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As Nigeria’s anti corruption war gathers momentum, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it wanted to interrogate some beneficiaries of the N120m compensation paid to some newspaper outfits even as the Sun Newspaper recently announced that they have returned the N9 Million it received from the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), which was given to them from the office of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Managing Director/Editor- in- Chief of The Sun, Mr. Eric Osagie, in a statement said it took the decision to return the money following the controversies it has generated and also as a means to come clean.

“The Management of The Sun Publishing Limited has considered the public outcry and diverse controversies generated among media houses, the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and the public over the N120 million paid by the Goodluck Jonathan administration as compensation to newspaper companies for the unlawful seizure of their newspapers and stoppage of circulation by armed soldiers in several cities across the country in June 2014,” the statement read.

After the unlawful action of the military, to which The Sun lost millions of naira, we had signified the intention to commence litigation against the Federal Government along with other affected newspaper companies. However, at the level of the NPAN, which The Sun is a member, a decision was collectively taken to accept the Presidency’s offer of peaceful settlement in place of litigation in the interest of peace and national security.

We were later informed of the payment of N120 million compensation out of which the sum of N9 million was paid to The Sun Management by the NPAN. At the time the compensation was paid, we had no inkling whatsoever under which expenditure sub-head in the Presidency the fund was sourced and that it was allegedly part of the funds meant for the purchase of arms.

In the light of the foregoing, we have returned the cheque of N9 million to the NPAN for onward transmission to the source through which it came.

The fund given to the newspaper houses is believed to have come from the $2.1 billion intended for arming Nigeria’s military against Boko Haram but were instead funneled into the accounts of several high-profile politicians, media moguls, and military officers during President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Seun,Lalasticlacla

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/dasukigate-kalu-the-sun-return-n9m-2/

[color=#007700] One step in the right direction .

Step by step, the yam will become whole again.


Nigeria is no longer for sticky handed people.
Take note!! [/color]

Chai........this dasuki and the diverted arm funds sha..... They didnt consider any tribe or ethnic group when they were looting it...... I pity ordinary citizens of Nigeria, especially those dying over biafra

Good move. Instead of getting angry with Buhari for recovery we should be applauding actions like this.
One by one, all treasury looters will be rounded up and the purses sponsoring public wailing by a few will go flat.

jeffizy:
[color=#007700] One step in the right direction .

Step by step, the yam will become whole again.


Nigeria is no longer for sticky handed people.
Take note!! [/color]

My brother, That yam can never be whole again once it is sliced and shared

However , there are some Yams that when not properly cooked, it causes throat irritation and vomit

People are going to use their properties and stuffs to pay back what they ate, at least if we recover 75% Kudos to the Govt

Nice move knowing one day Seun will return the money he collected from Jagaban to put up rule 9 against God's own people.

The Sun will keep rising even in the land were it rises from.

If what I read is true then SUN Newspaper is indirectly telling us how silly this Dasukigate saga is.

Nigerian govt infringed on their right as a media house and paid them compensation instead of legal wahala, what's wrong with that? Governments everywhere pay compensation so what's the fuss about?

Gej govt should be commended for exemplary show of of respect for human rights in this case.

NB: Please read this whole piece before coming after me.

So GEJ went to the extent of gagging the press in order to cover his atrocities, and appear as the acclaimed good man, hero of democracy/ some people on Nairaland, he was using the scarce resources of the state to appease those in the known and cover his atrocities.

Anyway, if for any reason GEJ could not be prosecuted God will surely require of him the blood of Military and Civilian alike that were killed by the Boko-haram insurgents.

Good move the sun, other media houses should please towed this part of honour and make refund quickly.

Delay should lead to massive boycott of their paper by the Nigeria populace.

But come o, anybody that collected his own share in dollar should refund dollar o, because the way the naira is falling to the dollar is not helping at all.

NPAN should return the remaining N111million immediately please.

A good development though they deserve compensation for the loss they suffered but not certainly from funds meant for fighting the insurgency.

the yam will just be transferred to another cabal of thieves...

Hmmmm

And the lies keep coming.. With time when e dun clear for everybody eye Nigerians might stone Buhari

SirJeffry:
If what I read is true then SUN Newspaper is indirectly telling us how silly this Dasukigate saga is.

Nigerian govt infringed on their right as a media house and paid them compensation instead of legal wahala, what's wrong with that? Governments everywhere pa y compensation so what's the fuss about?

Gej govt should be commended for exemplary show of of respect for human rights in this case.

NB: Please read this whole piece before coming after me.

Thank God that you yourself know u posted rubbish. Nairaland is meant for Adult, not Kids.

Effcc should be fast about Dasuki's case Alison Maduekwe will soon be deported and that is very serious at hand