The newspaper NEXT has published a story about corruption in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. The story itself is .... disturbing if true, but interestingly they have also posted:
(a) A rough video which they purport to be an undercover sting-type meeting with the man who collects the bribe money on behalf of the Minister.
(b) An audio clip which they purport to be the phone call setting up the sting. They pose as oil importers calling the man who collects the bribe to set up the exchange.
They have posted links to the above two media clips, as well as links to PDF transcripts of the audio and video clips.
Officials at the Ministry have (predictably) denied the allegations.
I don't know what to believe. Oh, I am sure there is monumental corruption in the oil industry (not just in Nigeria, but worldwide) .... but NEXT's sting did not produce a "smoking gun" linking the Minister or anyone else to the man they spoke to on the audio and video clips.
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