A transparency group, the Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) has described as “wide off allegation” and “calculated blackmail” the recent claims made against the group general manager of the Nigerian Upstream Investment Services (NUIS) formerly NAPIMS, Mr. Bala Wunti over alleged involvement in the last presidential election and acquisition of luxury property.
According to the GTI, despite the fact that no serious, credible, reliable and conventional news organisations published such libellous content, the claims are a hatchet job commissioned by those eyeing Wunti’s job position.
Some online media had recently published a report calling for the sack of Wunti over alleged acquisition of luxury property and sponsorship of a presidential candidate during the last elections.
But GTI, with offices in the six geo-political zones, through its national coordinator, Comrade Dennis Aladei, in a statement issued via electronic mail on Thursday, saidthe allegations were sponsored and it is a campaign of calumny against the person of Mr. Bala Wunti, the GGM (Group General Manager) of Nigerian Upstream Investment Services (formerly NAPIMS) of the NNPCL.
According to Aladei, “From the pathos of the false accusations, one can clearly deduce that this is a hatchet job commissioned by those eyeing Bala Wunti’s job position. Making wide off allegations with no basis such as “He is reputed to, however, have a bias for acquiring luxury properties and has a mouthwatering property portfolio.
“From the above it is a no brainer to conclude that this is political mischief, as those who think or feel they should be compensated with Wunti’s job position in the in-coming government are behind this libelous social media onslaught,” he said.
