EXPOSED: How Nigerian Government Gave Indicted Cocaine Trafficker Multi-million Dollar Contract To Supply Passports To Citizens | Sahara Reporters

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The investigation, which was done by Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin and reported by West Africa Weekly, delves into how the rot in the system led to an embarrassing scarcity of passports for Nigerians at home and abroad.

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This report exposes the rot, racketeering, ethnic nepotism, complete failure of due diligence, and how an indicted cocaine trafficker has come to control the supply of passports to Nigerian citizens., which was done by Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin and reported by West Africa Weekly, delves into how the rot in the system led to an embarrassing scarcity of passports for Nigerians at home and abroad.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Maitama Passport Express Centre - itself a master class in formalised black market arbitrage - Babandede made that statement, and then some. A special team would be dispatched to “facilitate enrollment and production” of passports across Nigeria and its foreign missions. New passport offices to service air passengers would be sited at the airports in Lagos, Kano and Abuja.

Every single source has a terrible story to tell about Abdullahi Liman. Liman they say, is responsible for the northernisation of the Ikoyi Passport Command. Even worse one source tells me, under Liman’s tenure, the atmosphere at the Command has taken on explicitly polarised ethnic and religious overtones.

That the contract had questionable exclusion clauses that gave undue advantage to ISTL at the expense of the Nigerian taxpayer.The Malaysian company subcontracted by ISTL to print the booklets meanwhile, has found itself facing corruption probes by Malaysian authorities over its activities in other African e-passport jurisdictions such as Guinea. So putting this picture together, we have a tech support company that has somehow wrangled its way into a $138 million 10-year government contract .

Researching the many variants of his name online, references to his diplomatic career can be seen right up until about 1980 when he seems to vanish off the face of the historical earth. In 1989, he resurfaces on CAC documents in Nigeria as the majority shareholder in a new company called Imagetech. Presumably at this point, the high-achieving diplomat has decided to pivot into a career in tech entrepreneurship.

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DavidHundeyin Nigeria is officially finished with all dis elements of impunity in power. We were warned in 2015 not to give dis starched babariga cloth wearing man in power but we refused 2listen . D Result is d ruined economy we are experiencing now.

But the colour dpepicts Nigeria of today naa. Nigeria is bleeding that is the meaning of the colour.

October 1st protest! RevolutionNow

God help us 🙏

This is mind blowing.

Stop stealing people’s work

The man holding red passport is not the buhari of 2015,something may has happened to the man Nigerians voted for, and some groups of people are playing games with his image the buhari we all know cannot allow Nigeria to be destroyed this way

Bruuhh!!!

😢

I just taya🤦 But they cam to 'pait Kwaraption' before🤔

God will continue to expose their evil

Please guys what do you expect from 78 year old brain..

A lot of FG ill€gal deal going underground..

Green passport we are managing Buhari don turn it to red

Red signifies blood and danger which is a clear indication that Buhari are after Nigerians blood and they won't stop till every single soul is butchered by the fulani cohorts. Nigerians it is high time we flush all this old cargos out of the government

Finally NGRPresident has finally agreed that they have wasted so much innocent blood 🩸 just to maintain one ☝🏾 Nigeria that can never 👎🏾 never 👎🏾 work!! Thus, red passport 🙆🏽‍♀️

Everything about this administration stinks to high heavens😡😡

This is so colourful🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Since d fulani controlled nigerian government has turned themselves in a death trap for millions of indigenous people in the zoo called nigeria. We will gradually bring down this terrorist infected country. All blood soaked flags of death must down in biafra land. Nigeria is dead

DavidHundeyin doing David's things. Looking forward to your next work. The norm would have been a serious govt would look into this, but .....

This red passport indicates danger is looming,⛔️those ruling that liegyriya are cows not human…

This is to show you what control you is unknown President 36 years old, everything control Nigeria zoo is unknown government, death country , mad people everywhere

I only amuse myself with ' headlines, because it MUST always be negative about the country and individuals. Well done Sahara 'Clown' Reporters! 😂 😂 😂 😂

This goverment loves criminals and terrorists simple he dialogue and pamper Bokoharams Bandits ISWAP Killer Headsmen but arrest and kill innocent people Protesters Secessionist including people that have a different view or his critics

My brother spain passport is red and chile also uses red passport

Corrupt govt dealing with corrupt contractor simple

DavidHundeyin All i can say is 'hmm' after reading this wonderful article. I pity Nigeria.

DrOlufunmilayo Our government breathes corruption like oxygen

One is gone remaining last one. Than most give chance for progress

More revelation is still to come about this gang stars government of APC.

Do we have Red Passport now.

Aha

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