Reacting to media reports that the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who is also Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu is being investigated for crude oil swap deals, President Muhammadu Buhari
appealed to Nigerians to ignore attempts by individuals aimed at
tarnishing the image of his ministers and other senior government
officials.
He said his ministers are being
blackmailed by some Nigerians who are painting them with the brush of
corruption without any concrete evidence.
According to a statement signed by the president’s Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, the president said:
“Terrible
and unfounded comments about other people’s integrity are not good. We
are not going to spare anybody who soils his hands, but people should
please wait till such individuals are indicted.”
President
Buhari reiterated the administration’s commitment to probity,
accountability and integrity, promising that transparency remains a
watchword, which would never be trifled with.
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