ABUJA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), was on Monday docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the FCT High Court, Abuja.
Those arraigned at the High Court Of Justice are: Sambo Dasuki, Shuaibu Salisu (former Director of Finance at the Office of National Security Adviser), Aminu Babakusa (former General Manager at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) and Acacia Holdings.
The EFCC, slammed a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering and criminal breach of trust on the accused persons. One of the 19-count charge, reads:
“That you, Col. Mohammed Dasuki( rtd.), whist being the National Security Adviser, and Shuaibu Salisu whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser, and Hon. Warripamowei Dudafa (now at large), whilst being Senior Special Assistant, Domestic Affairs to the President, on or about 27 November, 2014 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court entrusted with dominion over certain properties, to wit: the sum of N10, 000,000,000( Ten Billion Naira) being part of the funds in the account of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria( CBN), the equivalent of which sum you received from the Central Bank of Nigeria in foreign currency to wit: $47,000,000 (Forty-Seven Million United States Dollars) and 5.6 million Euros, committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you claimed to have distributed same to the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) presidential primary election delegates and you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4 LFN 2004.”
Unic Press UK is in receipt of credible information indicating that Dasuki may have directly implicated his former boss ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Nigeria Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
Justice Huseini Baba Yusuf, howewer, adjourned the case to Tuesday, December 15, for hearing on bail applications.
FG summons former contractors to the office of the NSA
Despite pleading not guilty to N13 billion fraud allegations on Monday, embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki will still have to worry over a fresh probe believed to have been launched into his tenure by the Federal Government.
This time, it is all contractors who made supplies or rendered services to the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, that have been asked, in a newspaper advert published on Monday, to appear before a Contracts Verification Committee.
Directors of the affected companies were requested to come forward with at least eight documents: certificate of incorporation, particulars of directors, tax clearance certificates from 2011 till date, letter of award of contract, invoice for supplies and services, evidence of payment so far/outstanding balance, personal income tax clearance certificates of the directors and any other documents to the contracts.
Though the period to be covered by this fresh probe was not expressly stated, it may stretch from 2011 to 2015 owing to the demand for the presentation of tax clearance certificates covering the period. This is as Dasuki was appointed NSA in June 2012 and left in July 2015.
The print advert, which was signed by the Principal General Staff Officer in the Office of the NSA, revealed that the committee will sit at the premises of the office from December 15 to 23, 2015.
Credit: Daily Post (Nigeria) / Unic Services UK
