Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
detained the immediate past Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu
Amosu was detained as he honored EFCC invitation on Wednesday.
Amosu was detained as he honored EFCC invitation on Wednesday.
A senior operative with the commission told Vanguard that.
Amosu had been helping them in their investigation into the procurement of arms
for the armed forces between 2007 and 2015.
The NAF under Amosu is alleged to have admitted receiving
non-existent ammunition and aircraft, a development which a presidential panel
frowned at.
A source in EFCC told Vanguard that Amosu was invited on
Wednesday over the amount which was allegedly used under his leadership for
arms procurement worth N29 billion.
He is said to have made a statement under caution to the
EFCC operatives but was not allowed to go home, an indication that they were
not satisfied with his statement.
President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the probe of arms
procurement and the panel has returned a damning verdict indicting top military
and political actors who are being tried in court.
Many other top military officers named in the arms scam have
had their property sealed as a first step towards confiscating them.
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