…Says he won’t return to Nigeria without concessions from govt Oscarline Onwuemenyi, with agency reports 20 April 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja…
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“The extradition procedure can only be ignited by the AGF, who has the exclusive powers to apply to court to extradite a suspect from Nigeria to another country, or activate the mutual assistance of a host country of a suspect to extradite the wanted person back to Nigeria.”
Abacha, who is the scion of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanu Abacha, had earlier on Friday filed a suit seeking to reclaim the OPL 245, which the Federal Government was accused of re-allocating to Shell and Agip without the consent of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, where he is the largest shareholder.
The OPL 245 was said to have been originally issued by the Federal Government to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited under shady circumstances before the subsequent transfers that ended with Shell and Agip, which the EFCC described as fraudulent.
“They should not bring Obasanjo into an Etete deal. I was not part of any such deal. If I hold that view, I could not have approved a deal with Dan Etete. What Etete did is the height of corruption. He appropriated the asset to himself illegally, illegitimately and immorally. I can’t remember giving approval that the block be given back to Etete
The ruling could not go on as earlier scheduled by the court following three fresh applications filed by Malabu Oil, seeking to be joined in the matter as well as for an opportunity to be a party in the already heard applications filed by Shell and Agip.
The OPL 245, an oil field believed to be the largest in Africa, was said have been fraudulently acquired from the Federal Government by Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in 1998 and afterwards sold to oil giants, Shell and Agip, in a shady transactions.
“We wish to make it clear that former President Jonathan was not accused, indicted or charged for corruptly collecting any money as kickbacks or bribes from ENI by the Italian authorities or any other law enforcement body the world over.”