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Ex-nnpc Chief: Jonathan’s Govt Blew N2.2b On Prayers by shaddoww: 6:55am On Mar 11, 2016 |
Besides the fortune sunk into phoney arms
deals, no less than N2.2billion was spent on
prayers against Boko Haram, it was learnt
yesterday.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration blew the cash on special
prayers in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to win the war.
The cash was disbursed through the Office of
the National Security Adviser (ONSA),
following a proposal by a former Executive
Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa.
Baba-Kusa, in his statement of witness filed
in the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), is facing trial with a former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki
(retd.) and three others.
The others are Acacia Holdings Limited and
Reliance Referral Hospital Limited (owned by
Baba-Kusa) and a former Director of Finance
in ONSA, Shuaibu Salisu. In the statement, Baba-Kusa said the
N2.2billion was spent on prayers to hasten
the defeat of Boko Haram.
The cash was released in two tranches of
N1,450,000,000 and N750,000,000.
Baba-Kusa told EFCC investigators that the
contract proposal was verbal.
But the suspect has promised to refund the
N2.2billion by disposing of his assets.
Baba-Kusa said: “I approached the former
NSA and discussed Boko Haram problems
and I suggested there is need for prayers and
he considered and accepted in 2013 when he
first came to office.
“I personally sponsored many people locally
and some few to Saudi Arabia. Some monies
were later paid into our companies, which we
paid to some of the mallams.
“I then arranged to recover my personal
expense which I put into our own businesses.
“We have been spending a lot from our
businesses and personal accounts. Money
paid through UBA, First Bank and ECOBANK.
For Acacia Holdings Limited(A/C 1017330319-
UBA); ECOBANK(0122012650); and First Bank
(Reliance Referral Hospitals Limited A/C
2022394057). The total amount is
N2,200,000,000 from October 2014 to April
2015.”
He told detectives that he is not an expert,
“but I used some of the mallams to organise
in Abuja, Zaria, Kano, Sokoto, Maiduguri,
Kaduna and Saudi Arabia covering 2013 to
2015.”
He added: “I give them funds as required
from time to time, ranging from N500,000 to
N30million, depending on their needs,
traveling, sadaqat and others for local
expenses and travels to Saudi Arabia for
Umrah and Hajj.
“I reminded the NSA many times before
payments were made. We grew up together
with the former NSA with common friends in
ABU.
“Most of the payments in cash were meant to
give out cash to people that have been
organising prayers. Some transfers to Acacia
to other banks were for logistics and also to
some mallams in cash.”
The suspect also confirmed that the prayer
contract was not documented.
He added: “The proposal made to the former
NSA was not documented by him or myself.
The verbal proposal to him was for prayers to
overcome Boko Haram within the shortest
possible time.
“The engagement for prayers by organising
some people to be praying was not formally
written down.
“There was no amount of money agreed on. I
said to him, I will start organising, which he
agreed and said he will see what he would
give at a later time.
Baba-Kusa said he had an estimate of over
N700million spent “from my own resources
before I started to ask for money from him”.
Some of these funds came from disposal of
some of my land in Abuja. One in Maitama,
one in Gudu and one in Guzape. The Maitama
was a little over N200million; Guzape (N80m),
Gudu(N18m), he told the EFCC.
But, according to him, he kept no records of
the money he gave to individual Mallams
organising various groups. I requested for no
acknowledgement from them when I gave
money to them.”
He assured the EFCC that he would refund
the said cash if he is able to dispose of his
landed properties.
He said: “I am making efforts to dispose of
my properties in Abuja which would be over
the total amount of N2.2billion. If the sales
go through and the amount from the sales is
made in full, I will make full payment.”
In the 19 charges against the five suspects,
Baba-Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and
Reliance Referral Hospital Limited are alleged
to have “between October 2014 and April
2015 in Abuja agreed to do an illegal act to
wit : dishonestly receiving property to wit: an
aggregate sum of N2,200,000,000 being part
of the funds in the accounts of the Office of
National Security Adviser and that the same
act was fine in pursuance of the agreement
among you and you thereby committed an
offence punishable under Section 97 of the
Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.” thenationonlineng.net/ex-nnpc-chief-jonathans-govt-blew-n2-2b-prayers/ |
Re: Ex-nnpc Chief: Jonathan’s Govt Blew N2.2b On Prayers by patrickmuf(m): 7:18am On Mar 11, 2016 |
Chai!!! I'm speechless, N2.2b for prayers? Paul and Silas didn't need a token for God to act so what exactly were there thinking for them to share our commonwealth to irresponsible Pastors and Imams? Theives everywhere you turn... |
Re: Ex-nnpc Chief: Jonathan’s Govt Blew N2.2b On Prayers by maximilano: 8:40am On Mar 11, 2016 |
Let this govt stop pulling us back by blaming Jonathan, enough of the propaganda |
Re: Ex-nnpc Chief: Jonathan’s Govt Blew N2.2b On Prayers by oluseyiforjesus(m): 9:22am On Mar 11, 2016 |
Jesu L'oluwa |
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