The Senate has issued a warrant of arrest Wednesday, June 10, on former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, over his alleged repeated refusal to honour the committee’s summons.
The committee had invited leadership of NNPC Limited to appear before it to respond to audit queries involving a cumulative sum of N210 trillion spanning 2017 to 2023.
The audit queries emanated from the audit report of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation on expenditures of MDAs from 2017 to 2023.
The public accounts committee had said that the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Bayo Ojulari, was expected to lead the delegation which also included Kyari, former Chief Financial Officer Umar Ajia, Bala Wunti, and the company’s external auditors.
However, at the resumed hearing of the committee on Wednesday, Kyari was absent, a development that infuriated the lawmakers.
Senator Victor Umeh, who moved the motion to issue warrant of arrest, said Kyari’s attitude showed that he was not taking the committee serious.
