Last week, the Presidential Committee on the Audit of Defence Equipment Procurement from 2007 to 2015 said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved its recommendation to further investigate 18 serving and retired military officers, 12 serving and retired public officials and 24 chief executive officers of private companies who were all involved in weapons procurement during the period in question. The approval followed the committee's submission of its third interim report to the president. The committee's president Air Vice Marshal Jon Ode (rtd) said the persons to be probed were either accounting officers or played key roles in the Nigerian Army's procurement activities during the period.
The list of those to be investigated was a defence who's who. It included former National Security Adviser retired Lt Col Sambo Dasuki and former Chiefs of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, both retired. It also includes former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Nurudeen Mohammed and three former Permanent Secretaries in the Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, Mr. Haruna Sanusi and Mr. E.O. Oyemomi. Also listed for further probe are CEOs of arms procurement companies Col. Olu Bamgbose (rtd) of Bamverde Ltd; Mr. Amity Sade of Doiyatec Comms Ltd and DYI Global Services; and Mr. Edward Churchill of Westgate Global Trust Ltd.
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