Further evidence of corrupt and illegal Nigerian involvement in Ghana politics emerged today as a director of Energy Bank, a Nigerian owned bank in Ghana confessed that the bank paid a whopping $5 million to some officials of the ruling National Democratic Congress before its application for license to operate in the country was granted by the Bank of Ghana.
Ghana's New Statesman quoted the Director as saying the amount was paid notwithstanding the fact that the owner of Energy Bank, Jimoh Ibrahim, had contributed huge sums of money to support the campaign of the late President John Evans Attah Mills in the 2008 elections.
Energy Bank, the director revealed, was subsequently granted a universal banking license, and on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, commenced business after the late President Mills had cut the tape at a ceremony held at the GNAT Heights in Accra.
This revelation comes on the back of investigations being carried out by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Dr Jimoh over alleged acts of money laundering.
Dr Jimoh's participation in Ghanaian politics was revealed by Chief Dele Momodu, a Nigerian business mogul, who stated in his epitaph to the late President John Atta-Mills that Dr Jimoh "provided significant support and resources to Prof for the election."
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