“…The Jefferson indictment listed the intended targets as Vernon Jackson, a businessman and CEO of iGate, the US telecommunications firm trying to do broadband technology business in Nigeria through NITEL, to whom the Congressman allegedly said he would pass on the $100,000 bribe to the third person on the list, Vice President Abubakar. 32 The US investigation also asked for Nigeria's collaboration in investigating iGate, and a Nigerian counterpart, Netlink Digital Television (NDTV), whose chairman was Nigerian businessman, Otunba Fasawe, who is charged with having met Mr Jefferson during a trip to Nigeria. Among others, the DOJ also specified interest in bank records relating to any payment or transfer of funds from the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF).…”