As President Muhammadu Buhari travels to  the United States (US) today to engage President Barack Obama  in talks  on  economic, security, financial and anti-graft issues, it has emerged that he has ordered the preparation of the case-file that would lead to the prosecution of the indicted persons  in the $182 million Halliburton bribery scandal.

Sunday Vanguard gathered that the President’s  directive  followed  the requirement by the US government of evidence to show that Buhari was ready to prosecute the suspects  in Nigeria for their roles in the bribery scandal before it  could  partner other European countries in releasing the $141million dollars allegedly looted from Nigeria  and lodged  in various overseas  banks.

According to top security sources, Buhari, based on the outcome of investigations by  the panel set up to look into the scandal, is scheduled to tell  Americans officials during this week’s visit that all those indicted, including former Heads of State, a former Vice President, two former Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, will face prosecution to defend themselves.

To further convince the US officials  that the kangaroo trial that took place during the Jonathan administration, which saw a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to the President being  arraigned and then let off the hook following alleged connivance of certain government institutions, will not re-occur, the President will tell them that private legal practitioners, who cannot compromise because of past government patronage, will be commissioned to handle the case.

It will be recalled that the recent directive by Buhari to reopen the Halliburton bribery case led to the discovery that the $26.5 million plea bargain money released by the  oil servicing firm as part of efforts to shield the company from prosecution was not in any government account.

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Wow!

The rotten politicians who said Buhari is slow would now wish he was even slower.

Some could not celebrate sallah, some would not even be free to celebrate xmas except the prison service offers a special treat on that day.

PMB is on FIRE

Tanoids Shey una don de pack una load ba...

TANOIDS you can c

Obasanjo!!! PMB is knocking at the door.

Watching.

TANOIDS you can call baba any name but you all just wishing Jonathan took this steps, imagine how many cases had been laying under the carpet for years and you all want us to continue believing all is well Anybody found wanting should be made to face the law.

Not a single soul was probed or tried in GEJ's six years tenure and some deluded humans are still coming here to defend criminals mtcheeew

Come defend una son oooo!! His hands are clean.In fact,his government is the best government in Nigeria. MTN,Power,Corruption-free,Railway, Infrastructure, Security etc.

StOla:
Wow!

The rotten politicians who said Buhari is slow would now wish he was even slower.

Some could not celebrate sallah, some would not even be free to celebrate xmas except the prison service offers a special treat on that day.

Wow! I love the bolded statement .

A new Sheriff is in town. Now this country has a president.

Baba go steady steadily unravelling his anti corruption crusade. The change we voted for is gradually taking shape.

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I don't believe that Gen Abubakar will ever be prosecuted.

French newspaper, Le Monde and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) have released more details on the $182 million Halliburton bribery scandal in Nigeria that indicted several top government official.

Those whose names have being mentioned that received bribes includes former military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, his then chief of staff, Major-General Chris Garba (rtd), his wife, Rita, and Andrew Agom, a senior government official who is late.

The bribe was reportedly given to the officials by a Britisha lawyer, Jeffrey Tesler,who served as the middle man between Halliburton and Nigerian officials who were responsible for approving the $6 billion contract for the Nigerian

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