President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, ordered the probe of Alex Badeh, Adesola Amosu, Sambo Dasuki and some other members of the office of the national security adviser and the Nigerian Airforce.
The probe was based on a report of a committee set up to look into arms procurement and military equipment in the country from 2007 to 2015, with a visibly greater attention on 2014 to 2015, when Badeh was the chief of defence staff.
The committee, in its report, said it discovered that N643 billion and $2.1 billion were received for defence procurements by the defence headquarters and the services between 2007 and 2015.
The committee also established that N29 billion and $2 billion has been spent on procurement activities by the Airforce in the same frame of time.
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TheCable takes a look into the alleged offences.
HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF THE ACTORS AND ALLEGED OFFENCES:
| Actors | Deal | Allegations |
|---|---|---|
| NAF (Under Amosu), Office of the NSA (ONSA, under Dasuki), Messrs Societe D’ Equipments Internationaux | $136,944,000 for two used Mi-24V Helicopters | *Inflation of price by $76,944,000*Delivered without rotor blades and upgrade accessories
*One crashed and killed two NAF personnel Advertisement *The non-militarisation of the Alpha Jets made them unsuitable for deployment to the north-east |
| ONSA | $7,180,000.00 for four Alpha Jets | *Only two were delivered |
| Air Marshal AN Amosu | $7,180,000.00 for four Alpha Jets | *Wrote to say four Jets were delivered*Only Two were actually delivered (i.e $3,590,000 missing) |
| GAT Techno Dynamics Ltd | $33,000,000 for 36D6 Low Level Air Defence Radar | *Price inflated by $27,000,000*Delivered without the vital component of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
*$3,300,000 fraudulently included as VAT and withholding tax |
| Delfina Oil and Gas Ltd | $33,000,000 for 36D6 Low Level Air Defence Radar | *$3,300,000 fraudulently included as VAT and withholding tax was paid to Delfina accounts |
| Mono Marine Corporation Nig Ltd | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 for no job at all |
| Nigerian Airforce (NAF) | N15,000,000,000 for aircraft maintenance | N4,402,687,569.41 of the N15 billion were for contracts not executed |
| Syrius Technologies | N15,000,000,000 for aircraft maintenance | N2,500,000,000 for a company not registered in Nigeria |
| NAF contract to DICON | N599,118,000 | *2 of 7 items were delivered*2 delivered were 40 years old |
| An officer at ONSA secured two contracts for Geonel Integrated Services Ltd, where he has personal interest | *Protection of 20 Dams= N6,250,000,000.00*Protection of Presidential Air Fleet security for $5,000,000 | Misuse or abuse of office for personal gains |
| Some NAF officers | Some Contracts | Receive VAT and witholding tax without remitting to FIRS |
| A NAF officer | N500,000,000 from contracts | N500,000,000 for personal gains |
| TOTAL AMOUNT LOST IN ALLEGED OFFENCES | Conservatively estimated as N29,969,800,000 |
3 comments
This country is bleeding seriously and it may take a dozen Buhari-Doctors to stop the bleeding and bring her back to life.
i cant blame them lets blame all our former president, including all our leader in politic there all criminals.in own view Nigerian needs revolution
Comment? No more comment.The mind-bending figures of rapacious looting being trumped up here is already driving me raving mad. To retain the remnant of my sanity, mum’s the word. God bless&Save Nigeria.Enough said.