As investigations deepen into the affairs of the past administration led by former president Goodluck Jonathan, indications have he pointed that the former president may likely be arrested sooner than expected.
A source within the anti-graft agency, EFCC, has disclosed that the former president may be arrested before May 29, 2016 following an arrest made two weeks ago by the agency.
Recall that the agency, two weeks ago arrested the Managing Director of Kakatar Engineering and Construction Company Limited, Mr. Azibaola Robert who according to source is described as the “closest kinsman of former president Jonathan so far,”.
The source added: “we are inching close to making former President Jonathan our guest.”
The EFCC chief further added that “unfolding events in the next few weeks will actually confirm whether the EFCC has indeed become a toothless bulldog”, being a reply to the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s accusation of the anti-graft agency.
The official continued that: “We arrested Mr. Azibaola Robert on March 23, 2016 when he came to honour our invitation. We also arrested his wife, but she has since been granted bail. The following day, we arrested Dakoru Atukpa, Executive Director of his company. As we speak, both men are in our custody and are helping with vital information needed to nail the former president.”
The official revealed that both Robert and Atukpa were arrested in
connection with the “ongoing investigations” into a $40 million oil pipeline security contract, which was issued from the Ministry of Petroluem, but was paid for by the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, who is also in detention.
The official added: “Even though One-Plus appeared to have successfully executed the contract, we are interested in details of how the company executed the job, including those who got paid from the $40 million sum.
“Even though we are still investigating, there is sufficient suspicion that both men used One-Plus as a front for the former President. The Managing Director of One-Plus has constantly maintained that the company was incorporated well before Jonathan became Vice President, and that it wasn’t a crime to come from Otuoke,”
Speaking on the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s description of the anti-graft agency as a ‘toothless bulldog’, the EFCC official said: “You know former President Obasanjo has his unique way of passing his message. Before Obasanjo even described our Commission as a toothless bulldog, several persons accused us of shielding former President Jonathan. The truth is that we are not shielding anybody. It will not be good for us to rush to court only to be disgraced, the reason we took this long to make the arrests.
“However, be assured that a very big fish will land in our net before May 29. We intend to make the arrest of this big fish a Democracy Day gift to Nigerians,” he added.