We just learned that agents of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested some top-ranking officials of
the Office of the National Security Adviser who worked under Sambo Dasuki, the
office’s immediate former chief.
A highly placed security source confirmed the arrests to a
correspondent of the online news platform. He added that the officials’ arrest
was connected to the ongoing investigation of a $2 billion weapons contract
scandal involving Mr. Dasuki, the erstwhile National Security Adviser to former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The embattled former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been under
intense pressure from law enforcement authorities over his alleged role in
orchestrating the stealing of $2 billion meant for a massive arms contract. The
allegedly stolen funds were intended to purchase weapons to fight Islamist
terror group, Boko Haram.
Subordinates of Mr. Dasuki who were arrested include Shuaibu
Salisu, who was Mr. Dasuki's Director of Finance as well as a staff member of
the National intelligence Agency (NIA), Aminu Baba Kusa, fondly called “ABK,” a
former General Executive Director at the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), and Mr. Kusa’s son, Mohammed Baba-Kusa.
Other former top officials of the NSA who are being held in
connection with the arms contract scandal are Abba M.T. Usman, Evegny Kundaev,
Attahiru Maccido, Salisa Umar Garu, Oyinmiebl Bribena, Olukoya Olusegun Godwin,
and Olukayode Raimi. They are being investigated on charges ranging from
criminal conspiracy, theft, forgery, the diversion of public funds, to money
laundering.
A security source disclosed that the arrested officials were
being detained in separate cells, adding that President Buhari was keenly
following the evolving investigation. Meanwhile, the EFCC is yet to make an
official confirmation of the arrests.
Source
Sahara Reporters
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