An oil firm,Samano Sa De CV says it has not been compensated since 2015,it exposed the theft of N48million barrels of crude oil valued at$2.6billion by some staff of NNPC and some government officials.
The Whistleblower revealed that in October,2015, the stolen crude was moved from China without the knowledge of President Buhari and sold illegally by some government and NNPC officials with the proceeds not remitted to the government “s coffers.
In a letter to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,Mele Kyari,dated July 23,2020, and signed by l,Gboyega Oyewole lawyer,,the whistle blower demanded 5%. reward for exposing the crime which allegedly was committed in 2015.
The Whistle blower in the letter titled”Formal Request for the payment of five percent Whistleblower compensation For Information Furnished in respect of Crude Oil stolen from the Federal Republic of Nigeria said the NNPC boss,Mele Kyari, the late Chief of Staff,Abba Kyari and Umar Mohammed were all informed of the stolen crude and were expected to take action.
Another letter was said to have been sent to Mr President but it was prevented from getting to him.
It was learnt that when the Whistleblower pushed for the agreed five percent cut of the sale of the crude for exposing the theft,its officials were harassed and issued death threats
The letter stated” Sequel to this policy,our client, being a respirable and credible company, promptly brought to the knowledge of the Nigerian Government, information as to to criminal activity involving the NNPC and the stolen product.
“This Information was given to high ranking officials of the Nigerian government to wit,Mr Mele Kyari the Managing Director of the NNPC,Mr Abba Kyari, the then Chief of Staff to the President,and Mr Umar Mohammed.
“Consequently,it was agreed that an investigation into the stolen product should be made to ascertain the veracity of the information and garner more facts as to the fraudulent activities.
“It was also agreed that if the information is found credible, the perpetrators of the offence would be apprehended and that compensation due to our client for the information brought forward would be awarded.
“Further to the above stated discussions,our client through the Chief Executive Officer,Mr Jose Salaza Tinajero (its representatives) wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari notifying him of the stolen products as advised by the high ranking officials
“The said letter was delivered to Mr Umar Mohammed,who to the surprise of our client, failed to deliver it to the President”
According to the Punch, the letter had several documents, including bank transfers,names of vessels and their captains to show that the stolen Products had been illegally sold by some top government officials in connivance with the NNPC.
