Senator Adams Oshiomhole, clearly, has an axe to grind with NNPC Ltd. The former labour leader, who was once a junior staffer in a textile mill, now sits in the Senate. From that perch, he has declared the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited “a bunch of criminals and thieves.” To watch the video clip from the 10 June 2026 session of the Senate Public Accounts Committee is to witness a lack of logic and decency. It is remarkable that he now stands before the nation to impugn the integrity of an institution staffed by the very professionals he once claimed to represent as a union leader. Could this be an issue of inferiority complex?
But for the sake of decorum, let us simply state the facts: the Senate, as an institution, has formally dissociated itself from Oshiomhole’s outburst. On Thursday, 11 June 2026, the upper legislative chamber, through a motion sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, condemned the remarks as “an unwarranted attack on the character of public officers”. The Senate declared that the remarks “do not represent the official position, resolution, finding or determination of the Senate as an institution”. High ranking legislators, including Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, cautioned the former Edo State governor against “making defamatory remarks that could undermine the integrity of public institutions.”
Several colleagues demanded that Oshiomhole publicly withdraw his statement. In other words, even Oshiomhole’s colleagues could no longer stomach his conduct. That speaks volumes, not about
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