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| Ibrahim Magu |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, explained, Monday, why it has not arrested former President Goodluck Jonathan following startlingrevelations on how the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd), allegedly disbursed over $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase to various individuals.
The EFCC boss, Mr Ibrahim Magu, while speaking with online news publishers in Lagos, said that no documenthas been traced to Jonathan giving any approval for the disbursement of the money for any purpose other than arms purchase.
He said that all those questioned so far in connection with the money were people who disbursed or collectedit for reasons other than the purchase of arms and ammunition.
“All approvals by former president Jonathan did not mention that it was for political purposes.All the memos approved by him were for the purchase of arms,” he said.Speaking about Olisa Metuh, the EFCC boss revealed that the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party said he would rather go on hunger strike than refund the N400 million he allegedly collected from Dasuki.
Magu also said that Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former boss of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, was recently re-arrested after new evidences of alleged embezzlement of N34.5 billion and another N600 million were linked to him.
The EFCC chairman stressed that the war against graftwas not selective and assured Nigerians that his agency was not teleguided in the ongoing anti-corruption fight.
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