Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on Tuesday evening questioned Jide Omokore, an ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.Omokore was tagged in the notorious story of him buying a $500,000 pounds car for American beauty,Porsha Williams(more on that further below)
Multiple security sources told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Omokore, who was later
released on Wednesday evening, made revealing statements.
released on Wednesday evening, made revealing statements.
Operatives said he was expected to return with some required documents.
Atlantic Energy Limited was one of the companies that allegedly received multibillion dollar worth of public assets without due process by the Jonathan administration in 2011.
The company, which was created less than a year earlier and had not produced a droplet of oil, was awarded controlling stakes in two lucrative oil blocks – OML 30 and 34 – for just over $50 million each.
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The deal, which was signed by the immediate past minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave Atlantic Energy Limited a controlling 55 percent stake in the oil block.
Curiously, Shell, which owned the remaining 45 per cent stake, fetched $1.3 billion for a single field after an open and competitive bidding process.
The company was also accused of lifting crude oil, but only remitting a fraction of its worth to the government.
In 2012, Atlantic Energy paid $168m into the government’s account, but lifted about three million barrels – valued at over $350 million.
In 2013, it also lifted about 2 million barrels of crude valued at about $240million, but paid only $68million.
Similarly, in 2014, Atlantic Energy paid zero cash-call, but lifted about 500,000 barrels of crude oil, valued at $54 million.
SPOG, another of Mr. Omokore’s companies, is also being investigated for an alleged N400 million petrol import fraud.
SPOG allegedly imported 3,000 metric tonnes of PMS but filed claims for subsidy payment of 13,000 metric tonnes with the Petroleum Product Regulatory Agency (PPRA), therefore allegedly pocketing N400 million more than it should have been paid.
The EFCC recently raided the business premises of Mr. Omokore, making away with documents and computers.
A source also said Mr. Omokore has been instructed by the presidency to reconcile his accounts with NPDC, and immediately pay up the several billions he is owing the Nigerian government for allegedly lifting crude without remitting the proceeds.
Read about his romance with Jide Omokore and Porsha Williams.
Porsha Williams Reportedly Dating African
Billionaire Bashorun Jide Omokore
Remember when we all thought Porsha Williams
was dating Nigerian billionaire Teodoro Nguema
Obiang Mangue Well it looks like we got the
wrong African oil tycoon. Furthermore it looks
her alleged new boo thang is MARRIED and his
wife is none too happy about their romance.
AllAboutTheTea reports:
All About The Tea was the first to spill the
EXCLUSIVE tea earlier this week that Porsha
Williams is dating an older man that gifted her a
half of a million dollar car. The “” star has been
seen tooling around town in a $500k custom
Rolls Royce .
All About The Tea just CONFIRMED through a
rock solid source the identity of Porsha Williams’
new SUGAR DADDY boyfriend.
According to our source, the RHOA star is dating,
one of Nigeria’s top oil barons .
Bashorun Jide Omokore is a BILLIONAIRE oil
magnate and holds the position of Chairman/
CEO of two oil companies, Atlantic Energy
Limited and Seven Energy. The man is known as
an astute and visionary business mogul in
Nigeria with strong political ties.
Forbes Magazine ranks Bashorun Jide Omokore
on their “High net-worth billionaires in Nigeria”
list.
This is a big improvement for Porsha compared
to her ex-relationship with a washed up allegedly
gay baller.
However, one big drawback is her sugar daddy is
MARRIED. Bashorun Jide Omokore is married to
Nigerian Bank Executive, Angella Ebagua
According to our EXCLUSIVE source, the
chairman’s wife is a force to be reckoned with
and word has gotten back to her about Porsha
and her husband’s relationship. The source
dished:
“His wife said if Porsha comes back to Nigeria,
she’s gonna beat her a**”
Our source also confirms, Porsha’s new $500k
Rolls Royce is registered in her name – Porsha
Williams and was purchased by her billionaire
boyfriend.