Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

In connection with the Annual Report of ERHC Energy Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), Peter Ntephe, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350), that to his knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/   Peter Ntephe

Peter Ntephe

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer

December 15, 2008