The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it will invite top officials in the Goodluck Jonathan administration that had a hand in the disbursement of funds related to the arms purchase.
Agency will invite Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala soon, report says
Okonjo-Iweala. was accused of illegally disbursing funds to the former National Security Adviser.
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According to Vanguard Newspapers, a top EFCC source said top on the list is the former Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy in the last Administration, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
This is coming on the heels of the anti-graft agency’s resolve to re-open the case of the former Rivers state Governor, Dr. Peter Odili.
Reports say Odili allegedly received N100m from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
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The former Governor has since debunked saying he collected N100m from the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Dr Adamu Muazu and not Dasuki.
Okonjo-Iweala. was accused of illegally disbursing funds to the former National Security Adviser.
Sambo Dasuki is in the eye of the over $2.1b storm.
Read: How Okonjo-Iweala allegedly transferred N61.4bn Abacha loot to Dasuki with Jonathan's approval
The funds were meant for the procurement of arms for troops fighting the Boko-Haram sectin the North-Eastern region of Nigeria.
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