Missing 130m liters of PMS: NNPC retires 3 officials

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Thursday, confirmed the retirement of officials linked with missing 130 million liters of petrol.

In a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the Corporation listed the retired executives as Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, Managing Director, NNPC Retail Limited; Mr. Alpha Mamza, Executive Director, Operations, NNPC Retail Limited; and Mr. Oluwa Kayode Erinoso, Manager, Distribution, NNPC Retail Limited.

The Corporation also announced the redeployment of four officers to fill the vacant positions which arose as a result of the retirements.

Ughamadu said the deployments to fill the vacant positions in the NNPC Retail are Mr. Adeyemi Adetunji, who becomes the Managing Director; Mr. Lawal Bello, Executive Director, Operations; Mrs. Affiong Akpasubi, Executive Director, Services; and Mr. Agwandas Andrawus, Manager, Distribution.

He disclosed that the appointments take effect immediately, adding that until his new assignment as the Managing Director of NNPC Retail, Adetunji was General Manager, Strategy & Planning, Gas & Power and also former General Manager, Transformation Office.

Recall that Mr. Henry Ikem-Obih, a Chief Operating Officer (Downstream) in NNPC, had on March 17, revealed that about 130 million litres stored at the Capital Oil & Gas depot and over 30 million litres in MRS Limited depot, all in Apapa area of Lagos, were not found when needed.

Ikem-Obih had said the infraction by the two downstream companies was a clear violation of existing contract which prohibited the firms from tampering with the volumes in their custody without express permission of the corporation.
He said the companies were called to explain and given two options to either return the full volume of what was stored in their depots litre-for-litre or pay the full value of the products taken without approval.

He had also mentioned that NNPC alerted the Directorate of State Service (DSS), the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and relevant committees of National Assembly with oversight function on the corporation’s downstream operation to help recover the assets.