Tension as Obasanjo fires fresh shots at NNPC, reason emerges

  • Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president, has said that the NNPC Limited disrespected him by sending him an open invitation to the Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries
  • Femi Soneye, the NNPC’s spokesperson, sent the open invitation to the former president during a television interview last week
  • Before Soneye’s interview, Obasanjo had lamented how the NNPC stopped his administration from privatising the NNPC

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) for inviting him to tour the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, describing the invitation as “disrespectful”.

The invitation came after Obasanjo expressed frustration over the mismanagement of refineries, stating that despite significant expenditure since 2007, no results had been achieved.