From Nigeria-Documents exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters reveals that former military ruler, Sani Abacha, gave millions of dollars in public funds to leaders of the Anglican Church of Nigeria during his brutal reign.
Mr. Abacha's regime was marked by draconian decrees, the incarceration or hanging of dissidents, most famously Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni 8, as well as massive corruption.
Before his death in November 1998, Mr. Abacha had squandered hundreds of millions of dollars to buy political support for his plan to succeed himself as a civilian president.
The documents obtained by SaharaReporters reveal that Sani Abacha approved $5 million to fund the leaders of the Anglican Church of Nigeria on a trip to the 1998 Lambeth Conference in London. The Lambeth Conference is a gathering of Anglican leaders from around the world that takes place every ten years.
The documents reveal that more than $1 million of the fund was delivered specifically to Peter Akinola, the then Anglican Archbishop of Abuja.
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Well, it appears all the muss and costly fuss at Falls River and Turo by CANA drummers, prancers and processional dancers was well funded years in advance...Peter Akinola loved his show of shows and the destruction that was uniquely his to stir up with Nigerian bigotry directed towards LGBTI Episcopalians at the Diocese of Virginia and beyond. What a mess, his own form of Helter Skelter...tainted money, his to cherish...what else did he do with the loot? Oh, I almost forgot, Martyn Minns is still passing the plate around in not-so-merry-olde England. Influence peddling takes on all new meaning, AGAIN!
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