Mele Kolo Kyari is one public office holder that felt larger than life under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in his official capacity as the former Group Managing Director GMD of the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, now NNPC LTD. Despite receiving seven letters from the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, directing him to remit trillions of unremitted government fund, Kyari refused to render account of his stewardship. He never honored any of the invitations by RMAFC nor replied to any of the agency’s letter to him.
But the tides have changed and this time, they are hauling against Mele Kyari. A reliable source in the Presidential Villa has hinted that Mele Kyari refusal to remit hundreds of millions of Naira into consolidated Account, despite repeated appeal by the leadership of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission to remit the money into Federation Account will land him in troubled waters any moment from now.
The discreet source told LeadingReporters that President Tinubu on enquiry, after being sworn in as President, found out that the leadership of NNPC under Kyari was enmeshed in perennial mess, untamed corruption, outrageous abuse of office, violation of Code of Conduct Acts as well as reckless diversion of Government funds under different guises. It was learnt that the President found out despite several letters of invitation extended to Mele Kyari by the leadership of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission to remit an undisclosed sum running into trillions of Naira, Kyari refused to appear before the commission.
“I can confirm to you that a total of seven letters were written by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission to Mele Kyari to remit government’s money into the consolidated account. An order he did not even violate but refuse to honour. He did not even reply to any of the seven letters written to him. That was the height of impunity under Kyari as the GMD of NNPC”
The source hinted that Emiefele’s case may be a child’s play compared with the rot that have been uncovered in NNPC under Kyari. It was further learnt that the President has vowed to do all he needs to do to ensure that those who bled the treasury will not go unpunished even if it means stepping on powerful toes.
“You know President Tinubu is a die-hard person who will go all out and achieve what he wants to achieve. This is one of such times and moments that the President would not mind getting all the logs that have hindered smooth inflow of revenue off the way. It will entail pushing the logs off the way and bringing to book those who have perennially placed the log on the way. Kyari days of impunity is over”. The source assured.