Nigerian Reps threaten to issue arrest warrants on 14 firms over Railway contracts

The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating railway contracts awarded between 2010 and 2014 has threatened to arrest 14 firms.

The committee said the firms handled some of the rail projects under investigation, but had snubbed many invitations extended to them to appear before lawmakers to answer questions.

Four of the firms were said to have handled projects worth N41.2bn.

Chairman of the committee, Johnson Agbonayinma, released the names of the firms at the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday.