Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has said that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has vindicated him on the cancellation of a maritime security contract awarded to Hosa Okunbo.<\/p>\n
Recall that Chairman of Ocean Marine Security Limited (OMSL) Hosa Okunbo, had in an open letter, accused Governor Obaseki of influencing the cancellation of the contract.<\/p>\n
Obaseki had also denied having a hand in the termination of the contract.<\/p>\n
And in a statement on Saturday, Crusoe Osagie, Obaseki\u2019s spokesman, said that the Minister vindicated Obaseki when he(Amaechi) appeared on an AIT programme on Friday, and gave reasons for the cancellation of the contract.<\/p>\n
Osagie quoted Amaechi as saying that his Ministry cancelled the maritime security contract, which Okunbo\u2019s OMSL was undertaking, because the deal was laced with fraud.<\/p>\n
Osagie quoted the Minister to have said on AIT, \u201cWhat security was he (Hokunbo) providing?\u201d .<\/p>\n
Speaking further, the Minister said Hokumbo \u201ccharges each vessel on the waters 2,500 dollars, then after that 1,500 everyday,\u201d adding that the company does not pay back that money to the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe makes 17 million dollars from that activity, who approved it, nobody! So as minister for transport, I said no, we can provide that security\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has said that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has vindicated him on the cancellation of a maritime security contract awarded to Hosa Okunbo. Recall that Chairman of Ocean Marine Security Limited (OMSL) Hosa Okunbo, had in an open letter, accused Governor Obaseki of influencing the cancellation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":22231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[250,697],"class_list":["post-28161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-amaechi","tag-obaseki"],"yoast_head":"\n