Documents show that the company,
The Nigerian government has approved the award of a major maritime project to a company immersed in high-level corruption in two other African countries, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
The company,
It is unclear if the Nigerian government conducted a background check on the technical partner awarded the security-sensitive contract and decided to ignore it, or perhaps Frabemar is being used as a front for a powerful individual or group.
Frabemar SRL, a subsidiary within the Frabemar group, is in the business of pre-shipment inspection, in
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According to documents and publications sourced from the two countries, Frabemar's contracts were terminated and the company charged to court on matters bordering on impropriety and corruption.
The reports said that Frabemar serially under-remitted the revenue accruable to those governments, and massively bribed government officials.
In 2009, the
This, like the Nigerian version of the cargo tracking note, was to be done for a fee.
OGEFREM is a public enterprise of a technical and commercial nature in the
But the proceeds from the arrangement never made it to the coffers of the Congolese government, reports said, with claims that they were diverted into the pockets of a few people including a former minister and honorary CEO of Frabemar.
Coordinated by the Deputy Prosecutor, the magistrate
"These bribes were transferred from a current account opened in
He was also said to have offered them large-displacement cars and other tips.
An Italian newspaper, Il Secolo XIX, also reported that the duo paid bribes in exchange for contracts to former ministers and assorted politicians from Congo,
In leaked documents dated
The document which was written in French and translated to English said: "By the order of the hierarchy, justified by the concern of the national interest, I instruct you to proceed with the termination of the special mandate contract which binds OGEFREM to FRABEMAR since
"Indeed it is clear that Frabemar has seriously violated the provisions of this contract especially in its articles 2, 3, 4 and 7, by not allowing the Congolese State to benefit from its right."
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Local newspapers widely reported Frabemar's fate in DRC, questioning why their government would want to deal with Frabemar especially as it concerns public funds.
The procurement process in which Mr Babalaye assented to the contract was eventually faulted.
Efforts to speak with
Similarly, email messages sent to the company, Frabemar, were not replied for weeks.
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