The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has secured a bench warrant to arrest the Managing Director of ExxonMobil Nigeria, Richard Laing.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwijaren who made the disclosure on Wednesday, said the warrant was issued by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Friday January 29, 2021.
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Uwijaren explained that the invitation into Mobil’s activities borders on fraudulent creation of Change Orders worth over $213 million.
“The Commission is investigating alleged procurement fraud in the Major Integrity Pipelines Project involving Mobile Producing Nigeria as the contracting company, Suffolk Petroleum Services Limited as the main contractor, Saipem Contracting Nigeria, Global Offshore Limited and Van Ord as sub-contractor to SPSL.”
He noted that the Commission approached the Court for a Warrant after three invitations to Liang were turned down.
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