Former Chief of Air Staff, Amosu declines offer to return arms funds

A former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), has reportedly refused to agree to return arms contract funds traced to him.

Amosu, who was recently arrested, is being interrogated by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The former Air Staff Chief is being quizzed over 10 contracts worth $930.5m, which were awarded by the Nigeria Air Force between 2014 and 2015.

Punch Newspapers reports that the anti-graft agency had asked Amosu and others, who are still being detained over the $2.1bn arms deal, to refund the money found to be with them.

A source was said to have revealed that Amosu declined the signing of an undertaking to refund monies illegally received.

This strategy is believed to be the EFCC’s precondition for granting the arms deal fraud suspects administrative bail.

A source was quoted to have said: “As part of efforts to recover funds looted from the NSA office, suspects are being asked to write an undertaking that they will return the money before granting them administrative bail.

“Among others, Amosu is being quizzed over $930m contracts by the Air Force, but the commission had not made the progress it desires because he has not signed any undertaking to return any money. He has not provided the information the commission is looking for.”

“The Federal Government is focusing serious attention on retrieving the arms funds from those under probe.

“There are some people who are still in detention of the EFCC because they are not cooperating. Such people have spent weeks there.

“The commission is not just keeping them, the commission is exploring avenues to get some of the funds back. It is not just about prosecution.

“The operatives are also telling the high profile persons to sign an undertaking as a condition for their release. Many of those detained may not have cooperated.”

 

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