An FCT High Court in Jabi on Monday struck out an application seeking to stay an order granting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission leave to arrest two ex-Ministers and seven others for their alleged involvement in the Malabu oil deal.
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The office of the former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has said the Minister was never involved in any scheme reported to have resulted in the transfer of interest in Malabu (OML 245), describing the claim as totally false and completely misleading.
‘We know those who have compromised their positions in order to author the alleged ‘Report’ and their theatrical display for public gallery. We also know those secretly beating the drums for masquerades dancing in the market square. We shall confront them at the appropriate forum’
The OPL 245 deal, popularly known as the Malabu oil deal, has turned into a major scandal, with allegations of money exchanging hands leveled against senior government officials, including Adoke and President Goodluck Jonathan