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EIGHTY PERSONS, foreigners and Nigerians, the living and the dead, among them four former Heads of State and two of their wives, as well as former Governors and Ministers – indeed the top echelons of the country’s political and military establishments, including technocrats – have been indicted by the United States law enforcement officials over the N27 billion Halliburton bribery scandal.


Among the foreigners are Jack Chagoury, Gilbert Chagoury, and T.W. Oerlemans, an Australian; but they are rather small fish compared with indicted former Nigerian Heads of State Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Ernest Shonekan, and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Maryam, the late wife of Babangida; Mariam, the wife of the late Abacha, and his son, the late Ibrahim, are included; likewise Mike Akhigbe, the second in command in the Abdulsalami junta; former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu; and former military Governors of Rivers State, Anthony Ukpo and Samuel Ewang.

Also among the dead are Abdulkadir Ahmed, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor; and renowned economist, Pius Okigbo, who headed the probe panel on the Gulf Crude Oil Excess sales set up by the CBN in 1994.

But among those alive are former Petroleum Minister, Rilwanu Lukman, and newly re-appointed National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau. (See full list).

According to the report of the investigators, the 80 persons received part of the N27 billion bribe facilitated by foreign contractors for Halliburton to get the contract to build the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) plant, Africa’s first, in Bonny, Rivers State..

The scandal dates back to 1994 when some foreign companies put up bids for the construction of the plant that was to cost $6 billion.

To win the contract, a joint venture company, named TSKJ, was set up – comprising equal holdings between some companies, Technip (French), Sanmprogetti (Italian), KBR (U.S.), and part of the Halliburton group and Japanese engineering and construction company, JGC.

The investigators said the consortium bribed political leaders and top government functionaries through Tri-Star Investment Limited and Marubeni Inc.

They also recruited British lawyer, Jeffery Tesler, to co-ordinate the affairs of Tri-Star, as well as Wojciech Chodan, an American, to co-ordinate the affairs of Marubeni.

TSKJ mandated Tri-Star to solely take charge of bribing Nigerian officials at senior level, Marubeni was restricted to bribing junior level officials.

Tesler disclosed in a court deposition that TSKJ mandated both companies to bribe the officials.

As part of the investigation, the Swiss Justice Department followed the steps of the Police Judiciare of France, which in 2003, started an investigation that revealed fraudulent Halliburton payments to Tesler.

In the U.S., KBR and Halliburton have admitted to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by engaging in a decade-long bribing scheme to secure contracts in Nigeria.

Both agreed to pay a combined fine of $579 million to settle criminal and civil charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice.

Those Indicted

  1. Ibrahim Babangida
  2. Maryam Babangida
  3. Ernest Shonekan
  4. Abubakar Abdulsalami
  5. M. D. Yusufu
  6. T.W. Oerlemans
  7. Pius Okigbo
  8. Aminu Saleh
  9. Don Etiebet
  10. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
  11. Edmund Daukoru
  12. Victoria Ihonde
  13. Toyin Olakunrin
  14. Gilbert Temisan Grant
  15. Gabriel Abolade Soyoye
  16. Patrick Dele-Cole
  17. E. Ihetu
  18. Onya (NNPC personnel)
  19. Sani Abacha
  20. Joshua Dogonyaro
  21. John Shagaya
  22. U. J. Itsueli
  23. Ombu Isokariari
  24. G.O. Ejiga
  25. Babagana Kingibe
  26. Hakeem Bello-Osagie
  27. J.O. Maduka
  28. Sena Anthony
  29. Dalhatu A. Bayero
  30. Ogenyi (NNPC official)
  31. I. Dapchi
  32. M.A. Olorunfemi
  33. Wilfred C. Eze
  34. Umar Baba
  35. Orji Kalu
  36. Jeremiah Useni
  37. Abba Gana
  38. Ibrahim Abacha
  39. Oladipo Diya
  40. Chamberlain O. Oyibo
  41. Judith Attah
  42. Abdulkadir Ahmed
  43. Anthony Ani
  44. O.O. Okwara
  45. Philip Asiodu
  46. Endo (Marubeni Nigeria)
  47. Hamman Tukur
  48. S.J. Ollerearnshaw
  49. Dan Etete
  50. B. Soyode
  51. Akin Ogunleye
  52. Tom Ikimi
  53. Gidado Idris
  54. Sola Alabi
  55. Ismaila Gwarzo
  56. Mariam Abacha
  57. Halilu Akilu
  58. Abdullahi Mohammed
  59. Hamza El-Mustapha
  60. Ibrahim Aliyu
  61. Edmund Ayoola
  62. Anthony Ukpo
  63. Samuel Ewang
  64. Ismaila Usman
  65. Tunde Soleye
  66. Christ Akerele
  67. Umaru Shinkafi
  68. Philip Chukwu
  69. Bunu Sherrif Musa
  70. Rilwan Lukman
  71. Aret Adams
  72. Mike Akhigbe
  73. Faruk Iya
  74. Hassan Adamu
  75. Prince Nzekwe
  76. Gen. Adeyosun
  77. Jasper Jumbo
  78. Jack Chagoury
  79. Gilbert Chagoury
  80. Mohammed Atiku
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A federal grand jury is about to indict John Edwards, sources tell the National Enquirer. The grand jury has been investigating the former presidential candidate since April 2009 for possible misuse of campaign funds -- Edwards had mistress Rielle Hunter on his payroll -- and indictment is now imminent. The Enquirer talked to one friend who revealed that John was "terrified":

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"While he believes he's done nothing illegal in trying to hide his extramarital affair with Rielle and their daughter, he thinks the Feds are going to make an example of him."

It hasn't been a great winter for the former presidential candidate. On the one hand, there has been Andrew Young, former Edwards aide and admitted accomplice in concealing the affair, stepping forward with a tell-all memoir of campaign trail debauchery and details of an Edwards-Hunter sex tape. On the other, recently-separated-from wife Elizabeth has threatened to sue Young for "alienation of affection," while friends told the Enquirer that Edwards beat her in a marriage-ending fight.

Meanwhile, rumors float about that Edwards proposed to Hunter and the two plan to move into a recently purchased $3.5 million beachfront home. If the couple do in fact intend to move in together, plans could be delayed if Edwards ends up serving jail time.

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Two Nigerian Men indicted in marriage fraud in Houston A federal grand jury indicted Ibraheem Adegoke Buraimoh, a citizen of Nig.eria, and Ibraheem Adeneye, a naturalized U.S. citizen and Houston resident, Tuesday for conspiring to commit marriage fraud, according to a U.S. Attorney?s Office release..The prosecution of these two men began with the filing of a criminal complaint that alleged that agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement began an investigation earlier this year into the possibility that an alien was attempting to arrange a fraudulent marriage with an American citizen in order to obtain a favorable change of immigration status from Citizenship and Immigration Services. Adeneye, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Nigeri.a, allegedly acted as a broker to arrange a fraudulent marriage between Buraimoh and an undercover ICE agent posing as a U.S. citizen willing to enter into the fraudulent marriage with Buraimoh. In January, meetings were held with and phone calls were made by the agent with Adeneye and Buraimoh, during which the arrangement of the fraudulent marriage allegedly was discussed, including a total of $3,500 to be paid in installments to the agent (?wife?) for her role in the conspiracy and to Adeneye for arranging the marriage. In addition, the process for obtaining a change in immigration status as a result of the ?marriage? allegedly was discussed. On Feb. 2, according to the complaint, after ICE took steps to notify the Harris County Clerk?s Office of the impending fraudulent marriage, the agent and Buraimoh were married in a state court in downtown Houston by a judge. Thereafter, Buraimoh allegedly made a partial payment to the agent for going through with the marriage. Both men were arrested Feb. 17. If convicted of conspiring to commit marriage fraud, Adeneye and Buraimoh face a maximum of five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Buraimoh has been ordered held in federal custody without bond pending trial. Adeneye has been ordered released on bond.
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