Falana Writes Kachikwu, Queries '$60bn Oil Revenue Loss'.
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has asked the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, to provide him with information regarding the “loss of $60 billion oil revenue”.
He added that Kachikwu had also confirmed the huge oil revenue loss and blamed it on “public officials”. He gave Kachikwu a seven-day ultimatum to make the information available, stressing that he would be forced to seek a court order should the minister failed to do so.
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