The US Department of
State may have barred the former governor of Edo state, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion
from, entering the United States of America because of money laundering.
According to an onliine portal, Sahara Reporters, the American
consular authorities had written to Igbinedion to tell him that he was no
longer welcome in the US.
Source indicated that the former governor, who has been convicted
for corrupt practices shortly after his governorship term, had multiple
entry visas to the US and has received a letter that notified him of the
revocation of his visa.
Igbinedion was a two-term governor in Edo State where he looted
the treasury mindlessly, according to documents gathered by the EFCC.
Our source in Washington, DC disclosed that the US government
was reviewing the files of some of Nigeria’s current and former government
officials and will deny them visas once they are deemed undesirable on account
of their engagement in corruption.
Efforts by LEADERSHIP SUNDAY to get reaction from Igbinedion
proved abortive as he did not respond to calls put across to his phone as at
press time.
Source:
Leadership
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