Posted on: 10:50 Tue, 15 Dec 2015



As details of huge funds disbursed by
the Office of the National Security
Adviser under Col. Sambo Dasuki
continue to surface, indications
emerged last night that the embattled
security czar is set to expose more
top Nigerian leaders who benefited
from the funds.

A source close to the former NSA,
who was docked yesterday, told
Vanguard that Dasuki who was
arraigned yesterday alongside others
on a fresh 19-count charge was
ready to speak up on how the funds
earmarked for his office was
disbursed with details of top serving
and retired Nigerian leaders who
benefitted immensely from the
money, which is now a subject of
litigation.

Meanwhile, former Minister of State,
Finance, Bashir Yuguda ,former
governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru
Dalhatu Bafarawa, former Director
of Finance in the Office of the NSA,
Mr. Salisu, Sagir Attahiru and a
company the EFCC insisted was used
to divert huge sums of money from
the office of the NSA prior to the
2015 general elections, Dahaltu
Investment Limited will be
arraigned today even as Chairman
Emeritus of Daar Communications
was admitted to bail yesterday.

Dasuki to expose more

According to the source close to the
former NSA, it had become necessary
for Dasuki to expose the first in the
series of the top beneficiaries, which
include former heads of state and
presidents, who were bought bullet-
proof Sports Utility Vehicles by the
ONSA with funds approved by
former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Although Dasuki is keeping the
names of the beneficiaries of the car
gifts to himself, the source told
Vanguard that he was ready to spill
the beans at the appropriate time,
saying that the list will shock
Nigerians.

According to the Dasuki aide, all the
former presidents and heads of state
got one exotic car from the embattled
NSA and did not find out the source
of the funding.

The officer explained that of all the
former presidents, one of them who
has been very vociferous demanded
two of the SUVs from the ONSA, who
grudgingly obliged him.

The former head of state, it was
gathered, had explained to Dasuki
that he needed one of the vehicles to
be kept for him in Abuja and
another to be stationed in Lagos to
ease his movement to the two main
Nigerian cities.

The officer however refused to give
the cost of the exotic cars bought for
the former heads of state and
president, saying that the details
could be obtained from the ONSA.

“What is coming will shock Nigerians
and many of them will get to know if
indeed Dasuki used the money to
enrich himself as being bandied in
many quarters. As a law-abiding
NSA, he had to carry out the
instructions handed over to him by
the Presidency and nothing more,”
the aide said.

“It is also instructive to note that
those who are now blaming Dasuki
for carrying out his assigned duties
and calling for his head actually
benefitted immensely from the
security vote, which was domiciled
in his office.

The truth of the matter is that all
over the world security votes are
used for various reasons to bring
about national peace and stability
and Dasuki could not have done
otherwise,” his aide said.

Source: Vanguard