– The EFCC said it is about probing Mohammed Bello Adoke over the settlement agreement on Malabu oil block
– Adeoke is the former attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice
– Ibrahim Magu, the chairman of the commission, said nobody directed him in any way on any issue concerning Adoke
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) has a case to answer over the Settlement Agreement on Malabu Oil Block (OPL 25).
He said Adoke has been offering the reading public in the account of his sojourn in governance a bouquet of half-truths and plain lies.
Ekohotblog. come gathered that he said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo did not discuss, counsel, or direct him in any way on any issue concerning Adoke.
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He said the EFC is not the battle axe of political figures and could not have been called out to deal with anyone as being insinuated by Adoke.
He said after satisfying his long desire to titillate the public with some tales, Adoke should make himself available for trial.
Magu, who made his position known in a statement through the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission’s investigation had implicated Adoke in the matter of the implementation of the settlement and resolution of agreements on Oil Prospecting License OPL 245 and OPL214
He said the probe of OPL 245 was not a witch-hunt.
He said: “It is important for the public to know that the investigation of the lucrative Oil Prospecting License 245 Settlement deal, otherwise known as the Malabu Scandal, by EFCC was not an enterprise in witch-hunt or malice.
”The Magu-led leadership of the commission, in consideration of persistent public demand for closer scrutiny of the transaction, coupled with emerging information suggestive of opacity in the consummation of the deal, acted in national interest to determine that overall public good was not sacrificed on the altar of personal interest of those who perfected the deal.
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“The investigation had been discreet, with no threat of direct physical harm to Adoke or any other person implicated in the deal.
“The commission’s investigation holds Adoke liable in the matter of the implementation of the settlement and resolution of agreements on Oil Prospecting License OPL 245 and OPL214 between Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, belonging to former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete and the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2010.”
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