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Court to Disclose Items Found in Atiku’s US Home Tomorrow
05.10.2006

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=47763


A United States Magistrate Judge, William Connelly, will tomorrow release the items found in the United States home of Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and US Congressman, Williams Jefferson.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 3, 2004 searched the Potomac home in Maryland, USA of the Vice President and recovered some items.
On the same day, the FBI served search warrants on Jefferson’s homes in New Orleans and Washington.
According to Fox News.Com yesterday, Jefferson fought the release of the search warrant documents which contains excerpts of wire tapped conversation.
Jefferson through his attorney, Robert P. Trout opposed the release, saying it would taint him for life and added, the harm done will not be remedied.
Jefferson, 59 has denied any wrong doing.
But the judge, while ruling on a motion filed by Washington Post to unseal the affidavit containing the items found in Jefferson and Abubakar’s home said the affidavit would be unsealed on Thursday unless someone appeals his ruling.
The report said Jefferson was alleged to have visited the Vice-President’s house in July 2004 to persuade the Vice President to salvage a $45m deal in Nigeria involving the Kentucky telecommunications firm, iGate Corporation.
In 2003, when Jefferson was on official business in Nigeria, he promoted iGate to a Nigerian Company called Netlink Digital Television (NDTV), which was seeking to deploy internet technology throughout Africa.
Reacting to the story last night, a media aide of Atiku said the VP welcomes the unsealment of the Jefferson affidavit. "When it is opened, it will show that the VP has done no wrong. He has never had any business relationship with the congressman"
The aide added that once the matter was dealt with tomorrow, "the VP will be free of the FBI saga."