Zenon Oil Plc releases proof of utilization of FX sourced from CBN

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Zenon Oil Plc releases proof of utilization of FX sourced from CBN

 

Sunday, June 17, 2012 10:31 PM / Zenon Plc
 
STATEMENT FROM MR FEMI OTEDOLA FOLLOWING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DELIBERATIONS ON THE BRIBERY SCANDAL     ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012.
 
I have stated the facts in my interview with Thisday newspaper and nothing but the facts. That Farouk Lawan demanded $3 million from me and because I refused to oblige him he included the name of Zenon amongst those who bought forex without importing petroleum products. He did this without even asking Zenon to produce a single documents of the forex transaction. He clearly wanted to extort money for an offence I did not commit. That is why I went to report to the security agencies. If I had anything to hide I wouldn’t have gone to the agencies. There is an old adage that says “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones”.
 
Moreover it is not possible to purchase $232, 975,385.13 million from CBN without importing the product. The total figure is not even $232, 975,385.13 million as alleged but $372, 207, 990 million. They should go and amend the report to read $372, 207, 990 million which is the correct figure. It is not possible to purchase this volume of forex from the CBN with first class banks such as Access bank, FCMB, GTB, UBA and an international bank BNP Paribas which is one of the biggest and most respected banks in the world.
 
If people at my level who have worked hard to build their businesses can be blackmailed this way all in a bid to extort money from them, I pity people that are just starting out in business in this country. In all my business dealings I have always been above board and the records are there to prove. As far as I know Lawan could not have been working alone in this extortionist plot. A tree does not make a forest. Let me also state for the records that we are not in any way affiliated to the other company Synopsis enterprises Ltd also included in the report. Actions of today by the house is laughable, a mere celebration of corruption and a further indictment on their honorable member.
 
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Tags: Fuel Subsidy Report,  Femi Otedola,  Farouk Lawan,  Zenon Plc,  Synopsis Enterprises,  House of Representatives,  sting operation,  Central Bank of Nigeria ,  CBN,  Foreign exchange,  FX Utilisation, 


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