As President-elect Buhari’s
inauguration is just four weeks away, outstanding questions remain on how he
will handle the endemic corruption in the oil sector. According to a leaked
Energy Compass report, the energy company Aiteo could be headed for a major
investigation.
Aiteo is an alleged to be a front
for some corrupt activities of President Jonathan and the Petroleum Resources
Minister Diezani-Alison Madueke, according to another high-level source.
The Energy Compass report said that,
“companies deemed close to the minister that could face further scrutiny
include Nigerian trader, which has been criticized for unfairly exploiting its
OPAs, and Atlantic Energy, which has allegedly lifted crude beyond its
entitlements from the upstream SAAs.”
The report noted that Buhari could
dig deeper and hold more alleged perpetrators to account than his predecessors,
partly because he has staked his credentials on fighting corruption, and
because of the major power shift, which is under way.
The entire report, leaked to
SaharaReporters, can be found below:
