President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday received the interim report
of the investigative committee on arms procurement with an order for
the arrest of all indicted persons in the arms scam.
According to a statement by the president’s Special Adviser on Media
and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the committee, which was inaugurated on
Aug. 31, was yet to complete its work. But its interim report unearthed
several illicit and fraudulent financial transactions.
“As part of the findings, the committee has analysed interventions from some organisation that provided funds to the Office of the National Security Adviser,
Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters, Naval Headquarters and Nigerian
Air Force Headquarters, both in local and foreign currencies,’’ it
said.
It stated that so far the total extra budgetary interventions
collated by the committee was N643.8 billion while the foreign currency
component was $2.2 billion.
The report indicated that the amounts excluded grants from the state
governments and funds collected by the Directorate of State Services and
the Police.
The statement said the committee observed that in spite of this huge
financial intervention, very little was expended to support defence
procurement.
“The committee also observed that of 513 contracts awarded at
8,356,525,184.32 dollars; N2,189,265,724,404.55 and 54,000.00 euros;
fifty Three were failed contracts amounting to 2,378,939,066.27 dollars
and N13,729,342,329.87 respectively.’’
Upon his arrest, the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has
denied ever receiving any formal or informal invitation to appear before
an Investigative Panel on the Procurement of hardware and munitions in
the armed forces.
Mr. Dasuki, a retired colonel, was responding to a statement that
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered his arrest and those of others
implicated in arms deal, was quoted by PR Nigeria as saying, “I have
never been invited formally or informally to appear before the panel.
“I am therefore not only surprised but embarrassed by the seeming
indictment by the panel purportedly operating from the Office of the
National Security Adviser that never contacted me.
“For the record I am proud to serve my nation with the best of intention
and ensuring the recovery of more than 22 local government councils
from Boko Haram terrorists.
“Because of the pride of how we tackled terrorism and defeated Boko
Haram terrorists through our gallant troops and partners in the twilight
of the previous administration, I have insisted on open and public
trial of my stewardship rather than secret trial in the court as being
canvassed by my prosecutors.”
“I wish Nigerians will go back and reflect on what we did with even
little or no supports from some countries. We performed miracles before
the emergence of this administration. I even thought the committee was
to investigate procurement from 2007 to 2015. Yet only my name is always
being mentioned even when some of the issues were before I came into
government.
“I left Nigerians to judge.”
President Muhammadu
Buhari has ordered the arrest of Sambo Dasuki, former national security
adviser, and other persons indicted by the investigative committee set
up to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the armed forces
and defence sector from 2007 to date.
This was contained in a statement released by Femi Adesina, Buhari’s
special adviser on media and publicity, after the president received the
report of the committee’s findings.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-buhari-orders-dasukis-arrest
President Muhammadu
Buhari has ordered the arrest of Sambo Dasuki, former national security
adviser, and other persons indicted by the investigative committee set
up to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the armed forces
and defence sector from 2007 to date.
This was contained in a statement released by Femi Adesina, Buhari’s
special adviser on media and publicity, after the president received the
report of the committee’s findings.
“On the authority of Mr President, a 13-man committee was set up by the
Office of the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms
and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to
date,” Adesina said in the statement.
“While the committee, which was inaugurated on 31 August 2015 is yet to
complete its work, its interim report has unearthed several illicit and
fraudulent financial transactions.
“As part of the findings, the committee has analyzed interventions from
some organizations that provided funds to the Office of the National
Security Adviser, Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters Naval
Headquarters and Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, both in local and
foreign currencies.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-buhari-orders-dasukis-arrest
President Muhammadu
Buhari has ordered the arrest of Sambo Dasuki, former national security
adviser, and other persons indicted by the investigative committee set
up to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the armed forces
and defence sector from 2007 to date.
This was contained in a statement released by Femi Adesina, Buhari’s
special adviser on media and publicity, after the president received the
report of the committee’s findings.
“On the authority of Mr President, a 13-man committee was set up by the
Office of the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms
and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to
date,” Adesina said in the statement.
“While the committee, which was inaugurated on 31 August 2015 is yet to
complete its work, its interim report has unearthed several illicit and
fraudulent financial transactions.
“As part of the findings, the committee has analyzed interventions from
some organizations that provided funds to the Office of the National
Security Adviser, Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters Naval
Headquarters and Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, both in local and
foreign currencies.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-buhari-orders-dasukis-arrest
President Muhammadu
Buhari has ordered the arrest of Sambo Dasuki, former national security
adviser, and other persons indicted by the investigative committee set
up to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the armed forces
and defence sector from 2007 to date.
This was contained in a statement released by Femi Adesina, Buhari’s
special adviser on media and publicity, after the president received the
report of the committee’s findings.
“On the authority of Mr President, a 13-man committee was set up by the
Office of the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms
and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to
date,” Adesina said in the statement.
“While the committee, which was inaugurated on 31 August 2015 is yet to
complete its work, its interim report has unearthed several illicit and
fraudulent financial transactions.
“As part of the findings, the committee has analyzed interventions from
some organizations that provided funds to the Office of the National
Security Adviser, Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters Naval
Headquarters and Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, both in local and
foreign currencies.
Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-buhari-orders-dasukis-arrest
