Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has threatened to issue an arrest warrant against the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Nenibarini Zabbey, to compel him to appear before it.

The committee issued the threat following the refusal of Mr Zabbey, a professor, to appear before its members to explain why the Ogoni land in the Niger Delta area has yet to be cleaned up despite the release of $360 million for the project in 2023.

Chairman of the Committee, Aliyu Wadada, issued the threat during its meeting at the National Assembly.

Mr Wadada, the Nasarawa West senator, said the threat of arrest was because the HYPREP coordinator refused to appear before the committee despite seven ...