Former Nigerian Maximum Ruler,
Abacha, Handed Millions To
Anglican Church Leaders,
Exclusive Documents Reveal



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.




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