We didn’t authorize petition against Mele Kyari, group tells AGF, EFCC

An advocacy group under the aegis of Concerned Citizens Against Corruption has disowned the petition and petitioners seeking the Probe of the Former NNPCL Gceo Mele kyari describing the action as paid smear campaign by impostors using their organisations name to undermine the renewed hope agenda oil sector reform that mele kyari contributed greatly to its success.

The anti corruption group while expressing confidence in the success stories recorded during the mele kyari days urged the Attorney General and the EFCC to ignore the petition which their organisation name was used to draft against Mele without their authorisation.

The Anti-Corruption group vowed legal action, noting that a faceless group claiming to be their members, had address a press conference, where they made some frivolous and laughable allegations of corruption against Kyari.

According to the Anti-Corruption group, the imposters led by one Comrade Kabir Matazu was reported to have stormed the office of the Attorney General of the Federation ( AGF) on Tuesday demanding comprehensive probe and investigation into the NNPCL transactions for the past five years under Kyari.

The group further said that the imposters in their speech, specifically alleged wide spread frauds and irregularities in the handling of Turn Around Maintanance (TAM) of the nations refineries under Kyari leadership.

“Ordinarily our association would have ignored this shameless group and their pay masters but for the avoidance of doubt we want to state categorically that at no time did we authorise any person or group of persons to speak on our behalf on any issue including the recent infantile attack on former managing director of NNPCL.

“The so called Matazu and his co- travellers are not known to our association and therefore cannot use our highly respected association to do the bidding of some unscrupulous and mendacious unpatriotic politicians who are on vendetta mission.

“Concern Citizens Against Corruption, was rather embarrassed by this orchestrated script which we had since discovered were designed to malign and tarnish the hard earned reputation of Kyari,” the group said

The Association, which regreted the embarrassment this may have caused Kyari and his successful team, added, “for the records, we joined other millions of Nigerians who commended Kyari for his giant strides in turning around the business fortunes of the company in the five years he was in office.

According to the group, Kyari broke 25 year jinx of non-performing refineries.

The group accused the impostors of using their organization to attack Kyari and working for opposition, disclosing that they have petitioned EFCC, AGF

They therefore demanded the immediate arrest of imposters, also apologising to Mr Mele Kyari over the unwarranted attack on his person by this cheap blackmailers and their cohorts.

“Even President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be shocked at the outburst of this faceless group against Kyari who while dissolving the board NNPCL led by him noted the starling achievements of the board.”

The Anti-Corruption group noted that Kyari’s major achievement has been the revival of Nigeria’s decade’s long moribund refineries.

“Under his leadership, long-stalled production activities at the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have roared back to life… with the Kaduna Refinery beckoning. This audacious manouvre has put a lie on the long-held belief that the refineries would never come back to life.

“This move would surely engender energy security and ensure that Nigeria’s refining capacity could finally begin to meet domestic demand with much more for exports sooner rather than later.

“Kyari recognizing that public refineries alone cannot meet the nation’s needs, reportedly came up with a strong collaborations with private refineries. The climax of this effort was the integration of the Dangote Refinery – a strategic partnership (This started with a direct investment in Dangote Refinery) that not only expanded Nigeria’s refining capabilities but also introduced healthy competition into a previously monopolized industry.

“Kyari’s forward-thinking approach has set the stage for a more dynamic and self-reliant energy sector. While some may wish to attribute some of NNPC’s challenges and failures to him, the discerning would rather give him his flowers for his ability to achieve results despite the tortuous and oppressive terrain. From overseeing the commercialization of NNPC to fostering partnerships that would ultimately bring renewed investor confidence, he has consistently delivered results.

“His commitment to opening up NNPC Limited for more transparency, epitomized by Nigeria’s compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), has set a new benchmark for governance in the oil and gas sector,” the Anti-Corruption group said.