By our reporter| A federal high court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Richard Laing, Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren who made the disclosure on Wednesday in a statement, said the application for the Bench Warrant was approved by Justice Okon Abang on Friday 29 January 2021.
The EFCC approached the Court for a Warrant after three invitations to Mr. Liang were rebuffed.
The Commission is investigating alleged procurement fraud in the Major Integrity Pipelines Project.
The project involved Mobil Producing Nigeria as the contracting company, Suffolk Petroleum Services Limited (SPSL) as the main contractor.
Saipem Contracting Nigeria, Global Offshore Limited, and Van Ord were the sub-contractors to SPSL.
At issue, is the fraudulent creation of Change Orders worth over $213million USD.
Cover Pix: Mr. Richard Laing, Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria, with Ibe Kachikwu Nigeria’s former minister of state for petroleum
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