Senator Babafemi Ojudu, a former special adviser on political matters to ex-Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cleverly recorded evidence of corruption during Nigeria’s military rule in the 1990s. Ojudu narrated this story while discussing his new book, “Adventures of a Guerrilla Journalist,” in an interview with Edmund Obilo....Read Full Article >>➤
As reported by BusinessDay, the story involves Sani Abacha, who ruled Nigeria from 1993 to 1998, reportedly stole $5 billion and hid it in international banks in countries like the United States, Switzerland, and the UK. However, the Nigerian government is still working to recover the money.
According to Babafemi Ojudu, Tinubu secretly recorded evidence of corruption during Nigeria’s military rule under Sani Abacha in the 1990s, while living in exile in the United Kingdom.
Tinubu strategically used a hidden tape recorder during a meeting with a Jewish lawyer to document Abacha’s financial crimes, which involved stealing billions of dollars and hiding them in banks around the world.
Abacha’s loot: Ojudu’s bold move
Despite Tinubu’s warning, Ojudu went on to publish the information he obtained from the tape, which he claimed led to a controversy in the polity and a major shake-up in Abacha’s regime.
Ojudu went ahead and published the story, which he says “shook Abacha” and also put his life at risk as against Tinubu’s will.
Ojudu explained:
“I was excited as a newsman. We went there and sat before the lawyer. He (the lawyer) kept reeling out how Abacha was stealing, and who was helping him,” he recounted.
“The name that was constantly mentioned was the Chagoury brothers. I was so excited but I felt so bad that because I couldn’t write. I needed to take notes. I kept trying to memorise whatever I could.”
“Tinubu had hidden a tape recorder and pretended to go to the bathroom to flip the tape over.
“He said to me (Ojudu): Don’t worry yourself. I had a tape recorder with me. That time I went to the bathroom, I went to change the recording from side one to side two. That is why I flushed the toilet so that the man would not know that I was changing the tape.”
How Ojudu obtained the tape from Tinubu
Later, when they returned home, Ojudu took the tape while Tinubu was sleeping. When Tinubu discovered this, he wasn’t happy.
Ojudu went ahead and published the story, which he says “shook Abacha” and his government and also put his life at risk. ...Read Full Article >>➤
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