You knew that Shell needed permission from the Nigerian oil minister for the deal? ”
“Yes.”

“You knew this oil minister, Mrs. Diezani, is a former Shell employee?”
“Yes.”

“You also knew she had a love affair with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan?”

“Yes, there were rumors.” His source worked in the secret service.

The above was part of the cross examination of a Russian spy and diplomat, Adnan Agaez, who is both a witness and a defendant in the ongoing trial of Shell and Eni oil executives for their role in the illegal $1.7 Billion acquisition of Nigeria’s Oil Prospecting Lease(OPL) 245, known as the Malabu scandal in Nigeria.

In 2011, Shell and the Italian oil company Eni paid $1.1 billion in a murky deal for an oil block located off the coast of Nigeria: OPL 245. However, there are documents showing that this money didn’t go to benefit the Nigerian people.

“Instead it went to convicted money launderer and former oil Minister, Dan Etete, who had awarded himself ownership of the block in 1998 via a company he secretly owned, Malabu Oil and Gas, ” a report said.

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