NNPCL: Senate Orders Kyari’s Arrest As Ajiya Insists ‘No Money Is Missing’

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), Engr. Mele Kyari, for failing to appear before it over an alleged unaccounted sum of N210 trillion of the state oil company between 2017 and 2023.
However, the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the NNPCL, Umar Ajiya Isa, challenged the allegation, insisting that no money was missing and that the N210 trillion being peddled as unaccounted for was far above the company’s total revenue of about N54.5 trillion during the period under review.
The warrant for Kyari’s arrest followed...