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Rejoinder: EFCC Condemns ThisDay’s Report On Arms Procurement Committee

Kunle Edun — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:55:31 +0000

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been drawn to a report entitled “DSS Nabs Member of Presidential Committee on Arms Procurement over Alleged Fraud” which appeared at page 10 of ThisDay newspaper of June 21, 2016, regarding the arrest of Air Commodore Umar Muhammed (rtd.), for alleged fraud. The report, [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: Witness In Badeh’s Trial Confirms Fraudulent Diversion of N558.2m From NAF Account

Kunle Edun — Sat, 14 May 2016 20:52:56 +0000

The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex S. Badeh, continued last week Wednesday, May 11, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with the re-examination of a prosecution witness, Squadron Leader Emmanuel Abu, a cashier with the Nigerian Air Force, who stated that between N900m [...]

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Armsgate: EFCC Witness Revealed How Badeh Looted Air Force Funds

Kunle Edun — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:37:40 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had presented its first witness, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (retd) before Justice Okon E. Abang during the trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, began on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Yushau, former director, finance/account (DFA), [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: Olisa Metuh Petitions Judge, Seeks Case Re-assignment

Kunle Edun — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:25:14 +0000

The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, March 16, asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to re-assign his case to another judge for fear of being denied justice by the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang. Metuh is standing trial on a 7-count charge [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: Metuh Loses Bid to Quash Charges, Ordered to Pay N15000 Costs to EFCC

Kunle Edun — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:32:42 +0000

On Wednesday, March 9, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, dismissed the “no-case” submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7-count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred [...]

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President Buhari Set To Sanitize Arms Procurement Process

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:04:55 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said that his administration was taking urgent steps to restore order, due process and probity to the procurement processes of the nation’s Armed Forces. The President stated this when the British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Fallon, visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He lamented that the [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: National Assembly Failed In Its Oversight Function – Senator Saraki

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:06:55 +0000

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said the ongoing investigation and trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), could have been prevented if members of the National Assembly had done their oversight functions well. The Senate President said this while summing up contributions on a motion on abandoned projects in the [...]

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Arms Deal Scandal: N345m Payment Received From NSA Office Meant For Consultancy Services, Not Arms Procurement – Senator Ayu

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:12:53 +0000

A former Senate President of Nigeria in the Third Republic, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, yesterday denied his alleged involvement in the unraveling arms deal scandal, saying he never collected N345m from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to buy security equipment as reported. The former Senate president explained that whatever funds from the NSA [...]

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$2.1b Arms Deal Scandal: Jonathan Ordered Sambo To Pay Me N670m – ThisDay Publisher

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:07:49 +0000

ThisDay Publisher and President, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nduka Obaigbena has made clarifications over the purpose of the N550 million and N120 million payments he received from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki. Mr. Obaigbena made the clarifications in response to an invitation by the Economic and [...]

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Arms Procurement Scandal: EFCC Arrests Ex-Minister, Director In NSA’s Office

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:24:39 +0000

A former Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, and a number of top officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), have been picked up the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were picked up for their role in the controversial arms procurement scandal surrounding the former NSA, Col. Sambo [...]

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