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The FBI affidavit, which was dated Aug. 2, and other documents were made public over the objections of Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who is the target of a wide-ranging corruption investigation. He has denied wrongdoing and has said the information in the court papers would unfairly damage his reputation.

In the affidavitan FBI agent, Edward Cooper, said cellphone records suggested that Jefferson visited a home owned by Abubakar and his wife in Potomac, Maryland, an affluent suburb of Washington, around midnight last July 31 with the intention of delivering money to the Nigerian leader while he was on a visit to the United States. The next day, the FBI said, Jefferson told a confidential informant that he had delivered "African art," which the agent described as code for a cash payment, and that Abubakar "was very pleased."

Nigerian link led to FBI raid in corruption case - Americas - International Herald Tribune
By PHILIP SHENONJUNE 7, 2006

WASHINGTON — The FBI raided the Maryland home of the vice president of Nigeria last summer in search of bribe money that the bureau believed had been paid to him by Representative William Jefferson, according to court documents.

The documents released Tuesday included an affidavit signed by an FBI agent who said that the Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar, now a candidate for president of that oil-rich West African country, asked for at least half of the profits of a technology company controlled by Jefferson that was seeking to do business in Nigeria.

About the same time last year, the documents said, Jefferson told colleagues of his plans to bribe Nigerian officials, including Abubakar, in exchange for their help in winning business in Nigeria, and that Abubakar would be paid as much as $500,000 in cash.

The FBI affidavit, which was dated Aug. 2, and other documents were made public over the objections of Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who is the target of a wide-ranging corruption investigation. He has denied wrongdoing and has said the information in the court papers would unfairly damage his reputation.

In the affidavit, an FBI agent, Edward Cooper, said cellphone records suggested that Jefferson visited a home owned by Abubakar and his wife in Potomac, Maryland, an affluent suburb of Washington, around midnight last July 31 with the intention of delivering money to the Nigerian leader while he was on a visit to the United States. The next day, the FBI said, Jefferson told a confidential informant that he had delivered "African art," which the agent described as code for a cash payment, and that Abubakar "was very pleased."


A separate search of Jefferson's home in Washington in August turned up $90,000 in cash that, FBI documents suggest, had been intended for the Nigerian leader. An FBI affidavit stated that the money had been hidden by Jefferson in his home freezer.

The Nigerian Embassy in Washington had no comment Tuesday on the disclosures in the court documents about Abubakar, whose name had emerged previously in news reports about the investigation of Jefferson. The Associated Press quoted a spokesman for Abubakar in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, as declining to comment Tuesday "until we have seen these reports or allegations." Jefferson's congressional office referred questions to his lawyer, who has not returned repeated phone calls seeking comment.

Bush administration officials have been reluctant to speculate publicly about the effect of the investigation of Jefferson on American relations with Nigeria, which is one of the largest exporters of oil to the United States.

"With regard to the Nigerian business venture, Jefferson has discussed the making of payments to high-ranking government officials there, including the vice president of Nigeria," Cooper wrote in the affidavit last August, which was intended to persuade a judge to allow the search of Abubakar's Maryland home.

"The vice president agreed to help secure the necessary approvals for the participants in the Nigerian business venture" in exchange for "at least 50 percent of the profits," it continued, adding that Jefferson had also discussed "the payment of a substantial monetary sum" to Abubakar "in the range of up to $500,000."


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https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/americas/07iht-raid.1915910.html

pinardave:
Every Idiot, we inherited bad govt 16 years ago, what of Lagos that has been under your control for 20 years? Is Lagos now a dubai? Foolish idiot...is the yorubas that are allowing this fool to cage their destiny.

Skengman:
Nigerians thinking America is Nigeria, SMH.There’s clear separation of powers in America. The Executive nor the Congress cannot influence the US Department of Justice, especially in a high profile case like this one. If they do what signal are they sending to the world. If truly Atiku has bn invited, he is definitely meeting with the DOJ first. His cohort, the congressman, has served out his own term, Atiku cannot walk free, unless charges are dropped, which is unlikely. Maybe a bargain, whatever that would be

A team of online sleuths claim to have exposed an attempt to smear the former governor of Nigeria's central bank.

Lamido Sanusi - who is widely respected in the international community - was suspended from the bank last month after accusing the government of corruption.

A few days later, a number of journalists were surprised to receive an email from an unknown man, Wendell Simlin, which linked Sanusi with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group is believed to have killed thousands of people in a string of brutal attacks since 2009. But a handful of digital activists who obtained the email say it was actually written by one of the president's aides, after they found his name in a Word document attached. Reno Omokri - social media advisor to President Goodluck Jonathan - is listed as its author in the document properties.

"We just did a simple right click on the document and looked at the 'properties'," says Feyi Fawehinmi, one of the team who carried out the investigation. They also contacted a newspaper to cross reference the email with previous messages sent from Omokri himself, and the metadata seems to be a perfect match, they say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-26481508

jaxxy:
My verdict:

Tinubu knows the truth bt won’t say it

Buhari and his men are desperate.


The Time Has Come.

sekundosekundo:
Clap for yourself. NIA boss accepted and explained....pls can you tell us his explanation?.




What integrity biko?.






Focus on the question and stop derailing. Your love for Buhari doesn't mean that you're a patriot.





This is the problem, pls answer those questions first and if you have any question for Atiku you're free to ask.





He is fake because he asked a question, your inability to holistically answer those questions says much about you.




Hmmm, to defend failure is a BIG task.



MUMU POST OF THE CENTURY.

RTSC:
Trade moni of N10000 is better as opposed to serious loans as in the GEJ era.
Yes, we can see the progress.

No wonder poverty and unemployment is less right now compared to the past

engineerboat:
Face front.

It's still a mirage to you

RTSC:
The bank of industry have been relegated to a relic under buhari.
An organisation that should be very active given the emergency.

The last time i saw BOI doing anything was during jonathan era.

And we.wonder why Nigeria is now the poverty capital of the world with just 180 million people.

RTSC:
Who dosent know you here?
A complete pseudo patriot and a bigot.

Anyday, we support the same candidate, then something is not right.

RTSC:
1.1 million have just slipped into poverty in the last 4 month.

This government is not even trying to maintain the already terrible standard everybody is managing since 1999.

They have made everything worse. Every basic thing.

Prof Moghalu totally obliterated the poor economic management of this government. He claimed with proof that Nigeria is on downward spiral from even the previous abysmal levels.

Coming from an elite professor of management and governance, the prognosis is dire.

Nigeria is slipping away. Insecurity is high.
Poverty is multiplying, social entropy is at its peak.
Repairing the damage of the last 3 years would require serious serious work.

If buhari wins again,it would be similar to the IBB SAP impact that has crippled Nigeria, generations after.

TFLASHOGEE:
am I the one seeing tunubu is just saying this to deceive and a peace BUBU hope later he won't stylishly go back to ATIKULATE like he did for RIBADU in 2011 and later supported GEJ

RTSC:
Anyway, tinubu and his band of clowns does not speak for the south.
He speaks for his people at best, and those ones don't represent the south.
When the south is voting right, those ones vote left.

If atiku is able to clean the north central and some North east states and then consolidates it with a sure southern victory, tinubu and his clowns will be relegated finally.

rusher14:
This simply means Reno Omokri capable of murder.

yinkus6750:
So unfortunate, Reno himself has no integrity.
And zombies keep hailing what I don't understand.
Which of the questions is actually for PMB?
Ikoyi apartment, was it owned by him?
The NIA boss that kept money accepted and explained, government seized the money and the man was fired.
Reno should give us his own version of answers to all the questions.

A team of online sleuths claim to have exposed an attempt to smear the former governor of Nigeria's central bank.

Lamido Sanusi - who is widely respected in the international community - was suspended from the bank last month after accusing the government of corruption.

A few days later, a number of journalists were surprised to receive an email from an unknown man, Wendell Simlin, which linked Sanusi with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group is believed to have killed thousands of people in a string of brutal attacks since 2009. But a handful of digital activists who obtained the email say it was actually written by one of the president's aides, after they found his name in a Word document attached. Reno Omokri - social media advisor to President Goodluck Jonathan - is listed as its author in the document properties.

"We just did a simple right click on the document and looked at the 'properties'," says Feyi Fawehinmi, one of the team who carried out the investigation. They also contacted a newspaper to cross reference the email with previous messages sent from Omokri himself, and the metadata seems to be a perfect match, they say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-26481508

Pavarottii:
I dare ur ass to list a project started and ended by dis administration

Wiseandtrue:
My dear I would have gladly done that if PDP is currently in power!

Which is the essence of APC in the first place!

Now that it is clear that they are not ready for it because APC is never going to stop this blame game!

We will speak again in 2019! It's left for Nigerians to choose who they fared better with.

Peace!

joepepsy:
For good 16years no healthcare, no roads ,no security, no future and you want to rule naija again ? God forbid! , for all of you articulating, you are the problem of nigeria , APC will rule for 16 years after then maybe we will consider kowa or sowore but PDP God forbid!

Wiseandtrue:
We are talking about Buhari who is currently selling with NOTHING to show for it!

Wake up my friend!

Is it possible that Buhari is sitting on your brains

Ah ah!

CilicMarin:
Reno Omkri with his 100 monikers on Nairaland spewing rubbish.

No wonder only the Idiotic pigs take him seriously..

Useless man.

A team of online sleuths claim to have exposed an attempt to smear the former governor of Nigeria's central bank.

Lamido Sanusi - who is widely respected in the international community - was suspended from the bank last month after accusing the government of corruption.

A few days later, a number of journalists were surprised to receive an email from an unknown man, Wendell Simlin, which linked Sanusi with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group is believed to have killed thousands of people in a string of brutal attacks since 2009. But a handful of digital activists who obtained the email say it was actually written by one of the president's aides, after they found his name in a Word document attached. Reno Omokri - social media advisor to President Goodluck Jonathan - is listed as its author in the document properties.

"We just did a simple right click on the document and looked at the 'properties'," says Feyi Fawehinmi, one of the team who carried out the investigation. They also contacted a newspaper to cross reference the email with previous messages sent from Omokri himself, and the metadata seems to be a perfect match, they say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-26481508

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See crowd



It's the same love and affection


Large Crowd Welcome President Buhari In Plateau-Photos

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MrRush:
But the original photos still has buhari in it, jigawa, kaduna or Yobe.

Who did the crowd came out to support Atiku oh no,
Still BUHARI

tayo60:
I need clarification pls, what are the benefits this girl gets in her one day governor of Lagos State? Someone should kindly explain to me because I couldn't get it.

engineerboat:
The sense is that you're all LIARS red handed

Photos: Heroic welcome for Buhari in Kaduna

ON OCTOBER 30, 20182:51 PM


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/photos-heroic-welcome-for-buhari-in-kaduna/