Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest any lawmaker that refused to honour its invitation.

While speaking on Saturday, Sagay said the EFCC should arrest any lawmaker who refuses to honour its invitation.

He added that the agency can arrest anyone without an arrest warrant.

He said, “The EFCC is an institution; so, recognising Magu or not is totally irrelevant and until the Supreme Court says Magu is no longer chairman or acting chairman, the Senate cannot refuse to recognise Magu or the EFCC as an institution.

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“If the EFCC invites you, you must go. There is no law that says invitation letters must come through the leadership of the National Assembly. The EFCC can inform the leadership as a matter of courtesy but letters should go directly to the person being invited.

“The danger now is that if they keep insisting on this, the EFCC will arrest her (Oduah).

Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Oduah had refused to honour the agency’s invitation.

She was invited over petitions in connection to the purchase of two armoured BMW vehicles at N255m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority during her tenure as aviation minister.

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She, however, did not write any letter to state why she would not honour the invitation.

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor also refused to honour the invitation of the EFCC, as part of investigations into the N284bn budget padding.

The House of Assembly had said any lawmaker must be invited through the speaker of the chamber, Yakubu Dogara.