About 40 officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ( NNPCL) now report to the office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for investigations every two weeks to state what they know about aborted turnaround maintenance of the refineries and other sundry issues.
These include the senior officials of NNPCL subsidiaries or Business Units (SBUs).
There are indications that some top members of the former management of the company under Mele Kyari, are in the net of EFCC already, answering questions over the disbursement of the of money that runs into several billions of dollars.
$1.5 billion loan was secured for the rehabilitations of the Port Harcourt Refinery yet it has not produced Premium Motor Spirit. While other refineries located in Kaduna and Warri had $740 and $656 million allocate to them respectively, — totaling approximately $2.96 billion in all for the turn around maintenance (TAM)
Sources within NNPC however, claimed that they are not aware that their members are being invited for investigation by EFCC.
One of those sources stated that since EFCC does it things without much fun fair it is possible that such a thing could be going on without the knowledge of a lot of other staff members.
Earlier, a good number of contractors and consultants that are connected to the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery were invited by EFCC to state their roles in the rehabilitation saga.
Meanwhile there are reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one of the top notch of the Mele Kyari’s administration over the alleged $7.2 billion fraud relating to the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s major refineries.
Sources within the EFCC confirmed on Monday that the former officer is being investigated for alleged abuse of office, corruption, diversion of public funds, and receiving kickbacks from contractors involved in the turnaround maintenance of the Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri refineries.
According to one EFCC official who spoke on condition of anonymity, the arrest is part of a sweeping probe into the mismanagement of billions of dollars allocated for refinery overhauls—a chronic issue that has plagued Nigeria’s oil sector for decades.
The EFCC is reportedly scrutinizing the disbursement of:
$1.56 billion for the Port Harcourt Refinery, $740 million for Kaduna Refinery, and $656 million for Warri Refinery — totaling approximately $2.96 billion in focus so far.
Some of the top officials allegedly being investigated by EFCC are former managing directors of Port Harcourt Refinery,and Warri Refineries
