Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday denied involvement in the $6m Wilbros Bribery scandal.
He urged President Umaru Yar’Adua to investigate the scandal.
He was reacting to a media report (not Punch) that he, alongside a former minister of finance and Shell Petroleaum Development Company had been named by an American Court as beneficiaries of the bribery scandal.
In a statement by his Campaign Organisation, Atiku claimed that the report was a calculated attempt to smear his name and divert attention from the true culprits in the bribery scandal.
He said though some individuals purportedly told Wilbros officials that they were to collect the sum of $250,000 for the ”No. 2” and ”VP” no where in the report was he identified as the person. Full Story
Monday, December 3, 2007
'Yar’Adua should probe Wilbros scam –Atiku' - Nigeria Daily News
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