He can also call on his Burkinabè business friend Mahamadou Bonkoungou the construction tycoon whose business jet he used in the last campaign (AC Vol 59 No 20 The heist that never was)...
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- BURKINA FASO
Kaboré's war chest is likely to be discreetly filled by business friends like Mahamadou Bonkoungou the billionaire boss of the EBOMAF regional civil engineering empire who likes to lend his private jet to heads of state like Kaboré and President George Weah (AC Vol 59 No 20 The heist that never was)...
Zinsou stands accused of campaign finance irregularities in relation to 15 billion CFA francs (US$25 million) he was alleged to have borrowed from the Burkinabè businessman Mahamadou Bonkoungou in 2016...
President Weah also sought to give the Burkinabè businessman Mahamadou Bonkoungou a $420m deal for the financing design construction and supervision of road corridors in Monrovia...
The friend it turned out was Mahamadou Bonkoungou the Burkinabè president and chief executive of the construction group EBOMAF who also owns the airline Liza Transport International based in Burkina Faso...