Oando  which has long been a target for political critics and business rivals  faces claims that it received favourable treatment to bolster the ambitions of its chief executive Wale Tinubu  the president's nephew...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     ENI has already announced plans to sell to Oando  a Nigerian energy group headed by Wale Tinubu)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In this case  senior politicians in both the main parties may have something to gain if Wale Tinubu and his deputy are forced out of the company...
 Bola Tinubu  a political godfather in south-west Nigeria as well as a contender in the 2023 presidential elections  has been lobbying for Wale Tinubu as the country's next oil minister...
 In a dispute with Wale Tinubu and his deputy  Volpi's Ansbury Investment company was awarded $680 million by the International Arbitration Court in London last year...
 Mangal's personal gripe with Wale Tinubu has been settled but he's unlikely to turn down the chance to seize control of Oando should Volpi seek his support (AC Vol 59 No 16  Politics of patronage)...
 Whether Wale Tinubu retains control of Oando or not  the company's image has been shredded over the past five years...
 Wale Tinubu's management team rejected the critique as 'unsubstantiated' and 'invalid' and said it hadn't seen the Deloitte & Touche report...
       Three men in an Oando boat  Adewale Jubril Tinubu  Chief Executive Office of Oando PLCTinubu trained as a lawyer in the UK and is close to Bola Tinubu  a former governor of Lagos State and now a chieftain of the governing All Progressives' Congress...
 Volpi has a substantial shareholding in Oando and has been trying to seize control of the company from Wale Tinubu for the past five years...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In particular  he wants Buhari to appoint Wale Tinubu (despite having the same name  the two are not blood relatives but are business associates)  chief executive of the troubled Oando oil company  as Petroleum Resources minister...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Oando is run by Wale Tinubu  a nephew of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu  the former Governor of Lagos State and party boss in the south-west of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Much cloudier are the relations between  Oando  run by Wale Tinubu  and the former Lagos State Governor and now opposition godfather  Bola Tinubu...
 Some Lagosians say he is not related to Wale Tinubu but 'bought into the family franchise'...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     When Jonathan opened the Dangote Cement factory at Ibeshe in Ogun State last month  he told Alhaji Aliko Dangote  Femi Otedola  Wale Tinubu and other industry captains that he was ready to go anywhere in the country to open factories  because Nigerians needed jobs...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    ; the company is linked to the former Governor of Lagos State  Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu  whose cousin Wale Tinubu is the group’s Chief Executive  with a powerful retired officer  Major General Mohammed Magoro  on the board...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Oil magnate Wale Tinubu  37  and Oando PLC have made a big splash with the company's listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last month...
 Oando isn't monolithic  Wale Tinubu's uncle  Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu  is close to the company but from the rival Alliance for Democracy...