Others nabbed by the EFCC, in the same alleged theft of funds meant for procuring weapons for soldiers, were Sagir Bafarawa, the son of former Sokoto State governor Attahiru Bafarawa and a director in the office of the former NSA, Shuaibu Salisu.
They arrested persons were said to have received huge funds running into billions of naira from the office of the NSA without clear records detailing how the money was spent.
Yuguda was arrested over his alleged involvement in receipt of questionable large sum of money over arms purchase.
LEADERSHIP recalls that Dasuki is currently in the eye of the storm, hence his denial to travel abroad by security agents in the last few days.
Yuguda was said to have received N1.5 billion from the office of the former NSA through an unknown firm.
Yuguda, who was arrested by the anti-graft agency at about 4pm yesterday, is also accused of collecting N775 million from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation without a specific purpose.
He was said to have collected the monies between December 2014 and May 2015 during the regime of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
On his part, Sagir, the son of Bafarawa was said to have acted as a front for his father when he collected about N4.6billion from the NSA’s office.
Abbah Mohammed, the son of Haliru Bello, was also picked by the EFCC over the allegation that he collected N600million as a representative of Bam Properties Limited.
Shuaibu Salisu, a former director of finance and administration in the former NSA’s office, was also arrested by the EFCC. He was said to be the co-signatory with Dasuki to the NSA’s office account, under whose watch those funds were released.
When contacted last night, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, told LEADERSHIP on phone that investigation was still ongoing and the suspects will be charged to court after the conclusion of investigation.
As at the time of filing this report, all the accused persons are still being detained in the EFCC custody.
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