Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki In N1.75 Billion Cash-For-Arms Fraud

According to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters, a monumental $8,853,600 (N1,751,864,867) fraud has been discovered in the office of the sacked former National Security Adviser, Mr. Sambo Dasuki, during his tenure.

Reports states that the fraud pertains to shipments of guns and ammunitions allegedly for the fight against Boko Haram terrorists, for which the amount was allegedly allocated for the purchase of arms and ammunition, none of which seem to have never arrived in Nigeria.

The alleged fraud appears to have been perpetrated at a time that Nigeria was in desperate need of military hardware to fight the insurgency in the northeast of the country, with Boko Haram murdering or abducting thousands of civilians.  

The news of this particular fraud breaks only two weeks after the home of the home of Mr. Dasuki was raided by State Security agents for his connection to the South Africa cash-for-arms scandal last year.  $15 million cash of Nigeria funds being brought into that country was impounded by the authorities.

Shocking documents obtained by SaharaReporters include an itemized End User Certificate (EUC) dated September 2014 and bearing the stamp of the Office of the National Security Adviser. The EUC includes the purchase of 1,200 Tavor X95 Rifles, 2 million 5.56mm bullets, and 2 million 9mm bullets totaling nearly $9 million.

It has been learnt that the prices of the weapons and ammunition on the EUC were suspiciously inflated, as much as 50% in some cases.

Investigation has revealed that Tavor X95 rifles retail at around $1,500 (298,530 Naira) each, and that 9mm and 5.56mm rounds range from 25 cents and .36 cents (50 and 70 Naira) per round. The EUC has a suspicious bulk purchase of Tavor X95 rifles at $4,860 (967,237 Naira) each, and the ammunition costs .65 cents (129 Naira) per bullet.

Other documents obtained reveal that on June 19, 2015 Brigadier General for National Security AS Mormoni-Bashir sent a panicky letter on behalf of Mr. Dasuki requesting Tar Ideal Concepts Ltd, which is located in Israel, to provide the contents of the EUC to Nigeria noting that “the shipment is long overdue with its implications on the use of the weapons.”

News of this latest scandal involving the Office of the NSA follows months of controversy surrounding how Nigerian soldiers have been under-equipped to fight Boko Haram terrorists. The lack of resources and equipment for Nigerian soldiers on the frontline of the fight against Boko Haram forced many soldiers to desert or resign from their posts.  

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