A group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, has condemned the malicious criticism against the person of the Group General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, Dafe Sejebor, allegedly by a self-styled leader of the Urhobo Youth Council.
The group had alleged that one Terry, who claimed to be writing on behalf of the Urhobo Youth Council, had accused the NAPIMS boss of alleged corruption and marginalisation of contractors whom they alleged the NAPIMS boss often obtain money from.
The group also claimed that the said Terry had also accused the NAPIMS boss in his write-up of being behind the demobilisation of a vessel belonging to one Chief Henry Ojogho by Mobil.
According to NDIMRC, the said Terry had allegedly threatened Sejebor to order Mobil to remobilise the vessel of the said Chief Henry Ojogho, failure of which Terry threatened to declare the NAPIMS boss persona non grata in Urhoboland.
Reacting to the development, however, NDIMRC’s President, Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor; and Public Relations Officer, Stanley Mukoro, in a statement on Sunday said the attacks on the person of the NAPIMS boss were concocted lies that should not be taken serious.
The statement said: “All the allegations are pure lie and should be ignored. Deltans and the entire people of the Niger Delta Region are having their fair share in NAPIMS and even our local contractors are being carried along on merit. Without NAPIMS, it would have been very difficult for Nigerian local contractors to be awarded contracts. These allegations against the hard-working NAPIMS boss are unacceptable to us and the entire people of the oil-rich Niger Delta region.”
NDIMRC, which styled itself as an oil monitoring group, added: “Our findings have shown that Mr Dafe Sejebor, NAPIMS boss has nothing to do with the demobilisation of the Vessel of Chief Henry Ojogho by Mobil. If he has issues with Mobil, he should find a way of resolving such issues with Mobil and leave an innocent man out of it.”
The group said its investigation has revealed that the said Terry is a loner and does not have the backing of the Urhobo Youth Council.
The group urged the said Terry to stop soiling the image of the Urhobo Youth Council.
The group said as a credible oil monitoring group, its findings shows that NAPIMS under the watch of Sejebor has been very transparent and therefore passed a confidence vote on him.
The group urged security agents to fish out those behind the threat messages being sent to the NAPIMS boss, claiming that some elements are being used by disgruntled contractors to give Sejebor a bad name and to mislead the public.
It added: “We know those that have been hired to rubbish the good reputation of the Group General Manager of NAPIMS. They are not representing the people they are claiming to be fighting for; they are on selfish mission and this is why we are calling on security operatives to smoke such bad elements out and deal with them appropriately.
“These elements who have been sending threat messages to the NAPIMS boss and those they are working for should be investigated by security operatives and be dealt with.
“Let it be known that the NAPIMS boss alone cannot take the decision of contract award, due process must be followed and it is very wrong and unacceptable for a government worker to be threatened with text messages because their pay master failed to secure a particular contract.
“Let the DSS do their investigation and fish out those that have been sending threat messages to the NAPIMS boss.”
The group urged Niger Deltans and others Nigerians to encourage Sejebor, saying: “We want to pass confidence vote on him for his good works.
“The NAPIMS boss should be commended for the promotion of the Nigerian Local Content; for giving Deltans and the entire people of the Niger Delta Region a sense of belonging and not condemnation; the attacks on his person is not acceptable and the general public should ignore all the false allegations against him.”
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