Ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has claimed that a new
investigation has revealed that a staggering $15bn and not $2.1bn was
diverted by various personalities and agencies from money meant for the
prosecution of the war against Boko Haram.
It clarified that the $2.1bn represents the arms cash placed under
the Office of the National Security Adviser, then headed by the
immediate past NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)
According to Punch, an investigations by the EFCC revealed that $2.1bn fraud was just for one of the several transactions.
A source also revealed that top military officers deliberately
incorporated companies to divert anti-insurgency funds for their
personal uses.
“We have discovered that the total money in the arms scandal is
over $15bn, not $1.2bn that was initially discovered. The $2.1bn was
just for one transaction. Many of these military officers set up
companies for the purpose of diverting money meant for the prosecution
of the anti-insurgency war,” he said.
The discovery has led to the arrest and ongoing trial of Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser.
Also, Ex-military chiefs, including a former Chief of Defence
Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.); and a former Chief of Air Staff,
Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), had been quizzed for their alleged
roles in the arms scam.
Badeh and Dasuki are currently standing trial on charges relating to the alleged fraud.
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