Obi, in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Chief Joemartins Uzodike, described the allegations being circulated through the Short Message Service as “a malicious piece of distorted information.”
He also described it as the handiwork of “enemies of progress,” whose intent was to run down the governor and other prominent indigenes of Anambra State to become relevant in the 2015 elections.
Orient Petroleum Resources Limited is the company licensed to explore and exploit oil and gas in the Anamabra Basin by the Federal Government.
Its facilities were inaugurated last month by President Goodluck Jonathan, who declared Anambra the 10th oil producing state in Nigeria.
The statement said the shares of Orient were owned by Anambra citizens who invested their hard earned savings in the company.
The statement also frowned on the linkage of the name of the governor with the defunct Orient Bank, Orient Airline and Orient Petroleum, saying the state had long passed the stage of “such dirty policking.”
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