From Victor Osula, Abuja
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has raised the alarm over what it described as a coordinated sabotage campaign targeting its leadership.
In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the company’s management, NNPC disclosed that a syndicate comprising both internal and external actors has been actively spreading misinformation and fabricated reports to discredit its top management and derail its ongoing reforms.
The company said the campaign is aimed at undermining its transformation into a transparent, corruption-free, and performance-driven energy company, in line with the mandate of President Bola Tinubu.
According to the statement titled “Coordinated Sabotage Campaign Against NNPC Limited’s Leadership”, the actors behind the campaign have resorted to planting scandalous and false stories in the media in an attempt to mislead the public and distract its leadership.
“The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has uncovered an emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged by a syndicate of known and faceless actors, both outside and within various levels of the organisation,” the statement read.
It added: “This group is actively spreading lies and misinformation simply to discredit NNPC Ltd.’s leadership and derail the organisation’s ongoing transformation into a corruption-free, performance-driven energy company, in line with the mandate of His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The company noted that the tactics being used include orchestrated falsehoods designed to confuse the public, shake public confidence, and undermine the morale of NNPC’s workforce.
“These are calculated efforts by those who feel threatened by reform, transparency, accountability, and change—clear evidence of the lengths to which they will go to obstruct the transformation of Nigeria’s foremost energy institution,” it said.
NNPC warned that more defamatory content may surface in the coming weeks but assured that it remains undeterred in its mission.
“The transformation is underway, and no amount of sabotage will stop it. We urge our dedicated staff, stakeholders, and all patriotic Nigerians to stay focused, ignore the noise, and not be discouraged. We remain on mission,” the statement concluded.
