Senator Dino Melaye, on Thursday, revealed during a Senate meeting how the telecommunications company, MTN has been involved in gross money laundering.
The senator representing Kogi west, revealed this under order 42 of the Senate rules and he was particularly pained while speaking about it.
He also said looking at the economic challenges we all must come together and try to recover every piece of loot plundered in the country.
‘We are in a precarious situation and moved to recover every stolen money in the country” he said.
Speaking further, he revealed that between 2006 and 2016, the MTN Nigeria in collaboration with four commercial banks and also with the help of a serving minister moved over $12billion out of the country.
He added if given the opportunity he would move a substantive motion in the next legislative day with concrete evidence.
Dr. Bukola Saraki, ruled during the Senate plenary, granted the Senator Dino Melaye the privilege to move the substantive motion forward during the next plenary of Tuesday, 27th September 2016.