A pressure group,  Citizens for Equality and Good Governance Nigeria, CEGGN, has accused sponsors of illegal oil bunkering as beinf behind the orchestrated call for the sack of  the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari.

In a statement issued in Abuja, Leader of the group,  Robert Swem said the renewed agitation
for the removal of the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL was targeted at sabotaging the nation’s economy, thereby derailing the steady recovery of Nigeria’s economy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.

According to him, those behind the plot to remove Mr. Ojulari are bent on truncating the positive reforms being implemented by the current NNPCL leadership.

He said the new NNPCL leadership has successfully blocked leakages in the oil sector, increasing the production capacity of Nigeria to meet her OPEC quota for the first time in history.

According to him, the success of the transformational reforms ongoing in the NNPCL under Ojulari is what has caused the mounting campaign of hate and blackmail against him.

While appealing to youths of the Niger Delta to refrain from being used by those who do not wish the country well, Swem explained that the performance of the new team at the helm of affairs at the corporation will enhance the re-election bid of President Tinubu come 2027.

The CEGGN leader said those behind the plot have resorted to championing ethnic chauvinism.
He stated that Nigeria belongs to every section of the country; therefore, no part should be used by individuals to promote their self-serving, criminal enterprise.

‘Let me appeal to President Tinubu, GCFR, to disregard such persons. Mr. Ojulari, leadership has increased revenue to the government, and sub regional entities are now happy with Mr.President.

He said his organization is demanding that the president and others allow Engr. Ojulari to continue with the good work he is doing in the organization.

Swem said with Ojulari’s pedigree in the oil sector, and the full backing of the President, Nigeria will soon witness the benefits of being an oil-producing country.