The NNPC’s immediate former Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, is currently being held and in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged financial crimes that occurred during his employment.
Sources privy to the development who spoke on the condition of anonymity revealed that the former NNPC chairman, Mele Kyari had willingly submitted himself to the anti graft agency following allegations of fraud during his tenure as chairman.
Kyari was reportedly invited by the commission to clarify issues surrounding financial transactions while he was at the helm of the state-owned oil company.
At the time this report was filed, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s spokesperson, was unavailable for comment.
The development coincides with current enquiries into purported anomalies in the handling of billions of cash intended for Nigeria’s failing refineries.
Mele Kyari had earlier been placed on the EFCC’s watch list in connection with a $7.2 billion refinery’s turnaround maintenance project.
Similarly, the Federal High Court in Abuja recently mandated that four bank accounts connected to the previous head of the NNPCL be temporarily frozen until more fraud-related enquiries are conducted.
Mele Kyari, who served as GMD of the NNPCL from 2019 until his replacement in July 2024, oversaw a period of some reforms, including the transition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into a limited liability company.
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