“My Lord, the process of getting the defendants to come to court has proven difficult,” the agency’s lawyer, Mr. Ojogbane, told the court.
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“The proper thing is that the committee has taken a decision that he must give evidence. Section 89 of the Constitution requires that we ask for the evidence; we’ve asked him for evidence and he must give evidence, we have asked him to give his response and submission.”
“The government will take steps, in collaboration with the international police to locate them and bring them back to Nigeria through extradition, which is a very cumbersome process, but it will be done,” Ojogbane said.
…Says he won’t return to Nigeria without concessions from govt Oscarline Onwuemenyi, with agency reports 20 April 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja…
“There was no evidence of a search warrant but they broke down some doors, searched everywhere and the roof. No information on the actual mission of the operatives. This invasion is without deference to the ongoing cases in court against the ex-AGF.”
“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.”
“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 OPL 245, an oil field believed to be the largest in Africa with over nine billion barrels of crude, was said to have been fraudulently acquired from the Federal Government by Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in 1998 and afterwards offered to oil giants, Shell and Agip, in a shady shady deal.
“If the former minister has no case to answer, she should come forward and meet us in court instead of raising false alarm to whip up sentiment and run away from the issues.”
“Let me re-state categorically as I have always maintained, for the record, I have NOT and WILL NEVER Steal Money from OR DEFRAUD the Federal Government of Nigeria. I am willing to respond to any charges brought against me that follow duly laid down procedures.
