Why Obasanjo, Yar’adua, Jonathan, Buhari Must Account for Recovered Abacha’s Loot
The federal high court sitting in Abuja has issued a ruling demanding transparency in the utilization of the $5 billion Abacha loot. The judgment, delivered on July 3, instructed President Bola Tinubu to reveal the precise amount of money that was stolen by General Sani Abacha from Nigeria. Additionally, the court ordered the disclosure of the total sum that has been recovered so far, as well as any agreements made by the previous administrations of Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari regarding the stolen funds. This case was brought before the court by the
Court orders Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari govts to account for $5bn Abacha loot
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the exact amount of money stolen by General Sani Abacha from Nigeria, and the total amount of Abacha loot recovered and all agreements signed on same by the governments of former presidents Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan and Buhari.” The judgment was delivered last week by Justice James Kolawole Omotosho
Malian coup: Jonathan arrives Bamako with ECOWAS delegation
A delegation of West African leaders headed by former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has arrived in the Malian capital, Bamako on a mission to try to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup in the troubled nation. The delegation plans to meet members of the new junta as well as ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other leaders after a mutiny on Tuesday, dealing another deep blow to a country already struggling with a brutal Islamist insurgency and widespread public discontent over its government. Mali’s neighbours have called for Keita
Alleged N1.6bn fraud: Jonathan’s ex-aide Knows fate today
A Federal High Court in Lagos will today deliver judgment in the alleged N1.6billion fraud trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Dr Waripamo Owei-Dudafa. Dudafa along with a Heritage Bank worker Joseph Iwejuo are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Idris on 23 counts of money laundering involving N1.6bn. The defendants are currently in court and awaiting judgment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused the defendants of concealing the N1.6bn through a company, Seagate Property Development and Investment Limited, an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 17(a).
Domestic workers, relatives loot Jonathan’s N3bn jewelries, other valuables
The police in Bayelsa State have commenced investigations into the looting of valuables including jewelries worth over N.3bn belonging to former President Goodluck Jonathan by his domestic workers and some relatives. Already, the police were said to have arrested some suspects, who broke into the palatial home of Jonathan in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area and allegedly stole the materials including customised walkingsticks Operations that led to the arrest of the suspects were coordinated by operatives of Puff Adder, a new police tactical strategy launched by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Sources identified the arrested suspects as domestic workers and
Bayelsa poll: Jonathan, wife ‘working to make PDP lose’
THE Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Group has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife Patience of making surreptitious moves to cause confusion in the PDP by falsely encouraging multiple governorship aspirants to enter the race. This, the group said, is to make the party lose the election. Group coordinator Isaac Ipidei, in a statement on Wednesday, said while Jonathan invited many prominent Bayelsans (with the pretext that he was supporting them), to join the governorship race, the ex-first lady and his close political ally, King AJ Turner, have been meeting with Chief Timipre Sylva of the
Power Contract: Buhari, Obasanjo, Jonathan In Fresh Trouble Over Court Order
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the “immediate release of payment details made to all electricity contractors and companies who failed to execute electricity contracts awarded to them from the beginning of the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The judgment was delivered last Friday by Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor, a Professor of Law, following a Freedom of Information suit number FHC/L/CS/105/19 brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Daily Post reports that Justice Obiozor also ordered: “the full disclosure and publication of the names of companies
RUGA: Buhari govt has become a laughing stock –Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was unaware it has become a laughing stock in the international community. He was reacting to claims by Plateau State’s Governor Solomon Lalong, who reportedly said after a meeting with Buhari in Abuja on Monday, that the controversial proposed Ruga settlement for herders in the 36 states of the country was an initiative of the former President. Lalong had made the claim when he spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, adding that Jonathan even budgeted N10 billion for the settlements across the nation. But responding in
Jonathan, Diezani Received Bribes For OPL 245, FG Tells London Court
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, have been accused by the federal government for accepting bribes for the controversial OPL 245 deal. According to City Pulse, this new information was made known in documents filed at a London court by lawyers representing the federal government on the case of payments made to acquire the licence back in 2011. FG in the court case filed against Shell and Eni stated that Jonathan and Alison-Madueke broke the law when they made a secret profit and side-lined the government from its true share of the deal. Recall
