EXHIBIT 23.1

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the use of our report dated  December  28,  2004,  relating to the
consolidated  financial  statements of ERHC Energy,  Inc. (the  "Company") as of
September  30, 2004 and for each of the two years in the period ended  September
30, 2004, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of ERHC Energy, Inc. as of
September 30, 2005.


/s/ PANNELL KERR FORSTER OF TEXAS, P.C.
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Houston, Texas
April 13, 2006