Thursday, 7 April 2016

#PanamaPapers: Exposed Nigerian Public Officers May be Prosecuted

Nigerian public officers named in the #PanamaPapers leak could face prosecution if the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice decides to press a case.
This came as news emerged yesterday that a Swiss attorney, Enrico Monfrini, hired by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to track missing Abacha loot in Swiss banks is himself operating over 178 companies in offshore tax havens, a massive leak of secret documents belonging to offshore shell companies has revealed.

The leak of more than 11 million secret documents from the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca, according to an online news portal, TheCable, is causing ripples globally.
Ethical and criminal questions are being asked about the stashing away of billions of dollars in tax havens.
Meanwhile, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, Iceland Prime Minister, has resigned over the leaks which exposed his offshore assets.(would this ever happen in Nigeria?)
Nigerians named so far are Senate President Bukola Saraki, his predecessor David Mark (pictured), former minister of defence Theophilus Danjuma, and former governor of Delta state James Ibori.


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