From Left to Right: Haim Taib Managing Director of Mitrelli (HLSi); Eytan Stibbe founder of Mitrelli; Minister of Transportation and President Buhari re-election campaign’s Director General, Rotimi Amaechi & Nasiru Haladu Danu the chairman of Mitrlli's HLSI Systems & Technology LTD and the Director of logistics of the Buhari campaign organization. President Muhammadu Buhari and behind the President stands Nasiru Danu. , 2017, Nigeria's Federal Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi stunned his audience at an event to mark World Maritime Day, as he unveiled an extensive deal at an estimated value of $195 million dollars with an Israeli company, in which he did not name (later it was revealed that the company's name is HSLI Systems and Technology Ltd.). Amaechi revealed that as a result of the deal, the unnamed company will gain complete control over Nigeria's waterways for a period of three years. Meanwhile, the Israeli company will provide training services to the Nigerian national security forces, and at the end of the three years contract, the Nigerians will regain full control of the waterways from the unnamed company. The agreement also consists of a supply of three helicopters, three aircraft, three big battle-ready ships, 12 vessels, and 20 amphibious cars to secure Nigerian waters. Minister Amaechi explained that the project would obviate the necessity for safekeeping and escort of ships and vessels crossing Nigeria’s waterways. It should be taken into consideration that Minister Amaechi is a partner and a confidant of the president, assisting him in obtaining the president's approval for the deal. The contract was finally approved and signed by the Federal Executive Council on October 2017. The statement given by Amaechi at the International World Maritime Day event had soon faced strong resentment from a long list of organizations and a wave of opposition that reached the door of the House of Representatives. This led the House of Representatives to begin investigating the matter. Many clauses of the agreement remain vague, including elementary information such as the identity of the implementing company (HLSI), the exact equipment to be supplied, and how the Navy, which is responsible securing Nigeria’s waterways in general, is aware of the agreement’s full implications. In May 2017, public pressure had obligated President Buhari to announce the complete annulment of the deal, and the initiation of an investigation led by the NSA and the DIA. Three months later the contract was reinstated. The Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, explained that the contract was initially stalled as a result of investigation on the status of the firm. According to Peterside, the firm has since been given clean bill of health to proceed with the contract after the conclusion of the investigation. The scandalous deal did not stop president Buhari from appointing Minister Amaechi as his re-election campaign’s Director General. Amaechi was also the Director General of the Buhari- Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Committee between 2014 and 2015. The appointment immediately raised suspicion that the payment in advance given to HLSI was truly intended to finance Buhari’s 2019 election campaign. Suspicions intensified as soon as the president announced he will not use governmental funds for his re-election campaign at the closure of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on January 2019. The company behind the scandalous deal was identified as HSLI Systems and Technology Ltd., owned by Israeli-based Mitrelli Group and part of Mitrelli’s security branch. Until 2012 Mitrelli was known as the LR Group, a company established in 1985 by three Israeli Air Force pilots. The three became billionaires due to a lengthy list of deals in Angola and other countries around the world. The LR group is shrouded in mystery and its work ethics have frequently raised question marks. In 2012, the LR Group partners drifted apart and the business was divided among them. One of LR's original founder, Eytan Stibbe (50%) and the former manager of LR operations in Angola Haim Taib (50%) founded Mitrelli Group. Taib is Mitrelli's General Manager. The chairman of HLSI Systems & Technology LTD is Nasiru Haladu Danu. The Manager of HLSI Systems & Technology Ltd. Is Mickey Har Gaash. Nasiru Danu is also a close friend of Minister Amaechi and the founding members of APC, all were present at his weeding in December 2017. Nasiru Danu is also the Director of logistics of the Buhari campaign organization for the 2019 Presidential election! The The chairman of HLSI Systems & Technology LTD is the Director of logistics of the Buhari campaign organization! And a close friend of the Transport Minister Amaechi who led the HLSi deal! salem/ THE ISRAELI COMPANY BEHIND BUHARI'S CAMPAIGN FINANCING