- Everyone involved in the Malabu oil scandal must be prosecuted, says CACOL
- A list of all presidents involved in the Malabu saga has been penned down
- The list which was drafted by Mohammed Adoke, has been sent to current AGF, Abubakar Malami
A call has been made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to carry out investigations and equally prosecute everyone who is linked to the Malabu oil saga.
The call was made by the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL).
This followed an open letter written by the former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN) to current AGF, Abubakar Malami.
Adoke, in an Open letter addressed to his successor, Mr. Malami (SAN), on Sunday entitled, ‘Settlement of dispute over ownership/operation of OPL 245, between the Federal Government of Nigeria, Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited’ listed the names of both living and dead past presidents, as well as some Nigerians who were involved in the deal.
The former AGF specifically named former President Olusegun Obasanjo, late former President Umaru Yar’adua, immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Barrister Bayo Ojo, SAN, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, and Dr Olusegun Aganga.
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CACOL to EFCC: Go after Jonathan, Obasanjo, others
Prior to now, Adoke had been charged of an involvement in $1.1bn Malabu Scam alongside 10 other persons.
He was charged alongside Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited, ENI SPA and three Italians for corruptly handing over $801,000,000 to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mr Dan Etete; Chairman of AA Oil, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar; and Etete’s company, Malabu Oil and Gas.
Reacting to the development, Debo Adeniran, the Executive Chairman of CACOL in a press statement, expressed concerns over the case.
He said “We insist that ex-AGF should answer whatever charges that have been leveled against him in the Court. An open letter to his successor shows some hanky-panky; it is not the same as answering to the charges against him. He needs to understand that Nigerians are now wiser than the usual gimmick of corruption suspects that attempts to divert attention from the substance of the cases against them.
“The EFCC is not owned by the late Sanni Abacha or his family. It is owned by Nigeria, institutionalized and empowered by the Constitution to fight against Corruption and that is exactly what the Commission is doing! It is impish to avoid the main issue at hand and navigate matters to a slope that leads nowhere.”
Adeniran called on the EFCC to continue and intensify investigations on the mentioned names and be sure to bring to book everyone found culpable in the Oil Scam because no one is above the law.
“This is one scandal that has lingered on for too long and we know this is apparently because of the suspected personalities who seem to be ‘above the law’.
“Therefore, Adoke’s claims should be investigated profoundly by the EFCC and if there are grounds established against persons to have erred against our extant laws, then, they should be prosecuted accordingly regardless of how ‘highly’ placed they are in the society,” he said.
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