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GREENBELT, Md. (AP) =E2=80=94 Nigeria's vice president sought up to $5=
00,000 and a stake in a technology venture in his country, according to sta=
tements Rep. William Jefferson made to an FBI informant that were detailed =
in court documents filed in a bribery probe of the congressman.
Jefferson allegedly told the FBI informant that he had delivered "=
African art," which authorities believe was code for cash, to the Potomac, =
Md., home of the wife of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar at midnight=
last July 31.
Details of the alleged deal were included in an affidavit filed in=
U.S. District Court to secure a warrant to search Abubakar's house in Poto=
mac. The affidavit was unsealed Monday by the federal court in Greenbelt. <=
/DIV>
The affidavit says delivery of the money came shortly after Jeffer=
son allegedly received $100,000 in cash from the FBI informant that was sup=
posed to help smooth the way for a Kentucky telecommunications company, iGa=
te Inc., to conduct business in Nigeria.
It is unclear if any of that money was delivered to the vice presi=
dent's home, and his possible role is described only by Jefferson in wireta=
ps the FBI made. According to another search warrant affidavit for Jefferso=
n's congressional office, filed last month, $90,000 in cash was found in a =
freezer at Jefferson's Washington home.
The 39-page affidavit released Monday, some sections of which rema=
in sealed, does not mention Abubakar by name. But it does identify the Poto=
mac home as the residence of Jennifer Douglas, Abubakar's wife. It also ref=
ers to "the Vice President of Nigeria" when detailing the alleged scheme. A=
lthough the search of the Potomac residence was mentioned in documents prev=
iously released by the courts, names and titles were redacted to keep them =
secret.
Jefferson has denied wrongdoing in the probe.
An attorney for Abubakar did not immediately respond to requests f=
or comment. In Nigeria, where Abubakar kicked off his campaign for presiden=
t on Wednesday, his spokesman Mohammed Yakubu said they have yet to see det=
ails of the allegations. "We don't have anything to say until we have seen =
these reports or allegations," he said by telephone from Abuja.
The informant was a northern Virginia businesswoman identified by =
law enforcement officials as Lori Mody. She went to the FBI when she believ=
ed Jefferson and others were defrauding her on the business deal. Jefferson=
discussed with her the "payment of bribes to high-ranking foreign governme=
nt officials," including Abubakar, according to the affidavit.
The congressman met with Abubakar on July 18 in Potomac and the vi=
ce president "agreed to help secure the necessary approvals" for iGate to b=
egin work in Nigeria. In return, he wanted at least 50% of the profits and =
a payment of up to $500,000 before the deal was completed.
On Aug. 1, the night after he allegedly delivered cash to the vice=
president's home, the FBI recorded a conversation between Mody and Jeffers=
on on whether the deal was completed. Jefferson allegedly said: "I gave him=
the African art that you gave me and he was very pleased."
Jefferson, who represents most of New Orleans, has served in Congr=
ess since 1990. The raid on his Capitol Hill office sparked outrage from co=
ngressional leaders who claimed the Bush administration was violating the s=
eparation of powers doctrine. President Bush later sealed FBI files on the =
raid for 45 days.
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It is a great thing that these leaders met to see if they could
resurrect what Gowon and Ahidjo planned on paper 30 years ago but did not
complete. Some people have said that Randall Robinson's grand scheme of a
Trans Africa Highway lost its trail when it got to Cameroon, for lack of
political motivation or financial resources.
However reading the article you quoted I feel that it is quite misleading in
the reasons for undertaking this project:
<>*
Further on the writer says:
<>*
Two contradictory statements that leave a reader wondering why Cameroon
would be licking its wounds over Bakassi if indeed the Peninsula was ceded
back to it in 2002.
May be it is just much to do about ...
Samoh Wallang
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> *Nigeria, Cameroon end Bakassi feud
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> From Alara Modey, Calabar
>
> *The federal government is set to diffuse tension between Nigeria and
> Cameroon over the ownership of Bakassi Peninsula by constructing the
> trans-African Highway from Enugu to Bamenda, Republic of Cameroon.
>
> Under the conditions of agreement reached by the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed
> Commission, the project is to be financed with a loan from the African
> Development Bank (ADB), to assuage the grievance of Cameroon over her
> seeming loss of Bakassi.
>
> A prelude to the commencement of the multi-million dollar project is the
> four-day meeting and joint border visit of Nigeria and Cameroon in Calabar,
> Cross River State last Tuesday.
>
> The tripartite meeting which is the second in the series is holding under
> the auspices of the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission.
>
> The commission was raised to find an African solution to the World Court
> judgment which ceded Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on October 10, 2002.
>
> The road on completion, would form part of the trans-African highway
> envisaged by the African Union (AU) to ease movement of persons and goods
> within the continent.
>
> Nigerian Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Yahaya Abdulkarim, explained
> at the meeting that the road network would bring about socio-economic growth
> to Nigeria, Cameroon and other countries.
>
> Head of Cameroon delegation, Mr. Mengue Meka Jean-Robert, said the project
> was long over due as Africa was in dire need of a trunk "A" road to
> facilitate commerce, movement of human beings and services.
>
> Resident representative of ADB in Nigeria, Mr. Zondo Sakala, UN
> representative from the chairman of Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commision, Mr.
> Andre Nikuwigize, commended the initiative of the two countries .
>
> They urged both countries to pursue the project diligently as it would
> open up trade and solve the misgiving over the World Court verdict.
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It is a great thing that these leaders met to see if they could resurrect what Gowon and Ahidjo planned on paper 30 years ago but did not complete. Some people have said that Randall Robinson's grand scheme of a Trans Africa Highway lost its trail when it got to Cameroon, for lack of political motivation or financial resources.
However reading the article you quoted I feel that it is quite misleading in the reasons for undertaking this project:
<<Under the conditions of agreement reached by the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission, the project is to be financed with a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB),
to assuage the grievance of Cameroon over her seeming loss of Bakassi.>>
Further on the writer says:
<<The commission was raised to find an African solution to the World Court judgment which ceded Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on October 10, 2002.>>
Two contradictory statements that leave a reader wondering why Cameroon would be licking its wounds over Bakassi if indeed the Peninsula was ceded back to it in 2002.
May be it is just much to do about ...
Samoh Wallang
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Nigeria, Cameroon end Bakassi feud
From Alara Modey, Calabar
The federal government is set to diffuse tension between Nigeria and Cameroon over the ownership of Bakassi Peninsula by constructing the trans-African Highway from Enugu to Bamenda, Republic of Cameroon.
Under the conditions of agreement reached by the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission, the project is to be financed with a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB), to assuage the grievance of Cameroon over her seeming loss of Bakassi.
A prelude to the commencement of the multi-million dollar project is the four-day meeting and joint border visit of Nigeria and Cameroon in Calabar, Cross River State last Tuesday.
The tripartite meeting which is the second in the series is holding under the auspices of the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission.
The commission was raised to find an African solution to the World Court judgment which ceded Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on October 10, 2002.
The road on completion, would form part of the trans-African highway envisaged by the African Union (AU) to ease movement of persons and goods within the continent.
Nigerian Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Yahaya Abdulkarim, explained at the meeting that the road network would bring about socio-economic growth to Nigeria, Cameroon and other countries.
Head of Cameroon delegation, Mr. Mengue Meka Jean-Robert, said the project was long over due as Africa was in dire need of a trunk "A" road to facilitate commerce, movement of human beings and services.
Resident representative of ADB in Nigeria, Mr. Zondo Sakala, UN representative from the chairman of Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commision, Mr. Andre Nikuwigize, commended the initiative of the two countries .
They urged both countries to pursue the project diligently as it would open up trade and solve the misgiving over the World Court verdict.
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