Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General
of the Federation, AGF, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop his
administration from prosecuting former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke and ex-AGF, Bello Adoke over their roles in the controversial
Malabu oil deal.
In a letter to Buhari, the AGF
said, following due examination of the case files, he was able to “determine
that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has no significant
evidence to prove its allegations of corruption against prominent players like
Bello Adoke, Diezani Alison-Madueke and others.”
He noted that the Nigerian
government risked being portrayed before the international community and
foreign investors as an “unserious country that could not be trusted to live up
to its obligations to international partners.”
“Clearly, potential investors
will not have the confidence to invest in Nigeria if the government of the
country is perceived as one which does not honour its commitments,” Adoke said.
The scandal over the OPL 245 oil
block began in 2011 when the former administration of Goodluck Jonathan
administration approved its purchase by Shell and Agip-Eni from Malabu Oil and
Gas Ltd.
Those who were allegedly involved
in negotiating the controversial sale of the oil block included Adoke and
Diezani Alison-Madueke.
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