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By TrackNews Investigative Desk
Fresh claims have actually emerged over the monetary structure surrounding the questionable pipeline security agreements in the Niger Delta, with claims that billions of naira are being paid each year to a business contracted to keep track of pipeline monitoring professionals.
The claims were included in a declaration by a Niger Delta activist, who stated he had actually carried out an examination into the circulation of funds linked to the pipeline security plan including Tantita Security Services, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) and Maton Engineering.
The activist stated he had actually formerly criticised Tantita, its chairman Government Ekpemupolo, widely referred to as Tompolo, Maton Engineering and other stakeholders over the reported N2.1 trillion worth of pipeline monitoring agreements, arguing that the huge expense had actually not equated into commensurate advancement throughout the Niger Delta.
He stated his examination had actually now moved towards determining other recipients presumably running behind the scenes.
According to him, a tracking plan was supposedly ingrained in the agreement structure, under which a business was selected to keep track of the activities of Tantita, PINL and Maton Engineering and send reports.
He declared that the business, Manroy Global Services, gets around N100 billion every year for the tracking function.
The claim might not individually be validated by TrackNews since the time of publication.
The activist determined Manroy Global Services as part of the Ocean Wave Group and declared that it is managed by business person Peter Omoh Dunia, commonly referred to as Peter Black, with Chief Idama Amurum working as Managing Director.
He even more declared that the plan has actually stayed mainly undetected while attention has actually concentrated on Tantita and Tompolo.
“When the agreement was provided, there was one concealed part, which is a business that will be paid to keep an eye on Tantita, PINL and Maton Engineering and send report,” the activist declared.”
He declared that Manroy Global Services had actually been getting payments from Tantita under the plan, explaining the supposed tracking expense as a significant element of the cash being invested in pipeline security.
The activist likewise declared that a payment from Manroy Global Services went to a business determined as Maro Kana, which he connected to Christian Ashaka, apparently a senior security assistant to Tompolo.
He declared that Ashaka is presently an APC House of Assembly prospect in Isoko.
These claims, consisting of the ownership and monetary relationships declared in the declaration, have actually not been individually confirmed by TrackNews.
The activist stated he had actually acquired what he referred to as a screenshot of a United States dollar account declaration coming from Manroy Global Services, which he declared revealed payments from Tantita.
TrackNews has actually not individually verified the file or developed the scenarios surrounding the deals showed in the screenshot.
The claims come amidst a progressively heated dispute over the worth and recipients of pipeline security agreements in the Niger Delta.
The activist likewise looked for to distance Osahon Okunbo, chairman of PINL, from different claims that he got N2.7 trillion, stating he did not think Okunbo had actually gotten such a quantity.
He argued that the focus needs to rather be on developing the real recipients and monetary structure of the pipeline monitoring agreements.
“If Asari Dokubo requires to put his anger on anybody, it ought to be on Peter Black,” the activist declared, while questioning how a person who, according to him, has no oil-producing neighborhood might supposedly take advantage of such a big tracking plan.
He likewise declared that some funds linked to the plan might have been moved outside Nigeria, especially to Ghana, assuring to launch more information in subsequent publications.
The claims come versus the background of calls by Niger Delta stakeholders for higher openness in the management of oil-sector security agreements and the funds dedicated to securing pipelines and oil facilities.
While pipeline monitoring professionals have actually argued that their operations have actually added to better security and increased crude-oil production, critics have actually continued to require higher disclosure of agreement worths, recipients, subcontractors, keeping an eye on plans and real expense.
The current claims for that reason raise numerous concerns:
Who authorized the supposed tracking plan?
What is the real yearly worth of the tracking agreement?
What services does Manroy Global Services supply under the plan?
Just how much has the business got from Tantita because the start of the agreement?
Who are the supreme recipients of the payments?
And are the supposed payments correctly caught in federal government procurement and monetary records?
These concerns can just be conclusively addressed through access to the pertinent agreements, payment records, bank records and main files from the companies accountable for monitoring the pipeline security program.
TrackNews will continue to follow the cash path and look for actions from Tantita Security Services, Manroy Global Services, Peter Omoh Dunia (Peter Black), Chief Idama Amurum, PINL, Maton Engineering and other celebrations called in the claims.
TrackNews Online will likewise release any reaction or information from the people and business worried.
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