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– EFCC traces money to the account of air force officers wives
– Confiscates more properties belonging to Air Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun
– Officers to be charged to court soon
The sum of N381m has been recovered from Omolara Amosu, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of investigations into the $2.1bn arms scam.
Adesola Amosu and over nine air force officers are currently under investigation by the anti-graft agency for the procurement of equipment which was said not to be transparent.
Omolara Amosu is the wife of the immediate past chief of air staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu who is being probed along with other air force officers by the anti-graft agency for the procurement of equipment which was said not to be transparent.
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The Punch citing an EFCC operative reports that the money was recovered in three batches of N180m, N101m and N100m.
The recovered monies were reportedly traced from the account of the Nigeria Air Force to the bank accounts of a company in which Amosu’s wife is a director, according to an EFCC source.
He said: We recovered N381m from Amosu’s wife, Omolara. Initially, we recovered N180m from her account before another N101m and then N100m. These were monies transferred from Air Force accounts.”
The source explained that the air force officers diverted monies by paying them into accounts where “their wives have interests or are signatories without doing anything”.
Another senior air force officer under probe is the immediate past chief of accounts and budgeting of NAF, Air Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun.
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An EFCC operative disclosed that more properties belonging to Adigun have been seized.
He said “Adigun is still here with us. We recovered a quarry which he owns. In the quarry there were pieces of equipment worth about $600,000. They have all been impounded and investigations are ongoing.”
Amosu and the other officers would be charged to court as soon as the holding charge which the EFCC obtained in court to hold the officers for 30 days from January 28 lapses.
The recent money recovered from Omolara Amosu is in addition to the sum of $117,000 cash which was seized from the home Adesola Amosu some days ago.
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