SaharaReporters has learned of a monumental $
8,853,600 (N1,751,864,867) fraud in the Office of
the National Security Adviser (NSA) during the
just-terminated tenure of Mr. Sambo Dasuki

The fraud pertains to shipments of guns and
ammunitions allegedly for the fight against Boko
Haram terrorists, for which the amount was
allegedly allocated for the purchase of arms and
ammunition, none of which seem to have ever
arrived in Nigeria.
This fraud appears to have been perpetrated at a
time that Nigeria was in desperate need of
military hardware to fight the insurgency in the
northeast of the country, with Boko Haram
murdering or abducting thousands of civilians.
The then President, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, and
his officials, were also openly critical of
international partners, including the United States,
for not selling arms to Nigeria.
The news of this particular fraud breaks only two
weeks after the former the home of Mr. Dasuki
was raided by State Security agents for his
connection to the South Africa cash-for-arms
scandal last year. In it, $15 million cash in
Nigeria funds being brought into that country was
impounded by the authorities.
The shocking documents obtained by
SaharaReporters include an itemized End User
Certificate (EUC) dated September 2014 and
bearing the stamp of the Office of the National
Security Adviser. The EUC includes the purchase
of 1,200 Tavor X95 Rifles, 2 million 5.56mm
bullets, and 2 million 9mm bullets totaling nearly
9 million dollars.
SaharaReporters also learned that the prices of
the weapons and ammunition on the EUC were
suspiciously inflated, as much as 50% in some
cases. SaharaReporters’ investigation has
revealed that Tavor X95 rifles retail at around $
1,500 (298,530 Naira) each, and that 9mm and
5.56mm rounds range from .25 cents and .36
cents (50 and 70 Naira) per round. The EUC has a
suspicious bulk purchase of Tavor X95 rifles at $
4,860 (967,237 Naira) each, and the ammunition
costs .65 cents (129 Naira) per bullet.
Other documents obtained by SaharaReporters
reveal that on June 19, 2015 Brigadier General for
National Security AS Mormoni-Bashir sent a
panicky letter on behalf of Mr. Dasuki requesting
Tar Ideal Concepts Ltd, which is located in Israel,
to provide the contents of the EUC to Nigeria
noting that “the shipment is long overdue with its
implications on the use of the weapons.”
The letter further stated that the weapons and
ammunitions were purchased by a middleman,
Carrington White Investment Limited.
SaharaReporters contacted a representative of Tar
Ideal Concepts who confirmed that they worked
with “Carrington White” as a middleman between
the company and the Nigerian government. Asked
about the relationship between Tar Ideal
Concepts, Carrington White, and the Nigerian
government, the representative said Tar Ideal
Concepts was responsible for selling the weapons
and ammunition to the Nigerians, and Carrington
White was responsible for the distribution of the
munitions and weapons.
The representative added that he “was not
responsible for the shipment” and only deals with
the end-user. A second letter obtained by
SaharaReporters, dated June 19th 2015, also
written by Brigadier General Mormoni-Bashir to
the Israeli government-owned Israeli Military
Industries (IMI) confirmed that the Office of the
NSA had received a notice from IMI that it
required an “Import License on the procurement”
of 4 million rounds. According to Mormoni-Bashir,
“the shipment does not require import license as
an End User Certificate has already been issued to
Carrington White.”
It was also revealed during the phone call with
Tar Ideal Concepts representative that up till now,
the IMI is still physically in possession of the
ammunition being requested by Nigeria, as it has
not left Israel. The Tar Ideal Concepts
representative said that the company was
“responsible for obtaining sales permits from the
Israeli government” but that Carrington White was
responsible for obtaining all relevant documents
from the Nigerian government. He also stated
that Tar Ideal Concepts obtained all required
documents by December 31st, 2014.
SaharaReporters reached out by phone to
representatives of IMI who declined to comment
on our investigation.
During the course of SaharaReporters’
investigation, it was learned that Carrington White
Investments Limited, who was issued the EUC by
the Office for National Security, is headed by Mr.
Bestman Uwadia. Confidential sources provided a
photograph of Mr. Uwadia’s international
passport to SaharaReporters which states that he
was born in Jos, Plateau State, in 1969. This
same source told SaharaReporters that Mr.
Uwadia is personally close to former President
Jonathan.
SaharaReporters contacted Mr. Uwadia on his
mobile phone and he at first confirmed to our
correspondent that he worked with Carrington
White Limited and “the shipment arrived three
weeks ago,” but that he could not remember a
specific date. This statement, however, is in direct
contradiction with other evidence gathered by
SaharaReporters.
Mr. Uwadia became hostile to our
correspondent’s questions and began denying his
prior statements. He instead directed all
remaining questions to the Office of the NSA.
SaharaReporters correspondents reached out to
the Office of the NSA for an explanation relating
to the cost of the weapons and ammunition; the
reason the Nigerian military has not received the
goods listed on the EUC, and their relationship
with Carrington White.
One high-ranking official previously associated
with the Office for the NSA admitted to our
correspondent “the cost of these items looks to
be too high.” In a written statement to
SaharaReporters an NSA representative declared,
“Only NSA is authorized to issue End User
Certificates (EUC).” The official also confirmed
that the EUC SaharaReporters showed them had
been “legally awarded.”
Significantly, this statement described Carrington
White as “authorized and recognized suppliers to
the producing companies/countries.”
The statement also said, “When the Contractor
couldn’t supply the items [in the EUC]
immediately, NSA instructed that a warning letter
should be issued to the contractor for prompt
supply” adding that “the use of middle man
(Agent for arms supplies) is conventional in arm
[sic] purchase.”
News of this latest scandal involving the Office of
the NSA follows months of controversy
surrounding how Nigerian soldiers have been
under-equipped to fight Boko Haram terrorists.
The lack of resources and equipment for Nigerian
soldiers on the frontline of the fight against Boko
Haram forced many soldiers to desert or resign
from their posts.
Just last week, the former Chief of Defence Staff,
Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who was sacked
recently, declared that he had led a military,
which lacked the relevant equipment and
motivation to fight Boko Haram terrorists.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/04/nigeria’s-former-national-security-adviser-n175-billion-cash-arms-fraud

Great

Dasuki is in a deep poo. By the time PMB is done with him, he will know how far.

No wonder he couldn't sue DSS as he threatened.

I pity the soldiers that were ever in Borno. Dying like flies while their bosses fed fat on Security budget.
I still believe I made a good job choice rejecting an army job offer 5 years ago.

Lol

Something is definitely wrong if soldiers of the rank of officer ( 2nd lieutenant and above ) are dropping like flies.

An some would come here and moan that its witch-hunting. I say witch-hunting or not, everyone who has questions to answer must be made to answer. Only those with unclean hands would argue otherwise.
lalasticlala abeg do the needful.

interesting

Investigative journalism to some extent unlike SaharaReporters of late. Thumb up

Some high ranking officers begged not to go there. The ones that went formed an enclave and were chilling out with their concubines and booze on Security budget.
Hence, the mutiny we recorded.
This is just pure wickedness.