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On 5th January 2000 I posted something I culled from the Point entitled "Samuel Sarr Speaks". It was an interview in which Sam Sarr tried to exonerate himself from any wrong doing concerning the Crude Oil Affair. Please compare below what he said to the Point then, and what he is saying now.

Prince

Excerpt from The Point of 5 January 2000: 

Samuel Sarr, the businessman incriminated in the Government's press release, has reacted. Mr. Sarr maintains that for the veracity and facts of the documents one should check with the British High Commission in The Gambia, the servers of the summons on behalf of the commercial court of the High Court of London; also with the commercial court of London; and the judgment delivered in the same commercial court in London where a judgment was granted against the Gambia Government in the amount of $601,625.32. 

Sarr went on to declare: 

"I wish to state for the record that I most strongly repudiate, refute and disclaim any allegations and accusations levelled against me by the Gambia Government or agents of the Gambia Government. I do not have the means to deceive all the parties involved namely, NNPC, Glencore, and the Federal Government of Nigeria to release the Gambia Government quota of crude oil to my humble self. 

Sarr further alleged that the explanation proffered by the Government is the most flimsy one, and lacks merit as evidenced in findings by an international court of law. He went further to state that the case and the judgment in question took place some years and months ago. 

Sarr further stated that he has at all times conducted his business matters legitimately the world over, and that The Gambia is no exception, adding that he strictly adheres to the rule of law. 

He "urged the UDP leader to reveal to the public, the insider source in the person of minister and fake friends of the Gambia Government for the sake of transparency and probity, and to exonerate my humble self from acts to which I am no party." . 

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