President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his
displeasure at how former National Security Adviser,
NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) handled funds meant for
purchase of arms under the Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
Buhari in an interview with Al Jazeera television aired on
Sunday and monitored, said the
“sharing” of the funds was responsible for the boldness
at which the Boko Haram sect operated in recent years.
He was reacting to a question by the interviewer on
controversial use of security votes by office holders.
“Why not scrap these votes which end up in opaque
destinations?” the interviewer quipped.
Responding, Buhari said while security votes of his
office, his deputy’s, and a number of officials in the
executive arm had been greatly reduced, plans were on
to extend such to states.
“We are trying to recover such used for personal
purposes.
“That is why we are prosecuting those who shared
monies meant to procure hardware and software for the
military.
“It is easy to say we have not recorded a high-profile
conviction but there must be court processes.
“However, with the revelations coming out from the arms
probe, you can imagine where Dasuki will end up.”
It would be recalled that a Federal Capital Territory,
FCT, High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday struck out
Dasuki’s application seeking to stop his trial pending his
release from detention.
Justice Peter Affen held that the former NSA was unable
to prove that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, was holding him after he was
granted bail.
Affen maintained EFCC did not in any way acted contrary
to court order because it did not have Dasuki in its
custody.
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