Presidency cautions ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Dasukigate

The presidency has called on ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan to allow the court to decide the fate of his former national security adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd,), accused of misappropriating the sum of $2.2 billion meant to purchase equipment for the Nigerian military in its battle against the Boko Haram group. The statement by the presidency was in reaction to Jonathan’s position that Dasuki did not steal $2.1bn contrary to the accusation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) currently prosecuting the ex-NSA.

            The former president speaking on Monday, October 24, at the famous Oxford Union, Oxford United Kingdom, on youth entrepreneurship argued that allegations about the $2.2 scam was faulty because his administration, where Dasuki served as the NSA, bought warships, aircraft and a lot of equipment for the military during the period.

But the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the courts should be allowed to decide the matter which he said was subjudice, the Punch reports “The matter is subjudice. Let the courts decide,” the presidential spokesman said.