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. 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.
Naijnews.com
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