Metuh EFCC and Dasuki Gates

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Metuh EFCC and Dasuki Gates
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• In addition to failing economy, Boko Haram
  insurgency, Nigeria is now reeling under the
  infamous Dasuki Gates. This scandal is basically
  a financial fraud conducted by some big names
  associated to the countrys NSA agency (National
  Security Advisor) agency. At the eye of this
  storm is the ex-NSA Colonel Sambo Dasuki after
  whom this scandal has been named.
• The Dasuki Gates involved a 2billion arms deal
  fraud which was uncovered during an investigation
  conducted by the presidential investigations
  committee which was formed under the previous
  Jonathan government. As this committee
  discovered, more than 2 billion of money was
  embezzled from the office of NSA during the time
  it was headed by Colonel Dasuki, the main accused
  in this scandal. The committee found that
  approximately N643.8 billion, over and above the
  allocated funds, regarding an international arms
  deal being done by the government. Apart from
  this money, an addition amount close to 2.2
  billion in foreign currency component was also
  used by the previous government. Since the deal
  was primarily carried out by the NSA, its chief
  at the time, Colonel Dasuki was investigated as
  well. He was found guilty of embezzlement of
  money in order to help the re-election efforts of
  the then President Good luck Jonathan. Dasuki
  Gates scandal has affected Nigerias current
  political scene in a big way.

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• As a result of his part in the Dasuki Gates
  fraud, Colonel Sambo Dasuki was arrested on
  December 1, 2015 by the DSS (Department of State
  Services). He was then transferred to the custody
  of the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes) for
  next steps. Although the spotlight is on Dasuki,
  an interesting revelation came from these Dasuki
  Gates regarding the Metuh EFCC spat. Olisa Metuh
  who was the spokesperson of PDP (Peoples
  Democratic Party) when this fraud happened, has
  also been blamed by the EFCC for his involvement
  in the scandal. Of course Metuh denies it, and
  has alleged that the EFCC are targeting him
  unfairlyforming the basis of this issue.
• In addition to the Metuh EFCC scandal, there is
  one more twist in this Dasuki Gates scandal the
  involvement of Alex Badesh, the former Chief of
  Defence Staff. At the centre of the Metuh EFCC
  spat is the accusation by EFCC that Olisa Metuh
  laundered a sum of N400 million amount during the
  Dasuki Gates fraud. Metuh vehemently denies these
  charges. Additionally Alex Badeh has also charged
  by the EFCC with the laundering of the sum of
  around N3.9 billion. Big names like Badeh and
  Metuh have pushed the Dasuki Gates to even
  further prominence, and how their trial results
  remains to be seen.