Dasuki Gates and Metuh EFCC

Making Things for Its Government

 Dasuki Gates, one of the most (in) famous international scandal of last
year involves the arms procurement deal scandal in Nigeria, which
involved an embezzlement of over $2 billion. This was done from the
office of the NSA (National Security Adviser) of Nigeria, allegedly led by
Colonel Sambo Dasuki, a former NSA himself. The details of Dasuki
Gates were unearthed by the presidential investigations committee,
who prepared an interim report on the arms procurement deal held
under the administration of Good luck Jonathan.
The presidential investigations committee noticed that almost
approximately N643.8 billion was done over the allotted budget. On top
of this, another extra spending of over $2.2 billion was conducted in a
foreign currency by the Good luck Jonathan administration. When this
was revealed, the scandal was termed Dasuki Gates since it was done
under leadership of Sambo Dasuki, formed NSA. The initial investigation
found that over $2 billion were set aside for the procuring arms and
other means in order to combat the rising military and Islamic
insurgents in the country. However, a big chunk of the disbursed
amount was diverted and used to sponsor the re-election efforts for
Good luck Jonathan, the former President of Nigeria.

 At the heart of these Dasuki Gates is Sambo Dasuki, the now retired
colonel, who held the position of Nigerias National Security Adviser
in the previous term. When these investigations came to light,
Colonel Dasuki was arrested by the DSS (Department of State
Services) on December 1 of last year. He was then transferred to the
custody of the ECC (Economic and Financial Crimes) the very next
day.
In addition to Colonel Dasuki, there are a couple of other prominent
names accused of being a part of the Dasuki Gates. These include
Olisa Metuh, the former spokesperson of Peoples Democratic Party,
as well as Alex Badeh, the former Chief of Defense Staff. The trial for
both of these was to be presided over by Justice Ok on A bang, and
scheduled to be done on the same day, ie. March 24 of this year.
While Alex Badehs connection to the Dasuki Gates is his
involvement in laundering of around N 3.9 billion, Olisa Metuh has
his own Metuh EFCC spat going on. The Economic and Financial
Crimes (EFCC) has accused Metuh laundering a sum of around N400
million which he denies, thus creating a new Metuh EFCC issue.