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Sambo Dasuki: too many things in his plate

The panel set up by President Muhammdu Buhari to probe contracts awarded by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has unearthed various shocking details, one of which was that ‘contracts’ were awarded verbally, without contractual agreements.

But what happened next was that huge money running into billions of naira or foreign currency was paid out.

Among the people who benefitted from this illicit practice was Dasuki himself.

Although the statement issued by Presidential senior assistant, Shehu Garba did not indicate the exact value of verbal orders made by Dasuki as the supremo of the Office of the National Security Adviser, it provided a global figure of what transpired.

“There was also evidence of payments to individuals and companies by ONSA without any contractual agreement or evidence of jobs executed. The committee further discovered that some companies failed to meet up their tax obligations for contracts
executed.

Michael Ade Ojo: owner of Elizade

“The Committee has made attempts and succeeded in recovering some of the funds from these individuals and organizations amounting to Three Billion, Five Hundred and Thirty Seven Million, Five Hundred and forty Nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Three Naira and Four Kobo (N3,537,549,223.04), Eight Million US Dollars
($8,000,000.00) and houses worth Five Hundred and Twelve Million Naira (512,000,000.00) from 32 companies.

“The Committee also established that some individuals and companies received monies without evidence of contractual agreements or jobs done. The amount received by these individuals was Seven Billion One Hundred and Four Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Naira only
(N7,104,925,000.00).

The individuals and companies that received payments without contractual

Bello Matawalle

agreements are:

a. Honourable Bello Matawalle.
b. Brigadier General AS Mormoni-Bashir (the former Principal General Staff Officer at the ONSA and still a serving military officer).
c. Alhaji Umar Sani.
d. Dr Yakubu Sanky.
e. Baba Bala.
f. Ambassador Clement Layiwola Lasseinde (a Director in the ONSA).

Tunji Olagunju, right, with Goodluck Jonathan

g. An architect from Baitil Atiq Travels and Tours.
h. Alhaji Shuaibu Salisu (The former Director of Finance and Administration at the ONSA).
i. Colonel Bello Fadile (rtd) (Special Adviser to Lt Col Sambo Dasuki; former NSA).
j. Mr Otunla Jonah Niyi.
k. Otunba Adelakun.
l. Alhaji Bashir Yuguda.
m. Dr Tunji Olagunju.
n. Miss Oluwatoyin Oluwagbayi.
o. Lt Col MS Dasuki (rtd) {The former NSA}.
p. Honourable Maipata Mohammed Abubakar.
q. Mohammed Suleiman. From Musaco investment and
properties.
r. Ibrahim Abdullahi also from Musaco investment and
properties.
s. Alhaji Aliyu Usman.
t. 18 other officers that served in the ONSA.