The Senate on Thursday summoned Ahmed Dasuki, Babatunde Folawiyo, Victor Odili, Dr. Pascal Dozie and the Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Elenemah, over allegations of $13.9 billion money laundering
Others summoned by the Senate include the Management of MTN Limited , Stanbic IBTC, Standard Chartered Bank, Ctibank and Diamond Bank.
They are to appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions next week.
According to the memo cited by our correspondent: “In Pursuant to Senate Resolution-S/Res/017/02/16 of 27th septem,2016 on the “unscrupulous violation of Foreign Exchange Act. The organisation and individual to appear before Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial institution.”
It could be recalled that the cash transfer allegation was made in a motion submitted to the Upper House by Senator Dino Melaye, which said $13.92 billion had been repatriated “illegally” out of Nigeria by MTN through its bankers between 2006 and 2016.
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