BUHARI DEFENDS KACHIKWU OVER OIL SWAPS

President Muhammadu Buhari has mounted a fierce defence of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, over allegations that the minister ‎was being investigated over crude oil swaps and gas lifting during his tenure as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

 

A statement in Abuja yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president appealed to discerning Nigerians to ignore orchestrated attempts to sully the integrity of ministers and other senior government officials being tarred with the brush of corruption without any concrete evidence.

 

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