The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, under the leadership of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Ojulari, has chartered private jets for a trip to Brazil,the same way they chartered 5 private jets to Rwanda

Details of the Brazil mission remain unclear, but it comes barely two months after SaharaReporters exclusively exposed how the NNPC Board flew to Kigali, Rwanda, for a lavish retreat, just days after the Nigerian Senate raised concerns about the company’s audited financial accounts.

“Just two months after the extravagant Kigali retreat, NNPC management boss has chartered private jets to a trip to Brazil,” a top source said.

Sources confirmed that at least five private jets were arranged to convey board members and top management to Kigali. The trip, they said, was coordinated by Abdullahi Bashir-Haske, founder of AA & R Investment Group and son-in-law to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

The NNPC board, chaired by Ahmadu Musa Kida and managed by Ojulari, lodged at the upscale Kigali Marriott Hotel, where the company reportedly booked the entire facility.

Room rates at the hotel range from $173 per night for standard suites to nearly $3,800 for luxury accommodations, with an average of $320 per night.

According to multiple insiders, four of the five jets used for the Kigali retreat were provided by Bashir-Haske, a businessman with longstanding ties to Nigeria’s political elite and energy sector deals.

Bashir-Haske was declared wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering.

His company, AA & R Investment Group, has previously been linked to oil bloc allocations. When contacted, he neither answered calls nor offered any comment.

However, a contact by an intermediary, who denied that Bashir-Haske was involved in arranging the jets and appealed that the story not be published. Asked why Bashir-Haske would not speak directly, the caller said he was not willing to engage with a journalist.

Critics have long accused NNPC of being bloated, corrupt, and ineffective, despite its central role in Nigeria’s economy.