Malabu oil deal: Jonathan’s invitation a distraction from Buhari’s illness – Reno Omokri

Former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has reacted to  the invitation extended to his former boss, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan  by the House on Reps to testify in the ongoing Malabu oil deal probe.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, resolved to invite former President Goodluck Jonathan to testify in the ongoing investigations into the controversial sale of Oil Prospecting Licence 245.

Better known as $1.1bn Malabu Oil deal, an ad hoc committee of the House has been investigating the alleged diversion of the money, which was the Federal Government’s share of the deal.

The committee is chaired by a member of the All Progressives Congress from Kwara State, Mr. Razak Atunwa.

Reacting to the invitation, Omokri said,  it was a “distraction” from President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence.

He tweeted: “When you do not see the President that is leading you today, you will want to cause distraction by summoning the one who led you yesterday.”

Recall that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, had in April urged the House of Representatives, to compel Jonathan to appear before it over the controversy surrounding the OPL 245 Malabu oil deal.

Chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the fraudulent Malabu oil deal, Razak Atunwa, on Wednesday explained that only the immediate past President can resolve the crisis surrounding the controversial Malabu oil deal, also known as OPL 245.

*Daily Post