The Senate on Thursday summoned the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, over an alleged N210tn expenditure by the national oil company between 2017 and 2023, which the lawmakers say has not been properly accounted for.
Invited alongside Kyari are the former Chief Financial Officer, Umar Isa, and the former Group General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, Bala Wunti.
The Senate committee handling the probe threatened to issue warrants of arrest against the former management officials if they fail to appear before it on a date to be communicated.
The committee also questioned why the national oil company allegedly spent about N5bn on the change of name from the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to the Nigerian NNPC Limited.
Chairman of the committee, Senator Aliyu Wadada (Nasarawa West), read the resolutions to journalists. He said the summoned former management team should appear before the panel.
They are to come alongside the incumbent Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari.
