Nigeria, June 16 -- The House of Representatives committee investigating the status of recovered loot has summoned the Chairman of the panel that investigated arms procurement from 2007 to 2015, John Odey, a retired air vice-marshal, over the $459 million falcon eye project.

The committee on Tuesday also summoned the management of RTCom Nigeria Limited, the company that executed the project, which is a maritime surveillance infrastructure for the Nigerian Navy.

The panel, set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to audit procurement of arms by and for the Nigerian military between 2007 and 2015, submitted a third interim report in 2016.

Mr Odey and RTCOM were summoned to explain the circumstances surrounding the transfer of N6.1 billion to...