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Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by Elose11(m): 2:57pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
The last on the arms fraud has
not been heard as recent
investigations
have revealed that those
catching the thieves have
become thieves over
night as a result of the
temptation that comes with
the huge sums of
foreign currency involved.
The Office of the National
Security Adviser, currently
occupied by
Babagana Monguno and
Minister of Defence, Alhaji Dan
Ali have both been
fingered in the scandal
involving the Presidential
Investigative Committee
on Arms Procurement after the
Department of State Services
(DSS) arrested
one of its member, Air
Commodore Umar Muhammed
(rtd) over the $2.1 million
arms procurement scam.
It was gathered that the
arrested committee member
who voluntarily sang to
the delight of investigators
indicted both men as key
influence in the
syndicate.
The latest fraud involving
persons serving the current
government has
raised concerns about the
sincerity of the ongoing anti-
corruption fight
since the committee was itself
set up to investigate the theft
of funds
meant for buying weapons to
fight Boko Haram terrorists
under the previous
government.
According to a petition
obtained from the Department
of State Security
Service through our source, a
group of Nigerians through the
Nigeria
Concerned Citizen Assembly
(NCCA), which expressed
outrage at the
involvement of high ranking
administration officials in the
latest scam
has now asked the DSS to
widen its probe as it warned
that the sincerity
of the agency in carrying out
the investigation would be a
test of the
commitment of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s
government’s to its campaign
promise to tackle corruption.
Our source further hinted that
both men have been making
frantic efforts
to use some highly placed
citizens to sweep the
allegations under the
carpet but the no nonsense
Director General of the Service
has vowed that
full forensic investigations
must be carried out and
culprits brought to
book irrespective of their
situations.
The assembly, in a letter to the
Director General of DSS asked
the secret
police to look higher up the
chain of command to those
that Air Commodore
Muhammed (rtd) answered to
because the fraud committed
in the committee
was more widespread than
reported.
The letter by NCCA’s convener,
Dr Abraham Odukoya, dated
June 27th 2016
revealed that the Minister of
Defence, Alhaji Dan Ali resides
in a
N3.2billion Abuja property
belonging to the arrested
committee member with
suggestions that the he
answers to the minister.
“It may interest you to know
that Air Commodore
Muhammed (rtd) owns a
guest house valued at N3.2
Billion within the highbrow
area of the FCT
-Abuja whereat he plays host
to the Minister of Defence who
actually
attained his present position
due to the influence of Air
Commodore
Muhammed. This is a clear
indication that the allegation
that the duo are
collaborators in crime and
benefited from the arms
procurement fraud may
not be false after all,” the
letter reads.
The group which said the DSS
could be on the verge of
making history in
the anti-corruption war given
the calibre of those it is
currently
investigating noted that the
linking of the Minister of
Defence in the
scam has made the
investigation “sophisticated,
expensive and demanding”
such that the department must
now become deliberate in its
actions.
There are concerns that the
ONSA and Minister of Defence
are already using
their clout and connections to
block the investigation after
the level of
their involvement was
revealed. Both men who were
totally bankrupt prior
to their appointments have
become millionaires overnight
in less than one
year into the administration,
acquiring choice properties in
and out of
Abuja unloving to many that
the have dipped their fingers
into the
treasury.
NCCA expressed concerns that
“highly placed individuals”
were out to
scuttle the investigation given
the concerted efforts they
have been
making in this regard since the
arrest of Air Commodore
Muhammed (rtd).
The group which backed the
arrests made by the DSS
insisted that the
agency must conduct a
thorough and impartial
investigation, “We are poised
now more than ever before to
kill this notion that high and
mighty persons
are above the law and cannot
be touched even when they
commit heinous
crimes.
“We at NCCA are solidly behind
you and call on you and the
entire
leadership of the DSS to
continue to distinguish
yourselves by ensuring
that you get to the bottom of
this arms procurement fraud in
such a manner
that no person, no matter how
highly placed, is left off the
hook,” it
demanded.
The assembly warned that
those involved in the fraud
could constitute the
greatest security threat to the
nation if they are allowed to
walk the
country free with the proceeds
of their crime. “The security
implication
of allowing those who have
looted such huge amount on of
money hang around
freely and perhaps even use
the monies to influence
decisions in Nigeria
is best analysed by your
office,” the letter declared.
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Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by bluaero(m): 2:59pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
The drama continues Politicians now using us to play draft |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by cofidentialoly(f): 2:59pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
What a country! Baba God na ya hand we dey oo |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by paschu: 3:00pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
Amazing. |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by temitemi1(m): 3:12pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
Buhari/apc na FRAUD! |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by Nobody: 3:12pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
Little wonder the defence minister was quick to defend buratai! We stii de Watch!! |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by Tunechi1(m): 3:21pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
The last can never be heard of dis scandal |
Re: Exposed: Buhari’s Nsa, Defence Minister Fingered In $2.1 Fraud by wordychap: 4:35pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
Ur source though! |
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