Confession: Dasuki Implicates Ex-governors, PDP Chiefs In $2billion Arms Deal Scandal
Former national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki makes stunning confessions about accomplices in arms deal scandal
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.
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.
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