‘We are not thieves – NNPC replies Oshiomole, gives clarifications

The former Chief Financial Officer, CFO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Umar Ajiya, says the company and its workers are not thieves.
Ajiya made this remark during a session by the Senate Public Accounts Committee investigating alleged misappropriation of funds.
His remark followed the allegation by a lawmaker representing the Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, who declared the NNPCL a house of thieves .
He alleged that N2.9 billion was used for the incorporation and rebranding of the company, and explicitly denied that N5.8 billion was spent on the registration process itself.
“We are not thieves. N2.9 billion was used to register NNPC, not N5.8 ...