How EFCC operatives stormed Port Harcourt Refinery, arrested acting MD, Jelili Ademoye

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday stormed the office of the acting managing director of the Port Harcourt Refinery, Mr. Jelili Ademoye.

Their mission was to search his office thoroughly for documentary evidence of the financial operations of the refinery.

They reportedly thereafter whisked him away in a waiting vehicle.

This happened barely a few hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) boss, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, removed the managing directors of its three state-owned refineries.

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The NNPC had on Tuesday night sacked the Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), Ibrahim Onoja; Managing Director of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), Dr Mustafa Sugungun; and the Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC), Efifia Chu.

Reports said that EFCC operatives arrived at the Port Harcourt refinery between 1pm and 2pm.

They ignored protocol and marched straight to Ademoye’s office.

EFCC officials’ swift but quiet operation was to, as claimed by sources close to the development, ensure that the sacked Managing Director did not take anything away, including vital documents but on failing to meet Onoja in office, the officers decided to take Ademoye.

Ademoye will provide deep insight into the operations of the refinery, including the documented/approved financial transactions, as well as matching of expenditure with actuals on the ground.