The House of Representatives threatened to arrest the Attorney General of the Federation, and the Finance Minister due to their lack of cooperation in the case.
The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, allegedly paid $200 million as consulting fees in whistleblower recoveries within statutory approvals, according to the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil totaling more than $2.4 billion and crude oil export to China from 2014 to date.
The summons was given at a public hearing on Wednesday by Mark Gbillah, the head of the committee looking into the alleged loss of $2.4 billion in revenue from the unlawful sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil.
He said: “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 matter we are investigating.
Additionally, he claimed that payments to whistleblowers that did not follow the policy’s requirements were approved by the minister of finance.
The pair, however, avoided the committee and skipped the meeting.
