Globacom boss, Otunba Mike Adenuga Jnr. is in hot soup as the House of Representatives ad-hoc panel on Thursday January 25th, 2018 resolved to issue an arrest warrant against him for constantly failing to honour its invitations.
Otunba Mike Adenuga
The panel which is investigating operational activities of service of telecommunications companies, said in Abuja that it had summoned Adenuga after making several attempts to have him appear before it were not successful.
Hon. Ahmed Abu, chairman of the committee said during the panel’s sitting in Abuja that Adenuga’s action was an affront to the legislature. He revealed that records before the panel showed that Glo owes the Federal Government over N16.7 billion.
Hon. Ahmed Abu asked both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to go after the Glo chief for holding Nigeria’s money.
“A situation where the parliament will invite an agency or organisation and then it won’t come, then we’re going nowhere. Some people feel they’re too big; that they’re above the law. I’m making reference to Mr. Mike Adenuga, the chairman of Glo.”
“The amount of disrespect he has for the parliament is unacceptable. Yes, he’s a billionaire, but that doesn’t mean anything. Anybody can be a billionaire in the right atmosphere.”
A member of the panel, Hon. Bede Eke said: “It’s not about being a billionaire. Nobody is above the law. Even me sitting here as a lawmaker, I must respect the law. We can also summon the president of Nigeria to this place. I think appropriate action should be taken against the man. I will support any action that this committee will take against him.”
Hon. Abdulrahman Shuaibu, another member of the panel moved that the panel should approach the House to issue an arrest warrant against Adenuga, which all the panel members agreed to.