REVEALED: How Jonathan handed Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund to Tony Blair, JP Morgan

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Tony Blair shake hands with Goodluck Jonathan during a visit to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital
Tony Blair continues to come under the spotlight as more claims against him emerge from the explosive new biography by investigative journalist, Tom Bower.
The activities of the former Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former president has been revealed.
According to Bower’s book, Back in 2010, Mr Blair asked for a one-on-one meeting with the then Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan — ostensibly to offer the services of AGI and the Faith Foundation to help reconcile the country’s Muslims and Christians.
Again, he was given an intelligence briefing by the British embassy in advance.
But having charmed the president and — in the words of Jonathan’s staff — satisfied his ego, Blair then introduced him to J.P. Morgan chief Jamie Dimon.
The banker offered to manage Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund — and Jonathan agreed. No other bank in the world was asked to tender for this profitable work.
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From Nigeria, Blair flew with Dimon to Liberia, where he already had a charity AGI team in place to advise the president. The upshot? J.P. Morgan invested in a commercial project in Liberia.
How Blair Got Involved With JP Morgan
As soon as he left office – Blair was desperate to make millions. So Jonathan Powell, his former chief of staff, came to the rescue.
Setting up a meeting with a leading headhunter, Powell told him bluntly: ‘Tony needs a job.
In turn, the headhunter, Martin Armstrong, had a chat with Blair’s PR friend Matthew Freud, and together the men agreed that the headhunter should try the U.S. investment bank J.P. Morgan.
Armstrong’s approach was fruitful. On July 11, 2007, the bank’s chief executive met Blair at Freud’s office in Mayfair, and offered him …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper