Lawyers Drag NNPCL CFO, Dapo Segun to Court Over Alleged Refinery Rehabilitation Failure , OVH Deal Shoddiness, Demand his Arrest, Sack
The Federal government, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), and tltge Chief Financial officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Dapo Segun have been dragged to the Federal High Court by Human Right lawyers seeking the immediate sack, investigation and prosecution of current NNPCL chief Financial officer and former evp downstream Dapo Segun for his alleged involvement in the failure of the over 5trillion naira refinery rehabilitation and 140b naira shoddy nnpcl ovh acquisition deal that is currently subject of multiple investigation from relevant agencies and parliament.
The human right lawyers led by respected constitutional lawyer Okere Kingdom condemned the inability or lopsided investigation of the refinery rehabilitation that gulped over 5 trillion with refinery under lock and key without the man who was in charge of the downstream operations of nnpcl made to face the law for his failure and lack of competence that led to the mismanagement of the refinery project and the controversy surrounding the 140b ovh nnpcl retail deal that have been hanging with multiple lapses, demanding that the court order the EFCC to immediately apprehend dapo segun the former evp downstream of nnpcl who is now the chief financial officer and audit his years of reign of failures while urging the president to remove dapo segun to AVIOD him using his current position as nnpcl chief financial to tamper with evidence that are crucial.
The human right lawyers who dragged dapo, efcc before a Federal high court in Abuja are alleging selective investigation of fraud relating to the repair of Refineries by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd, (NNPCL) which will ruin the integrity of the process if not immediately fixed.
In the suit, which was brought ex-parte, the group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International listed the EFCC and Dapo Segun, the Chief Financial Officer of the company as defendants.
Segun was also accused of allegedly presiding over the nnpcl downstream section as evp then before his elevation to cfo during which the controversial deal over the purchase of OVH Energy, an energy services company was sealed.
Reliefs sought by the group include “A declaration that the failure by the EFCC to investigate the fraudulent conduct or role of the 2nd Respondent, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in connection with the acquisition of the of OVH Energy by the NNPCL and rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries, amounts to a refusal/failure of its statutory and/or public duty and therefore constitutes an abuse of powers, ultra vires and bad faith.
It also asked the court for “an order of mandamus directing and compelling the 1st Respondent by its staff, officers, privies, servants or otherwise howsoever described to within 7 days commence investigation of the fraudulent conduct or role of the 2nd Respondent, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in connection with the acquisition of the of OVH Energy by the NNPCL and rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries and to publish the Report of the Investigation within 14 days of its conclusion.
Third relief sought by the human right group was for “an order of mandamus directing and compelling the 1st Respondent by its staff, officers, privies, servants or otherwise howsoever described, where the Report of the Investigation discloses commission of any office, to fortwith arrest and prosecute the 2nd Respondent (Dapo Segun) for the economic and financials offences relating to the acquisition of the of OVH Energy by the NNPCL and rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries.
Further, the group is asking for “An interim order of court directing the 2nd Respondent (Dapo Segun) to forthwith step aside as the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and cease the performance of any duty pertaining thereto, tampering with or altering any documents or records material to the investigation into his conduct and/or role in the acquisition of the of OVH Energy by the NNPCL and rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries, pending the hearing and determination of the Substantive Motion on Notice for Judicial Review.”
Meanwhile, another civil society group, Center for Oil and Gas Transparency and Reform, has in a series of videos, raises the alarm over alleged corrupt practices in the repair of Port Harcourt amd Warri Refineries by officials of the NNPCL.
