A new report from the presidential committee on defence equipment procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces has reportedly indicted a serving minister
The report also allegedly indicted retired senior officers in the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Some of the indicted army chiefs in the report of the committee set up to probe arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 are seriously working to suppress its content, Premium Times reports.
Some of those reportedly indicted include Abdurrahman Bello Dambazau, current minister of interior; the immediate past chief of army staff, Kenneth Minimah, and his predecessor, Azubuike Ihejirika.
The report is coming months after a committee questioned 292 retired and serving senior military officers.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the permission to go after those indicted in the new report.
A source revealed: “The fraud uncovered in this fresh report is massive. All things being equal, the government will be looking at the possibility of making highlights of the report public this week, probably during the Sallah break.”
“The President has directed that we explore the option of prosecuting indicted persons immediately instead of first publicising their names thereby giving some of them the leeway to escape justice.”