By Saharareporters, New York
It has been revealed that Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, sought and received import waivers that she then turned over to Coscharis Motors, a private car dealer, to import 200 BMW cars in 2012.

Figures released by Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance budget office show that Mrs. Jonathan secured the import waivers in the name of her pet project, African First Ladies Peace Mission. The ministry just released a list of beneficiaries of import waivers for 2012.

Other prominent beneficiaries include the Lagos State government which got waivers for the importation of 200 BMWs, Fords, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Lexus, Mercedes, and Jaguar for the 18th National Sports Festival. Part of the waivers granted to the Lagos State government was fraudulently used by Coscharis Motors to import two BMW armored cars for Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah.

Whereas the Ministry of Finance outlined the reasons for giving out waivers to the Lagos State government, it just stated that the waivers granted to the First Lady’s NGO were for the importation of “units of assorted brands of BMW” cars.

A source in Abuja told SaharaReporters tonight that the latest revelation of Mrs. Jonathan’s significant profiting from import waivers is one of the reasons President Goodluck Jonathan has not been able to fire Ms. Oduah after SaharaReporters revealed that she compelled one of the cash-strapped agencies under her control to take out a high-interest, bogus loan to purchase two BMW armored cars for her use.

The same source stated that Mrs. Jonathan’s own waivers, which cost Nigeria a whopping half a billion naira, likely involved fraudulent conversions and misuse. “The First Lady would have earned a huge amount from Coscharis Motors after she transferred the waivers to them,” the source said.

During a House of Reps hearing on the Aviation Minister’s BMW scam, Cosmas M. Maduka, the President and Chairman of Coscharis Group, told bewildered legislators that the fraudulent diversion of waivers was nothing new.

In August 2012, Mrs. Jonathan had hosted a so-called summit of African First Ladies. At the time, media reports disclosed that the Federal Government had bought 200 cars for the summit. However, Mr. Jonathan’s special assistant on the media, Reuben Abati, denied the reports, claiming that Coscharis Motors had donated the cars to the summit at no cost to the government or the First Lady.

The revelations in the waiver document released by the Finance Ministry indicate that Mr. Abati’s assertion was false and misleading.

The list of waiver beneficiaries shows that Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom got an import waiver to import a private jet. The documents released today by the Ministry of Finance reveal that over N54 billion in import waivers was granted to NGOs, individuals, corporations, state as well as federal governments in 2012. Critics have charged that the issuance of import waivers should be streamlined and transparent to avoid abuses and fraud as well as significant loss of revenues to the government.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/fresh-bmw-scandal-patience-jonathan-got-import-waivers-coscharis-motors-import-200-bmws-20

What a country!

This is like, I get you a waver but load my bank account with some dough. SMH!

the looting bonanza continue

Unbelievable

Why did it take you a year to post this? Has GEJ woken you up from your dream.

Ehen, and so?

Hot air... Shey they showed the documents of ministry of Aviation , how about them publish the list of waivers. This is HOT AIR, nothing else.. Nansense..

Jonathan is running the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria, and yet he still wants to come back and destroy the leftover in 2015.

corruptions everywhere you go.
Only God knows how the coming generations would survive.

Co-charis donated 200 cars free of charge.... Abi?

Abati, please look for another lie...

Prayer point for dec 31st... Any jonathan in d life of nigeria: holy ghooooost fire!

Other prominent beneficiaries include the Lagos State government which got waivers for the importation of 200 BMWs, Fords, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Lexus, Mercedes, and Jaguar for the 18th National Sports Festival

Okay . . .

Mama Peace

These Sahara Reporters are beginning to seem suspicious.. A background research should be carried out on them and their modus operandi.

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These Sahara Reporters are beginning to seem suspicious.. A background research should be carried out on them and their modus operandi.

Because the reported Mama peace is a rouge, using her husbands position as president to rob nigeria of import duty?

This one will soon fly to front page.

I was about commenting till saw the source.. SAHARAREPORTERS!! We know them.. Its all about 2015

Adindu peter: I was about commenting till saw the source.. SAHARAREPORTERS!! We know them.. Its all about 2015

Why do u people always think with your fingers?biko

Adindu peter: I was about commenting till saw the source.. SAHARAREPORTERS!! We know them.. Its all about 2015

sahara,the same way they exposed Stella or yaruda sickness.

Mama Peace, please try to stay out of the news for some time. You are not doing the supposed 2015 ticket for your husband with your ALL OVER THE PLACE
OVERBEARING ATTITUDE.

I really wonder if the first couple have a functional PR and image laundering team. The fall/success of GEJ will be also determined by his wife and the opposition will dig deep to bring to light all the skeletons in her wardrobe.

Apparently, she has a lot more skeleton than GEJ

If it's from sahahra reporters...i ain't believing....

She has been at it for a long time... same way she was arrested for money laundering years back

God will continue to bless Sahara reporters for exposing our thieves.

ifeanyi83: If it's from sahahra reporters...i ain't believing....

Ba lakaye?

Lagos State government which got waivers for the importation of 200 BMWs, Fords, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Lexus, Mercedes, and Jaguar for the 18th National Sports Festival.

What does sports festival have to do with 200 luxury cars how come none of Fashola boot lickers can answer me. It was not a car show so why those expensive rides?

fagbalex: God will continue to bless Sahara reporters for exposing our thieves.

so now that they are exposed what will you do

biafranqueen:

What does sports festival have to do with 200 luxury cars how come none of Fashola boot lickers can answer me. It was not a car show so why those expensive rides?

You dey mind them, didn't you see my response, "ehen and so"? Corruption everywhere, even those who have claimed to be tried and trusted, men of honor and integrity are also culpable in fraudulent transactions... Abeg, my own is I know Nigeria is on her final leg, whoever is able to chop what's left, abeg distribute the wealth around before Nigeria collapses.

See as dem dey take turn chair to hand bag like magic while stealing everything in sight. SMH