Arms Deal Fraud: Manhunt For Former Milkitary Chiefs Begins

A manhunt for former military chiefs has been launched by Nigerian security agencies. The search is in a bid to bring certain security officials to book, for their roles in phantom arms deals that cost the nation billions.

The former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, is facing charges of arms deal fraud.

According to The Nation, a panel set-up to look into the shady arms-deals, has summoned 30 arms contractors.
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All the suspects implicated in the arms deals have been  placed under surveillance, but none has been arrested.
They (the suspects) may have their movement restricted to the country, pending  further interrogation and arraignment in court.
Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki has been named in the deals.
Dasuki said on Wednesday, November 18 that he was ready to defend his action in court after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his arrest.
Also to be arrested are former Chiefs of Defence Staff and five service chiefs indicted by a panel which examined arms purchases from 2007 to 2015.
“They have all been placed under surveillance and some of them may be arrested any moment from now,” says an unidentified source.
Their names are yet to be released, as to avoid any acts that may mar the course of justice.
Fear has reportedly gripped former service chiefs following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the arrest and trial of public servants and military officers indicted by the presidential panel investigating the purchase of arms and ammunition.
The fear comes on the heels of a statement issued by Dasuki regarding his arrest as ordered by Buhari.
Sources say the ex-chiefs are in panic because of the speculation that Dasuki might have given away some names as witness to support his argument of innocence.