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 High Court, Abuja has returned Oil Prospecting License, OPL 245, one of Nigeria’s richest oil blocks which is at the heart of the controversial Malabu oil deal scam to Shell and Eni.
Justice John Tsoho of the federal high court, Abuja has ordered that Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, be temporarily forfeited to the federal government pending the conclusion of investigations into the $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal scam.
Violence was averted in Kolo riverine community in Bayelsa State as Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has relocated its Kolo Creek/Soku gas pipeline across Kolo River from the river surface to the river bed.
