The
former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has
surrendered to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and he is
currently being interrogated at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja by some
senior operatives of the anti-graft agency.
The
Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, confirmed the
ongoing interrogation of the former minister who had earlier been invited by
the agency.
“Yes,
Musiliu Obanikoro is with us; and he is being interrogated,’’ the EFCC’s
spokesperson stated.
The
embattled former Minister of State for Defence during President Goodluck
Jonathan-led government has been accused of diverting N7.5 billion arms’ money
for his personal use. The huge fund was said to have been traced to a company,
Sylvan McNamara, which the EFCC claimed Obanikoro and his family had interest.
Two of his son, Babajide Obanikoro and Gbolohan Obanikoro, have also been
linked to the company.
Accompanied
by his lawyers and other political associates, Obanikoro was said to have
arrived at the EFCC’s headquarters at about 1:30p.m. and was immediately
“ushered into a secret cell for interrogation process.’’
THISDAY
reports that because of the many questions he needed to respond to, he might
spend some days in the EFCC’s facility in Abuja.
Obanikoro,
who has been out of the country for over a year, returned to the country
yesterday morning, apparently to answer to some of the allegations against him
by the anti-graft agency.
It
had been reported earlier that the former minister, whose family members have
had very rough engagements with the EFCC over different allegations involving
financial crimes, decided to return to the country after the commission
formally extended an invitation, but not before breaking into his home at Park
View, Ikoyi, months back.
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