Again, Senate orders arrest of ex-NNPCL GCEO Kyari over alleged N210trn fraud

The Senate, through its Committee on Public Accounts, on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, for failing to appear before it over an alleged unaccounted N210 trillion between 2017 and 2023.
However, former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the NNPCL, Umar Ajiya Isa, debunked the allegation before the committee, declaring that no money was missing and that the N210 trillion figure exceeds the N54.5 trillion total revenue the company generated within the period.
The warrant of arrest followed Kyari’s absence from the investigative session on the alleged unaccounted ...