Lebanese community in West Africa. Mrs. Welsh discussed these plans with two men identified as Lebanese businessmen .
The video revealed that the group demanded that it would make a donation of $2m
(N400m) to the foundation if it helped it launder the balance of $2.9m.
Welsh assured the potential ‘donors’ that it would not be a problem as she was well-grounded in the art of being discreet.
“I had to go through training, through President Obasanjo, political training for one year to become discreet,”
she said in the video.
She added, “Sometimes, we get dollars
from people who give money to our foundation and they say they don’t
want it to be known that they donated the money, but they want to have a
letter on our letterhead paper and a letter from Obasanjo just to say
‘Thank you for your kind donations to the foundation for the work to
support Ebola’. That’s it. That is what we normally do.”
The group, however, told her they did
not care how the money given to the foundation was spent as long as
their interest was protected.
She then demanded 30 per cent of the $2.9m from the group as a fee for her hard work which the group agreed to. There was also the details of how the money would be transferred through a Nigerian bank
which she uses.
In reaction to the said report, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo told reporters that his Foundation has reported the matter to the UK Charity Commission and the UK Police. According to his statements Franklyn Lisk is now the CEO of the Foundation.
Mr. Obasanjo also stated that Mr. List has been the CEO of the Foundation since Mrs. Welsh met with the Lebanese businessmen.
