FORMER US Rep. William Jefferson presently standing trial in an Alexandria court for allegedly using his office to promote private bussiness described Nigeria’s former President Atiku Abubakar as ‘corrupt’, in secretly recorded tapes played out in a US court yesterday.

Mr. Jefferson, who served nine terms in the USCongress before he lost his re-election bid last year, faces bribery, money laundering and other charges stemming from a 16-count indictment.

Prosecutors in federal court in Alexandria say Mr. Jefferson took bribes in exchange for promoting telecommunications services and equipment to several West African nations.

The name of Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former President Atiku Abubakar has been named in the scandal over the sum of $100,000 handed over to Jefferson intended for Atiku. It is yet to be be proven that Atiku eventually received the funds

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$100k is quiet a huge amount of money to embezzle in the States and carries a severe punishment. But unfortunately, it is a big joke when it is mentioned in nigeria. It is even a bigger joke when compared to how much Atiku has embezzled from the nigerian treasury.