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Under investigation
Aboubakar Hima ('Petit Boubé')
Niger-national arms broker known by the nickname 'Petit Boubé'; son-in-law of former Niger president Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. Set up Imprimerie du Plateau printing firm in Niger 2003, then moved into arms brokering by 2010. Worked closely with Sambo Dasuki during the Jonathan administration 2010–2015; netted over $400m in fraudulent Nigerian arms contracts 2014–2015 per EFCC. Declared wanted by Nigeria's EFCC. Subsequently surfaced as the broker behind a $77m 2024 Senegalese Environment Ministry arms deal under his Lavie Commercial Brokers vehicle (OCCRP investigation). Some assets seized by US and South African authorities over illicit arms deals.
Sources
- SOURCE-01OCCRP — Notorious Nigerien Weapons Broker Lands Secret Arms Deal in Senegal
- OCCRP — Notorious Nigerien Weapons Broker Lands Secret Arms Deal in Senegalwww.occrp.org/en/investigation/notorious-nigerien-weapons-broker-lands-secret-arms-deal-in-senegal
- SOURCE-02News24 — US court battle gives clues to Nigerian arms scandal
- News24 — US court battle gives clues to Nigerian arms scandalwww.news24.com/News24/us-court-battle-gives-clues-to-nigerian-arms-scandal-20170518
- SOURCE-03Wikipedia — $2 billion arms deal
- Wikipedia — $2 billion arms dealen.wikipedia.org/wiki/$2_billion_arms_deal
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