The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil worth over $2.4 billion on Wednesday invited the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami over allegations that he approved the payment of $200 million to two private firms as consultancy services fees on whistleblower recoveries.
The committee has also requested the minister of finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed to explain her role in the said approvals and payment.
Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Hon. Mark Gbillah (LP, Benue) who gave the order 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 a series of correspondents sent to them on this matters that we are investigating.
“We’ve seen documentation from the Accountant General’s office, where the minister of finance approved the payment of the substantial significant amount of money to so-called whistle-blowers where details of monies recovered were not provided”.
Continuing, Gbillah said “We’ve heard media reports by the federal government indicating that millions of dollars were recovered through whistle-blower revelations on behalf of the country.
“But we as a parliament have not seen where those monies were routed through the constitutional...
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