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| Alhaji Balarabe Musa |
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), has called on the
National Security Adviser, Major General Mohammed Monguno (retired) to
resign over the alleged shady dealings he superintended at the
Presidential Investigative Committee on Arms Procurement.
CNPP said the indictment and arrest of a member of that committee by
the Department of State Services (DSS) is an indictment for which he
must leave office within seven days or face nationwide protests.
The group also asked that the chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu should resign within the same
timeframe over his alleged indictment by the DSS. Moguno and Magu are
top members of the committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari last
year.
In a statement made available to journalists, on Wednesday, by its
National Chairman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and Secretary General, Chief
Willy Ezugwu CNPP said it was not possible that Air Commodore Umar
Muhammed (rtd) who was arrested by the DSS for alleged fraudulent deals
involving top government officials could have acted without Monguno’s
involvement.
According to the statement, the duo claiming ignorance of the dirty
deals implies that the National Security Adviser was lax in finding out
what went on under his watch, which is worse than being part of the
massive theft.
“The same offence that the entire country is crucifying the former
NSA, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki for, has been committed all over again
by Monguno as the incumbent and Nigerians must not be tolerant of such
crime.
“A situation where the Office of the NSA and the EFCC arrest and
recover money from corrupt persons only to turn around to steal the
recovered amounts was horrifying. This is why indicted people are
subsequently cleared by the same agencies that indicted them without the
benefit of being tried in the law courts and this is no longer
acceptable.
“The anti-corruption fight does not require lip service at this time
that Nigerians are feeling the pains of the damage done by corruption.
This is why we are demanding that Mohammed Monguno and the EFCC
Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu must resign,” the statement reads.
You would recall that the EFCC arrested Commodore Umar
Muhammed (rtd), a member of the Presidential Arms Procurement Investigative Panel, for alleged fraudulent dealings involving top government officials. He is rumoured to be fronting for high ranking officials in the EFCC and office of the NSA to carry out illegal deals.
After a search at his Maitama residence, the sum of $1.5 million cash
was discovered and about 18 luxury cars were taken away including Rolls
Royce, Ferrari, Buggatti and many others.
The investigative panel was constituted in August 2015 under the supervision of the office of the Nationa Security Adviser.
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