Following up from the arrest of other aides of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, another associate of the retired Colonel has been nabbed by security operatives.
According to News Rescue, the latest casualty in the chain of arrests made in connection to the $2billion arms procurement deal scandal allegedly incurred by the former NSA is a certain Alhaji Aminu Baba Kusa.
Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki
Kusa is reported to be a member of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the chairman of An-Nur Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory and was arrested alongside his son, Mohammed Baba-Kusa, who also worked as a former NNPC general executive director.
In a series of recent arrests made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the proprietor of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and former Sokoto state governor, Attahiru Bafarawa are being quizzed over their alleged involvement in the shady arms deal.
And the Senate president, Bukola Saraki who is also being increasingly linked with the incident, has already denied being involved in any of the allegations of illegal arms procurement.
Alhaji Aminu Baba Kusa, the alleged accomplice of Nigeria’s former NSA, Sambo Dasuki
Kusa and his son, meanwhile, are being probed on charges ranging from criminal conspiracy, theft, forgery, the diversion of public funds, to money laundering.
The chairman of the mosque in Abuja has long been accused of fraudulent dealings in the NNPC.
“Baba Kusa ensured free flow of crude oil supplies to Vitoil contrary to the joint venture agreement. Even against established rules, he was said to always insist on serving Vitoil interests first before that of NNPC. Of course, a lot of perks came his way from Vitoil as his children attend some of the best schools in United Kingdom and Europe courtesy of Vitoil,” a report was said to have quoted.
In a related development, some documents obtained by Daily Post have revealed that the former NSA allegedly aided the importation of arms by Islamist fighters, Boko Haram, a development which is contained in a petition written by one Dr Okereke.
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