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N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by biozy(m): 8:27am On Apr 15, 2010 |
EIGHTY PERSONS, foreigners and Nigerians, the living and the dead, among them four former Heads of State and two of their wives, as well as former Governors and Ministers – indeed the top echelons of the country’s political and military establishments, including technocrats – have been indicted by the United States law enforcement officials over the N27 billion Halliburton bribery scandal. Among the foreigners are Jack Chagoury, Gilbert Chagoury, and T.W. Oerlemans, an Australian; but they are rather small fish compared with indicted former Nigerian Heads of State Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Ernest Shonekan, and Abdulsalami Abubakar. Maryam, the late wife of Babangida; Mariam, the wife of the late Abacha, and his son, the late Ibrahim, are included; likewise Mike Akhigbe, the second in command in the Abdulsalami junta; former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu; and former military Governors of Rivers State, Anthony Ukpo and Samuel Ewang. Also among the dead are Abdulkadir Ahmed, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor; and renowned economist, Pius Okigbo, who headed the probe panel on the Gulf Crude Oil Excess sales set up by the CBN in 1994. But among those alive are former Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman, and newly re-appointed National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau. (See full list). According to the report of the investigators, the 80 persons received part of the N27 billion bribe facilitated by foreign contractors for Halliburton to get the contract to build the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, Africa’s first, in Bonny, Rivers State. The scandal dates back to 1994 when some foreign companies put up bids for the construction of the plant that was to cost $6 billion. To win the contract, a joint venture company, named TSKJ, was set up – comprising equal holdings between some companies, Technip (French), Sanmprogetti (Italian), KBR (U.S.), and part of the Halliburton group and Japanese engineering and construction company, JGC. The investigators said the consortium bribed political leaders and top government functionaries through Tri-Star Investment Limited and Marubeni Inc. They also recruited British lawyer, Jeffery Tesler, to co-ordinate the affairs of Tri-Star, as well as Wojciech Chodan, an American, to co-ordinate the affairs of Marubeni. TSKJ mandated Tri-Star to solely take charge of bribing Nigerian officials at senior level, Marubeni was restricted to bribing junior level officials. Tesler disclosed in a court deposition that TSKJ mandated both companies to bribe the officials. As part of the investigation, the Swiss Justice Department followed the steps of the Police Judiciare of France, which in 2003, started an investigation that revealed fraudulent Halliburton payments to Tesler. In the U.S., KBR and Halliburton have admitted to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by engaging in a decade-long bribing scheme to secure contracts in Nigeria. Both agreed to pay a combined fine of $579 million to settle criminal and civil charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice. Those Indicted 1. Ibrahim Babangida 2. Maryam Babangida 3 Ernest Shonekan 4. Abubakar Abdulsalami 5. M. D. Yusufu 6. T.W. Oerlemans 7. Pius Okigbo 8. Aminu Saleh 9. Don Etiebet 10. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau 11. Edmund Daukoru 12. Victoria Ihonde 13. Toyin Olakunrin 14. Gilbert Temisan Grant 15. Gabriel Abolade Soyoye 16. Patrick Dele-Cole 17. E. Ihetu 18. Onya (NNPC personnel) 19. Sani Abacha 20. Joshua Dogonyaro 21. John Shagaya 22. U. J. Itsueli 23. Ombu Isokariari 24. G.O. Ejiga 25. Babagana Kingibe 26. Hakeem Bello-Osagie 27. J.O. Maduka 28. Sena Anthony 29. Dalhatu A. Bayero 30. Ogenyi (NNPC official) 31. I. Dapchi 32. M.A. Olorunfemi 33. Wilfred C. Eze 34. Umar Baba 35. Orji Kalu 36. Jeremiah Useni 37. Abba Gana 38. Ibrahim Abacha 39. Oladipo Diya 40. Chamberlain O. Oyibo 41. Judith Attah 42. Abdulkadir Ahmed 43. Anthony Ani 44. O.O. Okwara 45. Philip Asiodu 46. Endo (Marubeni Nigeria) 47. Hamman Tukur 48. S.J. Ollerearnshaw 49. Dan Etete 50. B. Soyode 51. Akin Ogunleye 52. Tom Ikimi 53. Gidado Idris 54. Sola Alabi 55. Ismaila Gwarzo 56. Mariam Abacha 57. Halilu Akilu 58. Abdullahi Mohammed 59. Hamza El-Mustapha 60. Ibrahim Aliyu 61. Edmund Ayoola 62. Anthony Ukpo 63. Samuel Ewang 64. Ismaila Usman 65. Tunde Soleye 66. Christ Akerele 67. Umaru Shinkafi 68. Philip Chukwu 69. Bunu Sherrif Musa 70. Rilwan Lukman 71. Aret Adams 72. Mike Akhigbe 73. Faruk Iya 74. Hassan Adamu 75. Prince Nzekwe 76. Gen. Adeyosun 77. Jasper Jumbo 78. Jack Chagoury 79. Gilbert Chagoury 80. Mohammed Atiku 15th April 2010 daily independent |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by Godslover: 10:48am On Apr 15, 2010 |
pius okigbo too, damn, my hands are up , i surrender |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by soulamanne(m): 11:47am On Apr 15, 2010 |
these are the regulars, i can bet nothing as in nada will happen to them |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by Beaf: 12:13pm On Apr 15, 2010 |
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the current National Security Adviser is on the list! These are indictments, but the brand new Attorney General (Adoke) has already promised that nobody would be too big to be brought to book over the Harliburton scandal. We shall see. |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by AjanleKoko: 12:21pm On Apr 15, 2010 |
Federal Republic of Choppers All the great men are in there. And we're saying the country is not moving forward. How, now? |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by ono(m): 9:34pm On Sep 07, 2012 |
Beaf: Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the current National Security Adviser is on the list! My brother Beaf, we're still waiting o! Nothing has been done to bring the folks in that list to book. Rather, some of them are even bidding for DISCOs in PHCN. |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by ZeusI: 1:45am On Sep 08, 2012 |
Hand of justice is short in their case. NEXT! |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by babaagba1000: 3:02pm On Feb 12, 2015 |
biozy: good to know |
Re: N27b Halliburton Scam: Ibb, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 Others Indicted by Westernlove: 5:57pm On Nov 23, 2019 |
ono: Una go wait tire lol
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