NNPCL Raises Alarm, Says ‘Faceless’ Group Out to Discredit Its Management
The Management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has raised the alarm over what the company described as a “coordinated sabotage campaign” against its management.
In a statement published on the company’s website on Friday, the NNPCL alleged that some “known and faceless actors” have perfected a well “curated” plans to discredit the organisation and its management.
In the statement, the NNPCL claims that those behind the campaign of calumny were being perpetrated by people afraid of the ongoing reforms in the company.
The statement reads in part:
“The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has uncovered an emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged by a syndicate of known and faceless actors, both outside and within various levels of the organisation.
“This group is actively spreading lies and misinformation simply to discredit NNPC Ltd.’s leadership and derail the organisation’s ongoing transformation into a corruption-free, performance-driven energy company, in line with the mandate of His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Their tactics include planting scandalous and fabricated reports, curated to distract leadership, mislead the public, and undermine the commitment of our dedicated workforce and reform-minded Nigerians.
“These are calculated efforts by those who feel threatened by reform, transparency, accountability, and change—clear evidence of the lengths to which they will go to obstruct the transformation of Nigeria’s foremost energy institution.
“We expect a surge of defamatory content in the days and weeks ahead. NNPC Ltd. remains undeterred. The transformation is underway, and no amount of sabotage will stop it.
“We urge our dedicated staff, stakeholders, and all patriotic Nigerians to stay focused, ignore the noise and not be discouraged. We remain on mission.
The management of the company was recently rejiged by President Bola Tinubu, who sacked the Mr. Mele Kyari as the Group Managing Director and appointed Mr. Bayo Bashir Ojulari in his replacement.