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Buhari: Fear grips NNPC over probe Adeola Yusuf
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alpable fear has gripped the top hierarchy of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and its agencies over plans by the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to probe the corporation. Buhari, a former Minister of Petroleum Resourc-
es and the first chairman of the NNPC board, had, in the build up to the March 29 presidential election, alleged that the corporation runs two sets of account books, “one for
public consumption and another for insiders." But the NNPC described Buhari’s statement as "political mischief.” New Telegraph gath-
ered at the weekend that about six week to the inauguration of the Presidentelect, the issue of probe has formed the focal point of discussion at meetings by the management of the
corporation. "All of us at various divisions and parastatals of the NNPC have been told to crosscheck our books with the internal audit CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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