Ely Calil

Ely Calil

Ely Calil (born 8th December 1945 in Kano, Nigeria) is a Lebanese businessman holding British citizenship. He successfully negotiated a number of oil mining deals in Nigeria in the 1980s. He is a father of five (including actor George Calil), currently living in Chelsea, London.

In 2004 he was charged as one of the fixers and financiers in the background of a planned coup-d'état in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Calil is currently sought by courts both in Equatorial Guinea and South Africa. He is generally believed to be the character nicknamed "Smelly" in the prison notes of Simon Mann, the leading mercenary of the planned coup-d'etat.

In 2002, Calil was arrested in Paris in connection with the Elf Aquitaine bribery but was never formally charged.Fact|date=June 2008

External links

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=534408&in_page_id=1811 The shadowy Mr Calil accused of being the £100m mastermind behind failed coup that landed Simon Mann in jail] (14th March 2008)
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1388635,00.html Profile: Ely Calil: Smelly, the missing essence in a coup plot]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/equatorialguinea/story/0,,1291474,00.html Mandelson rented flat from oil tycoon in coup claim]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/thatcher_and_mann/13.html Mark Thatcher & Simon Mann's African coup - The Crime library]


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