The senate has resolved that plans by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to concession the Port Harcourt refinery to AGIP or Oando should be suspended, while an ad-hoc committee will be set up to look into the concession arrangement.
Adoke said that as a Minister, he was merely discharging his duties by carrying out the instructions of the President; therefore he wants the court to declare his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as illegal.
The federal government wants the Abuja Federal High Court to issue a warrant of arrest against former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Adoke, over his involvement in the controversial Malabu oil deal scam.
Residents of Agbura and Otuokpoti communities in Ogbia and Yenagoa local government Areas of Bayelsa State, have reported a massive oil leak in the nearby Ekole Creek. They claim that the source of the spill was an oilfield operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, and has resulted in the destruction of farmlands and aquatic lives in the communities.
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Board Of Trustees, BOT, and members of the governing council for the clean-up of Ogoni land, while restating his administration’s commitment towards the exercise.
