The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday, October 26, distanced its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, from the phantom cash transfer to thePresident Muhammadu Buhari campaign organization for the purpose of funding the media/publicity leg of the exercise.
In a statement sent to journalists by the NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamdu, the corporstion described the allegation as a politically induced hallucination, “which has found accommodation in the subconscious of some mischievous political actors intent on dragging the corporation and its GMD into the arena of partisan political tussle.”
The corporation said the allegation was not only patently false but runs against the prevailing gale of transparency and accountability pervading the operations of the NNPC since the advent of the current administration.
‘’With no regard for the cherished investigative reporting ethos of balance and confirmation of story, the allegation, without doubt, come across as a kindergarten execution of an ill thought political brinksmanship,’’ the corporation said.
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The NNPC called on all well-meaning members of the public and oil and gas industry stakeholders to disregard the report noting that the management of the NNPC under Dr. Baru is ‘’focused on delivering the aspiration of Mr. President for the petroleum industry.”
Meanwhile, a recent media report indicates that governors and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southwest are currently strategising on ways to mitigate the incursion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, into the zone ahead of the 2019 presidential election.
According to the report, leaders of the APC in the zone are frantically pushing to put the post-primary crisis in some states behind it, come together in the coming days and plan a winning strategy that will guarantee the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the PDP candidate.
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