Point Blank News Publisher, Mr. Jackson Ude has cried out.
Ude who exposed the alleged theft and illicit sale of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude off the coast of China for $2.5billion disclosed that he has received several death threats from persons he described as “known and unknown.”
The Nigerian-American resident in New York had used his newspaper, Pointblanknews.com and his Twitter handle @jacksonpbn to expose the alleged theft of crude oil.
The journalist tweeted in his verified Twitter handle;
“Ever since I dared to expose the secret sale of $2.5billion worth of Nigerian crude in China, I have received death threats directly and indirectly. I have also uncovered plots to cook up scandalous stories against me and my families. These threats come from people known/unknown.”
“I like to make this absolutely clear and unambiguous. I fear no one, nothing except God Almighty! This is not about Jackson Ude. This is about exposing criminal elements within and outside Nigeria. This is about exposing those who have continued to rape Nigerians.”
An America-Mexican oil and gas company, SAMANO AS, has threatened the NNPC with court action if it fails to pay 5% as whistleblower compensation after it exposed an alleged deal by officials to sell 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s crude oil in the black market in China.
SAMANO AS claimed to have discovered stolen crude from Nigeria stored in Qingdao, Zhoushan, and Rizhao, both in China and secretly sold.
In a letter from its attorneys to the GMD of the NNPC, the firm, SAMANO SA DE CV, threatened legal action if the payment is not made in line with the administrations’ whistleblower policy of the government.
The letter reads; “Sometime in 2015, our client was approached by a group in China with the intent to sell 48 million barrels of Bonny Light Crude oil, believed to have been stored in various ports and terminals in China. It was revealed to our client that the NNPC authorized certain companies to sell the stolen product in China.”
SAMANO SA DE CV claimed that the shady deal was reported to the Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.