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N27bn Halliburton scam IBB, Abdulsalami, Diya, 77 others indicted
By Emeka Umejei Reporter, Lagos

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




Ibrahim Babangida


Maryam Babangida


Ernest Shonekan


Abubakar Abdulsalami


M. D. Yusufu


T.W. Oerlemans


Pius Okigbo


Aminu Saleh


Don Etiebet


Aliyu Mohammed Gusau


Edmund Daukoru


Victoria Ihonde


Toyin Olakunrin


Gilbert Temisan Grant


Gabriel Abolade Soyoye


Patrick Dele-Cole


E. Ihetu


Onya (NNPC personnel)


Sani Abacha


Joshua Dogonyaro


John Shagaya


U. J. Itsueli


Ombu Isokariari


G.O. Ejiga


Babagana Kingibe


Hakeem Bello-Osagie


J.O. Maduka


Sena Anthony


Dalhatu A. Bayero


Ogenyi (NNPC official)


I. Dapchi


M.A. Olorunfemi


Wilfred C. Eze


Umar Baba


Orji Kalu


Jeremiah Useni


Abba Gana


Ibrahim Abacha


Oladipo Diya


Chamberlain O. Oyibo


Judith Attah


Abdulkadir Ahmed


Anthony Ani


O.O. Okwara


Philip Asiodu


Endo (Marubeni Nigeria)


Hamman Tukur


S.J. Ollerearnshaw


Dan Etete


B. Soyode


Akin Ogunleye


Tom Ikimi


Gidado Idris


Sola Alabi


Ismaila Gwarzo


Mariam Abacha


Halilu Akilu


Abdullahi Mohammed


Hamza El-Mustapha


Ibrahim Aliyu


Edmund Ayoola


Anthony Ukpo


Samuel Ewang


Ismaila Usman


Tunde Soleye


Christ Akerele


Umaru Shinkafi


Philip Chukwu


Bunu Sherrif Musa


Rilwan Lukman


Aret Adams


Mike Akhigbe


Faruk Iya


Hassan Adamu


Prince Nzekwe


Gen. Adeyosun


Jasper Jumbo


Jack Chagoury

Gilbert Chagoury

Mohammed Atiku

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