The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has declared their support for the Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr.  Dafe Sejebor, over an alleged fraud on the approval of $260 million contracts.

According to the group, NAPIMS boss, Sejebor was said to have been unjustifiably accused of being fraudulent and also indicted of frustrating the development of local content acts by elements who were just out to tarnish the good image of NAPIMS.

A statement signed by the group’s President, Nelly Emma said that the $260 Million contract followed due process, saying that some elements were just out to tarnish the good image of the NAPIMS boss.

“Those behind the story that the contract was fraudulent are not telling the whole world the truth. The award of this said contract followed due process and it is not true that NAPIMS allegedly approved the $260M contracts illegally.”

The group added that; “To the best of our knowledge, due process was followed by NAPIMS in the award of the Contracts.”

On the allegation that Sejebor was frustrating local content act, the group said, “Without NAPIMS, it would have been very difficult for Nigerian local contractors to be awarded contracts. The allegation that NAPIMS approved the $260M contracts illegally is unacceptable to us and the entire people of the oil-rich Niger Delta region.”

“There are no illegalities in the contract and it is not true that somebody in NAPIMS just sat on his table and nominated companies to execute the contract without any tendering process and without approval by the NNPC’s Board and Group Executive Committee (GEC).

The group added “It is on this note that we want to give the NAPIMS boss, Mr Dafe Sejebor a clean bill over the  $260 Million contracts. The NAPIMS boss should be given a pat on the back for the promotion of the Nigerian local Content and not condemnation, this is not acceptable and the general public should ignore all the false allegations against the NAPIMS boss. ”