The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition ordered the arrest of Dr Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and 17 others for failng to honour its invitation.
The order of their arrest followed a motion moved by Fred Agbedi (PDP Bayelsa) on Tuesday.
The 17 others to be arrested include the heads of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Ethiop Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd, and Western Africa Exploration and Production.
Also included are heads of Alteo Eastern E&P Co. Ltd., First Exploration & Production Ltd., the Managing Director, First E&P OML 8385 JV, Heirs Holdings Oil and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total Exploration & Producing Nig (TEPN), Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), Pan Ocean Oil Nig, Ltd, Newcross E&P Ltd and Frontier Oil Ltd.
Agbedi argued that the Chief Executive Officers had been invited several times but failed to appear before the committee, saying the arrest warrant was unavoidable.
According to the Lawmaker,the heads of government agencies should be made to appear before the committee by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
In its resolution, the committee through its Chairman,Micheal Irom (APC-Cross River), said that the IGP should ensure the CEOs were made to appear before the committee on December 14.
