Some angry Nigerians have stormed the Nigerian High Commission and the UK Home Office in London, demanding that former NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari be deported to face corruption investigations.
The demonstrators, under the banner of Rescue Nigeria Now, gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission and the UK Home Office on Monday, May 12, 2025, submitting formal petitions to both institutions.
The protesters carried placards with bold inscriptions such as “Withdraw Mele Kyari’s residency now!”, “Mele Kyari go home and face EFCC now!”, and “London is not for public officials who abused public trust.”
They accused Kyari of fleeing Nigeria to evade accountability for alleged financial misconduct during his tenure at NNPCL from 2019 to 2025.
In the letter addressed to the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, the group said: “We are profoundly disillusioned and appalled by the effrontery with which Mr Kyari has been walking in the streets of London with impunity, while the tables of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria are flooded with so much petitions, audit queries, and evidences on the many alleged corrupt financial dealings and infraction that have been attached to his tenure which spanned from 2019 to 2025.”
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“We see this as an affront to the people of Nigeria and an insult to the esteemed anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that an individual of such notoriety whose tenure in NNPCL was marred by unprecedented corruption and international embarrassment should be allowed to roam freely on British soil without facing the consequences of his actions.
“Your Excellency, this letter is not merely a petition—it is a demand— a moral, civic, and nationalistic demand.
“We, therefore, demand in the strongest terms that the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom refrains from according him any form of official reception, recognition, or diplomatic courtesy until he returns to Nigeria to submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other relevant investigative bodies for the myriad allegations that trail his tenure.”
The petition detailed several allegations against Kyari, including the misappropriation of funds earmarked for refinery rehabilitation.
