Fact Check: Is NNPC’s claim that 25m litres of Nigerian petrol are smuggled out daily?
Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on a visit to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), in March this year, revealed that a detailed study the corporation conducted showed 25million litres of petrol is being smuggled out of Nigeria daily. Based on this,…