President Buhari has decided to look into the Halliburton scandal and hopefully recoup the stolen funds and prosecute those found guilty. With the pressure from Western powers, especially the United States of America, his reputation as a genuine anti-corruption crusader has been pegged on how far he can go with bringing closure to the case.

This was revealed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu who hinted that the French President, Francois Hollande had told his Nigerian counterpart, to bring along his wish list, particularly in the area of his anti-corruption fight, adding that his meeting with Hollande would also involve strengthening cooperation in other areas such as the fight against terrorism, job creation, cultural integration and investment cooperation.

“We need them to assist us in recovering stolen funds. France is a key player in Europe, their support in these areas are vital”

“Hollande was the first foreign President to invite Buhari for a state visit shortly after he won the presidential election last march”.

Expressing satisfaction with the relationship already established in the area of security, Shehu added that part of Buhari’s itinerary would also include smoothing out security relationships with French speaking countries along the Lake Chad Basin.

“There are challenges with security in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. Most of the countries surrounding us are French speaking and are also affected by the crisis. This is why we are seeking the assistance of France. We are seeking their support in the war against terrorism in the N/East.

The 1994 Haliburton bribery scandal had indicted top Military brass including former Heads of State, and a former Vice-President of Nigeria. It was reported that they collected billions of US dollars as bribes for the award of the Bonny Natural Gas Project in 1994.

The former US Vice President Dick Cheney who used his company, Haliburton for the illegal deal was indicted by Nigeria in 2010. Reports indicated that up to 15 top Nigeria officials have been implicated in the scandal, and only Dan Etete has been convicted in France for money laundering, an indication of France’s determination to convict those implicated in the scandal.

The Halliburton scandal did not only damage the corporate image of Nigeria as an entity, it deflated the pride of ordinary, honest, hardworking Nigerians across the world. See full list of Nigeria leaders involved in the scandal: http://www.post-nigeria.com/halliburton-buhari-takes-looters-list-to-france/

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hope when he gets there he wont call French president hollandia yoghurt >:[/s]

Ghen ghen

He took the same list to America and nothing came of it. Buhari only wants to divert attention from his "jollyvanting" trip to France.


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lets hope he doesn't come up with gaffes in France like he did in America and Germany. Am sure his grasp of French is probably better than his understanding of the English language.
It's going to be interesting when they hand him the microphone, can't wait.

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Takes list to France Nobi the French give us the list

The fight against corruption is almost synonymous to ''a fight against 50% Nigerians'' that's why you see even some people on social media who are supposed to be educated a bit, castigating the president whenever corruption is mentioned when a 100% support is what he needs.

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Good news ooooooooooo


Obj in trouble front page Tribune


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France Now that's a good call, way better than USA

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hope when he gets there he wont call French president hollandia yoghurt >:[/s]

he might do that alright, but he'd still be much more important and famous and respected than your father and entire generation.

This govt has been making a lot of noise with no action to back this up. Same way they claimed to have returned with a list from USA. Let them open up this list if they are really serious about this anti-corruption thing.