The All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) on Sunday labelled the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as a haven of corruption in the country, calling for prosecution of the indicted officials, private individuals and multinationals which participated in the oil sector swindle.
The party said that the revelation that Nigeria lost about N4.64tn over the last decade from cut-price deals between multinational oil companies and government officials is a national disgrace.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Emma Eneukwu, ANPP said the Presidency had something to hide by refusing to make the report public.
It said, “We wish to ask whether the report of a forged Export Clearance Permit of more than one and a half billion dollar is also suspicious.
“Or the letter written by the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, to President Goodluck Jonathan, promising to investigate the source of the discovered fake document in his ministry and brief the president accordingly (is also fake).
“On the other hand, we believe that the people have a lot to fear from the government if 24 million barrels of crude oil can afford to leave the shores of this nation under suspicious circumstances.
“We are also aware that coupled with the Reuters report of the deep graft in the NNPC, what we are faced with is capable of ridiculing us in the comity of nations.”
The party called on the National Assembly to ensure that the “so-called committee set up to look into the Ribadu Committee’s report does not cover up vital facts which will help to exorcise the demon of corruption sucking the blood of this great nation with NNPC as the siphon.”(DailyPostReports)
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