The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered N900m from Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
A reliable
source at the EFCC told Punch on Sunday that the money was found in
one of Dudafa’s accounts, which was immediately frozen.
The source
said, “Dudafa told us that he had no money; so, we began to investigate his
accounts. We then found N900m that was hidden in one of his accounts through
the connivance of his account officer.
“Dudafa
initially denied owning the account but when he was confronted with evidence,
he had no choice but to admit. Some people, who had paid money into the account
based on Dudafa’s instructions, even came forward to say that the account
indeed belonged to Dudafa. The N900m will be used as evidence against him in
court.”
Dudafa, who
was a close aide to and a kinsman of Jonathan, was arrested on April 18 at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The former
presidential aide, alongside Jonathan’s ex Aide-de-Camp, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe,
was accused of giving N10bn to delegates at the presidential primary of the
Peoples Democratic Party in December 2014, in which Jonathan was the only
candidate.
The money
was allegedly diverted by the Office of the National Security Adviser from a
Signature Bonus Account in the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The N10bn is
believed to have been diverted from oil receipts as follows: $5m (November 14,
2014); $47m (November 27, 2014); €4m (December 3, 2014) and €1.6m (December 24,
2014).
While Adegbe
was arrested but later released, Dudafa was said to have fled to either Dubai
or a Caribbean country where he stayed for several months.
However,
impeccable sources at the EFCC told Punch that Dudafa was arrested
by operatives of the Department of State Services upon arrival at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
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