The Chairman of Ocean Marine
Security Limited, an off-shore asset protection company, Capt. Hosa Okunbor,
has denied media reports that he was involved in the controversial offshore
processing agreements, OPAs, known as oil swap, involving former Minister of
Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke and others.
Okunbor said the media report
that he was involved in the deal which the former Minister and others were
being investigated for by the US Department of Justice was false and
misleading.
In a statement by his Media
Assistant, Olanrewaju Anjolaoluwa, Capt Okunbor said: “it is another highly
falsified report establishing a link between me and the on-going investigations
of the controversial offshore processing agreements by a U.S. jury.
“For the umpteenth time, the
online media feasted on blatant falsehood and outright lies in relation to my
business dealings. As this falsehood is being assisted with the ubiquity of
social media, it is becoming increasingly clear that maintaining silence further
will be misconstrued for consent.
“I had believed the media would
stop such malicious reports but sheer laziness and unprofessionalism on the
side of some bloggers have sustained the tautological misrepresentation of the
contract that formed the basis for the first publication.
Ocean Marine
Solutions, OMS Limited, was contracted by the NNPC to provide security coverage
for the crude oil transportation because of its longstanding sterling
reputation in maritime security.
“This became imperative after
NNPC had offered PPP Fluid Mechanics Limited (his indigenous procurement and
oilfield services company) a contract to transport crude from Escravos to Warri refinery when it had become highly uneconomical to transport crude oil between
these locations through the pipeline in view of government’s huge expenditure
of about $121 million for the maintenance and repairs of the Escravos-Warri
broken crude oil pipeline.”
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