1. Umaru Fintiri - A Federal High Court in Abuja
ordered the remand of a former Acting Governor of
Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, in Kuje prison, Abuja,
over five counts of money laundering charges
involving about N1.9bn preferred against him by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
ordered the remand of a former Acting Governor of
Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, in Kuje prison, Abuja,
over five counts of money laundering charges
involving about N1.9bn preferred against him by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
2. Sambo Dasuki: The former National Security
Adviser is on a 19-count charge bordering on
money laundering and criminal breach of trust to the
tune of N13bn. Mr. Dasuki allegedly distributed
billions of naira meant for arms purchase for the
fight against the insurgent Boko Haram group, to
politicians, his cronies and family members.
3. Olisah Metuh: Metuh is the spokesman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Metuh is charged
with breach of public trust, corrupt acquisition of
public funds and money laundering. EFCC accused
Metuh of receiving the N400m from “an unlawful
activity” of the immediate past National Security
Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Sambo Dasuki.
4. Olusola Amosu: Air Marshal Amosu (rtd) is the
immediate past Chief of Air Staff. He is embroiled
in the ongoing probe of the $2.1 billion arms
procurement fund. Amosu is accused of engaging
in acts that were not only “misleading and
unpatriotic” but of shortchanging the country in
procurement deals for attack helicopters and other
equipment for the Nigerian Air Force.
5. Femi Fani Kayode: A Federal High Court ordered
the remand of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi
Fani-Kayode over an alleged fraud of N4.6bn. Fani-
Kayode, who was the spokesperson for former
President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign
organisation in the 2015 general election, was
accused of conspiring with the others to directly
and indirectly retain various sums which the EFCC
claimed they ought to have reasonably known were
proceeds of them.
6. Alex Badeh: A Federal High Court judge in Abuja
sent former Nigerian Chief of Defense Staff, Air
Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd) to Kuje prison. Mr. Badeh
was arraigned in court for corruptly enriching
himself with Nigerian Airforce defense funds to the
tune of N4 billion. Operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claimed they
found over 1 million dollars in hidden safes during
a search at the home of the former air force
general.
7. Abba Moro: Abba Moro is the former Minister of
Interior. Moro is currently facing trial over their
alleged complicity in a N676 million job recruitment
scam. He is answering to an 11-count charge
preferred against them by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
8. Uche Secondus: The Deputy National Chairman of
the PDP allegedly received 25 exotic cars worth
over N300million which the embattled promoter of
Atlantic Energy Concepts Limited, Jide Omokore,
allegedly bought for top officials of the Peoples
Democratic Party. Prince Secondus received the
cars for onward distribution to other beneficiaries.
Secondus was arrested in his Abuja home.
9. Raymond Dokpesi: The AIT Boss, alongside his
company, DAAR Investment and Holdings was
araigned to the six-count charge bordering on
alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust
preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
10. Lawal Isa Jafaru: The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission recently arrested Jafaru, who is
a former military governor of Kaduna State and
chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Jafaru is President Mohammadu Buhari's political
associate. The retired soldier is believed to have
been arrested for receiving over 100 million frrom
National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki.
11. Olusola Oguntoyinbo: – Air Vice Marshal
Olutayo Oguntoyinbo was remanded in Kuje prison
following his arraignment before a High Court of the
Federal Capital Territory. Oguntoyinbo, who is a
former chief of training and operations of the air
force, was accused of receiving the bribe from a
contractor with the NAF, Société D’ Equipments
Internationaux Nigeria Limited, using a company,
Spaceweb Integrated Services Limited.
