Agent issues arrest warrant for CBN governor, AGF, etc.
The House of Commons Committee on Public Petitions has issued arrest warrants against 17 people, including the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, for refusing to appear in court to answer questions regarding their business affairs. .
This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Fred Agbedi (PDP-Bayelsa) during a committee hearing on Tuesday.
Mr Agbedi moved the motion, saying the conduct of the invitees made it inevitable that a warrant of arrest be issued.
He said Congress took its time and the CEOs were invited four times but did not respond.
He said the Inspector General of Police should produce the CEOs before the committee based on the arrest warrant, after due diligence by House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.
In his ruling, the committee chairman, Rep. Michael Irom (APC-Cross River), said the IG should ensure that the CEOs are brought before the committee on December 14.
Earlier, the petitioner, Fidelis Uzowanem, said the petition was based on the 2021 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
“We took the challenge of scrutinizing the report and found that the report compiled by NEITI only summarized the fraudulent activities occurring in the oil and gas industry.
“That goes back to 2016, because we have been following up and have filed a petition with this commission to investigate what happened.
“The proposed 27.5 trillion 2024 budget can be confidently funded from the recoverables identified in the NEITI report.
“This is basically a cover-up for the illegal transactions that took place at NNPCL. “Relations with oil companies have deteriorated,” he said.
Source: dailypost.ng