A former Minister of State for Defence,
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday returned N30m to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission. This brings the total amount of money he
has returned to the EFCC to N134m.
A source at the EFCC said, “Obanikoro
came on Monday and presented a draft of about N30m. Initially we did not
want to collect it because it is small compared to what he is supposed
to have given us. However, the legal department advised us to collect
it.”
Obanikoro had in October returned N104m
to the commission. The ex-minister, who returned to Nigeria last month
after spending about 15 months in the United States, was accused of
receiving N4.7bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser under
the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).
