FG not obstructing our business, Intels counters Atiku’s initial statement

Integrated Logistics Services Limited (Intels) says its business is not obstructed by political influence from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

ElombahNews had earlier reported how Intels ended ties with its co-founder, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday, after the latter sold his shares in Intels’ parent company, Orlean Invest Holding. The transactions were executed through Guernsey Trust, in deals that began in December 2018 and concluded in 2020.

Though Atiku in a statement through his media spokesman blamed Buhari’s administration for his decision to sell off his shares in Intels. He accused Buhari of destroying the economy.

However, in a statement by Intels spokesman, Tommaso Ruffinoni, on Tuesday, the company said its decisions had been devoid of political considerations. It stated that it had always operated according to market logic.

“Intels Nigeria Limited and its parent company, Orlean Invest Holding, in relation to some statements that appeared in the press yesterday and today, categorically deny that its business has at some time been hindered by political influences from the current government,” the statement read.

“The company has always operated according to market logic, thanks to its history and commitment to the development of the Nigerian economy in the oil and gas logistics sector.

“The ongoing contradictions are part of a natural commercial divergence, which will hopefully be resolved, as in the past, by a new approach, in the interest of all the parties, also according to the social role that Intels plays in the country.”