Checkout The List Of Big Men That Have Gone to Kuje Prison Under Buhari
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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 arraigned 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 from 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.
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