The House of Reps have rejected a move to clear the immediate past minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, and others of wrongdoings in the allocation of seven Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) under the watch of Goodluck Jonathan.
The attempt to exonerate Diezani by an Ad hoc Committee of the House was sequel to investigation into alleged shady deals involving the former minister and other corporate entities namely the NNPC, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Ltd, and Septa Energy Ltd, in respect to the farm-out or allocation of OMLs 4, 26, 30, 34, 38, 41 and 42.
The report of the investigation was submitted and laid before the House since February 13, 2015, by the chairman of the Ad hoc Committe, Hon. Ajibola Muraina.
But a motion for the consideration of the said report moved by Muraina at plenary on Tuesday was rejected apparently due to a recommendation of the committee which sought a clean bill of health to all those involved in the allocation of the OMLs.
"That a clean bill of health be given to all the parties involved in this transaction as the entire transaction conformed to all the applicable laws," the committee said in one of its recommendations.
It also suggested that operators in the oil industry should deliberately encourage transparency in their operations in order to avoid unnecessary suspicions.
But the House suspect that some people have been settled to clear Diezani, hence they refused to concur.
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