Two NIA chiefs grilled as bid to grab $44m fails

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno, has ordered that the cash be kept in protective custody pending the conclusion of investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC).

The EFCC has grilled two Acting Directors-General of NIA, Amb. Arab Yandam and Amb. Mohammed Dauda over the failed moves to pick the cash by some vested interests before the resumption of the new DG, Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, last week.

A source said: “We have started investigation into the circumstances behind the purported removal/withdrawal of $44million from the vaults of the National Intelligence Agency.

Another highly-placed source privy to the investigation said: “We have invited and interrogated two former Ag. Directors-General. They are Amb. Arab Yandam and Mohammed Dauda. While Yandam came last Thursday, Dauda was grilled on Friday and Saturday.

THE NATION, January 23, 2018

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