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Nigeria: Siemens - My Hands Are Clean - Adebayo Leadership (Abuja) 20 November 2007 Posted to the web 20 November 2007 By Golu Timothy Former Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo has denied any involvement in the alleged bribe scandal involving a German telecom giant, SIEMENS, saying those who seek to draw him into the controversy are not fair to him. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP last night and personally signed by the former minister, he said, he never at any point in time entangled himself throughout his four decades in public service, and therefore, it should not be at this age and time, that he will mess up his hard earned integrity. "My attention has been drawn to media reports as it affects Siemens in Nigeria, wherein my name has been mentioned with the allegation of collecting bribe at some 'unknown time after 2002'. While the fact remains that I was minister of Communications between July 2003 and August 2006, I wish to state very clea...

Nigeria: Siemens - My Hands Are Clean - Adebayo Leadership (Abuja) 20 November 2007 Posted to the web 20 November 2007 By Golu Timothy Former Minister of Communications, Chief Cornelius Adebayo has denied any involvement in the alleged bribe scandal involving a German telecom giant, SIEMENS, saying those who seek to draw him into the controversy are not fair to him. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP last night and personally signed by the former minister, he said, he never at any point in time entangled himself throughout his four decades in public service, and therefore, it should not be at this age and time, that he will mess up his hard earned integrity. "My attention has been drawn to media reports as it affects Siemens in Nigeria, wherein my name has been mentioned with the allegation of collecting bribe at some 'unknown time after 2002'. While the fact remains that I was minister of Communications between July 2003 and August 2006, I wish to state very clea...

Siemens scandal: Culprits will be punished, vows President Yar’Adua The attention of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been drawn to media reports of the alleged bribery by an international Telecoms company (Siemens) of some past Nigerian public officials and wishes to assure the nation that anybody found culpable in the scandal would face the full wrath of the law.