Africa Online has reported that the Presidency has demanded a status report from Nigeria’s military attaché at the High Commission in Pretoria, following a report that two Nigerians and an Israeli smuggled $9.3 million into South Africa.
Some intelligence agencies were trading blames last night because they were kept in the dark on the deal.
They queried why the National Intelligence Agency(NIA) was not asked to liaise with its counterpart in South Africa to prevent such a national embarrassment.
A top official of the Department of State Security (DSS) said the “deal had nothing to do with our agency”.
According to a source, who spoke in confidence, the Presidency is exploring diplomatic channels to get the details of the $9.3m deal that may have gone awry.
The source said: “The Presidency is aware of the arrest and ongoing investigation of the deal and it has asked for a status report from our military attaché and High Commission in South Africa.
“It is when we get the preliminary report that the Federal Government will be able to react to the development.

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The president pretends like if he knows nothing but from the look of things,he is the spearhead of the deal,high profile Nigerians always buy goods from SA ....in most cases it is done secretly...if this deal had succeeded,Nigerians were going to be informed that the army had bought sophisticated weaponry from US....