Associates of Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan have become jittery and running from corner to post since the arrest of Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, former aide-de-camp to former president.
According to several reports the former ADC Col. Adegbe who was arrested over his involvement in transporting over 10bn to PDP National Convention Delegates is willing to cooperate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and expose the actors in the Dasuki gate series and other financial transactions of interest to the organization.
Adegbe who was reportedly moved to Abuja on Thursday after rigorous interrogation in Lagos where he was arrested is assisting the EFCC uncover “mind-boggling spending” during the two weeks’ extension of the general election, “which runs into several trillions of naira, when converted from foreign currency.”
An Insider within the EFCC told a Nigerian newspaper, that the agency is hopeful the former ADC may soon give details of all he knows with regards to financial transactions and the dramatis personae involved in the last administration which, according to him, could open up a new can of worms, which “could surpass what is now known as Dasukigate.”
Preliminary findings, including recovered documents, were said to have suggested a large-scale of questionable expenditure with funds sourced from and outside the arms purchase deals.
Among the active participants in the alleged loot, was a top official of an agency set up to discourage militancy in the South-South, who is currently outside the country.
Sources disclosed further that many top Nigerians, “including some very close persons” to the former president, may likely be called to explain and defend their roles in the handling of the funds, a chunk of which was sourced from the agency.
The ADC who was arrested in Lagos a few days ago, was alleged to be attending a senior officers course when he was picked up for interrogation.
Before him, many serving and retired military officers had been quized in connection with the arms purchase deal during the Jonathan administration.
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd) and the former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Amosu (retd) and other top politicians have been under EFCC investigation.
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