Former Nigerian minister 'stole $6bn of public money'
Source: BBC
A former government minister in Nigeria stole $6bn (£3.8bn) of public money, a state governor has alleged.
Adams Oshiomhole said US officials informed President Muhammadu Buhari of the alleged theft during his visit to Washington last month.
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Mr Oshiomhole, who accompanied Mr Buhari to Washington, did not name the minister who allegedly stole the money.
During his visit to the US, Mr Buhari said he had asked the US to help recover $150bn "stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank accounts".
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33689115
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)I just deleted all of those emails he sent me to help him move money out of the country.
Snap.
HFRN
(1,469 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)Turning a federal surplus expected to payoff the entire nation debt by 2009, into a $10.6T deficit.
How'd he manage to spend $10.6T in eight years...and get away with it?
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)I took his course at the 3rd Annual Nigerian Email Conference
Send more emails, make more moneys!!
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It was the best $995 I ever spent!
The events are summarized here:
http://j-walk.com/other/conf/summary.htm
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)He also added that if the US were to wire him $100,000 in advance to cover transaction costs along with the US's bank account and routing numbers, he would be happy to deposit a substantial percentage of the value of this money as a reward for the US's assistance in helping him re-acquire this money.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)And it can be mine mine mine all mine!!
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)I'm happy to look after some of it for him, for a fee, of course.
Dearest sir or madam. . .
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)after all, I understand that $7.2 million of it is supposed to be mine.