Nigerian security operatives have arrested a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Waripamowei Dudafa, while attempting to travel out of the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
A
source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told Premium Times that
Mr. Dudafa was on the anti-graft agency’s wanted list for his alleged
involvement in the sharing of N10billion to delegates during the December 2014
presidential primaries of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Mr.
Dudafa allegedly converted the money into US dollars, amounting to $47million,
and distributed to delegates from the 36 states and the Federal Capital
Territory.
Investigators
say they believe the fund was part of the alleged $2.1billion meant for the
purchase of arms but which authorities said was shared as slush funds to
politicians through the office of a former National Security Adviser, Sambo
Dasuki.
Sources
at the EFCC told Premium Times that Mr. Dudafa was arrested and quizzed by the
operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, before he was handed over to the
EFCC on Monday.
“He
has been on our wanted list for a long time and he evaded arrest on several
occasions,” a top EFCC official, who asked not to be named, said.
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