Nigerian Oil Company, Tirex Petroleum Denies Engaging In Massive Contracts Fraud, Threatens Lawsuit Against Accuser | Sahara Reporters

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Tirex Petroleum and Energy Limited has denied engaging in contracts fraud and multi-billion dollars corruption with some top management staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The company also vowed to sue a Lagos based company, Palmeron over a statement credited to a group, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria. Tirex accused the company of acting under the group to write malicious and defamatory stories against it.

Nigerian Oil Company, Tirex Petroleum Denies Engaging In Massive Contracts Fraud, Threatens Lawsuit Against AccuserTirex Petroleum and Energy Limited has denied engaging in contracts fraud and multi-billion dollars corruption with some top management staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.

Lawyer to the company, Kemi Pinheiro in a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of Palmeron demanded a retraction with an apology carried with the same prominence on its platform and three national dailies for seven consecutive days. “It is our understanding that all organizations encourage cost saving but the rule was changed at the end of the game to accommodate TIREX consortium by reducing the days to 290 which is unlawful.

“At paragraph 2 of page 7: It is now obvious that the award of the contract to PALMERON has been intentionally delayed until such a time that TotalEnergies/NAPIMS are able to accommodate the interest of some individuals by finding a means be it illegal or otherwise to award the contract to TIREX consortium. If the award was given to PALMERON in April 2022 as promised, drilling activities would have commenced with the first Nigeria Drillship.

“Our client is also not unaware of your sponsored and clandestinely coordinated e-mail of 14/08/2022 purported to have authorized by a faceless Association of Concerned Citizens, which e-mail was as well widely circulated and in which you, acting under the pseudonym of Association of Concerned Citizens had earlier falsely, recklessly and maliciously written and published of our clients defamatory words in the way of their business similar or substantially similar to the terms as adopted in your...

 

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