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| Femi Falana |
Nigeria Respected Lawyer
and Activist, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has disclosed
how he declined a mouth-watering N405 million brief from an unnamed former
governor to help him launder funds abroad.
Falana, whose testimonial was contained in the current edition of ALERT, a monthly pull-out by the EFCC, pleaded with his colleagues to be wary of briefs from politically-exposed persons (PEPs).
Lawyer Falana
said:
“The governor asked me to assist him in transferring money abroad,
and that I should claim it to be proceeds from sale of his property in Nigeria.
“And the price was extremely attractive. He was going to pay me a million
pounds then, when money was money.
“The governor said he had chosen me for the
shady deal, because ;nobody will suspect you'.
“I told him, ‘Your
Excellency, so it is my reputation you want to buy with your one million
pounds?’
“Some of my colleagues
thought I was stupid, but those who accepted the [fraud] offer later found
themselves in trouble, as they were arrested and humiliated...”
He advised lawyers
against being used by politically-exposed persons to be careful. He also asked
lawyers not to succumb to the lure of filthy lucre to assist big politicians
commit financial crimes.
“Lawyers have a
paramount role to play in the fight against economic and financial crimes, as
they are the ones usually employed by well-heeled members of the society to
help perfect documents for illicit transactions, and to cover up their tracks.”
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