Nigeria, July 14 -- The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has accused a former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, of publishing falsehoods in his recent book about the controversial Malabu OPL 245 oil deal.

In a statement signed by HEDA's chairperson, Olanrewaju Suraju, the civil society organisation described Mr Adoke's memoir as an attempt to distort facts and mislead the public.

The group said Mr Adoke's claims in his latest book contradict what he earlier wrote in his previous book, "The burden of (did) service," and absolve him of responsibility and culpability in the $1.1 billion oil block scandal.

Mr Adoke, who was accused of corruption by local and foreign anti-corruption investi...