A real Nigerian scam
WILL BURGESS/AFP/Getty Images Via allAfrica, Nigerian papers are reporting that the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Comission is investigating ex-President Olesegun Obasanjo for corruption. The former leader is suspected of misappropriating $16 billion in funds meant for Nigeria’s energy sector. The investigation of Obasanjo, along with the firing two senior ministers on suspicion of stealing ...
WILL BURGESS/AFP/Getty Images
Via allAfrica, Nigerian papers are reporting that the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Comission is investigating ex-President Olesegun Obasanjo for corruption. The former leader is suspected of misappropriating $16 billion in funds meant for Nigeria’s energy sector.
The investigation of Obasanjo, along with the firing two senior ministers on suspicion of stealing public funds, could be a sign that current president Umaru Yar’Adua is trying to distance himself from the predecessor that essentially appointed him in badly flawed elections last spring.
A word of warning: Should you get an e-mail from “Obasanjo” asking you to look after his money during the investigation, don’t reply.
Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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