What’s this all about?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/n—rian-judge-issues-arrest-warrant-for-chief-of-exxon-unit
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N—ria is very corrupt
The suspicion is of 'Graft'.
That involves local/state officials, yes, but Somebody had to load and pass the briefcase.
Possibly every Code of Conduct (and SHE guideline) has not been followed by LCM.
Pictures indicate he is not a citizen of the country, BTW.
Fairly high position in EM, but no one likes to be on the run.
I’d be more likely to suspect the country’s politicians than the LCM
The warrant shouldn't have been for this but the death they had there in December. Those details show a real leadership failure. It's very surprising that leadership hasn't been involuntary separated after allowing conditions like that and a complete lack of safety and attention.
Not obeying a summons. Nothing to see here.
Good reputation against false testimony.
abbreviated.
If you read it... It would tell you what it's about....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2021/2/3/n—rian-judge-issues-arrest-warrant-for-exxon-chief
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.courthousenews.com/n—ria-issues-arrest-warrant-against-exxonmobil-boss/
A N—rian judge issued an arrest warrant for the managing director of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s local unit for failing to appear before the nation’s anti-graft agency, which is investigating what it says is a $213 million fraud.
Federal Court Judge Okon Abang approved a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to issue an arrest warrant for Richard Laing, head of Exxon Mobil’s N—rian unit, Wilson Uwujaren, an Abuja-based spokesman for the EFCC, said by phone Wednesday. The EFCC is investigating the company, and not Laing, he said Thursday.
The EFCC is in the process of putting the warrant into effect, Uwujaren said. He declined to comment on whether Laing could avoid arrest by obeying an EFCC summons.
Exxon Mobil’s N—rian unit declined to comment. The company operates a joint venture with the state-owned N—rian National Petroleum Corp., in which it holds a 40% stake.
The warrant relates to an investigation into the alleged fraudulent creation of change orders worth more than $213 million in a pipeline project, the EFCC said in a statement. Laing rebuffed three invitations to appear before the agency to give testimony about the matter, Uwujaren said.
The authorities haven’t filed a case in court yet because the probe is still underway, he said.