- Research has found that Malta is the source of inferior petroleum products imported by Africa’s biggest oil producer
- The upstream and downstream company Matrix Energy has been importing low-grade petroleum products
- This confirms Dangote’s earlier allegations that poor diesel were being imported into the country
Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has over 3-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.
The largest oil producer in Africa has been importing inferior petroleum products from Malta, a small nation without any known oil refineries, according to documents and in-depth interviews with sources.
BusinessDay gained access to the confidential files, which described a complex scheme including the shipment of inferior petroleum gasoline from Russia to Malta for subsequent blending before shipping to Nigeria.
According to one of the documents …