Information about Dasuki Gates & Metuh-EFCC

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Information about Dasuki Gates Metuh-EFCC
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• The infamous arms deal fraud in Nigeria, also
  known as Dasuki Gates, has created a gaping hole
  in the countrys already suffering economic and
  political stability. Dasuki Gates is the title
  given to this arms procurement fraud in which
  almost around 2.1 billion were embezzled from
  the office of NSA (National Security Adviser),
  under Colonel Sambo Dasuki, a former NSA. This
  scam was brought to light in an interim report on
  arms procurement made under Goodluck Jonathan
  government by the presidential investigations
  committee.
• This committee found in its investigation that
  almost N643.8 billion of extra-budgetary
  spendings were made, in addition to around 2.2
  billion in foreign currency, during the Goodluck
  Jonathan regime. One of the prime involvements in
  this scandal is of Colonel Sambo Dasuki, after
  which the scandal is namedthe Dasuki Gates. The
  committee in its initial investigation found that
  almost approximately 2 billion were supposed to
  have been spent for procuring arms to fight Boko
  Haram and other Islamist terrorists in Nigeria
  however, a large chunk of this amount was instead
  diverted to sponsor the re-election campaign of
  the ex-Nigerian President, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan.
• This embezzlement of funds known as the Dasuki
  Gates, was carried on under the leadership of the
  now retired Sambo Dasuki, who was the NSA during
  this time. Mr. Dasuki was arrested on December
  1, 2015 by the DSS (Department of State Services)
  as soon as the findings came to light. He was
  then handed over to the EFCC (Economic and
  Financial Crimes) the very next day for further
  processing and prosecution.

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• There are two more well-known names in the centre
  of this Dasuki Gates scandal in addition to
  Colonel Dasuki. These include Olisa Metuh,
  spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party,
  and Alex Badeh, the former Chief of Defence
  Staff. Initially two separate trials were to be
  held for these two, but then later they were
  delayed and moved to a common date24th March,
  2016. This trial was presided over by the famous
  Justice Okon Abang.
• The Metuh-EFCC connection is well-known in the
  country, and has hence made things unfavourable
  for Olisa Metuh, who is believed to have
  laundered amount of almost N400 million as per
  the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes). While
  Alex Badeh is believed to have laundered money to
  the tune of around N 3.9 billion.