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Swiss Lawyer Obasanjo Hired To Recover $4 Billion Abacha Loot Has 178 Secret Companies

Enrico Monfrini, Swiss Lawyer Obasanjo Hired To Recover $4 Billion Abacha Loot Has 178 Secret Companies.It has been revealed that one Enrico Monfrini, a

Swiss attorney hired by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to track the over $4 billion believed to have been stashed away in Swiss banks by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha was himself, a suspicious personality.

According to the leaked documents, Monfrini, an influential legal practitioner in Switzerland operated over 178 companies in offshore tax havens such as Panama and the British Virgin Island.

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Although Monfrini reportedly helped the Nigerian government secure the release of N267 billion ($1.34 billion), his personal involvement in secret offshore investments designed to conceal earnings and evade taxes casts a shadow on his credibility and smacked of hypocrisy, considering the fact that he was chosen to track and recover funds stolen from Nigeria.

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