Brigadier Paul Boroh,(retd) ex- boss of the Presidential Amnesty Programme

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), has allegedly discovered $9 million cash at the residence of, Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh (rtd) who was sacked Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu Buhari and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme last week, according to a report in ThisDay newspapers.

The newspaper reports that the cash discovery was made a few hours after his arrest by a combined team of EFCC and ONSA operatives.

Head, Media and Publicity of the anti-graft commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren confirmed, the arrest to  ThisDay.

But the newspaper quoted a senior security agent as confirming that Boroh was picked up from his home in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Monday, but was taken back to his residence at about 3 a.m. Tuesday by the security operatives who raided his house for hours and made the cash discovery of $9 million at his home. He remains in the custody of the EFCC.

“The former adviser was driven to his home in an unmarked car after his arrest. His home was searched for several hours and about $9 million cash was discovered in several safe boxes in several parts of the house,” the senior security agent stated.

“The combined team of EFCC and the National Security Adviser operatives were very thorough with the search. Indeed, at a point, the operatives broke all the locks in the home including his wife’s closet. The recovered cash has been deposited at the Office of the NSA.”