If This Was A Book, It Would Be Farfetched

[hc4361]

This chap is a wrong un - but what an unbelievable and fascinating story. Can't begin to understand how it happened

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600746/Former-Wickes-cashier-Nigerian-state-governor-defrauded-worlds-poorest-people-157million-not-pay-penny.html

[Svejk]

quite normal for Africa, I'd have said. never see the companies involved in these corruption cases in the dock, do we?

[hc4361]

How did he get from working in Wickes to that position in Africa? That's the oddity.

[jomifl]

Normal for west Africa....

[Svejk]

I'm guessing dishonesty ;-)

[hc4361]

It may well be, but he didn't start in Africa. It started in Ruislip, Middlesex

[Svejk]

seriously though, could be family related.

[jomifl]

I think it is greed related.

[Svejk]

you read these stories about 'self-made' millionaires that start ' I borrowed 2 million of my uncle'. lol.
in much the same way I doubt, in these corrupt countries, you can start at the bottom and 'graft' your way up without a helping hand.

[Dee Sa]

this happens all the time all over Africa, they don't give a damn about the poor, the starving and those in genuine need. He will bribe his way out of this, as most of them do. Why am I not surprised ?

[hc4361]

He'll bribe his way out of a UK court? Is the UK legal system corrupt?

I still don't understand how a man living in the UK and working in Wickes on minimum wage became a powerful state governor of Nigeria.

[Farriercm]

Is This one of the Countries that Dave was Bragging about giving millions in foreign aid to??.

[jomifl]

/I still don't understand how a man living in the UK and working in Wickes on minimum wage became a powerful state governor of Nigeria. /

That's the strength of democracy, you just have to know who to bribe.

[emmie]

can't begin to understand how it happened, i can.