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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of ex National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, for stealing more than $2 billion meant to purchase weapons for the military to fight Boko Haram terrorists.
The order came direct from President Buhari, a statement from presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina said.
The development follows an interim report by a presidential committee investigating arms procurement, part of the fight against Nigeria’s endemic corruption that Buhari has waged since taking office in May after defeating Jonathan in elections.
The statement accuses Dasuki, a key adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, of awarding “phantom contracts” to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and bombs and ammunition worth $2 billion that never were supplied.
Dasuki also ordered the Central Bank to transfer $142.6 million to a company with accounts in the United States, the United Kingdom and in West Africa for unknown purposes and without contracts, Adesina said.
Others who are involved in the deals will also be arrested, the statement added.
The State Security Service has kept Dasuki under house arrest for more than a week despite a Federal High Court order allowing him to travel abroad for medical care.
The court had allowed Dasuki bail after he pleaded innocent to other charges of money-laundering involving more than $423,000 found in cash and illegal possession of arms seized at two of his homes.
The order came direct from President Buhari, a statement from presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina said.
The development follows an interim report by a presidential committee investigating arms procurement, part of the fight against Nigeria’s endemic corruption that Buhari has waged since taking office in May after defeating Jonathan in elections.
The statement accuses Dasuki, a key adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, of awarding “phantom contracts” to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and bombs and ammunition worth $2 billion that never were supplied.
Dasuki also ordered the Central Bank to transfer $142.6 million to a company with accounts in the United States, the United Kingdom and in West Africa for unknown purposes and without contracts, Adesina said.
Others who are involved in the deals will also be arrested, the statement added.
The State Security Service has kept Dasuki under house arrest for more than a week despite a Federal High Court order allowing him to travel abroad for medical care.
The court had allowed Dasuki bail after he pleaded innocent to other charges of money-laundering involving more than $423,000 found in cash and illegal possession of arms seized at two of his homes.
