Ex-NAF chief, Amosu, refuses EFCC’s offer to return funds
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| Rtd. Air-Marshal-Adesola-Amosu source: theeagleonline.com.ng |
There were indications on Tuesday that
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s interrogation of a former
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), had reached a
dead end, Punch reports.
It was learnt that the commission had
asked Amosu and others, who are still being detained over the $2.1bn
arms deal, to refund some money or contract sums traced to them.
Findings showed that the former Chief of
Air Staff was being interrogated in connection with 10 contracts
awarded by the Nigeria Air Force between 2014 and 2015, totalling $930.5m.
It was gathered that the EFCC’s
operatives met a brick wall when the former NAF chief refused to make
any commitment to return any money or contract sums, which had been
allegedly traced to him.
A source, on Tuesday, said as part of moves to recover the funds,
the commission was making the signing of an undertaking to refund money
as a precondition for granting the suspects administrative bail.
The source, who did not state the amount
the former chief of air staff had been asked to pay, said, “As part of
efforts to recover funds looted from the NSA office, suspects are being
asked to write an undertaking that they will return the money before
granting them administrative bail.
“Among others, Amosu is being quizzed
over $930m contracts by the Air Force, but the commission had not made
the progress it desires because he has not signed any undertaking to
return any money. He has not provided the information the commission is
looking for.”
It was learnt that most of the questions
asked Amosu centred on the procurement of two used Mi-24V Helicopters
instead of the recommended Mi-35M series at cost of $136.9m.
The helicopters were said to have been excessively priced and not operationally airworthy at the time of delivery.
A brand new unit of such helicopters costs about $30m.
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