Arms Deal Saga – The present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari has said it is committed to fighting corruption and cleaning the rot left by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In doing so, some prominent Nigerians have been accused of being involved in shady deals.
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The federal government is currently investigating the $2billion arms purchase deal and many prominent persons have been arrested.
In its interim report, a presidential investigations committee into arms procurement under the Goodluck Jonathan administration had said it found extra-budgetary spending by the Jonathan administration to the tune of N643.8 billion and an additional $2.2 billion in the foreign currency component.
President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned a panel to investigate how $2bn meant for the procurement of arms deal disappeared from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
In the last few weeks, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested some public figures who served during former president, Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, over the alleged $2billion arms procurement deal.
Below is a compilation of some of the people who have been alleged to be involved in the shady arms deal.
1. Sambo Dasuki
The arms deal saga started with the siege laid on the house of the former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki by the Directorate of State Security. Dasuki, a key adviser to the former president, Jonathan was accused of awarding “phantom contracts” to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and bombs and ammunition worth $2bn for the military to fight Boko Haram insurgency. But the weapons and equipment were never were supplied.
He was arrested on December 1, by the DSS and taken to the DSS office in Abuja. The embattled former National Security Adviser is standing trial on a five-count charge of money laundering and illegal possession of firearms.
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