In June 2011, Nigerian Ex-house speaker Dimeji Bankole was accused of fraud. He was accused of raising his salary and that of other senior parliment members with a loan of $65 million that he took out and stealing tens of millions of dollars from government funds.Today the judge cleared him of any fault of the crime. The judge stated that even though what Bankole did was immoral and wrong he did not commit a crime. Also Bankole is known to be allied with the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. The Nigerian President also had previously and ironically promised to tackle and eliminate corruption.Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16821097
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