A northern group, Arewa Youth Network For Transparency, has called for the arrest of leaders of the Civil Society Network on Economic and Social Advancement, CSNESA, over alleged plans to picket the headquatres of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, due to fuel crisis in the country.
In a statement signed on Wednesday, the convener of the group, Musa Abdulkadir, stated that the Convener of the CSNESA, who claimed to be Abubakar Yari, was in fact one Lawrence Ngene.
The group disclosed that Mr Ngene is a Pastor/ Bishop of Church of All Nations in Karu area of Abuja.
The statement said: “It is in record that he has led a prayer as Imam for Abba Kyari some months back. It is obvious that the he is either a Muslim or a Christian as he deems fit.”
The group wondered why the leader of a group calling for financial probity of government could not come out boldly with his name.
According to them, “the faceless civil society groups lack verifiable facts hence they resorted to hiding their identities. Mr Mele Kyari has not rested on his oars in putting Nigeria in the good light in the world’s petroleum industry”.
“We urge the Nigerian security architecture to investigate these groups. The President Bola Tinubu administration has shown capacity, hence we cannot as a group, sit still and watch some disgruntled element create smoke where there is no fire.” the group stated.
The group gathered that CSNESA convened and other leaders of the group were Wednesday at daggers drawn in Abuja over sharing formula of alleged money for protest.
The group members who were seen in a hotel in Wuse 2, were at each others necks over an amount which could not be ascertained at press time.
Recall that the group had during a press briefing last week, threatened to picket the Headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Thursday.
They also called for one million signatures to a petition urging the Presidency to sack NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari for alleged inability to manage the spate of fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
