- Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has asked the Federal Government to explain why Oando Plc got accelerated approval to buy the onshore assets of AGIP and ENI
- Atiku accused the President’s administration of running a government of Tinubu and his family members
- He said it took Oando Plc owned by the Presidents nephew eight months to get purchase approval while the Shell/Renaissance deal and the Mobil/Seplat continue to suffer delays
Atiku said democracy in Nigeria has become government of Tinubu and his family members
Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar/Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TinubuSource: UGC Within just eight months, the Nigerian Upstream Production Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) approved a deal which saw the divestment of ENI/AGIP onshore assets to Oando. Within that same period, Nigeria controversially withdrew all litigation against Shell/ENI in the OPL 245 scandal in what has been described as a quid pro quo.However, the attempt by SEPLAT to buy Mobils onshore assets has continued to stall for the last three years even as the consent letter remains on Tinubus table. The deal between Renaissance and Shell continues to stall. In fact, the only deal that has fully scaled through so far is the one involving Oando. We now know why it got accelerated approval.”NNPC replies Atiku over claim on Tinubu’s claim