Appearing before an Abuja court on Monday in connection with money laundering charge of $423,000 seized at his homes, the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Mohammed Dasuki Sambo had pleaded not guilty.
He also denied charges of illegal possession of an arms cache including assault rifles and a sub- machine gun found when security agents raided his homes in Abuja and the northern city of Sokoto in July this year.
The raids came as Dasuki was trying to resign and Nigeria’s new president demanded a proper accounting before he could go.
Dasuki was a key adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and had taken control of weapons procurement from the Ministry of Defense.
And in his campaign to curb corruption and ensure the armed forces are properly equipped to fight Boko Haram’s six-year-old Islamic uprising that has killed scores of people, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into military purchases since 2007.
Source: pmnews.
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