Nigerian
billionaire, Mike Adenuga, who is the CEO of telecommunication giant,
Globacom Nigeria, might be arrested by the IG of Police with the orders
from the House of Reps in Abuja.
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The Inspector General of Nigerian Police, Ibrahim Idris, has been
urged by a federal House of Representatives ad-hoc panel to arrest the
chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Globacom Nigeria, Mike
Adenuga.
According to TheCable, the billionaire businessman was accused of “repeatedly” failing
to honour the invitation of the panel, which is investigating
operational activities and services of telecommunication companies in
the country.
It was gathered that at its sitting on Thursday, chairman of the
panel, Ahmed Abu, described Adenuga’s “refusal” to appear before the
lawmakers as an “affront to the legislature”.
He said: “A situation where the parliament will invite an agency or organisation and then it won’t come, then we’re going nowhere.
“Some people feel they are too big; that they are above the law. I’m making reference to Mr Mike Adenuga, the chairman of Glo.
“The amount of disrespect he has for the parliament is
unacceptable. Yes, he’s a billionaire, but that doesn’t mean anything.
Anybody can be a billionaire in the right atmosphere.”
He said from available documents to the panel, Glo owes the federal government a total of N16.7 billion.
“The committee hereby resolves that an arrest warrant be issued
against the chairman of Globacom. I want to put things on record. I’m
going to make direct statement to EFCC and ICPC. This is a man you
should go after.”
Speaking earlier, Abdulrahman Shuaibu, a member of the panel, moved
a motion that an arrest warrant should be issued against Adenuga.
He said Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, should be asked to produce the Glo CEO on February 15.
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