Oscarline Onwuemenyi 08 July 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – Former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri,…
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Abacha’s contentions are that he was an original co-owner of Malabu when it was controversially awarded the lucrative oil block in 1998 during his father’s military regime, but that he was illegally excluded when the company transferred the oil well to the two multinational oil companies.
“We condemn in all fullness, the continued vilification of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the various attempts at undermining a good man who did his best for the country in service and strengthening our democracy and unity as a Nation.”
“After turning up with nothing in Kano, now the EFCC want to conduct another dramatic campaign in Okenne for the cameras, and we are certain that like the previous raids which turned up nothing, no incriminating document or item would be found in the premises in Okenne or anywhere else for that matter because no such document exist.”
“I can confirm that the former president is now on our radar following new details that were uncovered in latest news reports about the Malabu scandal,” Mr. Atunwa, an APC lawmaker from Kwara State, told reporters by telephone.
“It is instructive that this same old fable apparently intended to rubbish Jonathan’s name locally and internationally, is being recycled with more lies added to garnish the narrative, at a time the ex-President is making efforts to resolve the issues in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).”
He specifically condemned the “singling out” of the Malabu oil deal for probe, saying it was disheartening that while the other oil blocks awarded at the same time and through the same process were left untouched, the Malabu incident had been a subject of sustained probe because it is owned by a Niger Delta individual.
“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.”
The charges allege that the defendants aided the commission of money-laundering by fraudulently facilitating the payment and transfer of the said sum of money from an account operated by the Federal Ministry of Justice, to Dan Etete, Malabu Oil, Aliyu Abubakar and the said companies.
28 December 2016, Sweetcrude, Lagos — Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dan Etete, Shell and Eni and 10 others are…