egift: Nigeria's problems has roots in PDP. Watch how the case file will soon disappear.

egift: Nigeria's problems has roots in PDP. Watch how the case file will soon disappear.

DonaldGenes: Hmmmph! I'm sick and flipping tired of negative news like this..
I pre-sense the presidency to come up with a "tactical retreat" lolz!

Uwujaren further maintained that “claims about such invoices purportedly emanating from the Commission by any person or organization should be discountenanced as such documents would have been forged by fraudsters.”
The owner and head of Fenix Impex Nig Ltd., a Nigerian oil-trading firm, Jarret Tenebe said he had been selling confiscated Nigerian crude oil to Saltpond on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, but said the quantities were small.
Head of Public Affairs at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mrs. Dorathy Bassey said Fenix only loaded “about 2,000 barrels” of confiscated crude oil since late 2012.
It is unclear how much of that was sold to Saltpond but Fenix is Saltpond’s only provider of EFCC-confiscated crude, according to Sintim.
The provenance of the other oil that made its way to an Italian refinery over the course of the past year, however, isn’t clear.
Three cargoes, listed in shipping documents as “Saltpond blend crude oil,” went to Genoa’s terminal for delivery to Italy’s Iplom SpA refinery, according to shipping and port records and officials.
Two cargoes, unloaded in August 2013 and February 2014, carried about 340,000 barrels altogether, according to Genoa port officials.
The third tanker, unloaded on April of this year, carried 132,000 barrels. Together, that’s more than four times the platform’s 2013 output of around 100,000 barrels, according to the Ghana government figures.
Iplom’s President, Giorgio Profumo confirmed his refinery had received crude labeled as coming from Saltpond but said he believed the cargoes were legitimate because they are approved by the Ghana authorities.
Ghana’s customs and petroleum regulator didn’t return an emailed request for comment and couldn’t be reached over the phone.
Saltpond, meanwhile, has been a frequent port of call for at least one vessel connected with Nigerian oil smuggling.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Akshay is a tanker co-owned by Ajay Bhatia, an Indian national who was sentenced in a Nigerian court in May in absentia to 15 years in jail for oil theft.
The Akshay traveled three times between Nigeria and Saltpond in the four months before the ship’s seizure by the Nigerian navy, for allegedly carrying stolen crude, in November 2012, according to shipping tracker service IHS Fairplay.
Two other vessels partly owned by Bhatia also travel frequently from Nigeria to Saltpond, according to vessel database FleetMon.com and to some of the ships’ crew members.
Asked about the Akshay and other vessels co-owned by Bathia, Sintim said he would look into those tankers’ activity at Saltpond but didn’t respond when contacted again.
A lawyer for Bhatia declined to comment. Bhatia didn’t respond to numerous calls, text messages and emails.