The Nation gathered yesterday that the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has exposed another $12.9billion arms deals fraud perpetrated during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
This now brings the arms scam under that regime to $15billion. Recall that $2.1billion was already revealed.
As a consequence of this new discovery, the EFCC immediately froze a $500million account. The owner of the account is yet to be disclosed. Houses belonging to former petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke have also been confiscated, plus her watch said to be worth £600,000 and other jewelry in gold and diamond.
According to the report, many top military men are involved.
Also the source told The Nation that the EFCC has also seized a N2.6billion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine from the Diagnostic Centre owned by a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu. The EFCC found out that the MRI machine was bought with funds meant for arms
Ironically, while Amosu’s Diagnostic Centre has MRI equipment, none of the Air Force clinics nationwide could boast of such a machine.
“We may also place the centre under temporary asset forfeiture pending the conclusion of the trial of the suspect. All these assets are apart from the N2.3billion, houses, $140,000 and N381m recovered from Amosu’s wife,” the source said.
It was also disclosed that Air Chief Marshal Badeh will forfeit the $1million(N318m) found in his Maitama home to the Federal Government. “We retrieved the cash from Badeh’s residence in Maitama District of Abuja and the operation was witnessed by his neighbours. Now that he has denied having such, the cash will be automatically forfeited to the Federal Government.”
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