Mohammed Shosanya
The Federal Government has dropped charges instituted a legal action against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy Pl ; Mr. Roger Brown as well as the oil firm for allegedly breaching the extant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2015.
Seplat,which conveyed this in a corporate notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited, stated that it had become aware of the notice of discontinuance of the legal action.
According to the company,the Notice of Withdrawal/Discontinuance of the suit was issued by the Director Legal Services of the Nigeria Immigration Service and stated in part that “the claimant hereby discontinues all the proceedings in this charge against the above-named cefendants.”
The company said that it will continue to engage with the Ministry of Interior to bring closure to the false allegations presented to the Ministry as a result of which the residency status of its Chief Executive Officer was withdrawn.
The Federal Government had early in the momth dragged the CEO alongside the Board Chairman, Mr. Basil Omiyi, the Independent Non-Executive Directors (INED) Dr. Charles Okeahalam, Mrs. Bashirat Odunewu, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, Mr. Rabiu Bello, Ms Emma Fitzgerald, and Company Secretary/Legal Counsel, Mrs. Edith Onwuchekwa to court for allowing Mr. Brown to accept employment as the CEO of Seplat Energy PLC without the statutory approval of the Controller-General of Immigration.
