ERHC Energy Inc (ERHE)

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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--ERHC Energy Inc. (ERHE) said Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an additional request for the company's personnel records relating to former chief financial officer Franklin
Ihekwoaba.

The oil and gas company disclosed the new development Thursday in a filing with the SEC.

Ihekwoaba resigned in July after informing the audit committee of ERHC Energy's board that he shouldn't have used the designation CPA - indicating "certified public accountant" - after his name and that he had filed for
personal bankruptcy in December 2005.

ERHC Energy said in June that the SEC was investigating its correspondence with foreign officials or entities in the African nations of Sao Tome and Principe and Nigeria. The company also has disclosed that the U.S. Justice
Department is investigating its activities in a joint-development zone off the coast of Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe.

-By Ed Welsch, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-1356; [e-mail]


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