The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has recovered N900m from Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, a former
Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
A reliable source at the EFCC told our
correspondent on Sunday that the money was found in one of Dudafa’s
accounts, which was immediately frozen.
The source said, “Dudafa told us that he
had no money; so, we began to investigate his accounts. We then found
N900m that was hidden in one of his accounts through the connivance of
his account officer.
“Dudafa initially denied owning the
account but when he was confronted with evidence, he had no choice but
to admit. Some people, who had paid money into the account based on
Dudafa’s instructions, even came forward to say that the account indeed
belonged to Dudafa. The N900m will be used as evidence against him in
court.”
Dudafa, who was a close aide to and a
kinsman of Jonathan, was arrested on April 18 at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport in Lagos.
The former presidential aide, alongside
Jonathan’s ex Aide-de-Camp, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, was accused of giving
N10bn to delegates at the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic
Party in December 2014, in which Jonathan was the only candidate.
The money was allegedly diverted by the
Office of the National Security Adviser from a Signature Bonus Account
in the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The N10bn is believed to have been
diverted from oil receipts as follows: $5m (November 14, 2014); $47m
(November 27, 2014); €4m (December 3, 2014) and €1.6m (December 24,
2014).
http://www.punchng.com/n10bn-pdp-gift-efcc-recovers-n900m-jonathans-kinsman/
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