The Arewa Consultative Youth has scolded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for excluding Dapo Segun, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of NNPC Limited from the over N5 trillion refinery rehabilitation scam probe.
The group of youths from 19 northern states asked the anti-graft agency to stop shielding Dapo Segun and harassing northerners over refinery rehabilitation scandal, adding that NNPCL top official also has hand in the OVH acquisition deal.
In a statement by its President, Mallam Kabiru Yusuf, Arewa Consultative Youth acknowledged the development that EFCC recovered over $10 million and N5 billion from those who mismanaged the refinery rehabilitation and will also be charging the culprits to court soonest.
They however insisted that Dapo must be part of those offenders to make the case looks real and not just a ploy to witch-hunt northerners and shelve southerners who were actually responsible for the anomalies.
“Our attention have been drawn to the joyous news that EFCC recovered over 10m dollars and 5b naira from those who mismanaged the refinery rehabilitation and will also be charging the culprits to court soonest.
“Dear Hard working EFCC, remember Mr. Dapo Segun, a yoruba man who was NNPCL treasury Head, later became NNPCL Executive Vice President Downstream and was incharge over the Refinery rehabilitation as EVP Downstream when all these alleged anomalies happened.
“He was also incharge of the Ovh/Nnpcl retail controversial acquisition and to make matters worse he was elevated and currently the NNPCL Chief Financial Officer during all these period.
“So the country will be shocked if the man who was incharge of the refinery activities, gave instructions to the MD of refineries, later became in charge of all payments etc is excluded but the MD he gave instructions, contractors of contract he presided over the award, and if former officers mainly from the North who occupied the position he held and holding is charged and he is exempted, this will lead to national outrage and anger against efcc as engaging in ethnic profiling in the fight against corruption and it will rubbish the good works you are already doing.
“Nobody is above the law no matter the tribe or else stop the investigation.”