EFFC files fraud case against Mohammed Adoke

The Economic and Financial Crimes Condition on Tuesday charged a former attorney general suspected of taking bribes to facilitate a $1.3 billion oil block sale, in the latest twist in one of the industry’s biggest alleged corruption scandals. An international investigation into the 2011 sale of the offshore oilfield known as OPL 245 by Malabu Oil […]

Nigeria’s ex-attorney general held by financial crimes agency over $1.3 billion oil deal

Nigeria’s former attorney general was detained by the country’s financial crimes agency upon his return home on Thursday, the commission said in a statement, as part of an investigation into one of the oil industry’s biggest suspected corruption scandals. Mohammed Adoke was arrested by Interpol in November after traveling to Dubai for a medical appointment. […]

Nigerian ex-attorney general arrested in Dubai over $1.3 bn oil deal

Nigeria’s ex-attorney general Mohammed Adoke was on Monday arrested in Dubai, over his involvement in one of the oil industry’s biggest corruption scandals. Adoke’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome confirmed the arrest on Wednesday telling Reuters the warrant used to arrest his client was expired. Nigeria’s anti-graft agency secured warrants in April for two former ministers including […]

Mohammed Adoke Writes Back…

The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 – 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees of articulation, veracity and delivery shed light on key developments during that momentous phase in Nigerian politics. The books under reference offer accounts of  individual experiences or outsider perspectives, but altogether, they stand […]