The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared that every politician who benefited from the diversion of the $2.1b arms procurement fund must refund what he got or face prosecution.
According to EFCC sources, the Commission decided to insist on refund of cash after going through some of the memos which the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki wrote to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan requesting for funds.
Based on the disbursement of the arms money to some highly placed Nigerians, especially PDP bigwigs as revealed by the memos, the EFCC arrived at the option of "refund the money or face prosecution."
Some of those who benefited from the sharing of the arms funds have so far been identified as:
Peter Odili (N100m);
Rashidi Ladoja (N100m), Attahiru Bafarawa (N100m), Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi (N100m),
Jim Nwobodo (N500m).
Chief Tony Anenih(N260m);
ex-PDP National Chairman Ahmadu Ali (N100m);
Chief Bode George (N100m/ $30,000),
Yerima Abdullahi (N100m); Chief Olu Falae (N100m);
Tanko Yakassai (N63m);
Gen. Bello Sarkin Yaki(N200m); Raymond Dokpesi (N2.1b), Iyorchia Ayu’s company(N345m);
BAM Properties(N300m); Dalhatu Investment Limited(N1.5b);
Ex-PDP National Chairman Mohammed Bello Haliru, Abba Mohammed, Sagir Attahiru, serving and former members of the House of Representatives(over N600 million);
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives on Security and Intelligence, Bello Matawalle (N300m);
ACACIA Holdings (N600m); Bashir Yuguda (N1,950,000,000)
The EFCC insists it has done a thorough job in identifying who got what in the arms fund bazaar. A knowledgeable source at the Commission said;
“We have conducted a thorough investigation and we have retrieved some of the memos sent to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan by the former National Security Adviser; none of them indicated that the cash should be for political purposes.
“There was never a memo for cash advance for political matters like campaign or election.
“We have also traced some of these funds directly to the accounts of these bigwigs or their proxy companies.
“Having gone far, we are asking them to return these funds or else, we will go after them any moment from now. I think they should respect themselves and make urgent refund.
“In the alternative, we will arrest them and arraign them in court to defend such strange allocations.
“We will retrieve every kobo given out from ONSA. It is insufficient to say somebody gave me this money. Once we trace undeserved public funds into your account or phony and proxy companies, we will ask for refund.
“Contrary to the noise outside, we did our homework very well. Anybody we bring to the EFCC this time around, we used to make sure that we have established a case against him.
“So, we don’t invite or arrest on frivolous basis."
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