Nigeria oilfield sale to Eni, Shell was legally ‘perfect’, says ex-oil minister lawyer
By Reuters Staff: December 2, 2020MILAN, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The sale of a Nigerian oilfield to Eni and Royal Dutch Shell was legally “perfect” and there was no proof of any corruption, a lawyer for former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete said on Wednesday.
Antonio Secci told a Milan court that prosecutors in the case had been unable to show exactly what role Etete was meant to have had in the alleged corruption of Nigerian public officials – if he had corrupted politicians or had simply been an intermediary between the two majors and the Abuja government.