President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to ignore orchestrated attempts to tarnish the integrity of ministers and other senior government officials.
He said they are being tarred with the brush of corruption without any concrete evidence.
The president made this call while reacting to reports, particularly by the online media, that the immediate past group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who is also minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, was being investigated over crude oil swap deals and lifting of gas during his tenure as GMD of the petroleum corporation.
President Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, appealed for decent and civilised comments, particularly when it has to do with the integrity of those who are serving the country.
He said: “Terrible and unfounded comments about other people’s integrity are not good. We are not going to spare anybody who soils his hands, but people should please wait till such individuals are indicted.”
President Buhari reiterated the administration’s commitment to probity, accountability and integrity, saying they would never be trifled with.
