Despite Admitting CEO Kyari, CFO Ajiya Received Gratuities While In 'Active Service', Nigerian Petroleum Company Threatens SaharaReporters With Lawsuit, Demands N2Billion
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has threatened to sue SaharaReporters over a publication exposing how its Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari and the Chief Financial Officer, Umar Ajiya were paid gratuities while still in active service. Gratuity is a sum of money paid to an employee at the end of a period of employment. NNPCL made the threat in a letter signed by its law firm Alegeh and Co. legal practitioners and sent to the online newspaper.