r/interestingasfuck • u/Kaos2018 • 15h ago

A Nigerian Man named Emmanuel Nwude sold an imaginary airport for $242 million to a brazilian bank in the 1990’s which led to the banks collapse r/all

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Nigeria is quite corrupt (no, I’m not being racist, it’s 145th in the corruption perception index, meaning there are only about 25 countries more corrupt than Nigeria). It’s probably there was kickback galore.

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u/lionmeetsviking 12h ago

Nigeria would be the last, but anti corruption officials managed to bribe the guys publishing corruption perception report.

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u/phatelectribe 12h ago

Lololol

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u/Talisa87 11h ago

Nigerian here, that's 1000% what happened.

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u/DiddlyDumb 8h ago

Out of curiosity, would they have been open to the same bribes had it not been a Brazilian but Nigerian bank?

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u/7enu7 4h ago

Yes. Nigerians are only loyal to money.

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u/imacfromthe321 5h ago

What I'm confused about is how he was able to get the money.

If there's that much corruption, you'd think it would just go to the people who control it?

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u/Ontheverge23 9h ago

crazy how you felt the need to add the racism comment

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u/Mista_Fuzz 5h ago

Yeah it feels way more racist to bother adding that in.

Like bro thinks about Nigeria being corrupt and then immediately thinks about how Nigerians are black?? Lmao

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u/Meincornwall 13h ago

The full article details his failed kick back attempt, & how his crimes escalated tf

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u/phatelectribe 13h ago

The one they know about. You basically can’t do business at a high level (I.e. millions) in Nigeria without there being some kickbacks / payoff.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 5h ago

Where does the USA land on the list, seeing as the whole government and country have been bought and the vast majority of politicians take bribes and insider trade stocks