Tag: arms deal
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Alleged arms deal: EFCC re-arraigns Ex-PDP chairman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, re-arraigned former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Chairman, Bello Mohammed, at a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja.
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Police nab 78-year father of 36 children over alleged arms deal
A 78-year-old man with nine wives and 36 children Joseph Okala, has been apprehended by the Force Intelligence Response Team Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team at Ajetachi village, Makaurdi, Benue State. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Olatunji Disu who assumed office recently clampdown on the suspected arms dealer, Joseph Okala. The 78-year-old, who claimed…
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Arms deal: We have records of all procurements and diversions of funds – Reps
…vow to unearth funds diverted The army may have swallowed more than it can chew as members of the ad-hoc committee probing arms purchases from 2016 till date declare that all the procurements details are in their domain to unravel the several diversions allegedly made. The probe of arms deal between 2016 till date may…
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Arms deal: Obanikoro testifies against Fayose, says he received $5m from Dasuki’s imprest
A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday told a Federal High Court that money was given to former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State from the imprest account of a former National Security Adviser in June 2014. Obanikoro gave evidence in the trial of Fayose before Justice Mojisola Olaterogun in…
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$2.5b arms deal: ‘I am innocent,’ Zuma declares
Former South African president Jacob Zuma told thousands of supporters outside court in Durban on Friday that his opponents were telling lies and he would be proven innocent in a corruption case against him. Speaking in Zulu in his home province, Zuma said that the judiciary and politicians believed that he did not have rights.…
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South Africa’s Zuma to be charged with corruption over arms deal
Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted for corruption relating to a 30 billion rand (2.5 billion dollars) arms deal in the late 1990s, chief state prosecutor Shaun Abrahams said on Friday. The ruling is the latest twist in a case that has dogged post-apartheid South Africa’s democratic leadership after the country inked…
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Alleged $2.1bn arms deal: ‘I can’t be a fugitive, I’ll face any consequences’ – Dasuki
Former National Security Adviser (NSA) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), has disclosed why he did not consider absconding in spite of the pressure of him to do so after he was implicated in a $2.1 billion arms procurement deals. He said he had to rebuff the pressure because he did not want…
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Arms deal: Women, youths besiege EFCC to demand probe of Fayose
Angry women and youths yesterday besieged the headquarters of the Economic and Financial crimes commission, EFCC to demand the immediate prosecution of Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose over his involvement in the arms probe deal. The protesters under the banner of Patrotic Mothers Without borders also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify the anti-corruption campaign.…
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Group wants Fayose to answer charges on arms allegations
An anti-corruption group, the Coalition for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption has called on the National Assembly to immediately invoke the doctrine of necessity that will necessitate the removal and subsequent prosecution of Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose over what it described as abuse of office. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, National Secretary of the…