The EFCC has made a shocking discovery after investigations reveal that about $15 billion was diverted and stolen and not $2.1 billion.
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.