FG To Probe Kyari Over $2BN Crude-For-Loan Deal.
the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has assured that the former group Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, will be investigated in response to growing public demand over NNPCL’S two billion dollars crude-for-loan deal.
The Minister gave the assurance on Wednesday when a group of protesting lawyers marched to the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja to submit a petition calling for Kyari’s immediate arrest and investigation. Winifred Adekunle, a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice addressed protesters on the Minister’s behalf. The demonstration marked the second consecutive day of protests at the AGF’S office over alleged corruption involving Kyari and the NNPCL as a civil society group under the banner of concerned citizens against corruption also staged a protest on Tuesday demanding a full investigation into Kyari’s financial dealings during his tenure at NNPCL
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has assured that the former group Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, will be investigated in response to growing public demand over NNPCL’S two billion dollars crude-for-loan deal.
The Minister gave the assurance on Wednesday when a group of protesting lawyers marched to the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja to submit a petition calling for Kyari’s immediate arrest and investigation. Winifred Adekunle, a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice addressed protesters on the Minister’s behalf. The demonstration marked the second consecutive day of protests at the AGF’S office over alleged corruption involving Kyari and the NNPCL as a civil society group under the banner of concerned citizens against corruption also staged a protest on Tuesday demanding a full investigation into Kyari’s financial dealings during his tenure at NNPCL.
