reporter want to take proaganda to church

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