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Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region have urged President Bola Tinubu to probe the allegation that at the twilight of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, crude oil was sold upfront and the money taken away.
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The National Secretary, First Phase Ex-Agitators, Nature Dumale, insisted that Tinubu should investigate the allegation that crude oil was sold three years in advance shortly before he took over the mantle of leadership.
Dumale, in a statement at the weekend, said the development was one of the reasons for foreign exchange crisis and the worsening inflation in the country.
He said if President Tinubu failed to probe the allegation, they would send a petition to the International Court of Justice.
He said: “We want President Tinubu to investigate the NNPCL and the oil and gas sector. Why did the last administration sell petroleum products upfront and take the money away? Why did they leave Nigeria indebted? It is affecting our foreign exchange and that is why we are having a dollar crisis.
“We are calling on President Tinubu to do the needful because Nigerians are behind him. He needs to set a track record and he needs to do something that Nigerians will remember him for. He needs to call these people to order.
“The allegation is everywhere that former President Buhari sold crude oil three years ahead of time. Was Buhari aware of this? Or was it done by the cabal around him? People are dying every day because of the rising inflation. If nothing is done, we will write to the International Court of Justice because this is the height of injustice against our people.”
Dumale also appealed to Tinubu to unveil the identities of all politicians, corporate organisations and contractors indicted in the forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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