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 by DAILY POST,
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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