A multi-billion naira mansion seized from the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff has been converted to an office to be used by the Federal Government.
Alex Badeh
The President Muhamamdu Buhari-led Federal Government, have converted a N1.1 billion mansion seized from the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), to an office.
According to
Punch Metro, a visit by a correspondent revealed that the property located on Plot 6 Ogun River Crescent, Maitama, a highbrow area in Abuja, is being used by the Presidential Committee on the North-East Intervention headed by Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, a former Minister of Defence.
Punch reported further that when a reporter who entered into the main building, he noticed that the rooms have been converted into offices while desks had been set up at strategic positions.
Speaking to a correspondent, one of the workers, said, “The property was given to us by the government to work. I know that the EFCC seized the property some months ago but it was given to us to work.”
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Badeh alongside a firm, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited, on 10 counts of money laundering bordering on alleged fraudulent removal of about N3.97bn from the Nigerian Air Force account.