NNPC Denies Funding Buhari’s Campaign

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has refuted claims that it group managing director, Maikanti Baru approved money transfer to President Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation.

The spokesperson of the Corporation, Ndu Ughamadu, denied the claim in a press statement issued on Friday.

Ughamadu stated that Baru never authorised any “phantom cash transfer” for the purpose of sponsoring publicity for Buhari ahead of the 2019 elections.

The statement said the allegation was not only “patently false but runs against the prevailing gale of transparency and accountability pervading the operations of the NNPC since the advent of the current administration”.

“The allegation is a politically-induced hallucination which has found accommodation in the subconscious of some mischievous political actors intent on dragging the corporation and its GMD into the arena of partisan political tussle,” 

‘’With no regard for the cherished investigative reporting ethos of balance and confirmation of story, the allegation, without doubt, come across as a kindergarten execution of an ill thought political brinksmanship.” the statement read.

The NNPC admonished Nigerians and oil and gas industry stakeholders to “disregard the phantom report”.

The corporation said the management of the NNPC under Baru is “focused on delivering the aspiration of Mr. President for the petroleum industry.”