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Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says he once rejected a bribe of £1m from a governor he did not name. The EFCC Alert, a monthly magazine, quoted Falana as saying this at an anti-corruption workshop in Abuja recently.

Falana said the governor told him to help him launder the money to another country but he rejected the offer.

Falana said he was stunned when the governor told him that he had chosen him for the shady deal saying “nobody will suspect you.”

“I told him, Your Excellency, so it is my reputation that you want to buy with your £1m.”

The senior advocate said some of his colleagues accepted to launder the funds for the governor but were caught and exposed.

“Those who accepted the offer later found themselves in trouble as they were arrested and humiliated. They were only lucky not to have been charged,” Falana added.

Falana said it was unfortunate that lawyers had become tools of money laundering.

He expressed displeasure with the ruling of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court in Abuja who held that Section 5 of the Money Laundering (Prohibitions) Act 2011 could not be applied to lawyers.

The judge in the ruling restrained the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering from enforcing the section as it relates to legal practitioners.

The ruling came despite the fact that the Act categorised legal firms as Designated Non-Financial Institutions mandated to record all transactions and forward to the Federal Ministry of Commerce for onward delivery to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.

Falana, however, urged lawyers not to rely on the ruling as it would not stand the test of time.
http://www.politicalcritics.com.ng/index.php/2016/07/30/rejected-1m-bribe-governor-femi-falana/

Ok

Mention the governors name, if you've got any balls in your scrotum

Firstlieutenant:
Mention the governors name, if you've got any balls in your scrotum

He wants to respect the ex-Gov. If there was any. Moreover it will be silly mentioning the name because the person in question will definitely deny the claims. Proving it will pose a difficult problem since there wasn't any document to prove it.

politicalcritik:
He wants to respect the ex-Gov. If there was any. Moreover it will be silly mentioning the name because the person in question will definitely deny the claims. Proving it will pose a difficult problem since there wasn't any document to prove it.

The only respect a thief deserves is to expose him.

politicalcritik:
He wants to respect the ex-Gov. If there was any. Moreover it will be silly mentioning the name because the person in question will definitely deny the claims. Proving it will pose a difficult problem since there wasn't any document to prove it.

You sabi the process

Haaaaa... Where did he get that huge kind of money

U will like to hear the name of the governor.

These SAN people ehn! they talk too much. They always find one or two histories to back up their lectures and speeches.
The same way our pastors can't preach without supplementary stories.

It will be easier for Remi Tinubu to give Dino melaye BJ than for this lunatic to reject bribe money.

IstandWitBuhari:
It will be easier for Remi Tinubu to give Dino melaye BJ than for this lunatic to reject bribe money.

Lmao
You reminded me this Gospel passage.
Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

otukpo:
U will like to hear the name of the governor.

Yes. You have any idea?

Who ask am?

Mimisboygreat:
Who ask am?

As usual, that is the nature of the job, he can't stop, like a preacher can't preach effectively without telling us some testimonies.
Just as preachers garnish their sermons with testimonies (whether true/false) so will they continue saying things.

hilltop93:
As usual, that is the nature of the job, he can't stop, like a preacher can't preach effectively without telling us some testimonies.
Just as preachers garnish their sermons with testimonies (whether true/false) so will they continue saying things.

I see

Histrings08:
Haaaaa... Where did he get that huge kind of money

If you ask me... Na who I go ask.......?