The special investigator appointed by President
In an invitation letter signed by the head of operations,
In the letter seen by LEADERSHIP, Okpoziakpo said that the
He also told them that if they failed to honour the invitation, "it will be construed that they have decided to forfeit their purported shareholdings in
Lemo had, in a press release issued on
But Okpoziakpo noted in the letter that the defence put up by Lemo is not only offensive but also contrary to the statements he and other persons connected with the transactions made under caution before the panel.
The letter reads in part: "Please refer to your discussion with the Special Investigator earlier today regarding the offensive defence that your good self issued in Punch newspapers, on behalf of TTB, which you chair, as well as the email you sent to the Special Investigator today wherein you tried to provide clarification on your reaction to the report on TTB.
"In the newspapers, you referred to
"In your email and earlier discussion with the Special Investigator, you suggested that both of them be invited to clarify their share ownership and given seven days to make such clarification, failure which they will forfeit their shares to the
"We are surprised at your request about these two shareholders. They were given this opportunity via a letter to them dated
"Instead of honouring the invitation and providing the requested documents, we received a letter from the company secretary of Union.
Bank, Somuyiwa Sonubi, dated
"Until this offensive defence that you put in the public domain, the Special Investigator has neither heard from them nor received the requested documents.
"Accordingly, you are here invited to come along with Messrs Cornelius Vink and Mr Rahul Savara to meet with the Team of Special
Investigators by
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