US Jefferson scandal: Buhari far from being a clean man -Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was far from being a clean man as his wife Aisha was involved in the messy Scandal involving the then US. Congressman, Williams Jefferson.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi on Monday, Mr. Fayose said President Buhari can not claim to be and angel.
Governor Fayose while reacting to the freezing of his Zenith Bank account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stated that, “even the President cannot claim to be an angel.”
He continued in the statement that: “The estate he (Buhari) built in Abuja is known to us. His wife was indicted over the Jefferson Scandal (sic). When that American, Jefferson, was being sentenced, the President’s wife was mentioned as having wired $170,000 to Jefferson. Her name was on page 25 of the sentencing of Jefferson. We can serialize the judgment for people to see and read.”
In the circulated judgement by the Governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Lere Olayinka, page 22 stated the involvement of Aisha Buhari in the bribery scandal.
The page 22 of the judgement: reads: “During the investigation of his (Congressman Jefferson) numerous bribe schemes, law enforcement agents learned of several wire transfers from offshore territories into U.S. financial accounts that were either controlled by the defendant or whose proceeds were made available for his benefit. See Donald C. Semesky, Jr., Tr. at 104 – 116; see also Government Exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire transfer from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary), Government Exhibits 36-90 and 36-91 (11/28/03 $50,000 wire transfer from account in British Virgin Islands in the name of Dawson Creek Traders to an account in the name of Jefferson Interests, Inc.). Law enforcement agents were unable to substantially confirm the source of these wire transactions and have not ruled out the possibility that the defendant controls nominee companies or financial accounts in foreign jurisdictions.
The possibility that the defendant had set up a nominee company and account in Nigeria was also supported by the trial testimony of Dumebi Kachikwu, an executive with NDTV and co-conspirator of the defendant. See Kachikwu Tr. at 41-43. Kachikwu testified at trial about a discussion he had with Congressman Jefferson, wherein the defendant asked Kachikwu to form a company in Nigeria to receive the agreed to and expected payment of bribes from NDTV that the defendant had solicited. Id. Given the age of the defendant, the severity of the sentence calculated by the Probation Office, the defendant’s frequent travel overseas and unexplained wire transfers from overseas locations to financial accounts used by the defendant, the defendant cannot rebut the presumption at sentencing that he is a risk of flight.”
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