The House of Representatives will on April 11, 2023, grill ministers and other heads of ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government as well as oil companies and banks over the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil valued at $2.4bn.
The House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Loss of Over $2.4bn in Revenue from Illegal Sale of 48 million Barrels of Crude Oil Export in 2015 Including All Crude Oil Exports and Sales by Nigeria from 2014 Till Date is handling the probe.
The committee, in a notice to the invitees on Monday, also demanded memoranda from whistle-blowers whose alarm had led to the recovery of public funds from corrupt individuals and organisations.
The committee invited 100 individuals, organisations, and groups, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited; the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPCL; the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning; the Attorney General of the Federation; the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation; Central Bank of Nigeria; Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission; Chief Executive, NUPRC; former Chairman, Presidential Committee on Recovery of Missing Crude Oil; former Director-General, DSS, Lawal Musa Daura; Department of State Services; Nigeria Police Force; INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Nigeria, among others.
