Audit Queries : Senate threatens IGP, Others With Warrant Of Arrests

The Senate through its Public Accounts Committee, says it will issue warrant of arrests against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, Chief Executive Officers of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and others for perpetual refusal to honour its invitations.

The Committee in a news conference addressed by its Chairman, Senator Aliyu Wadada Ahmed, at the Senate Wing of the National Assembly, stressed that steps would be taken for removal from office, affected heads of agencies if they don’t retrace their steps .

According to Senator Wadada the recalcitrant heads of agencies would be reported to Senator Bola Tinubu by the Senate adding that they are causing disharmony between the legislative and executive arms of government and by extension, sabotaging his renewed hope agenda .

He specifically alleged that the Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji , had ignored eight different invitations sent to him and even refused to respond to several communications forwarded to him.

Other agencies of government mentioned to have persistently refused to honour invitations of the committee are the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission ( NUPRC), and the Communication Satellite Limited that according to him, ignored invitations of the committee for Nine consecutive times .

James Itodo, Edited By Grace Namiji