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| Ex ADC to President Jonathan |
Former
President Goodluck Jonathan’s detained ex-Aide-de-Camp (ADC) Col.
Ojogbane Adegbe has passed the buck on the N10billion gift for Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) delegates.
He
has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ask Dr.
Jonathan’s former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa to
account for the cash, a source said yesterday.
The
ADC said when the suitcases containing the cash were brought as messages for
the President, he merely handed them over to Dudafa.
He
said military law forbids him from opening any message meant for the President,
unless otherwise directed.
Also,
one of the Army officers being questioned over the $2.1 billion arms purchase
scandal, Col. N. Ashinze , the former Special Military Assistant to the ex-NSA,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), is stranded as he could not resume in his new
posting as the nation’s Military Attache to the Nigerian Embassy in Germany.
Although Col. Ashinze has been released from EFCC custody and restricted to the
Officers Mess, there was anxiety yesterday that he might be dropped from
the foreign mission.
The
N10billion withdrawn from the oil block account at the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) for PDP delegates to its nomination convention has been a knotty issue
because it was based on the instruction of the former President, according to a
source close to the investigation.
The
source said: “The ADC has spoken with investigators. He said when the suit
cases containing the N10billion were brought as messages for the ex-President,
he did not open them but he handed over the items to SA Domestic Affairs.
“He
said as ADC, the military law forbids him from opening any message meant for
the President, unless directed by the C-I-C.
“So,
it is only the SA Domestic Affairs, who has sneaked out of the country, who
will need to provide the list of beneficiaries. This is the status of the case.
“If
Dudafa does not show up, we may declare him wanted in connection with the
N10billion cash or seek the court’s permission to attach his property.
“We
are exploring mutual legal assistance with some countries to fish out Dudafa
wherever he is hiding abroad.”
Col.
Dasuki said he handed over the N10billion given to the delegates to Dudafa and
the ADC.
The
ex-NSA opened up in his Statement of Witness/Accused Person which has
been filed in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT)
He
said: “That I am aware in November, I cannot remember the exact date. My office
requested the CBN to exchange N10billion from the account of the Office
of the National Security Adviser domiciled in CBN.
“The
money was for delegates that attended the nomination convention for the PDP
presidential nomination. The money was paid and sent to Hon. Dudafa(SSAP
Household) and ADC(C-I-C) for distribution on the instruction of the
President.”
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