Previous President Goodluck Jonathan, has denied media reports that he got kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil square arrangement including oil goliaths ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. Jonathan denied the cases in an announcement marked and discharged by his media consultant, Ikechukwu Eze. The announcement peruses;
Our consideration has been attracted to news reports distributed generally by online media which proposed through allusion, instead of accurate confirm, that previous President Goodluck Jonathan got kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil square arrangement including oil goliaths ENI and Illustrious Dutch Shell. With respect to the production, we wish to make it clear that previous President Jonathan was not blamed, arraigned or charged for corruptly gathering any monies as kickbacks or influences from ENI by the Italian powers or whatever other law requirement body the world over. In any case, we need to completely express that the arrangements and exchanges for the oil square arrangement originate before the Administration of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan which started on sixth May 2010 also, finished on 29th May 2015.
It might intrigue those elevating this false story to realize that all the records identifying with the exchanges, issues and choices of the Federal Government on the Malabo issue, amid the Jonathan organization, are in the workplace of the Attorney General of the Alliance/Minister of Justice. As President of Nigeria, there is probably Dr. Goodluck Jonathan met with officials of all the oil majors working in Nigeria and asked them to, in addition to other things, bolster the development of the Nigerian oil industry by inclining up their ventures and consent to the Local Content Act that he advanced and marked into law. We however wish to state, for accentuation, that at no time did the previous President hold private gatherings with agents of ENI to talk about financial issues.
Every one of the gatherings and dialogs previous President Jonathan had with ENI, different IOCs and some indigenous administrators were led formally, and within the sight of important Nigerian Government authorities, and were done to the greatest advantage of the nation. We make striking to call attention to that the previous President never sent any Abubakar Aliyu, as the innuendoes in the false report recommend, to ENI, the IOCs or any indigenous administrator to look for support or gather any satisfaction for his benefit. We will get a kick out of the chance to call attention to for the umpteenth time that whether in office or out of office, previous President Jonathan does not possess any financial balance, air ship or land outside Nigeria. Anybody with opposite data is tested to freely distribute same.
As the President who marked the Freedom of Information Act into law, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan lifted the cover on administration and supported straightforwardness realizing that detestable breeds in mystery. It is the conclusion of the previous President that columnists and media houses ought to take favorable position of this law in their investigative news coverage, as opposed to depend on prattle. We trust that these illuminations will control future reports which ought to be true.
Ikechukwu Eze
Media Adviser to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
(President 2010-2015)
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