After being arrested by the Department of State Services
(DSS) and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on
Tuesday, December 2, 2015, the former national security adviser (NSA) Sambo
Dasuki has listed some of his accomplices.
According to a source who spoke with The Nation, the ex-NSA
made some “mind-boggling” revelations on the arms contracts on Tuesday after
being arrested.
Former national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki makes
stunning confessions about accomplices in arms deal scandal
A report by the National Task Force on Illegal Importation
of Firearms (NATFORCE) on December 2, said that Dasuki aided Boko Haram in the
importation of illegal arms and other ammunition.
Describing his confession during interrogation by the EFCC,
a source said: “When Dasuki was brought in, he initially refused to write any
statement, alleging that he had been subjected to media trial.
“I think the ex-NSA decided not to open up based on the
advice of his lawyers that he should leave everything for the open court.
“The EFCC operatives, however, obliged Dasuki a copy of the
statement by a former Director of Finance in the Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA), Shaibu Salisu in which the latter made some
implicating statements.
“Dasuki, who was shocked by Salisu’s confessions, repeatedly
asked: ‘You mean Salisu wrote all these! You mean he said these! Give me a pen
and paper’.
“Thereafter, Dasuki decided to open a can of worms. He gave
a long list of PDP chieftains who collected money from the Office of the NSA.
“He mentioned the names of a former Deputy National Chairman
of PDP, ex-governors and ex-ministers and many others.
“As I am talking to you, Dasuki is still writing his
statement. The disclosures of the
ex-Director of Finance in ONSA have
assisted greatly in getting to the bottom of the armsgate.
“So, the investigation is still on. We will certainly arrest
more suspects soon.”
The Nation also reports that the EFCC may extend its probe
to the seizure of $9 million cash by South Africa and bring everyone involved
for questioning as regards the botched deal.
Also, the former Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Bafarawa,
the AIT chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, and the former minister Bashir Yuguda, who
have also been linked to the arms deal, were said to be perfecting their bail
conditions yesterday.
An EFCC source also revealed that the anti-graft agency was
planning to arraign some of the suspects in court to enable them have the over
22 suspects being interrogated in custody as the agency is said to be mindful
of a situation in which the high-profile suspects will rush to court to in
search of enforcement of their fundamental rights and thereby truncate the
investigation.
“Our investigators have isolated these areas of probe: Were
the funds budgeted for? If not, what informed extra-budgetary expenses? How
much was actually voted for arms procurement? How were the funds sourced? Who
or which agency awarded all the contracts?
“Who were the contractors? Was there any evidence of
delivery of equipment? What will make any Minister to run to ONSA for funds?
“These are the areas our detectives have been mandated to
look at,” the source informed.
“Some Bureau de Change operators were accomplices of many of
these suspects in custody. We are tracking every transaction.
“On daily basis, we will keep on inviting more suspects
because the syndicate has a complex networking,” the source added.
Dokpesi on his part, has since explained that the N2.1
billion he collected from the former NSA was for a pre-election campaign.
One by one they all pay for their wickedness
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