… FG Hires New Lawyer against Dasuki
… Not all ONSA funds are for Arm Procurements
Former
National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has denied
ever making statement implicating anyone or group in the allegation of
$2billion arms purchase deal brought against him by the federal
government.
Dasuki,
who spoke through his lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji, a senior advocate said he
never made such statement or name anyone to EFCC and wondered where
the authors got their information from.
"I
was with Dasuki yesterday and wish to make categorical statement that
my client never made any statement of such nature or naming anybody or
group in any statement.
"Quote
me anywhere, Dasuki has not done anything like that. It is absolutely
untrue. It is the figment of the imagination of the authors aimed at
creating falsehood for reasons best known to them and Nigerians should
disregard them.
"They
are just out to scandalise the man, bring his image and character into
disrepute so that his friends and well wishers can run away from him.
They want him deserted and that will fail", Raji said.
Meanwhile,
PRNigeria has gathered that not all funds in Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA) are related to arm procurement as being alleged.
The
ONSA manages several funds for national security and other special
interventions which are not related to Boko Haram or arm procurement.
They include recurrent expenditures and miscellaneous expenses under
Special Service Office (SSO) to fund special projects and programmes
including capacity building, refreshment, travelling, office
maintenance, crisis communication and supports to special causes and
Non-Governmental Organisations.
“Most
of the figures being bandied were taken from the special funds meant
for the purposes that they were spent and not on the so-called
arm-deal.”
“All
over the world, there are lots of expenditures of national security and
sensitive matters that are not ridiculed in the Press.”
During
today’s proceedings in court, the federal government appointed a
private legal practitioner, Mr. Oladipupo Opeseyitan, SAN, to prosecute
Dasuki.
Opeseyitan
after announcing his appearance told the trial judge, Justice Adeniyi
Ademola that he had filed a motion for stay of execution of the ruling
of the court which granted Dasuki permission to seek medical treatment.
He applied to the court to put the ruling on hold pending the outcome of the appeal in the matter.
Raji
in his reply told the court that he had just been served with the
motion in court, adding that he needed time to respond to the motion.
The case has been fixed for December 8, 2015 for hearing.
By PRNigeria
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