Dear Editor,

The attention of the Office of The Honorable Minister of State, Petroleum Resources  been brought to a recent report by your platform published on Tuesday 12th September, 2017 alleging extensive bribery and money-laundering activities of the Honorable Minister of State, Petroleum Resources.

 

We would like to categorically state that the story is inaccurate and totally without foundation. It is regrettable that your medium went public with such a baseless story without confirmation and fact checking. This is a great disservice to your readers and general public at large.

Anyone familiar with the records of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu's record of high performance and integrity both in his professional career and his current position can confirm that he cannot be a party to this scurrilous allegations made in those reports.

We demand a retraction of the story in its entirety forthwith and would like to inform you that his lawyers have been placed on notice to institute a legal action against the online paper and publisher of the report, if it is not retracted immediately.

Uche Ozurumba Adighibe
Technical Assistant (Media) to the Hon. Minister of State, Petroleum Resources /Chairman of the Board, NNPC.

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