The American TV show PBS NewsHour has
stated it had in its possession documents on transactions between the
former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki and the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
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The documents reportedly show that Dasuki received $336 million from the bank despite having a budget of $160m for the year.
As part
of a week-long series “Nigeria: Pain and Promise,” the special
correspondent Nick Schifrin also speaks on the challenges of fighting
corruption.
The show further says it has a letter written by Dasuki addressed to the CBN demanding $47m.
The
document named ‘Request of Funds for Special Services’ with reference
number, NSA/366S, was dated November 2014, and was written on the
letterhead of the office of the NSA.
The money reportedly was given to Dasuki’s office in cash and was transported in armoured cars at midnight.
The
second letter was written on the letterhead of the NNPC and addressed to
the director of banking and payments of the CBN. The letter asks the
national bank to give the National Intelligence Agency, which was under
the management of Dasuki, $289,202,382.
However, the agency’s budget was only $160m for the year.
A
coalition, the Civil Society Network against Corruption on October 5
appealed to the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, to probe the circumstances surrounding the
movement of N67.2 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria under the
government of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
On
September 19, 2015, the Premium Times reported that the ex-president
authorised the withdrawal of N67.2 billion in cash from the Central Bank
of Nigeria between November 2014 and February 2015 for what was called
‘special services’.
The
report states that one of the withdrawals was made through a memo which
originated from Dasuki’s office, supposedly with Jonathan’s
authorisation.
In the
memo with reference number NSA/366/S ‘Request for Funds for Special
Services’, an official from Dasuki’s office had drawn the CBN’s
governor’s attention to a previous discussion and requested the release
of the said funds by the bank.
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