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Société d'Équipements Internationaux Nigeria Limited (SEI)
Nigeria-registered arms-procurement firm incorporated May 2014 (immediately after the Chibok schoolgirls' abduction) by Niger-national businessman Aboubakar Hima ('Petit Boubé'). Counterparty on contracts for six Mi-24/Mi-35 helicopters and bombs/rockets from US arms dealer Ara Dolarian's Dolarian Capital Inc (Fresno, California). Helicopters were priced at $25m each — five times the normal $5m value, per SIPRI's Pieter Wezeman. Buhari's CADEP committee (July 2016) named SEI as playing a 'major' role in the alleged Dasukigate scam after being awarded nearly $1bn worth of contracts 'characterised by irregularity and fraud'. Per Wikipedia: the Nigerian High Court in August 2022 found SEI 'innocent of charges and returned all frozen assets held by the EFCC'.
Sources
- SOURCE-01Wikipedia — $2 billion arms deal
- Wikipedia — $2 billion arms dealen.wikipedia.org/wiki/$2_billion_arms_deal
- 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-03OCCRP — 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-04Legit.ng — Armsgate: President Buhari Orders To Probe Badeh, Amosu, Others (Full List)
- Legit.ng — Armsgate: President Buhari Orders To Probe Badeh, Amosu, Others (Full List)www.legit.ng/697582-armsgate-president-buhari-orders-probe-badeh-amosu-full-list.html
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