A Niger Delta group under the aegis the Niger Delta Coalition, NDC, has demanded the sacking of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, over what they called “gross misconduct and high handedness”.
Other allegations the group levelled against Kyari included financial impropriety, misuse of authority, lack of vision, poor performance, and autocratic conduct, among others.
The NDC, which is a coalition of over 26 youth associations across the Niger Delta region, held a peaceful protest march in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, and called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately remove Kyari to save the country’s oil industry.
The protesters in their numbers, barricaded the entrance of the NNPC building to register their grievances, accompanied by chants of solidarity songs, displaying placards with several inscriptions.
While addressing journalists during the protest, the National Coordinator of the Niger Delta Youth Alliance, Oris Bakpa, who spoke on behalf of the NDC, urged President Tinubu to take immediate action by removing Kyari from office and instituting a comprehensive inquiry into his conduct while in office.
They urged the President to launch an investigation into the leadership and management of the NNPCL with a view to addressing the urgent issues of refinery rehabilitation
