Hi All, i just got the email below. Could this be true?




                                                                         World Bank releases list of Nigerian looters

Fellow Nigerians,

Find bellow the reasons why Nigeria is in the situation it is in, Lacks all infrastructures. Pass this on to the people you know. This need not be let to rest. These men are selfish and for all I care they were trusted by all Nigerians to lead us rather they robbed us blind.

See Nigeria o o o.

                                                                                     LOOTED MONEY DISCOVERED IN FOREIGN BANKS

NAMES OF DEPOSITORS                    LONDON                                 SWISS($)                           USA ($)                                 GERMANY (D)
   


GEN IBRAHIM BABANGIDA                 6.25bn                                    7.41bn                               2.00bn                                  9.00bn
   
   

GEN ABUBAKAR                                 1.31bn                                    2.33bn                               800M
   
   

REAR ADMIRAL MIKE AKHIGBE          1.24bn                                    2.42bn                               671M                                          1bn
   
   

GEN JERRY USENI                             3.04bn                                    2.01bn                              1.01bn                                         900M           
           


ALH ISMAILA GWARZO                     1.03bn                                   2.00bn                                 1.3bn                                          700M
   

   
ALH UMARU DIKKO                            4.5bn                                   1.4bn                                   700M                                          345M
   
   

PAUL OGWUMA                                 300M                                    1.42bn                                 200M                                          500M                           
   


GEN SANI ABACHA                            9.01bn                                 4.09bn                                  800M                                         3.01M



MOHAMMED ABACHA                        300M                                      1.2bn                                   150M                                          535M
   


ABDULKADIR ABACHA                      700M                                     1.21bn                                900M                                          471M               

   
ALHAJI WADA NAS                           600M                                     1.32bn                                                                                   300M
   

TOM IKIMI                                       400M                                      1.39bn                               152M                                           371M


DAN ETETE                                      1.12bn                                   1.03bn                                400M                                           1.72bn

   

DON ETIBET                                    2.5bn                                    1.06bn                                 700M                                            361M
   
   

MAJ AL MUSTAPHA                          600M                                     1.001bn                                                                                   210M
   
   

ANTHONY ANI                                 2.9bn                                     1.09bn                                 360M                                           1.66bn
   


BASHIR DALHATU                           2.3bn                                      1.001bn                               161M                                           1.43bn
   


GEN WUSHISHI                              700M                                       1.301bn


   
ALH HASSAN ADAMU                      300M                                        200M                                   700M
   
   

T Y DANJUMA                                  300M                                        200M                                   700M
   
   

GEN ISHAYA BAMAYI                      120M                                         800M
   
                                                                           
                                                                                    SOURCE: WORLD BANK TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA

For the purpose of fairness, i just got this other info from a different online source. Read both and make your own deductions:



World Bank Distances itself from list of Nigerian Looters

http://www.africananews.com/cover/200511/world_bank_distances_itself_from.htm

LAOLU AKANDE NEW YORK

A list containing the names of 21 former Nigerian officials and military officers with alleged sums of looted money in foreign banks have been disowned by officials of the World Bank in Washington D.C.

For about a month now the list which mentions varying amounts of money the Nigerians have stashed away in several currencies including US dollars, British pounds, German Marks and Swiss Franc have circulated in diplomatic circles, among international financial operatives and several email lists on the internet.

According to the list, World Bank is listed as the source with a reference mentioned in Financial Times of London June 24, 1999. On the list, it was noted that the World Bank passed on this list to President Obasanjo.

Earlier this year, Obasanjo was reported, (at the time Nigeria was inching close to a deal with its creditors on the debt relief deal) as saying he had been asked about Nigerian funds stashed abroad by former officials and also given such a list and there was no official denial of this from the Nigerian government.

According to a popular international website on debt issues, Odious Debts Online, as reported on July 27, 2005, "in exchange for partial debt relief, the Paris Club of creditor nations have handed Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo a list of well-placed Nigerians to go after and prosecute for allegedly stealing and stashing public funds in overseas bank accounts."

The website, well read in western capitals said "according to various reports, President Obasanjo confirmed the list publicly after he was pressured by a delegation from the state of Kwara to reveal the conditions of the Paris Club debt relief deal."

Similarly, usually reliable sources said the World Bank had first passed such a list to Obasanjo several years back, and went ahead to leak it to the Financial Times when the Nigerian president refused to take any action on the list except regarding the Late General Sani Abacha. In the case of Abacha, President Obasanjo took steps to pursue the information made available to the Nigerian government. But in the case of others especially General Ibrahim Babangida, Obasanjo simply ignored the information.

A UN funds recovery expert Jack Blum based in Washington DC had disclosed to this reporter in the past that he met with Obasanjo on the recovery of the funds in the earlier days of the administration, but Obasanjo showed interest only in pursuing the Abacha loot and showed no interest in the alleged IBB loot which was more than Abacha's, according to Blum and the list now widely in circulation.

On the list Abacha was listed as stashing abroad 9.1 billion British pounds, 4.09 billion Swiss Francs, $200m US dollars and 500 million German Marks. The list puts Babangida's loot at 6.2 billion pounds, 7.41 billion Swiss Franc, 2 billion US dollars and 9 billion DeutscheMarks.

Indeed recently, the World Bank entered into an agreement with the Swiss government to ensure a sum of $290 million recovered from the Abacha loot is spent by Nigeria on poverty reduction programme.

This reporter spoke with several World Bank and International Finance Corporation, IFC, officials in the last few weeks, and the official line remains a straight denial of the list.

John Donaldson, a senior communication officer at the World bank said the World Bank is not a policing institution and if it has any information it would pass it to the appropriate authorities. His colleague Herbert Boh, a communication officer at the World Bank, point blank disassociated the World Bank from such a list. Said he :"The World Bank is not in possession of any such list and did not send any such list out to President Obasanjo or to any media outlet."

Asked whether the World Bank can retain or have access to such information, Boh said the "World Bank does not have such information."

But he conceded that the World bank has received "numerous other requests on this list, " but categorically denied that such a list is from the World Bank and "is NOT connected to the World Bank." (emphasis his) Speaking with the International Finance Corporation, the World bank agency that deals with the private sector, Corrie Shanahan, IFC's spokesperson also stated that the the IFC does not maintain such a list.

But Shanahan however added that "as part of our due diligence with regard to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML-CFT), we subscribe to a number of commercial list services," suggestting that the IFC may indeed have access to such information as contained in the list.

Shanahan also noted that basically such information contained in the list were bank secrets. Observers say that may explain why the World bank and its agency are trying hard to distance themselves from the list.

This reporter also conducted a web search on the archives of the Financial Times, since the list mentioned a reference to that paper's edition of June 24, 1999. But a preliminary search did not turn up any useful information although a search of the actual print edition was not immediately possible.

Other Nigerian former officials whose names featured on the list are Generals Ibrahim Babangida, whose name was listed first, Abdusalami Abubakar, Mike Akhigbe, Jerry Useni, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo, Umaru Dikko, Paul Ogwuma, Mohammed Abacha, Abdulkadir Abacha, Wada Nas, Tom Ikimi, Dan Etete, Don Etiebet, Major Al Mustapha, Anthony Ani, Bashir Dalhatu, General Wushishi, Hassan Adamu, T.Y. Danjuma and General Ishaya Bamaiyi in that order.

emporium:

Hi All, i just got the email below. Could this be true?




                                                                         World Bank releases list of Nigerian looters

Fellow Nigerians,

Find bellow the reasons why Nigeria is in the situation it is in, Lacks all infrastructures. Pass this on to the people you know. This need not be let to rest. These men are selfish and for all I care they were trusted by all Nigerians to lead us rather they robbed us blind.

See Nigeria o o o.

                                                                                     LOOTED MONEY DISCOVERED IN FOREIGN BANKS

NAMES OF DEPOSITORS                    LONDON                                 SWISS($)                           USA ($)                                 GERMANY (D)
   


GEN IBRAHIM BABANGIDA                 6.25bn                                    7.41bn                               2.00bn                                  9.00bn
   
   

GEN ABUBAKAR                                 1.31bn                                    2.33bn                               800M
   
   

REAR ADMIRAL MIKE AKHIGBE          1.24bn                                    2.42bn                               671M                                          1bn
   
   

GEN JERRY USENI                             3.04bn                                    2.01bn                              1.01bn                                         900M           
           


ALH ISMAILA GWARZO                     1.03bn                                   2.00bn                                 1.3bn                                          700M
   

   
ALH UMARU DIKKO                            4.5bn                                   1.4bn                                   700M                                          345M
   
   

PAUL OGWUMA                                 300M                                    1.42bn                                 200M                                          500M                           
   


GEN SANI ABACHA                            9.01bn                                 4.09bn                                  800M                                         3.01M



MOHAMMED ABACHA                        300M                                      1.2bn                                   150M                                          535M
   


ABDULKADIR ABACHA                      700M                                     1.21bn                                900M                                          471M               

   
ALHAJI WADA NAS                           600M                                     1.32bn                                                                                   300M
   

TOM IKIMI                                       400M                                      1.39bn                               152M                                           371M


DAN ETETE                                      1.12bn                                   1.03bn                                400M                                           1.72bn

   

DON ETIBET                                    2.5bn                                    1.06bn                                 700M                                            361M
   
   

MAJ AL MUSTAPHA                          600M                                     1.001bn                                                                                   210M
   
   

ANTHONY ANI                                 2.9bn                                     1.09bn                                 360M                                           1.66bn
   


BASHIR DALHATU                           2.3bn                                      1.001bn                               161M                                           1.43bn
   


GEN WUSHISHI                              700M                                       1.301bn


   
ALH HASSAN ADAMU                      300M                                        200M                                   700M
   
   

T Y DANJUMA                                  300M                                        200M                                   700M
   
   

GEN ISHAYA BAMAYI                      120M                                         800M
   
                                                                           
                                                                                    SOURCE: WORLD BANK TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA   

emporium:

For the purpose of fairness, i just got this other info from a different online source. Read both and make your own deductions:



World Bank Distances itself from list of Nigerian Looters

http://www.africananews.com/cover/200511/world_bank_distances_itself_from.htm

LAOLU AKANDE NEW YORK

A list containing the names of 21 former Nigerian officials and military officers with alleged sums of looted money in foreign banks have been disowned by officials of the World Bank in Washington D.C.

For about a month now the list which mentions varying amounts of money the Nigerians have stashed away in several currencies including US dollars, British pounds, German Marks and Swiss Franc have circulated in diplomatic circles, among international financial operatives and several email lists on the internet.

According to the list, World Bank is listed as the source with a reference mentioned in Financial Times of London June 24, 1999. On the list, it was noted that the World Bank passed on this list to President Obasanjo.

Earlier this year, Obasanjo was reported, (at the time Nigeria was inching close to a deal with its creditors on the debt relief deal) as saying he had been asked about Nigerian funds stashed abroad by former officials and also given such a list and there was no official denial of this from the Nigerian government.

According to a popular international website on debt issues, Odious Debts Online, as reported on July 27, 2005, "in exchange for partial debt relief, the Paris Club of creditor nations have handed Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo a list of well-placed Nigerians to go after and prosecute for allegedly stealing and stashing public funds in overseas bank accounts."

The website, well read in western capitals said "according to various reports, President Obasanjo confirmed the list publicly after he was pressured by a delegation from the state of Kwara to reveal the conditions of the Paris Club debt relief deal."

Similarly, usually reliable sources said the World Bank had first passed such a list to Obasanjo several years back, and went ahead to leak it to the Financial Times when the Nigerian president refused to take any action on the list except regarding the Late General Sani Abacha. In the case of Abacha, President Obasanjo took steps to pursue the information made available to the Nigerian government. But in the case of others especially General Ibrahim Babangida, Obasanjo simply ignored the information.

A UN funds recovery expert Jack Blum based in Washington DC had disclosed to this reporter in the past that he met with Obasanjo on the recovery of the funds in the earlier days of the administration, but Obasanjo showed interest only in pursuing the Abacha loot and showed no interest in the alleged IBB loot which was more than Abacha's, according to Blum and the list now widely in circulation.

On the list Abacha was listed as stashing abroad 9.1 billion British pounds, 4.09 billion Swiss Francs, $200m US dollars and 500 million German Marks. The list puts Babangida's loot at 6.2 billion pounds, 7.41 billion Swiss Franc, 2 billion US dollars and 9 billion DeutscheMarks.

Indeed recently, the World Bank entered into an agreement with the Swiss government to ensure a sum of $290 million recovered from the Abacha loot is spent by Nigeria on poverty reduction programme.

This reporter spoke with several World Bank and International Finance Corporation, IFC, officials in the last few weeks, and the official line remains a straight denial of the list.

John Donaldson, a senior communication officer at the World bank said the World Bank is not a policing institution and if it has any information it would pass it to the appropriate authorities. His colleague Herbert Boh, a communication officer at the World Bank, point blank disassociated the World Bank from such a list. Said he :"The World Bank is not in possession of any such list and did not send any such list out to President Obasanjo or to any media outlet."

Asked whether the World Bank can retain or have access to such information, Boh said the "World Bank does not have such information."

But he conceded that the World bank has received "numerous other requests on this list, " but categorically denied that such a list is from the World Bank and "is NOT connected to the World Bank." (emphasis his) Speaking with the International Finance Corporation, the World bank agency that deals with the private sector, Corrie Shanahan, IFC's spokesperson also stated that the the IFC does not maintain such a list.

But Shanahan however added that "as part of our due diligence with regard to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML-CFT), we subscribe to a number of commercial list services," suggestting that the IFC may indeed have access to such information as contained in the list.

Shanahan also noted that basically such information contained in the list were bank secrets. Observers say that may explain why the World bank and its agency are trying hard to distance themselves from the list.

This reporter also conducted a web search on the archives of the Financial Times, since the list mentioned a reference to that paper's edition of June 24, 1999. But a preliminary search did not turn up any useful information although a search of the actual print edition was not immediately possible.

Other Nigerian former officials whose names featured on the list are Generals Ibrahim Babangida, whose name was listed first, Abdusalami Abubakar, Mike Akhigbe, Jerry Useni, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo, Umaru Dikko, Paul Ogwuma, Mohammed Abacha, Abdulkadir Abacha, Wada Nas, Tom Ikimi, Dan Etete, Don Etiebet, Major Al Mustapha, Anthony Ani, Bashir Dalhatu, General Wushishi, Hassan Adamu, T.Y. Danjuma and General Ishaya Bamaiyi in that order.

you didnt check the link is not working. how did LAOLU AKANDE ger ton speak for UN?