Jefferey Tessler: Seedy Details About The Man Who Bribed Nigeria
Contrary to the explanations from some government officials on the alleged $6 billion bribery for the contract on the Bonny island Joint Venture Project, involving top government executives and some officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Commission (NNPC) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the text of the ruling by the United states District Court Southern District of Texas, which was made available to The Guardian, showed that the accused, Jeffrey Tesller and Wojciech Chodan, actually established links through which the funds were disbursed in instalments.
The ruling established a conspiracy with Nigerian officials, which was facilitated through ‘cultural meetings’ at which the use of particular agents to pay bribes to officials of the Nigerian government in order to secure official support for the Joint Venture in obtaining and retaining contracts to build the Bonny Island Project.
Tesller, 60, was said to have confirmed to Chodan sometime in November 1994 that he had spoken with a senior official of the Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum and that his fee would be $60 million. He further informed him that “the first top-level executive branch official of the government of Nigeria would get $40 – 45 million of that fee,” while other Nigerian government officials would get the remaining $15-20 million.
The report further proved there was a meeting between another gent, referred to as Stanley, and the first top-level Nigerian executive branch official before there was any written agreement between the joint venture and Tesler.
