How John Epee Mandengue made fortune in Nigeria

But he (Mandengue) preferred to entertain personal and business relationships with Muslim politicians and Army Generals from Northern Nigeria. This alone shows how intelligent and forthright Mandengue was and in 1983, when the democratically elected government of Mr Shagari was overthrown by General Mohamadou Buhari, he was compensated by some Northern politicians and dignitaries. How, it was simply because, it was through Mr John Epee Mandengue’s broking firm called Broking Service International that embezzled funds was expatriated out of the country .However, some corrupt Nigerian politician kept their lots at home in Nigeria by using John Mandengue as cover, especially at the height of the fight against corruption and the war against indiscipline, launched by the head of the junta commandeered by Generals Mohamadou and late Tunde. These two Nigerian military leaders, besides late General Rahamat Muritala Mohammed, are touted as the best leaders Nigeria has ever had, since her independence form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1960. Why? It is alleged that, they were honest and thus fought against corruption, indiscipline and all sort dishonesty without discrimination. It might explain why, they were overthrown in 1985, by the corrupt duo of Generals Badamassi Babaginda and late Sani Abacha. And when the transition government set by Babaginda failed, late General Abacha overthrew Chief Ernest Shonekon, head of interim government of to become president.

Corruption was rift under the civilian regime of Shehu Othman Shagari, his finance minister Omarou Dicko, is even claimed to have declared that, Nigeria had no problem of money but her only problem was how to use her huge cash. It was therefore because of the flagrant mismanaged in Nigeria at that time, which forced the military to intervene in order to redress the abominable injustices that corruption creates. Most Nigerian politicians escaped to the United Kingdom and other Western countries when General Buhari came to power in 1983. Those who could not escape before the dragnet of the fight against corrupt was cast, were arrested in Lagos and in other major Nigerian cities and regions. The only way those suspected of being member of the strong and close knitted corrupt syndicate of Nigerian politicians and businessmen and women could escape arrest was to justify their source or sources of wealth. Since most could not, they found themselves in jail and even late Abiola had problems with the Nigerian military junta led by General Mohamadou Buhari. Some northern Nigerian businessmen and politicians fearing arrest had only one entity to direct their ill gotten wealth to safety. The safety was John Mandengue Epee, for he was a sure alternative to evade arrest, especially that, he was honest, hard working and above all, had a finance company that dissimulate ill got funds with ease.