The spill came from a field operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company which is run by the ubiquitous billionaire Benedict Peters...
Peters expands his portfolio Benedict Peters the managing director of Nigeria's Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company has courted much controversy for his dealings in his home country and Ghana where he is currently based...
The operating company there Aiteo – run by Nigerian businessman Benedict Peters – had admitted to a spill of 3 000 barrels of crude oil far from the two-million-barrel-spill alleged by Bayelsa governor Douye Diri (AC Vol 58 No 7 The great oil chase)...
Africa Confidential understands that Frontier Health is owned by the family of Nigerian oil billionaire Benedict Peters via a complex chain of companies registered ultimately in Dominica...
Frontiers is owned by one of Nigeria's more colourful oil magnates Benedict Peters who has been based in Ghana after leaving Nigeria after Muhammadu Buhari's election in 2015 (AC Vol 58 No 7 The great oil chase & Vol 59 No 4 'Feigned lawsuit' bid to foil US)...
Where there has been controversy – such as over the award of an airport Covid-19 testing contract to high-profile Nigerian oilman Benedict Peters – it has not gained traction (AC Vol 59 No 4 'Feigned lawsuit' bid to foil US)...
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Frontier registered in the Dominican Republic is owned by Nigerian oil billionaire Benedict Peters who moved to Ghana after President Muhammadu Buhari's government came to power in Abuja in 2015...
Other leading local operators are the privately-owned Eroton whose chairman Onajite Okoloko was one of the founding partners in Oando and runs the Notore fertiliser plant in Rivers State; Neconde which acquired fields from Shell; and Aiteo owned by Benedict Peters who was reputedly close to the former Oil Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke now under investigation in the UK (AC Vol 58 No 7 There will be blood...
On 25 June the High Court in Abuja froze further efforts by the EFCC NCA and British Crown Prosecution Service to pursue the assets of Benedict Peters the billionaire oil investor and boss of Aiteo...
Kolawole ('Kola') Aluko of Atlantic Energy and Benedict Peters of Aiteo Group both prominent oil producers and traders are accused of having bought properties and luxury goods for Allison-Madueke in exchange for lucrative contracts...
The British freezing order secured under the Proceeds of Crime Act names Benedict Peters Christopher Aire and lawyer Chidi Donald Amamgbo as defendants in the case alongside Kola Aluko Jide Omokore and Allison-Madueke...
