{"id":178378,"date":"2025-09-10T18:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-nnpcl-boss-mele-kyari-submits-self-to-efcc"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:12:42","slug":"ex-nnpcl-boss-mele-kyari-submits-self-to-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-nnpcl-boss-mele-kyari-submits-self-to-efcc","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari submits self to EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Mele Kyari, a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, office.<\/p>\n<p>Kyari arrived EFCC\u2019s headquarters in Abuja at about 2:15pm.<\/p>\n<p>He was invited to answer questions on financial and technical matters during his time in office.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the EFCC had placed Kyari on its watch list over an ongoing probe into the $7.2 billion refineries\u2019 turnaround maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>This is just as the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered a temporary freezing of four bank accounts linked to Kyari due to allegations of fraud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Mele Kyari, a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, office. Kyari arrived EFCC\u2019s headquarters in Abuja at about 2:15pm. 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