The Senator Emmanuel Paulker-led
Committee on Petroleum Upstream which is currently investigating the
involvements of the Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Dieziani Allison-Madueke and some
of her stooges, Jide Omokore and Kola Aluko will definitely be answerable not
just to tax payers but the Nigerian masses if the matter is swept under the
carpet as the usual practice.
The Committee, this office
gathered is charged to look into the allegations of fraudulent dealings and
illegal transfer of four oil blocks in favour of Jide Omokore`s ATLANTIC ENERGY
DRILLING CONCEPT amounting to a whopping N58.9 trillion, a staggering amount
experts say make-up Nigeria`s 1-year earnings in crude oil export. This matter
is probably the biggest known oil fraud in recent time, this much National
Enquirer can authoritatively reveal.
The probe, according to inside
sources was informed by a petition written by Delta Producing Communities
alleging that the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC and Petroleum
Minister, Dieziani Allison-Madueke transferred the ownership of four Oil Mining
Licences (OML), 30, 34, 26 AND 42 to Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept belonging
to Omokore without tendering and bidding process.
The popular phrase that the law
is no respecter of anybody is definitely not working in Nigeria, rather the
order of the day is the word of the famous American Black Leader and Activist,
Martin Luther King Jr. which says, “Law and order exist for the purpose of
establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose, they become the
dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress”, what this
means in essence is that the Nigerian state has proven that there are men
powerful than the LAW and that its LAW has failed to establish justice.
Maybe same is the case in few
African countries but In Nigeria, it is an established fact that the weightier
your offense the lighter the judgment, and vice versa especially when issue in
contention is treasury looting, large scale embezzlement, public office fraud that
are capable of being clogs in the wheel of national progress. Justice in
Nigeria is no doubt a cash and carry business little wonder the prisons are
brimming with the poor and the unknown while the rich and the powerful who
commit more grievous crimes get pat in the shoulder.
The Nigerian state has made
several blooper of the law in recent time and to the extent that, the global
village is now wondering if the sovereign nation of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria is being ruled by any LAW at all. Recently, an honorable court in
Abuja, federal capital territory presided over by honourable Justice
AbubakarTalba delivered an incredible ruling when it sentenced the former
director of the Police Pension Board, YakubuYussuf who admitted stealing a
staggering N32.8billion when in office to 2 years imprisonment with an option
of N750,000 fine whereas an ex-policeman who stole a N45,000 worth of mobile
handset belonging to the governor of Osun State, OgbeniRaufAregbesola got 45 years jail term!
The landmark oil fraudin which
the Petroleum Minister, Dieziani and her privies, JideOmokore and his friend,
Kola Aluko of Septa Energy Limited are being investigated by the National
Assembly is going t5o be a litmus test for the Nigerian Lawmakers as checks
already have it that, the suspects might be looking for a way of getting the
committee induced afterall.
Tracing the claim-to-fortune of
these stupendously rich businessmen, JideOmokore we gathered came to limelight
during the Babangida administration, the Kogi born man was believed to be one
of IBB`s “errand” boys before becoming a Steel merchant while Kola Aluko is
seen as an AGIP (Any Government In Power) top notcher.
The two powerful businessmen are
part of Nigeria`s top 10 silent billionaires going by the extent of the
acquisition of worldly accomplishments and properties across the globe. Those
who know JideOmokore like the back of their hands attested to the fact that,
he`s a super-rich dude who loves cars and marble houses in choice areas of the
nation like Banana Island in Lagos, Asokoro in Abuja, UK, US and the rest,
aside the fact that, he owns about 4 private jets while his second wife, Angela
Ebagua-an executive director with Access Bank who he married in a controversial
manner also has her own private Jet. The story of Jide`s marriage to Angela is
a story for another day.
The two business dudes are big
players when it comes to women matter, just recently, Jide was said to have
“wired” one million dollars to a lady he`s crazy about in the U.S and as for
Kola Aluko, the handsome international businessman whose interest traverses the
oil and aviation sectors is allegedly believed to be dating the Petroleum
Minister, Dieziani and the two-some are so fond of each other.
Kola Aluko is the deputy CEO and
leading shareholder in SevenEnergy, an oil and gas firm. He is the MD/CEO of
Exoro Energy, an indigenous oil exploration and production firm and also on the advisory board of an international
aviation company, Vista Jet, a Swiss based private Jet charter company. We
learntOmokore and Aluko are so close that they both fly private Jets across the
world with spare aircraft in their entourage. We hear they`re also lobbying to
make the next Forbes` list.
We shall bring you more on the
adventures of these super rich men and keep you posted as events unfold on theSenator
Emmanuel Paulker-led Committee on Petroleum Upstream`s probe.
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