The Home of Representatives on Thursday grilled the Lawyer-Basic of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil valued at $2.4 billion.
The decrease legislative chamber had in December final 12 months arrange an advert hoc committee to probe the loss of $2.4 billion from the illegal sale of crude oil in 2015.
The AGF was accompanied to the investigative listening to by the Everlasting Secretary within the Ministry of Justice/Solicitor-Basic of the Federation, Beatrice Jedy-Agba.
The listening to was the second in the previous couple of weeks.
Malami had final month dismissed studies on the alleged loss of $2.4 billion in income from the alleged illegal sale of crude oil to China in 2015.
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The AGF, who described the ad-hoc committee as unconstitutional, mentioned the allegation was “baseless, unfounded, and lacks advantage.
He restated his place on the allegation at Thursday’s assembly and requested the lawmakers to supply the paperwork and information at their disposal to allow him to hold out an in depth investigation on the matter.
In his comment, the chairman of the committee, Mark Gbillah, mentioned the lawmakers have been in possession of the paperwork launched by the Federal Authorities on the matter.
He mentioned: “On this explicit concern, which we is not going to say overtly however will take up with you in non-public as a result of we additionally perceive sure issues are categorized and confidential.
“We aren’t simply embarking on one thing that may be a wild goose chase. I wish to put that on the report.”
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