Kachikwu’s Letter: Presidency Lobbies Senate C’ttee, Seeks Soft Landing for Baru

There are indications that the presidency has initiated moves to avert the indictment of the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, by the Senate ad hoc committee charged with investigating him for awarding contracts to the tune of $25 billion without recourse to the NNPC board of directors.

The nine-man committee chaired by Senator Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto, APC) is charged with investigating Baru over the allegations raised against him in a letter by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr.. Ibe Kachikwu, to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The allegations included insubordination and keeping the NNPC board chaired by Kachikwu in the dark in the award of contracts and promotion of senior executives of NNPC.

A highly placed source, however, informed THISDAY that Buhari met with Wamakko Tuesday evening to lobby the committee to give Baru a soft landing.

The meeting was still ongoing as of 6.54 p.m.

The source explained that the president was prevailed upon to personally meet with Wamakko instead of delegating the assignment to any of his aides.

THISDAY, October 18, 2017

 

 

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