Nigeria: N3 Billion Pension Bribery Scandal - Senate Committee Threatens Leadership

22 November 2012

The Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions Committee of the Senate investigating a bribery scandal against the Senator Aloysius Etuk-led Senate Committee on Establishment went beyond its brief yesterday when it threatened to deal with LEADERSHIP if it failed to disclose the sources of its story that detailed the scandal.

LEADERSHIP had exclusively reported how one Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi claimed to have bribed members of the Senate Committee on Establishment with N3 billion in dollars to stall the prosecution of the accused persons allegedly involved in pension scandal. Although members of the committee had denied the story, the Senate through its resolution had mandated the committee to investigate the matter and report back to the Senate.

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