Nigeria issues arrest warrants for ex-ministers over Malabu oil deal


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Apr 2019

ABUJA/LONDON (Reuters) - A Nigerian judge issued arrest warrants for two former ministers and an Eni manager over the sale of offshore oilfield OPL 245 by Malabu Oil and Gas in 2011, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Twitter on Wednesday.

Dan Etete, former petroleum minister, ex-attorney general Mohammed Adoke and Eni manager Roberto Casula "are to be arrested anywhere they are found", the EFCC said in a statement. It said it followed a ruling by a judge in the capital, Abuja.

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