Goodluck Jonathan’s Cousin Received $40m From The $1.2billion Arms Deal Fraud – David Ikpe

An EFCC investigator has alleged that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibaola, got $40m from the $1.2billion arms deal fraud.

The investigator, David Ikpe, revealed this at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, November 30, 2017.

Ikpe said, “In March 2014, the then NSA, Sambo Dasuki, wrote a memo to the President titled, ‘Intervention on urgent national security project’ in which he sought the approval of Mr. President for $1bn to handle a number of sub-heads including unmanned area or pipeline monitoring installations.

“The NSA made an additional request for $250m in April 2014.

“The President gave approval to his request.

“The President approved the release of $1.2bn to the NSA for the purpose it was sought.

“In May 2014, the sum of $1.2bn was then released from the NNPC account under the title ‘intervention on urgent national security project.’”

He also admitted that Azibaola was not the only one paid from the $1.2bn released by the NNPC saying “It was this fund that was disbursed to the various recipients.

“I confirmed that the $40m was part of the $1.2bn released by the President for urgent national security intervention project.”