Buhari orders arrest of indicted Ex-NSA

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of indicted persons involved in the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to date.
‎The 13-man committee set up by the Office of  the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector in the period under review, submitted its interim report to the president yesterday..
The committee inaugurated on  August 31,  is yet to complete its work, according to Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
In a statement from the Presidential Villa on Tuesday night, former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, was accused of awarding over N271.8 billion fictitious contracts.
“Further findings revealed that between March 2012 and March 2015, the erstwhile NSA, Lt Col MS Dasuki (rtd) awarded fictitious and phantom contracts to the tune of N2,219,188,609.50, $1,671,742,613.58 and €9,905,477.00.
“The contracts which were said to be for the purchase of four Alpha Jets, 12 helicopters, bombs and ammunition were not executed and the equipment were never supplied to the Nigerian Air Force, neither are they in its inventory.
“Even more disturbing was the discovery that out of these figures, two companies, were awarded contracts to the tune of N350,000,000.00, $1,661,670,469.71 and €9,905,477.00 alone. This was without prejudice to the consistent non-performance of the companies in the previous contracts awarded.
“Additionally, it was discovered that the former NSA directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to transfer the sum of $132,050,486.97 and €9,905,473.55 to the accounts of Societe D’equipmente Internationaux in West Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America for un-ascertained purposes, without any contract documents to explain the transactions.
“The findings made so far are extremely worrying considering that the interventions were granted within the same period that our troops fighting the insurgency in the North East were in desperate need of platforms, military equipment and ammunition.
“In light of these findings, President Buhari has directed that the relevant organisations arrest and bring to book, all individuals who have been found complicit in these illegal and fraudulent acts.”
Adesina added that the president described the committee’s findings as “‎’extremely worrying,‎’ particularly as the financial interventions were granted within the same period that Nigerian troops who fought insurgency in the North East were in desperate need of platforms, military equipment and ammunition.
“He is particularly angry because the ridicule Nigeria has faced in the international community would have been avoided.”
The statement also indicated that, “as part of its findings, the committee has analysed interventions from some organisations which provided funds to the Office of the National Security Adviser, Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters Naval Headquarters and Nigerian Air Force  Headquarters,  both in local and foreign currencies.
“So far, the total extra-budgetary interventions articulated by the committee is N643,817,955,885.18.
“The foreign currency component is to the  tune of $2,193,815,000.83.
“These amounts exclude grants from the State Governments and funds collected by the DSS and Police. It was observed that in spite of this huge financial intervention, very little was expended to support defense procurement