President Muhammad Buhari has received
concrete evidence that his Chief of Staff (CoS),
Abba Kyari, took N500m from operators of MTN to
help the telecommunications giant mitigate the
fine imposed on it by the federal government,
SaharaReporters has learned.

Sources say the evidence was presented to
President Buhari several times including during
the Sallah holiday.
The mind-boggling revelation is the latest in the
mounting allegations of corruption involving
members of the top echelon of President Buhari’s
administration.
Confronted with the evidence, the CoS reportedly
claimed he was helping the All Progressives
Congress party raise funds for the gubernatorial
election in Bayelsa State, to which the president
is said to have asked him if he was the party
chairman, but did not relieve him of his post.
SaharaReporters has previously revealed several
corrupt actions of the Chief of Staff. They include
taking money from Jide Omokore, a shady
businessman who was massively involved in
corruption in the oil sector in the preceding
administration.
Following acceptance of the money, Mr. Kyari
reportedly took Mr. Omokore twice to meet
President Buhari to enable the businessman to
make a promise to refund some of the funds. A
source told Saharareporters Omokore promised to
refund N500 million
When Omokore was eventually arrested by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), the CoS reportedly told President Buhari
that it was the EFCC chair, Ibrahim Magu, who
had bungled progress concerning Omokore.
SaharaReporters has also previously reported that
Mr. Kyari wants to remove Magu from the anti-
graft body in favor of a candidate who is more
amenable to his wishes.
On his part, Omokore is also known to have
bribed the judge handling the case with $
2million. He was released on bail without leaving
the court premises.
Other members of President Buhari’s inner circle
have been exposed as engaging in serious cases
of corruption but the President has not acted on
their cases, either. In some instances, they
reportedly got members of President Buhari’s
office to absolve them of any “wrongdoing”.
Among others: