Online medium, Premium Times has slammed former Senate President David Mark for claiming that his name is not on the Panama Papers. The ex-Senate President had claimed that his name was not in the Panama Papers as he had gone through the database.
However, Joshua Olufemi, Project Manager at the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, punctured the former Senate president’s claims.
He said, “It is the height of falsehood for David Mark to claim he has looked through the database, and that he didn’t find his name. The database is not public, and the strict security protocol around it will not allow unauthorised users to access it. So which database did he check?
“It is sad that a man who was the number three official in our country will cook up this level of lies. If he indeed has access to the database, he should look again, and he will find his name and his companies listed there. The earlier he accepts that reality the better.”
On Tuesday, PREMIUM TIMES exclusively reported Mark’s links with eight offshore companies in British Virgin Island as shown by the leaked database of Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm reputed for helping clients register shell companies, some of which are used for illicit purposes.
The Mossack Fonseca database shows that Mr. Mark is one of Nigeria’s most extensive users of offshore shell companies, even while being a public official.
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