The Senate has constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the contents of a leaked letter by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, against the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru.

The Committee headed by former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wammako, is also expected to investigate the policy introduced by Baru of allocating almost all petroleum products to Duke Oil.

In the letter dated August 30th, 2017 and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister had accused Baru of insubordination and illegal practices.

Specifically, he accused the NNPC GMD of effecting changes in personnel at the NNPC without recourse to NNPC board or the ministry.

This followed a motion moved on Wednesday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions, Samuel Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East).

The lawmaker accused the NNPC GMD of corruption.

Details later….

 

OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja

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