The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sealed off a mansion allegedly
belonging to a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar (retd).
A
visit to the house located on 1853 Deng Xiano Ping Street, off Mahathir
Mohammed Street, Asokoro Extension, Abuja, revealed stickers bearing the EFCC
logo pasted on the gate.
According
to the EFCC, the house is worth about N860m.
The
EFCC had alleged before an Abuja Federal High Court that, “while being the
Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force, between March and April 2012, in Abuja,
within the jurisdiction of the court did the accused (Umar) use the United
States dollars equivalent of the sum of N860,000,000 (Eight hundred and sixty
million naira) removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase
for yourself a property lying and situate at plot 1853 Deng Xiano Ping Street,
off Mahathir Mohammed street, Asokoro extension Abuja.”
The
anti-graft agency had also alleged that Umar removed another N700m from the
accounts of the NAF to purchase a property at 14, Vistula Close, off Panama
Street, Maitama, Abuja, while N500m was removed from the accounts of the NAF to
purchase a property comprising a four-bedroomed duplex at Road 3B, Street 2,
Mabushi Ministers Hill, Abuja.
However,
a visit to another Maitama and Mabushi mansions allegedly belonging to the
retired officer, showed that the
properties had not been sealed by the anti-graft agency.
Security
guards at the Mabushi mansion, however, confirmed that the property belonged to
Umar.
The
ex-CAF, who was arraigned for an alleged N7bn scam, had denied all the
allegations levelled against him.
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