Secret 1.5bn Arms Deal: Senate Summons NSA, CDS, COAS

Friday, September 19, 2014

The attempt by some powerful men to smuggle $9.3million out of Nigeria in the guise of going to buy arms in a country that was never informed of such business is causing so much embarrassment to Nigeria.

Consequently, the Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA) Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah over the money that has now been seized by the South African government.

Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, Senator George Sekibo, confirmed the move. He said:

“I have just called the Chief of Defence Staff, National Security Adviser and Chief of Army Staff; I don’t want to pre-empt issues because we have not heard details about it but they will be here on Tuesday next week.”