Chief Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communication and former Governor of Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa, are two more high-profile personalities added to the list of those picked up by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
But it is unclear whether they are directly or indirectly involved in the arms purchase deal which the former national security adviser Col Sambo Dasuki distanced himself away from or they are merely being “guilty by association” while EFCC continues with its fishing to get at the culprits.
But Dokpesi and Bafarawa are accused of complicity in the financial fraud involving the office of the former national security adviser (NSA).
According to a senior official at the anti-graft agency who spoke on condition of anonymity, both Dokpesi and Bafarawa received “huge sums of money for no clear reason” from Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA).
Bafarawa, who is a close associate of Dasuki, had accompanied him to the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he is being tried for illegal possession of arms and money laundering, on different occasions.
On Tuesday, the former NSA was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a three-week siege on his Abuja residence.
He is accused of N300 billion fraud, and his indictment by the presidential panel on arms procurement has led to the “implication” of some persons, who allegedly benefited from the corruption in the security hierarchy.
Dasuki has maintained that he is innocent of the allegations, describing his trial as a political “witch hunt.”
The Cable
