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Conflicting Talks Over Whereabouts Of Aiteo Boss, Benny Peters In The Face Of Arrest Of Ex Petrol Minister, Diezani Madueke For Corruption

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There are conflicting talks over the whereabouts of Aiteo Boss, Benny Peters in the face of arrest of his benefactor and ex petroleum Minister Diezani Madueke.

Madueke was arrested in London on Friday October 2 2015 on allegations of corruption by the United Kingdom’s National Crimes Agency.

She was granted bail but told to continue reporting for questioning and faces the charge of bribery and money laundering.

Her international passport was reportedly seize as insurance against flight.Ben Peters
Back home, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooped on her Abuja home and the lagos home and office of her associate, Jide Omokore to complement investigation against her.

While her other associates and beneficiaries of her alleged corrupt era panic, news filtered into town that one ex petrol minister’s oil baron business partnered turned himself in abroad and provided necessary information for the arrest making a lot of money men shiver.

Benjamin Peters name was thrown up with some going as far to say, he has been arrested as well..but others claim otherwise, that he has only taken a prolong leave of absence to stay off linkage with the unraveling corruption in the nation’s oil world.

Those who should know however insist to societynowng.com that Benjamin Peters is out of the country – but his specific whereabouts remain unknown.

The Aiteo boss, like Omokore is said to be one of the of major beneficiary of the rule of arrested Diezani Madueke as petroleum minister.

Ben made acquired oil wells and had his share of controversies as relating to alleged mega money discrepancies in the crude for finished products contract he secured based on alleged closeness to Madueke.

The buzz about his rapport with the then petroleum minister was such that he continues to be fingered a front till date.

And the allegations so thick that the embattled Madueke took time out to distance herself for Peters in her widely circulated claim she never took an ill gotten kobo while office – before she was arrested on corruption charges abroad.

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