Court Declares Abacha’s Minister, Etete Wanted

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has ordered the arrest of a former Minister of Petroleum, Dan Etete.
Etete served in the administration of late General Sani Abacha and the arrest was upon his alleged culpability in the Malabu Oil scandal.

The arrest order was sequel to an exparte application filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation that he partook in the alleged fraudulent allocation of the lucrative Oil Processing License 245 to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in 1998.

Delivering his ruling, Justice Abubakar Kutigi also ordered the arrest of Munamuna Seidougha and Joseph Amara alongside Etete

The three were said to be the owners of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited to which Etete, as the then Minister of Petroleum under the regime of the Gen. Sani Abacha, facilitated the fraudulent allocation of the oil block.

EFCC had named Etete, Seidougha, and Amaran as being on the run in the 42 counts of the alleged fraudulent Malabu Oil transactions recently filed against the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and six others.

Adoke and others have since pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail by the judge earlier on Thursday.

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