Abba kyari received #500m bribe from MTN

President Muhammad Buhari has received
concrete evidence that his Chief of Staff
(CoS), Abba Kyari, took N500m from
operators of MTN to help the
telecommunications giant mitigate the fine
imposed on it by the federal government,
SaharaReporters has learned.
Sources say the evidence was presented to
President Buhari several times including
during the Sallah holiday.
The mind-boggling revelation is the latest in
the mounting allegations of corruption
involving members of the top echelon of
President Buhari’s administration.
Confronted with the evidence, the CoS
reportedly claimed he was helping the All
Progressives Congress party raise funds for
the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State,
to which the president is said to have asked
him if he was the party chairman, but did
not relieve him of his post.
SaharaReporters has previously revealed
several corrupt actions of the Chief of Staff.
They include taking money from Jide
Omokore, a shady businessman who was
massively involved in corruption in the oil
sector in the preceding administration.
Following acceptance of the money, Mr. Kyari
reportedly took Mr. Omokore twice to meet
President Buhari to enable the businessman
to make a promise to refund some of the
funds.
A source told Saharareporters Omokore
promised to refund N500 million.
When Omokore was eventually arrested by
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), the CoS reportedly told
President Buhari that it was the EFCC chair,
Ibrahim Magu, who had bungled progress
concerning Omokore.
SaharaReporters has also previously
reported that Mr. Kyari wants to remove
Magu from the anti-graft body in favor of a
candidate who is more amenable to his
wishes.
On his part, Omokore is also known to have
bribed the judge handling the case with
$2million.
He was released on bail without leaving the
court premises.
Other members of President Buhari’s inner
circle have been exposed as engaging in
serious cases of corruption but the
President has not acted on their cases,
either.
In some instances, they reportedly got
members of President Buhari’s office to
absolve them of any “wrongdoing”.
Among others:
The Chief of Army Staff, Yusuf Buratai, was
found to have used Nigerian Army funds to
purchase homes in Dubai;
The Minister of Internal Affairs,
Abdulrahman Dambazau, bought homes for
millions of dollars in Boston in the United
States;
Several other aides and officials within the
government have been exposed for
involvement in illegal employments and
forgery of age and certificates.
As in the case of Mr. Kyari, they have so far
all been shielded by President Buhari.
Speaking earlier this to journalists in Daura,
his hometown, the president said his “anti-
corruption war” was being implemented on
the basis of justice and fairness.