Senate threatens to arrest Glo CEO, 15 others
The Senate has threatened to issue warrant for the arrest of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Glo Mobile and other firms that failed to honour its invitation on alleged complicity in N30 trillion revenue probe. The Senate gave the 16 companies who failed to appear before its committee a deadline of Thursday to honour the invitation or risk being arrested. The CEOs of British American Tobacco Company, CCEC Nigeria Ltd, Dana Group, African Wire and Allied Ltd, Admiral Overseas Nigeria Ltd and Aarti Steel Nigeria Ltd. were equally issued the warning. The Chairman of the Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, gave the warning at an investigative meeting with some of the firms on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the refusal the firms to honour the invitation was a disrespect for the institution of the National Assembly and would not be tolerated. He said of the 30 firms invited between Tuesday and Wednesday, only 14 honoured ...