…accuses NNPCL of rating AA Rano, other Northern oil companies over Niger Delta contractors
A Militant group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has threatened showdown with the GCEO, NNPC Limited, Group, Chief Executive Officer Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr Mele Kyari over the allege secret award of pipeline maintenance contracts to some Northern Oil contractors and the exclusion of Niger Delta contractors.
According to the RNDA, despite the fact that the multi-billion dollar pipeline maintenance and rehabilitation contract is meant to build operate and supply of refined petroleum products to the nation depots and transfer of crude oil from the creek to the nation refineries located in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari secretly award of pipeline maintenance contracts and hands over the nation crude oil pipelines to AA Rano and other Northern oil companies over Niger Deltans and deliberately denied and sidelined the people of the Niger Delta region for selfish interest.
The dreaded militant group, Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, Monday, in a statement issued after the emergency meeting of nine militant groups and convened by the leader of the militant group, self styled Major General Johnmark Ezonebi also known as Obama, threatened to sabotage the secretly awarded contract, explaining that the LOT 2 was awarded to AA RANO wish comprises from Escravos- Warri crude oil pipeline (60km) Warri- Benin Products pipeline (90km) Benin- Ore pipeline products (110km) wish is Escravos Terminal products crude pipeline to Warri Refinery to Benin Products pipeline to Ore depot.
According to him,” While the LOT 4 is awarded to MRS Oil Company owned Sayyu Dantata covering from Atlas Cove products crude pipeline depot satellite depot. Comprising Mosimi- Ore products pipeline (151.3km), Ibadan depot, Ilorin depot, Ibadan-Ilorin products pipeline (168.9km), Atlas Cove-Mosimi/Satellite products pipeline (72.8km) Mosimi depot, Mosimi- Ibadan products pipeline (79.1). Wish is the juiciest LOT among all, was hand over to MRS Oil Company owned by Sayyu Dantata”.
He said: “The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers with the coalition of the nine militant groups that make up the RNDA, have decided and declared to resume attacks and destruction of pipelines and other oil and gas installations along Trans-Escravos-Warri Refinery with other NNPC major delivery lines in the creek of Niger Delta if GMD NNPC Mele Kyari refuses to back down from awarding these multi billion pipeline maintenance rehabilitation rebuild operate and transfer of refined petroleum products and crude oil to the nation refineries contract job that was secretly awarded in favour of his Northern brothers from Kano state, we may descend on crippling the economy of the nation and president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigerians should hold Mele Kyari AA RANO MRS and others responsible from the aftermath of this declaration”.
“We are deeply pained and have no other option to result to hostilities that Nigeria has never experienced in the creeks of the Niger Delta region if Mele Kyari go ahead with it’s wicked evil plan of undermining and total neglect of Niger Delta oil companies, and we are going all out to stop the nepotic award of secret contract on the Trans Escravos- Warri Refinery to Benin Depot Pipeline maintenance, rebuild and transfer of refined petroleum products contract job in favour of AA RANO by the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, by Mr Mele Kyari who is operating a cartel of oil Northerners at the NNPC towers and we assumed that Mr Mele Kyari is an enemy to the Niger Delta people”.
