OPL 245: Dan Etete says he has no case to answer in Nigeria after Italian court verdict
22 March 2021
Dan Etete, former minister of petroleum, says Nigerian courts must now strike out charges against him after an Italian court ruled that there was no corruption involved in the OPL 245 transaction.
He also said Malabu Oil and Gas lost over $10 billion to the corruption allegations tied to the oil block.
The OPL 245 deal involved the $1.3 billion purchase of an oil bloc by Royal Dutch Shell and Eni from Malabu, a company in which Etete held majority shares.