Sources in Nigeria’s security circles, who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity, said the visa was issued by a Foreign Service official in Beirut based on that invitation.
According to the sources, without a letter of invitation the hate preacher’s visa application would not have been approved. Discussions within the security circles in Nigeria centered on a popular middle-eastern company operating in Nigeria as the originator of the invitation letter for the issuance of the visa.
A source said allegations that a bribe of about $8,000 was paid by Al-Assir to obtain the visa has not been confirmed. Security sources however said even if a bribe that big was offered, it was highly unlikely that the official who issued the visa received such money alone. It was hinted that the intelligence report of the plans of Al-Assir to visit Nigeria was given to the Lebanese authorities by Hezbollah.
He pointed out that the lack of an active Foreign Service liaison with security and intelligence organization at the Nigeria embassy in Beirut made it difficult to share such intelligence operations with Nigeria directly.

Am not suprise,,after d previous incident of massive weapon discovery in a shoping mall @abuja,,,am not suprise at all
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of thing is this..
ReplyDeleteOnly God we help us in this country
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ReplyDeleteHmm wetin people fit do bcos of money na wa o
ReplyDeleteNa wah oooo so na so dem want scatter this our lovely country
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