Nigeria: Jide Omokore - the Man in the Middle

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Olajide Omokore, the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited and director of Seven Energy International Limited is not new to controversy, as previous companies owned or directed by him have been involved in one controversy or the other.

Atlantic Energy got control of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company's (NPDCs) 55 percent interest in two oil fields (OML 30, and 34) in controversial circumstances on the expected last day of the former Federal Executive Council. The company is barely a year old, as it was formed in July last year; but it has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of controversial approvals made by Mrs Allison-Madueke.

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