Guest guest Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Sorry folks,But had to post this..I've been hoping that ONE DAY this would get this guy, which is long over due! look at his pic, he looks like he may not live another day. The pace maker may be giving out!MHhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/02/nigeria-dick-cheney-to-be_n_790917.htmlNigerian authorities will charge former Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal that is alleged to involve Halliburton,BusinessWeek reports. An arrest warrant "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol," said Godwin Obla, the prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria.The charges center on an alleged $180 million bribery payment used to secure a $6 billion liquefied natural gas contract. Prosecutors are also looking into international companies Saipem and Technip. Cheney was the CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, before becoming W. Bush's running mate. "As the CEO of Halliburton, he has the responsibility for acts that occurred during that period," Obla told the AFP.Nigeria arrested 12 employees of Halliburton earlier in the week, reports Reuters. The firm's offices in Nigeria were raided by anti-corruption police, although the company said that the detentions "had no legal basis and that its employees had since been freed."Nigeria's Guardian newspaper reported the charges and noted:An impeccable government source told The Guardian that upon the resolution by government's lawyers and the Attorney General of Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) that Cheney could not be absolved of complicity in the bribery scandal since he was at that time of the bribery in 2006 the Chairman of Halliburton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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