Dasuki Points Ex-Governors, PDP Chiefs In $2b Deals

The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki who was arrested  by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday, December 1 is alleged to have made some astonishing revelations concerning the $2billion arms deal.

He has since been transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and a Federal Government committee  who are now probing the case.  A source close to the EFCC 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.”

A source who claimed anonymity  said many suspects had admitted collecting huge sums of money from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) when Dasuki was in charge.

“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.
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.”