Oladimeji RamonA former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has expressed his surprise the Federal Government tagged the money spent by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on secret security operations as “illicit”. He, however, noted that it was not a standard practice to keep record of secret security operations, saying he was surprised that Monguno would describe handling of funds by Dasuki as illicit. The money was said to have been sent by Dasuki to Fayose through Obanikoro. While being cross-examined on Tuesday by one of the defence counsel, Mr Olalekan Ojo (SAN), Obanikoro said, “The NSA coordinates all the security agencies. He noted that the money was transferred on Dasuki’s instructions into the bank account of a firm, Sylvan Mcnamara.

Source: Punch February 06, 2019 02:14 UTC