[size=14pt]Halliburton scandal: EFCC corruption charges baseless, says Cheney’s lawyer[/size]
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Former US VP, Cheney

LAWYER to former US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has described the alleged corruption charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as "entirely baseless."

Terrence O’Donnell, in a report by AFP on Friday, was emphatic in his dismissal of any suggestion that the former US vice president was involved in a bribery scandal in Nigeria.

According to a statement by the attorney, "any suggestion of misconduct on his part (Cheney), made now, years later, is entirely baseless."

O’Donnell made it clear that US authorities had investigated the joint venture at the core of the charges and never found him wanting at any time.

"The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated that joint venture extensively and found no suggestion of any impropriety by Dick Cheney in his role of CEO of Halliburton," he said.

His comments came after EFCC’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed plans to file charges as early as next week against the former vice president over the bribery scandal connected to the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in southern Nigeria.

Even though he did not give much details, Babafemi said "they are not unconnected to his role as the chief executive of Halliburton."

A prosecutor in the case said joint charges would be filed at the country’s high court in Abuja against Cheney, along with the former and current leadership of the energy giant and others.

Officials from the consortium of companies involved in the LNG plant would also be included in the charges to be "placed before the court, latest by Tuesday, next week," said Godwin Obla.

@Cheney would face conspiracy charges and a Nigerian judge would be asked to issue an arrest warrant for him, which would be transmitted to INTERPOL,’’ said Obla.

"As the CEO of Halliburton, he has the responsibility for acts that occurred during that period," Obla told AFP.

Companies in the TSKJ consortium involved in the plant included France’s Technip, Snamprogetti (formerly a subsidiary of a company owned by Italy’s Eni), Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), and Japan’s JGC.

KBR is a former subsidiary of Halliburton, where Cheney served as CEO before becoming vice president under George W. Bush, following elections in 2000.

The LNG case involves an alleged 182-million-dollar cash-for-contract scandal over 10 years until 2005. It’s about the construction of the LNG plant in southern Nigeria. Halliburton has denied involvement in the allegations.

US authorities said last year that Halliburton and KBR had agreed to pay 177 million dollars to settle charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States.

KBR agreed to pay a further 402 million dollars to settle criminal charges brought by the US Justice Department.

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Atiku. . .

Faeb:

Atiku. . .

Beaf your desperation is getting ugly. So Atiku put the word into Cheney's lawers mouth. This is how you keep campaigning for GEJ, that I start thinking if the opposition is paying you to keep humiliating your uncle (GEJ).

Am happy you guys did not prepare for Atiku - so playing the IBB card on Atiku looks very foolish.

^
Why the pain that I said Atiku? Do you know if I was campaigning for him?

Faeb:

^
Why the pain that I said Atiku? Do you know if I was campaigning for him?

So are you campaigning for Atiku? _{(Tip: Yes or No)}

the lawyer is even going too far. efcc is baseless. pdp is baseless and jonathan is baseless.
efcc that cannot take care of nigerian corruption madness will be looking towards cleaning a very clean america.
shame to these attention seeking pieces of shits.
maybe D. Cheney is responsible for the darkness in nigeria.
is these idiots taking us for fools. why are they always out to distract our attentions?
$16b eletricity contract, N300B road contract who is responsible? maybe D. Cheney.

egift:

So are you campaigning for Atiku? _{(Tip: Yes or No)}

Yes of course!

Faeb:

^
Why the pain that I said Atiku? Do you know if I was campaigning for him?

So you do have multiple identity here?
That is another angle to corruption. Corruption is not all about Naira and kobo but attitude, behaviour and conduct in one's life.

efcc that cannot take care of nigerian corruption madness will be looking towards cleaning a very clean america.

seriously?

That is another angle to corruption. Corruption is not all about Naira and kobo but attitude, behaviour and conduct in one's life

Lmao

Eziachi:

So you do have multiple identity here?

And EFCC will not see him

Eziachi:

That is another angle to corruption.

Hahahahaah

The EFCC is a pure joke!!!!!!!!!!

Eziachi:

So you do have multiple identity here?
That is another angle to corruption. Corruption is not all about Naira and kobo but attitude, behaviour and conduct in one's life.

The fellow called Beaf has no shame at all. I have been monitoring his post. What a classless character. he is a low life.

@Beaf,
what a shame ppl can c thru yor ranthology.

Everyone is corrupt, yes even u. It depends on the level of ur corruptness.

If the EFCC manages to nab Cheney, my respect for them will rise 1000-fold.

This isn't a goat or chicken they are hunting; this is a rhino!

Nsiman:

Everyone is corrupt, yes even u. It depends on the level of your corruptness.

You mean just the way you tell us President Jonathan is corrupt but we should support him because he is lesser evil

DapoBear:

If the EFCC manages to nab Cheney, my respect for them will rise 1000-fold.

This isn't a goat or chicken they are hunting; this is a rhino!

Na fake "gra-gra". If they try it (including making noise about it) - US Marines will sweep across Nigeria (air, land and sea).

For your info: Republicans controls Senate - the GOP will shout hell.

DapoBear:

If the EFCC manages to nab Cheney, my respect for them will rise 1000-fold.

This isn't a goat or chicken they are hunting; this is a rhino!

tell them o!

How can the EFCC arrest Cheney’s?? That is not possible. Dont you see face, are you not afraid of Cheney’s. You are not even scared to even talk about arresting D. Cheney’s??

Leave Cheney’s alone man? fix your own problem.

you better dont piss off Cheney’s

Rhino?! Tricky Di*cky is a frigging Woolly Mammoth.Nigeria better slow its roll Before someone at the Pentagon suddenly "discovers" that Nigeria is the main supplier of Uranium to Rogue states, including, N.Korea and Iran!

Another attempt at international humiliation . . . Why, Oh, Why?

jaygetta:

Rhino?! Tricky Di*cky is a frigging Woolly Mammoth.Nigeria better slow its roll Before someone at the Pentagon[b] suddenly "discovers" that Nigeria is the main supplier of Uranium to Rogue states, including, N.Korea and Iran![/b]

lmao!

jaygetta:

Rhino?! Tricky Di*cky is a frigging Woolly Mammoth.Nigeria better slow its roll Before someone at the Pentagon suddenly "discovers" that Nigeria is the main supplier of Uranium to Rogue states, including, N.Korea and Iran!

Na, they won't "discover" anything we don't already know; but with any luck, they will "discover" our Atiku!
. . .Two countries, both with the others ex-VP wanted locally?! Damn! In a VP for VP battle, Cheney vs Atiku, guess who the winner will be?

I de laugh o!

Former U.S. Vice President, Dick Cheney, is scheduled to be charged for issuing $180,000,000 in bribe money to Nigerian officials, during his time at Halliburton. Well, that ought to give him another heart attack.

Nigeria’s anti-corruption unit EFCC (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) has stated it is going forward with the charges. Considering the wars in the Middle East have largely been fought for the benefit of Halliburton (oil and rebuilding contracts), Cheney deserves to be charged for his global misconduct on their behalf and as a scheming shareholder.

http://www.judiciaryreport.com/dick_cheney_to_be_charged_for_180_in_nigerian_bribes.htm

Atiku!

Faeb:

Na, they won't "discover" anything we don't already know; but with any luck, they will "discover" our Atiku!
. . .Two countries, both with the others ex-VP wanted locally?! Damn! In a VP for VP battle, Cheney vs Atiku, guess who the winner will be?

I de laugh o!

I must say this EFCC is tying to be way too over-ambitious,we not talkin about a past VP of Niger Rep for God's sake,We talking about a past VP of the world superpower.I think even if hes goin to be charged,certainly not by a corrupt,failed,underdeveloped,4th world country like Nigeria. The US know wat goes on in Naija,so they'd see this as an insult for a country dat can't even satisfactorily prosecute a common commissioner,an agency dat has a million + 1 corrupt cases to attend to, to try to take on their VP.
Ok,lets assume by some miracle the US allow this EFCC take on their VP, the FG will be the greatest hypocrites on the face of the earth to charge only the giver without charging the takers. GEJ is trying to open pandora's box,and he'd be d most myopic fool not to know that he'll implicate his boss and the other looter,but sha that wud b a very gud idea at all.
I wonder wat kind of politics this desperado is trying to play.



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