Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, Former Chief of Defence Staff during the Goodluck Jonathan led
administration, was on Monday detained at
the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (
EFCC).
Badeh, who is being questioned in connection with the $2.1bn arms
procurement scandal, was at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja at
the time of filing this report.
Although EFCC did not officially confirm Badeh's detention, a source
familiar with the interrogation hinted that the former CDS would be
detained and may not be granted freedom soon.
Badeh is expected to make clarifications on the procurement of equipment during his tenure.
The source also stated that Badeh is being interrogated by a special team comprising of very senior officers in the commission.
"The ex-CDS is still with us, he is going to pass the night here and he
might not be released soon, the interrogation is ongoing."
The former CDS had last Wednesday visited the EFCC to honour the
invitation extended to him by the anti-graft commission, but his
appointment with the commission was rescheduled for yesterday.
Credit: This Day
Some other serving senior military officers were invited by the EFCC to
give more information about the purchase of the arms, in continuation
of the probe of the arms deals---allegedly executed by former National
Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki,
0 comments:
Post a Comment