Nigerian minister denies involvement in telecoms ‘money repatriation’
29 September 2016 - 18:35
LAGOS — Nigerian Industry, Trade and Investment Minister Okechukwu Enelamah has denied involvement in alleged illegal repatriation of $13.92bn from his country by telecoms group MTN.He said on Thursday that the allegation was "without merit and baseless".Nigeria’s parliament agreed on Tuesday to investigate whether Africa’s biggest telecoms group illegally transferred the money from 2006 to this year.The motion that prompted the investigation stated that Enelamah was involved.MTN has denied the allegations, which were made earlier this week in a motion brought by a senator.Reuters
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