Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has been vindicated – Pastor
The scandal involving former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki is getting messier by the day as more facts emerged with the interrogation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
It will be recalled that a passenger luggage of a Challenger Bombardier 600 with Registration Number N808HG was intercepted in South Africa as it contained two black plastic suitcases filled with 90 blocks each containing $100,000 in notes.
According to www.nigeriastandardnewspaper.com, a covert operation coordinated by Office of National Security Adviser, had concluded plans to cash out of the country for keeps ahead of the 2015 Presidential Elections but not to raise any eyebrow, leakage or any media exposure by All Peoples Congress, APC, then in the opposition.
The huge sum, according to security sources was meant to be ‘shared’ after the Presidential Election victory believed would have been won by then leading Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
It was further gathered that through few of Dasuki’s loyal aides, John Ishyaku, a shrewd businessman from North East was drafted into the deal, with a warning to convince Green Coast Produce Limited that he was ready to charter the private jet in the following routes: (a) Depart Abuja-Johannesburg on the 5th September 2014 (b) Return to Abuja the 6th September 2014 (c) Wait briefly in Abuja and return with Passengers to Lagos.
That was how the two Nigerians and an Israeli were eventually arrested, impounded by South African custom service. Ishyaku had made spirited phone calls to ONSA and an alternative plan was hatched so that APC would not get access to the then impending scandal. But in the end, APC heard all about the shady details and mount heavy media campaign, pressures on Dasuki, all other military chiefs and then GEJ. Truth was: “there was nothing like arms purchase, rather it was a game been played directly by ONSA to ensure the huge sum was kept outside Nigerian shores in cash to be shared later after the PDP’s supposed 2015 Presidential Election victory,” added our security source.
This led to several invitation and committees set up by the Senate and House of Representatives into the scandal which yielded no result. Sadly, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC under the later sacked Ibrahim Larmode did not see anything wrong in the N1.5billion arms for cash deal.
It was to be later discovered mid- this year that Ishyaku was a fictitious name given to Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS by ONSA to process e-passport for an undercover agent of Dasuki purposely to take the $9.3 billion abroad. Till date, there is no trace of John Ishyaku anywhere in the whole of Northern Nigeria.
In the twilight of GEJ administration, former NSA had to vigorously initiate legal and diplomatic processes by way of pressuring the South African Government until the fund was remitted back to Nigeria mid this year. This was confirmed and corroborated by PRNigeria, the official consulting firm issuing statements on behalf of Nigerian security agencies. Their statements reportedly read: “The said fund has been finally released. The money was released as a result of some legal and diplomatic processes initiated by the former NSA which ensured that cash seized by the South African government during the cash-for-arms saga last year have been fully recovered by Nigeria.”
However, Bishop Ayo Oritsejafor is innocent and has no dealings whatsoever in the whole saga. Though his aircraft was used, he had contracted it out to be managed by Eagles Air company, later sublet on lease to Green Coast Produce Limited was ever used to launder money in form of arms purchase.
According to a pastor with Word of Life Bible Church in Lagos (names withheld) confirmed that Bishop Oritsejafor is innocent.
His words: “During one of our meetings with Papa, our General Overseer last year, he made it clear that he was innocent of the allegation in form of media trial. He said time will prove his innocence, as he will be absolved and cleared of any scandal. We are all happy today that our bishop has been vindicated and had nothing to do with the scandal.”