DIARY OF ABACHA'S LOOT.
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| General Sani Abacha |
Between November 17, 1993 and June 8, 1998 during which the late dictator, General Sani Abacha, held Nigeria in his vicious grip, he treated the treasury like a hapless cow being milked to death
Abacha was not contented with raping the country through kickbacks from inflated contracts. He dipped his hands into the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria where the strong currencies of the United States of America and British held out great attraction for him.
On March 25, 1994 alone, Abacha stole $37.6 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Ismaila Gwarzo, his National Security Adviser (NSA), was his main pointsman in looting the Central Bank of Nigeria. Gwarzo told a Special Investigation (SIP), set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo's regime that he sent his Special Assistant to the bank between June 1996 and October 1997 to collect a total sum of $456 million and £232 million for Abacha.
February 15, 1995 - $4m & £2m
February 17, 1995 - $4m & £2m
February 27, 1995 - $4m & £2m
July 08, 1995 - $5m, £2m & another £2m in traveler's chequed
December 29, 1995 - $5m
March 28, 1996 - Abacha requested $5m & £3m.
The CBN ran out of foreign currencies. It paid him $3.801 million. He was angry but collected the money grudgingly.
May 29, 1996 - $5 million & £5 million.
The bank ran out of Pounds Sterling and sent $12.5m to Abacha.
June 20, 1996 - $10 million and £5 mollion
August 20, 1996 - $30 million and £15 million
September 24, 1996 - $50 million
September 30, 1996 - $50 million £3 million
October 14, 1996 - $5 million
November 11, 1996 - $5 million and £3 million
February 18, 1997 - $6 million
February 28, 1997 - $3 million
March 3, 1997 - $3.27 million
March 6, 1997 - $1.21 million
April 22, 1997 - $60 million
April 28, 1997 - $60 million and £30 million
June 30, 1997 - $4.9 million
July 9, 1997 - $5 million and £2 million
August 8, 1997 - $10 million
October 18, 1997 - $12.3 million
October 21, 1997 - $5.88 million
October 23, 1997 - £14.76 million
October 29, 1997 - £11.76 million
November 14, 1997 - $10 million
November 26, 1997 - $24 million
December 10, 1997 - $24 million
December 18, 1997 - £6.15 million
WHERE THE MONEY IS
After the death of Abacha, investigators in Nigeria, Europe and America stumbled on over 130 bank accounts at home and abroad where some of the money stolen was kept.
THE BANKS ARE:
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), London branch
ANZ, New York
ANZ, Frankfurt
Bank in Liechtenstein A. G. Vaduz
Bank Len, Zurich
Bankers Trust Company, London
Bankers Trust Company, Frankfurt
Bankers Trust Company, New York
Banque Barring Brothers, Geneva
Barclay's Bank, New York
Barclay's Bank, London
Banque Edouard Constant, Geneva
Banque Nationale De Paris, Geneva
Banque Nationale De Paris, London
Banque Nationale De Paris, Basle
Citibank N. A. London
Citibank N. A. New York
Citibank N. A. Luxembourg
Citibank Zurich
Credit Lyonnais, New York Credit Suisse, New York
Credit Suisse, Geneva
5 THINGS NIGERIA COULD HAVE DONE WITH ABACHA STOLEN BILLIONS
1. 100 New Harvard-like Universities
2. 200 New Wembley-like Stadia
3. 10,000 New Textile Factories
4. 100,000 New well-equipped Hospitals
5. 1,000,000 Boreholes with solar-powered pumps across communities
5 ALTERNATIVE THINGS NIGERIA COULD HAVE DONE WITH ABACHA'S LOOT
1. Mass Housing Scheme
2. Free qualitative education for citizens
3. High quality interstate railway line connecting every city in Nigeria
4. 1,000,000 Agro-processing plants
5. 100 year 10,000 Allowance for 10 million people
ABACHA'S LOOT: 4 QUESTIONS
1. How much more has been stolen in the post-Abacha years at the Federal, State and Local Government levels?
2. What has been done with the billions already recovered?
3. How many people have been prosecuted for their role in the heist?
4. How could one man have stolen so much?
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Credit: USA-AFRICA DIALOGUE
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