The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil amounting to over $2.4 billion and crude oil export to global destinations from 2014 to date, has demanded the appearance of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to give evidence on allegations that he approved the payment of the sum of $200 million to two private firms as consultancy services fees on whistle blowers recoveries.
It also threatened the arrest of AGF, Finance Minister, Zainab Shamsuna over her refusal to appear before it.
The committee is also demanding the appearance of the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed Shamsuna to explain her role in the said approvals and payment without providing details of actual recoveries from whistle blowers.
The committee chairman, Hon. Mark Gbillah, from Benue state, gave the ruling at the resumed hearing of the investigation, saying that both ministers have been uncooperative with the panel despite several letters of invitation.
“We have not been getting any form of cooperation from the Ministry of Finance and Attorney General’s office regarding this investigation despite series of correspondents sent to them on this matters that we are investigating.
“We’ve seen documentations from the Accountant General’s office, where the Minister of Finance approved the payment of substantial significant amount of money to so-called whistle blowers where details of monies recovered were not...
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