The Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the contract crisis in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has denied being under pressure from the Presidency to give the NNPC Group Managing Director, GMD, Baru Maikanti, a soft landing.
Recall, that there have been allegations that the Presidency is mounting intense pressure on the Senate Ad-hoc Committee led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, to favour Baru in its recommendation.
Members of the Panel are: Senators Tayo Alasoadura, Kabiru Marafa, Bassey Akpan, Samuel Anyanwu, Ahmed Ogembe, Chukwuka Utazi, Rose Okoh, and Baba Kaka Garbai.
The Lawmakers are probing the allegations of insubordination, and the award of $25 billion contracts against the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu.
The Minister of State had petitioned Buhari, alleging acts of insubordination and humiliation by Baru.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) and member of the Ad hoc Committee, Senator Kabiru Marafa, in his response to an enquiry on whether the Panel had been lobbied to favour Baru, said: “It is not true!”
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) and member of the Ad hoc Committee, Senator Kabiru Marafa, in his response to an enquiry on whether the Panel had been lobbied to favour Baru, said: “It is not true!”
Another member, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, said he was outside the country as of the time the Lawmakers were reported to have been put under pressure.
“Keep your gunpowder dry till when I am back in Abuja”, he said.
Alasoadura, another member of the Panel, also denied being under pressure. “I have already read things like that”, he said.
Chairman of the Panel, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, however, declined comments on his reported meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday night.
A Senator who pleaded anonymity said: “The membership of the Ad hoc Committee was strategic, considering the strict posture of the Chairman and appointment of Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees on Petroleum. Marafa, Alasoadura, and Akpan, are critical to the probe, because they know NNPC better. So they cannot be put under pressure.
“You will observe that the Committees investigating the issues between Senator Isa Misau and the Inspector General of Police (Ibrahim Idris), have not been able to take off, as several members, including Misau himself, were out of the country.”
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