$2bn arms scam: Buhari’s ally Isa returns N170m

A close friend of President Muhammadu Buhari and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Brig.Gen. Jafaru Isa (retd.), has returned N170m to the Federal Government, was learnt.

Isa, who is a former military governor of Kaduna State, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in January for allegedly receiving N170m from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).

He was, however, released by the EFCC after returning N100m to the commission with a promise to pay the balance of N70m.

The retired general, who was a member of Buhari’s 19-man transition committee, was arrested around the same time the then National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, was detained for allegedly receiving N400m from Dasuki.

It, however, remains unclear if the EFCC will still prosecute Isa, who is believed to have health challenges.

The former military governor launched a failed bid to become the governor of Bauchi State in 2011 on the platform of the Congress for Progressives Change, the party on whose platform Buhari equally made his third attempt to rule the country as a civilian president.

Punch, December 26, 2016

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