By Alex Enumah
A judge of an Upper Area Court in Abuja, Gambo Garba, on Thursday issued a criminal summons against Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria and seven of its top executives over alleged stealing of 16 million barrels of crude oil through the use of a fraudulent and unapproved metering system.
The executives summoned were Chibueze Uduanochie, Simon Ruddy, Bashir Bello, Osagie Okunbor, Igo Weli, Toyin Olagunji and Captain Callium Finlayson.
According to the summons dated February 25, the respondents are to appear before the court on March 2, to answer the charge levelled against them by the complainant.
The suit, marked DC/CR/200/2021, was filed by the African Initiative Against Abuse of Public Trust.
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Thu Feb 25 2021
Nigeria is one of the globally acclaimed oil producers, priding itself mostly in the Bonny Light brand in the petroleum market governed by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
The country also depends largely and to some extent, over 60 per cent of the revenue sources is from oil. The federal government only recently began to intensify efforts to diversify to a non oil-dependent economy, after being hit with the reality of COVID-19 and a protracted glut in the oil prices.
While these efforts are ongoing, the current oil revenue is being threatened, this time not by the slump in oil prices, as hope is rising with over $60 per barrel, but by crude oil theft.
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An Upper Area Court sitting in Zuba, FCT, has issued criminal summons against Shell Petroleum Development Company over allegations of stealing 16 million barrels of crude oil through the use of a fraudulent and unapproved metering system.
Also summoned alongside Shell are seven of its top executives; namely Chibueze Uduanochie, Simon Ruddy, Bashir Bello, Osagie Okunbor, Igo Weli, Toyin Olagunji and Capt. Callium Finlayson.
The summon, dated Feb. 25, was issued and signed by Judge Gambo Garba of the court. x
The court ordered Shell petroleum company and its seven executives to appear before it on March 3 to answer the charge levelled against them by the complainant.
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