Bayo Ojulari, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, was not abducted and forced to resign by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), TheCable understands.
According to sources in the anti-graft agency, the claim that Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of EFCC, abducted and forced Ojulari to resign is “ridiculous and mischievous”.
The rebuttal follows a report published by an online newspaper on Saturday, which claimed that Ojulari was forced to sign a resignation letter after being detained by the EFCC on Friday.
The report also alleged that Adeola Ajayi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), was involved in the plan.
But the source said there was no need for Olukoyede to “abduct or force anyone to resign an appointment,” because he is not an appointing authority.
“Besides, if he needs anyone to account for anything, he does it by writing or inviting the person formally,” the source said.
“Whatever does not follow such procedures is not true and should not be taken seriously.
“EFCC chairman is not a bully. He is a law-abiding chief executive of the nation’s most important anti-graft agency.”
The source further said Olukoyede had “never abducted, coerced, tortured or caused anyone to resign his position at any time”.
(TheCable)
