SHELL NAMED IN WILLBROSS $6MILLION BRIBE

…I AM BEING BLACKMAILED - Atiku

Mr. Basil Omiyi, Shell MD

There are new revelations that some officials of Shell Development Corporation, SPDC may have benefited from the allegation of $6 Million bribe allegedly distributed by Willbross Group to secure contract for the Eastern Gas Gathering System, EGGS, in Nigeria.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is alleging a thick plot of blackmail concerning the bribe saga.

Documents obtained by pointblanknews.com revealed that some officials of Shell had promised to help Willbross Group secure and retain the plum contract.

The EGGS phase 1 contract price was approximately $216, 500.000, the EGGS Coating optional scope price was approximately $30,000.000 and the EGGS phase 2 price was approximately $141,000,000, for a combined total scope of work price of approximately $387, 5000,000.

Pointblanknews.com discovered a careful and meticulous pattern by SPDC (Shell) to hide its track concerning usual involvement in controversial incidents. Only recently, Shell managing Director, Mr. Basil Omiyi was a guest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, where he had gone to answer questions with regards to some “shady” deals with a Nigerian Bank. The matter was given a disturbing media blackout.

SPDC is almost escaping without being given any notable mention despite its heavy involvement in the Willbross bribery scandal.

The former General Manager of Wilbross International, Mr. Jason Edward Steph is presently facing prosecution under the foreign corrupt Act for being the mastermind that distributed $6 Million to senior Nigerian government official, Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP stalwarts, NNPC officials, National Petroleum Investment management Services, NAPIMS and SPDC.

The revelations from Steph are both damning and startling. There are speculations that former Group Managing Director of NNPC, Funso Kupolokun may have benefited from the crime to the tune of $150,000 while Mr. Edward Doukuro allegedly collected $30,000. Mr. Philip Chukwu formerly of NAPIMS and now of NETCO benefited to the tune $250,000. Other names included Gibson Okeke, the only name on the list with a surname, who was accused of collecting $150,000. There are controversies on whether former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was part of the deal.

A document made available to poitntblanknews.com at the weekend by a source revealed that a Nigerian Government official code named “Number 2” was initially paid $150,000, with a balance of $250,000 pending. The same document revealed that the same “number 2” later backed out of the deal.

Wilbross Group had sourced a loan to finance the graft deal. A suitcase filled with $1 Million cash was brought into Lagos office of Jim Bob Brown, Managing Director of Willbross International. A written interest free loan agreement was made between Wilbross and another German Construction Company.

The Media Adviser to former Vice- president Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Shehu Usman told pointblanknews.com that the former vice-president is being blackmailed as he was never involved or named by Mr. Steph as one of the beneficiaries of the bribe money.

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